Leia walked across the street, past the bakery where the fresh bread and the warm muffins were being put out for sale. Past Mr. Benk and his wife who were strolling in town. Past all the boutiques and shops until she reached her mums candy shop. It was the best one in town. Windemers not very big to begin with, but it still counts.
Everyone came to hang out after school there. Leia brought her friends and some of them brought guys. Their boyfriends drank soda while watching the game on the old TV. Their girlfriends laughed and gossiped at a table. Leia was 13 but sometimes people told her she acted like she was 14. It was not much of a difference but she would take what ever she could get.
The bell chimed as she was greeted by the well known smell that she grew up with. Peppermint and Coke. There were two people in the store already. They were not kids. A guy eating a BLT. A woman drinking a soda and looking up at the TV which showed the news. Just as Leia reached the counter and reached for her apron her best friend burst through the door. Carrie went to the fridge and grabbed a orange soda, opened it, drank some, then she slapped two dollars on the counter. Leia smiled, took the money put it into the cash register then handed Carrie her change. Carrie shook it off the took a seat at the counter.