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Stevie stares at herself in the mirror of the employee bathroom at Danny Mango's. How on earth did I get roped into this? Oh, that's right; I lost a bet with Zander. That jerk.
"Come on Stevie! Your shift starts in 10 minutes." She hears Zander call from outside.
She sighs and walks out of the bathroom to see the rest of her band mates waiting for her.
"Stevie? Is that you? You don't look like yourself at all!" Nelson exclaims with wide eyes at the sight of Stevie.
"Shut it Nelly! Just because I'm wearing this ridiculous outfit, doesn't mean I won't still hurt you." Nelson cowers back.
"Dang baby! You look smokin!" Zander says to her admiring her outfit.
"First, I'm not your baby. And second, I don't feel smoking, I feel like a slut." She replied looking down at what she is wearing. A green dress going to about mid-thigh, with jagged edges and a bit of red as the collar. She is wearing green flats with red accentuates on them, a red Santa hat, and her hair is really curly. Basically, she is dressed as an elf.
"ALL OF SANTA'S ELVES PLEASE REPORT TO THE CENTER OF THE MALL!" A voice says over the loudspeaker.
"Well, that's you Stevie. Go get em tiger." Zander smirks at her. Stevie gives him a fake smile and punches him in the arm as she walks past him towards the center of the mall. He smiles at the rest of the band and then they all follow her through the mall, and stand off to the side as they watch her interact with the little children lined up to see Santa.
"Alright kids," Stevie says as she steps in front of the line, "Santa is done for the day. But come back tomorrow to see him if you didn't get to today." All the kids standing in the line instantly grow sad and reluctantly leave with their parents or older siblings.
Stevie shakes hands with the man who had been playing Santa and then walks off to go back to the bathroom at Danny Mango's to change into her regular clothes.
The rest of the band goes to explore the mall a little bit before it closes while they wait for Stevie. Except for Zander. He stays with Stevie.
"You know Stevie," he says to her as they're walking back to Danny Mango's, "the day isn't over yet. And the deal was, you wear this outfit from the beginning of the job, until the DAY is over. Not the job. Now go and get your stuff. But don't change." Stevie sighs and goes into the employee bathroom heading for her locker. She opens it and removes her stuff, shutting the locker again. She then walks back out of the bathroom to find Zander still waiting for her.
"Okay. Now take me home."
"Nope." Zander smirks.
"What? Zander you HAVE to take me home."
"Nah. I think I'm gonna take you out for some ice cream."
"Really? It's way too cold for ice cream."
"Are you kidding me?! It's never too cold for ice cream. Never in a million years. Now let's go. I know the perfect place." Zander says, grabbing Stevie by the wrist and dragging her towards the entrance of the mall.
"Are we really going to leave the others here?" Stevie asks him as they walk towards Zander's truck.
"Yes. They'll find their own way back home. This is Stevie and Zander time." He unlocks the doors to his truck and they climb inside, closing the doors. He puts the car in drive and slowly pulls out of the mall parking lot onto the road.
"So where are we going?" Stevie asks him once they get onto the street.
"You'll see."
"Come on Z. Please tell me?"
"Nope. Not gonna happen."
Stevie huffs and sits back in her seat. After a moment, she leans forward and hits the radio button, finding a good station that they can both listen to and sing along with. She finally locates a Christmas radio station and turns the volume up. They both get comfortable in their seats and sing along at the top of their lungs for the remainder of the ride.
*15 minutes later*
Zander turns down the radio and pulls into a parking space. Stevie looks out the window and realizes where they are.
"McDonalds? Seriously Z?" She looks at him and raises her eyebrows.
"What? They have good ice cream!"
"I'm not going in there." She sits back in her seat and folds her arms across her chest.
"Yes you are," he replies and shuts the car off.
"No," she says simply.
He sighs, removes his seatbelt, opens his door and closes it behind him. He walks around the back of the car and pulls open Stevie's door to see her still sitting with her arms crossed, staring straight ahead.
He reaches over her and unhooks her seatbelt forcing it off of her body, despite how much she tries to resist by holding it down with her arms.
