Celia felt nervous. She wasn't sure why, after all it was just ice cream with Hayden. The ways the girls were going on about it though made Celia begin to think that maybe it was something more. She remembered Hayden calling it a date, but was a date really that big of a deal? To the girls it seemed to be.
They bought her a new outfit for the occasion, even though she told them that really didn't have to, then spent that last two hours getting her ready. Meridia gave her a facial then passed her along like a baton in a race to Viola who then proceeded to do her makeup while Serafina styled her hair.
Now she was standing I front of the full length mirror staring at her reflection while she waited for Hayden to come and pick her up. She wore a white tube top with purple embroidery on the bottom with a khaki colored crop jacket that had three-quarter sleeves. The shirt was nearly long enough to be a dress so she had on black footless tights and a pair of matching black sling backs. Her hair was tied back in a high ponytail and slightly curled at the ends and her make up was a much subtler version of what she had for the dance.
She heard the sound of an engine and looked out the window to see Hayden outside of the main gates to the school. Celia shrugged off the jacket, feeling the weather too warm for it, and made her way down to the specialist that was waiting for her.
Once she was standing in front of him, her pervious notions of nervousness washed away leaving her with excitement.
"Well you look great. Ready to go?" He asked as he handed her the spare helmet.
"Ready as I'll ever be." She responded. She took the helmet from him and slipped it on before mounting the back of the back.
"Just hold on to my waist and don't let go. I'll try not to go to fast." Celia nodded her head and did as she was told. The bike took off with a start and immediately she held on tighter to him, afraid that she would fall off if she didn't.
She wasn't sure when she had closed her eyes, but they stayed that way for the remainder of the ride. It wasn't long before the bike came to a complete stop and the engine shut off. She let go of Hayden's waist and took off the helmet, handing it to him, as she got off the bike.
"So how was your first ride?" He asked as he locked up his bike.
"It was fine. I was just afraid I was going to fall off." Celia admitted. She stood there awkwardly, unsure of what was going to happen next and kept her eye on Hayden. He wore a plain white t-shirt that hugged his arms and body, making it easy to see the definition of his well sculpted muscles, and a pair of khaki pants and blue sneakers. His hair was combed back messily.
"So, you ready for some ice cream?" he asked, a smile on his face. I nodded my head and began walking with him.
The ice cream parlor was a few buildings down from where we had started out. Hayden held the door open for an elderly couple who was leaving before gesturing for me to go ahead and enter. Needless to say, I wished I had kept the jacket on, because it was much colder in there than I had expected it to be.
"Chilly?" He asked as he came up behind her.
"Yeah. I didn't think it would this cold in here." Celia replied.
"So what flavor do you want?" Hayden asked as the tow of them made their way to the front of the store. Celia didn't say anything. She looked through the glass cases at the different flavors and felt very overwhelmed. She had never had ice cream before and wasn't sure what flavor she wanted to try.
"I don't know what flavor I want. To be honest, I've never had ice cream before." Celia told him. He gave a smile and a place a hand on her shoulder.
"No worries. I'll order for you and if you don't like it then, you can you can dump the whole thing on my head." He told her with a chuckle. Celia could help but laugh at this. She noticed that Hayden seemed different than when they were at the dance. But it was a good difference.
"Alright then." Celia responded.
"Well to Magix Ice creamery. Are we all set to order?" The woman behind the desk asked. She couldn't have been much older than the two of them and it wasn't hard to tell that the she was definitely tired.
"I think we are. I'll get a scoop of raspberry with chocolate sauce, actually make that two." He order. The girl moved over to the case and scooped the ice cream for them before topping them off with a generous amount of chocolate sauce.
"Alright, that's going to 5 even." She told them. She placed the two cups in front of them and grabbed a couple of spoons sticking them into the ice cream. Hayden handed the girl a bill from his wallet as Celia picked up the treats. She handed one of them to Hayden and the two of them made their way outside.
"Well, take a bite. I'm dying to know what you think." He said as he took a bite of his own. She dug the spoon out of the ice cream and put it into her mouth. Immediately her eyes went wide. It was so cold and so sweet, and yet she couldn't get enough. She pulled the spoon out of her mouth and quickly scooped up another bite.
"It's amazing." She told him. The two of them walked down the street, eating their treat. Celia had finished hers in record speed, but as she took her last bite, a sudden headache hit her.
"Looks like someone got a bit of a brain freeze." Hayden told her as she threw her cup into the nearby trashcan, keeping the spoon in hand.
"How did that happen?" She asked as she dug her spoon into Hayden's ice cream.
"First of all, this is my ice cream and second, you got a brain freeze because you ate your ice cream so fast." He told her.
"Just one more bite please. I ate mine so quickly because it was so good." She said giving a smile. Hayden caved and held out his cup so she could take one more bite.
"Thank you." She said eating her last bite. Hayden scooped the last of the ice cream he had and ate it before tossing his cup and both of their spoons in another trashcan. The two of them continued to walk, going nowhere in particular. It just felt nice to be in one another's company.
"So Hayden, where are we going?" Celia asked after a few minutes of silence. While it felt like they were just wandering around, to Celia, it felt like Hayden was leading them somewhere.
"I just thought we could take a walk around the park. It's right up a head. Is that okay or do you have somewhere you need to be?" He asked her. The two came to an abrupt stop and Celia turned to the face the teen boy.
"A walk in the park sounds perfect." She told him. They started walking once again and reached the park only a few minutes later. There were people located sporadically throughout. Celia saw a young man walking his dog. A couple of young children were playing with a ball and there was an older gentlemen sitting on a bench reading a newspaper, making quite a bit of noise as he turned the pages.
"It's so pretty here." Celia commented. She remember walking past this place during her most recent shopping endeavor with the girls.
"Yeah it is. My mom is a nature fairy so I grew up surrounded by plants. If you like this place, you should see Lynphea. It is probably the most beautiful place in the entire magical dimension." He told her.
"Lynphea?" She questioned. She had never heard a place called Lynphea.
"Yeah, it's my home realm. You mean to tell me you've never even heard of Lynphea?" he asked with a bit of a puzzled look.
"Sorry." She responded. Now Celia was feeling sort of bad. She felt like she had hurt his feelings.
"It's alright. Don't worry about it. Come on, I want to show you."