FLOATING

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CHAPTER 7
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"Try the damn fry Barnes!" I say shoving a fry toward his face. He opens his mouth letting me plop it in his mouth.

"See it isn't that bad" I say dipping my fry in my milkshake. He takes his fry and dips it in my milkshake eating another sugary fry.

"You evil little incubus" I say narrowing my eyes playfully. His phone buzzes in his pocket again.

He shuts the call of and returns to his food by sipping his soda. "What's an incubus?" He asks confused.

"It's the male equivalent to minx" I say taking a bite of my burger. "God these burger are to die for"

"Who's the caller? Persistent lady? Or man. You can swing both ways" I say shrugging.

"No, I haven't gone on...only one date" he says honestly.

"I haven't gone on a date with someone in like 5 years?" I say thinking out loud. "I've been busy with college"

"He also blipped away so he's a tad too young for me now" I say

"So this chick "the one" I ask winking at him smugly.

"We went on a date this old man set us up" he says. My eyes reflect confusion.

"Your wingman was an old man?" I say on the brink of laughing.

"No, he just thought it'd be good for Me" he says fumbling with his words a bit. This is the most I've gotten out of him in the whole day.

"Where you from Barnes?" I ask while trying to open a ketchup packet.

"New York for now" he says also indulging in his food.

"And this girly is in New York" I say. "Let me guess you're too old for her" I tease.

"I think I'm too old for anyone" he says smiling. He has a nice smile.

"Have you tried online dating?" He asks. This is the first question he's every asked me, a thoughtful one at least.

"Welp, most people in my area are guys holding up fish with the basic "I'm a catch" phrase in their bio and their name is probably chad" I say cracking a joke. "Short answer no. Long answer never again"

"Have you?" I ask curiously.

"Yeah, I don't understand it" he says confused.

"Yeah me either. But I bet people in New York look look like models" I say sipping on my milkshake.

His phone buzzes one more time. "You should answer it"

"It's not important" he says shutting it off. The bell chimes and I see Sam storming in.

"Bucky what the hell man! You weren't picking up" he says annoyed. He puts his phone in his pocket.

"And you" he points at me aggressively. "This does not look like a cotton candy stand"

"I'm sorry dad. I didn't want you to find out he was my boyfriend. You wouldn't approve" I say acting my way out of it. The whole restaurant is looking at us.

Sam rolls his eyes. "We'll take this to go" he says while looking at a waitress.

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"Don't get your panties in a twist Sam. I'm not taking your man" I say joking. I picked up some burger for the boys.

"I thought he left" Sam says narrowing his eyes on James.

"Well he didn't leave you for me" I say Sam narrowing his eyes telling me to be mature. "Not yet at least" I mutter.

"I heard that" James says toward me.

"Oh so you agree?" I say raising my eyebrows at me.

"I haven't agreed to anything" he says to me.

"You haven't disagreed either!" I point out violently shaking my finger at him.

"Aunt Margo! We were talking about you" Cass says Sarah smacks the back of his head telling him to shut it.

"Oh really and what did you say?" I say looking at Sarah.

"Aj and I were saying that" he looks at Barnes discreetly then at me. "Has a crush on you"

"Oh really?" I ask smirking. "You guys wanna be my wingmen?"

Sarah smacks the back my head. "God women you woke up today a chose violence"

"And I'll do it again" she says narrowing her eyes. "But, what's the scoop?"

"Scoop?" I ask. She looks at James and raises an eyebrow at me smugly.

"What I can't make guy friends" I say rolling my eyes with a smile.

"He didn't want to go on the ride and next thing you know you want cotton candy" she says she's about to continue with her theory.

"Can we talk about this later?" I say looking at Barnes and Sam behind us discussing god knows what.

"You're staying over" she says shoving me. "You're telling me all the chisme as you call it"

"no hay chisme" I say in Spanish. (There is no gossip/tea)

"Are you guys ready to head home" I say to the boys. They nod.

We make our way to the car and drive home after leaving Barnes and Sam at the pier where their car is parked.

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