"Good morning, Bobby!" The young woman was in a criminally good mood as she walked into the shop. Bobby, an elderly man who owned the local crafts shop, dropped the wooden plank as Cas walked in. "Relax, Bobby, you're going to have a heart attack if you keep going on like this."
Bobby hurried behind the counter and tried to win back his composure. "M-miss Cassie, how can I help you today?"
Cas walked over to the counter to check the display for anything new. "Any new knives, Bobby?"
He glanced at her nervously and stepped from one foot to the other. "Well, you know, actually – I mean, I'm really sorry. If I had known that, that you would – but tonight the, err, the Purge. Due to, due to that, so many people came in already and I, err, I guess I sold out of 'em."
The young woman rolled her eyes and combed through her hair with her fingers. She sighed and shook her head dramatically before she chuckled and hit the shop owner playfully onto his forearm, "Don't shit your pants, Bobby. I'm good. I got everything I need – Well, almost. I'm in urgent need of some ammo for our guns. Tonight's the night." A sparkling crept into her eyes and enlightened them.
Bobby's eyes lit up with relief. "Yeah, yeah. Sure, I can do that, I guess." With that he turned and walked into the stock room behind him. Cas and her boyfriend were regular customers at Bobby's store and Bobby knew by heart which guns they had at home.
While waiting, Cas leaned her elbows onto the desk and hung her head lowly. She didn't even hear the bell at the entrance door ring nor did she hear the steps he took to reach her. He always moves quietly. The only thing she suddenly felt, was the warmth of a body behind her and his hands at her hips. Cas straightened her back and leaned against him. Turning her head towards him she let him kiss her. He bent his neck to whisper in her ear that he needed some ammo too. Cas nodded and called that to Bobby who was still in the stock room. Hap, her boyfriend, wandered through the store in the meanwhile – silent, as always.
Bobby hustled back into the counter and almost dropped the packages when he saw Hap. "Mi-Mister Happy!"
Hap turned around and nodded at him. He walked back over to his girlfriend and put his arm around her shoulders. They stood next to each other while Bobby finished up the bill.
When Cas and Happy rolled back into the lot of Teller-Morrow all the boys – and girls – were wandering around fixing stuff. They put big wooden planks to the aluminum fences and hung big chains over the fences to lock everything up later. Juice walked out of the clubhouse, a pile of smaller planks in his hands. He called over to Cas and Happy as they got off his bike, "We could use some help here when y'all are finished up. Five hours left 'till Purge!"