Chapter 12 - Iced Coffee and Ice Cream

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When they got back to the school, Crutchie nudged Jack's arm, hoping he could wake Jack up before Davey to save them the embarrassment, "Jack, wake up," 

Unfortunately, Jack and Davey woke up at the same time, they looked at each other briefly before Davey cleared his throat and said "Let's never speak of this again,"

They exited the bus, a bunch of parents were waiting there to pick up their kids. Jack and Crutchie located Medda and gave her a huge hug. "Did you have fun, boys?" Medda asked.

"Yeah, we had a lot of fun," Jack nodded, "we made lego cars, flew kites, held a praying mantis, we even helped Davey with homesickness,"

"Mostly Jack did that last thing, actually, it was 100% Jack," Crutchie corrected.

"Well, you ready to go home and finish planning for Jack's birthday party?" Medda asked.

"Yes! I almost forgot about that," Jack smiled.

Davey looked around, somewhere in this mess had to be his mom or someone.

"Davey!" He heard from somewhere, "Davey, over here!"

Davey looked over and saw two people approaching him, Sarah and Katherine. "Oh, hey" he waved.

"You survived the science retreat, how'd it go?" Katherine asked him.

"I had a lot of fun," Davey nodded.

"How was staying away from us overnight?" Sarah brought him over to the car, "I know that was your first time,"

"Well, I was really homesick on the first night, but Jack reminded me that even though I was hours away from you guys, you were still with me in heart," Davey got in the back seat of the car.

"You're probably tired," Sarah got in the drivers seat and turned the car on.

"Yeah, definitely," Davey nodded.

"Great, let's get some caffeine in your system before we go home," Sarah let Katherine get in the passenger seat and backed out of the parking spot.

"What?" Davey asked.

"We're going to Starbucks and getting some coffee," Katherine told him.

"Oh... I've never had coffee before, my mom's never let me," Davey shrugged,

"It's fine, we checked, she's ok with it," Sarah assured him. When they got to the Starbucks, Katherine went and waited in line.

"Okay, what do you want?" She asked Sarah and Davey.

"You know what I usually get," Sarah pointed finger guns.

"Okay, what about Davey?" Katherine looked at Davey.

"Um... what is there?" Davey asked.

"The menu's right over there," Sarah pointed. Davey walked over to where she pointed and got as close as he needed to to see, which he realized was actually pretty close, "I don't know what the heck half of this means,"

"Well, do you want hot coffee or iced coffee?" Katherine started, "I personally recommend iced, but whatever you prefer,"

"I don't know what I prefer, I've never had coffee before," Davey pointed out.

"You know what? You're gay. Katherine, get him an iced coffee, with milk," Sarah decided.

"Okie doke," Katherine nodded.

"Wait, what does being gay have to do with anything?" Davey asked.

"Well it's just a fact that all gays like iced coffee, come on, you've got to know this stuff," Sarah told him.

          

"Hello, miss, what can I get for you this afternoon?" The worker at the counter asked Katherine.

"Can I get a grande cappuccino and two tall iced coffees, one with milk one without?" Katherine responded.

The worker told Katherine her total and handed her a receipt, "What name should I put the order down under?" They asked.

Katherine thought for a second before answering "Newsbians,"  she then payed and walked over to Sarah and Davey.

"So I owe you for my drink and half of Davey's?" Sarah took her wallet out of her pocket.

"Yep," Katherine nodded and handed Sarah the receipt.

"Wait, why doesn't Sarah just pay for my drink and I pay Sarah back when we get home?" Davey asked.

"Nonononono, you're not paying us back for this, it's our treat," Katherine explained.

"Um... okay," Davey shrugged.

"Davey, I may USUALLY be your sister, but today, Katherine and I are your lesbian moms," Sarah chuckled.

"What?" Davey blinked.

"Just go with it," Katherine shrugged, "that's what I do,"

A few minutes later, they heard an employee shouting "News- Newsbians? Am I pronouncing this right? Newsbians?"

"Yes you are," Katherine walked up to the counter and the Employee handed her a cardboard drink carrier with three drinks in it, "Thank you so much," Katherine smiled and followed Sarah and Davey out the door. "So here are your drinks," Katherine handed Sarah a cappuccino and Davey an iced coffee with milk.

"What the heck is Newsbians supposed to mean?"Davey asked.

"Oh, it's Sarah and I's ship name, Crutchie thought of it," Katherine answered, "because we're lesbian newsies,"

They got in the car and Sarah put her cappuccino in a cup holder, "actually, technically, I'm bisexual, but I'm still a WLW,"

Davey took a sip of his iced coffee, "Oh... my... gosh,"

"Do you love it?" Katherine took a sip of her own iced coffee.

"How could I have not known about this before today?" Davey smiled.

"I knew you'd love it," Katherine laughed.

When they got to the Jacobs's house, Mrs. Jacobs came into the front room and hugged Davey, "How was the science retreat? Did you have fun?"

"Yeah, and I was fine at night, too, thanks to my friends," Davey answered.

"And I see you tried coffee for the first time," Mrs. Jacobs pointed to Davey's almost empty cup of iced coffee.

"Yeah, and I love it," Davey nodded.

"Well don't get hooked too quickly," Mrs. Jacobs laughed, "I made some French bread this morning because I know it's your favorite, it's in the kitchen," 

Davey went into the kitchen and cut a price of French bread for himself.

"So, what are you two planning on doing this afternoon?" Mrs. Jacobs asked Sarah and Katherine.

"I don't know," Sarah shrugged, "probably watch a movie," 

"Okay, well, you have fun with that," Mrs. Jacobs went into the kitchen, "So, anything exciting happen on the trip?" She asked Davey.

"Well... not... not re- actually," Davey remembered what he'd realized about his vision, "there is something... kind of important,"

"I'm all ears," Mrs. Jacobs grabbed a glass from the cupboard and filled it with water from the fridge.

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