Chapter Six: Video Store

A few moments later and the young waiter made his way over to their table, and brought them their bill.

"Here you go ladies, just pay at the front desk on your way out" He said as he handed the bill to Janet and then walked back off. Janet browsed over it.

"Ah, well that's not too bad" She said as she reached into her purse to pull out the appropriate amount of money. "As I said before, it's on me!" She said as she did so.

"Thanks Janet" Sam replied smiling.

"Besides I did kind of force you to eat it" Janet replied with a smile. "And you paid for the earlier bowling game" She added and then stood up. "So you ready to go?" She asked Sam.

"Yep, may as well" Sam replied as she too got up from the seat. They made their way over to the exit and towards the front desk, where there was a young lady standing. Janet smiled to her as they approached the desk and then handed her their bill and the money she had got out.

"Thank-you ma'am" The lady said and then put the money in the till and brought out some change. "Here you go" She said as she handed the change and receipt back to Janet.

"Thank-you" Janet replied and smiled back at the lady.

"Enjoy the rest of your night" The lady said and both Sam and Janet smiled back at her then made their way out of the restaurant.

As they made their way out Janet looked across at Sam, who seemed to be pale in the light they were currently in. "You alright, Sam?" Janet asked concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine Janet" Sam replied looking across at her friend.

"You look a little pale" Janet said and Sam looked ahead of her again.

"Guess I'm a little tired" She admitted.

"When was the last time you slept?" Janet asked.

"Ah…" Sam started and then paused. "Before our last mission… I think" She answered and Janet stopped dead in her tracks, as did Sam.

"Sam!" She said loudly turning to face her friend. "That was almost two days ago" She said annoyed.

"I know, but you know how it goes… things come up!" Sam argued and Janet rolled her eyes and continued walking.

"I don't remember any big base emergencies that needed you immediate attention!" Janet replied still annoyed.

"Ah, no…" Sam said as she started up following Janet again. "But I did get a lot of work done and… then there was the Colonel's little incident… Time just got away from me" Sam explained and Janet shook her head.

"Excuses, excuses" she said as she reached Sam's car. Sam opened the car and they both got into it.

"Video store next" Sam said cheerily as she glanced over at Janet, who still looked slightly annoyed, but grinned none-the-less.

They drove off and headed back through town, a town which had quietened down, most of the young teenagers that were around earlier were gone, there weren't as many places open and there were only one or two people walking around. Sam briefly looked at the clock in her car it showed 12:25am she figured that the clock could be wrong. "Janet! What's time is it?" She asked and Janet looked at her watch on her wrist.

"Nearly half past twelve in the morning" Janet responded.

"Wow, didn't realise it was so late!" Sam said.

"Yeah, I know… Time flies when you're having fun doesn't it?" Janet said with a grin and Sam nodded.

"Yeah, so true" Sam replied and they continued through town.

"So anyway Sam, that wasn't too bad, was it?" Janet asked after a few moments of silence.

"What wasn't?" Sam asked slightly confused.

"Going back there, you didn't get into any trouble" Janet said and Sam smiled.

"No I guess it wasn't" She replied and Janet smiled back at her.

"So what movies we going to get?" Janet asked and Sam smiled again.

"I'll guess we see once we get there" She replied and Janet smiled back again.

"Sounds like a plan" She said as they continued on again.

Sam parked the car in the store car park and looked over at Janet.

"Videos, here we come!" Janet said and laughed as she opened the door and got out of the car.

"You've been spending too much time with Cassie" Sam said as she too got out of the car.

"I have no idea what you're talking about" Janet said grinning as she walked to the entrance way of the video store. Sam just shook her head and laughed as she followed her into the store. Entering, they both nodded to the man behind the counter as they walked past. "What sort of movie you feel like watching?" Janet asked as she turned to face Sam.

"Don't know" Sam replied then took a brief look around the store; they were actually the only two in the store other than the man behind the desk. "How about we each pick two movies each" She replied as a compromise and Janet nodded.

"Okay" She said and turned and headed off to find some movies, as Sam did the same.

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Fifteen minutes later and they returned to the counter, not knowing what movies each other had picked.

"What did you get?" Janet asked as Sam walked up to the counter to meet her.

"Nothing special" Sam said handing Janet the two DVDs she had in her hand. Janet's eyebrow raised as she read the title of the first one.

"Little Shop of Horrors?" Janet asked suspiciously and Sam shrugged.

"Never seen it before, sounded funny so I grabbed it!" Sam explained and Janet just nodded.

"Okay…" She said as she looked at the cover of the second DVD Sam had picked and started laughing. "I haven't seen this for years" She exclaimed.

"I know and as soon as I saw it I had to grab it"

Janet smiled. "I was having some trouble deciding so I grabbed Ghost, as a nice soppy romance and Tomb Raider, for some action" Janet explained and Sam laughed.

"I was thinking of just having a good laugh in my selection" Sam said as Janet handed the videos to the guy behind the counter.

While they waited for the guy to get the discs and everything sorted, they briefly glanced around the room, a few people had entered since earlier. There was a young couple hugging and browsing through the shelves. There was also a group of three girls looking around. Suddenly Janet cracked up laughing and Sam turned to face her, her eyebrow raised in confusion.

"Look!" Janet managed in between laughing and pointed to the shelf behind the desk. Sam looked to where she was pointing and then cracked up laughing when she saw what Janet was talking about.

"DVDs… a box set of DVDs… Are you kidding me? …How'd they pull that one off?" Sam said in between laughter.

"Who knows… But I dare you to buy them" Janet said and Sam looked at her again and smiled.

"Okay…" She said and turned to the guy. "Excuse me, but could I please buy that DVD Box Set up there as well?" Sam asked and indicated what she meant.

"Sure" He replied with a smile. "They just came out yesterday, you'll probably some of the first people to own this" He informed them and they started laughing again.

"If you'll excuse me I'll just go grab a box from out the back" He said and placed the DVDs they'd already borrowed on the counter. A few minutes later and he returned with the box. "And you also get this free souvenir key-ring with it" He said handing it to Sam who laughed again and shoved it into her pocket.

"Thanks" She replied still laughing and Janet was having an utter laughing fit beside her. The man turned to them and raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Sorry…" Sam started and laughed again. "There's just a really really funny story behind this" She informed him and he just smiled back and then turned and swiped the box set of DVDs for them. He then handed it back to her as well as the other DVDs. Sam then passed him her credit card.

"Thanks" He said and swiped it in the little machine and handed it back to her. She smiled back at him and picked up the box set of DVDs and Janet picked up the other ones and they made their way out. "Have yourselves a good day" The man said and watched them leave he shook his head slightly then turned to serve the next customer.

Walking over to Sam's car their laughing and giggling calmed down. Sam opened the door and got in, while Janet put the DVDs on the back seat and then got in the passenger side. Sam then started the car up and pulled out of the car park and headed in the direction of home.