Day Twenty-Five: Assist
Zoe's about a foot shorter than Evan. So when she needs something from the top shelf she calls him.
"Come on! Why must you be so far away?" Zoe exclaimed. She was on her tiptoes, arms extended as far as they could go as she attempted to grab a box of cookies from the top shelf of the cabinet. Her dad always ended up putting groceries up on the top shelf, which wasn't a problem for him or Connor, but she and her mom always struggled to get them when they needed them. "Curse you! Damn tall shelves! Damn Mom for passing on the short gene to me!"
"You good, Zo?" Evan called from the other room. Zoe let out a loud grunt of annoyance. Taking that as a no, Evan quickly stumbled into the kitchen to see her with her hands holding onto one of the shelves, trying to climb up. "Need some assistance?" He crossed his arms and grinned at her. She groaned as she lost her footing and fell. She turned her head towards him with a frown. "I'll take that as a yes." He walked over to her and grabbed her hands, pulling her up. He patted her on the head. "It's ok, short stuff, I'll help you." He booped her on the nose.
"I'm not that short!" She protested, putting her hands on her hips. "I'm 5'4!"
"It's ok to be vertically challenged, we all can't be 6 feet tall." Zoe frowned.
"Shut up, you skyscraper and help me get these cookies." Evan grinned and walked over to the cabinet. He pointed to the box.
"These ones?" he asked. She nodded. While maintaining eye contact with Zoe and without any extra effort he grabbed the box off the top shelf and handed it to Zoe. She just frowned.
"Wow, okay, I see how it is," she said with a shrug.
"Need anything else?" She shot him a look.
"Yeah, actually, there's a box of popcorn up there I think, way in the back." She put her hands on her hips. He raised an eyebrow at her before turning back to the cabinet and looking towards the back.
"I'm not seeing- Oh wait there it is." He reached to the back of the shelf, then pulled out the box of popcorn. He handed it to Zoe with a smug look on his face.
"Thank you, Giraffe."
"You're welcome, Mouse." She rolled her eyes at him. "Sure that's all you need?" Zoe crossed her arms and looked away.
"I could use a kiss," she said with a smirk. He chuckled.
"I can manage that," he replied, putting his hands around her waist. She dropped the boxes and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. Lifting her off the ground, he leaned in for a kiss. She closed her eyes and kissed back, a smile forming on the corner of her lips. After a moment they pulled away and Evan sat her back on the ground. She chuckled and nodded her head. After leaning down to pick up the boxes, she looked back at Evan.
"Now, let's go watch a movie you big giant tree," she said with a wink. He smiled back and put his arm around her shoulder.
"Did you know that the tallest tree in the world is actually the redwood?" He said, as Zoe raised her eyebrows at him. "It can grow to be over 300 feet tall." The two of them began walking into the other room.
"Yep, that's you," she said with a laugh. "You're a redwood."