Chilly Boulder [afternoon]

[momslilassassin]

In honor of St. Patrick's Day the staff at the ice cream shop insisted that Ben only order ice cream that was green, which was why he was sitting at a table picking at a mint chocolate chip and pistachio sundae.

He decided it wasn't the greatest combination ever.

[OOC: Expecting one, but open!]

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[glacial_queen]

"But I don't want a green ice cream," Karla argued with the guy behind the counter. She didn't understand the importance of the holiday and was not going to be denied her tasty ice cream just because there was some thematic import to the color green. "I want my usual five flavors, please."

Yes, she was there often enough for a 'usual.' Specifically, a usual five.

She sauntered to the table with her proper ice cream, leaving the kid behind the counter to sulk at the lack of green in her bowl. Karla, however, was quite content with her sundae.

[momslilassassin]

"How'd you get normal ice cream?" Ben wondered, frowning into her bowl.

[glacial_queen]

"He just likes me better," Karla told him, tossing her hair. She held onto that smug post for a moment before admitting, "And I threatened to pitch a temper tantrum if he didn't give me what I wanted."

See, Ben? That was your problem. Not enough temper tantrums.

[momslilassassin]

Ben snorted. "How very mature of you," he teased.

[glacial_queen]

"Sorry," Karla said, dimpling at him. "I can't hear you over the sound of how good my ice cream is."

[momslilassassin]

"Mine's not bad," Ben said, "and they probably didn't think about spitting in it!"

Thank you, Ben.

[glacial_queen]

"You'd like to me think that, wouldn't you?" Karla said, leaning over him to try and scoop some of his ice cream up on her spoon. "So you can steal all mine instead."

[momslilassassin]

"Would I do that?" he said, gladly sharing his...not fantastic ice cream.

[glacial_queen]

"Of course you would." Smug Karla was smug. "Because mine's better."

And because she wasn't as big a brat as she liked to pretend, she nudged her bowl over to share with him, too.

[momslilassassin]

Ben shot her a grateful smile and swiped a spoonful. "It seems that our investigation shows that nothing's wrong here. Mmm, yours is better."

[glacial_queen]

"It's true," Karla said, with a spoonful of whipped cream. "Mine is."

She plucked a cherry off her sundae and popped it in her mouth. "Glad to see everything's normal here. I worried. If something had happened to the ice cream, there might have been a riot."

Instigated by her and Ben, most likely.

[momslilassassin]

"I wouldn't have rioted!" Ben protested. "...much."

[glacial_queen]

"Mmmhmmm." Karla sounded unconvinced. "And if I ask Ender what you'd have done, would he say the same?"

[momslilassassin]

"There's no need bother Ender with such wildly unlikely things," Ben said airily, snagging another bite of ice cream.

[glacial_queen]

"Oh, of course," Karla said, snickering. "Darkness forfend we bother Ender about something as unlikely as that."

Mostly because Ender would roll his eyes at both of them and turn to work on his--

"Did his laptop come back?"

[momslilassassin]

"Yes," Ben said, smiling. "Right where he'd left it."

[glacial_queen]

Karla snickered, almost inhaling a frozen chunk of strawberry. "Bet he loved that. Not frustrating at all. Though I'm sure you managed to find some way of distracting him."

Car movies. Karla was totally talking about car movies. At least, if Ben protested.

[momslilassassin]

Ben's cheeks turned bright red. "No idea what you mean."

Yes he did.

[glacial_queen]

"Car movies," Karla said blandly. "What else could I have meant?"

Liiiiiiiiiiiies.

[momslilassassin]

"I think if I try to show him those movies one more time, he'll try to set me on fire," Ben said cheerfully.

[glacial_queen]

"How about the movies I got you for Christmas?" Karla asked. "Have you shown him all of those yet?"

She wasn't entirely sure what the plots of those movies were, but it involved Biceps running around in leather, so she figured they were entertaining enough.

[momslilassassin]

"He prefers his movies more Shakespearean," Ben said with a fond smile. "There's no accounting for taste, I guess."

[glacial_queen]

Karla just looked at Ben for a moment, then shook her head and sighed. "Too easy," she complained. "It's like reaching for the low-hanging honey-pears."

Not that she wouldn't take that sometimes anyway, but really now.

But since they were talking about Ender already, Karla decided to delicately hint around a subject she'd been worrying about for some time. "So, is it just me, or does the semester feel like it's flying past?"

[momslilassassin]

"It does," Ben agreed. "It doesn't seem right that prom is next week."

[glacial_queen]

"Wait," Karla said, blinking in confusion. "It's next week? Isn't it always at the end of--"

She stopped. Started counting on her fingers. Blanched. "How is it already almost the end of March?!" she wailed.