Snippet #2629943

Pierce

Pierce slowed his pace as he entered the bookstore. The thought that reappeared in his mind made him want to rush, but he knew he couldn't draw attention to himself if what he was thinking was true. He already felt like everyone was staring at him, he didn't have room to do anything over the top yet.

As he stepped through the doors into the air conditioned room, a cashier welcomed him while also giving him a funny look. Pierce said 'hi' and looked around the store. It looked similar to the bookstore he normally went to with Annabell in Griffin, yet the set up was different. There was a small cafe area in the back and a few small tables placed around it. The smell of coffee and new books filled his nostrils. Before Pierce could continue walking into the store, the cashier continued to talk to him.
"Is there something I can help you find?" she asked.
Before answering, he contemplated taking her up on the offer. He was in a hurry, so it would make sense to ask. "Where is the history section?"
She answered "over there" as she pointed to the left side of the store. "Looking for anything in particular? I can look it up here."
"I'm good, thanks." Breaking from the conversation, he hurried to the left. The cashier watched after him, puzzled.

As he walked through the store, he noticed that the books were placed neatly on the shelves and not strewn throughout the floor like at his bookstore. It was odd, yet nice to see it clean. Some kids were sitting on stiff looking sofa chairs in a reading section to his right while their parents shopped around. Toddlers roamed the aisles as their older siblings chased them down while adults silently browsed for interesting books. It was an overall peaceful place, and yet Pierce felt ill at ease.

Upon arriving at the history section, he skimmed the shelves for what he was looking for. It didn't matter to him what type he picked up, he just wanted something remotely similar. The shelves were filled with books of all sizes, containing the history of the world as well as the place he was in currently. After further inspection of the material, what he was looking for was not there. Scratching his head, he turned to move to another aisle. After skimming that aisle he peaked at another. Not finding what he wanted, he circled the shelves. "Damn! It shouldn't be hard to find..." On the outside of one of the bookshelves, he found what he was searching for: a map. Grabbing it, he snatched it open to look at the geography of the world. He paused. Not to his complete surprise, the contents of the map were unfamiliar. Instead of the map showing the names and places of the seven different districts of the world, it showed a mass of land with the title 'The United States of America'. The map showed sections of land with different names on each part. He sighed heavily. "So that bastard didn't teleport me to another district, but to another world. Just my luck huh..." He neatly folded the map and returned it in its proper place. Pierce scoffed as he turned around. "Now what?"