falling for you

chapter 5

its been about 10 minutes since robin left you and steve at scoops. you were serving a costumer that steve hit on, she rejected him and you had to say it was pretty funny. you see robin come back in and she moves her hand in a 'come' motion. steve and dustin were in the back already you assumed still arguing about the fights steve has had.

robin pulls a paper out of her bag and places it on the table in front of you. "it is crazy what 20 bucks will get you, starcourt mall the complete blueprints". robin presents flattening the paper. "not bad" you say semi-congratulating her, she smirks at you "okay, this is us scoops and this is where we want to go" robin says circling the destination, "I don't really see a way in" steve says confused. "there isn't if you're talking about doors" robin says taking out another blueprint. "air ducts" you say as if a light bulb popped into your head.

robin runs across the room to the white-board and grabs the red marker. "that room needs air like any old room, and those air ducts lead all the way here" she says drawing a red line to the destination. you all look up at the vent. "anyone have a screwdriver, and flashlight" you ask, "oh I do!" dustin says grabbing his bag. steve grabs the screwdriver and works his way through the screws. "how are we doing this?" you say looking to robin in hope she has an idea, "well none of us can fit" robin says like she's reminding you. "maybe I can" dustin says looking up at steve as if he's looking for approval.

steve finally got the vent done and grabs the flashlight, "yeah, -uh- I don't know if you're gonna fit in here" steve says realizing the tiny space. "trust me i'll fit, no collarbones remember" dustin says in confidence climbing on the ladder you all found. "excuse me?" you question looking up at steve, "oh yeah he has some sort of disease, its chrito- something I don't know he's missing bones and stuff" steve says shrugging "he can bend like gumbo" steve says taking his hands in a shrinking motion.

"I think you mean gumby" robin says correcting steve, "-uh- no im pretty sure its gumbo" steve begins to argue. "just shut up and push me!" dustin yells "okay ill push ya'" steve says bored. "not my legs dumbass push my ass" dustin says clearly annoyed. you and robin were trying to conduct a plan but it wasn't going very well with the boys arguing and trying to get dustin to fit in the air duct.

you and robin were talking about far you guys were going to go through with this, when all of a sudden you hear a very familiar voice "ahoy, ahoy, all hands on deck, ahoy! get out hear and serve me some samples!" Erica yells pushing the bell. Erica was a returning costumer who only wanted samples. robin turns around and smirks and you know she already has an idea.

robin looks back and says "i think i have an idea" steve stops pushing dustin into the vent, but is now pulling him out. "what if i can get Erica to come back here and look at the vent" robin says looking around. "Erica- as in Sinclair?" dustin asks robin "yeah, why do you think you cant talk to her" steve asks dustin. "i can certainly try" dustin says walking out. "will this actually work" you ask concerned on what was happening. "we can hope" robin says walking out.

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"yeah i don't know" Erica says looking at the vent with the flashlight. "you don't know if you can fit?" you say loosing hope. "oh i can fit, i just don't know if i want to" erica says handing the flashlight back to you. you turn back to robin, dustin, and steve in a 'is she serious' look. she certainly was.

"are you claustrophobic?" you ask hoping there was a reason for her not wanting to go in the vent. Erica chuckles, "i don't have phobias" she says not budging. "okay then what is the problem?" you ask, you were dying to know what was in those boxes and she was your only hope. "the problem is, i still haven't heard whats in this for Erica" she says starting to walk out.

"i have an idea" steve says, his plan wasn't bad, give her free ice-cream, dustin will do a speech for her, and then it will go on from there.

you and steve stayed in the back while dustin and robin did the convincing. "think this will actually work?" you ask steve it was his plan so he should have faith in it, "i really do hope so y/n" steve says looking at you. "if it doesn't its gonna be your fault" you say already taking blame off of you. "really?, can't even take partial blame" steve says annoyed. "nope!" you reply in a sarcastic smile.

A/N-

hey guys! i didn't do the whole 'you can't spell America without Erica' scene because there was a lot of lines. a shorter chapter than the last! i changed lines and scenes around. also if you guys could vote/comment that would be great loves. hope you guys have a great morning/afternoon/night!

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