Once In A Lifetime

Who doesn't Love gummy bears?

~Hunter's POV~

"Hunter! You know better than that! What has gotten into you lately? I thought you'd be happy to be back." Betty tells me.

"I am." I say as my only counter argument.

"Well it'd sure as hell be great if you acted like it."

"She's some random girl I've never heard of and now apparently she's part of the show?"

"Well she has an amazing energy and people Love her. She is young and pretty and fun. She brings the right energy to your show. Hunter I'm asking you to trust me on this." She asks me. I take time to think this through knowing I have no reason not to trust her.

"OK fine..." I say letting m breath out.

"Now can you please go clean up your mess?"

"What do you m-"

"Hunter." She says sternly.

"Yes ma'am." I say like a child who just got in trouble.

~Nicoles POV~

I was almost to my car when I hear someone calling my name. I turn around to see Hunter running towards me.

"Look if your here to make fun of the rest of clothes just don't. I have a date." I inform him.

"No, I'm hear to apologize."

"Wow. What a change of heart. I'll bet you my teddy bear Betty had something to do with this?"

"Uh.... She did. But I really am sorry. I guess I was a just little upset knowing because of my absence I couldn't make every decision."

"Spoiled child are you?"

"Um. I guess you could say that?"

"I heard you were in rehab or eloped with your girlfriend Libby. I wasn't sure which to believe. I was hoping for the latter to be honest though."

"Oh really?"

"Mhmm!"

"Well sorry to disappoint but I was in Africa with my dad."

"Oh yeah. Mhmm sure." I fake cough *rehab* which he in turn laughs at.

"No I really was! Not rehab... or marriage. Just to let you know."

"OK."

"I really am sorry for the way I acted up there."

"I'll only forgive you for $10."

"Um...? OK?" He starts to reach for his back pocket with a look of disbelief apparent on his face. I just begin to laugh which results in an utterly confused look on his face.

"Hey I'm just messing with you. It's fine. I just.... Idk. I was really nervous to meet you and that happened...." I let the rest of my sentence hang in the air unsure of what to say next.

"Did you just say 'Idk'?" He looked at me with a little sideways grin.

"Hey you can't judge me after that little temper tantrum of yours!"

"True. true... I guess." He says as he looks at me sideways while smiling.

"You guess?" I say laughing. I punch him in the shoulder.

"Ow! And who wears a tank top in this weather? Aren't you cold?"

"Yes I am. But to be fair I wasn't planning on a heart-to-heart in a parking lot. And who doesn't Love gummy bears?"

"Haha yeah. Here." He shrugs off his coat and hands it to me. I hesitate but he insists so I gratefully accept. "Why don't we head back upstairs and have that 'creative meeting' of ours?" He says.

"Haha sounds good but like I told you, I have a date."

"Oh.... who's the guy?"

"It's not a guy."

"Oh! You're a... that's cool."

"No. I'm into dudes but it's a date with the Starbucks down the street." I laugh.

"Haha my favorite kind."

"Yeah."

"Why don't I join you? Then we can have our meeting."

"OK sounds good."

"Good. We'll take my car."

"Uh-uh we're taking mine."

"I'm not going in your car."

"Fine then I get to drive."

"We're taking your car."

"Don't trust me driving your car?"

"Ha. No." He says as he stands up and is no longer leaning against my car. "Before we go I am gonna need my jacket back fisrt."

"Ha.Ha. No." I say stubbornly as I get into the divers seat as he walks arond to the passengers side. "Nice try though."

"Just thought I'd try." He laughs and gets into my car.