𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙥! 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣

SCENE SEVEN. sampling

“hey robin, what flavour would you like the best?” the girl asked as she made her way over to the girl who was cleaning the scoops after dealing with another customer. steve and dustin rushed past them into the back.

“strawberry, it’s basic but it’s a classic” robin replied as she dropped the spoons into the warm bath. as she turned to face the girl who was leaning against the wall beside the door. 

“fair enough, can’t beat the originals.” she replied, noticing some more customers walking into the shop. a group of younger girls who were giggling and laughing at something. the smile that had been on robin's face immediately fell into a bored look. 

“can i try a sample of banana?” the girl at the front asked her friends giggling behind her. judging by the way robin's shoulders dropped and she had the most bored look on her face, it appeared that this girl seemed to be here quite often. and robin complied, scoping one of the small taster spoons for the girl. 

“and mint choc chip?” she smiled giving the two girls bright grins and piper couldn’t help but laugh a bit. watching as robin rolled her eyes, scooping another spoon for the girl.

“can i try the peppermint stick?” she asked again as she dropped the spoon into the used sample bin. 

“haven’t you already tried the peppermint stick? robin replied snarky, throwing a look to piper who was holding a hand over her mouth to stop her laughing. 

“yes, and i'd like to try it again.”

“steve!” robin shouted and piper couldn’t help but laugh again. the two boys in the back were still listening to the russian radio. the boy shovelled a banana into his mouth as he paced around. 

"so what do you think?" dustin asked, flipping the radio to a stop. 

"it sounded familiar."

"what?"

"the music, the music right there at the end." 

"why are you listening to the music, steve? listen to the russian! we're translating the russian."

"i'm trying to listen to russian but there's music."

"alright, baby sitting time is over. you need to get in there. hey, my board! that was important data, shitbirds.'' robin exclaimed as she burst through the doors. piper following shortly behind. and robin's jaw dropped once she realised the lack of her writing on the white board.

"i guarantee you, what we're doing is way more important than our data." dustin replied as the girl turned to face them in shock. piper lifting herself onto the counter.

"yeah? and how do you know these russians are upto no good anyways?"

"how does she know about the russians?" dustin shouted as he looked towards steve who stood confused as he looked at robin.

"i don't know," steve shouted, not believing he was accusing steve of telling robins.

"you told her about-" dustin asked again.

"it wasnt me."and then the three pairs of eyes looked towards the girl who was swinging her feet over the counter. a soft smile on her face, tring to look as innocent as one could be. 

"hello, i can hear you. actually, i can hear everything. you two are extremely loud."

"you think you have these evil russians plotting against our country, on some crappy tape '' piper laughed as she jumped from the counter to stand beside robin.

"and you're trying to translate but haven't figured out a word. because you didn't realise russians use an entirely different alphabet. then we do."

"sounds about right?" piper added again and steve rolled his eyes at the pair. they were so alike it was scary sometimes. and the three older teenagers threw looks at each other before diving for the tape. steve reached it first.

"whoa! what do you think you're doing?” steve said, tugging it away before either of the two girls could grab it. 

"i wanna hear it." robin smiled.

"i want to help." piper was serious. 

"why?" both asked at the same time as if they were twins. 

"cause maybe i can help. i'm fluent in four languages, you know."

"russian?"

"ouyay areway umbday." and piper could have burst out laughing right there, there was no way those two idiots would fall for that. not the pig latin.

"oho!" steve laughed, a proud look etching onto his face. the two girls smiling at each other.

"youryay osay upidstay"

"yes piper! now that's what we need.” steve exclaimed with a large grin splitting onto his face and they laughed.

"that was pig latin, dingus."

"good god your dumb as wood."

"but i can speak spanish, french and italian, and i've been in a band for 12 years. my ears are little geniuses, trust me.” robin said as she leaned down on to the table, explaining why she's a good asset to the team before looking up at piper, her turn. 

"nope, i got nothing." and steve shrugged his shoulders as she joined them.

"anyways, it's your turn to sling ice cream, my turn to translate. i don't even want credit. i'm just bored.” robin begged as she held out the scoop. steel rolling his eyes as he took the scoop, handing over the tape as the customers bell rang. 

“i'm going to go shopping, i need a new dress. see ya later harrington.” piper spoke as she followed him out the front where the long line of people waited.

“please come back, i want to hang out.” and she blew him a kiss as she passed laughing as his cheeks went slightly red turning to his customers.