win. Chicken is better than amputee.”
“Thank you .” I grinned triumphantly.
“So, pretty much everything will be shut down by now. Do you want to see if the Dairy Queen is still open?”
“Sure,” I enthusiastically agreed. “I love their ice cream.”
“Uh, who doesn’t?” He asked rhetorically, grabbing my hand and ushering me towards the stairs to leave.
We made sure everything was locked up and hurried out of the front of the gift shop, but the metal grate was already down at the Dairy Queen.
“Aw, man,” he said. “I guess we’ll just have to go out to one of the restaurants right around here.”
“How sad,” I laughed at his disappointment.
“It is,” he said defensively. “I didn’t want to spend any more time with you than I had to.”
“Hey now,” I jokingly protested. “Be careful what you wish for. I don’t have to say yes the next time you ask me out.”
“Yes you do,” he disagreed as we headed out the doors and into the evening heat. “You can’t resist me, admit it.”
“Why don’t we eat at Johnny Rockets?” I suggested, ignoring his flirtations. “They have good ice cream, too.”
“Always the smart one,” he teased. “That sounds good.”
“I could resist you all I want,” I joked back as he helped me into the car.
“We’ll see about that,” he said smoothly.
“Hey, Sy!” a voice called out as he opened his door and slid in.
“Oh great,” I grumbled under my breath.
“Ash,” Sy said, leaning forward so he could see her around me.
“What’s going on?” she asked, coming up to my window and sticking her head in, almost knocking it against my own. “I haven’t seen you at our usual lunch spot.”
“I only ate there twice,” he pointed out with a laugh.
“With me,” she replied in a teasing voice. “That makes it our spot.”
She finally turned and acknowledged me, a slight sneer on her face.
“It made me feel a little . . .sick?” Sy said, obviously trying not to hurt her feelings.
“Do you want to do something tonight? I was thinking in like thirty minutes we could hit up a late movie. We haven’t hung out in forever!”
“I can’t,” Sy said, trying to disguise his laugh as a cough. “I’ve got plans already.”
“ Aubrey won’t mind if you bow out to go on a date, will you?” she asked purposefully getting my name wrong, turning to me with a cold look in her eyes.
“I’m already on a date with Audrey ,” he said, emphasizing my name with an apologetic smile.
“I got the in depth tour of the aquarium,” I said frostily, flicking a piece of her hair off my chin.
“You’re lying,” she sputtered, looking slowly from him to me. “This is a joke, right?”
“I’m afraid not,” Sy said, turning the car on. “ Audrey and I have been seeing each other for a while now.”
He winked at me and took my hand, kissing it softly.
Ash looked at him, mouth gaping open. Suddenly, she pushed herself out of the car, slamming her hand on the roof and kicking the door before she turned and walked away without a word.
“Well, that went better than I thought,” Sy sounded slightly relieved. “She struck me as the kind of girl who would—”
“I can’t believe this!” Ash shouted, heading for us again.
“—do that,” Sy finished.
“I waited outside work for three hours, trying to catch you on your way home! I thought we were becoming an item!”
“I’ve seen you once in the past two weeks,” Sy argued in his defense.
“I asked you to kiss me!”
“But I didn’t,” he reminded her.
“Only because the cops showed up!”
“I’m sorry, Ash,” he said. “I’m with Audrey now. Nothing is ever going to happen—not even if I wasn’t.”
She ground her teeth together, her lips pursed in anger.
“Fine,” she finally ground out. “I’m done with you.” She pointed at him, giving him the death glare before finally leaving for good.
“Ouch,” I winced. “Harsh much?”
“It’s the
“Thank you .” I grinned triumphantly.
“So, pretty much everything will be shut down by now. Do you want to see if the Dairy Queen is still open?”
“Sure,” I enthusiastically agreed. “I love their ice cream.”
“Uh, who doesn’t?” He asked rhetorically, grabbing my hand and ushering me towards the stairs to leave.
We made sure everything was locked up and hurried out of the front of the gift shop, but the metal grate was already down at the Dairy Queen.
“Aw, man,” he said. “I guess we’ll just have to go out to one of the restaurants right around here.”
“How sad,” I laughed at his disappointment.
“It is,” he said defensively. “I didn’t want to spend any more time with you than I had to.”
“Hey now,” I jokingly protested. “Be careful what you wish for. I don’t have to say yes the next time you ask me out.”
“Yes you do,” he disagreed as we headed out the doors and into the evening heat. “You can’t resist me, admit it.”
“Why don’t we eat at Johnny Rockets?” I suggested, ignoring his flirtations. “They have good ice cream, too.”
“Always the smart one,” he teased. “That sounds good.”
“I could resist you all I want,” I joked back as he helped me into the car.
“We’ll see about that,” he said smoothly.
“Hey, Sy!” a voice called out as he opened his door and slid in.
“Oh great,” I grumbled under my breath.
“Ash,” Sy said, leaning forward so he could see her around me.
“What’s going on?” she asked, coming up to my window and sticking her head in, almost knocking it against my own. “I haven’t seen you at our usual lunch spot.”
“I only ate there twice,” he pointed out with a laugh.
“With me,” she replied in a teasing voice. “That makes it our spot.”
She finally turned and acknowledged me, a slight sneer on her face.
“It made me feel a little . . .sick?” Sy said, obviously trying not to hurt her feelings.
“Do you want to do something tonight? I was thinking in like thirty minutes we could hit up a late movie. We haven’t hung out in forever!”
“I can’t,” Sy said, trying to disguise his laugh as a cough. “I’ve got plans already.”
“ Aubrey won’t mind if you bow out to go on a date, will you?” she asked purposefully getting my name wrong, turning to me with a cold look in her eyes.
“I’m already on a date with Audrey ,” he said, emphasizing my name with an apologetic smile.
“I got the in depth tour of the aquarium,” I said frostily, flicking a piece of her hair off my chin.
“You’re lying,” she sputtered, looking slowly from him to me. “This is a joke, right?”
“I’m afraid not,” Sy said, turning the car on. “ Audrey and I have been seeing each other for a while now.”
He winked at me and took my hand, kissing it softly.
Ash looked at him, mouth gaping open. Suddenly, she pushed herself out of the car, slamming her hand on the roof and kicking the door before she turned and walked away without a word.
“Well, that went better than I thought,” Sy sounded slightly relieved. “She struck me as the kind of girl who would—”
“I can’t believe this!” Ash shouted, heading for us again.
“—do that,” Sy finished.
“I waited outside work for three hours, trying to catch you on your way home! I thought we were becoming an item!”
“I’ve seen you once in the past two weeks,” Sy argued in his defense.
“I asked you to kiss me!”
“But I didn’t,” he reminded her.
“Only because the cops showed up!”
“I’m sorry, Ash,” he said. “I’m with Audrey now. Nothing is ever going to happen—not even if I wasn’t.”
She ground her teeth together, her lips pursed in anger.
“Fine,” she finally ground out. “I’m done with you.” She pointed at him, giving him the death glare before finally leaving for good.
“Ouch,” I winced. “Harsh much?”
“It’s the
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