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“That was nuts,” he says.
“Nuts? That was amazing!”
“You really like scary movies, don’t you?”
He’s smiling at me.
I instantly feel vulnerable.
“I just said it was a good movie,” I say. “It’s not that big of a deal, Jax.”
I stand up and grab my popcorn and soda.
“You know, Mila, you don’t have to get defensive over everything,” Jax says. “If you want to know… I like the way your face lit up just now. Genuine excitement. Happiness. That looks good on you.”
With that said to me - making me blush - Jax turns and starts to inch along the aisle.
I quickly take my popcorn bag with the same hand as my soda so I can reach out and grab for his shirt.
He pauses and looks back at me.
“It was a scary movie,” I say.
“It actually was,” he says.
I shrug my shoulders. “Feel like walking me back to my dorm?”
20
MILA
I’m right behind Jax.
He’s a mile tall and his shoulders are a mile wide.
I can’t see a thing around him.
He reaches back when the area gets crowded.
I don’t know what to give him to hold… other than my left pointer finger.
His massive hand swallows up my finger in a second, but then he hooks his pointer finger to mine.
Oh, God, look at the size of his finger…
The second we are out in the lobby I pull my hand away.
I can now stand next to Jax.
We exit together, casually.
Just friends…
I hate the sound of that even. I don’t want to be friends with Jax. For many reasons, but a big one would be the controversy it would cause in a second.
“I have to tell you, Mila, I’m not really sold on scary movies all that much,” Jax says.
“Oh, so you didn’t want to see this movie?”
