You Said Milkshakes

[Tamara Sulik]

Tamara couldn’t help but to laugh at Blake’s joke over their age. They weren’t that old but she was right, they deserved some time off to relax. Tam rarely took any time off and when she did, she either stay in her room or went to town to buy something she needed. She wasn’t going on any trip or getting massages or anything of the like. She was too practical for that. But she could used being pampered for once. It might seem odd that she didn't marry some rich American for that but it was the case, still it was great to just relax and let others work now and then. “We’ll have to schedule our next time off to match,” she said. They both worked a lot so it might be a little difficult but she couldn’t see it as impossible. They couldn’t force them to work all the time and she didn't see why they couldn’t give them the same day off.

Tam did pick something for herself. She might not like candy as much as Blake, she still had a sweet tooth now and then. Besides, it was nougat. Who could resist it? She chuckled at Blake’s teasing. “I still got a long way to go to be like you,” she teased back as she went to the counter to pay. maybe keeping the bag to herself for a moment was cruel but it was also pretty funny. Poor Blake, her face was priceless. The one she made when Tam finally handed it over was just as much. She wasn’t that sadistic, those Skittles were hers. She might steal some if she happened to open it in front of her but nothing else.

She chuckled a little. Of course, she knew Blake would pick the chance of a milkshake any time you propose it to her. “We should buy some here then, unless you got more ice cream in your dorm ‘cause I’m running out of it,” she told her. She wasn’t in that much of a hurry to go back to school after all.

[Blake Harlow]

"We will work it out easy. All the over time that has been put in since the SPECTRE event, I'm pretty sure our time off will line up easy. Plus you know how lazy I am, I'll sneak out of my work for a little to make sure that we can hang out." Blake pointed out because while she was a busy person, she always had enough time to get in a nap and since she was focusing more on her training job that allowed her some more free time overall. It would be Tam's schedule that they would have to really work around since she was a dorm monitor. Either way, Blake was confident they would be able to pull it off and she was looking forward to being pampered. Like a cat being taken to the groomers to just get all taken care of. Blake didn't find it amusing at all the Tam was teasing her with the candy bag, but she would deal. Only because Tamara had brought the candy for her and she didn't want to upset the other women and miss out on getting candy at all.

Her mind had originally skipped over the whole fact that Tam had said that she was not at the level of Blake's candy problem. Nope, she was not and Blake didn't think she would end up meeting anyone with her candy addiction. If she did...well it would be dangerous because then she would have to compete with them to get candy. Blake just didn't comment on that little tidbit and just smirked at her friend. Silently saying 'not yet' because Blake did plan to get Tam hooked on some candy. There had to be a candy out there that she just loved and would eat not matter what. Once Blake found out what it was then she could buy a whole bunch of them and slowly grow Tamara's candy addiction. Blake had tucked away her bag of skittles for now so she would not end up eating them right away. Plus she had a feeling that Tam might end up asking for some and part of her didn't want to share right away, only until the 'new candy' feeling wore off.

"Sounds like a plan to me. I'll buy them this time for the both of use since you brought me candy." Blake responded back as she veered off in the direction of where she knew they could get really good milkshakes. Giving tam a look when the other women talked about how they could have them at home to if Blake had supplies. Of course Blake had supplies for milkshakes at all time and her look to Tam was silently saying that. "How about, we get them here and then head back?" Blake suggested with a little bit of pep in her step because milkshakes were on the line. "Unless you want to just spend the whole day out and about with me, but do you really want to deal with a super high Blake?" Blake asked with a small smirk, flirting a little bit but just in a playful manner.

[Tamara Sulik]

Tam did know just how lazy Blake could be but the fact that she could skip some important work just to hang out with her, for more than a minute or two, she wasn’t as certain of it. Oh, she bet the woman found ways to slip into her busy schedule more than enough time to relax and perhaps even take a nap or enjoy a milkshake. Tam figured she might have more of a problem to find some time off. Not that it was impossible. She was not asking for a whole month after all, only one, maybe two. They couldn’t deny her that. At least they worked at the same place so finding each other’s schedule and make it match should be easier.