"Come on," he reaches inside the car and picks her up, one arm under her legs, the other around her back, and hoists her over his shoulder.
"Zander!" she screams at him and starts pounding on his back with her fists. It doesn't faze him and he just shuts the car door, locking it as well.
He turns around and walks up to the restaurant while Stevie continues to yell at him and hit his back. He reaches for the door handle and pulls it open, walking inside. He walks over to the line in front of the counters and sets Stevie back down on the floor. Stevie brushes her hair out of her face and huffs, turning to face the menu board in front of them. Zander smiles and then turns to face the menu board as well.
"I can't believe you just did that," Stevie says after a moment without taking her eyes off the board.
"Well believe it," he says back, "because it just happened."
"Whatever, let's just get our ice cream and go."
"Oh no. We're not going once we get our ice cream. We're eating it here."
Stevie turns her head and looks at him with wide eyes, "What?!"
"You heard me. We're. Eating. Here."
"Uh, no. We're not."
"Uh, yes. We are." Zander mimics her.
She narrows her eyes and glares at him, not saying anything. The couple in front of them finishes ordering and then step off to the side to wait.
Zander and Stevie step up to the counter and begin ordering.
"We would like two medium McFlurry's please. One with Rolo's and one with Oreo cookies." Zander says to the woman at the counter.
"Okay. Anything else for you today?"
"Nope, I think that'll be all."
"Alright, that'll be $5.87."
Zander pulls his wallet out of his back pocket and opens it, pulling out a ten dollar bill, handing it to the cashier. She accepts the money and puts it in the register. She then pulls out the correct change and hands it to him.
"$4.13 is your change. You will be order number 15."
Zander nods, taking the change from the cashier and putting it into his wallet. "Thank you."
He and Stevie step off to the side while they wait for their order of ice cream to be ready.
"Why do we have to eat here?" Stevie asks, leaning up against the wall next to Zander.
"Because I want everyone to admire your amazing outfit." He smirks at her.
"Seriously?" she raises a brow at him.
"Seriously."
She just gives him a look and then they hear their order being called.
"Number 15? Order number 15?"
Zander and Stevie go up to the counter and grab their ice cream, thank the workers and then head to find a table.
They sit down at a small table in the corner and begin to eat their ice cream together.
"I can't believe you remembered my favorite McFlurry," Stevie says.
"Why wouldn't I? I'm your best friend."
"I know that. It's just that, I didn't expect that to be the kind of thing someone, even a best friend, remembers."
"Well, I'm the best best friend in the world." He smiles at her.
"Yeah, I guess you are," She smiles back.
"But, you know, I'd kind of like to be more than just your best friend."
Stevie looks at him with wide eyes, "What? You…"
"I wanna be your boyfriend Stevie. That's one of the reasons I brought you here. So I could ask you. Stevie, will you be my girlfriend?"
Stevie sits for a quick second and thinks, and then she bites her lip and looks Zander in the eye, "Yes."
"I'm sorry; I shouldn't have…wait what did you say?"
"Yes. I'd love to be your girlfriend Zander."
"Awesome. Now finish your ice cream girlfriend."
"Don't boss me around boyfriend."
"Sorry."
"It's okay. And you know, maybe ice cream when it's cold isn't such a bad thing." She smiles at him.
"Yeah. And also, you dressed as Santa's Little Helper isn't such a bad thing either." He says, giving her a sly sort of smile.
"Don't push it," Stevie says.
"Got it."
The two teens sit in a comfortable silence for the rest of the night. Sitting closer together than before, just enjoying the company of each other.
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In other news, I got a fish last night! It's a long story. But basically, I was at a White Elephant party for my church (just the teenage girls) and it was really fun. One of the girls opened a container of goldfish crackers. I ended up stealing it. At the end, I was the last one to have it. And so, the girl who brought the goldfish, brought in the other half to the present. A REAL LIVE GOLDFISH! I was so happy! And guess what I named him? MAX! Haha! That's my exciting news.
Also, still looking for Schneider Monkey's to join in on my special project for Max. PM me if you're interested!
Jellybean96 out!
