Maddy/werewolf Romance

Chapter 3 Let's eat up

"Hmm," she found herself saying as she pushed her cart down the grocery isle. "I forget what it was I was going to buy." She turned the corner and came face to face with Josh who also seemed to be wondering what it was he was looking for as well. The question seemed to be written across his face and reflected in his eyes.

Both looked at the other with a puzzled look on their faces.

"She laughed. "Did you forget what you came to the store to buy?" she asked.

Josh, stumbled and then stood still holding onto the handle of his cart like they were in a race and if he wanted to win he had to grip it as tight as he possibility could. A loud crack filled the air and he found himself standing there holding the broken handle in his hands with a startled look on his face.

"My God!" Maddy almost screamed. "How did that happen?"

"I don't know..." Josh replied as he let the handle drop from his hands and it banged loudly into the bed of his cart. "I guess I'll have to get another cart." He turned away glad to get her face out of his eyes.

As he moved he found that his legs didn't wanna go the way he was going. They kept trying to return to her. "Not now," he whispered to himself. "I can't do anything right now." He felt like a drunk walking down the aisles. People were looking at him as if he were.

"Is there anything I can help you with, Sir?" A clerk asked as he stumbled down the aisle they had been stocking.

"No," he replied. "I've just gotta get another cart." He pointed in the direction his legs wanted to go. "The handle on my cart snapped off."

The clerk looked at him funny and went in the direction he pointed. After about five minutes of trying to go get another cart he just gave up. Why try.

But in those five minutes another clerk came to his rescue and gave him another one. He thanked them and let his legs go where they were determined to go.

Maddy was just rounding that corner when he, like Johnny-on-the-spot, appeared beside her, cart-in-hand.

Maddy felt relieved that he'd returned. Why she had no idea. But, she felt safer and happier that he'd returned.

"Do you wanna have a snack once we finish shopping?" She found herself asking him out of the blue.

"Damn! She said to herself, "What made me ask a question like that?"

"Sure," he found himself replying thinking the exact same thing. "Now what's going to happen?"

They both smiled at each other like it was some kind of celebration.

"I'll meet you at the check out in," she looked at her watch but already knew what she was going to say. "Fifteen minutes?"

He nodded. "Fifteen minutes to buy what?" he asked himself. he laughed, nothing. There was nothing he needed. He didn't even know why he was at the store.

He pushed his cart to the front of the store and waited. He knew why he was here. His wolfish self knew she'd be here. She was his mate! There was no reason to keep fighting it. Physically he was just too old to get involved in a relationship in his human form. Mentally, he was fully charged and ready to go. He always knew she was his match. In the past he was able to fight it off. But today, he was older and wiser and it wasn't going to work now. Visions of her nude body filled his mind. She was everything. She was....he smiled when he saw her approaching him. He felt like a snake in the grass ready to strike it's victim. Her cart was empty too.

"I forget what it was I needed." She pushed the cart away.

"Lets just go have lunch!" He found himself saying.

"Of course," she agreed. "Let's take my car," she pointed. "It's closer!"

"Where are we going?" he asked as they pulled out into traffic.

"I have no idea," she answer. "What do you wanna eat?"

"You," he said to himself, but to her he replied, "What about hamburgers?"

He realized he only said hamburgers because McDonald's was coming up on the left and he needed to be in a room full of people. Already his body was growing into something he didn't want her to see, just yet. If he could keep them in the public's eye nothing else would happen. He held his breath as he felt her make driving corrections to get them in the lane they needed. She was a mad woman in a car he concluded.

She made no reply as she whipped the car in the correct lane and turned into the parking lot like it was a race to park as quickly as possible. "What is wrong with me?" she questioned herself.

"Alright," he found himself saying. "Let's eat!" He rubbed his hands together and she saw that his eyes sparkled like a snake ready to strike. They got out of the car and started towards the building.

Josh felt the hair he'd started growing just along his upper thigh settle down and lay flat. That was all the relief he could expect. His body craved hers. His mind craved hers. She was everything.