Chapter 250: You Pervert!!

Chapter 250

After finally getting a shower, Alex came out of the bathroom with nothing more than a towel around his neck, while wearing only his shorts. He walked over to his bed and couldn’t resist letting himself fall onto it face up, which caused the mattress to bounce a little under his weight.

He put his hands behind his head and stared at the white ceiling, while letting the peaceful and quiet atmosphere of the room settle around him.

The shower felt great by the way. The way that hot water had washed away the sweat, and smell of spray paint from his skin felt refreshing as hell. But it could not wash away his thoughts. An Awakened who wanted revenge. A person who had no idea about him other than the fact that he was a relative of one of Marcus’s dead subordinates and also an Awakened. And not to forget, he didn’t know what level that guy was.

He tried to think about it logically. Doris had said that the spies could not get close, so the man was probably a very careful person. And a careful man was more dangerous than a loud one. But that was all he knew, and no matter how long he stared at the ceiling, no new answer was going to drop out of it.

’Maybe I should talk to Celine about this when she comes back later, after all it mostly concerns her life since whoever it was would be looking for his skull face persona...’ he started to think, but then another picture floated into his mind. A big tub of ice cream, comprising of chocolate, some marshmallows, and little pieces of almonds. And a spoon moving into Doris’s mouth, over and over again.

Alex sat up so fast that the towel slid off his shoulders.

"Ugh!" he groaned loudly, rubbing his face with both hands. "Seriously?"

This was like the sixth time already. He had actually been counting. Six times in just ten minutes, his brain had gone back to that stupid Rocky Road ice cream that Doris had so generously eaten. He had been saving that tub for days. He had even skipped breakfast so he could enjoy it today after a long day. And now it was gone, just like that, swallowed by a baby faced blondie with no shame at all.

He fell back on the bed and stared at the ceiling again. ’There’s no use torturing myself like this,’ he thought. ’It’s just ice cream. I can buy another one.’

He paused. Then his eyes lit up.

’Wait. I can buy another one. The convenience store near here sold it before. Maybe they got new stock by now.’

That was it. With that decision made, Alex jumped off the bed, grabbed a clean gray hoodie and a pair of black jeans from the closet, and put them on in less than a minute. He ran a hand through his damp messy hair, took his wallet and phone, and left the room with a determined look on his face, like a soldier going to war.

Thanks to quickly taking a walk down the stairs, he was already near the front door when a voice called out from the living room.

"Wait, are you seriously going out again?"

Alex turned his head. Doris was sitting on his couch with her legs crossed and the empty ice cream tub on the table in front of her. She was looking at him with one eyebrow raised.

"You only came in like five minutes ago," she said. "Where are you going now?"

Alex gave her a fake smile.

"Oh, you know. If it weren’t for a certain someone who ate the ice cream I had been saving for days, maybe I wouldn’t have had to go out at all."

Doris stared at him for a second. Then she snorted.

"Hmph! What a petty man," she said, shaking her head. "It was just ice cream, Alex. Grow up."

"I’m not petty," Alex said flatly. "I just happen to really like Rocky roads."

"Sure you do."

Alex opened his mouth to argue, then closed it again. Arguing with Doris was like arguing with a brick wall, and a brick wall that ate his food on top of that. He let out a long sigh and opened the front door.

"Whatever. I’m just going to the convenience store. I’ll be back soon, so you should probably be heading back to work."

"Oh, I’m not in a hurry to go back," Doris said. She stretched her arms above her head and grabbed the TV remote from the table. With a click, the screen came alive. "I think I’ll just hang here for a while. Your couch is really comfy."

"Do you ever work?" Alex asked.

"All the time. I’m just on my lunch break."

Alex shook his head, muttered something under his breath, and walked out the door, closing it behind him. Some people were just impossible.

The air outside felt cool and nice on his face. He put his hands in the pocket of his hoodie and walked down the street at an easy pace. The sun was already high up in the sky, making today feel full of life.

On the way there he watched as some couples were walking with loving eyes that felt more real in 2009 than it would have been in ithe future, and a few kids were riding their bikes on the sidewalk. For a moment, he almost forgot about all the trouble in his life.

The nearest convenience store was only a fifteen minute walk away, a small shop with a bright green sign on the corner of the street that read Mr Bob’s Convenience store. When he pushed open the glass door, a little bell rang above his head, and the cold air from the air conditioner hit his face.

"Welcome!" the guy working at the counter said, without even looking up from his phone.

Alex gave a short nod and went straight to the back of the store where the freezers were. His heart was beating a little faster, and he felt kind of silly about it. Here he was, a guy who had fought monsters and crippled rich kids, and he was nervous about not finding a tub of ice cream.

But then he stopped walking, because standing in front of the freezers, with her back to him, was a woman with long fiery red hair that fell down her back like a waterfall of flames.

It was the kind of hair that would stand out anywhere at any time, even in a small, plain shop like this. She was wearing a simple red crop top and tight blue jeans that showed off her curvy body, and honestly the whole picture looked more like a magazine cover than someone shopping for snacks.

She was holding a tub of Luigi’s Chocolate Fudge Delight in her hand, turning it around and reading the label like it was a very serious book.

Alex blinked. ’Claire?’

It was her, no doubt about it. Claire from the Bureau. But what was she doing here? Shouldn’t she be at the Bureau right now, doing something important and scary? Or maybe she was on her day off. Either way, it was none of his business.

’Not my problem,’ he told himself. ’I just came here for ice cream. That’s all.’

He walked quietly toward the freezer next to hers, trying not to attract her attention. He did not feel like making small talk with a hot tempered woman right now, especially not after a day like this one. He just wanted to grab his ice cream and go.

He opened the freezer door, and cold mist rolled out around his hand. His eyes moved over the rows of tubs. Vanilla. Strawberry. Chocolate mint chip. Cookie dough. Then, in the very back, he saw it.

Rocky Road!

Not just one tub, but a whole stack of them, all standing proudly in a row like little soldiers. The store had restocked! You know, If this were an anime he was pretty sure that now would be the exact moment where angels will sing.

A huge smile spread across Alex’s face, you know? the kind of smile that a little kid gets on Christmas morning after seeing the gift that Santa had brought. "Yes!" he whispered to himself. "Finally, some good news today!"

He reached into the freezer and grabbed the biggest tub he could see. It was cold and heavy in his hands, and he held it close to his chest like it was a treasure. ’This time,’ he thought, ’I’m going to eat it before anybody else can touch it. Doris is not getting a single spoon.’

He was so happy that he didn’t even notice what was going on around him. Claire had just turned a little to put her tub back when she felt someone’s hand pat her butt.

"Hey!"

The sudden shout made Alex jump. Before he could understand what was happening, Claire spun around, her red hair flying behind her, and her face was bright red with anger. She looked at the people around her. There was only one other person close enough to touch her, and that person was a guy with a big tub of ice cream and a goofy smile on his face.

She did not even need to think twice before...

SLAP!

The sound echoed through the whole store. The force of it was so strong that Alex’s head was forced to turn to the side from the force of it, and the ice cream tub almost even slipped out of his hands.

"You pervert!!" Claire shouted in rage while pointing a finger right at his nose.