Teenage Romance - Or More Than That? (PAUSED)

5: Ice Cream

Lloyd and Harumi are back in school after the weekend. The classroom was terribly hot.
Lloyd sits in the back of the room, looking at Harumi who sits in the front.
"She is beautiful..." Lloyd thought over and over again.
"Mr. Montgomery-Garmadon?"
Lloyd gets back to reality just to see that his teacher asked him something. The thing is, he did not pay attention for the last 30 minutes due to the fact, that he was looking at her.

The whole class looks at him now.
Even Harumi.
Lloyd noticed that she looked at him and blushed.
"Uhmmm... sorry, I don't know..."
He quickly said, hoping that the teacher asked him a question for the lesson.
Everybody laughed a bit.
Lloyd is confused. "Why are they laughing? Oh, man... I should've listened to what the teacher said... this is embarrassing..."

"I just said your name. You seemed to be out of place. And so it was. You even thought I asked a question." The teacher sighs. "Come to me after the lesson. Please."
Everybody starts whispering.
"Great..." Lloyd thought.
"Let's get on with our lesson... Today-"
Everybody turns around.
The teacher goes on with the lesson but Lloyd still isn't listening.
He has noticed, that Harumi still looks at him.
When she realized that she also turned around.
"Hopefully he does not think I am a creep... why do I always stare!?"
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When the lesson was over, Harumi left the school building. She waits for Lloyd in front of the entrance.
"I hope, the teacher is not too mad at him."
Just as she thought that Lloyd came to her.
"Hey, Ru!" He smiled.
"Lloyd? Everything okay?"
"Yes. Just the same as always. 'You should listen, young man. You want to be graduated, right? Then: Concentrate!'"
He imitated the voice of his teacher. This made her laugh.
When Lloyd heard her laugh, he started smiling. "I love it when she laughs... I love her. And I need to tell her..."

"Uhmmm...Rumi?"
"Yes, Lloydie?"
He smiles again because of his nickname from her.
"Do you have time today? We could spend time together. I know, I asked you already at the weekend, but I wanted to make sure that you do not have a new plan for today."
"As you said, you already asked. And what did I tell you?" She smiles.
"Uhmmm.. 'yes'?"
"Exactly. Yes. So. What do you want to do?"
"How about-" Lloyd grins. "SWIMMING."
Harumi laughs. "Why did I think, that you could say something else... OF COURSE. Then let's do this, my little shark."
She laughs.

"Why shark?"
"Aren't sharks the coolest animals in the sea? Well. I could've called you a blobfish. Would fit too."
"HEY! Take that back!" Lloyd acts like he's mad.
"Not. In. A. Million. Years." She grins.
Lloyd sulks.
"But you know what?" She started again.
"What?"
"I like Blobfishs. They may look ugly, but they are still cute... In my opinion."
"Does that mean, I look ugly, but not to you?" Lloyd says kinda shocked.
"No!" Harumi splutters.
After a few minutes of laughing, they recovered from it.
"Okay. Then I'll pick you up at...3 pm?"
"Okay. I'll be ready!"
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The first thing Harumi did when she got home was running up to her room to pack her bag.
"I need my bikini; 2 towels, one to dry me and one to sit on; sunglasses; suncream; Flip-Flops and... a water ball."
She quickly packed all the things she needs.
A black bikini, 2 green towels, her sunglasses, her suncream, and pink Flip-Flops.
She closes her bag and goes to the storage room.
"Where is it?"
After trying to find the water ball for minutes, she finally found it.
"There you are!" She cheers.
After packing the ball in her bag, she went to her wardrobe.

"I need something airier. It's too hot outside."
She decides to wear a knee-length, white dress.
When she finished dressing up, the bell rang.
Harumi runs down the stairs and opens the door.

"Hey, Lloydie! I'm ready!"
Lloyd stares at her. "She is so amazing. This dress fits her perfectly..."
He smiles and hands her a helmet. "You need that. Otherwise, we can't drive."
Harumi closes the door behind her and both are climbing on Lloyds motorcycle.
Harumi lays her hands on his hips.
"If you don't want to fall off, you need to grab me harder. Just laying your hands there, won't do you any good."
"Thank my helmet. She can't see how red I am right now. The way she presses her hands on my hips is breathtaking.
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