Title: Ice Cream Date

Author: letscall_l

Fandom: Wizards of Waverly place / Camp Rock

Summary: "She just asked you out!" "Yeah we're going for Ice cream."

Pairing: Alex/Mitchie

Disclaimer: I do not own WOWP or Camp Rock or anything associated with disney.

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She knew Harper was dying to say something, to ask why she was staring.

"Why are you staring?"

Alex didn't move from her spot behind the counter, elbow holding up her head, she continued to stare across the sub shop. It wasn't busy enough for Alex to be running around yet, thats why she'd noticed again.

"Alexxxx" Harper whined.

"She's here again." Subtly she nodded to the nearest occupied booth where a teenage girl sat with a ham and pickle sub, Alex knew this because it was the same sandwich she had been ordering all week.

"Who's here?"

"That girl there. The one with the red tee shirt on." Harper went to move.

"Harper!" Alex whispered.

"What?" The other girl asked offended. Alex gave her the don't-look-now-or-our-cover-will-be-blown glance that had frequented there time together.

'Alright!' Harper mouthed picking up her empty soda glass, she swirled on the chair and openly watched the booth girl whilst drinking her imaginary soda. Alex rolled her eyes and sighed. Harper stayed that way for a few seconds before panicking and turning back around.

"I think she saw me" Alex raised her eyebrow.

"Yuh think?" Alex ignored her friends embarrassed whispers, choosing at that moment to look over Harper's shoulder to meet the eyes of the girl at the booth. The girl smiled.

'That is the biggest smile I have ever seen.' Alex mused. Realizing she was staring again Alex fidgeted and scuttled to arrange the straws on the side of the counter. Harper had followed to stand behind the girl and tapped her shoulder quite desperately.

"Alex...I don't want to worry you or anything but Ham and Pickle girl is walking over here."

"Huh?" It was true. Ham and Pickle girl, now fondly nicknamed, was throwing trash into the bin and walking towards the desk. For some reason that unnerved her.

"What do I do?" Alex rambled. Harper shrugged slowly backing into the kitchen area.

"I dunno, serve her?" And with that she disappeared.

"Oh that was a lot of help, darn it." she added for effect. Alex paused to regain herself before smiling and turning round.

"Heyy!" She said brightly. Ham and Pickle girl's grin seemed to widen, somehow, as she slid onto one of the stools by the counter.

"Hi." she said.

"Can I get you anything?"

"No no, um I'm okay for now." Alex squinted her eyes at the girl who was messing with her hands.

"You sure? 'Cos I can get you another soda, we have free refills..." Alex backtracked that thought. " Well we don't but for the next 5 minutes consider it done."

At this the girl laughed, easing the mood.

"Well when you put it that way, okay. But as long as you have one to." Alex smiled.

This was exactly her type of thinking.

"Don't mind if I do!" If she had used magic, which she totally didn't, the refills would have been done in seconds. As she handed the girl her cup she gave her name.

"I'm Alex by the way, I figure since you've been coming here all week for food I can trust your not a crazy person."

"Just for the sandwiches maybe." The girl laughed, extending her hand. "I'm Mitchie."

"Thats a cool name."

"Thanks"

'Thats a cool name?...Russo you are definitely losing it...' she thought to herself. Mitchie smiled and grabbed a straw for her drink.

"So other than the sandwiches, and my fantastic service with charm, what brings you to the sub stop- I mean If I was going out with my friends, psh ha here?" Alex trailed on slightly before noticing that Mitchie wasn't going to interrupt her rant.

"Normally someone stops me."

Mitchie shook her head before replying.

"I get like that, I think your rant stopper is in the back though." she pointed into the kitchen at Harper. Alex didn't want to know why her friend was hiding behind jelly...unless she was trying to be the jelly.

"Is she trying to be the jelly?"

"Oh my god that is exactly what I just thought" Alex laughed. Mitchie twirled the straw in her drink before looking back up at Alex.

