Our Ice-Cream



Living life without a purpose is like having an ice cream cone in your hand [and] letting it melt and drip without eating it. It was yours to enjoy, but you lost it!

— RVM

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"I can see the excitment on our face" Colten teased Alina once she got in the car

"Really? You better look again" She said putting on the belt, then her eyes catch his, his head was low trying to see her face. She lifted her head up and with a raised eyebrow asked "What are you doing?"

"Looking again for your excitement" he told her "It's all over your face"

"Can we just get this over with?"

"Sure" he started the car and he drove to the shopping, they took only 15 minutes or so, it wasn't that much of an awkward ride.

They got out of the car and she quickly runs to the inside of the shopping he followed her not wanting to lose her in the crowd. This was a crazy week at the shopping it was time to change the presents, those presents you didn't like or that didn't fit you.

"Easy there woman, you look like you're in a marathon" Colten informed her, she rolled her eyes and got in the pharmacy

"I'm in a hurry" she said, she looked up for what she wanted and put it on the balcony, she paid and they left.

"Whats is that?" Colten asked

"Ardinol"

"It's a stick"

"Yeah it's for you to put"

"Where?" he asked now scared

"Around your eye" she said "This little gel will make the black disappear"

"Oh.."

"Yeah now let's get the chocolate powder and go home"

"ok" he followed her through the shopping till they get to the supermarket, finally with the chocolate powder in hand and already paid she took a breath of relief and said  "let's go home"

As they were walking to the outside of the shopping Colten abruptly stops her grabbing her hand and pulling her close to him, he hides her behind a bookshelf that was outside a store

"What are you doing Colten?"

"shhh" He shushed her while looking at someone she followed his gaze and noticed a girl, her eyebrow lifted and she quickly looked at him "Seriously?it's because of a girl"

She rolled her eyes and tried to leave from his hold but that only made him hold her closer "Are you going to buy that?" a elder man asked

"oh no no sorry we were just looking..."

"Don't make out near the books"

"Oh no...we are not-" Alina tried to say

"I know very well when two people are in love but you can't keep that inside the bedroom" the man said and Colten started to giggle

"No, we are not-"

"Do you have Persuasion?" Colten asked

The elder man smiled and invited them to enter the store, the store seemed like a different world, full of stories, books and books... books everywhere. The man happily wandered around the book of shelves and the two were following him.

"I always appreciated someone with a good taste in books" the man said, he stopped in front of a ladder and climbed it, he put his glasses on that were on his chest, he carefully searched for the book and once he found it he gave it to Colten.

"I always appreciated a good book" Colten commented, the man smiled and Colten gave him a 20 dollars

"There's no need for this boy" the man said smiling

"Yes there is a book like this can't just be simply given" Colten told him

"The best thing you can give back in exchange of a good book is it's a good knowledge"

"Thanks" Colten smiled and left the store not without putting the 20 dollar bill under a book without the man noticing

"So... what the hell was all this about?" Alina asked confused

"That" he said pointing to a girl inside of a store, Forever 21, to be exact.

"who is he?"

"Rebecca" He told as if it was a fact something she should know "How do you not know Rebecca"

"Does it look like I'm interested to know every girl in the world?"

"She is from our school"

"And..."

"She's Emma's best friend"

"Great"Alina said not really getting what was going on

"If she sees me with you she'll tell Emma and I'll be dead "

"Not my problem really"

"Yes your problem because after she kill me she'll kill you"

"I'm sure is not that bad"

"Emma made sure she would follow me everywhere"

"How did she find you?"

"I don't know...probably snapchat or something"

"This is ridiculous"

"c'mon"

"urgh fine..."

"C'mon let's go there" he grabbed her hand they walked to the a icre cream seller "Two ice creams please" Colten said, Alina was distracted by this girl... why would they been watching over Colten, well he surely sucks at being a boyfriend, with all the loyal thing going on it wouldn't be easy to trust him, he never had a girlfriend that part she understood but wasn't that too much, getting Colten a bodyguard kind of type? What is he a child?

Well...sometimes

"Ah you're the people from the strange equal requests" the ice-cream seller said

They turned their heads to men "What?"

"Hm... you both ask the same thing....equal...always the same! Kiwi and chocolate in a cone with peanuts and a wafer stick" the man said smiling, they both looked at each other their heart beating like crazy.

It was supposed to be a secret, none of them wanted the other to know that... you see with them there's a story behind all, there's these little things that make them unique, I would even say peculiar but perfect for each other but we cannot forget that they call each other enemies and they do not like each other.

I think ... well...

A long time ago, in their young ages ...

