Heroes

Chapter 3: Cry your heart out

I'm back! and ready for more! Ok a few things before you start the chapter, I'm going to copy my stories and then delete everything and make revisions. The stories will be back soon, they just need a little tuning. Flipped personality is the first story I ever made, and it's very special to me (even though it's really bad. XD) but, I might take that down for longer than the rest. Anyways, enough of my blubbering, And on with the story!
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After I poured out my heart to Jacob, I was feeling really down, so I decided to go see a movie with Kate later that day. We went home on the bus and changed at my house into something more dressy for a girl's night out. "Hanna, you should totally wear that red dress you wore to drama competition last summer." I put the skirt I was holding on the bed and went back to the closet to retrieve the dress. "I don't see why we have to dress up. I mean, it's just us...right?" I questioned. I look over at Kate and she has a smirk on her face. "Oh no Kate. What have you done?" "I may or may not have invited Josh to come with us." Pause game. Josh is Kate's almost-sorta-boyfriend-but-not-quite-because-it's-complicated. He isn't allowed to date yet, but he is very much in love with her and his parent's don't know and they think that he and Kate are just friends. See? Complicated. He is also on the basketball team. Kate doesn't have anything against popularity unlike me. Alright, game on. " Ok! That's cool." I said flatly. Her smile got bigger and turned into a sly grin. "I know that look. There's something else, isn't there?" I asked. "Ok don't freak out," she says as she stands up and puts her hands on my shoulders. "It's a double date." I look at her with fiery eyes that could shoot lasers if I was a superhuman. "Who?" I fumed. "I don't know. Josh said it was one of his nerd friends." she says in a sweet and nice tone. I decide to give her an ultimatum." I will go only if you buy my ticket." I stated. "Done!" She exclaimed and hugged me. Great. now I have to worry about a random stranger being forced to go on a date with me because he is friends with Josh. We get dressed in our most bombshell outfits and get mom to drive us. This movie better be good.
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We arrive at the movie theater and get tickets for the show. Kate is on the phone with Josh telling him where we were because his friend got him lost. Kate spotted Josh while I was getting popcorn and drinks. I turn around to see Kate, Josh, and....Jacob? "Jacob? what are you doing here?" I ask. Josh steps in and says, "This is my funny nerd friend I brought along for the ride so you wouldn't feel like a third-wheel." I look from Josh to Jacob. "Well? Are you gonna help me with all these snacks or not?" I tease. He smiles and hurriedly walks toward me to help hold the snacks. We got our seats and Jacob sits next to me. The movie starts off and I am suddenly aware of how close I am sitting to the guy I poured my heart out to earlier. But we're just friends. He said that himself this afternoon. That I needed a friend to show how not all populars were bad. So why am I trying to convince myself that we are just friends and nothing more? Do I....like him? No, that's crazy. I've only known him for a few days. Snap out of it Hanna. Watch the dang movie!
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The movie is drawing to it's romantic conclusion where the main characters are in love and they kiss before a sunset when I reach into the popcorn bowl i'm holding and instead of popcorn between my fingers, it's another hand. I tear my attention away from the screen to look at Jacob. He looks down at our hands then up at me and smiles a really goofy smile, teasing me. I laugh and pull my hand away, all coated in butter and salt. I look back to the screen where the couple have been in a lip-lock for two minutes now and hear some kissing beside me. It's probably Kate and Josh, so I decide to not look and let them have some privacy. The movie ends and the lights come on as the credits roll. I stand up and stretch expecting there to be no after-credits scene so we could hang out afterwards and get a bite to eat. But then there was a fuzzy sound and then a giant "rrRIIIIIIIP!" I look to Kate and Josh, then over to Jacob. Their expressions are all panicked. We are all standing now and looking around to see what is going on. I look up at the booth where the guy operating the projector should have been. I didn't see anyone from the first row, so I ran up to the glass in front of the booth with Jacob right behind me. I peered into the glass with caution, not knowing what I would find. A gasp escaped my mouth and my hand covered my face. He was dead. Murdered. Right there on the floor. I took a step back and braced myself with my hand on the back of a seat. I felt sick. Really sick. "Oh my god. He's dead. Josh! Call the police!" Jacob yelled "Hanna, lets get you outside for some fresh air, ok? You look really pale." We walked out of the movie theater and into the green grass outside so if I needed to hurl, it wouldn't be on the pavement. I sat down and my ears started buzzing. "You ok?" Jacob asked. "I don't know." I replied. "My ears are buzzing like there are a thousand voices inside my head." He looked at me in confusion. "What are you talking about? it's completely silent out here." The noise gets louder and louder until it's hurting me and I put my hands over my ears to try and block it out. "It hurts! It's so loud!" I cry. Jacob sits next to me and wraps his arms around me to hold me and puts his hands over mine to try and help block it out. "It's okay. I'm here. I'm not gonna leave you. I'm here." he soothes, and it gets a little easier to bear the pain. "Are you ok?" Someone asks. I look up and no one is there. "Who's there?" I ask. Jacob looks at me like i'm crazy. "Hanna, no one's here." I hear the little voice again. "Down here miss! I'm over to your left." A gentle voice says. I slowly look to my left to see a squirrel standing on it's hind legs. "Yes that's me! The squirrel!" It says without moving it's mouth. "Jacob, this is gonna sound crazy, but that squirrel is talking to me." He snickers at me and says "Did you have something to drink? Are you high or something?" I glare at him and look back to the squirrel who carefully steps closer. "Is he your boyfriend or something?" the squirrel said telepathically. My cheeks started to burn and I looked at Jacob who still had his arms around me and looked back to the squirrel. "What?! No!" I said with urgency." Jacob looked from the squirrel to me as I shifted out of his hands. "What is the squirrel saying?" Jacob asked. Um, well the squirrel is asking if we are dating and I just said no because I really don't know what we are after tonight because I think I might like you, but that's absurd because i've only known you for a few days and you're a popular, which is bad because it would ruin your reputation and stuff. "Um, nothing. I'll tell you later." I looked back to the squirrel and it waved its paw at me as if to say 'whatever' and hopped away.