Vesper stood quietly to the side, chewing on his lower lip slightly. He wasn't exactly sure what was going on. All he knew was that Cassie and Alpha were having what seemed like either an argument or a debate. Or something. He wasn't sure.
“Because my parents are obsessed and I hate them and this argument is reminding me of that.”
Cassie rolled her eyes. "Heaven help me," she muttered. "I'll just eat my ice cream and you eat yours."
“Fine by me-“ at that moment Alphas ice cream fell to the ground. “STARS ABOVE!” The look in her face was horror and way to much sadness, like she lost a loved one.
Karina had just come out with a chocolate strawberry cone of her own and frowned at the sight of Alpha dropping hers. "That's a shame," she said, walking over.
Cassie blinked, then laughed. "Ha. Karma, amirig - DAMMIT!" She had leaned forward and half her ice cream had fallen onto the ground.
Karina nearly chuckled at the two, but wasn't about to jinx herself and get her own treat fed to the concrete. If keeping quiet this once meant securing her ice cream, it was worth it.
Alpha walked over to Cassie and whispered into her ear “Bad karma.” She laughed and bit into her daiquiri flavored cone enjoying what she had left.
Vesper stared at his ice cream for a long moment, then hesitantly ate some of it. Last time he had had some, it hadn't been on a cone. So this was a new experience.
Cassie swatted Alpha's arm and threw the rest of her ice cream in the trash. She never would've finished it, anyway.
A small chuckle-like sound came from Salem as she watched them
“Why would you throw away ice cream?” Alpha stared puzzled at Cassie as she licked the ice cream residue at the bottom of her half eaten cone.
Cassie shrugged. "Because I didn't want to eat that much," she answered.
Karina stared at Cassie quizzically. If she didn't want to have to eat a whole cone, she could have easily asked for a smaller portion in a bowl. Really, everyone here was hard to understand. Looking away from the others, the girl took a small nibble out of her ice cream. It was kind of nice to have had some fun with people her age.
“Did you just bite your ice cream Karina? My teeth hurt just thinking about it!?” The small girl shuddered.
The girl turned to look at Alpha again. "How else am I supposed to eat it? With a fork?" she asked sarcastically, repeating her previous action. It wasn't as if she had taken a huge bite out of it or anything. It felt wrong to sit there and suck on it for an hour until it melted all over your hands.
Cassie winced. "Oh, stars, I can feel the toothache."
“You lick it, Ice Queen.”
Karina was taken aback by the nickname. Her eyes widened at first before narrowing into a light glare. "Ice queen? Seriously? It included the edge of the cone for stars' sake!"
(It was less of a lick but not an exact bite and I didn't know how else to put it than nibble lolll)
“Ice Queen.”
At that moment Karina wanted to get up and teach her some manners, but again, stayed still to finish her ice cream. At least then she'd have bragging rights that she didn't lose her treat over something stupid.
His eye flickered bemusedly between the girls, glancing at Vesper every so often. Yes, Vesper deserved having ice cream. He did, too, Aquila thought, savoring the vanilla lingering on his tongue. "Ice Queen," he murmured with a quiet chuckle, unable to hold back.
Vesper had a cone with mint chip on it, something he hadn't had before, and was actually enjoying the flavor of. Then again, it was ice cream. He kept eating it, doing the strange way of biting it, just a little, rather than licking it. It looked like he hadnt been taught how to eat ice cream. Which was true. He hadn't.
Cassie looked up at Vesper briefly and sighed exasperatedly. "Ah, Ves, not you, too. You're making me physically cringe."