“You can have anything else as long as it isn’t the pineapple cake.” I say, giving in and making Fen pissed. “THOSE ARE MINE!” She says snarling. “Fen you have 10 desserts, you can share 1.” I say as she stalks off. He smiles triumphantly and we walk a few more minutes when he breaks the silence.
“What happened with Breana that made her late?” He asks.
“I found her in the bathroom. She didn’t want Christopher to see her sad.” I tried not to say too much about the situation.
“Why was she sad?” He asks.
“She was missing her parents.” I said to him, I felt his mood change from curious to sad as well.
“How did you cheer her up?” He asked me.
“I didn’t. I was just there for her. Comforting her when she needed it.” I say honestly. He nods his head as we continue walking.
“Thank you for letting me tag along. It really helped me.” He says genuinely. “Let him? He didn’t give us an option.” Fen says.
“It isn’t like you gave me a choice.” I said to him, raising my eyebrows. He looks at me then chuckles awkwardly.
“Yeah. I apologize for that. I just really needed to get out of my head and this really helped.” He said, scratching the back of his neck nervously.
“It’s okay. I guess.. Just uh next time ask. Hopefully it will make it less awkward.” I say chuckling.
“Awkward? I didn’t think it was awkward at all.” He says. I could tell he was joking and I just chuckled even more.
“Awkward is an understatement.” I say and he just laughs. We continue walking, but stop when we see a building for rent near the end of the strip. It looks small and it is two stories, I am not sure how that would work as a daycare. Almost reading my thoughts
“I don’t think this one would work too well for a daycare. Let’s see if we can find the other one.” He says as he continues walking. I nod and follow him. We walk a little longer and spot another for rent sign outside of a building. This one is only two buildings down from the start of the strip. It is small, but it is one story. I walk around the strip towards the back to see what type of ground there is in the back. It is only a road that looks like it is for trucks to drop off supplies. It goes all the way down to the end of the strip. Alarick walks up behind me and again says what I am thinking.
“There isn’t a place for the kids to play.” He says, sounding kind of disappointed.
“Let’s just keep walking. Maybe there is another place.” I say as I elbow his arm. He looks down at me and smiles.
We keep walking and once we reach the middle school area he stops and looks at it. I can see the wheels turning in his head.
“Why don’t we build one right next to the school?” He asks. I look over towards the school. That was what I originally wanted to do, but didn’t want to push my luck with him.
“I told Lyn I would have it done by the end of the week.” I say and he stays silent.
“Okay hear me out. Why don’t we rent out one of the buildings we saw temporarily, until we can build the daycare and get it set up?” He asks and I smile. That is actually a good idea.
“We could rent the two story one and make it so the top is older kids who need to study and the bottom is for younger kids who can play.” I say adding on to his thoughts. He lights up and grabs my arms, sending tingles down them. I hope he didn’t feel that. If he did he made no motion of showing it.
“That is brilliant LeeAca.” He says, smiling down at me. I only smile slightly back.
“Thank you.” I say slightly blushing and looking away. He lets go of my arms and clears his throat.
“We better get back soon or these desserts will go bad.” He says as he walks away towards the castle. We reach the castle and get rushed by Markus.
“Where have you been? I have been looking everywhere for you!” He yells at Alarick. Then looks at me then at him, then at the bags we hold. His eyes light up. “You know what you are forgiven. What did you bring me?” He asks, his eyes never leaving the bag. I know he can smell the sweets. “That Chihuahua better not think about touching any of these! They’re mine!” Fen yells.
I sit my bag down on the nearest table and take out the top two boxes. I open them to make sure they are not the pineapple cake and hand Markus one. I take one of the bags from Alarick and put the other box in his then reach for the other bag. When our hands touch I get the tingles again and I force a slight smile on my face. I grab the bag that I sat down on the table and walk up towards my bedroom leaving them there.
Alarick’s POV
I had an amazing time with LeeAca. I didn’t really think that I could, but with Onin bugging me to spend more time with her I figured I would. Plus it was a good distraction from the call I got earlier today. I watch as she heads up the stairs with the bags with a slight smile on my face. Markus looks at me questioningly but I ignore him and head to the kitchen to get a fork for my dessert. She gave me the chocolate cheese cake, so I need a fork for it. Markus follows me into the kitchen grabbing a fork as well. I see that she gave him the Lemon cake. I sit down at the bartop and start to eat the cheesecake. Oh goddess was this amazing. Markus takes a bite of his and his eyes go wide.
“Who made this?” He asks practically moaning as he takes another bite.
“Her name is Lyn. She owns Roy’s Diner at the end of the strip.” I say, taking another bite.
“Never heard of it.” He says. I shrug my shoulders and we both continue to eat our desserts in silence. Once we are done Markus takes the boxes and throws them away and I wash our forks. We head up to my office in silence. Once the door to my office shuts he sits down eyeing me.
“What did you two end up doings?” He asks, giving me a look and raising his eyebrow questioningly. I look at the clock and see that it is already 4:30. We were out for 3 hours and before that she was in my office. We essentially spent the whole day together and didn’t end up arguing. I find that hard to comprehend. We always end up arguing.
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