A new hero

Chapter 4

Sorry for the wait up...

I was able to make it to the food court just as I saw Jess come out of McDonald's with two bags and two drink cups. I raced towards her trying to think of a excuse at the same time. When I get there I was already apologising. "I. Am. So sorry Jess! I thought I would be able to check inside the luggage store over there until you came but got carried away when I saw the jewellery shop..." I say lowering my voice as I got closer. Jess shrugged it off.

"Doesn't matter, but next time, make sure to text me or check your phone." She said as I take out of phone to see four text massages from her. I give her another apologetic smile before taking half the food from her as I sat down. "Anyways, you missed like everything; I come back from the toilet and was looking for you right? But when I couldn't find you I texted and stuff, but when you didn't reply I decided you probably went to the toilets on the other side of the building, so I went into McDonald's to buy your fav but there was this guy who was making a huge fuss over his order. I think he was your age..." She rambled on but when she talked on about how the guy looked like, I realised she was explaining Ben but I didn't say anything. "Oh, what happened anyway? I can see you cried, didn't want to upset you..." Jess asked and I stopped myself from taking my first bit off my tasty chicken n Mayo.

"Um... Let say I accidentally bumped into a tall guy. He had a large water bottle with him and it splashed everywhere and stuffed my makeup." I faked a pout. "I had to use the washroom to take everything off." I explained. Jess gave me the 'I-don't-believe-you' look but let it pass anyway. We ate quietly as the strangers walked passed us to their destination.

We were walking to the bin in no time after eating and Jess decided it would be good if we go to the cinemas. We were in the line to buy tickets as Jess kept changing her pick. "No, we should watch Harry Potter. No;Percy Jackson. Harry Potter. Percy Jackson. Harr-"

"Percy Jackson." I state getting annoyed with Jess. "I heard it was something to do with Greek myth. I like Greek myth, plus: I'm studying Greek myth at school for history, geography and English. Might get some help from it." I said with a dull face.

Jess turned her attention to me and put annoyed face. "What happened to you? Come on, be happy; its your birthday." She said and I scrunched my face. What's with everyone asking me to be happy today? I ignored her and looked around the theatre; crowded, noisy and not a place where I felt like being right now. "Hove you noticed the sky today? It's like 'I'm happy' then 'I'm scared' and then 'I'm sad'. Like seriously, it's like it's reflecting off some human's feelings!" Jess's voice broke my thought of the boring day. "I mean, come on! Get into one colour!" She whisper yelled.

Jess's words made me feel uncomfortable; like I wanted to run away from this place. I kept my eyes towards the entrance from the outside: the sky was clouded and mist was shown around the air, yeah, definitely weird. I ignored the feeling and dragged Jess towards the free counter and asked if we could watch Percy Jackson and ordered a large popcorn and medium frozen Coke. Jess was jumping up and down as she gave the ticket holder hers and waited to go inside. I gave mine and started following Jess as I received them back.

The movie started a minute after we sat in the middle of the theatre, the cast and directors name rolled in as the theme song started its volume. A boy surrounded in blue emerged in the scene and then back to reality. I half watched it as my interest grew and I was really into the movie forgetting about Sam and Ben and anyone else. By the end of the movie, I was smiling and was really happy.

"Someone enjoyed the movie." Jess complimented. "Saying I was the one who was excited at the start."

"A little happy. But, sometimes, it just makes sense to be happy." Then my smile dropped. Sam. I felt something in heart and I clutched it hard. Jess looked at me and asked if I was okay, I nodded and just shoved the thoughts away; probably just a heart ache. We continued to walk around and buy things before we went back to the car to get to the beach. Through the whole day, my mind was on Sam and what he did and said. It made me think why I was so annoyed; it was only a kiss, I could get someone else to kiss me to forget it. Yeah. Sounds slutty.