Chapter 3
It was Saturday afternoon and Sunny was ready to meet up with Beatrice. They were going to the local ice cream parlor to get some root beer floats and discuss the previous night's events. Sunny's Uncle Lemony had introduced the girls to the magic of root beer floats and they hadn't looked back. The ice cream parlor soon became the girls' favorite place to hang out. Lemony was usually too busy to join them and Sunny's siblings weren't interested in spending their free time in a place crowded with teenagers. This particular Saturday was a very busy day, but the Sunny and Beatrice still managed to get a seat at their favorite booth.
"So, it's exciting that your brother is back!" Beatrice said, starting off the conversation.
"Yeah, I really missed him. It was so weird having him gone. It's even weirder that he's dating his sister-in-law." Sunny laughed.
"I know, right?" Beatrice continued, "But him and Isadora always seemed to have a thing for each other so it was just a matter of time."
"They really are couple goals!" said Sunny. Beatrice rushed to cut her off.
"Speaking of couple goals, let's get down to business. We're here to discuss you and mystery man so get talking!"
"Well, his name is Scott Spats. He's super cute and he's my partner in culinary class. He texted me last night and said he was excited to see me in class on Monday." Sunny said with a smile creeping on to her face.
"Scott and Sunny, it has a nice ring to it!" Beatrice exclaimed, "Well, he obviously likes you! I have to do partner work with loads of my classmates but they never text me that they're excited to see me."
"Bea, that's because you're always texting ME during class!"
"So? I flirt! I flirt all the time!" Beatrice said defensively.
"I don't know that we flirt per se. But we're always passing notes and making jokes to each other in class." Sunny explained.
"Sounds like flirting to me!" said Beatrice, "Isn't that how things started with Klaus and Isadora? They went to school together and apparently flirted all the time!"
"Yeah, but I can't compare their relationship with what's going on here. Especially since Violet and Klaus won't tell me about their time at boarding school. I swear they're so weird about telling me about when they were my age. I mean, our parents died in a fire and we went through a period of time where it was hard to find a good guardian. That's not exactly top secret information." Sunny was always curious about why they were so secretive.
"Yeah, Uncle Lemony never tells me anything either. Now that I think of it, he never tells me anything about our family. He just tells me that my mom died when I was a baby, so your siblings helped take care of me. Every time I bring it up, he finds some excuse to not tell me." Beatrice said sadly as she looked down at her root beer float. She stirred it with her silver spoon and looked glumly up at Sunny. It was hard being kept in the dark, but she was glad that Sunny was able to relate.
"I wish they actually told us what they did at work. All I know is that they work for some volunteer agency called VFD. I know Violet does engineering stuff for them and Quigley draws maps, but I have no idea what VFD does." Sunny replied.
"You know I love digging into our families' idiosyncrasies, but there's a boy staring at you." Beatrice whispered, leaning closer to Sunny, "A CUTE boy!"
Sunny looked over her shoulder and saw Scott Spats sitting at a table with some of the other boys from school. She tried to be inconspicuous, but he noticed her looking back at him.
"Oh God, what is he doing?" Sunny thought as he started walking over to her table.
Sunny gently kicked Beatrice under the table and nodded her head in Scott's direction. Sunny hurriedly smoothed her hair and was internally freaking out.
"Well, if it isn't Sunny-Side-Up?" Scott said with a half-smile.
"In the flesh!" Sunny said with a smile spreading across her face, "You just couldn't wait til Monday to see me, could you?"
"It certainly is a happy coincidence." Scott said.
"Oh, this is my best friend, Beatrice. She goes to the Academy across the street." Sunny said introducing her friend.
"Nice to meet you, Beatrice!" Scott said shaking her hand.
"Pleasure to make your acquaintance!" Beatrice said, winking at Sunny. Sunny feared that Bea would blow her cover.
"Well, it looks like I should be heading back to my table. It looks like my friends are descending into madness without me to supervise." Scott said and started to blush, "But I really am glad I got to see you a few days early."
"Me too." Sunny said, with a blush coming on to her cheeks as well.
"Maybe next weekend our meeting doesn't have to be coincidence." Scott said nervously.
"I like the sound of that." Sunny giggled. Sunny definitely wasn't the type to giggle over a boy, but here she was.
"Cool, we'll have to plan it out this week!" Scott said, as he began to walk back to his table. "See on Monday, Sunny!"
Sunny and Beatrice stared at each other in awe.
"SUNNY! You've got a date for next weekend!" Beatrice said excitedly.
"It's not a date!" Sunny said, "Well, maybe it is. I guess we'll have to see!"
Sunny and Beatrice finished their root beer floats and started to brainstorm outfit ideas for Sunny's big weekend. Sunny was excited, but she wondered if Violet would even let her go. Violet first met Quigley when she was Sunny's age. They even had their first kiss around that time. But Violet was always so over-protective. Sunny knew she'd have to come up with a plan to convince her sister that she was mature enough to handle dating.
