Strawberry Ice Cream
Violet was sitting at the island in her kitchen eating a giant bowl of pistachio ice cream. Not that eating ice cream was something new. She was pregnant and constantly eating now. The unfortunate part was that Charlotte King was sitting on the other side of the island, across from her. The blonde had showed up before Cooper came home. Again. And, she, being the polite person that she was, invited Charlotte in.
She examined her ice cream before taking the can of whipped cream sitting next to her bowl and placing a healthy portion of it onto her ice cream.
"Are you ever going to give that back?" Charlotte asked, gesturing to the can.
She almost winced at the sound of Charlotte's voice. The blonde's southern accent was grating on her ears.
She looked at Charlotte before spraying some whipped cream directly into her mouth. "No."
Charlotte rolled her eyes at her display of immaturity.
Okay, so, she was still peeved at Charlotte for telling her about Archer and that whole little spat they had. In retrospect, it was unfair of her to treat the blonde like that. Charlotte had told her that in confidence. Confiding in her as a friend. It hit her then that Charlotte had actually trusted her enough to tell her things like that. And she knew Charlotte. Hell, she had given her a psych. evaluation and she knew that Charlotte had major issues with trust.
"Do you want a bowl?" She said gesturing to her own cold treat.
Charlotte looked at her warily before answering, "Do you have any other flavors? That green stuff looks like puke."
She actually laughed at this and nodded yes. She could have sworn she saw a hint of a smile on the blonde's face as she opened the fridge to show five different flavors of ice cream. After Charlotte selected strawberry, she placed the bowl in front of the now smiling blonde. It wasn't a big smile, but for Charlotte it was something.
"You know what Charlotte?"
"What?" The blonde said as she stole the can of whipped cream from her.
"I think you were right. People do change."
Charlotte grinned this time, but quickly hid it with a bite of ice cream.
Violet smiled back at her. "Did I ever tell you about the time Cooper ripped his pants?"