Tam wouldn’t have minded paying for the milkshakes but she also didn’t mind Blake paying for them. She wouldn’t ruin herself with some candy now and then. Sure, the milkshakes would most likely cost a little more than the candies but then again, one or two dollars wouldn’t kill any of them. And she doubted they would break their friendship over it. Besides, Tam did make her one before, it ought to count. “Sounds good to me,” she told Blake as she got into her car so they could drive off. She let Blake pick the place she would buy them from, yet another reason to let her pay. She could be so difficult with her milkshakes, especially when paying for them, so she would let her choose the place to get them.

She was not surprised by Blake’s look. It seemed to say Pleeease, like I wouldn’t or something like that. Of course she’d have everything to make milkshakes. The whole school would know how terrible it was if that was not the case. She pitied the roommate who would empty her supplies without her knowledge. She chuckled at the idea of a super high Blake. “Will you jump everywhere and run at the speed of light?” she teased her in return. “I’m fine with that. I’ll spare myself the major sugar rush.”

[Blake Harlow]

Blake started up her truck as soon as she had gotten in; waiting for Tamara to of course get in before she pulled out of her parking spot and headed to where she knew they could get some really good milkshakes. Blake was very picky about her milkshakes as she expected Tam knew so if Blake was taking them to the location then Tam's taste buds would be safe knowing they were about to have the best for a close by milkshake. After all Blake didn't want to go too far for the tasty treat when she could easily go back home and make one for the two of them. The only reason she was driving them to get some was because she was lazy and they were already out and about so it just made sense to pick them up while they were out. "Good, I was worried you were going to fight me on who was going to pay again." Blake said with a small chuckle as she glanced at Tam, but focused mainly on her driving. You could not be messing around at the wheel when you were driving a big truck after all.

Where they were going was not too far and they would not even need to get out of the car for it, because the place had a drive-thru. Blake personally thought that drive-thrus were the greatest thing ever thought of because they were just so perfect. You could remain in your car, order your food, pay for your food, and your food would be handed to you. If that was not being lazy and quick then Blake was a fool and she liked to think that she was pretty smart. Sure she may have been born from a backwoods family but she had gone and graduated from BA so she knew that she was at least smart enough in that sense. The day that Blake ran out of candy or milkshake supplies were the day the world would end. Like did you really want to piss off someone who could use any power they wanted so long as it was within their range? No, no you did not. Thankfully Blake was roommates with her other best friend Lordan and Sorcha who had mainly kept to herself since Blake had first met the other women.

"Did you forget what my power was Tam?" Blake asked back when Tamara had asked if Blake was going to end up jumping everywhere and the speed of light. "I'll end up copying someone’s powers that can do that and really show you my hyper side." Blake teased and honestly she didn't actually get that hyper when she had a lot of candy. Her system was just too used to the contact sugar intake by this point in her life that she just got a little bit hyper and more than likely would act drunk over running around and bouncing off the walls. Blake pulled into the drive-thru, looking over the menu with its different shakes, ice creams, and custards. So many choices, it was a good thing that Blake felt like having a simple vanilla milkshake. "You know what you want?" Blake asked as she looked over to her friend, already pulling up to the speaker so they could order.

[Tamara Sulik]

What Blake said put an amused smile on her friend’s lips. Of course, Tam was not seeing a milkshake as something similar to a spa treatment. Besides, Blake was the milkshake expert so Tam didn't feel like she had any say in the matter. And she made one before. Maybe she didn’t pay someone else to make it for her but she still had to buy the ingredients, right? “It isn’t quite the same thing as a spa treatment,” she pointed out. The only thing it had in common with a spa treatment, other than the fact Blake was ready to pay her one, was that it would make Tam feel pampered, although those two gifts did not exactly range in the same pricing category.



