 Aidella | King of Confusion | Brittana | Forever ACROMANTULA
There, perfect. Problem solved. Zara was moving over to be with Storm, which ought to allow the grown-ups to have a proper conversation. Well done, Zara. Well done, Paulie!
Paulie was scraping up the last of his mint chocolate chip ice cream when he saw something shooting through the air in his peripheral view. He turned his head to Tino, but the source of the ear-splitting shriek came in the opposite direction. It's source was from the OTHER side of him.
He whipped his head around in Tori's direction.
Immediately following the scream came HIS NAME in the form of a scream. Or a yell. Yes, a yell was more like it. A yell was more demanding than a scream, and this was certainly demanding. The thing was, it was hard to take this demand completely seriously when there was a lump of pink ice cream sitting atop Tori's head while she barked out his scolding.
The laughter bubbled up in his throat and escaped past his lips in a genuine chuckle. "Oh, Merlin's beard," Paulie said through chuckles. He WAS reaching for the napkins, though, okay. Dutiful husband. "'S mummy wearin' an ice cream hat, kids?" In contrast to Tori's frowny face, his grin was wide as he began wiping up the little mess with the napkin. Or. Well, kind of cleaning it up. Gosh, was it like seeping into her hair or what? Hard to tell with red hair, y'know.
Tino's whole head lifted to watch the ball of ice cream catapult into the air, his mouth hanging ajar slightly in the process. Aw, Dad was TOO tall. He couldn't see past Daddy to find out where the little cannonball had landed.
Not that he had to wait long to find out.
Mummy's yell was LOUD and prompted him to scooch over closer to Dad in order to use him as a base from which he could steady himself on the bench as he peered around to see MUM WITH THE CANNONBALL ON HER HEAD. It was glossy and beginning to drip.
Hearing the laughter that was already echoing to his ears only made his chunky chortle even louder. "Mummy! Hat!" He pointed his little finger at his mother, delighted by the fact that HE had graced his mum's head with a funny, new ice cream cannonball-turned-hat.
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