LEXIE
Friday came in quiet and stayed that way, my shift at the drug store was easy, the kind of day where everything went smoothly without any particular reason for it.
The shelves stayed stocked, the customers were pleasant, Mr. Harlan only found one thing to complain about and even that was halfhearted. I took it as a gift and didn't question it.
I was restocking the cold medicine aisle around midmorning when the door opened and Mia walked in.
I looked up. "You never come in here."
"I needed vitamins," she said, picking up a bottle and reading the back like she knew what she was looking at.
"You came all the way here for vitamins."
"And to see you," she said, setting the bottle back down. "Can't I do both?"
Mr. Harlan appeared from the back, saw Mia, and gave the particular nod