"I actually did have a reason for coming over here just now, other than the free soda." Mitchie started.

"Psssh don't worry...unless my Dad finds out...then worry - for me."

"Okay then. I was just wondering if maybe, you wanted to go out for a walk or ice cream or something." Mitchie's face was growing hot as she rushed through her sentence.

"I mean, It doesn't have to be today! Tomorrow or next week...next month" she trailed. Alex had her drink half way to her mouth when Mitchie had started her sentence, it hadn't moved.

"Are you asking me to hang out?" She asked. Mitchie nodded.

"Yeah, kind of." Alex gave her a reassuring smile.

"Awesome, well sure, tomorrow? Ice Cream, there's supposed to be a heat wave." she said convincingly. Mitchie looked like she'd won a Grammy, her smile shone like one too.

"Fantastic!" Bounding out of her seat she gathered her black shoulder bag before turning back to Alex. "Ice Cream in the park at 2 o'clock tomorrow?" When Alex nodded Mitchie started walking. "See you later!' and the door swung shut.

Harper, who had suspicious pieces of jelly in her hair, was beside her in an instant.

"What where you doing?"

"Talkin' to Mitchie." she answered. Harper's mouth opened slightly.

"Mitchie Torres just asked you out." Alex laughed, not realizing the use of a second name and nodded.

"Yeah, we're going out for ice cream."

"It sounds like a date" Harper held a questioning stance; arms crossed, chin jutted upwards and foot tapping.

"...its also free ice cream." Alex grabbed her soda and twirled into the back room leaving Harper speechless.

----*****-----

"...wait wait- You spied on your brother when he took his date here? " Mitchie had met her at the entrance at two wearing a black tank top and white skinny jeans, Alex found it endearing that they were both wearing converse. Mitchie's were blue and hers were green to match her green baseball shirt. It was hot, Alex could have cooled everyone in the park down with magic, which she totally wasn't thinking about doing, but she chose to wear shorts and look good in them.

"It wasn't spying! I was seriously worried - did I mention the whole passing-me-my-purple-hoody-with-her-teeth?" Alex emphasized her words by pretending to growl.

"Maybe she was just quirky."

"...should have seen her with facial hair..." Alex muttered.

"What?"

"I said." Alex stuttered. "Look Ice cream! Over there..." There was a small crowd by the truck as they started to walk towards it. Mitchie swung her hands bringing Alex's attention to the assortment of bands and bangles adorning her wrists.

"You like them?"

"Yeah they're so cool, what are they for?" Mitchie adjusted some of them when she answered.

"Every time I go to a new town or city I find a place that sells them and pick one up."

Alex looked at her arm, there was at least 20 bands there.

"So you travel a lot?" Alex asked. Mitchie laughed at her surprise.

"Yeah I do." Alex didn't take her eyes off the bright blue band on Mitchie's wrist with 2 red beads on it. In fact she didn't stop looking at it until she bumped into Mitchie.

"Whoa sorry there." Mitchie grinned at her.

"Don't worry about it, what are you gonna get?" Alex turned to the menu on the van looking for something to stand out.

"I could totally go for Ben and Jerry's right now." Giggles could be heard from beside her.

"I don't think they have any but I'll remember that for next time if you want?" The last part was almost hesitant. Alex glanced at the bands on Mitchie's wrists before smiling.

"If you stick around I don't think that'll be a problem."

Mitchie beamed throughout the entire time they got their ice cream.

They walked further into the park, through herds of children and attentive parents, Mitchie was glancing around more. Alex noticed, not because she was staring, but because other people were starting to.

"What is up with people these days, every heard of privacy?" Alex tsk'd.

Mitchie cracked.

"You know, when I met you I thought you were joking, but seriously. Don't you know who I am?"

Alex sweeped her eyes over Mitchie's form, which caused the girl to blush.

"Did you seriously just ask me, who do I think you am?"

