Joel's eyes widened before he scowled, taking away my skittles. "You can't do that, Asa. You have to pay first."

"But you were taking too long finding cookies and I wanted them," I whined before shooting a glance to the front of the small store where the shopkeeper was watching us strangely. We were the only ones in the shop beside her so I didn't care.

"Well, now you don't get them at all. I'm going to pay for them and take them home but you're not allowed to eat them."

"Why, Joel?" I whined, stamping my foot a little, reaching for the skittles only to have them pulled out...