Your Average Love Story

Chapter 7 - Friday

Summary:

Confessions and kisses.
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"Wooh! What a movie! I honestly saw that twist ending from a mile away, but it was still nice." Teddy said as he stretched. The theater was emptying out as the credits rolled on the screen.

The others nodded in agreement, commenting their own opinions as they exited the building. The five began walking towards their neighborhood, ready to say goodbye to each other.

Gina looked down at her hand, blushing. She could still feel his warmth, fingers intertwined with hers. She squeezed her eyes shut, trying her best to think of something else, yet her thoughts always came back to him .

"So... we went on this date... and we proved to you guys that we are an official couple, correct? We even held hands, which is the most romantic you can get at the movie theater! So that means we win this bet, correct ?" She heard Nate's voice, a hint of smugness in it.

He was keeping his voice low so that only Teddy and Francis could hear but she guessed he was supposed to be "secretive" so that she wouldn't "overhear" and find out it was all some dare.

Gina decided to play along and pretended to ignore what was happening in front of her.

"Oh..." The other two boys said in unison, frowning at each other.

"Well that's 15 dollars gone from my life." Francis sighed, taking his wallet out. The other fished out a couple of bucks from his pocket and the two handed over the money.

"WOO HOO! I'M RICH!" Nate shouted, jumping up gleefully. He froze, realizing how loud he was, before going back to his calm yet satisfied expression, holding his hand out, "And the jumbo bag of Cheese Doodlez?"

"Like we would take that everywhere with us, moron." The other rolled his eyes,

"We'll bring it tomorrow."

"Tsk, fine."

The group walked in a peaceful quietness for a bit before the ravenette stopped abruptly, tugging Gina's sleeve which made her stumble back towards him a bit.

" I need to talk to you... " He whispered to her, watching the others walking away without them. He made sure they were out of hearing range before turning to her, nudging her ribs and cocking his head to the opposite direction of where they were walking to.

Well. This is it. He's going to give me my share and then we "break up." I mean, this is all just pretend, zero feelings between us... yet... Why does my heart feel heavy? Gina exhaled, watching her the white puff formed from her breath float off into nothingness.

The two walked in silence towards the direction of the movie theater. The icy wind picked up, making them both shiver from the cold. They looked at each other before silently agreeing to huddle close for warmth.

"Remember. We're only this close because we're... cold." Nate said, his voice wavering off towards the end.

"Right. We're just cold." The blonde confirmed half-heartedly before adding, "Where are we even going? Isn't our houses that way?"

"Eh. I don't want them watching me giving you the money. That would raise some suspicion, you know? Let's go to the library. Nobody will suspect us to be there."

"Nobody will suspect you to be there."

"Exactly!" He exclaimed before pausing, realizing what she just said. Gina walked ahead of him, a smirk on her face.

"That was rude."

"I'm an honest man, what can I say?" She shrugged as the other caught up to her, hissing from the cold air getting into his lungs.