Before Andy realized what had happened, Arthur had pulled her into an almost crushing hug. She felt nothing but surprise in that moment. She had thought that he would be ... Disgusted with her. This was definitely not what she had expected. So there she stood, frozen, for several moments. Finally, she found that she was able to move. Her arms slipped up around his back, her hands curling over his shoulders, and her tears trickled down her cheeks. She buried her face in his shoulder and forced herself to calm down, and when he pulled away, instantly missed the warmth of his embrace.
At the mention of her brother's asthma and allergy medications, she cast a look at her watch. It was just a little past five, which gave them plenty of time to get to the pharmacy, go out for something to eat, and then return home. She removed her wallet and flipped through the cash that was inside of it, pulled thirty out, and shoved it into her front pocket, her wallet in one of her back ones.
She turned on her heel and began down the street. It wasn't far to the pharmacy, and they were in and out fairly quickly. It was even further to the fast food joint that they had made a regular date-site for them, and when they entered, were greeted with several 'Hello's' from the staff. Andy led the way to the counter and slid onto a stool.
"Hey kids. The usual?" a smiling waitress asked as she approached behind the bar.
"Hi Julie. Yeah, the usual. Just some burgers, fries, and a smoothie, please," Andy replied, smiling over at Arthur. She spun on the seat, leaned up, and pecked a kiss on the corner of his lips. "You really are a good guy, you know that, Arthur?" she asked quietly, before spinning back to face forward.
"Wah! My knee! I can feel it slowly becoming more shattered by the second!"
"Isabe-"
"Somebody, please! Call an ambulance! No, wait, don't! Just shoot me and end my endless, tormenting pain!"
"Isa-"
"Oh, it hurts so badly! It's broken, it's broken for sure this time! And it's bleeding! Is that bone I see?"
"Is-"
"I'm going to die! I'm doing to die from the pain! Somebody end my misery, or I'll - Ooo, look at the beautiful dress! Hey, miss, where'd you get it?"
The owner of the game store, also known as her boss of her part-time job, sighed and rubbed at the bridge of his nose. In exchange for her usage of the games, study of customer's responses to certain types of games, and the computer design program that they had at the store, Isabella worked for the man as a part-time job. He loved having her around, but sometimes ...
Isabella hopped up and smiled at the woman, immediately beginning to chatter away about dresses and other accessories. The woman looked extremely uncomfortable, squirming and casting desperate looks for help at Izzy's boss, who leaped to the rescue.
"Isabella, you can go ahead and clock out early. It's a bit slow today, so why don't you go play some video games or something?" he offered tiredly. He pushed several golden tokens across the counter to her, and she snatched them up, holding one before her face.
"Shiny ..." she mumbled in awe, seemingly mesmerized. Yes, she acted like a total ditz, but in actuality, was quite smart, especially when it came to computers. She turned and skipped away, the skirt of her maid's costume bouncing with each step, and immediately approached one of her most favorite games, Guitar Hero. She slipped in a coin, strapped on the plastic, electronic guitar, and selected Expert Mode. Quickly choosing Eye of the Tiger as her song, her fingers began to fly across the keys, almost seeming to be a blur on the plastic neck of the guitar.