National Frozen Yogurt Day
First Monday
“Wait you don’t want ice cream?” Alex’s steps stutter to a stop as she stares at Kara incredulously.
Kara folds her arms over her stomach and scratches at her sweater sleeves. “I mean…I do but…” she chews her lip with a frown. “I don’t look pregnant do I?”
Alex’s eyebrows shoot up her forehead. “God no…wait you’re not…right?”
“No!” Kara hisses and looks around to see if anyone heard that. She notices a few curious stares and Kara grabs Alex’s hand, tugging her down the street. “Of course I’m not pregnant! I haven’t…” she coughs.
“Okay then…why do you – wait is this cause of that free cake thing?” Alex sniggers and pulls Kara in for a one armed hug. “That’s just cause you can out-eat a three hundred pound trucker.”
Kara’s lips pull to the side, mulling it over. “I eat too much ice cream anyways…”
“Okay, how about froyo instead?”
“Froyo?”
“Frozen yogurt.”
Kara’s nose scrunches. “That sounds gross.”
“It’s not!” Alex points to a shop just up ahead. “Come on, they have so many flavors and toppings.”
“I don’t know Alex, it’s not like vegan ice cream right?”
“Okay first of all, you haven’t even tried it.”
“Sounds gross.”
“Second of all, it’s still got dairy in it.” Alex leans over the counter and politely asks the high school student at the cash register for some tasting cups. The girl, Becky by her nametag blushes slightly and hands it over to Alex.
“Just try it.” Alex goes over to the machine and pulls on the lever of the triple chocolate cake.
Kara turns her nose up at the brown goop spilling over the tiny cup. “Fine…just a little bit.” She squeezes it into her mouth. It doesn’t quite tastes like a triple chocolate cake but the explosion of chocolate flavor in her mouth makes Kara’s eyes widen.
Alex grins, taking a taste test of the cheesecake. “Told you.”
“Oh my god…” Kara runs over to all of the machines, testing each of them. She makes a face at the banana flavored one and wisely leaves it untouched.
Alex comes back with a small size cup for herself and a gallon bucket for Kara. The staff watch in horror as Kara gleefully dumps an obscene amount of yogurt in the cup, filling it to the brim.
“Wait,” Alex puts a hand on Kara’s forearm. “We still have toppings.”
“Toppings?” Kara’s eyes light up at the station filled with cereal, chocolate, and fruits.
Alex waits patiently as Kara sticks even more chocolate into hers and tops it all with chocolate syrup.
Becky the cashier regains her composure first. “Together?” she points at them.
“Yup.” Alex pulls out her credit card as Kara bounces on her feet, watching them weigh the containers.
“Thank you!” Kara grabs the spoon offered to her and sits down at the tables, immediately digging in.
Alex hears mumbles of no way, she can’t eat all that!, it’s going to melt, oh dear god she’s eating it all, and smirks. She finishes hers in a timely manner and goes to get extra napkins since Kara’s cheeks are tinged with streaks of melting yogurt.
Certain that they’ve made an impression, Alex makes note to not come back to this particular chain just in case. Kara rubs her stomach and smacks her lips, still tasting it on her lips.
“So…how much is a machine?”
Alex narrows her eyes. “We are not getting a froyo machine.”
“What? That wasn’t what…why not?” Kara pouts.
“Because I’m going to find you laying on the floor with the nozzle in your mouth.”
“Hey!” Kara huffs. She pouts at Alex’s chuckle and can’t quite refute that claim. She had been thinking of that after all.