Chapter Five (Part 1)

LUCAS was still in a bad mood throughout the rest of school. Ava

could sense something was the matter but she didn't want to push him to tell

her if he didn't want to.

But, like he promised, he took Ava to the best ice cream parlour in town

and she couldn't be more excited. It was a cute little one that had all sorts

of different unusual flavours with many different colours. The walls were

covered in pastel colours and the seats were comfy sofas.

She knew that Lucas didn't like to go because it was too childish or

girly. Apparently it wasn't manly to sit in a store surrounded by parents

watching their kids do the special colouring papers but whenever she gives him

the puppy dog eyes, he always gives in.

"I don't know why you like this place so much." Lucas complained

for the fiftieth time since school ended.

"Because." She drawled, rolling her eyes at him.

"It's just so..."

"Yummy." Ava sighed with a dreamy expression, as she thought

about which flavour she'd get this time.

This time