Alone Together (Gallavich)

thirty-one

ian

"You fucking see a ghost or something?"

My jaw was dropped and my eyes were wide. Immediately upon hearing his voice the first time, my heart picked up its pace in my chest.

"What are you doing here?"

Mickey picked up a bag of chips from the belt that was also holding a case of beer and held them up, his eyebrows furrowing.

"Fuck does it look like I'm doing, Gallagher? Gettin some shit at Walmart."

"Right," I answered, finally shaking off the initial shock a little and grabbing the bag from his hands to scan and bag. Slowly, I slid the case of Old Style over the register scanner and placed it on top of the revolving bagging station afterwards.

I had to be fucking tired or hungry or something because my brain was not comprehending the situation playing out before me at all.

"What the fuck you moving like a zombie for, man?"

My eyes moved up from the register to Mickey's crystal blue eyes in front of me. He watched me impatiently, moreso with curiosity than annoyance.

"This just seems like one of those really fucked up dreams where you almost get to the good part but your alarm goes off instead and you have to force yourself to get out of bed in order to not try and go back to sleep to finish it."

"What the fuck are you talking about," he asked with a small smirk on his confused face, causing me to let out a little laugh as I ran my hand over my face. "I'm serious," he added with the same not-so-serious look still across his face. "You fucking taking your meds?"

Shaking my head with a smile, I shot Mickey a non-threatening glare. "Yes I'm fucking taking my meds, asshole."

"How much I owe ya," Mickey asked, reaching in his back pocket for his wallet after snickering at my attitude.

"Oh, no, don't worry about it. It's on me."

"Free chips and beer, huh? Pretty fucking good night if ya ask me."

We both stood there for a second, letting out small laughs at the carefree interaction, before my face dropped a little in realization of what was really on my mind.

"How long?"

"Hard to tell with my dad," Mickey responded, scratching the tip of his nose with his thumb.

"Right," I answered, feeling slightly defeated and looking down while I dug my own wallet out of my jeans to pay for the purchase.

Without a word being exchanged, I pulled out a twenty and finished the transaction, shoving the receipt in the plastic shopping bag with the chips. Mickey's eyes followed me the whole time, the situation seeming to mold into a normal interaction between employee and customer.

"Come on, Gallagher. I told you-"

"I fucking know Mick!" I snapped, slamming my hands on the desk in front of me and bolting my head up to look at him. "You're coming back."

"Then what the fuck-"

And in that moment, every feeling I had felt in the last two weeks came up out of me and moved my body before my mind could react. Reaching over the counter, I grabbed the sides of Mickey's face and pulled him to meet my face, our lips colliding roughly. Once realizing what happened, Mickey smoothed into the motion and began to kiss back. We stayed like that, sloppily moving our lips together, for a minute before I pulled away. With my hands still on his cheeks, I rested my forehead against his.

"Just fucking hurry up, okay?" I demanded, my voice stern but less angry than before.

With a small laugh, Mickey pulled away out of my hands. He moved around the side of the bagging station and grabbed his chips and beer in the same hand. Walking up to me behind the register, he patted the side of my face with his free hand, a slight smirk on his face.

"Whatever the hell you say, Boss."

And just like that, as fast as Mickey Milkovich had showed up tonight, he was walking right back out of the automatic doors of the Walmart and was gone. 

"Fucking Mickey," I mumbled to myself, shaking my head and smiling. 

Fucking Mickey.

such a small chapter i know im sorry school smacked me in the face the last two days and i wanted to give you guys something so here's this lil one. it'll get good next time i promiseeee. thank you for the support on this and the one shot book and thank you for sticking with me!!! love you all.