Colossal Damage

33 . Scoop of mischief

"It's your eighteenth , your ticket to adulthood.  You can not do nothing. " Danny scolds me with Willow and Mags .  We're all at Scoop squashed in a booth . Carter wanted ice cream and well the others just jumped into the car .

"What flavour are you having ?" Carter turns to everyone .

Everyone gives him their orders . When it comes for me to do the same I reply with a shake of my head ,"No , thank you ." Heads turn in my direction and I dismiss their curious glances with a shrug .

"Danny I need help!" Carter shouts from the counter while balancing three ice creams in one hand . Danny gets up with a sigh and makes her way to Carter .

"Here you go ." He hands me what a appears to be salted caramel . I glare at him as he takes seat besides me . He takes a lick out of his fudge brownie and pulls his face . I get a sense of dèja vu . We've been in this situation before .

He takes the salted caramel from my hand and places the fudge brownie in mine .

"Why did you get it if you hate it?" Willow quirks her eyebrow in his direction .

"To remind himself that he hates it !" I cut him off before he can reply her . He turns to me and gives me a breathtaking smile .

"Took the words right out of my mouth Pinky ." He nudges my shoulder.  I take a lick of the fudge brownie and it's as if I'm back to the day Daron broke up with me . Instead of heartache , butterflies fill me up . It seems like so long ago .

"Okay we get ya'll are cute and all . But back to the not wanting an eighteenth ." Willow redirects the conversation making me inwardly groan .

"I just don't really like my birthday." I shrug and smile up at my boyfriend who eats ice cream like a child .

"You're weird." Mags studies my boyfriend .

"Yip , he is my weirdo. "I lean into him and brush my finger lightly at the corners of his mouth. Just as I'm about to retract my fingers that are now covered in ice scream , he stops me . He brings my finger up to his lips and into his mouth where he socks off the ice cream . I gasp when he bites the soft pad of my finger tip . His eyes stare intensly into mine as he slowly releases my finger.  We both lean in...

"Gross!" Mags and Willow exclaim in union  .

"I miss Xavier. "Danny sighs as she lets her head fall into her arms .

I turn quickly and flush . When I'm with Carter time freezes , everything around me doesn't  matter anymore . It's just him and I stuck in this little forever of ours .

I feel his hand mischievously make its way under the table . I feel two fingers creep in a walking manner down my thigh to my knee . Because I'm wearing shorts his fingers go under my knee tickling there lightly . I bite my cheeks to stifle my laugh.  I wiggle further away from him but he follows along tickling me. He is a nuisance. 

"Are you okay Paris ?" Mags notices my fidgeting first bring the others attention.

"Yeah ,are you okay Pinky?" The Crate wears are mischievous grin across his face . I can see he is also trying to hold in his laugh. I grab his hand which fights me for a bit . I forcefully thread my fingers with his and place our joint hands in his lap.

"Just fine. "I turn to him and say cheekily  resulting in him leaning in and kissing my nose .

"Why do we keep drifting from the topic at hand !" Willow exclaims .

"Look Will I'm fine relaxing at home with my boyfriend. "I see his lips quirk up at his title.  His thumb strokes my hand gently.

"And friends ..." I smile as I say the words . I have friends now . Real ones for that matter .

"But..." Willow starts .

"Willow ." Carter warns her .

"It's her day . We'll do what she wants." I smile thankfully at him . I finish swallowing down my cone and lean further into Carter . I lifts his arm up and I scoot closer until I'm almost laying into him . He is so warm against me . His citrus musk envelopes me as the safety of being in his arms wraps around me.  I could do this on my birthday ,and it would be just perfect to me.

"Marvels and popcorn it is then ." Willow sighs disappointed making Mags nudge her in the ribs .

Marvels , popcorn and Carter is a birthday dream come true .