Two Birds [Twin Sized Mattress Prequel]

[Chapter 13] For Once In My Life...

"You cannot be serious!" Lily chuckled into her small paper cup full of her rapidly melting ice cream in the hot mid-summer air.

"What? I can't have a sensitive side!" Felix retorted, his cup fuller than hers.

"I'd hardly call that sensitive" he took a bite into her mouth. "More like, basic human empathy."

"Well I have to be nice to Teddy sometimes. Otherwise people would think I'm some cruel, unfeeling robot or something." Felix looked over at his date to gauge her reaction. Lily smiled softly at him and placed a hand on his upper arm.

"You're not cruel, Felix, you have to stop saying that about yourself." the blonde's face turned red at the praise. Lightly placing his right hand onto where Lily's rested on his shoulder.

"Thanks, Love, but I know what people think about me, honestly I'm surprised Billy let you go on this date." he deflected the topic back onto her. Thus far, the date has been a success! There were hardly any moments of awkwardness between them, conversation topics came easily and the two got to know each other like they had never before. Plus they had a good laugh when they saw a toddler being chased by a geese.

Overall a solid date!

They had settled down on a bench near an ice cream stand overlooking the small lake in the park. The sun was starting to set and Felix still hasn't gotten a chance to give Lily the bracelet he and Ted had spent way longer than necessary picking out for her.

The metal felt like fifty tons in his pocket.

Lily made a strained, high-pitched sound from the back of her throat and looked down. "Billy doesn't exactly know I'm here..." her voice got quieter and quieter as she spoke, like she was embarrassed or something? Felix didn't know why, in his opinion the twins spent too much time together to be considered normal. Getting away and having her own life was good for her.

"Oh, we're not running things by the boss anymore?" he teased, Lily lightly pushed at his shoulder with hers. They were holding hands at this point facing the lake. The setting sun reflects off the water. "Well if that's the case, he's probably not gonna like you coming home with this."

Felix pulled the gold charm bracelet out of pocket, the bright rays of light bounced off the shimmering accessory. Lily's eyes went wide as she ran her fingers across the expensive charms. Felix scanned her face for any desirable emotion, he got worried she didn't like the gift.

"Yeah I know I probably should've waited until your birthday to give you this but this just felt like the perfect time, you know!" he was rambling now and he knew it. "And feel no obligation to keep it! I'm pretty sure I still have the receipt and if not I could probably just give it to Cindy or something-"

"Felix, I love it, thank you." She cut him off softly. Craning her neck up to give him a peck on the cheek. The area where her lips touched burned wildly.

"I'm glad you liked it," his face was red. The blonde gestured toward her wrist, still laying in his lap. 'May I?' he silently asked with his eyes and the light grip on her fingers.

"Oh!" she pulled her wrist up and allowed him to clasp the gold onto her wrist.

Their hands stayed interlock afterwards. Lily turned to face the water while Felix couldn't take his eyes off of her. Her full cheeks and lips called out to him, practically begging him to kiss her.

Lily peaked at him in the corner of her eyes, catching him staring. Felix couldn't find it in himself to care though as she fully turned her face towards him. The calling was too loud to ignore.