“It’s called Shazaam. Sinbad plays a genie in it. It was my favorite movie a couple
of years ago.”
“Well, I can’t wait to watch it,” William told her. Casey grabbed his hand as he
continued browsing. When he pointed out a title, she told him he needed to pick for
himself. She chose Shazaam, so he had to choose one alone. William ended up picking
The Truman Show.
Casey’s friends Abby and Melissa entered the store. “I’m going to chat with them
while you check out,” she said, then walked over to her friends.
William went to the counter. Dave glanced at the two movies and raised an eyebrow.
“Seriously, dude. Shazaam?”
“Casey picked it out.”
Dave scanned them. “Well, it’s two fifty, buddy.”
William paid. Before Dave handed back the videos, he placed a condom on top of the
cases and slid them toward William.
“If she’s making you watch that, the least she could do is let you use it.”
“Dave!” William hissed. He saw Casey walking up and quickly stuffed the condom in
the front pocket of his flannel.
“They were not happy that we are hanging out tonight,” Casey said, grabbing his
arm. “But I have too many pancakes that need flipping to worry about that.”
“You two kids have a wonderful night,” Dave said with a wink and started checking
out the next customer.
“It will always be a fun night watching Shazaam,” Casey added as they left.
“You smell nice,” she told William once back in the car.
“I try,” he said. He’d taken three showers earlier, fixated on making sure he
didn’t stink.