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| Entry tags: | !! log/narrative, josette lovell, olivia murphy |
WHO: Joey Lovell & Olivia Murphy.
WHEN: Backdated to Monday, October 26.
WHERE: The grocery store.
WHAT: Joey wants to make candy baskets for the wolves!
WARNINGS: I don’t think so!
Pushing a cart filled with just enough pumpkin shaped buckets in front of them, Joey surveyed the candy aisle. “Okay, so — enough candy to fill the buckets, include the favorites I know of, and… a mix of the ‘good’ Halloween candy and the cheap stuff with, hopefully, a higher amount of the good stuff overall! And, hopefully, all within my budget!” She didn’t have that much money to work with, after all. “That seems doable, right?”
“What’s your…” budget, Olivia thought of asking, since she’d need to know that to actually say if it was doable or not, but Joey didn’t usually like when she asked questions like that when it was her thing. Olivia didn’t need to figure it out! “List? I’m sure we’ll be able to find everything.”
“Candy corn, pumpkin or bat shaped Reese’s, Smarties, Butterfingers,” Joey started, ticking people off mentally — Robbie, Kash, Avery, Frankie. “I think… black licorice?” Joey wrinkled her nose. “Do you know if that’s still Sam’s favorite?”
“It is! Though I don’t know why,” Olivia said, crouching down to pick up a bag of candy corn, which she also didn’t understand people wanting. She eyed the price below it. “Do you have a store card? You’ll get a discount.”
“If I had the car keys with me, I would have one! I think it’s under my ma’s number?” Grabbing a bag of mixed chocolate that included butterfingers, Joey tossed it into the cart. “So I can probably just give that to them. Or sign up for a new one?”
“They probably accept the number!” Olivia agreed, standing back up and placing the candy corn into the cart. “Did you say Smarties were one?” She asked, scanning the shelves for it. “They all have...interesting tastes in favorite candy.”
“Avery did at least admit that they’re kind of gross, but she said she always got excited to get them! So.” Joey shrugged. It wouldn’t have made a list of her favorite candies, but it wasn’t quite Halloween if you didn’t get smarties in your candy bucket. Even if they really were kind of gross. “I won’t judge!” Much.
Olivia’s instinct was to say she wouldn’t judge either, but she already had, so she just snagged them off the shelf once she spotted them and threw them in the cart. “I still think it’s really nice that you thought about doing this for them.”
“Thanks — oh, God. It even smells gross through the packaging,” Joey exclaimed, mostly to turn the topic away from the compliment, picking up the package of black licorice. “I lied. I’m judging!” She tossed it into the cart, nose wrinkling once again.
“Oh good! So am I!” Olivia agreed, smiling. She snagged a variety pack of Snickers, Milkways, Twix and M&Ms off the shelf and held it up for Joey’s approval.
“I actually have no idea what some of the wo— them like best? So… let’s go with yes!” Not that she hadn’t tried to find out Jeremy’s favorite candy. “I probably need some of the cheap filler candy, too.”
Olivia quirked an eyebrow when Joey switched up her words, but wasn’t going to question it. She turned her attention to the cardboard bargain bins in the middle of the aisle. “There’s some here!”
“Perfect.” What Halloween haul didn’t have trash candy mixed in with the good stuff? A better one than Joey had ever had, certainly! Grabbing a couple of bags, she surveyed the cart. “I think that’s good? Or — wait, no, I only have normal Reese’s.”
Abandoning the cart momentarily, Joey returned with a very Halloween themed bag of Reese’s after a beat. “Now, I think we’re done?”
“I think so!” Olivia said, even though she didn’t have a list that she was checking off like she would have if it was her shopping trip. “Unless — should we go back to the holiday aisle and get some of that decorative filler? You know, like those curly paper strings they have in Easter baskets?”
“Ooh, yes. Let’s look.”
“What’s your…” budget, Olivia thought of asking, since she’d need to know that to actually say if it was doable or not, but Joey didn’t usually like when she asked questions like that when it was her thing. Olivia didn’t need to figure it out! “List? I’m sure we’ll be able to find everything.”
“Candy corn, pumpkin or bat shaped Reese’s, Smarties, Butterfingers,” Joey started, ticking people off mentally — Robbie, Kash, Avery, Frankie. “I think… black licorice?” Joey wrinkled her nose. “Do you know if that’s still Sam’s favorite?”
“It is! Though I don’t know why,” Olivia said, crouching down to pick up a bag of candy corn, which she also didn’t understand people wanting. She eyed the price below it. “Do you have a store card? You’ll get a discount.”
“If I had the car keys with me, I would have one! I think it’s under my ma’s number?” Grabbing a bag of mixed chocolate that included butterfingers, Joey tossed it into the cart. “So I can probably just give that to them. Or sign up for a new one?”
“They probably accept the number!” Olivia agreed, standing back up and placing the candy corn into the cart. “Did you say Smarties were one?” She asked, scanning the shelves for it. “They all have...interesting tastes in favorite candy.”
“Avery did at least admit that they’re kind of gross, but she said she always got excited to get them! So.” Joey shrugged. It wouldn’t have made a list of her favorite candies, but it wasn’t quite Halloween if you didn’t get smarties in your candy bucket. Even if they really were kind of gross. “I won’t judge!” Much.
Olivia’s instinct was to say she wouldn’t judge either, but she already had, so she just snagged them off the shelf once she spotted them and threw them in the cart. “I still think it’s really nice that you thought about doing this for them.”
“Thanks — oh, God. It even smells gross through the packaging,” Joey exclaimed, mostly to turn the topic away from the compliment, picking up the package of black licorice. “I lied. I’m judging!” She tossed it into the cart, nose wrinkling once again.
“Oh good! So am I!” Olivia agreed, smiling. She snagged a variety pack of Snickers, Milkways, Twix and M&Ms off the shelf and held it up for Joey’s approval.
“I actually have no idea what some of the wo— them like best? So… let’s go with yes!” Not that she hadn’t tried to find out Jeremy’s favorite candy. “I probably need some of the cheap filler candy, too.”
Olivia quirked an eyebrow when Joey switched up her words, but wasn’t going to question it. She turned her attention to the cardboard bargain bins in the middle of the aisle. “There’s some here!”
“Perfect.” What Halloween haul didn’t have trash candy mixed in with the good stuff? A better one than Joey had ever had, certainly! Grabbing a couple of bags, she surveyed the cart. “I think that’s good? Or — wait, no, I only have normal Reese’s.”
Abandoning the cart momentarily, Joey returned with a very Halloween themed bag of Reese’s after a beat. “Now, I think we’re done?”
“I think so!” Olivia said, even though she didn’t have a list that she was checking off like she would have if it was her shopping trip. “Unless — should we go back to the holiday aisle and get some of that decorative filler? You know, like those curly paper strings they have in Easter baskets?”
“Ooh, yes. Let’s look.”