Scarlett- Thx everyone srry it took me so long to review I had so much school crap to deal with but now I'm off on Chrismas break and I couldn't be happier next chapter will be here sooner than you guys think!

Disclaimer- I don NOT own Bakugan or Wal-Mart

Chapter 2

"Come on let's get started." I said he nodded. The Wal-Mart we were stuck in was like a mega Wal-Mart, it had everything. There were five floors, the first floor had clothes, the second had a bookstore and an art center, the third had all the technology, the forth had beds, and the fifth had all the food.

Dan and I moved some kitchen stuff to the fourth floor because that's where we agree to put everything. As we worked we talked, we laughed and joked around it was funnier than I thought it would be.

"Hey, I think we're done." I said panting; moving around tables and chairs was a lot of work. It looked pretty good though.

We had wooden tables and chairs a square table, we also set up the stove, counters, and the frig.

"Yeah looks great." Dan said, we high-fived.

"We're amazing." I sat plopping down in a seat. "Let's go see how much others have done." He said. I wasn't so high-strung on the idea, I wasn't in the mood to hear Julie flirting with Dan.

"Uh, you go ahead I'm going to the second floor." I told him as I stood up, he looked back at me.

"You want me to come?" He asked. I shook my head and waved my hand.

"No it's fine." With that I left.

I reached the second floor and browsed through the books, I stopped when I saw 'Maximum Ride' I heard it was a good book.

I picked it up and sat down in a chair and started reading, I'm not sure how long I was there reading until I heard saw Julie, Scott, and Dan staring at me.

"What?" I asked marking my book and putting it down.

"We've been here for ten minutes and you just notice us." Julie said, I shrugged a smile tugged at the end of my lips.

"So did you guy finish?" I asked standing up. "Yep, thanks to Dan." Julie said grabbing his hand.

I looked up, Dan didn't look so comfortable.

"Come on let's go to the fifth floor and pick out something for dinner." I said picking up my book.

"Cool let's go." Dan said wiggling free of Julies hand and walked over to me. We started walking up to the fifth floor.

"So Dan when we first met you, you were wearing a wig and different clothes. Why?" I asked him.

"Well first off I wanted a break from signing autographs and I wanted people to treat me like a normal kid." He explained.

I don't blame him.

"I like totally get it." Julie said attaching her arm around his. Yeah, right.

We reached the fifth floor and spilt up, I let Julie go with Dan this time it's not like I had a choice she practically dragged him away.

"So Scott you have any plans for dinner?" I asked him. Scott put a finger on his chin then smiled.

"Hamburgers." He said, I smiled Scott and I both shared a love for Hamburgers.

"Cool, I'll get the meat and you get the fries." I told him then we split up. I walked over to the meat section browsing through the choices of meat.

"Hey Runo." I almost jumped at the voice; I turned around and saw Dan. That's weird I don't see Julie, whatever.

"Hey," I walked over to him, "So where's Julie?" I asked picking up in plastic plates behind him.

He starched the back of his head, "I kind of ditched her, she was getting to...attached to me." I burst out laughing, by attached does he means clingy, needy, annoying. Yeah she's one of my best friends but she can be a brat.

Dan pretended to pout, "So you have any clue what you want for dinner tonight. Julie told me she was going to have a salad, because she was on a diet." Julie has never been on a diet before, great she's starting to turn into those girls at school.

"Well she can go eat her leaves. Scott and I decided to have hamburgers!" I said doing a little dance at the end. This time Dan laughed then focused on me.

"You know we I first told you guys I was Dan Kuso, well I wanted to know why you didn't well react?" He asked leaning back on the shelf behind him.

I signed and leaned on it to, "Well because I've always wanted to be like a famous actor but I never wanted the price that came with it. It's like you never know who your true friends are, then there is love and I'm a hopeless romantic and I would hate to be lead on by some jerk just because he wanted the publicly." I explained. "So that's why, so being here Stuck in Wal-Mart with Dan Kuso I just want you to have someone you can trust."

Dan nodded then smiled, "Thanks." I stood up properly and faced him.

"No problem now let's get the stuff for the hamburgers!" I said shooting my hand with the plates in it up.

"Dan oh good I found you." I saw Julie walk-more like sprint- over here and grabbed Dan's arm. "Runo, Dan and I will be around call us when dinner and my salad is done." Then she turned around and walked away with Dan.

He looked back at me with a worried face I just laughed. He smiled at me once more before Julie dragged him off somewhere.

I got the meat and some buns and walked back over to our kitchen area. I reached our little kitchen set up and saw Scott.

He had the fries-curly if I might add- and then he got and pie for desert, ketchup, mustard, pickles, onions, and lettuce.

"Good job." I said looking over all the contents. "No problem, so let's get started shall we?"

I laughed, "We shall." The first thing we did was season the hamburger meat after we finished that we put it on the stove.

Scott grabbed the buns buttered them and put them in the oven. "So guess what, Julies going on a diet for Dan." I told him I knew he had a crush on her.

"First of all I know what you're thinking and no I stopped crushing on Julie in 8th grade after she cheated on her boyfriend. I couldn't date someone like that. And lastly why." I almost laughed at how blunt he was.

"I don't know and I really don't care it's her choice." I told him. He signed and looked at me, "She's doing it to show him that she has figure and that she doesn't eat like a pig." I raised an eyebrow at him, 'You asked me why because…" I trailed off waiting for his answer.

"I thought you would come up with something better, but I was wrong." He said just as blunt, I pouted.

"You so mean." I said he just laughed and gave me a side hug.

After twenty minutes of cooking we were finally done, before I called Julie and Dan for dinner I grabbed a plate put some lettuce on it and set it on the table.

Yeah, okay not really sure how to make a salad. I went over to an intercom thingy while put everyone else's plates on the table and put a hamburger and fries on it.

I click the little button and started my little announcement…

'Dinner is severed'

I listened as my voice traveled throughout the whole building; it reminded me that we're all alone and that my parents and my little sister could already be dead.

I felt tears welt up in my eyes, and this time I couldn't hold them back. I quickly walked back over to the table and grabbed my plate then turned around just as fast and went to the beds everyone else had set up.

My parent might be dead.

Those words kept repeating in my head.

They may be gone.

It may be too late.

And I wasn't there for them, instead I was here laughing and playing around while they might be dyeing at this very moment.

Guilt washed over me so quick and deadly just like this stupid storm.

I'm so sorry; I should have been there with them to hold their hand to help them through this.-Tears were pouring out of my eyes so fast now-

Instead I was here.