blue_skies (blue_skies) wrote in lakewoodic, @ 2015-03-02 19:47:00 |
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Entry tags: | josephine laurent, noah benson |
Who: Josie and Noah
What: Stopping by to pick up meat
When: Saturday, Feb 7th, afternoon
Where: The Meat Hook
Rating: Low
Status: In progress?
After being stuck inside the high school for close to three days, the last thing Josie wanted to do that Saturday was to spend time inside the family home. Which had been why the teen had actually offered her services to her mother by volunteering to make a run into town. Her mother had compiled a small list of choice pieces of meat, and Josie welcomed the opportunity to go out and pick the listed meats up from the butcher shop.
Slipping into her coat, the list stuffed into a pocket, Josie grabbed her keys and hurried out from the four walls of the house on the family farm. Jumping into her truck, Josie keyed up the engine, then guided the vehicle away from the house and toward the main of the small town.
Passing into the town limits, Josie slowed the truck as she near the butcher shop. Spying an open spot near the shop’s entrance, Josie pulled up alongside the curb and parked. Turning the engine off, her keys pocketed, Josie climbed out of the vehicle and headed on into the meat store.
Noah had spent the snow storm at the B&B. While it had started out being a nice break for an afternoon, he hadn't expected it to last days. He was still playing catch up. The morning had been madness but it was starting to calm down. He looked up as the bell over the door rang.
"Josie," Noah grinned. "Are you looking for Cece?"
Her eyes trailed over toward the sound of the voice when Noah greeted her upon entrance into his shop. “Nope. Actually came here looking for you.” She stated, with a playful smile at her lips. The teen then pulled the list from her pocket. “My mom was wondering if you could fill this little list of hers. I’ll need three pounds of center cut pork chops, a slab of bacon and two pounds of steak tips.” Josie told Noah, reading off the list her mother had sent with her,
“Did you, now?” Noah asked leaning on the counter. “Be still my beating heart.” He waited for the list. It was a sizable list. “That’s going to take me a moment,” he said as he began to gather and weigh the meat. “How did your parents fare? Have they dug out yet?”
Josie giggled when Noah responded to her reasoning behind her visit to his meat shop. “That’s okay, I don’t mind waiting.” It would keep her out of the house a little bit longer, which suited her just fine. “About as well as everyone else in town. I think they’re about halfway there.” Josie explained to Noah. At least everyone was now able to get in and out of the house without any kind of struggle, and were able to get to their vehicles as well. “What about you? Did you survive alright.” Which should have been an obvious thing that he did as Noah was there to tend to his shop looking no worse for the wear.
“I won’t keep you talking to the old guy for too long,” Noah teased as he was packing up her order. “That’s good to hear,” he said of her family. “I was fine. I was making a delivery to the B&B so I was there when the storm hit. The shop did fine without me but it was rough digging my way into the shop.” He placed placed the bacon on the counter. “Were you stuck at the school with Cece?”
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen this town hit with some much snow at one time.” Josie commented back. “And glad to hear you weren’t stranded out on one of the roads during the whole thing.” She said, as Noah laid the package of bacon on the counter. “Yeah, most of the high school kids were stuck inside the school til it was safe to leave.”
"That sounds terrible and fun at the same time," Noah chuckled. He looked at his sister's friend. He couldn't imagine being trapped overnight with Josie. No. In high school. Noah blinked. Where has that thought come from? "So which was it?" He asked, worried he'd been quiet too long.
“Boring.” Josie said, deciding to go with that single word description of what it was like being cooped up within the school for almost three days. And that he seemed to have been caught up in a thought, which delayed Noah in keeping their conversation moving fluidly, just flew right on over her. “Would you like to have nothing more to do but stare out the window and watch the snowfall.” Josie posed to the butcher, as Noah continued putting her order together.
"You didn't do anything fun? Such a waste," Noah shook his head. "You should have done something so you had a story.". Not that Noah had done anything of course.
