I wonder what it's like to be my friends

 

"Alison, is that really you?" Slater had to think for a second when he approached her at the grocery store. Yes, it looked as if she was with someone new. It was such a relief. Maybe they could be friends.

She looked at him as if he should mind his own business, but of course, he wouldn't. "Did you guys have a good holiday or two?" He said he'd spent most of it at home. "That's the best way, you know."

"Yes, of course..." she cleared her throat and said she was on her way to see Vanna.

"That's sweet of you," he waved at who she was with and told him who he was, "I'm kind of like a big brother to Vanna."

"Vanna?" The guy kept grinning like a doe in the headlights. Slater chuckled. Oh, he'd just play cupid after all. 

"I'm glad you've got Alison in town. They keep her pretty busy in Lincoln." Slater licked his dry lip and went on about Alison and how hard she worked. Pretty soon, Slater learned that Keir worked for his dad. Keir was practically an accountant. Slater had a feeling Alison wasn't aware of this. 

"Well, I don't want to keep you two," Slater nodded as if his work was done, and he better get back to his real job at the grocery store. "You, tell Vanna hello." Of course, he'd seen her a couple of hours ago at the register but she'd gone home.

It was funny the people he'd see sometimes at the grocery store. Still, it was peculiar how small the world was.

He'd met the girl that Jay spent Christmas with. She shopped here and she also lived in their apartment complex. He hadn't told Jay. Maybe he should but maybe he shouldn't.

He knew Misty was trying to keep him out of trouble, but this kind of trouble was the best kind. After all, Slater enjoyed visiting with people at the grocery store.