Down On The Corner
Disclaimer: Totally not mine, all Dick's.
Mike and Carolyn:
Carolyn and Mike left the diner, bidding farewell to Bobby and Alex. Carolyn never did get an exact answer out of Alex as to how she knew about Carolyn and Mike. Carolyn pondered this as she and Mike stood on the corner, waiting for the tiny little man in the box to let them know it was okay to cross.
"Why so quiet, kid?" Mike discreetly took Carolyn's hand in his as the light changed.
"Did you tell anyone about us?" Carolyn checked out the shoes of the woman walking beside her. Red soles. That could only mean one thing – Christian Louboutin.
Mike fidgeted his hand inside of hers. Carolyn looked up at him. "Uh, I might have…today…at the diner…while you were in the bathroom. Why?" Carolyn looked at him in disbelief.
"Why!" What do you mean why? You know Alex knows, too." Carolyn upped her pace.
Mike caught up with her. "How does Alex know? I swear I didn't tell Bobby until you guys were in the bathroom. Unless Alex has psychic powers or super – hearing, I don't know how she found out." Mike stopped for a second. "Unless you told her!"
Caroline stopped abruptly, causing Mike to run into her, causing Carolyn to go flying into a neatly dressed woman walking her dog. From the sidewalk, she could tell the women's shoes were this season's Chanel ballet flats. Mike helped Carolyn up, trying his hardest not to laugh.
"Mike, this is not funny." Mike couldn't help it. He lost it, right there in the middle of the sidewalk. "I'd like to see how hilarious you find it when you're not getting some later!" Carolyn stomped off. Several people stopped to watch their little feud. Mike started to follow her when he saw something on the back of Carolyn's shirt.
"Carolyn, stop!" Mike ran back to her and tried to brush whatever it was off her shirt. It wasn't coming off. "Carolyn-" Mike started to laugh again. Carolyn turned around, her curls flying out of her hair clip, her blazing. Mike held up his hand. She looked at him questioningly.
"You have dog poop on your hands and you decided to show me and then laugh about it? Real cute, Mike. Real cute." Carolyn started to walk away again. Mike grabbed her with his good hand. People were starting to point at Carolyn now, laughing. "Why are they laughing at me?" Mike couldn't stop laughing long enough to explain. He dragged her to the first window front he came across and shoved Carolyn in front of it. He turned her around.
"You…have …it…on…you!" He could barely get the words out. Carolyn looked behind her to see her back.
"Oh what the fuck!" Carolyn started looking around for a place to hide. Mike continued to stand in the middle of the sidewalk, laughing his merry to hell.
Bobby and Alex:
Bobby and Alex had stopped at grocery store on their way home. It was the group's routine to also have dinner together on Saturday nights. It was Alex's turn to cook. Bobby picked up some veal, while Alex grabbed some angel hair pasta and fresh mozzarella. Yeah, it was Alex's turn to cook but Bobby had completely taken over. Alex conceded. The man had cooked for her in the past and it was amazing. They grabbed a couple bottles of wine and went to wait in line.
"What movie are we watching tonight?" Alex put the items on the conveyor belt. The elderly woman in front of her slapped the divider down to separate her forty cans of cat food from Alex's booze. Bobby grinned.
"What movie do you think we're watching? It's Carolyn's choice."
"Oh dear god. I don't think I can take it."
"You say that about "The Breakfast Club" too and you always get roped in." Bobby poked her in the shoulder. Alex leaned back into him, his hands sliding around her hips. Bobby started to say something, and then thought better of it.
"What? What were you going to say?" Alex turned to look at him.
"Nothing. Just…I know something you don't know."
"So do I." Alex winked at him. Two women behind them in line started talking quite loudly about the sight they had encountered on the way to the store. Bobby and Alex immediately began eavesdropping.
"Well, she just kept walking faster and faster and the man, he was just howling with laughter. He just lost it. And the poor girl, she didn't even know it!"
"I know! And he had it all over his hand! It was disgusting."
Bobby looked at Alex, trying to hold in his laughter. Alex was shaking with silent laughter.
"I mean, you'd think he'd shut up for a minute and tell her, but no! He just stood there and laughed."
"And, " the second woman lowered her voice, "she swore! Right there on the street. I could not believe it."
Alex let out a loud snort. Bobby stood there with pursed lips, trying to keep from laughing. The elderly woman ahead of them turned and looked at Alex.
"You are a very rude girl." The lady nodded her head, agreeing with herself, before turning around. She yelled at the cashier. "I have a coupon! I told you!" Bobby lost it. He and Alex giggled through the elderly woman's glare. The cashier scanned their items, bagged them and Bobby and Alex giggled their way on out of there.
All this before noon.
Later that night…
Mike and Carolyn arrived, Carolyn's DVD choice in hand. Alex had the TV trays set up in her living room. Bobby was plating up his veal Parmesan. Mike was regaling Bobby with the experience Carolyn and he had had that morning. Bobby stopped and looked at Alex. Alex smirked at him. Carolyn looked back and forth between them.
"Hey! So, what's with the looks?"
"Well," Bobby started, "Alex and I were in the grocery store today and overheard two women discussing…well, you guys!"
Carolyn looked at Mike, confused. "Wha- what are you talking about?"
"They were describing exactly what you just told us. And Carolyn," Alex pointed at her, "you swore!" She and Bobby started laughing again. "When the lady said that, I couldn't help it and I snorted the loudest snort laugh ever. The old woman in front of us turned around and called me – " Alex cracked up again at the memory.
"Alex is, apparently, a very rude girl." Bobby laughed again.
"Yeah she is!" Carolyn was still smarting.
"Well, let's go eat before it gets cold." Alex started to grab a plate.
"No." Carolyn looked at Alex stubbornly, but there was a grin in here eyes.
Alex sighed. "Why not, Carolyn?"
Carolyn smiled sweetly at Alex. ""Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die"." Carolyn stood up and followed Bobby into the living room. Mike looked at Alex.
"Sorry kiddo. You walked right into that one." Mike patted her on the head and followed the others into the living room.
A/N: Eh. I hope y'all are enjoying this. This was kind of a hard chapter to write. I had the movie "Go" in my head while I was writing this. Thanks for the reviews. Anybody else get what movie their watching? Hint - Carolyn's quote.