I nodded. "Yeah, that sounds good." I told him. We walked out, and walked to the Ice cream shop. It didn't take long, seeing as how we were in the town, and there are a lot of food places here. We walked in, and  sat down. My best friend worked here, and I hoped she was working today.<br/>She was.<br/>We sat down at a table, and she came over, being our waitress. When she saw me, she squealed. "Brooke!!!" I laughed, and stood up, hugging her. Then she went all serious. "Why the hell have you not been in school for the past few days?" I looked at her. "Can you take a break? Its a long story." She saw I was completely serious, and she nodded. "Give me your order, and I'll get it, then take my break." I nodded. "I'll have vanilla with sprinkles, in a bowl with three scoops please." I looked at Eric, and it seemed like Natalie noticed him for the first time.