Bittersweet

Give me all your poison

It was Thursday evening when I finally got a call from Bert

He asked me to meet up with him after work tomorrow to smoke again. Just like the day when he asked me out for the first time.

He even apologised for keeping me waiting for a response so long.

"I was busy with my aunt", he said on the other end of the phone

I froze... I thought...

"I thought your mom was over", I said sceptical, stirring the Coffe in my hands with a metal spoon whilst I was holding my phone between my ear and my shoulder.
A very uncomfortable position but I really needed to stir my coffe

Once that was done I took my phone in my hands again

"Oh right yes I said that. Yes my mom AND my aunt were here and... You know... family buisness", he stuttered

I didn't know what to think about this.
But why should he lie to me?

"I see. So they're gone again?", I asked going over to the couch and letting myself fall down carefully not to spill my drink.

"Yes I brought them to the airport yesterday afternoon", he tried to say as casual as possible

"But didn't you have to work yesterday?", I asked even more confused.
As far as I know he should have the same shift plan as me. I got some free time from my boss so I couldn't really tell if he was there or not.
Why should I anyways?
I trust him
This just seemed a bit... odd to me.

"Yes I... I took the... I took the day off", he mentioned, saying the last part a bit too fast for my liking

That's why I asked "are you lying to me, Bert?"

"No no", he exclaimed, "I couldn't lie to you, baby. Do you really think I'd do this to you?! Are you calling me a lair?!"

I instantly felt guilty. Practically I DID call him a lair.
God I'm so stupid I'm going to ruin everything

"No of course not. I'm sorry. Of course I believe you", I apologised quickly to avoid another argument.

"I sure as hell hope so", he growled suddenly changing his voice from shy to angry.

Why was everybody having those extreme moods wings lately?
Was it the weather?
Maybe...

"Listen I'm sorry Bert", I sighed sipping on the mug in my hands

"Yeah Whatever", he murmured

Great I really ruined it

I suddenly heard a voice in the backround of the phone. Somebody was talking to Bert but I couldn't really understand what they were saying neither could I identify the voice.

"Just one more second", Bert whispered to the other voice

I waited until I could hear the sound of a door through the phone before I spoke again

"I thought your family is gone already", I said carefully as to not say something that might offend him again

Bert groaned
"I've got friends over, babe. Stop being so noisy"

I flinched slightly
"I'm sorry i didn't want to be noisy. Have fun with your friends"

Berts voice went soft again
"Don't be sorry, babe. I'll see you tomorrow okay? Love you"

And before I could actually say "I love you too" back, he had already ended the call and left me alone in my empty apartment.

I had just finished my coffe when I heard the door bell.

Something in the back of my head thought it might be Bert to spend some time with me, so I was fairly disappointed to see a grinning Frank leaning against the door frame

"What do you want here?", I asked annoyed

"Good evening to you too, princess", Frank greeted me, still not moving away from the door frame.

"It's already dark outside what do you possibly want?", I asked again

"So no warm welcome? Fine", he sighed in a joking tone, "I didn't come for coffe anyways"

"Why did you come then?", I was already getting tired of this

"Tell me princess...", he started, "when was the last time you did something... crazy?"

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I should have just closed the door right away
But I didn't
And now I was standing in the middle of an empty parking lot in front of a supermarket, knees shaking from the cold (and kind of from fear because I didn't trust Frank in the dark and in an abandoned place)

"What the heck are we doing here?", I snapped rubbing my arms.
I should have brought a warmer jacket

Frank only giggled and held his closed hand out, before opening it right in front of my face to show me a little plastic coin.

"Great. Now what do we do with this?", I asked

He turned his head to the side  whilst sighing
"Just wait here for a second", he said before running towards the closed supermarket

For a short moment I thought he'd run away and leave me here to fuck with my mind but then I remembered that we took his car to come here and that was standing right behind me.
So he wasn't going to leave me here
At least something...

I could here a faint rattling sound coming closer and closer.
I frowned, turning my head into the direction the sound was coming from and almost choked on my own saliva as I saw Frank running towards me pushing a shopping cart around.

"He can't be fucking serious", I muttered to myself not wanting to believe that Frank had actually stolen a fucking shopping cart

"Ready for your ride, princess?", he asked once he stopped right in front of me, the metal cart almost touching my stomache

He must have been joking...

"Are you fucking serious?", I asked when I realised that he wasn't joking

"Indeed", was all he said to that

"No way. Nothing will get me into this thing", I folded my arms in front of my body like a child.

"Nothing? You sure?"

Right when I was about to say 'yes' Frank was already coming around the cart, kneeling down a bit to grab my legs with his right arm and my upper body with his left arm.

I let out a tiny scream of suprise suddenly finding myself bridal style in Franks arms
"Let me down", I demanded hitting his chest with my fists.

Frank only laughed and carried me over to the cart

"Sure", he said and set me down so I was sitting inside of the cart
I wiggled around trying to get out of the thing but there was no use

"You're such a dick, Frank", I hissed once I realised that I couldn't get out of this without any help

"You love it", he smirked leaning over so he was close to my face, "You've never done something crazy and this is as close as we can get to crazy in this small fucking town so appreciate it. Trust me"

"Why the fuck should I trust you, asshole?", I growled, pushing him away but not trying to get out of the cart anymore.

"Because you're trapped in a shopping cart in the middle of the night and the only way to get out is if I'll help you, so be a good little boy and stop whining before I do something against this attitude of yours"

I sucked in a sharp breath, only nodding in response because hell... did that turn me on...
But Frank couldn't know that of course!

"Good. And now... Let the fun begin", Frank grinned as he started to push me forward

Oh why did I agree to this?!