Falling Slowly

Just Us

Luna looks at Ethan as they walk outside the school "no." Ethan frowns and looks ahead at the rest of their friends "I guess Luna doesn't want to hang out with us." Luna looks at her friends and they frown "no Luna hang out with us!" Luna waves her hands frantically "No I thought that he no ah yeah I'll hang out with you guys." Michelle smiles and Jasmine Puts her arm around Luna "How about the movies?" Luna nods her head and Kaleb and Grayson walk over. Kaleb smiles "Did we decide on something." "Yeah the movies." Kaleb looks at Luna "Who will you be sitting next to?" A Voice from behind says "Me." Luna turns around and her face lights up "JAKE?" Luna runs into Jake's arms "I thought you'd be back next week?" Jake frowns "Why did you want me to come back next week?" Luna smiles "No." Jake smiles and then shakes everyone's hands "Hi I'm Jake Luna best friend." Ethan smiles "this is Jake? Interesting." Luna stares at Ethan "let's head to the movies." Ethan grabs Luna's hand "Yeah let's go." Jake looks at Ethan and then smiles "Luna is this your boyfriend?" Luna releases her hand from Ethan's grasp "No he's just a classmate of mine." Jake puts his arm out "Good because I thought I wouldn't be able to touch with your man around." Luna scowls "It's not like that." Jake and Luna walk ahead of the crowd and Jasmine and Michelle follow. Both Grayson and Kaleb laugh "Ah to bad bro I guess Luna is already taken." Ethan looks at the two "They're just friends." Grayson smiles "Yeah with benefits what's to say he didn't take her virginity he looks pretty persuasive." Kaleb looks at Ethan "If it makes you feel better I got a little jealous too." Ethan is dumbfounded "That doesn't make me feel better!" Kaleb and Grayson laugh again "Calm down Ethan there are plenty of fish in the sea like Jenny McCarthy." Ethan smiles "She just a friend nothing more." Grayson frowns "Dude you got every girl in this school in love with you even upperclassmen this is our freshmen year live a little!" Ethan smiles "Yeah live a little..." Kaleb looks at Ethan "What are you gonna do?" Ethan laughs "I'm just gonna live a little." Ethan runs towards Jake and Luna and grabs Luna's hand "Sorry to intrude but I'm gonna borrow her for a sec." Ethan runs with Luna hand in hand. Luna's face turns red *Why is he acting like this.* When Ethan and Luna are a distance away from the others Ethan stops and looks at his hand. He sees Luna's hand "Oh sorry." Luna looks up and then wipes her hand. Ethan looks at Luna *what's this atmosphere* Luna looks up after wiping her hands "Let's get going." Ethan looks at Luna "Do you not like me?" Luna looks up "No that's not it..." Ethan looks at Luna "you lOVE him don't you." Luna looks at Ethan "I don't know." Ethan looks at Luna "what do you mean?" Luna sighs "I like Jake he makes me laugh and happy and all types of emotions,but love for me is more than that. Even if the person is annoying i can't stay mad at them. They can change me for better or for worse." Ethan smiles and Luna looks up "What about you." Ethan looks away "Oh uh love to me is when you look into someones eyes and see their heart." Ethan looks at Luna and her face lights up she smiles "Well said." When they get to the movie theater they wait for the rest of their friends. The concession stand lady flirts with Ethan "What can I get for you handsome?" Ethan smiles nervously the lady laughs "Don't worry your uh is that your sister?" Luna turns around and walks up to the stand "Sup bro." Ethan frowns "No she's my girlfriend." Luna looks at Ethan "NO i'm not." Ethan nods his head "Yes you are you're a girl and you're my friend." The concession stand lady nods her head "He got you there." Luna looks at Ethan than sighs "Can I just get some skittles?" Ethan laughs "Man I love messing with you." Luna looks at Ethan "So when people call each other boyfriend and girlfriend those aren't lover terms?" Ethan smiles and Luna taps her chin "So that makes you my boyfriend huh..." Ethan nods his and Luna smiles "That makes Jake,Kaleb,Grayson all my boyfriends too?" Ethan waves his hands "No don't call them that!" Luna laughs then she gets a call from Jake "Hello?" Jake speaks "The rest of us decided to go somewhere else to give you and Ethan alone time." Luna is dumbfounded "Wait what?" "I know I really wanted to hang out with you, but they tricked me into going with them Help me." Ethan looks at Luna "who was that?" Luna puts her phone in her backpack "It was Jake." Ethan frowns "what he say?" Luna sighs "they all went somewhere else to give us two some alone time." Ethan looks at Luna "Oh that's ok I guess." Luna looks up shocked *I thought he'd be more excited to be alone with me?...* Ethan smiles and sticks his thumb up at the concession stand lady. Earlier when Luna was on the phone Ethan asked the concession stand lady for advice. "Girlfriend?" Ethan sighs "I wish..." The girl smiles "well your really handsome any girl would be lucky to date you." Ethan smiles and the girl blushes "well let me give you some advice. 1) Make jokes girls love humor. 2)Ask questions just do it for some reason it's always good to ask questions. 3) Don't always pursue act uninterested to get her attention."Back to present- Luna looks at Ethan *good maybe he'll stop bothering me* Ethan looks at Luna *I can't tell when she has a poker face* When the two sit down they put the popcorn between them. Later into the movie a romance scene comes up. "I love you." The girl turns around shocked "Me?" Luna scoffs who else he'd be talking to your the only he's looking at." Ethan laughs at Luna's remark *wow she really is interesting* Luna looks at Ethan *his laugh it reminds me of Augustus laugh warm and full of happiness...* Luna shakes her head to clear her thoughts. Ethan hand touches Luna while reaching for popcorn Luna looks up at him her face getting hot *Why is my heart beating fast...?* Luna takes her hand out and Ethan turns his head to see Luna looking at the screen. *and she was acting like she thought the movie was stupid.*