"Let me open the door for you." Alexander says rushing to the car before I opened up the door.
I give him a smile and thank him. I get adjusted in the leather seat and put on the seatbelt. He opens up his side of the door and hops on in. Looking around his car I could tell it costs him a couple thousand dollars.
"This is a really nice car for an intern." I mean let's be honest most interns are driving beat up old cars or they are borrowing their parents' car.
"What can I say there are perks to being an intern at your fathers' company." He says giving me a wink and a smirk. Nepotism nice.
He starts his ignition and heads to the ice cream shop.
"So, you get paid to be an intern? That disrupts the whole point of being an intern." I say turning myself in the seat so I face him.
"I never said that I get paid I said there are perks of being an intern at your father's company." He said correcting me.
"So how do you make your money then?"
"Someone's a nosy Nancy. This was a birthday gift from my father, but I did summers at the company and pulled all nighters to get this car so no, it wasn't all nepotism."
"Well good for you." I said giving him a smile. He smiles back and focuses on the road.
"Why were you so hesitant to come with me at first? We've met before so you know I'm not crazy." He asks questionably.
"You really want to know?"
"Yes, that's why I asked." I slap his shoulder and tell him not to get sassy with me.
"I was hesitant because I have a boyfriend and I thought that it wouldn't be appropriate if I was going out with another guy so." I said looking away from him focusing on the little trees that pass us.
"Boyfriend huh? Since when?" He asked sounding shocked, and a bit of jealously hide under his voice. What, does me having a boyfriend sound ridiculous?
"Since yesterday and why did you say it like that. You said it with shock in your voice?"
"No I... I didn't mean to be rude or anything I just thought you were hesitant because you liked me." He said parking his car and turning it off.
I gasped at his notion. "Like you? What gave you that Idea?"
"Well firstly at The Blondes party you had a full stare down with me. It looked like you wanted to eat me. Secondly, at the company when you ran into the door you started at me with such adoration in your eyes. Lastly, at the grocery store when we shook hands there was a spark and I know you felt that spark because you pulled away quickly." He took a long breath and rested back in his seat waiting for me to say something.
"Let me tell you something mister first of all the only reason I stared at you is because you stared at me. Secondly, I looked at you like that in the bathroom because I was trying to see who was touching me. Lastly, the spark was most likely you rubbing your hands together or something." I open up his door and head towards the ice cream shop. I hear him getting out of the car and shuffling behind me.
"I guess I was wrong then."
"Maybe you were." He wasn't, but I had to stay strong.
We arrived at the ice cream shop. I start observing the menu on side while he observes it on another. I can't believe he thought I had some type of feelings for him. Don't get me wrong he's a nice, good-looking guy any girl would swoon for him. I won't deny it at point in time I was quite fond of time, but like I said it was a 'point in time'. Now I am with Myers who likes me and is my age might I add. I want him not Alexander.
"Hi folks what would you like?" The man at the booths asks us. He's wearing a blue/white Ice cream t-shirt and a white ice cream cone hat. I look towards his shirt to see what his name is, Peter.
"Hi Peter, how are you?" He gives me a smile.
"I'm doing well and how about yourself?" He asks. From the corner of my eye I could see Alexander glaring at me.
"Fine thank you for asking. I would like a vanilla chocolate chip ice cream please." He nods towards me and then looks to Alexander for his answer.
"Oh, uhm I'll take a plain vanilla ice cream." Peter goes to the back and starts making the Ice cream.
"Plain ice cream really?" He starts to walk near me and puts his hand up in front of his face to block the sun.
"Yeah got a problem with it?" He says with a snarky tone.
"No... Just observing." I tell him.
Peter comes back with my ice cream and Alexanders. I start to pull out my wallet to pay for mine, before I could hand Peter the money Alexander hands him a 5 before I could.
"You know I can pay for my own ice cream you know, I'm not poor." I tell him putting my hand on my hip.
