This would be my newest short story. Enjoy! And I would like your feedback (:
He was a regular customer at the supermarket. It was not because of the goods they had to offer. It was more than that. It was something else - something that could change his life forever. Even though he didn't really need to buy anything, he would always enter and find something to buy. He was compelled to enter it time after time.
He would always approach the same cashier. Even if the line extended to a massive number, he would wait, for it was the only reason he would be there; the cashier.
To him the cashier was indescribable. She was simply the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She was breathtaking. She had everybody under her spell. He was the most affected. He was enchanted, captivated.
Her long blonde hair fell beautifully over her shoulders. She had a gleam in her eye that could light the night. They were light brown, and they sparkled in the light. Her nose was small, fitting perfectly in her face. Her upper lip was perfectly curved, sitting on the throne that was her lower lip. She would wear no lipstick. When she would smile she would show her charming dimples. She would wear large, thin silver hoop earrings that would dangle a few centimeters above her shoulders.
He had never actually talked to her. Not because he hadn't the nerve to do so, but because she was older than him... a lot older than him; for he was nineteen years of age, and she twenty-five. He knew only her name, the name that blessed the receipt he would receive from her. Anna...
Anna, the fairest of names, to the fairest of them all. Sometimes he would drift away, forgetting that he was in line. He would daydream, and float away to a land of dreams, a land where Anna belonged to him and him alone. And he would stare at her.
She would catch his attention, retrieve him from his land of dreams and bring him back to reality. She would do so by saying some words. "You're up, sir. Your turn. Excuse me..." Her voice was magical, more beautiful that a thousand angels playing their harps. Sometimes she would lean over from her cashier stand and touch his hand. The touch of her hand would wake him from his dreams and send him to another magical world.
It was obvious to Anna that he was deeply in love. She knew about it. She enjoyed it... she cherished it. She would see him almost everyday. The situation he would put himself just to see her made her admire him. She might have even developed some feelings towards him.
It was an awkward relationship, if there existed one. He would just smile at her, and she would smile back. No words were exchanged except the occasional greetings. He had absolutely no idea what to do, and he wasn't going to continue that way...
It happened when he was the only one in line. It was night, with two hours left for midnight. The supermarket wasn't very crowded, albeit it did have some customers. He was standing in front of her, staring as usual, waiting for nothing in particular. She was checking his groceries; gum, a Snickers bar, KitKat, Galaxy chocolate, and a variety of other confetti. A speeding car applied the brakes and slid across the gravel outside until it came to a halt. Two men wearing masks entered the supermarket.
They were both armed. They looked dangerous. They were dangerous. They had a plan devised. One man stood a good distance from Anna. The other man approached Anna and threatened her. He ordered her to open the cashbox. He had a gun to her head. The other man, who wasn't next to them, was making sure that nobody did anything heroic.
The man got what he wanted; he emptied the cash register. He ran to the door and said, "Kill her."
"What?" came the reply. The man was now standing at the door.
"I said kill her!" He said and ran.
He was looking in disbelief. The man hesitantly aimed at Anna. She started screaming. She was paralyzed, unable to move.
He jumped forward and blacked out.
He woke up and looked at his surroundings. He was lying in a hospital bed. His arm hurt. He looked at it and discovered that the bullet had hit it. It didn't hit major arteries. He looked to his right. He saw what he would always dream of. He saw her. She was smiling at him.
And he would drift off to his land of dreams, the land where Anna was his and his alone... only to return back to reality, where Anna would be his forever..
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