As I walked down the chilling streets I swear I heard someone yelling in the distance and like any horror movie character, I turned to see what made the noise I couldn't see anything ,and NOT like any horror movie character, I walked away from the noise, cuz I have a brain, duh.

The noises got quieter faster than I expected which I guess was good. I eventually had made it half way down (which took like 5 minutes, it's a small town) only a little bit more to go till I make it to the store.

"Finally!" I say with a sigh of relief, I had made it to the shop called 'WE SELL THINGS!' which was, pretty clear what they sold. Under the huge luminescent sign was a little sign that said 'open 24/7' sweet! I thought, it should be open now! 

 

I reached the door and it slid open, for awhile, the door was VERY slow. After an awkward wait I stepped in and it looked pretty decent. Nothing special. There were some kids toys there were some birthday cards, nail polish, makeup, drink bottles, stickers, comics, books, magazines and other... stuff. I guess they really weren't joking when they said we sell stuff. 

I looked for a book 'cuz I don't know I like reading. Sorta. Kinda. Anyways, there was some geography and boring stuff like that and then I saw I big ass book about pirates. The ships, The crew, The best pirates, it had it all AND only 5 bucks, I had to buy it.

I slammed the enormous book on the counter and a teenager about my age was serving me. He was really cute but I barely knew the dude so better not get my hopes up. He had his employee badge which read 'Sam' 

"Hi uh Sam." I said awkwardly.

"Uh my names...  not Sam, Oh haha sorry my badge, hi I'm Xander. I know my badge says Sam but this is my brother's, I lost mine and you need one to get in." He replied.

"Oh haha sorry my bad. Hi Xander, you look really tired are you okay?"

"Yeah well a 15 year old on an eight hour shift isn't ideal for your mental health or your sleep schedule."

"Haha I mean I've never had a job but I've had to say up and dealt with a shitty sleep schedule at 15 lately."

"Yeah sucks man!" 

"Tell me about it!" We both laughed. "Hey what time do you get off?"

"In...AH! 5 minutes!" He had a huge smile wiped across his face.

"Oh uh okay so you'll pack up soon?" 

"Uh-huh!" He nodded excitedly.

"I can help, if- if you want." I said, Xander's face lit up.

"Oh my god really that would be amazing!" He beamed.

"Okay then, I'll let you finish and then I'll help you pack up."

I let Xander scan the book and I read until he called out 'UGH FINALLY FINISHED!' And I ran over. He didn't need help with much just closing down a bit. We ran around the store playing tag and every time we got even an inch to close we'd scream. I had an amazing time! We just run around like we were 5 again it was great, obviously it was even better cuz he looked and his personality was so different and amazing. Despite the fact I already had a fat ass crush on a random guy I literally just fucking met, we had fun, like genuinely enjoyed our time together as random people. No one to judge us or tell us we weren't good enough or we were childish or anything like that. It was perfect.