Prompt: running and ice cream

Season 2 E2: Set right before Louis announces the challenge.

Hayley looked forward not wanting to make eye contact with Leo or Aspen. She could feel both of them looking at her but she ignored them. She refused to give either one of them the satisfaction of seeing how hurt she was.

She grabbed her Louie and sent a message to her brother.

Run?

She grabbed her gym shoes and throw her hair up into a ponytail. She gave Jackie a quick hug as the girl looked at where Max was sitting pinning over Emma.

Seeing how happy Brooke was with Daniel hurt a lot more than he expected. He didn't expect to fall so fast and so hard for Brooke but he had, now he was paying the price for doing so. When his sister messaged him about going for a run, he almost cried in relief.

He needed to get out of his head for a while and running was the perfect way to do so.

So he grabbed his running shoes and laced them up. He was almost out the door when Sophie stopped him.

"Alex? Where are you going?"

"I'm meeting my sister."

"What? No! You can't! Daniel is back in action so we should have some team bonding."

His eyes landed on Brooke and then Daniel and he shook his head.

"Sorry, Sophie."

Then he took off.

He found Hayley waiting outside by the beach.

With her hair pulled up, from the back she looked just like their mother.

She gave him a quick hug when she saw him and if he hugged her a bit tighter than normal, she didn't say a word.

She threw him some headphones and a water bottle and he caught it and smiled when he saw them, in his rush to get out, he forgot his headphones.

She smiled at him and placed her headphones in her ears and placed her phone in the arm band. He did the same and then tapped her arm twice.

She nodded and she took two fingers had them tough briefly and then speared them.

He shook his head no.

When they were younger, their mother had insisted that they learned sign language. They had learned but the had more fun inventing their own signs for things, so their parents would not know that had to say, It had been a while since he and Hayley had spoken in their language but he knew that she was asking if he wanted to run with her or if he wanted to run ahead or fall behind.

He knew that he could keep up with his sister, they might be competitive, but they when they were younger they used to be in synch.

Sometimes they still were, and he had a feeling that this time was one of them.

Then they started running.

He focuses on the sing blasting in his ears, letting the lyrics run and wrap around his mind. He focused on his feet pounding into the ground. He could feel his sister keeping pace with him. It felt like they had run forever when in reality they had only run around the beach for about half an hour. Thy would have run more but they would have to hit the showers to be ready for whatever birthday had in store for them, academic wise.

He collapsed onto eh sand and his sister followed suit.

She laid back down, sand getting in her hair.

"Did it help?"

Alex laughed.

"Mom always said that running cleared your head but it never cleared your problems."

Hayley laughed.

"She also said that ice cream was the answer to everything."

"Ice cream tonight?" He nudged her shoulder, he knew that his sister could never turn down ice cream.

"Absolutely."

She beamed and it makes him sad, this was the happiest he had seen her since Aspen had arrived.

"Brong Jackie, I'm sure she is ready to murder Aspen."

Haley rolled her eyes.

"You have no idea." He stoops up and held out a hand to pull her up, and they both walked back to the academy, arms around each other.

Exhausted and still full of problems, but okay knowing that they still had each other back. They would be just fine.

She hugged him tightly and pressed a kiss to his cheek as she slipped into her dorm. He entered his and saw Sophie glance up at him. She crinkled her nose and said, "Meeting Louis in fifteen."

He nodded and went to jump into the shower.

He got out and walked behind everyone careful not to look at Brooke or Daniel.

Haley rushed to shower and then sat down next to Jackie who she has caught hugging Max earlier, they looked rather quiet and she had made sure to tell Jackie. the younger girl had blushed and tugged on her ponytail, also whispered that Alex had invited them to get some ice cream later that evening. She caught her brother's eyes as they waited for Louis to talk.

She smiled, her heart hurt but there was nothing she couldn't do as long as she had her brother on her side.

Hey, ya'll!

So I'm back! I finally had a chance to watch season 2 a few days ago so I have inspiration. Unfortunately, I have finals coming up so they will have to wait but I cranked this one out in between taking notes and writing my papers.

Hope you all like it!

- Queen