Farmers Market
"Gerbil!Come on!" Popeye shouted up at Jerome, who had been in his room all day.
"Why?" He shouted back.
"We're going to the farmer's market!"
"I'll pass."
"Okaaayy." She shouted up at the stairs. Who knew, and who cared what he was doing?
Popeye and her Mom got their purses and headed for the market.
Upstairs in Jerome's room, he listened very carefully for the sound the door makes when it closes. The moment it did, he jumped up and got his phone to call Mara.
The farmer's market was buzzing with people. There was a peculiar man with giant blackberries, fresh pies, and humungous and juicy corn on the cob. Popeye loved this place.
20 minutes later, they had armfuls of bread, fruit, and vegetables. Joy was about ready to fall over from carrying so much. The got in the car and started heading for home.
"I can't believe that happened to you!" Jerome laughed into the phone.
"Well it did. Josh turned into a jerk in the last three years."
Josh was the boy from her old school that she had seen at the pool. After checking with Jerome, she went on a lunch date with him, only to find out that he wasn't anywhere as nice as he had been when Mara had known him.
"Well, I'm glad I still have you."
"Me too." She said.
Jerome heard the door slam downstairs. As fast as he could he said,
"Mara I gotta go." Before she got to say anything, he hung up, turned on the TV, and acted like he'd been lying on his bed for hours. Popeye peaked in.
"How's it going?" She said with that ever sarcastic tone towards her brother.
"Fine."
She rolled her eyes as she left the room, muttering to herself, "He has no life."
A.N. This is shaping up to be my biggest story yet for length, hits, and reviews! Thank you so much! This ends at the end of the month, could just a few more people alert and favorite it so it really does become my biggest story yet? Thanks so much!