Aria's POV
"Aria, you're amazing! There's no way I would've beaten that last level without you. I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight if we hadn't finished," Astrid said, pulling a bag of beef jerky out of the shopping bag. She tore it open and started munching away.
"If I'd known beating the game meant you'd drag me to the store to celebrate with snacks, I wouldn't have tried so hard," I said with a sigh.
I was supposed to leave for a work trip tomorrow, so I'd only agreed to help Astrid finish the game quickly so we could both get to bed early.
But she got so excited after we won that she insisted we check out the new supermarket nearby. She called it our "reward."
"You're going to be gone for two weeks. I'm just getting you prepared."
I looked at the shopping bags stuffed to the bri
