Stolen Dreams

Delilah: The Summer of Ice Cream Dreams

Fast forward to August. The month best known for it's hot temperatures, and the end of summer vacation.

They were sitting on a park bench under a shady tree. The sun shone through the leaves just enough to glisten off of Carter's hair. They each had identical ice cream cones, with one chocolate scoop and one cookies n' cream scoop.They were simply enjoying a cool treat on a hot summer day, together.

Delilah woke up to the sound of an ice cream truck rolling down the street, it's merry tune attracting customers of all ages. Of course it seemed odd someone was selling ice cream so early, but Delilah soon found it was already noon. "I should be going to sleep earlier. " she said to herself as she headed to the kitchen to find something to eat.

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Later that day, Delilah was finishing up a slice of pizza. She and her friends, Naomi, Mari, and Emily, were having an end of summer gathering at Grace's house. As she swallowed her last bite, Grace brought out two buckets of ice cream from the freezer. "Take as much as you like, but easy on the sprinkles." She said, empazing the second part while looking pointedly at Emily. Then they all started scooping out their preferred flavor of ice cream. All except Delilah. She got a bit of both flavors. After all, she had dreamed about eating both flavors earlier that morning.