Tam was normally quiet in a car. If she had something to say, or she liked the conversation, she would join, but most of the time she was quiet, listening to the radio or looking outside. It wasn’t like she was bored by the other person in the car with her. She just wasn’t the type of person who needed to fill the silence with words. She could take the silence, if it wasn’t too awkward. Of course, with Blake, the silence would not last very long before the two women found something amusing to say. And imagining Blake copying someone else’s power to be as hyper as can be did put a smirk on her face. “Remind me not to ever introduce you to Flash Gordon,” she replied with the smirk still on. “My power wouldn’t be much of use to you though. Unless you want to have lots of candies flying over you. Come to think of it, it sounds more like a torture for you. Candies you see but can’t touch,” she added. It seemed a little cruel to think of Blake only as a candy lover but since the topic was at hand right now, it was appropriate. Had Blake complained over the amount of paperwork she had to do, Tam would have thought of tons of paperwork to sink her in.



They soon reached the place Blake chose for the milkshake. And the nice thing about it was that they didn’t even have to get out of the car. Considering it would only take two minutes to get the order and make it, it was best. “Just vanilla,” she said. Yes, she could be just vanilla. Not to add that if she started to read everything they offered, she’d want a bit of everything.

[Blake Harlow]

To Blake a milkshake might as well been the same as a spa treatment, but Blake had a great love of milkshakes so that was probably why she thought that way. Of course that also meant that if Blake had to pick between getting a spa day or a milkshake then she would pick the milkshake in a heartbeat. The only case where she figured she would not end up picking a milkshake would be if it was for the sake of her friends because she would do anything for them. So if it came down to only having money for the spa day and then not having any milkshakes for a week, then Blake would still pick the spa because it would be for the sake of her friends. "Milkshakes are greater then a spa, I will agree with you on that." Blake responded back with a chuckle. She probably would die or go through some serious withdrawal from not having any milkshakes for a week or something but it would be worth it in order to keep that bond between her and her friends.

Not that Blake thought her friends would ever ask her to give up milkshakes or candy but if they did she would try. "Aww, come on Tamara, you know it would be great. Me running around bouncing off the walls while you have to explain to those I’m wreaking havoc upon that I'm not always like this. Or unlucky for you, ending up trapped with me if I were ever to end up like that." Blake teased, already picturing how things would go if a hyper active Blake was trapped in a room somewhere with Tamara but still had mutants close by enough that she could borrow their powers and create some extra havoc. Blake was chuckling at the thought until Tamara made a comment that could practically be out of one of Blake's nightmares. "Are you trying to make it so I can't sleep at night?" Blake asked with worried eyes, half teasing but now that Tam brought it up Blake understood that Tamara could do just that and it was scary. Terrifying even.

Tamara said what she wanted and it was perfect because she and Blake were getting the same order which just made everything easier. "Two vanilla milkshakes please. That is everything." Blake order up their treats and pulled up to the next window as she rummaged for the cash since who paid with credit for cheap things? Blake didn't. After paying she had to wait for the driver in front who had apparently order like everything before she pulled forward to grab their drinks, passing them both over to Tamara and already working on driving back to the school. All while she was reaching into her pocket for the bag of skittles and trying to open them without sending them all over the place. "Take the wheel if it looks like we are about to get into an accident." Blake chuckled a little as she then tried to get her milkshake from Tam so she could add her skittles to it.

[Tamara Sulik]

Tamara laughed as Blake placed milkshakes above a spa treatment. She took it mostly as a joke, of course, but she also knew how much Blake loved them. And since they were not as expensive, she could definitely satisfy her little passion more often. “The day a doctor tells you that you need to cut candies and milkshakes will be the day you’ll die,” she replied. Could they tell her that? A dentist might want to argue it was not good for her teeth but Tamara knew little about Blake’s health, or health in general. She assumed there ought to be a reason or two for a doctor to tell her to stop eating those. That would be torture to the poor woman. Until she found herself a new addiction.