"Yes"

"Oh...Okay...Well-"

Before Alex could go on they were interrupted. A little girl stood next to Mitchie, she couldn't have been more than 7, but she tugged on the hem of her shirt and held out a glossy page that looked like it was from a magazine and a sharpie.

"Hello there!" Mitchie practically cooed. The little girl shuffled her feet and spoke quietly.

"Would you sign this for me Mitchie?" Mitchie looked up at Alex mouthing an apology and then it hit her...like girls hit Justin when he talked too much.

Alex's jaw dropped, she could have spun her head around, but that would be an improper use of magic!.

The little girl stumbled off to her mother waving the page in front of her and Mitchie stood smiling.

"Mitchie Torres?"

"Thats me" There was a hint of trepidation in her voice now that Alex had finally caught on.

"Oh my god, I can't believe I didn't recognize you!" Alex exclaimed making Mitchie laugh. "I have like a bazillion posters of you in my room"

Mitchie burst out into giggles, Alex blushed.

"I totally said that out loud didn't I?" Mitchie continued laughing and Alex playfully punched Mitchie's shoulder.

"You know what this means right?" Alex asked. Mitchie became quiet.

"What?"

"This..." Alex held up her cone of ice cream "...is the most famous piece of food I will ever eat."

Both of them laughed until they had to sit down to finish their cones. Mitchie sighed and place her hand on the stone bench, moments later Alex could feel their fingers touching.

"I'm sorry I was sooo oblivious."

"Its fine, I'm glad you were." Alex scoffed.

"At least one of us was! I mean hello? Room full of posters!"

"Seriously?" Alex nodded smiling at the thought. Mitchie shuffled on the seat and Alex could feel her hand twitch.

"Thanks for going out with me today Alex, and not getting all 'star struck' " she used air quotations.

"Hey, no problem. I had a really good time." Alex couldn't help but become happier at the sight of Mitchie's relief.

'And Harper thought this was a date...'

Alex let out a stream of giggles that brought Mitchie to look at her.

"What?" she couldn't help but laugh along. Alex waved her hand.

"Oh I was just remembering what my friend Harper said yesterday..."

"Jelly girl?" Mitchie asked jokingly. Alex nodded.

"She must have recognized you because she was spazzing out, saying that we were going on a date or something..." Alex noticed that the noise of the Park seemed to fill the air unlike before. Mitchie fiddled with the bands on her arm.

"Would it bother you?"

"Hm? Bother me-what?" Mitchie stared into Alex's eyes, she could see the confusion as well as Alex could see the raw emotion behind Mitchie's own.

"If this was a date?"

Alex felt the faint traces of Mitchie's fingers on her hand, the arm full of bands placed tentatively on her shoulder. Unsure. Careful. Alex went to answer.

----****-----

Alex played with the blue band now adorning her wrist as Harper talked. She sighed and groaned internally at her stupidness and her Russo-ness!

"I can't believe you just came back here, she must have felt so awkward walking you back here" Harper stated, giving Alex a disappointed stare.

"What else was I supposed to do? I barely know her and...and she seduced me with ice cream!"

"Yeah but it was free ice cream..." Harper mimicked. Alex glared.

"Sorry not helping."

Alex sighed again and looked around the emptying sub station in thought.

"I feel bad now, I mean how was she to know I didn't know that she thought that I knew it was a date?" Alex rambled to the amusement of Harper, her voice raising slightly as she carried on.

"Well at least she realized you weren't interested, so you can avoid alll that drama, I mean can you imagine - ha ha ha!" Harper dryly teased Alex who's frown deepened thoughtfully.

"What do you mean 'not interested'?" she asked. Harper arranged the salt shakers in front of her by colour.

"I mean, its good that she saw that you weren't into her before she got the complete wrong idea."

"What? I could have soooo been into her! She's Mitchie Torres! If I was a guy..." Alex paused to remember. " That thing she did with her lips, when she was eating her ice cream would have totally had me melt-i-n-g...oh boy."