“I tried to, but Cece chickened out on me.” Josie informed Noah. She had succeeded in getting Josie to go down into the basement, but because of the lack of light down there, her friend didn’t feel up to doing too much exploring. “I did pull somebody out of the snow and into the school.” Josie shared with Noah then, though it didn’t exactly happen how she had just described it.
"That's no fun," Noah laughed. "Though I suppose I shouldn't be encouraging that as her brother." He added another package to go with the bacon. "Did you? That sounds harrowing. I bet they were glad to see you."
“Oh, you should very much encourage it.” Josie said with a grin over to Noah. “She needs to have more fun time.” She added with an acknowledging nod. At least her bestie should have more of Josie’s style of fun. “He said he was trying to get home to his cats. I think that’s kind of ridiculous and sweet at the same time.” She could kind of understand where Alik had been coming from as she’d do anything for her own family. Even brave the harshest of weather to get to her family and make sure they were alright. “At least I got him to come inside the school where it was warm.”
"And you do have fun?" Noah found himself asking. It really wasn't any of his business. He told himself that he was just making conversation. "It's lucky that he found you. I assume everyone human and feline were alright." Noah put the last package of meat on the counter. "Anything else I can do for you?"
“Do you have fun?” Josie questioned of Noah then, with a bit of a mischievous smile. Did he know how to have fun? That thought breezed through her mind then, that track of thought disrupted when their conversation turned toward the boy she had brought into the school. “I suppose so.” She offered with a slight shrug. “He seemed fine when they finally let everyone leave the school. Hopefully his cats survived the storm, with them being inside and all.” At least that had been what Alik had told her. That his cats were safe and warm in his house.
"I have fun, yes," Noah laughed. "Don't you worry about me." He nodded. "That's good. That storm was bad so it's good that everyone was safe."
“Well, that is good. Would really hate to have to work on getting two Bensons to learn how to have fun.” Josie teased with an impish smile. “It was. No one should have been outside in such severe weather.” She said in agreement with Noah’s comment.
"Would that make you the Benson fun fairy?" Noah asked with a chuckle. He bagged up her order. "Should I just put it on your parents' tab?"
“Ohh. I like the sound of that!” Josie grinned to Noah. “Josie, fun fairy of the Benson family.” Josie smiled happily, as if she were just designated with a rare honor, though totally joking with Noah. “If you would, my mom said she’d be in midweek to settle the family’s account with you.” Josie told him.
Noah couldn't help but laugh at the look on Josie's face. He knew she was joking but she looked so thrilled. It really lit up her whole face. "Then that is who you shall be," he said. He nodded. "Not a problem."
“I should have some kind of official badge, or something made up.” Josie continued to tease, actually enjoying the playful banter she and Noah were engaging in. Sure she saw a lot of him due to her friendship with Cece, but they never really had talked much prior to this. “My mom really appreciates being able to run a tab here.” Josie mentioned to Noah. It was something that helped when her mother sent her, or one of her brothers out to pick up something at the butcher’s shop. Mrs’ Laurent didn’t have to make sure that whoever she sent had sufficient funds with which to pay for the order.
"That sounds like a craft project," Noah said. "Cece is better at those than I am." His lips curled into a playful smirk. "Unless you want it out of bacon. Then I'm your man." Noah shook his head. "It's no problem, really. I'm just glad I could help." He understood the town. It was something that his grandfather before him had done and everyone was pretty honest about it. He appreciated that.
“Awww. Noah, would you really make a bacon badge for little ole me.” Josie questioned, giving the butcher a sweet little smile. “Well, my folks appreciate it all the same.” Josie said then, with a genuine smile to the guy. It was her guess that that was why people kept coming to his shop instead of travelling the extra couple of minutes over to Biddeford or Portland.
"Of course I would. Any time," Noah smiled. "It's my pleasure." He packed everything into a bag and handed it to Josie.
“You have a real nice smile.” Josie said to him, blinking in the next moment, wondering where that came from. The words just seemed to blurt themselves out, and there was no way the teen could pull them back now. “Well, I um. I should probably get this order home for my mother, before she starts wondering what kind of distraction I found.” Josie rambled a bit as she collected the bag from Noah.