" What the hell took you so long ?" Rita screams at me and Lilly as we walked to the parking lot . " Late dismissals , sorry " Lilly rushes to the drivers door not sounding sorry at all .
" You could've at least texted !"
" we said we're sorry , my gosh ! Rita ." Lilly starts the engine rolling her eyes .
Rita huffs putting her seatbelt on .
" Guys ? Can you drop me off at Marks later, when we're done doing whatever it is Rita planned for us . " I speak from the back .
yeah , they had to make me seat at the back like a freaking ten year old .
I get a "Sure !" From Lilly and a " No we're going home together daddy is bringing Mrs . Scott for dinner . " From my twin.

" who ?" I ask leaning closer to the front seat .
"His boss , you know ? the company owner woman They're dating or something .... I guess it's time for her to meet the kids ." Rita shrugs .
" They're dating ! Doesn't anyone care enough to share this type of information ?" I glare at her . Even though there's an 85% probability that she can't see it because i am literally glaring at the back of her head and she wouldn't care even if she did. " I didn't know that you didn't know ." She says .

I sigh through my nose , and go through my phone trying to find something to do i finally settle on writing a poem . I like to write , honestly I love to write but i haven't been able to do so lately.

They say your red petals are your beauty......
I see the red as if you're bleeding...
They say your thorns are your protection ....
I see them as pieces left broken .......

They see your beauty as a rose....
But I can see your pain as it grows ...

Rose ?

Where is that piece that you have lost ...

" Hey ! Rose ? Umm we're here. " Lilly says to me looking at me through the rearview mirror . " Oh! Sorry ... I was just caught up in... never mind." I say as they get out of the car and walk towards the ice cream shop.

Yessssss.... Ice cream ! I scream internally and I do my special happy dance inside my mind . You're probably thinking why the hell I'm making a big deal out of ice cream . But here's something you can ....

GO TO HELL !! Because I love ice cream ! And saying that I love it is an understatement .

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"You guys, I want you to know that I brought you here for a reason . I have got some great news ." Rita speaks as we take our usual seats . We usually come here because of my undying love for ice cream of course , but also because it's a place we've been hanging out since we were kids. This place has a lot of memories .

The waiter who we quickly recognised to be new came to take our orders . "I'll have vanilla ." I speak first . " I' ll have chocolate ." Rita chimes in . " I' ll just have mint ." Lilly says and smiled at him making him blush . Me and Rita give knowing glances , both of us thinking the same thing . He nodded and left with our orders Lilly's eyes following him.

Moments later he comes placing each of our orders in front of us and standing there for a while .

" Do you need anything else ? " He asks shyly . And Lilly being oh so her charming self said something that almost gave me a brain freeze . " How about you tell me your name ? And you give me your number ? That's probably what i need right now . " They guy looks like he would fall over any minute and me and Rita were too stunned to say anything . " I .. I'm Matthew ." He stammers . She smiles and passes him her phone so he could type in his number . He quickly finishes and scurries off still looking like a beetroot, Lilly Telling him she would call him .

Typical.

Seconds later she turns her phone screen towards me and Rita showing us the contact name she gave him.

" Did I just see .. Ice cream cutie Matt or is just my eyes playing tricks on me ? " I say dramatically rubbing my eyes and blinking several times for the effect .

"I don't think it's just you , I see it too." Rita speaks looking at Lilly warily.