Where are you going?

Chapter 15

Julia's POV

I felt him relax after I said that, but he still seemed unsettled, but I didn't see anything scary, and if so, I wouldn't be standing here, in the middle of a crowded parking lot at Target. Some of the people looked scared, but most of them was normal looking and even smiled at us a couple of time. I didn't even notice how close I was to Colby when we stepped inside the gigantic store. I grabbed a shopping cart before running back to him and following him inside the aisles. "Have you been here before?". I asked while looking at some cheap clothes. "Yeah, a lot actually.". he sounded sad when saying that, and I was tired of it. I grabbed some red trousers and showed him. "You think these will fit?". He looked back at me instead of the people walking around us. He smiled and shook his head, showing he was kinda embarrassed that I even asked. "No? you try them on then, Colby.". "Oh, really? Thank you so much, this is just my color.". "I dare you.". And before leaving the women's section, he looked straight back at me and the red velvet pants for 12 dollars. I got a quick chuckle but he left it there. I kept looking for what I really needed and secretly tried some of it on to make sure. Colby found some clothes for himself and then we walked further into the store. "You just make sure to grab what's necessary, and I'll look out for you okay. I don't wanna get distracted when looking for food.". he sounded demanding and talked to me like I was a little kid. "Sure, but next time just ask.". I left him behind me and walked towards what we needed and grabbed it. When I came back, he seemed more asking. "What did I do?". I looked away from him, towards some vegetables before answering him. "nothing. What do you want form here?". He then helped me grabbing some premade dishes, and then the water and he even helped me with the granola bars. "I used to come here all the time with Sam.". I was surprised when I heard his voice again and didn't expect him to say that. "Cool. Were you like stupid enough to run around and jump into the toilet paper or what kinds were you in here?". "Actually, yeah. We were doing stupid shit in here all the time. We stayed overnight one time actually.". I wanted to see this grown up guy with his cold façade to act stupid and hide in a fucking target, like damn, that would have been interesting. "Well, how did that go?". His arms were now above his head, trying to grab some handwipes, and I noticed his muscular arms with the tattoo under his arm, a flower of some sort. He also had a small bird on his hand and of course the tattoos on his triceps. "Pretty well. I mean, we didn't sleep that well but we had fun for the most time and of course, got the views. "oh yeah. For your YouTube channel?". "Yep.". we kept on talking for a while, but the comfortable silence also filled us for a moment and made me think about it for a moment. I was already adapting to this crazy situation, everybody is in now. My trust for Colby had grown, but I almost didn't want to, since something else also had grown for him. He was an interesting character and it made me wanna know more about him. We had a lot of food and the necessary and we both had a couple of bags to carry, but we just kept on with the comfortable silence until someone approached us. "Hey! I can help with that, and then you can help me with something. You see we have great safe places just downtown and you two looks li...". "we're not interested, have a good one.". Colby went against him and answered the poor guy harshly before I could speak. The guy looked a little older than us and had a bandage around his left forearm. "I'm sorry, but no thank you.". I walked further with Colby towards the car. "What was that for?". "He just seemed weird.". "I can protect myself in those kinds of situations, you know.". He dropped the bags in the trunk and turned directly to me again. "How?". "By using my voice, Colby.". "things are changing Julia, and he did not look trustful.". "What do you mean by things are changing? You always hint to it." We were both sitting in the car right now, and Colby was driving again. "No police, no hospitals, no security and people wanna survive. And so, they wanna do everything to do so. People are selfish idiots.". I guess he was right, but he didn't have to step in front of me and yanking me away from the guy before I could say anything. Maybe he saw something I didn't, or maybe he had seen something I hadn't. He did mention the downtown and the gangs but we weren't downtown yet. "We're people.". I said under my breath while looking out the window.