Collide (Hiatus)

Kelly |The Store|

"Remember, things that we need Kelly." my dad says as she yells at me from the passenger side window. I nod and shake my head knowing that he is only looking out for me and my extreme "Why not?" attitude when it comes to buying things.

He usually comes inside but today his arthritis has been acting up and the only reason he really came is because he didn't want me out by myself. In his words he said "There are weirdos everywhere hun. Even at Walmart." and that was enough for me to bring him along.

I wave before leaving the keys with him and walking inside the store, grabbing a cart as I make my way through the doors. Since he sent me in here to get some food for the house and whatever else I could find for the house that was "useful" I automatically started to grab everything. I mean books are useful for the house, knowledge is power!

I slowly stroll around the store as I pick up little items of food and trinkets for the house before look down the aisle and see a little boy messing around in the bakery area. I squint my eyes trying to make out the boy's features as he is very far down the isle and soon I realize he's the same little boy from the beach the other day.

He looks both ways over his shoulders as he rubs his eyes and grabs a donut off the top shelf of one of the racks. I purse my lips and raise an eyebrow as I move my cart down the isle closer to him, soon he turns and looks directly at me then he smirks as he takes a while chomp after chomp of the donut before devouring it. For a split second I blink my eyes and when I open them he's gone.

I shake my head and move in the direction he might have gone for some weird reason thinking "What the hell? Let's be vigilantes." as I saw the little boys soles hit the floors around the next aisle I sigh and feel my mother's voice creep into my mouth and pour out like a waterfall.

"Little boy, you better bring your little thieving behind out here before I get costumer service. Then you'll go to jail. Or even PRISON." I say as I tap my foot watching the boy shuffle out from behind a nearby snack shelf.

He looks up at me and tilts his head as he walks closer and sighs. "I'm sorry, I was just hungry." he says as he looks deep into my eyes and for a second I feel a little dizzy. His eyes almost seem to change color as the intensity in his stare increases. However, his voice seems to stay in the same angel like "Please forgive me" tone.

All of a sudden I feel the words of, "it's fine." slipping out of my mouth but for some reason I feel as if they aren't my own words.

Before I can even think to say another thing to the boy, he's already strolling down the aisle shrugging and I'm left there blinking in confusion as to what just happened.

Soon I find myself going back to what I was doing and picking things off the shelf like nothing just happened. When I feel a hand touch my shoulder I almost jump and scream but then I see who it is.

"Hey, have you seen my brother?" a boy says as he comes up behind me his dark black hair combed back now but I still recognize him. He's the boy from the house I went to with the boy, his older brother.

He looks oddly interested in the direction his brother went in rather than looking me in my face. But when he did look at me, his stare was almost more intense than his brothers yet he had the most carefree smile on his face as he asked.

"Oh.. No I'm not sure." for a second my brain buffers. "Well actually he might have went over by the bakery again, that's where I caught him stealing you know." I say before shaking my head.

He looks at me and nods. "What exactly did he steal?" he asks still looking at me. I look at him and then open my mouth to speak again. "He stole a donut." I say as I soon feel a weird feeling come over me as he looks down at the ground. "Alright, thanks. By the way, thanks for saving my brother the other day." he says as he takes his hand off my shoulder and walks off, but of course not before offering me a smile.

I smile back for some reason and then at the exact moment he walks out of the aisle I'm everything clicks back into place. It was almost as if I had forgotten everything about the incident I had with the boy before his older brother had talked to me. In fact I even remember the boys name now, Timothy.

I start to wobble a little as I get a sick feeling in my stomach, thinking about how weird that encounter was. But soon I pull it together and continue shopping for different things in the aisle I'm in at the time.

As I reach the end of the aisle I see timothy's older brother scolding him but it looks like the little boy is putting up a pretty good argument. But I can't help but wonder where their parents might be and why someone didn't catch him sooner. I'm only standing there for a couple of seconds before I see another boy run up to them with a cart stocked full of stuff, realizing its Simon I go back to what I'm doing. But, as I shop I can't help but feel their eyes on me every now and then before they walk out of the store.

However, as I finish shopping I realize how tired I am and proceed to go pay for the stuff and head out to the car. My father sits in the passenger seat looking quite perplexed as I load the things into the car.

I hop into the car starting it before looking over at my dad, who hasn't said a word since I got in. "Hey dad you okay?" I ask as I start to drive away.

He doesn't say a word at first and keeps his eyes focused on the road ahead. "Did you see those boys in the store?" he asks and at first I have no clue who he's talking about. But then it clicks. "Yeah, you know em..?" I say as I put down my sun visor. He sits up shaking his head and smiles before saying, "No, just wondering."

However, as we drive along.. I get this weird feeling, like he isn't telling me something and soon I am in deep thought as we reach the house.

I snap out of it by dinner though, thinking:

"Just a coincidence, I guess."