"What?" Harper noticed the strange tone her best friend's voice had taken.

"Oh Boy." Alex emphasized. "I think I'm into Mitchie." she squeaked.

"Are you sure your not getting star struck and fan girly? 'Cos you were convinced you had a thing for Hayley Williams last month..." Alex whirled around knocking over tissues left on the side.

"I'll have you know that she has a VERY good fashion sense and no one else could pull off that hair." she stormed in defense. Harper raised her eyebrow.

"Oh God your right!" Alex slumped into the stool next to Harper and faced her BFF. "I like Mitchie, and not because she's Mitchie Torres - I didn't even recognize her this afternoon!" Harper snorted.

"Which is a surprise with all the posters you have of her in your room."

"I'm never gonna live that down am I?" Alex pondered aloud.

"Are you sure though? No fame influences?" Alex gave her a hard stare.

"Harper, this is not the same as your crush on Jake Ryan."

Harper crossed her arms in front of her chest, her tee shirt looked like a taxi today...or a bee Alex wasn't sure.

"I liked him before he was famous!"

"You liked him before he was born?" Alex -1, Harper - 0. "I have messed this up completely" The door jingled signaling a customer...more than one. "And great! I have to serve- ugh!"

Harper couldn't bear this new-Mitchie-Torres-crushing-Alex, looking around for inspiration she sought to cheer said best friend up. A hat.

"Oooo! Ooo! Alex look -" She pointed to the oncoming customers, one of which was wearing a Trilby hat. Alex couldn't help it, the grin spread, moving off the stool she stood next to Harper.

"A trilby? Whats that? A hat?" Going through the motions of the 'crazy funky junky hat dance' Alex allowed herself a few seconds to forget about the disaster of the ice cream date.

"Crazy, funky, junky, hat! Overslept? Hair unsightly? Tryna- " Harper's voice disappeared from the song as Alex placed her hands on her hips.

"Alex!"

"- look like Kiera Knightley! We been there, we done that..." Alex started to point to the owner of the hat, who stood right in front of her.

"We see right through your...really nice hat!" Alex yelped. Mitchie was the owner of the stylish brown trilby, she was also the owner of the blue band on Alex's wrist.

"Hey" the girl whispered.

"Hey." Alex said subdued.

"I came to apologize...I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable or anything." Mitchie noticed how Alex was wearing her bracelet, it was one Caitlyn had given her while they had been recording in LA.

"Don't apologize, at all!" Alex rushed. Harper had put on an apron before tapping her on the shoulder, looking towards the back room.

"Kitchen?" Mitchie gave a small smile and nodded.

They wandered apprehensively into the kitchen, their arms brushing against each other, causing the girls to feel shocks. Alex noticed her mother had finished setting up the Jelly and Ice cream orders for table 3, Harper would be stumbling over to deliver them soon - which made Alex worry.

"Listen Alex, I should have been clear with you from the start." Mitchie's gaze was warm but guilty. "I mean I came here all week intending to just come out and ask you."

Alex interjected.

"Wait, It was me, I just thought it was a hang-out thing, I had no idea but-"

"I know and that was wrong of me to assume and play with your feelings like that, so I'm sorry."

"I told you not to be sorry." Alex replied, Mitchie's smile lifted.

"I can't help it, I just...I really enjoyed myself this afternoon and maybe I expected too much. Sometimes being a rock star can give you false premonitions that you can get whatever you want."

"Sometimes you can though." Alex immediately turned to the desserts waiting on the side to distract from her sentence.

"Alex...what are you trying to say?"

Alex couldn't help but give Mitchie a good look at her face when she spoke next.

"What I'm trying to say is...I love your hats, I love your music, your voice, I thought it was classy when you wore your converse on that red carpet premiere for 'Milk'..." Mitchie's face lit up with her smile. Alex went on.

