The rest of that week was as normal as every other week, with the exception of the few times we passed each other in the hallways where he would give me a cute little smile, and I would blush and look down at the floor. By the end of the week my friends had caught on that I liked him.
"Hey Maddy," Jade says as she walks up to greet me "There's a cute little ice creamery that opened up a block or 2 away from here, do you wanna go check it out after school?"
"Um, I don't know...," I say frowning
"I heard you know who recently got a job there," she replies as she nudges me and winks
"Hmm... I s'pose..." I reply with uncertainty
"Cool! I'll meet you after school," She says as she bounds away to get to her last class of the day.
We meet each other after school near the school gate, as we walk to the ice creamery we talk about minor things, school, friends, family, boys, until we reach the big glass doors to the creamery. I look in and can't see anybody in the shop, I push one of the glass doors open only to be greeted by a little ding by an old fashioned bell above the door. As I walk over to inspect the ice-cream choices. Vince walks out of a door to the side of the counter, he pauses when he sees me but then grins widely 'Hi, how can I help you?' he asks politely
I blush at his smile as Jade begins to order 'Hey Vince,' she says care-freely 'I'll have a vanilla ice-cream in a waffle cone please,'
He moves with his usual grace over to the ice-cream station and begins to scoop the creamy white substance into a waffle cone then hands it over the counter to Jade, he looks at me with his deep brown eyes and asks, 'anything else?'.
'Um... can I have cookies and cream in a waffle cone please?' I say in a small voice, he smiles as he scoops the ice cream into the cone then hands it to me, his warm, slender hand brushes against mine for a millisecond before he pulls back. I begin to pull out a $20 note from my purse, but he stops me by saying 'It's on me,' I look up at him with surprise,
'Oh no, you don't have to-,' I reply as he slides a card through the machine, I look up at him with shock
'Although I would like to know your name, as pay back of course.' he says to me with a smile
'Madison...' I reply as I look down at the floor and fiddle with my ice-cream
'That's a beautiful name, have a nice day Madison,' he calls as Jade and I walk from the creamery with our ice-creams.
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