Chapter 16: Nothing Fancy

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About a week after the party, Honey was wondering how she should ask Zeke out. It'd been a really long time since she'd been on one, and even then the guy always asked her out.

"Maybe I should just wait until if he asks me out." she said.

"Honey, if you really want to go out with Zeke, you should be the first one to make a step." Bumble told her.

"I don't know, what if I lose my nerve?"

"Perhaps Honey you need some different help." suggested Buzz.

"Yeah, why don't you go to the others for help?" added Stinger.

"Maybe they could offer some help." Honey replied.

So she got on her phone, and called Vanellope, Minty, and Candlehead. Since they were all married, they must have some advice to give.


That afternoon they all met up at Jubileena's restaurant.

"Thank you all for coming." Honey told them.

"It wasn't a problem, it's nice to get out once and a while." Candlehead replied.

"Great, to be honest I had something I wanted to ask you three."

"What is it?" wondered Minty.

"Well...the thing is...I'm thinking about asking Zeke out."

The three looked surprised.

"You're going to ask out Zeke, that's great." Vanellope told her.

"I thought something was going on between you two." Candlehead mentioned.

"But the thing is, I don't have the slightest idea how to go about it." Honey admitted.

"Well you've come to the right people." Minty replied.

"First of all it's common for women to ask men out these days." Vanellope informed.

"And you should start with something simple, and just get to know each other a little more." added Candlehead.

"The biggest thing though is to be calm and confident." Minty told her.

"You really think that'll work?" asked Honey.

"Sure, give it a try." encouraged Vanellope.

When they finished eating, they went their separate ways.


Elsewhere at the garage, Zeke was hard at work. While he was working on cars, he was still thinking about how to ask Honey out. It had been a while since he'd had one, and he was a little rusty. When he finished his work on a car, he saw he had another customer coming.

It was Rancis, Gloyd, and Swizzle, they were coming up in Swizzle's blue SUV.

"Hey, guys what can I do for you?" Zeke asked them.

"I ran over a nail. Do you think you could give my tire a quick change?" Swizzle wondered.

"Sure no problem."

And Zeke got right to work on it.

"So how have you been, Zeke?" Gloyd wondered.

"Pretty good. No complaints. Have big plans later on."

"Like what?" asked Rancis.

"I'm going to ask Honey out."

"Really, congrats." Swizzle told him.

"Yeah, Honey's a nice woman." added Rancis.

"Yeah, hopefully she says yes. Well your car's good to go."

"Thanks how much will that be?" asked Swizzle.

"$80." Zeke told him.

Swizzle paid him, and they were off.


The next day, Honey was at her store, tending to some customers.

"I'm sure you'll enjoy the strawberry honey, Taffyta." Honey told her.

"Thanks, I really love strawberries." Taffyta replied.

"I'll take these honey buns." Snowanna told her.

Honey rang up the items, the two paid, and they left.

"Business is going great." said Buzz.

"I know." Honey told him.

Then the bell rang again, meaning she had another customer.

"Welcome to Honey's Hive."

"Hello, Honey." greeted Zeke.

"Oh, Zeke hello."

"Thought I'd come by for some more blackberry honey."

"Sure, you know where it is."

As Zeke grabbed the jar, her bees gave her an encouraging look, then flew off into another room. After Honey rang up the honey, and Zeke paid, he didn't leave.

"So...Zeke...I was wondering something." she told him.

"Yes?"

"Would you...I mean...would you want to...I don't know go get some coffee or something?"

"Actually, I'd like that. I know a great place in the city. We could go there tomorrow morning if that's okay." he said.

"Yeah, sounds great."

"I'll pick you up around 10:00." Zeke told her.

Then he took his honey and left. When the door closed, the bees flew back in.

"We heard it, Honey." Bumble told her.

"I'm meeting Zeke for coffee." she squealed.


The next morning, Honey got ready to meet Zeke. She dressed in a nice yellow and black striped dress, and black sandals.

"How do I look guys?" she asked her bees.

"You look great." Stinger told her.

"Thanks."

Then a car horn honked.

"That's him. I'll see you guys later." said Honey.

She grabbed her purse, and hurried outside.

"Good luck Honey." Bumble called.

Honey went down, and saw Zeke's car waiting for her.

"Morning, Zeke." she greeted, as she got in.

He was wearing a nice blue shirt, black jeans, and sneakers.

"Good morning, Honey. You ready?"

"Yep."

And then they were off. They drove into the city, and came up to the coffee shop. Inside it was pretty modern, there was nice background music, the smell of coffee beans filled the air, and people were enjoying themselves.

They got in line, and when it was their turn they ordered. Zeke got a caffe mocha with a blueberry muffin, while Honey got a cappuccino and a strawberry danish. Zeke even paid for everything, which Honey was grateful about.

when they order was ready, they found a nice booth to sit at.

"So Honey where did you come from originally?" he wondered.

"Los Angeles."

"California, interesting."

"Are you originally from Oregon?"

"No I was born and raised in Illinois."

"How long have you lived here?"

"Getting close to four years. After I left the Marines I came here."

Zeke told her about how he joined the armed forces after high school. He spent a good for a good seven years in the Marines.

"That's impressive Zeke. Why'd you leave?"

"Mental discharge. You see Luke, myself, and the rest of our squad were in an explosion. We recovered from the injuries, but I kept having nightmares about the event."

"Oh."

"Yeah, can't work when your head's not right."

"So what happened?"

"They discharged me, got me some help which brought me here. Even now I still see a psychiatrist."

"Wow Zeke. That's really big of you to admit."

"I can admit I need help I know it's hard for a lot of people. So what about you? What brought you to Oregon?"

"Well I wasn't happy in L.A., I hated my job, my parents are gone, and I mostly spent many days being lonely. I had my bees but it wasn't the same."

"Well, that was pretty strong of you to up and leave like that."

"Yeah."

When they finished their food and drink they left. When they arrived back at Honey's condo, Honey didn't get out right away.

"I had a really nice time, Zeke." she told him.

"So did I. And I was wondering, would you want to get together again sometime?" he wondered.

"I'd really like that."

The two smiled at each other for a while. Then Honey said goodbye, and got out of the car. When she got in, she told her bees all about what had happened.

That's chapter 16, plz review