Can You Hear Me?

"Okay, so, Luke just wrote down breakfast, told me to improvise," Julie said, staring at the list in her hands as she pushed the cart forward. "The others are more specific.""You could go back with an apple and Luke will still think it's the best breakfast he's ever had," Alex reassured her.Julie rolled her eyes. "You all say things like that, we're not that lovesick, you know," she said, putting a box of cereal in the cart."You literally fell into a wall because he smiled at you last week," Alex deadpanned. "I know because I was standing next to you.""The guy has a nice smile. Sue me," Julie said with a shrug, a little smile playing on her lips as well.Alex was about to say something when a loud noise interrupted him, the whole place shaking a bit. They stopped in their tracks, much like the couple other customers around them."What the fuck was that?" Julie said. "Was that an earthquake?""I don't think so," Alex said, looking around. "That sounded more like-"He didn't get to finish his sentence when the shaking came back with much more force and suddenly everything turned dark.