you look like you're having a great week Who: Reggie and Willow Where: Ice cream parlor When: Late afternoon
When Reggie had told Sarah and Bess that he was going out to have ice cream with Willow he had encountered the expected fit when he had added in that they were not coming. Why? Because they were grounded. They were grounded for two weeks for refusing to leave his business with Keelin alone and grounded girls did not get to go out for ice cream with their 'most fun aunt'. Besides that, Reggie wanted to be able to talk about what happened with Keelin and there was no way he was ever going to do that with Sarah and Bess right there. Sarah would have loved it, he was sure of that, but... no. No he needed not to and so he had left them at home with Tiger and the promise that if they left he was going to double their punishment and yes he would know because Tiger would tell him. He may have been the family cat but he was Reggie's familiar and he claimed to understand his motives.
Motives. Reggie rolled his eyes as he got out of the car and stretched. It may have been too hot still, but he was actually glad for that. Being as affected by the heat as he was meant that he was himself. No faux fire elemental who liked the heat and thought that it was some wonderful thing instead of craving some good air conditioning. Or ice cream. Ice cream with Willow was better than sitting in the apartment with the girls, enduring their silence and - in Sarah's case - stares.
Readjusting his shoe, Reggie remembered to lock his car doors before heading inside and looking around for Willow. It did not take him very long to find her. Actually it did not take him long to spot the large black cat - panther - that was now becoming the same as seeing Willow's car, except she probably incited more of a riot mentality. If Haze was around then Willow was going to be... right there. "Hey Willow," Reggie greeted, already smiling. Even his daughters were not able to make his mood unpleasant enough to keep that smile away when he remembered that hey, he had kissed Keelin yesterday. "Ice cream is, as promised, my treat. Personally I'm going for bubblegum." He glanced over towards Haze was, remembering how much she did not like having people talk about her instead of to her. "Uhh... you getting anything, Haze? Can you have ice cream?" If she says yes then Tiger is never going to leave me alone until I bring him home a pint of rocky road.