Is he the one that got away???

Chapter 21: The ice cream walk

This Saturday has been a lazy day, my mom left to my abue’s house, I didn't want to go this early, I told her I will go later.

It is 5:00 pm already and now I will go to my abue’s house.

My older brother, as usual, is somewhere outside, he is never here, and my younger brother is playing Nintendo and told me to go to my abue’s house by myself.

I hope my mom doesn’t get mad at him for not going and at me for letting him stay.

I changed my clothes, combed my hair, brushed my teeth, took my bag and walked out of the house.

My abue lives a couple of blocks further away from my school, so I will take the same walk path that I take when I go to school.

I walked the first couple of blocks, turned left and when I was almost at the end of the block, I was in front of the house I sometimes see him getting out, the house were I have seen him, I have seen Andrew here.

Suddenly the double white metal door opened, and they came out of there, Andrew, Louie and Joe.

Andrew watched me in surprise and stopped on his walk out.

Louie and Joe saw me and started waving hellos and hastily came over me, they quickly crossed the street to talk to me.

I stopped and waited for them.

I heard them talking to me at the same time and then Louie told me “Hey Vanessa, Andy is taking us to buy some ice cream, do you like ice cream?”

I smiled at Louie, he is so so cute, and sparkly, I love this kid I swear, he melts my heart.

Joe is also cute, but his personality is more serious, much more serious than Louie.

“Do you want to come with us? Andy, can she come with us?” Louie asked me and then looked at Andrew to ask him for permission.

He looked at me and nodded yes, but I cut the invitation and I answered him “I am going to my grandma’s house, so I cannot go to other place, my mom is expecting me, she is waiting for me to arrive soon, you know”

He saw me with sad little puppy dog eyes, oh gosh I can't, he is so adorable.

“Maybe next time, but I can walk a little bit with you, where are you going?” I tried to comfort him

“Hey, Andy, where are we going?” Joe asked Andrew.

Andrew crossed the street to get to us three, and then with his low tone manly voice said “We are going to Pepe’s ice cream shop”

“Oh, I am going that way” I said pointing forward to that direction.

“We can walk four blocks together, do you mind?” I asked Louie while I was looking at Andrew.

“Of course, you can come, let's go Vanessa” Louie said in a happy and cheerful voice, I smiled with a big one, he is the cutest of the whole world, I swear.

I looked at Andrew who was looking at me and smiling.

I wink at him, and he just nodded yes and got super close to me “He really likes you” he said pointing at Louie

I smiled and muttered at him ‘I love him’ he frowned at me, and I just laughed.

Louie looked at me and asked, “What is going on here?”

“Nada, I just told Andrew that I love you” Louie opened his eyes, wide open and showed on his beautiful face the most weird, surprised, and cute look ever.

He looked back and pointing at Andrew he said “Ha, she is my girlfriend now”

“No, never” Andrew replied at him

“She is not your girlfriend you know” Louie answered back at him

“But she-” I interrupted Andrew, “Wow wow wow, wait a second, relax guys, we are all friends here, right?”

Louie and Andrew threw death glares at each other, I laughed and touched Louie’s hair with a caressing motion, he stopped looking angrily at Andrew and then looked back at me with a cute smile.

“Let’s go then” I said and when we started walking, I looked back at Andrew and winked at him, he lost his unhappy grin and also smiled at me.

We were walking towards the ice cream shop, I looked askance at how Andrew was weirdly moving his left arm and hand, like getting closer to me but stopping suddenly, several times, what is he doing? weird people I swear!

I suddenly looked at him to see how he had his hand close to mine, he froze and blushed right away, huh, busted.

“What is going on with you?”

He kept silent and just nodded no. He looked down shyly.

Oh, come on, he is so handsome and yet gets shy sometimes.

I gave him a smile and touched his forehead with my index finger “What is happening here?”

He shrugged and told me “I don’t know either”

“Are you going to Claire’s house later?” I asked him and apparently caught him by surprise because he quickly looked at me with his wide-open honey eyes and a frown on me.

“I am not” oh gosh, that low tone sounds scary.

“Why do you sound angry? Is she your girlfriend, right?” I added

“She hasn’t been my girlfriend, not for a second or won’t be” he answered still with his angry frown on.

“So, you let random girls sit over you?” I asked a bit harsh, but I guess I am still bothered by that memory of her over her bouncing, f uck how annoying.

He looked down silently thinking, he changed his frown for a sad gesture.

“I regretted in that precise moment” he answered

“Why? You looked so happy when you arrived at her house looking for her, I saw your big smile that day”

“Mmmm, I don’t know, I acted stupid without knowing” He replied

“So, you are telling me, that you sometimes act unconsciously?” I mocked at him

He lifted his gaze from the floor to look me in the eyes “You are enjoying this, making me suffer, right?”

“Whaaaaaat? I am making you suffer, wow, how so?”

He just nodded no and asked me “Could you forgive me?”

Wow, wait, what? Why is he asking me to forgive him?

“Wow wait, why?” I asked him with a surprised look that he obviously noted

“I feel like I disappointed you”

“You are right” I muttered

“What was that?” He asked me because obviously he didn't hear me clearly, thank God, I don't want to sound like a jealous girlfriend, that I am not.

“Nada, just, mmmm never mind” I couldn't tell him how mad and bad he made feel, he can't know this. No, he definitely can't.

“Vanessa, could you forgive me? please” I asked me again

“I don't have any reason to forgive you, you didn't do anything against me or offended me or else, did you?” I boldly replied at his forgiveness begging

“And why I feel like I did it, I saw it on your face when it happened and the following days, and is killing me, is killing me to see you with Err-” he stopped, mid name, I guess he has actually something against Larry

“Wait, to see me with who? with Larry?” he had an unrecognizable face, not sure if mad, sad, angry or what.

He stayed silent and then nodded

“Seriously, what is going on with you and Larry? he is your friend”

“I told him to stop flirting with you, but he just ignored me” He blurted out

“Ok wait, first of all, he is your friend, you need to know that do you?”

He just kept looking but refused to nod at me or say yes

“Well, he is, and second of all, he has never flirted with me, ever, he is nice and makes me laugh and somehow I trust him, I see him like a good friend” I explained him the best way I could, trying to make him stop being angry with Larry

“Are you sure you see him as a friend?” he sounded so shy; his voice was like a subtle whisper.