Chapter 13
Rebecca isn't anything like I remember. As a kid she was shy or timid. But right now she is so talkative and outgoing. What happened? I mean other than the bus crash...
"so Steven what flavors are you getting?"
Looking at the selection of ice creams I pointed at my two favorites.
"banana and cotton candy. The best flavors, especially mixed together!"
I looked at Rebecca and she just had her eyebrows raised like she was surprised. Maybe a little disgusted even.
"that's....nice" I laughed, she laughed, the server looked at us like we were weirdos. It was a great time.
We found a table and started talking a bit
"have you been in our class this entire time Rebecca?" I asked because I really don't remember her being there at all.
"of course, though I don't think you guys really recognized me at all"
She blushes a little and brushed her hair to the side, kind of like her old self. The more shy version of her.
"oh man, that's totally my bad. We haven't seen you since elementary school though"
She took a scoop of her chocolate brownie and cookie dough ice cream and covered her mouth as she ate before replying.
"it's ok, I only just moved back this year, plus I worked up the courage to talk to you guys in the end" she looked very proud of herself before taking another half spoon of ice cream to her lips. With her hand covering her mouth she asked, "are you still messing around with electronics these days?"
Still?
"I don't remember being into electronics in elementary school... But I could be wrong haha honestly I can't trust my own brain sometimes! Haha"
She smiled and laughed, man I must be funny, I'm just smooth with the ladies.
"but yeah I am actually working on a new device for my g-... My friend... Do you want to see it sometime?"
I kind of redacted the "girlfriend" part because it was still pretty new to me and I wasn't sure who Fran would want knowing about it, or maybe because I didn't want to scare Rebecca into thinking she couldn't talk to me anymore. Honestly that didn't feel great, I think if Fran were here she would probably be a bit upset at that.... Ugh that's a gross feeling...
"actually--" but before I corrected myself Rebecca cut in.
"yeah! Of course, that sounds like fun!"
Well that shouldn't be a problem, just two friends looking at electronics together... Right?
"Hey we don't want to miss the movie, let's go!"
Rebecca grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the shop, we left our ice cream there but we were in a rush... Frans had melted anyway at this point... Seems like she's not gonna make it today...