Neela lay uncomfortably on her bed, attempting to fall asleep. She had gone from being giddy and happy to frustrated and angry in a matter of minutes. Michael had written her back. When she saw his familiar scrawl on the envelope, she could have sworn her heart stopped. But as quickly as that happiness came, it left.
This must be what insanity feels like…The past few weeks now she had been trying to figure out why she accepted Ray's offer so quickly. Abby made it clear she didn't have to move out right away, but she did anyway. After the abduction, it was obvious Abby needed her space, so she thought it best to get out of there as soon as possible. But, Ray? Within a matter of days she knew this was one of the worst living situations ever dealt to her. She had to face the facts; things weren't going to get any better.
Neela shifted onto her side and gazed out the foggy window. Rain had started to pour now. She wearily drifted off to sleep, listening to calming rustling of raindrops on the sidewalk.
Milk… eggs… butter… cheese… Tur.. uhhh….shit…
Ray stood helplessly staring into the meat isle trying to choose between ham and turkey. On any other day, it would have been an easy choice. But he couldn't remember for the life of him if Neela liked turkey or ham.
"Fuck it."
Ray sighed and threw both choices of meat into his cart.
Bread… onto the bread… Bread… AhAfter grabbing both wheat and white bread, Ray headed for the frozen foods section. He quickly grabbed his Edy's Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream without a second thought.
Ray slowly shook and his and laughed to himself. If you don't like it Neela, tough… No girl can come between my Edy's and me…
After picking up two six-packs of Samuel Adams he headed for the checkout area. Inline, tapping his fingers lightly on his cart, he waited patiently for the elderly woman in front of him to checkout. He glanced around the isles and picked up a TV Guide. After lazily looking through it he put it back on the shelf and grabbed a lonely bottle of cologne sitting on top.
Tommy Mens Cologne Spray…Shrugging, Ray dropped it into his cart and moved up to pay.
"That'll be $49.35
sir."
Author's note- to everyone who has reviewed: YOU ROCK! I love getting feedback, good or bad. I really am sorry I haven't updated. I want to continue this, but I haven't been motivated lately. And after I saw the episode with Gallant, I felt like I should take a different turn with this story. My next chapters will be longer; I just needed to get these ideas out of me.