Fifteen Minutes of Life

Chapter Four

Lewis and I practically ran out of school after the principal was done talking. I'm quite sure it had to do with the fact that neither one of us wanted to spend any more time in that place. It didn't take much time at all for us to get to his car. At least I didn't think so, because I was signing things the entire time. My guess was, we took longer than either one of us wanted to. We got to his car, and that's all that matters. After a few minutes of silent driving, we arrived at the movie theaters and found that we were exactly where we needed to be. The calming aroma of buttery popcorn and boxed candy made us feel more relaxed.

After about five minutes of arguing about whether Marvel or DC was a better movie producer, we settled on a disney movie that had just came out. "Alright little miss princess, which type of candy would you like?"

I smile at his new nickname for me, "Well let's see, what's the type of candy you hate the most?"

He groans as I burst out laughing, earning us several stares from random people. It takes him a moment but he calms me down and we finally choose. I grab the mini m&m's he bought and I race to the room of which the movie is playing. Sneaking up to the top of the theater, I take our usual seats in the back. Lewis comes in a few minutes later and notices that there is no one else in the room with us. "HEY TIFFANY." he yells.

I smirk and turn my head towards him, "YEAH LEWIS?" I respond.

"DOES THIS MEAN WHAT I THINK IT DOES?"

"IF YOU ARE IMPLYING THAT WE SHOULD PRETEND TO FIGHT AND ACT OUT SCENES IN THE MOVIE THEN YES IT DOES."

He throws his head back in laughter and it makes me crack a smile. I yell at him once more, "GET UP HERE AND SIT WITH ME FOR AWHILE."

I can hear him groan and it takes everything in me to suppress a smile. "Please?" I whisper.

Smiling, he makes his way up to me and plops down next to me, "You and your ability to make people do as you wish."

I give him a small laugh and bury my head into his side. He wraps his arm around me and slows his breathing down, as if he doesn't want to bother me. I try to drift off multiple times, and yet I am able to stay awake. After several minutes of silence, other than the loud commercials of course, the movie finally starts, causing Lewis to jump up and me to hit my head. "Lewis!" I shriek.

He turns around and doesn't say anything, just gives me a smile as he turns back and races towards the bottom of the movie theater. It takes a lot of coaxing, but he finally gets me down there with him, and we dance and laugh and act like everything's okay. As far as I'm concerned, that's all that matters.

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A few hours later, we return back to my house. It's late, later than we both know we should be home. Instead of walking in the front door, we both know it would probably be easier to sneak in our windows. We walk around the corner of my house, to the small shed in the back corner of the yard. Lewis grabs the small ladder we have sitting on the side. We tiptoe back to the side of my house and quickly set it up. I climb up first and help Lewis up. I throw a glance at the ladder, then shake my head and ignore it. I turn back to Lewis and smile at him, watching as he stares at the moon. "Tif?" Lewis whispers.

"Yeah?"

"Come here."

My heart jumps momentarily, just before I maneuver towards him. I stand next to him, soaking in the moon's light. We stand there, in silence, just enjoying each other's company. It doesn't take very long, but I begin to feel cold. I begrudgingly look at my watch and see that it's almost midnight. "Lewis?" I whisper, not wanting to break the silence.