Nothing More Than This // Scotty McCreery

Chapter 37...

Starring right a head of you, you waited for the doors to be opened. “as soon as your through those doors, run as quick as you guys can, alright?” you heard your mom whisper to Scotty & you. Nodding, you two got ready as finally one of the workers unlocked the doors and ran out of the way. The line began to move up at a rapid speed, Scotty walked as quickly as he could while holding your hand as tightly as possible, not wanting to lose you. In a mere ten seconds, you guys were through the doors “come on!” Scotty said as he began to run through all the people. Scotty was doing a great job of dodging the crazy shoppers, and he helped you a lot too.

Reaching the stairs Scotty pushed you ahead of him “go, go, go!” he called out as he was running behind you, so no one would knock you down from behind.

Soon you guys reached Sears, and ran as fast as you could to their electronics section “okay which one do we need?” Scotty asked, quickly you pulled the piece of paper out of your pocket and handed it to him. He scanned his eyes over the writing for a moment and then began looking.

After five minutes of searching he finally found it, and grabbed it. “now what?” you asked as Scotty pushed it to the far corner of the area “sit on it” he said “are you sure?” you asked “yes” he said setting it down, you shrugged slightly and then sat down on it “and now, we wait” Scotty said leaning up against the wall. Looking around the place, you saw people acting like animals. Some people were stealing things out of other peoples carts, others were freaking out because something they wanted was gone and others were almost to the point of getting in fist fights, you looked up at Scotty and he was semi shaking his head “what are you doing?” you asked him “look at them” he said pointing to the people “if there was no such thing as going to jail, they’d probably be out there killing each other” “you’re probably right” you said looking around once again.

After twenty minutes of sitting there, you were getting tired. It was already almost one in the morning and you just wanted to go to sleep. People were still being crazy, fighting, yelling, pretty much anything you could think of. But as time passed only one person in the whole place caught your attention. “Scotty that man is starring at us” you whispered to Scotty, who almost dozing off  “what where?” he asked opening his eyes wider “over there” you said pointing to the man, who was probably in his late thirties early forties, he was standing there in one of the corners looking at you guys, squinting his eyes as if he was trying to read something. “it’s alright he wont do anything” Scotty said getting up from leaning against the wall. “are you sure? earlier i swear i saw him fighting with one of the workers about them being out of the same tv we have” you said a little bit nervous “well if he was gonna do something he wouldve already done it” “i guess..” you trailed off as you rested your hands on the box below you, holding onto it for dear life.

“i’ll be right back” Scotty said leaning down towards you “where are you going?” you asked “to the bathroom, i promise i’ll be right back” he said standing up “okay” you said as you laid down on the box and watched as Scotty walked away. As soon as scotty was out of sight, you put your attention back on the man in the corner, he was still standing there, starring at you. “please don’t let him come over here” you whispered to yourself, and as if it was on cue he began to slowly make his way over to you. Not knowing if you should get up and walk away, stay with the box or try to take it somewhere else, you just sat up and starred back at the man as he inched closer to you with every step he took.

