When He Sees Me [Draft]

[14]

The duo arrived at the mall movie theatre and Ellie immediately ran over to her boyfriend and gave him a big 'ol kiss in front of everyone.
Ben crossed his arms and thought to himself "that should be me getting those smooches" right as Ellie turned to face Ben, then whisper to Andrew
"what is he doing here?" she asked him, having a weird feeling about Ben and Andrews "friendship".
"He's going to hang with us. Is that a problem?" Andrew raised an eyebrow at his girlfriend.
"No. it's whatever." She said as she joined her group of cheerleader friends to go buy a ticket.
Andrew just rolled his eyes and hung back behind the girls to stand with Ben
"Sorry about her. She's a bitch."
"Yeah. I know." Ben said.

About halfway through the movie, Ben slipped out of the theatre to go to the bathroom. He figured nobody had noticed because he was sitting on the edge and they weren't paying him any attention, but Andrew caught up to him and grabbed his shoulder.
"I need a break. Elle won't let go of me. She thinks the movie is scary." Andrew said, shaking his head.
"It is scary! I've been having to protect myself this whole time while you protect her!" Ben laughs a little and turns to face Andrew, the two of them the only ones in the bathroom.
"Aww poor Ben. Do you want me to sit by you?" Andrew teased the shorter boy.
"Don't patronize me. And yes, that'd be great but you have to sit next to Ellie or else she'll suspect somethings up."
"She already does." Andrew says.
"Exactly. Don't let her figure anything out."
"God I really want to kiss you right now." Andrew whispers, slowly moving forward until Ben was against the wall.
"Hey man, i'm not gonna stop you." Ben said.
Andrew leaned in and kissed Ben, knowing it was risky because somebody they knew could have easily walked in right then.
Ben was thinking the same thing, but he didn't care. He pushed away all of his worries and grabbed the collar of Andrews letterman and kissed him back.
The two went at this for about 7 minutes until they thought they'd better hurry back before the girls thought something was up.
Andrew took a step away from Ben and smiled at the shorter boy "Every time we kiss, it feels like it's meant to be that way." He said quietly.
Ben was definitely a sucker for romance, so hearing that made his heart melt and his face blush like crazy. "I know." He nodded and selfishly wrapped his arms around Andrew in a tight embrace.
"I want you all to myself. I wish you could be my boyfriend. I want you to protect me and get to proudly hold my hand in public." Ben said muffled as his face was pressed against Andrews chest.
"I know. I want the same thing, Ben. But not yet. Maybe someday, okay?" He said, pressing a kiss to Ben's head. "Let's go back?"
Ben nodded and walked back into the theatre with Andrew, the two sitting back in their seats next to each other.
Andrew wrapped one arm around Ellie, who was leaning into her boyfriend because of the scary film, and secretly held Ben's hand on the other side of him.
Ben squeezed Andrews hand, also scared of the movie, and finally felt safe in the hands of Andy.