The Story Of Aisle #6

Chapter 1

That's because.....

I once told her......

"Tori! Dinner time!" Mom called, in the kitchen.

I went downstairs and went into the kitchen.

"Hey Tori! We made Creepy Pies!!" Dad said happily with a bunch of newspapers in his hands.

"Dad, what kind of pie is a Creepy Pie?" I asked

"It's a pie that's filled with zombie's skulls crushed into mushy sauce with green slimes as the cream of course!" Dad said, trying not to laugh. "I'm just kidding Tori!"

"Dad! You know that's not funny!" I said, a little annoyed.

"Ha ha, alright alright! This pie is just a normal pumpkin pie!" Dad said.

"Tori, you're gonna eat more than a piece right? At least drink some milk." Mom said while opening the fridge.

"I'm okay mom, I'm running a little late!" I saw as I took a piece of toast in the toaster.

"Tori, it's a saturday! You do have some time for dinner right?" Mom asked

"I'll try to be back soon!" I have to be somewhere now!" I said, running out the door.

"Alright, we'll save a lot of food for you Tori!"

I wonder why every time mom or dad is going somewhere or doing something, they'd always ask me if I wanna go, don't they know that something like a car ride to IKEA is boring?

I rather do something I need to do rather than those farm carriage rides for children.

Plus.....I have my plans tonight......

It's Amber's annual Halloween party, I have to at least show up this year.....

or else people might think I'm scared of a certain......

But I didn't give myself much time to prepare for it.

Let's see.....I have to get a non-scary costume, food with pumpkins in them, some ghost repellents, and what else?

"Woof!"

"What happened Bennett?" I asked, running through the door, and saw him running towards me.

"I hope I don't find another racoon ransacking our garbage this time." I said.

"We're out of dog food?" I said.

That's right.....

I forgot.....

Bennett didn't have his dinner this afternoon.....

Why am I like this?

Just because I don't really wanna eat now doesn't mean Bennett doesn't.

"Okay, I guess we have to make some changes to our schedule. Come on! Let's go to the pet store to grab some!" I said to Bennett while clicking on his leash.

We headed towards the busier parts of the town, then walked past the street, towards 19th avenue.

Because of Amber's party. I skipped dinner to prepare for it, but now, Bennett is out of food.

I guess we'll pick up some dog food, and then we can go to the store, then Amber's house.

Oh! Wait! I told mom and dad I'll be back before dinner ends so I have to hurry back home sometime too.

Wow.....

Sure is a busy schedule.....

Let's get these over with then.......

Sometimes.....

I wish there will be a day.....

That I don't have to be so busy.....

A day that I don't have to do much.....

I thought as we continued walking.

Oh right! I better call Amber and tell her I might arrive at the party later.

Phone rings*

"Amber, I'm on my way to buy food for Bennett in the petstore, so I might be a little late, hope that's ok."

"Tori, I can come with you! We're driving towards 19th avenue to buy some more materials for the party, I also could use some cat litter too." she said

Alright, I think I have about 15 minutes until I arrive at the petstore. Let's meet up at 5:30pm!"

"Oki! See you there!" She said.

"Bennett?" I said, looking around.

"Ugh, We must've turned at the wrong place, this is not 19th avenue."

We spent the rest of the 20 minutes turning on wrong turns and mixing up the directions, with Bennett sniffing around and me finally giving up the thought that I knew where I was going and opened the navigation app on my phone.

"You have arrived at your destination." The navigator said.

"Finally" I said, looking tired from running around.

There it was, the pet store, every pet's paradise.

I stood by the entrance of the petstore,

It's 5:46 now, Amber should arrive by now right?

I texted Amber to confirm whether she arrived.

I waited for a while,

But she didn't answer me.....

Me and Bennett decided to walk in, hoping to see Amber inside.

The moment that we walked in the store, we noticed there was nobody there.....

The atmosphere was dark, almost too gloomy for a pet store, along with an eerie vibe to this whole thing.