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I'd taken Harry's laptop outside with me the next morning. I sat in of the beach chairs, turning it on.
Today would be a productive day; I was going to make sure. I had to find out where the nearest grocery store and high school were.
Our neighbour may have been on vacation, but Harry was not. I wanted to get him back in school as soon as possible.
It didn't take me as long as it should have to search up the locations, and directions. I'd intended to spend at least an hour on the computer, looking sophisticated. Then maybe, I'd order some breakfast and eat that in the sun too. I had an audience after all.
My eyes swept over the area around me quickly. I wondered when he'd stop watching and talk to me already.
I supposed he'd be mad at me for leaving him, but, at the time, it seemed like the only thing to do. I couldn't bare to be home alone while Harry was at school. And I knew if I were Harry, I'd hate to have my classmates' pity.
But I'd understand if Paul didn't see things my way. I mean, even I was starting to doubt my reasoning.
I guess I would still have work. I could have just spent some extra time with Paul. I'm sure he would have liked that. And I owned the house now, that didn't mean I had to live there. Paul had offered us his place after all...
I sighed. Why couldn't I have thought of all this before we left?
"I'm sorry Paul," I whispered to myself, closing the laptop.
"Who're you talking to Kells?" I jumped, Harry stood in the doorway, rubbing sleep from his eyes.
I shook my head.
"No one, I guess." I smiled. "How'd you sleep?" He grimaced at me.
"Okay. I wasted the whole day though." He glanced at the sky. It still looked pretty bright out to me...
"Well, you still have tomorrow..." He shrugged.
"Right, Kells, there's someone at the door to see you." I frowned. I gave Harry his laptop back and he ran up the stairs.
I watched him suspiciously. But I walked to the door, straightening my tank top over my shorts. I paused to look at myself in the full length mirror by the kitchen, before walking into the front room.
"Paul?" He turned to face me; he looked uncomfortable in the front room. He grimaced when he saw me.
We stared at each other in silence. I took in his unkempt appearance. His shorts were starting to unravel at the bottom, and there were leaves in his hair.
"Kelly." He said finally.
"What are you doing here?" He sighed and started pacing. My eyes followed his every moment. My body wanted so badly to hug him. I bit my tongue.
"I can't live without you." He glared at me. "You know that. So I followed you." He shrugged.
"But, how... How did you know where I was?" He paused for a second, before continuing his pacing.
"I followed the plane," he mumbled, embarrassed.
My eyebrows rose in shock.
"You followed the plane," I repeated in disbelief. He shrugged, not looking at me.
He cleared his throat, stopping to face me.
"You said you loved me," he whispered. I frowned. No I hadn't. Not out loud at least.
"No..." I started, but I was distracted. I was suddenly noticing how weird the room looked. How distorted the walls were...
I looked back at Paul. The canine features are back.
"I know you do," he growled. I groaned, backing away from him.
"No, no, no," I moaned, sliding down against a wall I could have sworn wasn't there before. I couldn't be dreaming. Not again.
"Kelly?" My head snapped up at the familiar voice. "Kelly?"
"Harry? Harry, I'm right here!" Harry shook my shoulders, yelling in my face.
"Kelly!" I blinked back into reality. I was in the kitchen.
Odd, I didn't remember coming in here...
"Harry?" He let go of me, taking a step back. He looked scared, for me. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?" I tried my best to sound as if nothing had happened. As if I hadn't just zoned out and had an imaginary conversation with Paul... Because that wasn't weird at all.
He frowned at me.
"Some guy just dropped off your car." I nodded slowly. So that's who must have been at the door...
"Thanks, Harry. I'm going to go grocery shopping?" I was still distracted. "Right, yes. That's what I'll do." I escaped from the kitchen hastily. Harry's worried gaze was starting to annoy me.
"Are you sure?" He followed me to the front door, stopping me when I tried to leave. "You don't look too good Kells." I shook my head, stepping around him.
I smiled.
"I'm fine." I took my keys from the table by the door. "Besides, all this take out food's bad for you," I poked him in the stomach playfully before slipping out the door.
He sighed, but let me go. I heard the door lock behind me after a few minutes.
I ran down the driveway and hopped into the car gratefully.
Harry was starting to really worry about me. He was too young to have to take care of me and himself.
Mr. Devine, our neighbour, waved as I drove past him. I smiled awkwardly in return, never having really met the man.
He seemed nice enough though. Anyone who brought over cookie was good in my books.
It took me about twenty minutes to drive to the store, once I asked for directions at a gas station.
I parked as close as possible to the doors. If I could see my car, I'd spend much less time trying to find it again later.
I took a deep breath before walking into the store.
The place was huge. Ten times the size of the last place I'd brought food.
The constant beeping of cash registers and rolling carts was already getting on my nerves. The mere sight of line after line of carts was making me nervous.
I took one of the carts hesitantly and rolled it into the first aisle I could.
I glanced around me wearily, scanning shelf after shelf of canned goods.
All of it was extremely over whelming. Way more over whelming than it should have been, actually.
I skipped the can foods aisle, deciding that I'd come back later, when there were less people.
I stood in what seemed like the eye of the storm for a couple of minutes, trying to scope out the store.
The meat section seemed empty enough...
I rolled my cart over there quickly, excited to be somewhat alone in the otherwise claustrophobic store.
I guess I was too excited, because I didn't seem to see the one other person in the meat section.
I ran into him, making him drop the meat in his basket.
"Shoot, I'm sorry." I dropped to the floor immediately to pick up his stuff. I was such a clutz...
I ignored the strange sensation that came over me. I think it was called déjà vu, but that never happened to me.
I got up slowly, still marveling at the odd feeling that had come over me.
I handed the man his meat, still without looking at him.
His hands were shaking as he reached out to take the meat packages from me.
I froze.
I looked up slowly, the meat in my hands falling back to the floor.
He grimaced. My eyes widened in shock.
"Paul?"
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