Shopping with Mom [Ariel]

Ever since it was just Ariel and her father (and once Ariel recovered from the loss of her mother, though to be honest you can't actually recover from something like that) Ariel tried to be more supportive in the house. Sure, at first it would be mostly not making any messes, but as she grew up and understood better the way things worked, Ariel took upon herself more responsibilities in an attempt to lighten her father's burdens. Not that she was a burden to him, but it was tough, and Ariel was observant enough to see it and smart enough to understand it and try to help.

One of the things she picked up and actually enjoyed was cooking. It reminded her a lot of the chemistry labs - if you followed the orders (recipe) then everything would be just fine (and delicious). And so Ariel has become in charge of food and purchasing it. Of course her father still cooked as well; he liked it as much as Ariel did and they started out cooking together and that was how Ariel discovered her affinity towards it. But Ariel, having more free time then her father, took it upon herself to get the groceries.

And so it happened to be that today Ariel was at the grocery store, waiting in the meat line to buy some chicken and beef and whatever seemed to catch her eye for a possible delicious meal. She waited patiently for the costumer before her to finish his order; it was taking some time for the elderly to decide what he wanted and how much of it, but Ariel waited patiently nonetheless, putting her time to good use and trying to come to a decision as well. While waiting a young girl appeared practically out of the blue. Ariel didn't recognize her (but what else was new?) but she seemed harmless enough. She noted that the girl seemed excited, perhaps too excited for shopping for meat, but then again, who was she to judge what was exciting and what wasn't.


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Ariel was too late to realize she was staring just a bit when the girl suddenly turned to look right at her. It startled the blonde just how quick she turned, but she was quick to regain her composure. Plus, the fact that the girl started talking to her as if they were long time friends helped her to overcome her initial reaction and replace it with a mixture of confusion and curiosity. When the girl finished talking Ariel couldn’t help but smile understandingly, knowing full well the struggle of not buying anything too expensive, "so true" she agreed as she scanned what was offered in the meat station, "I think I'll go with the rib eyes though. Taste good and not that expensive" she said, offering her piece of mind on the matter. Of course, the girl could (should) do with it whatever she wanted.

Now that they were sort of conversing, Ariel allowed herself to look the girl over (which was what she tended to do with every new person she encountered, sizing them up for better and for worse). She looked harmless enough, even if she seemed very eager, though now she appeared more withdrawn – perhaps her outburst was not something she did on a regular basis. Ariel also noticed that the girl's cart was empty, which meant she just got here, unlike Ariel who had managed to fill her cart a bit.


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Ariel smiled politely when the girl said she would probably heed her advice, if so - Ariel was just glad she could help. Finally it was her turn and Ariel gave her order to the butcher - some rib eyes but also a few pieces of chicken - you could never have enough chicken and thank god for freezers. She thanked the guy who handed her her meat and placed them neatly in her cart. She turned around and noticed the girl was still there, also loading up her cart. Ariel was ready to move along but apparently the girl was more chatty than her and she asked her what school Ariel went to.

Ariel didnt mind at all talking while shopping, it was even a nice change since Ariel always went by herself since her father was busy at work. The girls rolled their carts alongside the aisle, making their way further inside, Ariel figured if the girl was talking to her, asking questions and making conversation, she would be okay with walking around and doing the necessary shopping as well. "Yeah, I go to Beacon Hills High" Ariel replied smiling friendlily, "what about you?" Ariel asked, she was still relatively new to the school so it would make perfect sense that Ariel was yet to recognize everyone who went there, which was probably the case with this girl. "I'm Ariel by the way" Ariel added matter of fact-ly, figuring if they were going to talk they should at least know each other's names.


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