Breaking point

the movies

The movie theater is about fifteen to twenty minutes away by car from Jakes house. We go there so often the people who work there know our names. We're joking around and listening to music on the way there

I look at him and ask "If you had four wishes what would you wish for?"

"Umm...one would be to have the best puppy in the world." he says smiling.

"Two would be to have the perfect girlfriend." He looks at me again and smiles.

"Three you already know."

"I do?"

"Yeah, you do."

"Wait, no I...oh"

"Yeah."

"You have one more wish."

"And four, I'm not saying because I want that one to come true."

"Come on, tell me."

"Nope."

"Jake please, I want to know."

"No I'm not telling you."

"A hint?"

"You'll know soon enough, that's all I'm saying."

"Fine"

"Don't be mad Holly."

"I'm not." He looks at me with a look that just spells liar and laughs.

As we pull into the parking lot I'm thinking about what his fourth wish could be. It must be something he really wants because he's not willing to chance it. It's not as crowded as we thought it would be being that it's Saturday and all. It's perfect outside today, clear blue skies, not to hot, but at the same time not to cold and a nice breeze blowing everywhere to make the sunshine feel good. We get to the ticket booth and pick that new movie that he wants to see. We get the tickets, but before we go to find the room it's playing in we head over to the snack counter and get a few things too munch on. We order a big bag of popcorn, soda and candy for each of us.

"I'm going to laugh if you get scared during this movie Holls." He says as we walk to the movie.

"No I won't."

"I think you will." He winks.

"That's what you think." I elbow him in the side.

We end up getting perfect seats in the middle of the theater even though it was pretty packed. We sit down and start nibbling at the popcorn. It'll most likely will be half way gone by the time the movie starts. From the way all the people look in the room their probably all on a date or just spending time as a couple. I wonder if Jake feels as awkward as I do, if he is he isn't showing it like always. I wish sometimes he would just show what he's feeling on the inside.

The movie starts and we're not even watching it longer than about twenty minutes before that scary music starts to play. It's the kind that screams "I'm going to get you!" Of course the first person that the guy kills is the only blonde in the group. I laugh out loud by accident because I just thought that if Elena was in the movie, that would end up being her. I get these "she crazy" looks from everyone around us. Then at the next scary part Jake laughs on purpose so I don't feel like a complete idiot.

Somewhere in the middle of the movie Jakes arm ends up draped around my shoulders. I don't mind at all, but he's been acting kind of different towards me lately. Maybe he's worried about me because of what happen this morning with the bad dream and everything.

I don't move his arm, it's oddly comforting. There's no armrest between us so I scoot closer to him. You can tell he's surprised I did that because he looks down and smiles. We both start to relax. The movie was starting to get boring. My eyes were starting to get heavy and i was falling asleep on him. When I realized that my head was resting on his chest. His arm was now wrapped around my waist. I should feel weird about this, but I don't. It feels almost normal.