35: The Bowl Was Supposed to Be Romantic

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Let's share a bowl," Aaron says once we arrive at the ice cream shop and wait in line.

"A bowl?" I question.

"Yeah," he replies, "like couples do on Valentine's day."

"Valentine's day is in February," I tell him, "its mid-May."

"So? We're still a couple."

A couple. He wasn't wrong about that and the truth was, each time he mentioned the fact that we were dating the inside of my stomach would go crazy. And even more so when he would hold my hand, hug me and kiss me.

I smiled tenderly at him and say, "I don't like sharing."

Aaron gives me look filled with disbelief. "That's a lie," he says, "at school you always share your French fries with me."

"Yes," I say and scoot up as the person in front of the line walks away, "that's because I don't like the French fries."

"What?" he asks incredulously and quite loud. I shush him whilst laughing at his reaction.

He feigns a look of hurt and says, "I'm offended. This entire time I thought you gave me them because you liked me and liked sharing with me. Not because you didn't like the fries."

"I do like you," I reassure him.

"So then can we get the bowl?" he questions at the same time as we hear someone calling for us. With a smile on his face Omar makes his way to us, not caring if he's cutting the line.

"What's up?" he says when he's next to us.

I smirk and say to him, "You and Aaron are sharing a bowl."

"What?" Aaron exclaims.

"Fine by me," replies Omar.

Aaron pulls me aside and whispers, "How did he know we were here?"

"He texted me when we were on our way here and asked me what we were up to and I told him."

"This was only supposed to be us two," he says.

"Oh come on," I reply, "its just Omar."

To this Aaron rolls his eyes and grumbles back to where Omar stands.

We are next in line and I choose Cookies and Cream for the flavor as my ice cream and I watch as an annoyed Aaron agrees to get Butter Pecan as the flavor for his and Omar's bowl. When we get our ice creams we sit down at a table outside.

"Can you stop?" Aaron tells Omar.

Omar looks up at him, spoonful of ice cream in mouth and says, "What?"

"Using my spoon," Aaron replies.

"What's wrong with it?" Omar says swallowing the rest of the ice cream in his mouth. "We're bros."

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