Hard Times [Open]

The young woman seemed to have been somewhat stunned by Melissa’s apology…or maybe she just looked stunned because Melissa had just run in to her with her shopping cart. She just hoped that the woman accepted her apology. After all, she didn’t need to deal with a woman shouting at her in the grocery store when she was already having a bit of a rough day. Still, after she got done grocery shopping she could go home and spend some quality time with her son…well…her biological son. She and Stiles had bonded a few nights ago, but tonight? Well, tonight was the night for her and Scott. No werewolf business, no Kira, no Stiles, no Raphael, just her and Scott and it was something that she was really looking forward to. After all, who didn’t look forward to spending quality time with their only son?

Finally, the young woman spoke, responding to Melissa’s apologies. She smiled at her and shook her head, which made the nurse let out a relieved sigh. She then said that it was okay and how she should have been looking out for her since she couldn’t have seen her when she was coming around the corner. While that was technically right, Melissa didn’t usually know people who felt that way so she smiled at the young woman thankfully anyway before she moved her cart around the woman, stopping beside her to look for the cheapest jelly that she could find. As she was looking, the girl asked her if she knew the difference between jams and jellies. ”Well, jams usually have the fruit in the form of a pulp or crushed fruit while jelly has the fruit in the form of a fruit juice,” she reasoned allowed. She would leave out the thought of preserves, the girl hadn’t asked her about those.

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Melissa nodded to the girl as she thanked her for telling her the difference between jellies and jams. She herself then turned back to the shelf, gazing at the generic jars of jelly before she moved closer, looking between the strawberry and grape flavors of jelly. She had no idea which Scott preferred. The boy tended to eat whatever she bought so she grabbed the strawberry and glanced at the jar, looking it over before she set the jelly down into her shopping car. She gazed at the brand that she usually got, but there was no way she could effort it on her budget so she turned away back towards her cart, pulling out her coupon and setting it down with the others she had piled up.

The woman spoke once again, saying hello before introducing herself. When she asked Melissa if she was alright, the woman looked at her and smiled, shaking her head. ”I’m Melissa,” she told the woman before she paused a bit. ”And everything’s fine. I just have a teenager I have to try and feed on a budget,” she told her before she shrugged her shoulders. She did her best to remain casual and calm and relaxed. She didn’t want people to notice her anxiety written on her face so she needed to check herself to make sure that no one tried to use her in her vulnerable state.

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Melissa wished she didn’t mention her being on a budget, but that could have meant anything. It could have meant she was between jobs or that she was trying her hardest to keep enough money so that she could afford things for her son, both of which were not true. Sure, she was trying to save up to help Scott out when he went to school and the college fund she had been putting money in to since he was a baby was still intact. She had yet to dip in to that fund and swore that she would sooner lose her home then use his college fund. She wouldn’t let that happen, ever for any reason. She had also put away some money in another account under Stiles’ name, of course. She had put a little bit of money in there the moment Claudia had passed away. Just to help out the Stilinskis and maybe Stiles should he ever decide to go off to college and she had yet to dip into that fund either.

The young woman said that it was nice to meet her and Melissa nodded her head in thanks before the woman said that she was sorry, which was something else the mother wanted to avoid, but she digressed. The woman then told her that she understood about hard times before asking about her having a teenager as well. Melissa nodded her head, smiling a bit at the thought of her son. ”Yeah, he doesn’t mean to eat me out of house and home, but he does,” she said with a chuckle before the girl asked if he was growing still. Melissa nodded her head once more. ”Well, I suppose it’s not just him, but his best friend as well. Those poor boys can’t help that they eat as much as passengers aboard a cruise liner,” she joked, grinning at the thought of her son and her surrogate son. Despite everything, they still brought light into her life, for which she was thankful. She would need to tell them both eventually, but for now, she wouldn’t mention it.

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