Ice Cream
"I'm home!" Patricia heard someone shout through the door. Someone that sounded a lot like her. But more annoying. Piper was home. Had it really been a week already? Patricia groaned and got up from the couch.
"Hi Piper." She muttered. Of course, their Mom had bombarded Piper with hugs, but that wasn't really the point. Piper said excitedly,
"Wow, it's good to be home, I don't even know where to start! What should I do first?"
Their Mom said, "Why don't you girls go out for ice cream? Sister bonding time!"
Patricia wasn't thrilled about that, but she said, "Yeah, sure." She couldn't deny ice cream.
As Patricia and Piper arrived at Sugar Bits, Patricia did her best to act as if she didn't care about her sister at all, or maybe didn't even know her. Which wasn't going so well since they were identical. Despite a few points, giggles, and waves, Patricia and Piper made their way over to the order counter, Piper ordering a strawberry smoothie, looking all healthy next to Patricia's sundae, and sat down at one of the tables. After a few minutes of talking, Piper finally revealed that she got a boyfriend. A totally nerdy boyfriend of course, but a boyfriend all the same. Patricia just had to promise not to tell Mom. They got to joke about Eddie some, and while Patricia wished she could talk about her osirion dilemma, she kept her mouth shut. Since Piper had gone off to her fancy boarding school, Patricia hadn't really gotten to talk to her like this. It was actually sort of nice