anything. So many people were standing in line at Scavenger’s that I decided I’d just grab my lunch out of my locker.
Before I could turn to head back to my locker, I saw Sean stand up and wave at me. He was at a table with Whitney and Jake.
“Went ahead and ordered you a burger,” Sean said when I got there.
“Oh, geez, thanks, but —”
“I know. Meat, cheese, mustard only.”
“How did you know?”
“Come on, Robyn. You practically live at our house.”
He suddenly seemed embarrassed. Me, I was stunned that he’d noticed my eating habits. Granted, he’d been right about theice cream. His mom did keep a carton with my name on it in their freezer. But how I liked my burger? We didn’t have burgers that often. When had he noticed?
I sat down and unwrapped it. Everyone else was almost finished eating.
“We didn’t think you’d have much time,” Whitney said, as though she was the one responsible for making sure I had food.
“Where’s Lisa?” I asked, just before biting into my burger.
“She wanted to get back to start setting up for the next set of parties,” Sean said.
“Is it just me or were these parties boring?” Whitney asked.
“They were kids’ parties,” I told her. How exciting could they be?
“Still. Balloon animals. That’s so …”
While she was trying to think of a word that I figured wouldn’t be flattering, I said, “I thought they were great.” I turned to Sean. “I didn’t even know you could do that.”
He grinned. “There’s a bunch of videos out on the Internet. You can pretty much learn anything out there.”
“We should do face painting,” Whitney said.
“It’d just come off when they went into the water,” I said.
“I guess.” She sighed. “These little birthday parties put me in the mood to have a real party.”
“Do they ever do anything here after the park closes?” Jake asked. “You know — can you rent it out or anything?”
She smiled at him. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure you can. Wouldn’t that be great — to have a party here?”
“Yeah, it would. You know, when I applied to work here, scooping ice cream wasn’t exactly what I had in mind,” Jake said.
Was anyone satisfied with their assignment? Caitlin was happy, I guess. I hadn’t really asked her. Now that she was actually doing it, maybe it wasn’t as great as it seemed.
“Well, we’d better head back,” Sean said.
“I gotta go refill the ice-cream tubs. I’ll meet you at the kiddie pavilion,” Jake said, and walked off in the opposite direction that we’d be heading.
“You know if I see one more kid unwrap a Transformer —” Whitney began.
“Hey, come on. They’re awesome,” Sean said.
“I guess you had some.”
“Oh, yeah.”
“But he never took them out of the box,” I said.
“They stay more valuable that way.”
“But you can’t transform them! So why get them?”
“I collect them.”
“You two sure know a lot about each other,” Whitney said.
It was weird to realize that we really did.
“Did you two date or something?” she asked.
“No!” we both said at the same time.
“Absolutely not,” I added.
Sean’s face was turning red. I could feel the heat on my cheeks.
“Time to get back to work,” he repeated.
He didn’t wait for us. Just picked up his trash and carted it to the trash can.
“Very interesting,” Whitney murmured.
“You must be easily bored,” I told her — if she found Sean and me interesting.
“I am,” she said grinning. “I really don’t want to do another set of parties.”
“Too bad. You asked for it,” I reminded her as I gathered up my trash and dumped it into the trash can.
“Yeah, I guess.”
We were walking back when she suddenly said, “What do you think of Jake?”
“He’s cute. Why?”
“I don’t know.”
“Do you like him?”
She shrugged. “I don’t really know him. It just seems like he looks at me a lot.”
“Maybe he likes you .”
“Yeah,
Before I could turn to head back to my locker, I saw Sean stand up and wave at me. He was at a table with Whitney and Jake.
“Went ahead and ordered you a burger,” Sean said when I got there.
“Oh, geez, thanks, but —”
“I know. Meat, cheese, mustard only.”
“How did you know?”
“Come on, Robyn. You practically live at our house.”
He suddenly seemed embarrassed. Me, I was stunned that he’d noticed my eating habits. Granted, he’d been right about theice cream. His mom did keep a carton with my name on it in their freezer. But how I liked my burger? We didn’t have burgers that often. When had he noticed?
I sat down and unwrapped it. Everyone else was almost finished eating.
“We didn’t think you’d have much time,” Whitney said, as though she was the one responsible for making sure I had food.
“Where’s Lisa?” I asked, just before biting into my burger.
“She wanted to get back to start setting up for the next set of parties,” Sean said.
“Is it just me or were these parties boring?” Whitney asked.
“They were kids’ parties,” I told her. How exciting could they be?
“Still. Balloon animals. That’s so …”
While she was trying to think of a word that I figured wouldn’t be flattering, I said, “I thought they were great.” I turned to Sean. “I didn’t even know you could do that.”
He grinned. “There’s a bunch of videos out on the Internet. You can pretty much learn anything out there.”
“We should do face painting,” Whitney said.
“It’d just come off when they went into the water,” I said.
“I guess.” She sighed. “These little birthday parties put me in the mood to have a real party.”
“Do they ever do anything here after the park closes?” Jake asked. “You know — can you rent it out or anything?”
She smiled at him. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure you can. Wouldn’t that be great — to have a party here?”
“Yeah, it would. You know, when I applied to work here, scooping ice cream wasn’t exactly what I had in mind,” Jake said.
Was anyone satisfied with their assignment? Caitlin was happy, I guess. I hadn’t really asked her. Now that she was actually doing it, maybe it wasn’t as great as it seemed.
“Well, we’d better head back,” Sean said.
“I gotta go refill the ice-cream tubs. I’ll meet you at the kiddie pavilion,” Jake said, and walked off in the opposite direction that we’d be heading.
“You know if I see one more kid unwrap a Transformer —” Whitney began.
“Hey, come on. They’re awesome,” Sean said.
“I guess you had some.”
“Oh, yeah.”
“But he never took them out of the box,” I said.
“They stay more valuable that way.”
“But you can’t transform them! So why get them?”
“I collect them.”
“You two sure know a lot about each other,” Whitney said.
It was weird to realize that we really did.
“Did you two date or something?” she asked.
“No!” we both said at the same time.
“Absolutely not,” I added.
Sean’s face was turning red. I could feel the heat on my cheeks.
“Time to get back to work,” he repeated.
He didn’t wait for us. Just picked up his trash and carted it to the trash can.
“Very interesting,” Whitney murmured.
“You must be easily bored,” I told her — if she found Sean and me interesting.
“I am,” she said grinning. “I really don’t want to do another set of parties.”
“Too bad. You asked for it,” I reminded her as I gathered up my trash and dumped it into the trash can.
“Yeah, I guess.”
We were walking back when she suddenly said, “What do you think of Jake?”
“He’s cute. Why?”
“I don’t know.”
“Do you like him?”
She shrugged. “I don’t really know him. It just seems like he looks at me a lot.”
“Maybe he likes you .”
“Yeah,
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