Vera didn't understand how ice cream had withstood the hot summer sun. It should have all melted by now. She didn't voice her concerns about it, instead deciding to find out exactly what Kono meant about the ice cream. Because now that the idea was in her head she was salivating for some. She could easily conjure up the memory of how ice cream tasted even if it had been a long time since she'd had any.
The ice cream tasted kind of funny, maybe because it had melted and put back together? Or it was home made? Vera couldn't quite put her finger on it but she knew it was as close to the real thing as she was likely to ever get so she ate it greedily, savoring the minty chocolate taste.
"I can talk now. That's what sparked it. I wanted everyone to hear." This was Vera's coming out party so to speak and so far Kono was the only guest but that was okay. Vera liked Kono before and now she liked her even more for hanging out with her. Most people ignored the fourteen almost fifteen year old. It was easy to since she never spoke and was always hiding behind a wall of brown hair.
"I'm ready to be a part of things again. I wasn't ready to before," she explained.