“ ‘course it is! the girls and i have done it lots of times!” she seemed awfully proud of that, hands on her hips.
“but if a little get-together isn’t your fancy, we could also just take a walk in the park and admire the lights they’d hung up. we could even exchange gifts
He’s a little hesitant on breaking rules. Even if he’s broken more than a handful of crimes already, he still clings to caution.
He’d show some concern. “Are you sure it’s be fine? . . Sneaking into the Girl’s dorm.”
she lifts the lid of the box and freezes, her eyes widened in surprise. gradually her face softens, before blinking away the tiny tears that nearly formed.
“oh, rocky, thank you!” ivy threw her arms around his neck into another tight hug.
“new dancing shoes! and they’re in the
she handed over the other gift with glittery blue wrapping paper, then began tearing off the paper of the one given to her.
“i think i can guess what it is! it must be a—”
“of course!” she replied with a smile.
“the girls are throwing a little christmas party at the dorms tomorrow night. we’re normally not allowed to have boys on campus, especially after class hours, but breaking a few rules makes it all the more fun. you absolutely must come!”
The last few words may have left him speechless. He’d idly stare, blinking, at Miss. Pepper.
“. . Really?” He’d ask as if seemingly unexpected to ever be considered by Ivy to accompany her.
“….. pfft-!” she covered her mouth to stifle a giggle.
“that’s it? no holiday parties, admiring the lights in the park… you know, christmas-y stuff?”
ivy propped up her elbow and rested her cheek in her palm.
“well, if ya really have no plans, maybe you’d like to join mine?”
He’d continue to softly chew. He sorta appeared clueless on how to answer.
But he’d try to consider something to respond with. Swallowing a bite of his sandwich. “Uh- . . Read . . How about you?”
He glanced at the sandwich placed before him. As always, made just to his preference.
Already taken a few bites of the delectable treat that Ivy whipped up.
the note was studied for a moment before being neatly folded and tucked away in her pocket.
“don’t worry, i’m not gonna rat you out to viktor!”
smile drops for a moment. “as long as you keep good on your promise.”
He hisses between his teeth , blue eyes lifting to the ceiling in thought . His fave twists with reluctance .
"Nnnggggg FINE . But bring Freckle . Sick or not ."
He slouches , grabbing a note pad from his back pocket and tearing off the info to hand to the young (...)
“we ran into a bit of trouble when some gentleman showed up and.. tried to run us over with a car? i- it was a minor misunderstanding in the end, but… amidst the chaos, rocky was unlucky enough to suffer a bad knock to his head when the car… kept going…”
fidgeting with her shirt, trying to figure out how to explain without including too many details.
“well, we had a little.. ‘tip’ that there a hiding spot somewhere in that corn field where we could grab some good bootleg for the lackadaisy,” she began.
“Darlin, when stuff like this happens I need ya to inform me. I can’t have the person I trust most in this world keepin’ things from me like this..”
Gently cupping her god daughter’s cheek to gaze into her eyes with a smile.
“Now, what happened?..”
her arms cross in slight offense, brow raised and lip sticking out in a pout.
“what, ya think i’m not tough enough like you or hard-boiled viktor? i can handle a little solo run, no problem! i’m not as dainty as you think.” small eye roll.
“besides, miss m is too sharp.
Wh-
"No no , Pepper, I'm not sending you out there ." Rocky grabs her shoulders.
"What kind of mentor would I be sending a wee lass like you out into the battlefield ?? I need you to cover for me here . While I go get the gold !"
Shaking her a bit , be explains .
(...)