Carrie was walking towards the entrance of the supermarket. She was wearing a short black skirt and a purple corsage. She could see the three large guys standing outside opening beers and they noticed her too.
"Great, probably time for an idiot parade," she thought.
"Looking real fine tonight, babe," said the guy with the shortest hair as she walked passed them.
She pretended not to hear him and walked inside the supermarket. She went to the candy isle and found a big box of filled chocolates. She took it and went to buy it. As she walked out of the supermarket, the three guys were still there.
"Still looking fine tonight, babe," the same guy as before said.
"And you're still an idiot," Carrie answered without looking at him.
"Uh, burned," one of the other guys said.
He had long hair with a slight tough of blond on the edges of the right side. He must have had it bleached at some point. She could hear them laugh. The last guy also had long dark hair.
They started walking behind her and she felt uneasy. Were they stalking her? She looked nervously over her shoulder. The first guy took the word again.
"Yeah, we're stalking you. You didn't talk nice to me before. Now I'm angry," he said.
His tone didn't sound angry though, more like he was joking. She looked at the third man who hadn't yet spoken. There was a calm in his eyes and she was searching for some sort of answer in them and he noticed it.
"Don't worry. We just happen to go this way too. Do you want us to pass you and walk in front of you instead?" He asked.
She stopped without answering, giving him a thankful look.
"Come on, guys," he said and gave each of his friends a push.
They walked pass her. The first one turned around and looked at her.
"I still think you're looking fine tonight," he said.
As he turned his head away from her, she couldn't help but smile to herself. It was always nice with a compliment, although he had scared her a bit.
She walked behind the three guys. She could hear them talk and have fun. It sounded like they were heading to a party. So was she. She was heading for a 30 year old birthday. She didn't know the birthday boy too well. She had only met him a couple of times. His name was Jason and he had recently started dating her best friend Ava. Ava had invited her to Jason's birthday. She wouldn't know anyone else but Ava. She always got a bit nervous around new crowds but she usually ended up having a good time. The chocolate box was her present for Jason. He loved filled chocolates in all variants.
"You have got to be kidding me," she mumbled to herself as she saw the three guys in front of her turn to walk up to Jason's house. "What are the odds?"
She took a deep breath and turned too. The guys went inside the house. She stopped a couple of metres before reaching the frontdoor. She had to gather herself before entering. Ava had seen her from the window and she came out to greet her.
"Are you okay, honey?" Ava asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, honey. You know me. I just need to take a deep breath. And it doesn't really help that those three guys who just entered have been kind of stalking me from the supermarket and then it appears they were going here too." Carrie answered.
"I don't know them. I actually don't know half of the people inside but Jason seemed happy that they showed up so they must be good friends of his," Ava said while walking down to Carrie.
The girls hugged.
"Ready?" Ava asked.
"Ready," Carrie replied.
They went inside.