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“No. I blame their parents for making them so stupid.”
“Eventually, everyone will forget about you, and me, and move on to the next big story.”
“Can’t wait,” I muttered as the lights turned down. If I was going to be in public, at least I was safe in the darkness.
Thirty minutes into the movie, I had already finished both boxes of my candy. Chase’s hand slowly reached over for the chocolate. I stared straight ahead, pretending not to notice, and allowed him to take the empty box off my lap. I could see his confused expression as he shook the box into his hand and nothing came out. I started giggling.
He leaned over and whispered, “You ate everything already?!”
I tried to be quiet as I laughed. He tossed a handful of popcorn at me, which only made me laugh more.
I reached out my hand. “Can you pass me the drink?”
“Nope.”
“Hand it over.”
He crossed his arms over his chest and relaxed back into his seat with a grin on his face.
I could not reach it with the armrest in between us. I slowly lifted it up, and scooted over. I tried to stretch my arm across him.
“Aww you want to snuggle?” He put his arm around me and squeezed so that I could not move from my spot.
I squirmed trying to reach the soda.
Finally, he gave in and handed me the cup. I took a few swigs and dug my elbow in his side while he whimpered quietly. I handed the cup back to him and went to slide back over to my side.
“Stay here,” he whispered, holding onto me. “I’m comfortable.”
I hesitated for a moment.
“Stay,” he breathed into my ear again. He was warm and smelled like popcorn. It was oddly comforting to feel him beside me in the seat.
I reluctantly sat back. I felt stiff, but didn’t dare move for fear of what his next move might be. I focused my attention straight ahead. We remained like that for the duration of the movie until the credits started scrolling across the screen.
I quickly sat up as the lights came back on. “What did you think?”
“It was great. You?”
I nodded in agreement. “I liked it.”
We walked out with the masses, and made our way back to the car. Luckily, the rain had subsided.
“If you could be any superhero, who would you be?”
He smiled as he started the engine. “That’s easy. Superman.”
“I knew you were going to say that.”
“Why’s that?”
“I don’t know. I could see it. I’m just glad you didn’t say Batman.”
“What do you have against Batman?”
“He doesn’t have any real superpowers! He’s just a guy with gadgets. What if something doesn’t work one day, or his batteries die? There he is, scaling down a building – boom. Dead. He is one faulty piece of equipment away from being roadkill. And Spiderman – don’t even get me started. Who wants to shoot webs out of their hands?! That’s disgusting.”
Chase was laughing. “Who would you be? The Hulk?”