“hun, can i please have this tv?” he asked you, once he reached you. “first please don’t call me hun, i don’t know you, and i’m sorry but you can’t” you said crossing your arms, wishing Scotty was there. “and why not?” the man asked “because it’s for a friend” you said “well i need this for my son, he’s been bugging for it for awhile now” the man replied “well i’m sorry, but i promised my friend i would get them this one” you said “aww come on, its almost christmas, where’s your giving spirit?” the man asked bending down to your level “i know, but i can’t give you it, i promised a friend and i won’t break that promise, can’t you just get him a different tv?” you asked “no, i can’t he want this specific one” “well i’m sorry, but this ones mine” you said uncrossing your arms and tightening them on the box, showing that you werent going anywhere. “it’s little brats like you that ruin Christmas for me and my family” the man said angrily while standing back up, still looking down at you “excuse me, but i’m not a brat, i did nothing to you or your family, so i don’t deserve to be treated this way. Now leave me alone.” you said in a stern voice. “you know what, I’m older and stronger than you, and you’re not gonna say anything about it” he said grabbing your arm, pulling you of the box and pushing you as far away as possible. Not sure what to do, you laid there, scared, as you watched the man bend up to pick up the tv “what do you think you’re doing” you heard a deep voice from above you, looking up Scotty was standing there looking at the man, “oh look you got a friend here to save you” the man said, Scotty bent down to your level “are you alright?” he asked with a reassuring look in his eyes, you nodded. Slowly he helped you up, the man began to walk off with the tv then “wait here” Scotty said, as he ran off to the man. Not listening very well you slowly followed and saw as Scotty grabbed the man’s shoulder, making him turn around “oh look its the girls little friend” the man said while laughing a bit. By this time there were a few people starring at the two of them. “listen, give that tv back and we will just forget this ever happened” Scotty said trying to be the peace maker “and if i dont?” the man asked “we’ll get mall security here, and eventually press future charges” Scotty said crossing his arms “ha! what charges? you cant press any charges on me! your just a kid” the man said laughing “you caused harm to my friend, thats a charge that will pressed” “why don’t you just go play with your little girl friend over there” the man said shooing Scotty away and beginning to walk away once again “how about i don’t” the man said setting the tv down then turning back to Scotty. Making your way over to the worker you looked at him “please call security” you whispered, the worker nodded his head and quickly called security, you then started heading over to Scotty once again ‘oh look here comes your little girlfriend” the man said pointing, Scotty turned around “go back over there” he told you, you just kept walking “how about you just leave us alone, and give us back the tv, sir.” you said looking at the man. Laughing slightly he walked around Scotty and headed towards you “how about you shut that little trap of yours, darlin” the man said continuing to walk towards you, slowly you began to back up. Scotty grabbed the mans shoulder then and began to pull him back “if you ever touch my girl again, there will be some serious problems.” Scotty said in a serious tone, the man had a humor look on his face. He quickly turned around and swung his fist at Scotty, who dodged it, the man swung again and again, Scotty dodged each one. “oh you think your so tough cause you can dodge them, what about this one” the man said as he aimed right for Scotty’s face. Two security guards came running then “sir, stop what you are doing!” they yelled, the man backed off Scotty and turned around “i didn’t do anything, it was these two brats who started it” the man said pointing to Scotty and you. Everyone in the store then booed at the man “sir come with us” the security guards said pulling him away. The man glared at you and Scotty as you was being escorted away. All the color ran from you face as the adrenaline was pumping through your veins, you couldn’t believe that something like that could happen, on such a thing like Black Friday, looking over towards Scotty you watched as he took a deep breath and tried to calm down “scotty!” you yelled as you ran over to him, he wrapped you up in his arms, protectively “let me see your arm” he asked “huh?” you asked, he let you out of the hug and looked at your arm, the spot where the man had previously grabbed it was red “thats gonna bruise” Scotty said “lovely” you mumbled. Just then Scotty’s parents and yours walked into the store “did everything go alright?” Mrs. McCreery asked as soon as they reached you guys “not exactly..” Scotty said taking a deep breath “what do you mean?” she asked confused.

An hour later you guys were leaving the mall, you had told your parents everything that had happened and they were infuriated. They had went to talk to the security to tell them everything you guys had told them, and once they were done you guys were leaving. Being so over tired, you could barely keep your eyes opened, but soon enough you made it to your car, getting in you buckled your seat belt and laid your head against the seat, the sound of the other back seat door made you curious. Opening your eyes you watched as Scotty got in and buckled up “what are you doing?” you asked “your mom asked if i wanted to ride with you, since there isnt much room in my parents truck” he said “oh alright” you said dozing off once again, Scotty wrapped his arm around you then, and your placed your head on his chest, knowing it would be more comfortable. “Scotty i have a question” you asked “yeah?” he asked “earlier you said my girl, to the man, am i really your girl?” you asked, Scotty chuckled before he answer “of course you are, my one and only girl” he said pulling you a bit closer to him “alright…” you said just wanting to sleep, in fact you didnt even know if you were dreaming or not, so you just dropped the conversation and shut your eyes as tightly as you could and dozed off. Last thing you remembered was your parents getting into the car and hearing your mom say “thanks Scotty, for taking care of my daughter” “anytime” Scotty said in a tired voice. Then everything went silent as you fell into a deep sleep.