"Okay we have no doubles on the list, keys, money. Are we ready to go?" J asked walking to the door 2 people following him.
"How can he be so bright and cheery at this ungodly hour of" said Caige looking at her watch then pressing the light, "its 5 am this better not take too long, I want to see teletubbies."
"Um I have some bad news for you on 2 counts, first you missed teletubbies it finished an hour ago and secondly its 9 am" said J, "Still in another time zone Caige?"
"Yes Caribbean" muttered Caige sliding on a pair of oakleys. Sean stayed silent, eyes closed like he was sleep walking. "Sean wake up" said J.
"No,need sleep" was Sean response "Caige where is your water pistol?"
"I gave it to Sean last night to look at."
"Sean wake up or I will slap you one" J punched the elevator button and turned around only to have Sean walk into him "Sean, watch where you are going and wake up."
"Someone's in a shitty mood suddenly" muttered Caige.
"Don't you start" yelled J.
"Ok I'll go back to the flat to sleep bye" said Caige turning around as the doors opened.
"No you don't" J grabbed her hand dragging her into the elevator "Sean!"
"Ok" Sean replied. Between Caige and Sean they were trying J's temper with getting out of the house. "J don't move" said Caige moving closer to him and placing her head on his shoulder "Better�"
"What are you doing?" asked J looking at her.
"Going back to sleep" was the response, although Caige was being rather sneaky and stealing J's wallet and the shopping list.
"I have not 1 but 2 lazy flatmates" thought J out loud "Hey off my shoulder,we are at the car park level."
"Ok whiney" said Caige. J leading them to his Audi TT using the remote to unlock it and switch off the alarm. Caige got in the back while Sean got in the front passenger. "Everyone got their seat belts on?" J asked as he belted himself in the drivers seat.
"Yeah mate" said Sean, silence then followed, J turned around in his seat.
"Caige wake up!" J yelled .
"I'm belted up, now I am going back to sleep."
"Caige sit up" J's face was getting red.
"Fine" Caige sat up and looked out the window not surprising the drive to the supermarket was in silence.
"Everyone out we are here" J stated the obvious only to be answered by 2 doors shutting as he unbuckled himself. "I'm pushing the trolley" Caige told Sean as they raced to the entry.
"Fine you can push me around" stated Sean.
"Deal until the trolley is too full then you walk" replied Caige "Or J could carry you."
Both Caige and Sean started laughing.
"You got the list?" asked Sean "What do I look like? Of course I have it" said Caige producing the piece of paper.
"J put that in his pocket. You are very light fingered" noted Sean "What about his wallet?"
Caige slowly pulled it out of her jacket. "You are so naughty tut tut tut" Sean was shaking his head "Now how are you going to get it back in his pocket?"
Caige shrugged her shoulders. The look on her face told Sean she had not considered that detail yet. Silently she grabbed a trolley and held it still waiting for Sean to get in and J to arrive.
"Ok I'm in" said Sean "J can find us inside the shop."
"Plan" Caige replied and gave him the list and a pen. "You hold the list Sean and here is a pen to mark the stuff off as we get it.And I have to figure out how to get his wallet back in his pocket."
Heading through the automatic doors, walked straight into the vegetable dept. "Lets start with the vegetables as we are here. What's the vegetable part like?" asked Caige.
"We need bananas, kiwifruit, apples, lettuce, carrots, celery" Sean read off he list. Caige started with the celery, lettuce and carrots all in the pre packs, putting them in the trolley with Sean "These are wet, hold the trolley I'm getting out."
"What did you expect to stay dry?" asked Caige holding the trolley still.
"Now I have to walk" muttered Sean as he got out.
"This trolley is so much lighter now." chirped Caige as she moved it to beside the bananas and picking out a bunch, before walking a bit further to get some apples. J walked into the trolley area. Where are they? he wondered, looking around to see if he could find them. Nothing. He headed into the shop to see if he could find them in there. Looking around he saw them in the vegetable dept.
"Why did you two just up and leave me in the car park?" asked J.
"We thought we saw some fans and thought you could handle it by yourself" said Caige not looking at him.
"Nah we just dumped you there" said Sean crossing off kiwifruit as he put a bag in the trolley. J folded his arms over his chest.
�Maybe I should leave you here till you have finished shopping and I will go and read the magazines" J said his face slightly red.
"Oh for god sakes get over it, and don't throw a tantrum in the middle of the supermarket" Caige said as slipped J's wallet back into his pocket and put her arms around him. "Don't be mad, we just decided to get a head start. I just happen to hate shopping for anything other than cds."
