Chapter 20 - Search Parameters
As we drove around New Jersey City, we saw people with backpacks, carrying food, water, and flashlights. It was really clear that everybody wanted the 10,000$. I drove around to find somewhere where people weren't looking for him. After about an hour of driving, listening to songs on the radio, talking to some people who were searching for him, I eventually pulled over to a sidewalk.
"Well, looks like we aren't going to find him today.", I said with a disappointed tone of voice. "What?! Don't quit now! We're really close to finding it, I swear!", my jelly boyfriend worryingly said. "No! Every person we've talked to hasn't found it, every place we looked at didn't have him in there. We already checked several McDonald's, libraries, and looked in all the alleyways. It's pointless to search for much longer." My jelly boyfriend looked down at his shoes, wearing an extremely sad look on his face.
"Hey man, look at it this way,", I said, patting his shoulder. "I'm sure the bunny won't be found by anybody without us. He's really good at hiding, right?" He looked up at me, wiping away his tears. "You're right. I'm sure it will cross paths with us eventually. Let's go home."
"Now hold on", I said with a stern tone. "We still have to pick up the groceries. That's the whole reason we came out here anyway." My jelly boyfriend rolled his eyes, pouting like a seven-year old. "Look, we can't live without food! We can't just wait until we die of starvation!", I said to him, pulling away from the sidewalk to start driving back to Staten Island. He let out a sigh of frustration before asking "Did you bring at least bring a list?" I reached into my pocket and pulled out a notepad, which I use for grocery lists. As I handed him the notepad, he had a relieved look on his face, knowing we wouldn't argue about what we wanted to get.
As we drove back to Staten Island, I began thinking about my jelly boyfriend in general. His stories and hobbies always interested me. The way he got angry at that protester always bothered me, though. Seeing my lover yell like that at somebody does something to you, you know? The fact that he wanted to save something so badly that he forgot about getting a new video game really stuck to me, though. He's all about fun and games, but when something real goes down, he wants to do whatever he can for what's right.
Eventually, we made it to the local Walmart. My jelly looked pretty nervous, seeing all the people out on the parking lot. "I don't think I can do this", he said. "Yes you can! Just stay in that form and try not to make too much small talk.", I told him. When I pulled into the parking space, I turned towards my jelly boyfriend, putting my hand on his shoulder. "If anything goes wrong, I'll take care of it." He leaned up to me, kissing my cheek.
We unbuckled our seatbelts and got out of the car. As we were walking towards the store, people gave us funny looks. I guess they've never seen identical twins before. "Hey", My Jelly Boyfriend said, starting a conversation with me. "What will we do with the creature if we do find it?" I replied, "Well, I'd imagine that the bunny has some sort of intelligence, so I guess he would hang out with us. We would feed him, and take care of him until he felt the need to go." My jelly boyfriend asked, "What if we want to do the... thing?"
"Well, that's why we have a second bedroom. I wonder why you never asked to go in there instead..." He responded, "That's because I was perfectly comfortable with you", tapping my shoulder with his.