Once I hear those words 'Hey, stiff.' I just froze up in fear. I don't even have to turn around to know who it is, but I do.
I turn around to see Peter, who's not even 6 feet away from me. I just stare at him wide eye, all I can think is why the hell is he here. I bounce Rose up so I don't drop her, she's so clueless to who's standing in front of us.
Peter walks closer to us, now he's not even 2 feet away from me.
"How you doing stiff? He asks.
I don't answer. I just tighten my crib on Rose.
"I haven't seen you in a while, you just kind of disappeared after our little get together. I've missed you." He says brushing his hand against the side of my face. I take two steps back not wanting to be touched by him.
"Cute baby, is she yours?" He asks
Finally I answer, "No, no she's not mine. I'm just watching her for my aunt." I stutter out a lie. I mentally curse myself for being a horrible liar.
I look over Peter's shoulder and see Hanna getting some juice, I really hope she can see me past Peter.
Peter grabs my arm and yanks me toward him, I'm so close I can feel his breath on my neck. I'm about to pull away when he says "You know we should get together again, I've really missed you. By the way I love the baby's eyes." He says in a whisper. He lets go of my arm and and walks past me leaving me stunned on his last comment.
Hanna comes up to me and asks, "Are you alright Tris?" All I reply is, "I need to get out of here."
I hope she can tell I'm about to have a breakdown, by the way her eyes fill with pity I know she does.
"Alright. Got to the car while I go check out." She takes my items and hands me the keys. I take the keys and walk out of the store and into the parking lot. Tears are threatening to to spill over as I make my way to the car.
Once I find the car I hurry and unlock it, I put Rose in her car seat and sit in the car with tears streaming down my face. I choke on a sob, all I can think about is how he commented on her eyes. Does he know she's his? Will he try to take her?
About 15 minutes later I'm interrupted out of my thoughts when Hanna comes out of the store she puts all of the groceries in the car. She gets in the car and looks over at me.
"Tris are you okay?" She asks me in a small, calm voice. Instead of answering her question I say, "Can we please just go home?" She doesn't say anything, she just nods and starts driving home.
