Chapter V

We drove for about half an hour before we arrived and spanned around the parking lot trying to find a parking spot.

"All these people work here?"

"No, some of these cars have to be from people looking for a job."

He nodded as he pressed the acceleration and took a parking space from a stranger. We got out of the car and waited for the stranger to pass, looking forward to seeing a whole flock of people. There was an ice-cream truck parked out front of that had a long line waiting for their turn as another came in behind it.

"I guess he's running out of ice-cream."

I smiled at him and nodded as he passed my purse to me. We started walking forward as a man gestured we could.

"Donna!"

I turned around and about, trying to pick whoever called my name out of the crowd of people, but I could only see people caring applications and passing them around.

"Here you go, and Here you go."

I smiled at him as my brother started reading over the Application. I tapped him in the shoulder and started walking towards the ice-cream line.

"Peter! What do you want?"

"I'll take 3 scoops of chocolate Ice cream in a large cone and 2 scoops on my coke."

I gave him a thumps up as he continued reading the application. A girl walking by with a cup full of pens, she just smiled and pointed behind indicating to where the end of a line was. I tapped the shoulder of a lady standing close to me, she just smiled and pointed behind indicating to where the end of the line was.

"Great."

I rolled my eyes and walked farther to the back and ended up behind a man with his daughter who was more exited than I was she was jumping up and down.

"Settle down doll you'll get your Ice cream."

Another lady came in behind me with a large purse and a younger lady next to her with her hands crossed. As we took two steps forward, a large group of man laughing came and got in the line behind us. I turned around and looked around to look for Peter, becoming more and more frantic as the man in front of me got closer and closer to finishing his order. He turned to look at me with the application now folded up into a square in his hands. I waved my hands in the air until he noticed me and turned just as the little girl received her ice-cream cone, and her father paid.

"Hello, miss what would you like?"

I smiled at him and exhale with a sigh of relief as Peter came up running and stood next to me. As Peter begin to order, a little boy appeared and whispered something to the Ice-cream man, making him whisper something back at him. He quickly rang bell hanging on his truck beside him making everyone stop to listen.

"I'm sorry to tell you all but I believe I only have enough left for 7 people so could you please shift the line for the ice-cream truck next to ours. He's ready for you."

The lady's behind me started to walk away. The Ice-cream man motioned to her to stop by stretching his hand up telling her that it was okay and she could stay. One of the guys in the group pointed at his friends and himself as the man gestured him to start the line up for the next truck.

"Okay, I'm sorry young lady what would you like?"

I smiled again and pulled my brothers sleeve making him look at me then at the man.

"Oh, I would like 3 scoops of chocolate ice-cream on a large cone and 2 scoops on a large coke please. Now what would you like Donna?"

"I would like 3 scoops of vanilla ice-cream on a large cone and 2 scoops of vanilla ice-cream on a medium coke."

"Oh, yeah Vanilla ice-cream on the coke for me too please."

"Alright, It will be right out for you that will be 77 cents please."

I smiled at him and started digging threw my bag for the cents that I needed as Peter took the Ice-cream cones from the little boy's hands. I handed the money to the man as he came in with the soda's in hand and I stretched out to get them.

"Bruce! Hey we're here, come on so you can get some."

Bruce...As I took the cups I began to fall back, Then I felt two hands help me steady. I turned around to say thank you but just before I could Bruce just stood there with a smile.

"Why Hello, Little lady you have to stop being in danger around me I might just not let you leave."

My whole face turned red as I handed Peter his soda and he gave me my cone. I quickly took a step to the side as the Ice-cream man told the lady's behind us to come closer and order.

"Bruce what would you like?"

I watched as the younger girl who was with the older lady that was behind me pulled on his sleeve and he just smiled and tapped her head.

"I'll take the same thing this little lady ordered just with a large coke."

The Ice cream man giggled and continued taking the girls orders. He then passed Bruce his stuff and the young lady pulled on his sleeve again. He looked at her then at me and opened his mouth laughing.

"Oh, don't worry she's my little sister Sandra and She is my aunt Bethany. Ah sis, aunt this is the little lady I spoke to you about, Donna Williams and he must be Peter Williams?"

His aunt and sister looked at me with a smile and walked off beside us as the ice-cream man closed his truck. My brother smiled at him as he took a big bite off of his chocolate Ice-cream cone then turned to an empty table. Peter started walking towards the empty table right behind him, then turned to look at all of us. Bruce and his family looking at one another then at me.

"Come with us, he found an empty table for now it should do."

Bruce smiled as I did too and we all sat down in the table just as we sat, the Ice-cream man, that had taken our orders turned the engine on and drove away. The silence in the table felt weird as we all sipped on our sodas and my brother analyzed everyone, one by one.

"So, You're Bruce right? What's your deal?"

Bruce looked up at my brother and watched him sip his soda then sat up straight. His face was starting to turn a whole new shade of red as his sister whispered something in his aunt's ear and they giggled. I bent my elbow slightly and hit him in the arm which didn't seem to faze him one bit.

"Are you in the Army?"

"No, sir I'm not I actually came here for work its just my Aunt was the only one that could come with me."

"Ah, Do you want to know what department I'm from?"

Bruce swallowed what seemed to be pride little by little as the red that had covered his face faded.

"Yeah, It would be nice to know..."

"Yes, young man I'm a Navy seal I was at the ship for training what do you think about doing?"

I saw how his face went white as chalk and I stood up from the table just to see Bruce staring right at me. My brother turned to look at me not faced at all with the straw in his mouth.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Whatever do you mean sister?"

"You, Little..."

I smiled at him and pulled on his shirt until he stood up.

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