"what do you want then?" Martha asked a 6 year old Alina that was now crying, her big brother just ruined her doll, he literally took the head out of her favorite doll


"My doll" she cried out, Aaron had just ruined they're wonderful vacation on the Alpes

"Honey I know but I can't fix your doll!" Martha informed

"Do you want another one sweetheart?" Anna asked and Alina nodded a no

"I'll get you better Ali" Colten said, he grabbed her hand and got closer to her ear and whispered

"Do you want a ice cream?"

Still sniffing the girl looked at him with a surprised face "a ice cream in the winter?" The boy nodded happily

"But is cold"

"And?! It'll be even better" he said, the girl started to think "So?"

"Okay" she smiled, Colten asked her mother if he could have ice cream to cheer up Alina

"What flavors will you want kiddos?" The ice cream man asked

"Green" Alina said " like the pants of my doll"

"Well... the mint ice is over but I've got kiwi"

The two nodded happily and at the same time they said "chocolate"

"Alright kiwi and chocolate it is" the man said happily due to the strange request of such young faces " Toppings?"

"I like peanuts" Colten said

"I want that" Alina said pointing to the wafer stick

"Good choices"

It may seem stupid but on that day the so weird ice cream meant a lot more to those little children. It wasn't just an ice cream it was their ice cream, it was a love act. Even in the sad days, the two children could make each other happy, a day that was not going so well transformed into a day they wouldn't forget and an ice cream that would have meaning.

"It is weird you always ask the same thing" the man said giving them the ice cream

They grabbed the ice cream and looked at each other, if silence could speak they would be having an intense conversation. So many words wanted to be said, questions to be asked but none of them dared to speak.

Maybe it was the fact that they tried to ignore how much they missed each other and they get that just by a nice ice cream or maybe the ice cream didn't have meaning at all, it was a simple request...

Neither of them wanted to know the truth afraid of getting hurt...

Did the ice cream mean anything?

"Though you didn't liked peanuts" Colten said looking at her ice cream

"Since when do you eat wafer sticks?" Alina asked raising an eyebrow

"Touché" he said, they wandered around the mall more like escaping from the crazy bodyguard but luck wasn't on their side... Rebecca caught Colten's eyes and suddenly started approaching him

"Shit she's coming" he informed, Alina was too busy window-shopping so he grabbed her arm and pushed her to the store.

"What are you doing? "

"Rebecca saw me" he informed "We have to hide you"

"nooo"

"Yes" Colten grabbed a few clothes quickly without even looking at them and pulled her to a dressing room and gave her the clothes

"Coltie" a high pitched voice said

"Hey Rebecca, how are you?"

"Great... what are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be at Aaron's house?" She asked, yeah Aaron was quiet the popular guy in high school just like Colten.

"Yes but- Hum my sister wanted a dress"

"okay? Can I see her?" She asked taking a step to the dressing room curtain

"NO! no- she is changing!" Colten said stepping in front of the curtain

"Colten she's a little girl"

"And? She is very very shy - in that way you just can't step into someone who's dressing up"

"ok?I'm sure telling Emma about this"

"Ok" he said

"Actually I can stay here till your sister steps out!I would love to meet her!"

"Who? Callie? No... She's- she's a very weird and stubborn girl. You wouldn't like to meet her"

"I actually would" She said smiling and sitting on the couch, Colten opened his eyes scared... he was summed

"Well... I just need a moment with my little sister. Excuse me"He smiled and carefully stepped into the dressing room

"What are you doing?" Alina whispered, he placed his hand over her mouth to shut her up

"She won't leave till she sees my sister" he said, she pointed to his hand and he slowly took it off her mouth

"You have to make her get out of here"

"How?"

"Ask her to find something for your sister to wear" she said

he nodded looking at her lips, the closeness they were in made his heart thump faster but that feeling was sudden washed up when she snapped her fingers in front of him... "Move"

"Fine" he said "Feisty"

He got out of the dressing room and smiled at Rebecca

"So.."

"My sister doesn't like any of that I guess I suck at choosing girls clothes"

"Always the same ... I got you Colten" Rebecca got up and went to search for clothes. He watched Alina moved from one dressing room to another with clothes in her hand

"What are you doing?"

"I will simply appear, stay with your sister while you decide to go with Rebecca" Alina explained

"I can't stand that girl"

"Well, she loves you so use that"

"She's my girlfriend best friend"

"And if you want to keep your girlfriend you better do what I say"

"I hate when your bossy"

They waited for Rebecca a few minutes, she came into Colten's sight she was holding a dozen of clothes and had a happy smile on her face "I'm here to the rescue"

Colten let a fake smile and grabbed the clothes putting them on the dressing room while he was busy Alina stepped out of the other dressing room casually

"Alina?" Rebecca questioned

"Hello?"

