She doesn't tell him he looks pretty silly anyway. "Uh, the one on the right I guess. But I'll take the other one. Shirl don't care about size, as long as the hearts are good."
All in a day's work, Laverne. "Okay, I'll take these two for Squig, then I'll get Shirley two more." He bags them up but in the process points at some very strange, spikey-looking stuff at the end of the fresh produce bin.
She picks one up carefully, looking out for the spikes. She sniffs it. "It smells pretty strong but sweet. What the heck, I'll try one." She tosses it into the basket and punctures the carton of goat's milk.
He shakes his head at her. "You talk about me eating weird stuff!"
They head on down the produce aisle, toward the boxed and canned foods. "Whattya need otherwise? Coco Puffs? Chocolate pudding?" Lenny's already grabbed two jars of Bosco and put them in the cart.
"Aww geeze." There's some scrambling to get under the other groceries and right the goat's milk before it spills out all over the place - less because he's afraid of making a mess and more because he absolutely doesn't want Squiggy to be mad that he's missing half a jug of goat's milk.
It doesn't help that this requires them being close together and Lenny definitely enjoys being close to Laverne, but now is not the time to sneak feels and peeks.
At the sound of Mr. Slotnick's voice, Lenny straightens up so quickly he nearly bashes his head into the hanging scale near the grapefruits. "Oh no, we were just...kicking the tires before we bought the kumquats!"
"Yeah!" Lenny enthuses brightly. He shoves the dirty napkins into his back pocket with his lucky handkerchief, where it's unlikely to be noticed as he stands up straighter. "Hey...do you guys have a succotash tree or is it out back because it's shedding?"
Mr. Slotnick looks at them suspiciously but then seems to decide that they're too old to be juvenile delinquents. He chuckles and says, "Let me know when you're ready."
Laverne nods and waits until he's out of hearing to quietly tell Lenny, "We probably should wrap it up soon."
He's just ask her why she and Shirley need airplane stickers.
"Yep, me and Squig don't need anything else - though I think we could get some canned Squid..." He grabs a couple and adds them to the pile. "Okay, we're good to go."
The process of separating everything out will not be fun.
They head to the checkout stand. Luckily, there's not much of a line. She hopes they've cleaned up the mess enough, but an alarm goes off when it's their turn.
Lenny, being Lenny and remembering the sound of alarms going off in juvy, immediately pressed himself against the nearest wall with his arms and legs spread.
Laverne puts up her hands and hates that she notices Lenny's hiney again, as Mr. Slotnick cries, "You're the one!" Then a bunch of men rush over, one of them a cop!
Lenny is almost too afraid to notice anything but the wall . If he were smart and cool like Squiggy, he would claim that he ain't afraid of the police, but it's Lenny. He's very afraid.
"I SWEAR I DIDN'T KNOW THERE AIN'T NO SUCCOTOSH TREES!" He shouts, because what else could this be about?
Laverne automatically hugs back, but she feels overwhelmed by all this. She doesn't know what they've won or which of them is actually the winner. But they should probably split the prize, whoever and whatever it is. She can't talk while Lenny is lifting her off the ground, so she'll wait until he sets her down and she can catch her breath.
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"Laverne. I think they're selling hedgehogs!"
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They head on down the produce aisle, toward the boxed and canned foods. "Whattya need otherwise? Coco Puffs? Chocolate pudding?" Lenny's already grabbed two jars of Bosco and put them in the cart.
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Then Mr. Slotnick himself comes over and asks, "Is there a problem?"
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At the sound of Mr. Slotnick's voice, Lenny straightens up so quickly he nearly bashes his head into the hanging scale near the grapefruits. "Oh no, we were just...kicking the tires before we bought the kumquats!"
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Laverne nods and waits until he's out of hearing to quietly tell Lenny, "We probably should wrap it up soon."
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"Yeah, I can't think of too much more I need. Whatt've you got left?"
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"Yep, me and Squig don't need anything else - though I think we could get some canned Squid..." He grabs a couple and adds them to the pile. "Okay, we're good to go."
The process of separating everything out will not be fun.
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"I SWEAR I DIDN'T KNOW THERE AIN'T NO SUCCOTOSH TREES!" He shouts, because what else could this be about?
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Then Mr. Slotnick says, "No, you don't understand. You're the millionth customer!"
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Lenny de-assumes the position and grabs Laverne by the shoulders and crushes her in a hug while jumping up and down.
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"Wait, what do we win? Which one of us is winning?"
Squiggy knows he has to split half of whatever he won with Squiggy. Then again, Mr. Slotnik might not LET him do this.
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Laverne still feels like she can't breathe or think.
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He really doesn't mind losing out on a spree like this, if only because he knows he can manipulate Laverne into getting him what he wants.
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