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Six

"Oh my..." Lee says when he up to Bradley's house. Joshua was bouncing with excitement beside him and Lee just couldn't stop staring at the house in front of him. It was big and white and there's a fountain at the center of the driveway.

"Let's go in, daddy."

"Baby, let me look." Lee says to his son. The iron gates that had opened for them was sliding shut the further they walked into the house. When he met Bradley those days ago, he had known the man was out of his league but this... this was just. There were no words to describe this.

"Daaaaaddddyyyy..." Joshua whines.

"Fine. Lets go." Lee replies. He allowed himself to be rugged towards the door, that flies open immediately they were about to press the bell. Jamie stood here, hair down and in a pretty yellow dress with pink leggings.

"Hiii Joshie! Hii Joshie's dad!" Jamie says with a bright smile as she pulls open the door wider so Lee could also pass through.

"Where's your dad, Jamie?"

"In the kitchen, he tripped over a stool." Jamie said with a shrug. "He's fine though." She said as she slid her hand into Joshua's and dragged him towards one direction of the house. Jamie, the girl his little boy had been talking about for days. She was the only friend he had, the others apparently make fun of him for being the smallest in the class. It still hurts Lee to think about it.

He walks towards the direction Jamie had pointed at when she was talking about her dad. He passes the large sitting room and followed the sound of someone cussing until he found Bradley.

The man was in a black sweatpants and a grey shirt. He was standing on his feet so his leg was probably okay. The man hadn't noticed Lee walking into the kitchen, he was trying to wipe up a pink spill with a napkin. Lee just wanted to stand there and watch the man.

The first time he met Bradley he couldn't believe such a man existed. He gave up his umbrella for him, the next time they met he had stared at Lee like he was looking at something wonderful and it caused the butterflies in his tummy to swoop.

The third time was the charm. Or maybe the charm was the velvet suit and white shirt Bradley had worn on their coffee date.

Lee raised his hand to the wooden door and knocks. Bradley's head snapped up and his eyes widened when he sees Lee standing there.

"Uh... hi." Bradley says with a small wave, the wet napkin still in his hand.

""Hi." Lee smiles. "Thank you for inviting us over."

Bradley tosses the wet napkin into what looked like a bin. He shakes his head. "It's okay. She asked and I didn't want to tell her no."

Lee pouts a little when Bradley says that. For a moment he thought Bradley had also invited him over so they could finish the coffee date. He mentally sighs and wraps his arms around himself.

"Jamie is with Joshua. She said you hit your ankle?"

"Yeah but I'm better now." Bradley replies. "They're probably in her game room." Bradley said as he made his way over to the large fridge pressed against the wall.

Leee just watched the man's movements. There was just something about Bradley that made him... want but he just didn't know what it was exactly.

"What flavor does Joshua like? We've got a bit of everything." Bradley asked.

"He likes mint chocolate."

Bradley turned around at that, a big smile on his face. "That's my favorite. He's got good taste. How about you? What's your favorite?"

Lee finally steps into the kitchen, his arms still wrapped around himself. "I like vanilla."

"No..." Bradley was shaking his head t Lee like he couldn't comprehend what exactly the man was saying. "Are you sure?"

"It's my favorite not yours."

Bradley laughs as he turned back to the fridge, he takes out three pints of ice cream, all of them Blue Bunny. He grabbed four bowls and set them on the counter.

"Can I help?"

"Nah, I've got this. You can sit if you'd like." Bradley offers as he grabs a spoon. He puts enough mint chocolate ice cream in two bowls and enough cookie dough ice cream in another and finally vanilla in the last bowl.

Bradley gives him a wink before screaming for the kids. It takes them a couple of seconds to get to the kitchen, screaming and trying to outrun the other. They both grabbed their bowls and ran back to where they were coming from.

"Not even a thank you." Bradley tsked. He's leaning against the counter right across Lee who was taking his ice cream slowly.

"They're kids. Wonderful kids."

Bradley nods. They stay silent for a few minutes before Bradley speaks again. "I just... I've never seen you at Honey Tots before."

"My friend takes Joshua to school and my mum attends the PTA meetings in my place. It's a long story." Lee said as he takes another spoon of ice cream.

"Your mum? Can I ask what your last name is?"

"It's Riegel." Lee said, his tongue peeking out to lik at his lips. "What about you? I don't know your last name."

"It's Norris. Bradley Norris."

Lee's eyes almost popped out of his head when he hears the full name. Why didn't he know that this was The Bradley Norris. "The Bradley Norris of Norris Nova?"

"Yeah." Bradley replies, looking away from Lee.

Lee felt like he had done something wrong or said something wrong. That aside, he knew Bradley had been out of his league but now, this piece of information just made it worse.

"I work at Vault Beauty Lounge. It's on fourth avenue." Lee said, trying to break the second bound of silence that had settled between them.

"Really?"

"Really! That's how I know who you are, my boss likes watching E news and they keep showing articles of Norris Nova designs and it's nice..."

"Nice?" Bradley asked, his brows furrowed a bit, his gaze coming to rest on Lee. Not looking away this time.

"It's nice to know that someone I see on tv, someone who designs dollars worth of incredible clothes can wear sweats, a faded shirt and eat ice cream."

"I'm a regular guy."

"It's nice that I get to see this down time version of you. It's cute." Lee pushed the spoon of ice cream into his mouth to keep himself from saying anything more. Bradley doesn't look away from him and judging by the small smile on his lips, Lee Lee he finally did something right.

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