One Smile Please

Chapter Thirty Five

"I'm shopping, so I decide what I want to buy," I tell him sternly. He puts his hand up in surrender and then pretends to zip his mouth. The white bread plonks into my trolley. After doing another round, with Cameron following me around like a lost puppy, I decided to head go to the checkout.

Although out of nowhere someone taps me on the shoulder. I turn around to see Cameron on one knee holding a rose up to me. That's twice in two days that he's been on his knees. The idiot had a goofy smile settled on his face and he was beckoning me to take the rose. I was almost about to, too. "Go out with me? Just one date?" Okay that came out of nowhere. I gave Cameron a bewildered look and I pivoted on my heel back to my trolley and started pushing it to the self service.

"Charlie!" Cameron called after me, but I didn't stop. "Hey I didn't mean to upset you." He shouts as he jogs up to me. "I'm sorry." I felt like he was apologising for more than one thing.

I stop pushing my trolley and turn to look at him. "Cameron, do you have like an off button?! Like can you not shut up? And to be honest I never ever thought that talking endlessly would be a problem with you ever. Seriously, you were like I don't know the bloody silence from Doctor Who when I first met you and now you're like the doctor on one of his rambling sprees."

He was about to interrupt but I put my hand up, "No, let me finish. I told you I didn't want to see you around, but you're everywhere I go. And now you're asking me to go out on a date with you. Cameron, firstly it hurts to see you because all I can think of is how you don't trust me. Secondly when you know there's no future here, why keep wasting your time?"

He looked around hesitantly. Then he quirked an eyebrow whilst picking up a potato. "Because potato?"

"Are you fucking serious Cameron is that all you have to say for yourself, really? You know what?" I put my hands up, in a dramatic gesture, "Fine!" I turn back to my trolley, then, "I will keep that in mind for when I plan your murder!" I seethed.

My feet start moving again. "I just didn't want to have another argument with you Charlie, or explain to you why I'm following you, begging for your forgiveness. I mean come on Charlie, we were friends, you may be willing to throw that all away but I'm not." My glare at my weetabix doesn't wither.

"Hang on a second how did you even know I was here? I only told Jenny?" Realisation dawns on me. No, no, no. When Jenny wants someone to happen, they happen. That bitch. "I'm going to murder the both of you!" I hiss and then angrily shove my trolley to self checkout. Of course Cameron follows.

"You know what go ahead and murder me. You know what, I'll help you with the planning and everything, because maybe if you do kill me, then at least that way I can haunt your puny little ass everyday and night and make you realise how easier it would've been to just forgive me." I start scanning my shopping. Well, Fraser starts randomly passing it to me, I scan it and then put it in a bag. All while huffing like two year olds.

"Firstly, you're already haunting me, secondly my ass is anything but puny, and thirdly this doesn't sound good coming from a guy who almost committed suicide last year!" I whisper-shout at him, aggressively snatching the next item.

"For your information Rae, I was never going to jump of that bridge."

"Oh back to second name bases are we? Well then Fraser you keep telling yourself that okay!" I put cash into the thing whilst Cameron put the bags back into the trolley.

"You know what Charlie? No matter how much you push me away I'm not giving up. And be ready for that date. I'll be picking you up at six tomorrow." We were outside now at Simon's car, which he lent to me.

"And you know what Cameron? No matter how much you try, I will not forgive you!" I huff and shove the trolley to its hut thing after slamming my trunk.