At that moment, he was just barely an inch away from her. His eyes were focused on her face, while her eyes were focused on his. He reached out his hand and gently wiped away the smudge of ice cream on the side of her lip with his thumb.
He stepped away, increasing the distance between them in an instant as he licked his thumb.
"Mmmm delicious," he whispered with a grin.
Sierra did not know how to respond. Her heart was pounding in her ears. All the noise on the streets was drowned out by it. It was all she could hear. In her mind, Sierra was trying to get through to herself. She wanted to move. To counteract.
But her feet seemed rooted to the ground and her hands refused to move. She watched as the ice cream in her hand slowly began to melt.
I have to do something, she thought to herself.
