"I want some ice cream, Lexi!"
"Me too, Lexi, me too! We want ices screams!"
She hates her parents for sticking her with her Sean and their cousin Tommy on the hottest day of the year. She's sixteen, she has a life of her own! She doesn't want to be dragging around two brats all day! She was supposed to go to the shore with Lauren and a few of the other girls. This is totally unfair.
"In a little while, now quit whining or I'll send the boogeyman after you."
"You wouldn't do that! You likes beatin' on the boogeymans too much," Tommy replies, looking at her innocently.
"You're such a baby, Tommy. There's no such thing as a bogeyman, Lexi's just hittin' the wall in the back of the closet!"
"No she's not! You're killins the bogeyman, aren't you Lexi," Tommy wails loudly.
"Sean, knock it off. Yes, Tommy, I'm killing the bogeyman every time. Now if you guys don't knock it off we're going right back home."
"Bogeyman's gonna get you, Sean..."
"No, he's not because he doesn't---"
"Hey! What'd I say!? I hear one more peep out of you two and no one's getting ice cream, AND I'm telling Mom and Aunt Janey."
That finally gets them to shut up, but it's like fate has it in for her today, because just as she gets two boys to shut up, three more open their yaps. Unfortunately, they're not a couple of first graders.
"Hey, Sexy Lexi! How you doin'," One of the guys in military uniforms calls out, causing the other four guys to laugh.
She knows better than to respond to the jerks, but she can't help glaring at them.
"Oooh, she didn't like that Peters! C'mon baby, I'll show you how to beat the heat," Another one snickers, and she fiinds herself blushing.
"Love your ass in those shorts, honey, howabouts you take them off for me and I'l show you my ice scream cone," A third guy cackles, causing the others to laugh like hyenas. She turns around ready to give them a piece of her mind when someone else beats her to the punch.
"Hey! Clean up your mouths, there's women and children present," A fourth man in a uniform snaps as he steps out of one of the shops. The other guys immediately jump to attention, saluting him, which the new guy returns with irritation. "Now apologize to the young lady."
"Yes, Corporal. Sorry, miss, for our rude behavior. It was unacceptable and it won't happen again," They bark out in unison.
"Al-alright, now go on, get out of here..." The guys quickly head off down the street. Someday, Alex hopes, she'll be able to order boys around like that. "I'm sorry, t-those guys are jerks," the Corporal apologizes again, rubbing the back of his neck and looking at her nervously.
"I coulda handled them," she feels compelled to say. She's a big girl, and she was handling them just fine without this guy... although it was nice of him, and he was rather attractive in his uniform and close cropped dark curly hair. He's way too old for her, but a girl can look.
"Lexi kills all the bogeymens," Tommy chimes in, and Alex groans, causing the Corporal to laugh.
"I bet she does. Look, h-here's twenty dollars, go get some ice cream on me, okay?"
Before she has a chance to refuse he pushes the twenty into her hands and follows after the other guys. She should follow him and give him his money back...
...but her homecoming dress isn't going to pay for itself, and the view from behind was rather nice.
"C'mon boys, lets go get some ice cream."
(edited, thanks to Janx's helpful note)