Title: Fun in the Sun?
Author: Sarge
E-Mail: Shalimarfox2@aol.com
"I'm hungry," Shalimar suddenly said out of the blue.
"You are?" Brennan asked in surprise.
"Yeah…I've got this weird craving for sardines and ice cream," she replied.
"Ewwww...Shal, that's gross," Emma said with a grimace.
Shalimar looked back at Emma and nodded. "I know, but that's what I want to eat."
"I really don't think that sardines and ice cream are a…normal restaurant meal. So, we'll probably have to go to a grocery store to get them," Jesse stated logically.
"Well, considering that Shal hasn't eaten really anything in the past day and the little bit that she did eat has now been offered as a tribute to the porcelain god, I think I could be nice enough to pull over at a grocery store or something whenever I see one," Brennan said as he smiled at Shalimar.
"And that's one of the reasons why I love you," she replied as she kissed him on the cheek.
"Well, thank you," Brennan said as his grin grew wider.
"There's a grocery store right there," Jesse announced as he pointed to a shopping plaza that was a little bit up the rode.
"Great. We'll stop there. Maybe we could all grab some stuff there so that we don't have to stop for a while," Brennan suggested as he pulled the car into the plaza.
Everyone got out of the car except for Taco who had been promised something nice to eat if he was good while the rest of them were gone. Walking into the grocery store, Brennan and Shalimar headed for the sardines and ices cream while the other two headed to get stuff to make sandwiches with.
"So, do you want sardines in water, oil,…or what?" Brennan asked as he read the sardine cans.
"Water is fine," Shalimar replied as she spied the sardine can that Brennan was holding hungrily.
"Ok, how many do you want?"
"Get four cans," she replied.
Brennan gave her a strange look before grabbing four cans and putting it into their shopping basket. "Ok, now are we on to the ice cream?"
"Yup," Shalimar said with a smile. "While we're doing that, I've suddenly got a craving for tofu and pickles as well. So, we'll pick those up on the way."
"Are you sure you're not really sick?" Brennan asked as he raised his hand to her head to feel her temperature.
Shalimar swatted at his hand. "I'm fine. I just feel like eating that, ok?"
"Oook," he replied slowly before following his girlfriend to where the ice cream was. "So, what type do you want?"
Shalimar looked at each ice cream before grabbing a Healthy Choice flavor called Chocolate Chocolate Chunk. Handing it to Brennan, she watched as he put in the basket before headed toward the pickles and tofu. Finding them both in the same section, she set on finding the perfect jar of pickles while Brennan looked at the tofu.
"So Shal, do you want soft tofu, medium tofu, or hard tofu?" he asked with a grimace. Who the heck would really want to eat this crap, he thought to himself as he poked at the tofu though the plastic covering.
Shalimar looked up at him. "Um…I'll take the medium one."
Shrugging, Brennan picked it up and put it with the rest of Shalimar's 'lunch' in the basket.
"Ah ha!" Shalimar exclaimed as she picked up a jar of pickles and held it up like it was a trophy. "I have my pickles."
"That's great, Shal," he replied.
Just then, Jesse and Emma walked up behind them. "Hey guys, did you get everything you needed?" Emma asked.
"Yeah," Brennan replied as he held up the basket to show them.
"Sardines, ice cream, tofu, and pickles?" Jesse asked as he gave Shalimar a look like she was crazy. "I'm not even going to ask," he said as he shook his head.
"What?" Shalimar exclaimed. "What is so weird about it?!"
"It's just…not your average…uh…lunch," Brennan stammered trying not to upset his girlfriend anymore than she already was.
"And that makes it wrong?!" she snapped.
"No! No…not at all," he replied. "It's fine, Shal. I'm sure it will be delicious."
Her eyes narrowed as she glared at Brennan, but she decided not to say anything else.
"How about we go," Jesse proposed.
"Yeah, ok," Brennan said as they all headed to the front of the store. After they had paid for everything, they headed out to the car. "Why don't we find a park or something to eat our lunch at?" he suggested.
"Sounds good to me," Emma replied from where she was sitting in the back playing with Taco. She had bought him a little squeaky toy from the grocery store and he loved it.
"Yeah," Jesse agreed.
Brennan looked over at Shalimar to see her just nod her head before turning to gaze out the window.
Shalimar sighed. She didn't know what was wrong with her. It wasn't like her to get angry over something as stupid as food, but she just couldn't seem to help it. She'd have to have Adam check her out when they got home.
TO BE CONTINUED
(A/N: I'm SOOOOOOOOO sorry it took me forever and a year to post this chapter, but fear not, I shall be posting more very soon!!!! PLEASE REVIEW!)
