Can’t live without them

 I sprinted across the street and through the smashed windows of my local supermarket. Tiptoeing around the debris on the floor, I had to be quick: ONLY THE ESSENTIALS! Pulling off my backpack, I started stuffing it with life’s necessities.

 A door slamming from the back of the supermarket startled me. I put my backpack on and grabbed my baseball bat. I waited in silence as I heard the slow footsteps of someone approaching. I held my bat up to strike.

 “You again?” said the tall young girl, walking into view.

 “Frickin’ hell, I nearly bashed your brains in!” I replied, letting out a long sigh.

 “Got what you need?” she asked, walking off.

 “Yes, thanks.”

 “Good, then cover me whilst I look for the essentials.”

 “Okay... but the water bottles are two aisles over.”

She ignored me and got down on her knees to start rummaging through the items on the bottom shelf. I looked at the things she was stuffing into her backpack.

 “Shampoo!?” I said, incredulously.

 She gave me a stare that would turn Medusa into stone. “YES! It’s so hard to find Pantene Pro V nowadays.”

 I shook my head. “Unbelievable!”

 A serious of thumps against the fire-exit door made me jump and I slipped. My backpack fell off my shoulder and scattered its contents all over the girl.

 She picked up one of the many little packets that fell out of my bag and read the description. “Star Wars Character rubber stamps?”

 I snatched the packet out of her hand and began stuffing them all back into my backpack.  “Yeah! They’re essential for me so I don’t go crazy in this world right now… and I only need Boba Fett to complete my collection.”

“See you same time tomorrow then?"

And she was gone again.