Mr. Ryan Flent and Me

Frozen Yo, Yo

Chapter 8:
Cassandra's POV:
After dinner we walk to the frozen yogurt shop that's just a few shops over. My parents walk in front of Ryan and I. Ryan and I don't talk but out of the corner of my eye I see him staring at me. He grabs my hand and I immediately pull back and give him a probably crazed paranoid look.
"Sorry." He says flushed.
"No, no, it's okay. I'm just - I just - I don't know. I don't really know you. Or myself for that matter. I just have to get comfortable. Sorry." I say. He nods but I can tell I hurt him. We reach the frozen yogurt shop - it's called Frozen Yo, Yo.
Interesting name...
We walk in and I see a blonde girl staring into space and chewing gum. She turns and looks at us when we walk in. My parents hand me a 10 dollar bill and head to a table telling Ryan and I we can get anything we want. Ryan heads over to the machines and I follow.
"What flavor do you want?" He says handing me a cup.
"Umm... I don't know. You're my boyfriend, you should know what I want." He glances at me and flashes a smile.
"Okay, well how about instead.... We both try something new?"
"Well to me everything is new haha" I say with a laugh, he laughs too. He heads over to one of the machines labeled 'new'.
"How about s'mores?" He says filling his cup. I shrug and hand him my cup. He fills my cup halfway up and we head over to condiments. I take some chocolate syrup and unleash the bottle licking my lips.
"Holy cow... You missed a spot," he says pointing at my fro-yo that's covered in chocolate syrup. He laughs teasingly and proceeds to put nuts and whip cream and three cherries on his. We head over to the blonde so we can pay. She turns and looks at us and stops chewing her gum. Her eyes lit up and she flashes a smile.
"Hi Ryan." She says batting her eyes and twirling her hair.
"Hi...Claire?"
"Haha, it's okay, that happens all the time. But it's actually Clarise." He nods and she continues talking. "So Ryan, a little birdy told me that you and Megan Sanchez, ya know, the one you used to date in 10th grade, are hooking up, is that true?"
Who?
"No. I'm with Cassandra now, have been for two weeks." Ryan says putting his arm over my shoulder. I smile sheepishly at her as she eyes me down.
"Oh. Well. Isn't she like a freshman?" She says.
"Yes, she is, but what's wrong with that?"
"Hmph. Nothing." She continues to stare at me. She squints her eyes and cocks her head. Her eyes light up, I can almost see the bulb. "Oh! I know! Your that chick that lost her memory in the accident," then with a cackling laugh she adds," Well that makes sense. The freak's a charity case. What, are you trying to get Veronica back?"
Megan, and now Veronica?
Ryan clenches his teeth and glares at her.
"No. Clarise. I'm not trying to get Veronica back. Nor am I hooking up with Megan. I'm with Cassandra and only Cassandra and you can tell all of your gossipy friends that that's a direct quote. Now can you please ring us up?"
Aww he's so sweet... But how many girlfriends have he had.
She rolls her eyes and I hand her the ten. She snaps it from my hand and slaps the change into my hand. She resumes chewing her gum as we walk away. We sit with my parents as we scoop down our fro-yo. After we finish we throw away our cups and head back to the car. As we are walking by I clear my throat hesitantly.
"What's wrong?" Ryan asks concerned.
"Umm, well I was wondering what today is and was the accident? Like the day of the week...?"
He smiles with a laugh.
"Well. The accident was Saturday. Your dad was fine so they released him on Sunday. And you were unconscious so you were released after you woke up. Which was today. And today is Tuesday."
"So. I missed two days of school!"
"Haha, don't worry, I'll help you make up what you missed." He says with a wink. I smile at him and grab for his hand. He looks at me with a shy smile and kisses my head. I rest my head on his shoulder and we head to the car.