Seeing Luke at the station was weird, seeing him in Damien's doorstep was everything else, I still don't understand why he decided to come check up on me there obviously he knew whose house this is. I triangulated on the map, all the dead doctors lived not so far from each other. No matter what I do there's no getting to the end of this, I always come down to one conclusion, he's not a serial killer.
"Olwethu!".
I jumped up."You scared me!".
"I've been calling you for almost an hour now!".
He's lying, I gave him the look."Right".
"I'm going out, do you need anything?".
"With your trust fund money? Yes".
"Now I regret telling you".
I smiled at that."Sorry, I can't help it".
"Let's go".
"Shopping?".
"Yes".
"With your trust fund money? Heck yeah".
I then looked down at my work then up at him and there's no way he's taking no for an answer and I do need to go out for at least an hour. Being cooked up here is not good for me and besides, he has trust fund money, he just stood there waiting. I smiled giving him my hand, he took it pulling me up, he is strong. I moved my hand up his arm brushing it and feeling it, he pulled his arm away pushing me back with my forehead.
We are going to be best friends, we already are best friends, he just doesn't know it yet but he likes me and I like him, we don't need anything else. He gave me a nasty look when I turned the volume up, I turned it down again sitting back on the car seat, he sighed then turned it up a little making me smile. See? Best friends. Owami still hasn't told Samkelo about the pregnancy. Lwazi still hasn't told dad about his sexuality. And I still haven't told anyone that I'm not really dating Damien.
I pulled the door for him, he shook his head getting in then he took my hand, I stopped and looked up at him then down at our hands then up at him again and he just pulled me. He doesn't know what's going on, him holding my hand is weird and all, you don't just hold someone's hand in public like it's a normal thing to do but to him it looks like it is normal. I shook my head breathing, it's not that deep.
He pulled me across the store looking for a trolley which he left at the door, he pointed at someone else's trolley with his head and I just shook my head forcing him to pull me again. He let go of my hand looking around, he then took it and we ran away, making me laugh, he just smiled making me laugh harder. We just stole someone's trolley.
"What's this for?".
"You really don't cook, do you?".He just shook his head."It's for seasoning".
"Right".He then took a rope."It's for pulling cars when they are stuck or something".
"Or for tying me up".
He just looked at me frozen, I bursted into laughter hitting his arm, he's wondering what the hell I'm talking about. I didn't mean for that to come out like that, I didn't mean for it to come out, at all but sometimes my brain shuts down and my mouth takes over. He took snacks throwing them in the trolley.
"Let's go watch a movie later".
"Are you asking me out on a date?".
That made me laugh."Get off your high horses Damien, I'm not into you".
That made him chuckle a slight smile forming on his face making me smile, I like it when he smiles because he never smiles. I wanna brush his head so bad but I know I shouldn't, he will freak out if I do. I took out my phone stealing pictures of him in the till and even in the car, catching him smiling. Getting home was nice, Damien took all the groceries in the house, I unpacked it and we sat down catching our breaths.
"I'm only giving you three more minutes, Olwethu or I am leaving".
I got out and he just stared at me."What?".
"Nothing".
"You look nice, Olwethu, oh thank you Damien, you're welcome, Olwethu".
He just looked at me, I smiled getting my purse, I know we're only going to watch a movie but a girl's got to look nice every once in a while. I got to look nice every once in a while, I decided to put on a long sleeve long dress and ankle high heel boots with a necklace. He looked simple as usual, jeans, t-shirt, hoodie and sneakers.
He looked at me besides him and shook his head."We're only going to watch a movie, Olwethu".
"I know Damien but I got to look nice, what if I run into someone I know? I don't want them thinking I...".
"What? People don't care about other people".
"Not the people I know".
He went silent for a few minutes."You look nice, dresses suit you".
"Thank you, Damien, I do however prefer pants".
He just looked at me shaking his head then back at the road, I smiled also looking back at the road. The last time I went to a movie was with Luke, he loves movies and I don't want to bump into him looking all messy, yes, I still have feelings for him. Damien helped me walk down to my seat.
"I like action and horror movies".
"This is a romantic movie".
"Why the fuck are we watching a romantic movie?".
He looked shocked."Because if we watch a horror movie, I'll scream all night".
"You chicken".
"I'm not a chicken, I'm a man, a human".
That made me chuckle."By chicken, I don't mean you're literally a chicken, I mean...".
"Shhhh".
I looked down at the woman then Damien then the woman again, he shook his head and I sat back watching the movie. Let it go, he meant by that look, he knows I can ruin the whole movie for everyone, he has heard me argue and it's not like I was screaming, some people are just overdramatic. He looked back for a few seconds before I held his thigh almost squashing it, I hate romantic movies, they're very cliche.
He held my hand, stopping me from pinching his very hard thigh, he put my hand on my popcorn, I looked down at it then him and he just shrugged looking back again for the third time, I looked forward. He stood up and I didn't even look at him, I just raised my thumb and he was gone, I somehow, for strange reasons am enjoying this movie even though, I hate romantic movies, selling us fake dreams and even though, it is cliched.
