About You Now

Cinema Night

"Popcorn?" asked Corey as the group walked over to the concessionary stand in the local cinema. True to Punks word, Echo had chosen the film the group would be watching, thrust meaning all romance films were off the table. Instead she had chosen the latest marvel film in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, something all of them had stated they wanted to see at some point. "Ice blasts for everyone" added Corey, knowing all to well that would be Cross and likely AJ would be a giggling mess by the end of the film. Despite that, he believed it would be worth it to see the reaction of those joining them for the first time.

"Ooh Ice blasts" cheerfully replied Echo, as she separated from the main group, heading over to the pick 'n' mix in order to see if they had her favorite sweet treat stashed there. Cross followed along behind her. Neither of the girls liking popcorn, instead both sharing the opinion of it being equal to cardboard with butter on. Seth seemed confused at first, but Dean had quietly whispered neither of the two girls liked Popcorn and often raided the sweeter treats. Drew soon walked over to the pair, just in time to for Cross to get excited about finding the chocolate covered raisins. Drew looked through the selection of Haribo's, recalling Nikki mention something about them earlier in the week. Where as Echo finally settled for the gummy snakes when she found them. "She like the little hearts best" whispered Echo as she passed Drew, a mischievous grin painted on her lips as she walked over to join the others waiting to pay and order their ice blasts.

"Relax Roman, we don't bite" spoke Nikki when she joined the nervous Samoan teen, his date had yet to show up, although it was more of a friendly date, between childhood friends. Roman on the other hand look to Nikki with a hint of amusement, knowing from Dean anything could happen with the group labelled Weirdos by Brie and Daniel. "The worst that's likely to happen is Cross ending up in your lap, giggling like a maniac" sweetly added the teen known as Fearless by so many. Roman merely chuckled, looking over to the wall of doors the opposite end of the cinema hall, hoping to see Summer, but being met with the dreadful sight of Daniel, Brie and their loyal followers, a group that now included the new girl, Serenity. Brie's attention instantly turned to Nikki. She seemed angered by seeing her twin not only out socializing with her group of friends, but also seemingly enjoying herself. Her anger only grew to see Roman, Drew, Seth, Dean and Carmella join them, starting up a casual conversation.

"Are you lot gonna stand there and stare at us all night?" asked Becky, her words all but dripping with sarcasm, as she watched her former bestie in Charlotte turn to Andrade and whisper something. Brie on the other hand just turned away without uttering a single word, walking over to the ticket counter. Attempting to guess what film the other group would be watching. If only so her own group could be in the same screen and make a nonsense of themselves. "Everyone know their pairs?" voiced the fiery haired teen, knowing the couples had been paired together, as Roman would be paired with Summer when she finally arrived. Finn took it upon himself to create a group chat, adding everyone including Summer to it. While also suggesting they should wait for Brie and her merry band of barbie girls to head off to their own screen before entering the one playing their film of choice.

"Got to admit, I'm looking forward to the girl bonding at the slumber party" uttered AJ, revealing what the girls had planned for the rest of the weekend, and why Carmella's father had dropped them off at the cinema. The taller blonde could only grin and nod, pleased her idea had gone over so well, plus it had been a while since they all did a girly weekend, filled with gossip, movies, laughter and likely a few pranks. "And the pool party tomorrow. Which reminds me if you boys make any disturbing noises or uncomfortable moves, I'm gonna throw you in the pool head first" laughed the smaller teen, her smile growing upon seeing how serious some of them had taken her playful threat. Only Aleister and Finn seemed to register she was joking.

"Picture?" commented Carmella, her voice sweet, as she held up her phone. She wanted to get a group photo, to remember the first time all of them had chosen to ditch the status quo and do what they wanted. The leggy blonde had since joined them, standing next to Roman with a wide smile. "Put your mean faces on guys" laughed Carmella, knowing that wasn't what was going to happen. Yet none the less she took the picture, chuckling to see how each had acted. "Cute, I'm keeping this" commented the beautiful blonde, laughing again upon noticing Aleister had decided to give his best sinister look while Finn did his normal photo pose.