"Did I mention that I like the fact you signed that poster for that little girl even though you were busy? Or the fact you gave me this band? And the even way you thought that I knew that you were asking me on a date was sweet" Alex paused, stepping forward so that she was leaning her body into Mitchie's.

"You forgot to mention my mad-ice-cream buying skills." Alex giggled.

"Yeah but I will mention your mad-ice-cream eating skills." she winked and Mitchie blushed. " What I'm finally trying to say Mitchie is, that, I wasn't bothered...that you took me out on a date...and I wouldn't mind going on another one with you. If you'll have me?"

Mitchie's arms closing her into a warm and loving hug was a good enough answer. As well as Harper's squeal of delight.

----****----

"So hows the date going so far?" Alex whizzed past Mitchie to dump various dishes in the kitchen,which she was totally not washing with magic to free up time to spend with her 'date'.

"Good, great, I forgot how much fun wiping down tables could be." Mitchie joked as she buffed the tables in the closed sub shop. Alex hadn't wanted her to leave so they opted to close up shop for her dad. "I am the master." she exclaimed.

"Oh really? I may have to challenge you for that - once these hands get a-goin' they don't stop!' Alex twirled her wrists suggestively and Mitchie's eyes widened.

"Alex!"

"What? What I say?" she noticed the actions her arms were making and stopped. "Oh my God - I totally didn't mean that!" Mitchie burst into a bout of snickering that Alex followed.

They soon found themselves hugging onto each other, enjoying their new found closeness.

"Thanks for staying"

"Thanks for asking me out." Mitchie then poked her in the head " But just so you know, I don't put out on the second date." she skitted at the girl's hand comment. Alex gasped in fake offence.

"Mitchie Torres!"

She couldn't help but smile.

"I was meaning to ask you, what was that you were singing before? With Harper?"

Alex blushed.

"Oh that- that's the 'crazy funky hat song'" Mitchie gave her a confused look, Alex explained.

"Basically whenever me and Harper see someone in a funky hat we sing this song."

Mitchie looked curious, she pulled Alex to her feet.

"Sing it, and do the dance for me?" Alex could feel Mitchie's hands entwined with hers and she could almost feel the tiny sparks between them. She didn't want to let go...but Mitchie's pout was winning.

"Okay, just for you."

Alex adjusted Mitchie's trilby and began.

"What's that ? A hat? Crazy funky junky hat!

Overslept? Hair unsightly?

Tryna look like Kiera Knightley?

We been there, we done that, we see right through your funky hat!"

Mitchie had been following her movements with her dark brown eyes, Alex almost felt like the crazy hat dance she had been doing was some sort of seductive routine from the look in Mitchie's eyes. When she felt hands steady her hips she stopped.

"Alex, would you mind if I did something?"

"It depends, will I still have my hands...they can be champion table washers when they feel like it."

"Don't worry, I'll keep them in mine" Mitchie held onto Alex's shaking palms, her fingers lacing with hers. Alex watched as Mitchie's face came slowly closer to her own, so much that she could feel the hot breath on her lips and the shimmer of Mitchie's faded lip gloss. Then Mitchie was kissing her, and damnnn it felt good. Alex wrapped Mitchie's arms around her waist and pulled her own arms around the rock star's neck. Their wavering kiss quickly became more certain as the girls realized neither was breaking off anytime soon.

"Mmmm...whoa" Alex struggled to open her eyes as Mitchie stopped.

"You can say that again."

"Whoa..."

Giggling Mitchie rested their foreheads together and peered into Alex's eyes. Alex felt butterflies in her stomach as she felt Mitchie's hands on her back.

"Would you mind if we did that again?"

"I think I'll live." Mitchie gave her trademark smile and Alex surrendered, falling into the kiss.

The sub shop lights were dimmed and the doors all locked, the till was counted and tables washed. The only lingering life came from the couple, holding hands, legs wrapped under the table, asleep...in the booth.