Alan was relaxing. It was the first day of winter break, and he could lay back and relax. "What a beautiful day outside." Alan said. It was snowing, and everything looked graceful.
"Alan, could you come downstairs for a moment?" His mom, Jessica, called for Alan. "Coming, mom!"
He floated down the stairs and approached his mother. "Yes, mom?"
"Your uncle Phil's birthday is coming up in a few days, and me and your father are busy with preparations, so we were wording if you could buy the party flavors." Jessica explained, and Alan nodded.
"I will mom, don't worry, it shouldn't take long." He was given the money for the party flavors.
"Stay safe, Alan." his mother warned as he went out the door.
Alan made his way to the mall. Floating past the colorful crowd, Alan looked around for a certain store.
"Okay, where's Party Blast..." Alan asked himself as he looked around. He then saw the flower boy known as Leslie. "Hey, Leslie! Do you know where Party Blast is?"
"Oh, on the second floor, turn left and walk straight ahead." Leslie told the balloon.
"Thank you, and sorry for bothering you!" Alan said as he floated up the escalator, a kink of being a balloon. He followed Leslie's instructions and found the store Party Blast.
"There it is." Alan muttered as he floated towards the store. Once inside, he found himself surrounded by colorful artwork. "Wow! This place is a little kid's dream place!"
He wandered...er...floated...around and saw the party flavors area. "There it is."
Floating towards it, he was amazed by the sight of many colorful designs and displays. "So many choices to chose from...this will be rough." Alan commented as he looked at the multiple choices.
"This blue confetti one looks good, but I like the cake design..." Alan muttered, before reaching for it, just as someone pushed him out of the way.
"Ow!" Upon looking, he saw a rather muscular person grabbing the cake design party flavor he was about to get. "Um, sir? I was going to get that."
The woman turned to him with a glare. "Did you just call me a man?!" She said in a feminine, and angry tone. "Wait, I didn't know, I'm sor-"
Alan didn't get to finish his apology. He felt a powerful fist striked him hard, and he fell to the floor with a thud. "Oogh..." His eye fluttered as he saw the lady spitting on him before he went out cold.
The moment Alan woke up, he found himself surrounded by complete darkness.
"Ugh...what happened?" Alan muttered as he got up and looked around. "Oh yeah...I insulted someone by accident. Wait a minute, where am I?"
He looked around. Pitch darkness and party flavors. "Oh no, I'm still inside the store!" He went to the entrance but it was locked. "Darn it!"
"Is somebody there?" Alan blinked at the voice. "Is that..."
He instantly floated around, and grabbed a flashlight to see who it was. "Alan?"
"Carmen?"
The two stared at each other. "What are you doing here? Did you go unconscious as well?" Alan asked Carmen.
"Yeah...someone dropped some supplies from a top shelf and it hit my head until I was out cold." Carmen rubbed the sore part of her head. "You?"
"I got punched in the face for unintentionally calling a girl that looked like a man a sir." Alan explained.
"No wonder why you have a black eye." Alan blinked, then look at a nearby mirror. "What am I going to tell mom..."
"I'm pretty sure she'll understand what happened." Carmen said with an attempt to comfort him.
"Yeah...your right." Just then, they heard a rather scary noise.
"Uh...what was that?" Carmen asked, slightly nervous. Alan looked behind Carmen and his eye that wasn't a black eye widen.
"Carmen...behind you..." Carmen turned around and saw a tall person with a baton and a gun. "Alan...run"
The two instantly ran for their lives. "Don't slow down!" Carmen said to her boyfriend who was having trouble keeping up.
"I don't plan on it!" Alan replied as they run for their lives, but get stuck in a dead end. "Oh crud."
They turn around, and see the person walking closer "Looks like this is the end..." Carmen said, seeing the person come closer. They hugged each other in fear...
"What are you kids doing here?" Alan and Carmen blinked. Looking up, they saw a night guard. "The store's closed."
"Sorry, we went unconscious and the store closed before we woke up." Carmen explained. "Well, you kids better leave."
After leaving the store, the two looked at each other.
"That was an interesting night." Alan said.
"Yeah...anyway, I have to get home. Goodbye Alan." Carmen kissed him after those words and left.
"...Love you..." Alan then floated home with a goofy grin on his face for the rest of the trip.
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