"It's going good," she said, putting the lid back on the ice cream and placing it in the freezer. She then pulled a small bottle of magic shell out of a cupboard, then shook it up and poured it on the ice cream. She was avoiding talking to him about other things as well, and she knew that it was cowardly...
She just didn't know if she could take him leaving on his own just yet. She'd been so sure he'd move back in with her until his name was called again - Or until he found his own girl and married her. It was too much to think about. She'd never felt more alone than when he was gone. Alex had been a fixture in her life even before she left high school... She didn't know how to live on her own!
"Do you want cream?" she asked, opening the fridge again.