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Ava grinned and pushed the glass to Benjamin, her hands shaking, her tongue still numb.
“You did good,” Benjamin praised her and took a sip exactly from the spot she drank from. She pushed back a strand of her hair and smiled. “I haven’t really had whiskey in like, well, ever.”
“Well, you got close to it once, remember?” Benjamin asked leaning closer to her.
She shrugged. “Not really.”
“When we were little. We found a bottle in the garage,” he said with a grin.
Ava smacked her knee in excitement. “Yes, of course. It was half empty and smelt like gasoline. You took a sip but looked like it burned you from the inside.”
Benjamin laughed. “Then you screamed and ran to get help.”
“I thought you were going to die.” They both threw their heads back in laughter.
“I just wanted to impress you,” Benjamin blurted out.
Ava looked at him with a calmer smile. “You did.”
Benjamin felt like somebody just awarded him a medal. He straightened his spine, his eyes sparkling. “Really?”
Ava nodded. “Oh yeah. Back then I thought you were the greatest thing next to chocolate chip ice cream.”
Suddenly she froze, her face grimaced as if she had said too much. Luckily the waiter brought the fries out and Ava instantly started to eat.
“They are really good,” she admitted, crunching gleefully. “Probably the best I have ever had.”
Back then I thought you were the greatest thing next to chocolate chip ice cream.Benjamin stared at her, his mind exploding with questions. But Ava was obviously embarrassed, her cheeks bright red. He decided he would let her have this distraction, at least for now.
“Well, that’s what I said.” He nodded in satisfaction eating his fries.
Suddenly, Ava looked at the empty chair in between the two where Barney was sitting not too long ago.
“Where did he go?”
Benjamin turned his head left and right, but no Barney.
“I guess he’s ditched us,” he said. “Seems like something he’d do. Maybe he’s trying to set us up or something,” he added with a short chuckle. Ava also chuckled at the idea but said nothing.
Benjamin grew serious again.
Back then I thought you were the greatest thing next to chocolate chip ice cream.
Ava noticed that his face changed instantly.
“Would you like to go?” she asked with a hint of disappointment in her voice.
Benjamin now turned to her, looking her deep into her eyes. His smile was gone.
“Did…” He paused for a short moment. “Did you mean what you said?”
Ava tried to play innocent. “About the fries?” she joked, but Benjamin stayed serious. Ava let out a long sigh. “...Maybe...”
She looked away, down at her plate. Benjamin bit his lower lip.Why do you even care so much? Just pay the bill and go home.
“Then why did you stop coming over?”What happened to letting it go, you idiot.
Ava pushed around a fry with her finger, deep in thoughts.
