"You know, that's not a bad idea," said Zack. "Sitting in an ice cream shop, tasting flavours never made before...all the fudge you can handle..."
"Zack!" snapped Cody. "Think about how all of this is gonna cost us! There's no way we can afford twenty ice creams a day!"
"Cost you?" smiled Tony. "It's not gonna cost you a dollar, heck I'll be paying you to do this for me!"
"That's great!" said Zack. "I'm in!"
"Are you really thinking this through?" said Cody. "We can't eat that much ice cream every day!"
"Cody, this is a one in a million opportunity! There must be tonnes of guys out there who would love getting paid to eat ice cream! And now we can!"
"What's the catch?" questioned Cody.
"There is no catch!" said Tony. "I run an ice cream parlour, and some of the flavours are yet to be tested...that's all. It's just ice cream, the worst that could happen is if you get brainfreeze."
"Seriously, Cody, you should join in."
"Isn't ice cream bad for your health?" he said, arrogantly.
"Well, if your really that unsure, I can let you try some of my samples right now!"
They both followed Tony into his shop. It was sparkling and new, and they could here the freezer rumble at the back of the shop. He quickly fetched two sundaes and laid them in front of the twins.
"Just to water your mouths a bit," he grinned. "Just try these, tell me what you think and then you can decide whether to take the job or not."
Zack grabbed a spoon and scooped the ice cream into his mouth.
"It's delicious!" shouted Zack.
"Great!" said Tony. "I'll go get some more!"
Cody took his first spoonful.
"Hey, this really isn't that bad." said Cody.
"Not bad? It's fantastic!" said Zack.
Tony came back with a trolley filled with small bowls. In each of these bowls were five scoops of ice cream.
"This are my new test flavours!" said Tony. "I come up with about a dozen more every day, they're easy to make. All's you have to do is eat fifteen bowls a day and then write your thoughts down. I'll pay you seven bucks an hour, plus a fifty cents pay rise every two weeks you work here."
"That sounds great!" said Zack. "I'm all up for it!"
"Fifteen bowls!" said Cody, gobsmacked. "We can't eat all that each!"
"I can." said Zack.
"But, you've got your health to worry about!"
"I'll let you worry about my health and yours while I eat this ice cream." said Zack.
"But, you could get fat!" said Cody.
"Hey, so could you Mr Healthy! Come on, as long as we walk from our suite to Tony's and back, our figures will be fine!"
"I guess it's ok then...this is ordinary ice cream, right?"
"Well...not quite," said Tony. "I've added extra flavour but their may be a few side effects."
"Oh all right, I give in" said Cody. "Sign me up too!"
Tony put the fifteen bowls of ice cream in front of them. Zack dug in, and soon after, fifteen bowls were gone. He'd eaten more than he could take, but still wanted more.
"You don't look so great," said Cody, who was on his eleventh bowl.
"Neither do you," said Zack "Heck, you look stuffed."
Cody burped loudly and rubbed his thin waist.
"I feel bloated," said Cody. "But I think I can take a little more."
Tony came back through with a camera and began snapping photos.
"What are the photos for?" said Zack.
"Advertisements, blogs...that sort of thing. I need more customers to boost my business, and you look like great mascots. Hey, I'll even stick the pictures on the wall so people can see you enjoying yourselves when they come in."
Tony took out the first two pictures and wrote "Week 1" on a noticeboard. He then pinned the separate pictures of Zack and Cody eating ice cream on and smiled.
"Not bad. Are you guys done?"
"I'm finished." said Zack, pushing away the fifteenth bowl.
"I can't take anymore." moaned Cody, belching over his half finished thirteenth portion.
"That's ok. Just write your thoughts down on the noticeboard over there."
Cody groaned and got off his seat. He and Zack walked over to the noticeboard and put mainly positive comments. They then collected fourteen dollars each,
"So what did you think?" said Zack.
"I think I have indigestion." groaned Cody, clutching his stomach.
"Don't be such a baby, come on lets go buy a hot-dog."
They each bought one, and Cody slowly nibbled his way through his. It warmed up his taste buds a little.
"That's better." he said. "What did Tony do with the ice cream I didn't finish."
"Don't worry, I ate it."
"You did? Man, your stomach must be huge."
They got back into their room and slouched on the couch, exhausted.
"So your coming back tomorrow?"
"I'll try." said Cody. "I'd better take the stairs next time, I don't wanna let that stuff get to my hips."
"Who cares, it's only ice cream" said Zack. "Our summer break is fourteen weeks, we can pack in the job by then and spend the money."
They watched TV for a few hours, before ordering large lunches and dinners from room service. Finally, they got into their pyjamas and went to bed.
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