Tam preferred not to imagine what Blake could be like when she was all hyperactive and she ended up caught in a room with her. Unless she could use all that energy to get her to pierce a hole somewhere so they can get out, it would be painful. “Luckily that won’t happen. You’re my friend and I love you but I never had much patience for that kind of behaviour and I wouldn’t want a punch to get in the way of our friendship,” she said. Was it harsh? She didn't really want to make it sound like a warning not to ever have it happened but in a way it was a warning for it never to happen. Small doses of crazy was fine. Being locked up with it was not something she signed for. She wanted to tone it down though before it made the rest of the ride awkward. “I’ll lock you up with our hyper students. You might be able to understand them and translate their hyper language to the rest of us. We’ll use it as the official English-Student dictionary.”

“How about I get the bag instead?” she asked as she saw Blake digging for the Skittles. She turned her gaze back on the road. For now, it seemed safe but she was a tad nervous. Was she always driving like this? She needed to make a mental note not to leave candies nearby so she would keep her eyes on the road. If that was possible to keep candies away from Blake. Didn’t seem very likely.

[Blake Harlow]

“I probably will because I’m addicted.” Blake responded back to Tamara words about how she would die when a doctor told her she could no longer have two things that she loved. Blake understood that there was going to be a point in her life where she was not going to be able to splurged and enjoy the things she enjoyed now. She just figured she still had years ahead of her before she had to worry about such things and was going to live as she pleased until then. She could not even begin to think what life would be like if she could not eat candy or drink milkshakes. She had to put such thoughts out of her mind because it felt like she might as well been thinking of her worse nightmares. Blake could not even think what he knew addiction would be that she would pick up without having her candy or milkshakes.

Thankfully she had a milkshake and candy to distract her from such awful thoughts. “Aww thank you Tamara. Good to know you would end up punching me but would not want to do it because of our friendship.” Blake responded back with a laugh because Tam still basically said that she was going to punch her but just didn’t want to. Blake did start to wonder that if she and Tamara had ever gotten into a fight, which of the two would win. Tam for sure looked like she could kick butt and take name or just wink and cause people to turn into a pile of mush. Blake laughed some more at Tamara telling her that she would lock Blake up with the hyper students and let Blake be the translator. It was true if anyone could understand them, it would be Blake because by using powers of others that was how she got to understand them even better. “I could do that, but that would be a little bit cruel to me.” Blake pointed out but it was not a huge deal in the end.

Blake snickered when Tamara brought up getting the bag for Blake, but Blake wanted to handle it herself. “I got it.” Blake said just as she managed to rip the bag open, some of the skittles spilling onto the floor but the rest Blake managed to get into her milkshake cup. Problem was trying to stir it all around and the seat belt made it so she could not just go ahead and switch with Tamara. A red light helped out and gave Blake a moment to mix her very own milkshake mix. “Thanks for letting me bug you Tam.” Blake said while to checked the status of the light, scooping a mouthful of her milkshake into her mouth by using the straw.

[Tamara Sulik]

“I know people like to say moderation tastes better but let’s face it, it doesn’t really,” she admitted. One day, maybe they will both moderate their desires but for now she didn’t see it as that much of a bad thing. Of course, the fact that Tamara didn't have to deal with Blake if the amount of sugar she ingested ever affected her played a big part in her not really minding. Besides, there were worst addictions than candies and milkshakes. A dentist or a dietician might disagree but Tam was neither of those things.

Blake didn't take offense in what she said and Tam was glad. She knew her humour could be harsh sometimes and she didn't always mean it that way. She obviously didn't with Blake as she was a friend. That would mean she dealt with her humour before and would know better but sometimes, even Tam wondered if she was not going too far. She chuckled at the cruelty of putting Blake alone with hyper teenagers. “I would need to provide you with a one-year supply of milkshake to compensate,” she replied. Was she serious? Of course not. She would never lock Blake, or anyone, with a bunch of teenagers. They could be real sociopaths sometimes. She didn't wish it on anyone. Made her wonder what her son would be like. He’d soon get that age where parents just wants to strangle them. Despite that, she knew she’d love to have him around.

“No problem. Anytime,” she answered as Blake thanked her. That, she was serious about. She loved Blake too much not to let her bug her on occasions. It didn’t happen enough anyway.