"I know that, I would feel less of a gentleman If I let you pay for your own food. And remember I was going to use the change to buy you ice cream?" Peter takes the 5 dollars and then gives Alexander and me a good day. We find a seating area with an umbrella in the far corner of the place. We both sit down and start to devour our ice cream.
"Why do you do that?" He asks licking his spoon.
"Do what?" I pick up my napkin to wipe the ice cream off my lips.
"Defy me. I just wanted to do something nice for you and you shut me down." He puts his spoon down and focuses all his attention on me.
"I don't mean to defy you it's just I was raised to be independent I've never had to lean on anyone before, so it's hard for me to let someone do stuff for me." I tell him as I scoop up some ice cream.
"Well you're just going to have to get used to it because I'll be doing lots of nice stuff for you and I'll be paying."
"What do you mean all the time this is a one-time thing buddy." This guy.
"I beg to differ, just eat your ice cream." He said pointing towards my ice cream.
"Don't tell me what to do. Who the hell do you think you are?" I said raising my voice to him. I slide my ice cream in the garbage can, I've lost my appetite.
"I am Alexander Germani, and I wasn't saying it to tell you what to do I just said it to see what you would say."
"So, you like making me angry?"
"It's fun, I haven't had fun in a while so this will do."
"What a douche." I tell him.
"What a stuck-up princess." He says back to me.
We both stare at each other for a few seconds and start to laugh. I would say it got heated for a moment there, but it was pretty fun.
"You're fun to trifle with." I tell him while I wrap my arms around myself. It's chilly out here.
"You're cold, here take my jacket." He takes off his jacket and hands it to me across the table.
"Thank you that's very sweet of you." I grab the jacket and instantly wrap it around me. Wow this jacket is warm, too warm. Maybe it's all that muscle he has that keeps him warm. Wish I had muscle I'm just bones and stomach fat.
"I have a question, if you don't mind. What kind of name is Quinneth?" He finishes up his ice cream and chucks it in the garbage next to us.
"I don't mind, and my mother's name was Quinn and my father's mothers name was Beth. When they had me, they wanted me to have their name. Originally It was going be Quinn Beth, but my middle name is Margrethe after my Grandmother which they felt was too long of a name. So, they mashed it together to Quinneth."
"Your full name is Quinneth Margrethe Worthingshire?"
"Ye- wait a minute how do you know my last name?" I don't remember telling him that.
He springs up from the bench and starts walking to his car. "Would you look at the time your break is almost over got to get you back to the shop before Ida chews your ass out."
I start to run to catch up to him while clutching his jacket to my body. The tables have turned first it was him chasing me now it's me chasing him. We arrive to the car and he opens the door for me to get in.
"Answer my ques-." Before I could finish, he cuts me off. He leans closer, my body presses to the car.
"Get in the car." He says in a demanding voice. His eyes flicker from my eyes to my lips. The things he does to me he makes me want t-
"No. Answer my question." I said standing my ground.
"I'll tell you when you get in the car." I hesitantly fight the urge to argue with him and get in the car. I look down at my phone to see that my break will be over in 10 minutes. He was right I really don't have time to argue.
He goes around the car, hops in and drives off headed back to Ida's shop.
"Now will you tell me?" I ask politely.
"I looked you up ok." I gasp and hold my hands against my mouth trying to hold in the laugh.
"You looked me up oh my god don't tell me I have a personal stalker that's so cute." I lean over to his side of the car and start to pinch his cheeks. He swats my hand away and tells me to sit back down.
"Since we are being honest, I have a confession to tell. I also looked you up." I blush and look towards the window.
He pulls up to the Ida's shop and parks the car. "So, someone was interested in me so looks like I may have a stalker on my hands." He says jokily. He leans over to my side and puts his hands on my face and squeezes my cheeks.
"Let go of me!" I laugh out loud at him and squirm up. Without realizing it I placed my hands on his hands that were on my face and try to pry them off. Right in that moment another spark occurs in our hands. He pulls away from me and I from him. We both chose to ignore it and continue on joking with each other.
Sadly, it was time for me to go back to work. We walk into the shop laughing at a joke Alexander was telling me.
