I wish I could own Marie and Logan…I'd have my way with them! :)
Ahem. I don't know anyone but Kelly and Bryan.
It took almost an hour to get into town which had Kelly and Bryan both growing impatient. After Marie got Bryan into the front of the shopping cart she headed into the small supermarket. There were a few other shoppers walking around but other then that it was pretty bare. Something Marie was not used to just yet. "Do you have the list Kelly?" Marie asked
"Yup, right here mommy" Kelly said proudly holding up the long list
"Can you read the first thing on there?" she asked, her daughter was going to start Kindergarten in two months but Marie thought she would start teaching Kelly to read before school.
"T-Toothpaste" Kelly said before looking up at her mother
"Very good" Marie said returning the smile Kelly now held
"Cookies, mommy" Bryan's hands immediately shot out of the shopping cart attempting to reach for the boxes of cookies in the display case
"One box," Bryan bounced up and down in the seat "And you can't have any until after dinner" she said placing the box behind him and out of his reach. Bryan could never get enough cookies and if that box was in reach of his short arms they would all be gone before Marie even got close to the check out counter.
"Daddy wanted more beer mommy, see?" Kelly held up the list to her mom who looked over to see Logan's handwriting at the very bottom. He somehow always managed to sneak it onto the list. Marie shook her head with a smirk
"Alright, is that the last thing we need?"
"Uh huh" Kelly said. Marie turned left and made her way down the beverage isle that held Logan's prized Molson
"Ok, check it off the list" Kelly took out her red crayon and drew a line across the last item. They made their way to one out of the three check out counters. As Marie placed the foods and drinks on the conveyer belt she noticed the check out woman looking at her.
"I haven't seen you around here before" the woman noted
"Probably not, I just moved here with my family" Marie said putting the last item on the belt
"Oh" she said not seeming to care for an explanation so Marie stayed quiet while she rang up everything
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Marie had just put the last of the groceries in the trunk when an elderly lady made her way over "Hello" Marie said politely
"You must be new around here. I haven't seen you before"
"Yes," she shook the woman's outstretched hand "My family and I just moved into the house on Jaden Lane" Marie explained
"Oh," Marie noticed how the woman became slightly uncomfortable at the mention of where she lived but dismissed it quickly "I'm Edith"
"It's nice to meet you, I'm Marie"
"Mommy" Kelly whined impatiently sticking her head out the window
"And those are my two children, Kelly and Bryan" Edith waved in acknowledgment
"Wow, Jaden Lane is pretty far from here" Edith said
"Yeah, it's pretty much in the middle of nowhere. It's nice though" Marie said smiling
"Look, I should warn you. It'd only be fair," Marie stared at the woman oddly "I've heard rumours about that house. Just, just be careful. If anything odd starts to happen you-"
"Edith, what are you doing?" an elderly man asked, in an almost nervous tone, coming over to the two woman
"I was just, uh, welcoming Marie to town," Edith said with an uneasy smile "Marie, this is my husband Stewart"
"It's nice to meet
you" Marie said shaking his hand
"Same here, my wife hasn't
been telling you some of her silly stories has she?" he asked
winking at is wife who still bared a small smile
"Well we better get going, come along Stewart. I'm making fried chicken tonight," she turned around momentarily "It was nice meeting you Marie"
"Like wise Edith" she replied and nodded at Stewart with a smile
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"You fixed it" Marie said happily bringing in the last of the groceries
"Said I would" he replied taking the paper bags from her
"I'm going to go bring the car into the garage before it starts to get really bad out there" Marie said watching the light rain run down the window. He smiled in satisfaction as he heard the garage door open.
"Daddy?" Kelly asked walking into the kitchen "Where's my ball?"
"I saw it in the garage," he said suddenly remembering how it had gotten there "Don't you want to play with your dolls instead?" he asked
"No" she said simply and headed towards the garage
"Kelly, why was your ball in the garage?" Marie asked walking in with it
"I don't know" she shrugged grabbing the toy in question from her mother
"Play with your brother please," Marie called after her daughter who was already half way up the stairs. She turned to her husband who had his back to her while he put some of the canned foods away in the cabinet "So did anything happen while we were gone?" she asked the worried tone evident in her voice. He kept his back to her and shook his head signaling a 'no'. He didn't want to worry her and admit that the house was even beginning to creep him out.
I know nothing supernatural really happens in this chapter, but I don't want too much at once to start with.
Thanks go to:
Kaitlyn- Glad you're sticking with the story
Sketty24- Thanks once again for being my mentor, as you put it
AM Elric and gothfeary thanks for putting this story on alert!