After work, Karina and Yasmin walked to Ashley's house. They had called their parents earlier to let them know they were sleeping over. By this time it was eight o'clock and the sun had already set. The sky had darkened to navy blue and stars filled the night sky.
"Do you think we should pick up some snacks or something?" Karina asked as they walked down the sidewalk.
"Well if Bill and Tom have the appetite I remember, then we probably should." Yasmin said smiling. "We could pick up some food from Deno's on the way there." Deno's was the small convenience store near Ashley's house.
The girls walked in to the brightly lit store heading for the drinks first. The place was mostly empty. After debating over what to get they grabbed a couple bottles of soda before splitting up to get snacks. Yasmin headed towards the candy aisle while Karina went to get some chips and popcorn. With her mind deep in thought about the reunion with her friends, Karina didn't notice someone come up behind her until they grabbed her around the waist. She jumped in shock and nearly dropped the bottles she was holding. She shot Tom a dirty look while he doubled over with laughter. "I couldn't resist," he said grinning.
"What are you even doing here?" she asked exasperated.
"We got hungry and decided to walk down and grab some food." He explained. "Bill, Georg and Gustav are around here somewhere."
"Yasmin's here too. We came to pick up some food. Since you're here you can help," she said handing him the soda. "At least that will you give something to do besides scaring the hell out of me."
"Aw but it's so much fun, " he teased.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," she said turning away to grab some popcorn. Just then Gustav came careening around the corner pushing a carriage with Georg inside. Tom and Karina burst out laughing as they nearly crashed into the shelves. They started grabbing various bags of chips and snacks and dumped them in the basket on top of Georg. Tom put the soda in and Karina tossed in the popcorn, narrowly missing Georg's head.
"Who's idea was this?" Tom asked.
"Gustav's of course." Georg said grinning.
After they had all the food they wanted they headed to the cash register. Meanwhile Yasmin had run into a frustrated Bill in the candy aisle. "Having trouble?" she asked smiling, knowing all too well Bill's addiction to sweets. He looked up in surprise. "What are doing here?"
"Shopping for junk, same as you," she answered. "Where—"
"Skittles or Jelly beans?" he interrupted.
"Umm skittles," she answered watching Bill grab five packs of skittles before she even answered the question.
"Hold this," he commanded giving them to her along with at least a dozen different chocolate bars.
"Where are all the others?" she asked.
"Tom, Gustav and Georg are here somewhere. Ashley's back at the house waiting for Renee." He said standing with his hands on his hips looking intently at the colorful rows of candy. Yasmin watched him and stifled a giggle. She forgot how much fun it was hanging out with him.
This continued on for a good ten minutes with the two of them playfully arguing over what candy to buy. After a while Yasmin realized she couldn't hold any more candy.
"Oh come on you can carry a little more," Bill said when she told him.
"Here's an idea. Why don't you carry some?" Yasmin said.
"That's ok," Bill said grinning.
"Whatever. Let's just go to the cash register." She said already walking past him. He followed with his hands in his pockets. They went to the cash register and saw Tom, Karina, Georg and Gustav waiting by the door. Karina raised her eyebrows at the mountain of candy Bill had suckered Yasmin into carrying. "Don't ask," Yasmin said before Karina could ask questions. She dumped the pile on the checkout counter. Bill snickered. The cashier looked at them questioningly but didn't say anything as he began to ring everything up.
"I hope you brought money with you," she said looking at Bill.
"What? I thought you were going to pay for it?" Bill said innocently, then upon seeing the look on her face, he added quickly, "Just kidding." Yasmin rubbed her temples. This was supposed to be a simple trip to the store.
After all the candy had finally been bagged and paid for the six of them headed out the door and continued on to Ashley's house.