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Chapter Twenty Two- Ice Cream For Fitting Occasions

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Chapter Twenty Two- Ice Cream For Fitting Occasions

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Fox's P.O.V

I don't know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't this.

As I stood frozen in the doorway, I watched Artemisia, dirty blonde hair tied into a side plait that fell down around her shoulders, and a pot of ice cream in her hands.

She must have heard the door open, as she looked up in my direction, a massive grin etched onto her face. My legs began working again, and I immediately ran to her side, embracing her in a hug.

"Hey, woah, woah, woah! Watch the ice cream!" At this I let go and began laughing. Artemisia looked up at me, grin still in place, a slightly confused expression on her face.

"Typical Artemisia. Wake up from life-endangering surgery and is worried about her ice cream." She giggles and then looks up at me with an extremely confused expression.

"How do you know what ice cream is?"

"You told me about it, don't you remember? You were saying that if you could only eat one thing for the rest of you life, it would be ice cream. That and the fact it says ice cream on the side of the pot."

"Oh. You should try some! It's delicious. Oh, by the way, the chunks of stuff in it is cookie dough."

She shoved the pot and spoon to my chest, and I quickly caught it before it fell to the floor. Artemisia would not be happy about that. I lifted a spoonful of the strange food and placed it in my mouth. I was shocked by the coldness of it, but after I got used to that fact, all I could taste was the delicious taste of vanilla and some chewy pieces of what Artemisia called 'cookie dough'. It was honestly one of the best experiences of my life.

"It's good, right!" She said, more of a statement than a question.

"Good? This is not good." I watched her face fall at my words. "This is the most delicious thing I have ever tasted, and that's saying something. I mean, have you tasted the apples grown by my tribe? Beautiful. But this? This is a whole new level of food." I saw her face light right back up again as I carried on my little speech.

"I'm glad you like it, there's a machine out there were you can get some ice cream, cause I ain't sharing." She handed me two coins and told me I would need to enter them into the machine to get the ice cream.

I walked out the room and saw a big metal box with the similar looking tubs in it. I followed the instructions on the machine and collected my ice cream. I had decided to get one that said 'mint chocolate chip' on the side, seeing as I loved mint.

I walked back into the room, and Artemisia shimmied to the side of the bed and patted the newly made space next to her. Following the unspoken instruction, I climbed on top of the bed, sitting down beside her. I opened my ice cream and we began just laughing around like we used to.

And that's how we spent the rest of our night. Sat on a hospital bed, eating ice cream and happy we were alive.

Author's Note: There! It's up. It was a long wait, but it's up! I hope you like it, even though it's short. I might try and write a bit more today, but I'm not making any promises! About the cliff hanger last chapter... #sorrynotsorry

Bye bye darlings!