Caught and Punished

That one knocked me to the floor and as I looked up at her' I noticed the entire room was now spinning around me.

I glanced through the door looking for my friends; they were gone. They had left me here, abandoned me; I should have seen something like that coming, knowing how they were.

The dizziness did not stop, I found myself going in and out of consciousness for a few moments as I watched her move towards the door. She closed it and locked it, pulling down the blinds so no one outside could see into the store. Then she turned around and looked down at me, before leaning down to grab me by the arm and attempt to pull me to my feet.

As she did so, I felt myself slipping completely into unconsciousness; the next thing I knew, I was' surrounded by darkness and silence.

I woke some time later, to find myself tied to a chair in a small room. My head was pounding and I found that I was extremely thirsty and a little hungry as well. Groaning, I looked around at my surroundings; there was a desk in the right hand corner.

It was' covered with papers and other things and a phone hung on the wall right behind the desk. On the other two corners of the room were shelves with box's and what looked like folders and' such. I assumed I was in the manager's office where the clerk would hold me in custody until mall security arrived. They would take me to their office and then call the police from there; then I would be taken out in cuffs and probably have charges pressed against me for attempted robbery.

This was fucking great, I thought to myself. What the' hell was I going to tell my parents? Even better what was I going to tell Leslie when she found out I wouldn't' be able to take her out for our anniversary tomorrow night because I was in jail waiting for someone to bail me out. I just wanted to get this over with and found myself hoping that security would be here quickly.

The door to the office opened and in walked the clerk, with a sour look on her face. She shut the door and leaned against the desk staring at me for a few long moments. I wondered if she intended on even saying anything, or if she just felt the need to keep a close eye on me until security arrived.