Icy Flames

Chapter 27

It's been two weeks since Sammy and Stephanie meet at the gym. They have been good friends ever since then. She recently started going to the gym just because she wanted to see Sammy everyday. As for Sammy, he no longer go to his office any longer. The Gym became his office. When Stephanie comes, they both do their workout together and afterwards go out for coffee. Stephanie was always on the phone with Sammy whenever she wanted to talk to him. She was not held captive by her brother. As he was on  another business trip for two months. Stephanie couldn't express how glad she was when she heard that her brother was on a business trip.

   Today is Saturday and Stephanie already made plans with Sammy to go shopping. Though it took a lot of time to convince him to come along but it was worth it.

   It was already 10:00 am and she was already dressed up. As she walked downstairs, she received a text from Sammy

    Stephanie are you ready?

     Yes.  Stephanie replied
   
      Ok I'm waiting outside

      I'm coming

Stephanie replied as she quickly walked down the stairs. When she got to the sitting room, she saw her mom and dad both talking about something in hush tone.

"Mom, Dad. I'm going out for shopping with my friends. I might be a little late for dinner." Stephanie said to her parents.

"I thought your friends were out of town." Her Mom said. " Why did you put on make up? I thought you said you wouldn't make up again to show how heart broken you were after your break up with Dylan." Her Mom continued.

"Darling, let her be she's big enough to know what she wants." Stephanie's Dad said softly to her mom.

"Stephanie you can go do your shopping. Don't worry about coming late." Her Dad said to her.

"Thanks Dad." She said as she walked towards the door.

"You always like spoiling her with everything." She heard her mom saying to her dad as she closed the door.

"Hey Sammy." She called out to him as she reached where he was waiting with his car.

Sammy turned to look at Stephanie. She looks so beautiful. She applied a light makeup on he face. She was wearing a black and white off shoulder dress that stopped about her knee.

"Hey. Can we go now?" Sammy asked

"Yeah." Stephanie said as they both entered the car. She was disappointed that Sammy didn't compliment her. Sammy started the engine and drove off to the shopping mall.

  At the mall, Sammy watched as Stephanie try out different clothes.

"Sammy." Stephanie called out as she walked out of the changing room.

"What do you think about this one?" She asked pointing to the long strapless slit dress she was wearing.

Sammy looked at Stephanie " it's okay." He said

"Sammy that's what you've been saying for all the dresses I tried on." Stephanie said.

"I don't really know anything about women clothing or fashion." Sammy said.

"Well, it's okay. All you have to do is tell me if the dress looks good." Stephanie said.

Sammy just nodded at her.

"So I will go shop for a swimsuit." Stephanie said

"Okay, I'll be outside waiting in the car." Sammy said as he got  up from his seat.

"No, wait." Stephanie said and Sammy turned back to face Stephanie. " You came along to help me. Won't you help pick a swimsuit. Remember we are going to the beach for my birthday party. So you have to help me choose a swimsuit." Stephanie said in one breath.

"Okay." Sammy agreed not knowing what was going to happen next.

Sammy sat back on his seat and Stephanie quickly rushed to pick a swimsuit and went back to the dressing room to change. After 5 minutes of waiting, Sammy decided to check his phone for any update from his Personal Assistant. As he brought out his phone from his chest pocket, he heard Stephanie called him

"Sammy." He raised his  head and was out of words seeing Stephanie wearing a pink Bikini that revealed her long legs and bare stomach.

"Sammy, what do you think about this one?" Stephanie asked but she received no reply as he kept on looking at her with his eyes wide open. Stephanie blushed knowing how Sammy kept on staring at her. She walked towards him and tapped his shoulder.

"Sammy what's wrong?" Stephanie asked

Sammy was startled and he dropped his phone.

"I'm so sorry." Stephanie said as she picked up his phone.

"It's okay." Sammy said as he collected his phone from her.  "What, what were you saying?" He asked stuttering.

"I was asking you how I look in this bikini."

"Beautiful." He blurted out. "Well I mean....."

"I know what you mean, the bikini is beautiful." Stephanie said cutting Sammy off.

"Yeah, that's what I meant." Sammy said as heat crawled up his cheeks.

"I'll go try out other bikini's this one is too revealing." She said

"Yeah it is." Sammy said and Stephanie turned around and walked back to the dressing room.

  Sammy found it hard not to stare at her ass as she swayed her hips. "Not bad" he thought. " Oh Sammy that's so irresponsible of you to think." He said scolding himself as he began to feel hot all over.

   Stephanie was changing into another bikini but she couldn't stop thinking about Sammy. How he stared at her, how he blushed when he called her beautiful and then referred to the bikini she was wearing, she was starting to feel butterflies flutter in her stomach.
"He's kind of a shy guy." She thought. "Those kind of guys bottle up their feelings for a girl." Her inner voice said. Stephanie just shook off the thought and changed into another bikini.

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   The ride back to Stephanie's house was awkward as Sammy didn't say anything. He just answered some of Stephanie's question in monosyllabic word. When they reached Stephanie's house, Sammy parked the car and Stephanie came out. She waved a goodbye to him and returned the gesture too by waving at her before she entered the house.

Sammy drove off thinking about Stephanie. Next week Saturday is her birthday. And he still hadn't thought of what to get for her. The thought of calling Leo came to his mind. But he decided against it. As Leo didn't even know what girl's like. So he wasn't going to ask Leo. Maybe He should ask someone else for help. His sister in-law.