37 – EPOV
"So, what are we having?" I asked Bella and Emily. I already knew what Brandon wanted.
"Oh, they have double chocolate mint?" Emily squealed as she eyes the green ice cream.
Bella giggled, "I guess she'll have that one and I'll have two scoops of the double chocolate Oreo crunch."
I ordered myself two scoops of double chocolate pecan crunch and ordered a scoop of double bubble gum ice cream for Brandon.
We all took our cups and sat outside at one of the shaded tables near a little play area.
I wanted to ask Bella so many things. Part of me still doubted that she was Bean and I figured why not try and make that doubt go away.
Brandon and Emily walked off and sat down next to each other on the end of one of the slides as they giggled and at their ice cream, leaving Bella and I alone at the table.
"So, how's the plumbing business?" She asked while taking a spoon-full of ice cream into her mouth and moaning a little.
Watching her mouth and that spoon made my pants a little tight. She had no idea how sexy she was, which made her that much sexier in my eyes.
I cleared my throat, "It's good. We have a housing project that needs to be finished in the next few months so it's keeping us pretty busy. How are you settling into Forks?"
Bella smiled shyly, "It's good. Mom and Dad are happy to have their little Bean around, you know?"
My mouth was stuck in an 'O', she'd just called her daughter Bean, as in, Bean26. I felt something cold trickle over my thigh, taking me out of my momentary daze.
"That's a sweet name for Emily," I wiped my pants with a napkin.
Bella snorted and smiled, "Actually, Bean is the nickname my Dad gave me when I was a kid but, as soon as I had Emily, he started calling her his little Bean."
"Dad calls Brandon his little buddy. I remember when I was his little buddy. I feel your pain," I clicked my bowl on the side of hers as a mock 'cheers' gesture.
Bella laughed and shook her head, "Parents."
"Gotta love 'em!" I finished for her.
After we were done eating, we cleaned up the kids and ran around after them in the park. Bella pushed Emily on the swing while I helped Brandon on the monkey bars.
At some point, Bella looked at her watch and mentioned dinner. I'd completely lost track of time.
"Oh, we're having dinner with my parent's at 6," I looked at my watch and noticed it was already 5:30.
I didn't like losing out on time with her but I wanted to make sure I could see her again soon.
I decided to man up and ask her out. On a date. With me.
Aww man, you guys are so hard on him, just remember, he's been hurt before...he hasn't dated in 3 years...he admited to not having any game with women...and he's freaked out that she's possibly his online friend...it's all very overwhelming! Add to that RL issues and it can be a clusterfuck to handle, lol... not to mention that if they'd just talk and open up to each other from the start, I wouldn't have a story to tell! lmao