Chapter 26: Grateful/Livid is sugar coating.

                                    

                                          
CAUTION WARNING!! Violence and mild(ish) pedophilia.
HOLY SHIT this chapter is a long one, 4855 words so all of you better buckle up fr. Also, don't be scared by the warnings, it's heavy but I love how this chapter turned out!!
Saturday, January 12th, 2023
1:32PM
Enid's POV
After I had a bit of a breakdown, we drove around in the car a little longer. I honestly forgot why we even left in the first place; it was nice. Wednesday remembered I was upset earlier about not having more olives, so she's stopping at a convenience store before we head back.
A few minutes later she pulls into the parking lot of the nearest store, parking the car off to the side. The establishment itself is a small building right in the middle of Jericho. Based on the looks of it, it's a newer building compared to some of the other gas stations in the area. It's rectangular, white, and boxy, with double glass doors, huge square windows, and four refill tanks in the front. There are no cars in the lot and as far as I can see, no people in the building, which is good. I find it can be awkward when shopping with strangers in such a confined space. 
Me and Wednesday walk across the lot and towards the building. When we reach the entrance, she holds to door open for me, shutting it behind both of us as we enter. 
The inside of the building is what you think it would look like, a gas station. There are short aisles of chips, candy, pantry items, etc. Fridges of drinks run across the back wall, and off to the right there are slushy machines, hot dogs, sausages, and cup noodles. To the left is the register, an empty one. I find that whenever I walk into a gas station the register is always empty, but when I go to check out someone practically spawns in. Though, there have been a few times that nobody has showed up leaving me to put my food back and exit empty handed, but not today. I know someone is working here, I can smell the cigarette smoke from the back room.
"I'm going to see if they supply any fireworks. Come find me when you're done." Wednesday states before swiftly walking off into one of the aisles. Is it even legal to sell fireworks in convenience stores? 
Are fireworks even legal in Vermont?
Anyways, I push my confusion away as I get back on track. 
I start to walk down the aisle in front me. All sorts of different candy variations cover both sides. Did we come here for candy? No. Will leave with candy? Absolutely. I stop walking as I take in all the options that they have, and they have a lot of options. My go-to candy is Nerds, specifically the gummy ropes, those are way too good. I reach down and grab four of them. One for me, obviously. One for Divina and Kent, she always gets herself one whenever we pass somewhere that sells them, and he always ends up eating half of it. I would get one for Yoko, but she hates the flavor of it. And one for Easton, its own of his new favorites. 
I stand back up straight and look further into the options. I want to get something for Wednesday, but I'm not sure what she likes. She's never shown any interest in sweets, but everyone has a guilty pleasure. Snickers? No, too chewy, I don't think she would like that very much. Starburst? No, too colorful. Skittles? No, way to colorful. Kit Kats? Maybe. I lean back down and look at the options. They have regular, white chocolate, Oreo, Halloween for some reason, and many more. I look to the left for more flavors, and I see some York Peppermint Patties. I've never personally had one of these, but I know it's Yoko's favorite candy. I pick one of them up to read the label. 
Dark Chocolate Covered Peppermint Pattie
Seems like something Wednesday would like. I'm assuming since Yoko loves them, and even though they don't like to admit it, they have similar style, Wednesday might like them as well. No harm in trying. I pick up two York patties and put them in my left hand alongside the Nerds ropes. I think that's enough candy from here.