Chilly Boulder - Afternoon

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake hadn't really meant to start counting the months, but Caroline's insistence to take it one milestone at a time had made him all too conscious of every milestone that ticked by. They were at nine months now and while that hardly warranted a huge celebration, he didn't want to just sit in her room the whole day either. He wanted to do something normal and Monday's class had stuck in his head.

Which meant that Jake was dragging Caroline through the rain and into town to eat ice cream. Never mind that this wasn't a warm summer holiday and they weren't in Venice. (Or had that been Florence? Um, some Italian city.)

"I think we should get a sample of all the flavours they've got," he announced once he closed the door behind him, shutting out the rain and wind.

[Jake is here for Caroline, but Chilly Boulder is open to all.]

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[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Caroline raised an eyebrow at him as she set her umbrella in the stand and started shrugging off her coat. "Seriously? You want to try fifty-some-odd flavors in one sitting?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake smirked at her. "You think you can't handle it?" he asked, possibly just asking for trouble and forgetting that even he would get tired of it.

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"I think my tongue might freeze eventually," Caroline pointed out, still thinking ice cream in the middle of winter was mildly idiotic.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"We can take it in turns and take a break," he offered, not seeing anything wrong with this idea.

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Caroline reached out to drag him into a booth with her. "You mean I can sit back and watch you consume your weight in ice cream under the guise of some weird research you feel like conducting?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"No," he was just going to get dragged into a booth without having a chance to study the daily specials. Sigh.

"I just want to know what ice cream you like!"

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"But I already know what I like," she told him. "Why should I try them all?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"So I know your opinion on everything," he told her decisively. Maybe he'd been overthinking this whole thing.

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Now that is completely absurd," Caroline told him with a laugh. "Do you realize what you're opening yourself up to if you want to hear my opinion on everything? Because I'm not exactly known for holding back in the first place."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake grabbed the menu from the stand and laid it out between them. "But I should know your opinion on most things by now."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Caroline looked over the menu between them, surprised that Jake would think that. "Oh? So there's nothing left to discover? That sounds...almost boring. Why would you want to be bored with me, Jake?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"I'm not going to bored with you," he objected, frowning at her. "Why would that make me bored?"

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Um, because if there's nothing new happening, boredom is sure to follow," she pointed out. "Don't you think?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"No, I don't," he decided, wrapping his arm around her shoulder. "I don't see us getting bored any time soon."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it was nice dating a hopeless romantic. It certainly had her smiling. "Uh huh. So what's your favorite?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Hmmmmmm," he considered the menu for a moment. "It kind of changes with my mood, but cookie dough's kind of an old favourite."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"You and Elena both," she replied with a chuckle. "I kinda pegged you for a Rocky Road guy, but I can see cookie dough. It works with the brooding thing you say you don't do."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Rocky Road is up there," he defended quickly. "And I don't brood." He sulked.

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"It's okay," she said, patting his arm lightly. "I won't tell anyone."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"You're full of it," he leaned over to kiss her cheek. "So which do you like and which do you want to try?"

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"I think we've established what I like," she teased. "But I'll try anything once. Even that weird green one." Somehow pistachio just sounded like a weird thing to flavor ice cream with.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"How about vanilla with fresh strawberries on top?" he wondered. "Or hot fudge? Or caramel?"

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"That doesn't sound like a flavor of ice cream," she pointed out. "Just alternate toppings, like there's something wrong with the ice cream all on its own."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Hey, I'm just showing that you can be creative with your favourite flavour!" he laughed and reached up to tug at her hair. "Not then. What do you want?"

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Did I say vanilla was my favorite?" Caroline asked teasingly. "I think I will try the green one."