Love and Other Perishable Items

When fifteen-year-old Amelia takes her first job at a grocery store, she becomes instantly smitten with Chris, a university student who works the same shift. The pair's daily interactions over aisles of produce become a testing ground for both their emerging identities and the uncertain paths they want to follow. Amelia's intense crush is tangled with the reality of their age difference and the judgments of those around them, turning the workplace into a tense arena of unspoken feelings and personal conflict. The story blends humor and heartbreak as it examines the awkward, often painful, journey of first love and the search for meaning.