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My eyebrows shot up in surprise over the assertiveness in her voice. But then she quickly murmured an apologetic, “Sorry,” because it just wasn’t in her chemical makeup to be rude to anyone.
But the guy was already moving away, and writing her off as a lost cause.
Thank God.
I blew out a relieved breath and loped down to the empty seat she’d been guarding, the grin on my face wider than it had probably ever been.
She was trying out my spot, though. I think it was official; I was totally gone for this woman.
Yellow yelped when I dropped down next to her.
“Very nice, Nicksen,” I congratulated her with a pleased nod when she whirled to gape at me. Holding up my fingers with the okay symbol, I added, “That brush-off gets a ten-point-oh from me. It was brief, firm, straight to the point, and very definite. Oh, and no thro
at punches this time, so you’ll probably avoid assault charges too. I liked it.”
She sniffed out a laugh, then opened her mouth to answer, but my gaze fell on her treats before she could say anything.
“Ooh, good. You got snacks. I was running behind and the line at the concession stand was too long for me to risk it.” I scooped up a big handful of popcorn without asking. “Sorry I’m late, by the way. Had to go to a baby shower.”
Yellow lifted her eyebrows pointedly when I picked up her cherry slushy and took a big drink. “And what makes you think I was waiting here for you?” she countered teasingly—at least, I think she was teasing. “We didn’t technically make any plans to meet tonight, you know. You had no idea what time or even which theater I was going to.”
I paused drinking to wink at her. “Well. The fact that you’re trying out my spot here in the awesome back was a pretty big indicator that you were waiting for me. Which, by the way, my spot is technically one more row back, but you’re close enough that I’ll give you this one. And of course, we picked the same time and place. Fate wanted us to have company while we watched this movie.” I stole another handful of popcorn, only to notice— “Oh, hey. Those are for me, aren’t they? Yeah, they’re definitely for me. You didn’t eat any Junior Mints last time. So I’ll just...” I made a production of reaching past her to grab the box of candy. “Take these. Thanks.”
Yellow merely watched me the whole time, her eyebrows arched in censure, but her lips tightened into an amused smile.
I paused chewing on the popcorn, the slushy still in one hand, her box of Junior Mints in the other.
“Oh shit,” I muffled out. “Were you saving this seat for someone else that’s not me? Because this just got awkward if you were.”
She laughed just as the theater lights began to dim and the pre-movie advertisements on the screen stopped so previews could begin.
Yellow leaned toward me and confessed, “Yes, I was saving the seat for you.”
I exhaled, not realizing how good her admission would feel until I actually heard it. It did unspeakably nice things to my heart.
Slotting the drink in the holder between us, I reached out with my newly freed hand and squeezed her fingers. We studied each other a moment longer, then turned to face the screen together.
Two Hours Later
“Damn, that was a good one,” I had to admit with a low whistle as I walked Yellow through the parking lot after the movie.
“Yeah,” she agreed softly. “It was definitely my favorite of the series.”
“Yep.”
Stuffing my hands into my pockets and lingering when we reached her car, I idly nudged the toe of my shoe against the back tire for something to do as I waited for her to dig her keys from her purse.
When she had them in hand, she sighed and looked up.
I met her gaze and couldn’t think of a single thing to say.
God, what a pair we made. We knew we were attracted to each other and enjoyed each other's company, and we just wanted to be together, yet we didn’t seem to have any clue how to go about actually initiating the next part.
In the middle of me trying to think up the most amazing question to ask in order to start an awesome and engaging dialogue with her, she frowned at me suddenly.
“Did you say you were late because of a baby shower earlier?”
I lifted my eyebrows, totally not expecting that kind of question. “Huh?”
