Comics
"No" Annie said firmly.
Auggie gave her what he hoped was a puppy dog look.
"Your pathetic" she mumbled, taking a sip of her drink. They were at Allens and for the past ten minutes Auggie had been trying to convince her to go to the comic book shop with him, or more accurately take him there, something she had no intention of doing.
"Just because you are a geek does not mean I have to indulge it"
"Oh come on Annie, it's not that bad"
"Uh, I hate to break it to you but it's a comic book shop"
"That's the whole idea"
Annie rolled her eyes at him, causing him to smirk.
"Please Annie?"
"Are you ever going to quit asking?"
"Nope"
"Ug, fine but you owe me"
The smirk he sent her was enough to make her regret it.
The next day she picked him up at precisely eight o clock to drive him the hour long trip to the shop since he insisted on being there as soon as it opened (though why he insisted on getting up early on such a dreary morning she had no idea.)
And to top it all off it had started to drizzle, not enough to be called rain but enough for it to be cold and wet.
They finally arrived out the front of the shop, much to Annie's relief. He was her best friend but there was only so much of Auggie talking about comics (or 'graphic novels' as he had informed her) that she could take. The cold hit her as soon as she stepped out the car, causing goose bumps to immediately prickle her skin. She hurried to take Auggie's arm and get them inside.
Once they were inside she realised just how big the shop was. Every wall had shelves and each shelf was lined with various comics. There were three separate tables in the middle, two with comics set out in piles and one with them spine-up in boxes. They were going to be there a while.
After a half hour of Annie painstakingly going through what was there they had only covered one shelf and he had neglected to inform her that it was the wrong one until the end. This went on for several more hours until they had covered all the shelves and Auggie had only picked out one thing.
"Do we have to go through the tables as well?" she all but whined.
"Yes" he replied.
She sighed as they began the process again.
By the time they made it to the counter Auggie had four comics and Annie had a massive headache and it was well past lunch time.
"Where do you want to eat?" Auggie asked as they got back in the car.
Annie shivered and turned on the air conditioning before replying "anywhere with decent food"
"I know just the place"
He directed her to a small out of the way diner that didn't look like much on the outside but once they entered she found it to be rather cosy.
They chose a window booth and ordered, their food arriving ten minutes later.
Annie dug in, having had no breakfast she was starving, Auggie faring only slightly better.
Half way through Auggie realised that his chips were disappearing. He chuckled and expertly grabbed Annie's hand as she reached across the table for another.
"Now now Walker, didn't your parents teach you not to steal things"
She glared at him and withdrew her hand wondering how the hell he had grabbed it so perfectly despite the fact that he couldn't see it. And then a though occurred to Annie: what did a blind man do with a comic book?
"Hey Aug?" she asked, causing him to look up.
"Yeah" he replied.
"What does a blind man do with a comic book?" she said, taking a sip of her milkshake.
"They're presents for some of my friends" he replied.
Annie almost spit out her milkshake.