Newly single.

chapter 18

I raced to my locker straight from my class giving Eli and Meg a quick wave goodbye; I know Meg would fill him in on the situation so there was no need to stop. I emptied my arms that were ladened with folders and took out the 2 that I had homework for. Stuck them in my big bag and made my way to the school entrance. I slowed down not wanting to look to eager and slowly walked down the steps to see bitch face Natalie giving me a dirty look, so I smiled. I waited for 5 minutes contemplating in my mind whether or not he was going to meet me... Or have I been set up, was this a laugh? At my expense? After 10 minutes I had my mind made up, I picked up my bag and turned to walk away. I guess this was just to humiliate me. Nob head.

'Hey Elise, leaving so soon?'

I spun round to see Dominic lent against the pillar smirking at me,

'I wanted to see how long it would take you to pick up and go...'

'That’s not very nice Dom'

'I know it isn't but now that that has been resolved, put this on'

He handed me a bike helmet. You’re kidding me, not again. As much as I loved being innocently pressed against Dominic on his bike, I was still scared shitless about how I would look smushed along the floor. As Han used to say, 'Your no good to me squished' True very true. Obviously as I spaced out Dom was werided out as he questioned my consciousness out load...

'HELLOOO!!! Earth to Elise... Are you getting on the bike or not?'

I quickly clicked back into reality,

'Yes, yeh sure, where are we going? And will you go slower this time?'

'I told you earlier, it’s a surprise and fine if you insist... Now get on and hold on'

Though you'd never ask. So with a grin across my face I got on and held on but I wanted to do one more thing before we left. Natalie had been watching us from the car park with all her slappers so as we passed her... I showed her my middle finger in all its glory and I could hear Dom sniggering in front of me.

We darted here and there on this bike and I had lost track of where we were going then we pulled up into Morrisons... The supermarket.

'I maybe female but I won’t help you with your weekly shop. Besides, we won’t get it home on this'

Signalling to the bike. He looked at me and smiled,

'Do you really think I'd take a girl on a date to Morrisons?... We are getting snacks for the movie... Popcorn is like five quid at the cinema!'

'You really know who to treat a girl'

With a cheeky wink I followed him into Morrisions were we ended up in the sweeties aisle. I had minstrels and he picked m&ms good mixture I though. He paid and told me tonight was on him. We then hopped back to the bike and went round the corner to a cinema complex with several restaurants and of course a cinema. I had never been here before, but it looks good!

Buzzing with complete excitement we entered the cinema and he walked up to the booth and said,

'Two tickets to see Devil inside'

Oh shitty shit shit... I don't like scary films, I never have done. They achieve their goals and scary me shitless and yes I am saying shit a lot because that word best describes my feelings towards them. But I knew what he was doing, by making me scared he thought that I would lean into him for protection, but I won’t give him that satisfaction. I feel like playing hard to get, even though it was easy to get me here... okay right.

'You like scary movies right?'

I nodded not wanting to give the game away, the lady at the ticket booth handed Dom the tickets and we continued to walk towards our numbered screening room. 13, that has got to mean something! But he didn't notice so we walked in and took our seats, right at the back. I quickly noticed the cliché that I had wondered into so once we were sat I stood up and,

'I'm just going to pop to the ladies'

'Don't trip'

He winked at me remembering when we first saw each other I tripped and was knocked out obviously first impressions stick. So I skipped down all the stairs and to the toilets. I went to the loo, washed my hands and fixed my hair. But as I fixed my hair and idea popped into my head, my Ipod. I put one head phone in one ear and the other in my other ear, dur. But I switched the music off so what I went back in to the cinema he wouldn't notice and I used my hair to hide the fact that I had them in. Genius! So I wondered back into room 13, my eyes meet with Dom's eyes and a goofy smile across his face, tehehe he doesn't know my plan. So I sat down and dished the goodies that we had smuggled in via my hand bag. And as the film started I switched my music on sat back and relaxed.

And when I say I relaxed, I actually fell asleep.