"Then all of a sudden Aren was looking around for her clothes and what she didn't realize was that me and Christian took them from the lake. She was mad at us for a week. She had to cover herself up with a bush." I laugh so loudly customers start to look at us, mostly me.
"If I was her, I would have killed you right then and there." I tell him smacking him on the arm.
We keep on laughing until I see a familiar figure turn around.
Myers.
What is he doing here? Also, how does he know where I work?
"Hey Myers what are you doing here?" I ask curiously.
"Can't a guy visit his girlfriend?" He said the last part loudly. He must be jealous of Alexander, how cute.
"Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that. This is Alexander he's a friend of mine." He looks Alexander up and down trying to figure him out.
"Hey I'm Myers her boyfriend." I let out a yelp as Myers wraps his arm around my waist pulling me close while reaching out to shake his hand. Alexander reaches out and gives him a manly hand shake.
"Nice to meet you."
"Likewise".
I can feel the tension in the room so I had to say something.
"Well Alexander it was fun hanging out with you maybe we can do this another time?" I ask him hoping he'd say yes. Besides all the bickering I had lots of fun with him.
"For sure. Here's my number." He walks over to the counter, writes down his number and hands me the piece of paper.
"Thanks, I'll call." He reaches out his hand to shake it, but he remembers what happened in the car so he retreats his hand back and heads towards the door. Before leaving, he eyed up Myers then walked out the door. I wave him off and he speeds down the road in his car.
"SOOO what is my favorite boyfriend doing here?" I say while tugging on his shirt.
"You're not going to call him, are you?" He asked while looking at Alexander as he drives off.
"Alright were not going to be that couple that's jealous of each other all the time, are we?" I ask going behind the counter to put my bag on the shelf.
"No, I just don't want to feel like someone trying to take my girl."
Awe I'm his girl how cute.
"See I'm yours not his you have nothing to worry about. He most likely likes leggy, rich pretty models he's not fascinated with the likes of me." I tell him leaning forward over the counter to peck him on the lips.
"Yeah you're probably right. You're neither of those I'll see you later ok babe." He kisses me back and gives me a smack on the butt.
He did not just say that to me.
Before walking out the door to my car I hear a ding from my phone. Checking it I see I have a message from Myers. It reads, "Hey want to catch the lights at the park tonight?" I was going to go home take a hot bath, then go to sleep, but this seems better. I send him sure and say I'll be there.
At the Park..
Looking around the park I try to spot Myers. Every year tons of people turn out in the park for the St. Helena Lights. They do this every year to honor those who were important in St. Helena that died. I've lived here my whole life and this is my first time coming to this. To my left I see him sitting on the ground texting someone.
I sneak up behind him quietly, trying not to have him spot me. As I get closer I tickle his sides.
"SUSPRISE." I yell in his ear. He instantly jumps up in fear, when he sees it's me he grabs my arm and lays me on the ground.
"You think your funny huh?" He looms over me, face very close to mine.
"I like to think I am." I said holding in my laugh.
"Let's see how you like this." He pins me down with one arm and the other he tickles me with. I laugh hysterically at the tickling,
"I beg for mercy please." I say trying to get my words out. He ends up stopping and lifting me up. "You animal."
"But I'm your animal?" He asks kissing me on the temple.
"I guess." I say returning a kiss to him.
"I wanted to bring you to the light show. We haven't hung out since I was last at your house." He said pulling me close to him, I snuggle up to him.
"This is nice, I love it." He leans down and kisses me tenderly on the lips. We pull away and stare into each other eyes.
"You have never looked more beautiful than you look tonight." His hands comes to my face to caress my cheek.
"And you never looked more handsome before."
We spend the next few minutes staring up at the light, how beautiful they were. Lyra would love this. I check my clock to make sure I don't miss my dinner date with Lyra.
An Hour later...
"I'll see you later." I say to Myers.
"You too." He pulls me close and plants a kiss on my lips.
We say goodbye to each other and part ways.
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