"Ok I guess" J returned Caige's hug and kissed her forehead. "Just don't do that again" he added as he let her go. Caige turned around and screwed up her face causing Sean to laugh, regaining his composure, "Lets continue" J wandered on ahead of the trolley. Sean moved to beside Caige both following J.
"I see you got the wallet back to him" Sean stated quietly, Caige just nodded "I am highly impressed was it when you gave him the hug?"
"Not saying for fear of incrimination, by the way how did you get the shopping list my cohort in crime."
"Sinking me at the same time" asked Sean "Bingo" Caige responded, eyes straight ahead. Before yelling out "J do the aisles first" "Ok" J went down the first aisle, stopping to wait for Caige and Sean and walk with them behind the trolley. Slowly the rest of the shopping finished uneventfully. Getting to the checkouts, the guys unpacked the trolley onto the counter, Caige stood there and watched. "Aren't you going to help?" J asked.
"No, too crowded on that side" was the disinterested reply. J rolled his eyes. Slowly the checkout girls packed up the goods and placed them back in the trolley. Sean and Caige were looking pretty disinterested by that stage, J paid for all the goods as he had the money on him. "Next time only one of us should go I think" suggested J, Caige sent him a look that said do you want to live. "First of all you get me out of bed for shopping and now your suggesting that we go and do a shop by ourselves, hello I don't have transport. Unless you lend me your car?" J had just supplied her with how to borrow the car.
"I don't think so, take a taxi" J said "Most females I know don't drive very well and I don't need dents in my car."
"What makes you think that I can't drive?" Caige was a bit surprised.
"Because like Sean's idea on the video games, 'cause you're a girl." They arrived at the car J unlocked it and opened the boot. Caige just got in the car and shut the door not speaking to either guy.
"Caige, help us out here" J asked.
"Sorry, I am a girl and useless" She hit back verbally.
"Caige we won't leave with out you, take the trolley back" asked J.
"No, you said I was useless" Caige refused to look at J. J's shoulders fell and he took the trolley to the returns bay and got back in the car.
"We need to have a little discussion about attitude I think, Caige what do you think" J thought. Sean was staying silent as well. J started the engine.
"Maybe J you should take her out for a lesson and see how she drives that way you can't really argue about it" suggested Sean trying to easy the tension in the car.
"Good idea Sean, are you supplying the car" asked J "Because she is not taking this one out."
"J,one drive will not kill the car, Caige have you ever driven in England? asked Sean.
"UMM no, I only hold an American, a New Zealand and a British drivers licenses no I'm not really sure on how to drive at all" Caige was being sarcastic.
"How long have you been driving?" "About 6 years now" "That would make you about 24 the same age as J" said Sean.
"Wrong I have held a driver license since I was 15 that makes me 21." corrected Caige.
"You've been driving since you were 15. The age for getting your license is 17" stated J.
"Wrong again, New Zealand legal age is 15" J stopped at the lights and both him and Sean turned around in their seats and looked at her "What!?"
"You definitely do not behave like a 21 yr old" stated Sean.
"And how is a 21 yr old supposed to act?" Caige asked knowing he couldn't really answer it.
"Ok point taken" Sean said turning to face the front "J,lights" J turned back to face forward and finish the drive back to the apartment. Sean not liking the silence he flipped on the radio and changed the station. Caige stared out of the window in the back. Eventually J pulled into the garage under the building. Everyone got out, Sean and J started to get the shopping bags while Caige just walked off the elevators.
"Hey where are you going?" J asked.
"To the elevators what does it look like."
"Not without taking some of the bags you don't."
"Yes I do" "Do you want to drive the car or not" asked J, Caige stayed silent holding her ground. J gave in "Ok we will go for a driving lesson to see what you drive like and if your driving is all right, I might let you borrow the car."
Caige walked back and picked up a pile of bags before walking back to the elevator and pressing the button. All she could think was 29 more days with him, control yourself. Count to ten, do not hurt him just because he is stupid.
"Still not speaking huh?" Sean asked Caige as he stood next to her waiting for the lift. Interrupting her train of thought, she looked at him through narrowed eyes. "Hey I wonder how long you can keep this up before you drive J nuts."
Caige's eyebrows went up.
"How about if you don't speak for 24 hours J will probably go insane, $100 if you can achieve that" Sean was daring her, it was a challenge.
"Starting when?" "How about today?"
"Can I talk with anyone else?"
"Within reason I guess but you can't talk to J at all�"
