"Yeah...exactly. Shouldn't be too hard or anything if we um...work really hard." Honestly? Ella had no doubts about Alec making the team. Even if he couldn't see it, he really was a brilliant player. She'd always kind of been jealous of that. If anyone deserved to make the team though, Ells thought it was him. She laughed softly as he suddenly raised his hands, finding it quite amusing. "Good." She said in a mock serious tone, shaking her finger at him like her Dad sometimes did at her. Heh. She simply smiled when he said they couldn't have her sad...but he must have meant both of them, right? Because he would be sad without ice cream too. Yeah...that's what he had meant. And he cared about her? This made Ella feel all warm and fuzzy for some reason, though she figured she shouldn't really be too surprised. Friends were meant to care about each other, yeah? That was totally normal...She returned his smile with one of her own and then turned her attention to a nearby pot of something, apparently finding it very interesting...

Well that kind of posed a problem, the getting Messy into a blindfold thing. Ella scrunched up her face in concentration, trying to think of a way they could manage it. "Y'know...what if we pretended it was for a game or something...the blindfold...and then we just carried out the plan instead once it was on him?" But...that was kind of lying, wasn't it? Tricking Messer like that? Ells wondered if it was still bad if they were doing it with good intentions. And he was laughing at her again, but not the mean kind of laughter, it was the kind that didn't make you feel all uncomfortable or judged. "Yeah, boring people would be...well...very boring to hang out with, yeah?" And Ella was wearing her Captain Obvious costume again, apparently...

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Well that was...unexpected. Ella kind of blinked at Alec, green eyes a bit wider than usual as he leaned in close to her and whispered. Why had he whispered? That was kind of different. And he had tucked her hair behind her ear for her? That was...helpful. The only other boy who touched her hair was Edric and he just ruffled it til it was all messy like a lion's mane. She just kind of watched him curiously as he stepped back again and smiled at her. Erm..."Thanks." Blink.Blink. Smile. Ella needed to discuss this with Sophie.

"Exactly." Ells said seriously, clearly taking this ice cream soup talk far to literally. She would never want to add anything like carrots or celery or pasta to the soup. That wouldn't be good! Yikes. Oh! And Alec wanted to help her make some? GRIN. "Yeah! That'd be really fun. I'm in." Bounce. Bounce. Bounce.

Ella was too busy flailing around with the package of Oreos to register that Alec was talking to her. Only when she realized that she probably looked like a mental person did she stop and note that he had said something. Whoops. Whathadhesaid? Cherries...right. "Yup, they should be in there!" And now to crush the Oreos. Ella smiled mischievously before opening the package and looking around the counter for a meat cleaver...a clean one, of course. "Hey Alec? You want to help me with something?" She asked excitedly, opening up the nearest draw and peering inside.