"What are you ding here?"

"Shopping?" Alina said in an obvious tone and then lifting her right hand that was holding some clothes

"Oh... with Colten?"

"No"

"with your brother?" she asked looking everywhere trying to find Aaron

"no"

"with your boyfriend?"

"N-"

"Oh that's right he cheated on you "

"Yes! I cam alone to the shopping because I can and I want it like that" Alina said, Colten stepped out of the dressing room and in a tone of surprise he said "Alina? What are you doing here?"

"Shopping? Is Callie ok?"

"She's a bit unsure on what to buy"

"Well, I can stay here with her. You guys can go and do whatever you were doing"

"Oh yes please, we have a lot to talk about" Rebecca grabbed Colten's hand

"Sure...bye bye"

"Bye" Rebecca said happily while Colten was being dragged by her and mouthing 'Help me' to Alina

Colten and Rebecca drank a coffee and speak for a long long time, Colten was dying of boredness meanwhile Alina while waiting for her ride she was shopping and having fun at the mall, once she was done with shopping she walked to theToysRUs store. It was honestly just to pass time, it was fun to see the TOys and to her defense, she didn't have much to do at this moment.

"Wow, dolls did really change" Alina commented "I like this outfit..." she grabbed the Bratz doll to take a closer look

"I'm afraid that it doesn't exist in your size" a voice spoke, Alina jumped scared making the Bratz doll fall into the floor, she went to pick her up and her hand touched another hand she then looked to the owner of that hand. It was a pretty blonde boy with an amazing white smile and somehow his face wasn't weird at all, she's sure she had seen that face somewhere.

He was wearing a blue shirt that said ToysRUs in it, he probably worked here or he was a super fan of the store.

"I'm sorry to scare you" he said grabbing the doll and her hand to help her stand up

"It's ok! I was too entertained by her clothes"

"Crazy how this is little girls right?" he said chuckling and Alina joined him

"Yeah in my time the skirt reached the feet" she said "But I like this, they have a sense of fashion! I like it a lot"

"Do you want to buy it?"

"No..."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes" she smiled at his persistence

"Well I tried" he shrugged his shoulders

"It'd be my first time selling a doll to someone over 14"

"Well, this is not your day yet" she smiled, and proceed her journey through the store, he followed her while talking to her

"I feel like I already won" she looked at him with a raised eyebrow "Having someone so beautiful and over 18 is a winning to me"

"Who told you I was 18?" she asked

"Aren't you?"

"No.. I'm 17"

"Well, I'm 19 so it's not a big difference" he said

"You are very cheeky" she said smiling

"Not always, actually never... this is a whole new thing I'm exploring here"

"Well... Just to give you some feedback and it's not going great"

"Thanks for being honest"

"Anytime"

"So can I help you with anything?"

"Oh you're finally questioning something you should, about your job... that's nice"

"Well, as you can understand I'm not an expert at flirting or having a conversation so you have to help me here"

"Ok.. . well first thing you should do is act natural don't be a flirt... girls don't like that"

"Some girls do..."

"Fine... women don't like that" She said and he smiled at her, he was watching every step she took and every word she said

"Then what should I do?"

"First introduce yourself, your name, things you like, what you do ... she has to have some interest in you"

"I'm Luca Hall, I'm 19, I work at ToysRUs in part-time, I'm in university, I love my dog, I love to watch movies and I love your face" he said, Alina blushed and tried to hide her smile

"That was not that bad"

"The you have to pursue her to like you... find something you both like"

"Well, I didn't want to say this but..." he got closer to her and whispered in her ear "All my life I played with Bratz dolls... I still do. My favorite one is Jade"

"You're so stupid" Alina laughed

"If I make her smile I win a point?"

"Yeah... I guess so?"

"How many points to have dinner with her?"

"The points she'll want" she said still smiling

"There's this girl I want to take on a date but she's mean"

"Poor you" she took the pen that was in his shirt out, he didn't even noticed he was too busy looking at her

"She won't say her name, her phone number...anything"

"How are you going to fix that?" she said

"I don't know...but she's probably the most beautiful girl I had ever seen!"

"well at least you can say you tried" she smiled at him and put the pen back in his pocket and with that, she left the store. He hadn't find out yet but to his luck in his pocket was also a redeemed receipt with a name and a number in the back.

"Where the hell were you? I texted you" Colten said once she got in the car...

"Shopping... while you were with one of Emma's minions I had to occupy myself"

"To someone who didn't want to come you sure bought a lot of things and also look way too happy"

" Not you trying to psychoanalyze me"

"Fine...whatever... Let's go home"

"Yes please ..."

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