Luna

Chapter 4

The drive to the cinema took about 15 minutes and by the time we reached, there was already a line forming at the entrance. I took Mia's hand and ran in. "Go get us some popcorn. I'll be waiting in the line" with a nod, we both went opposite to each other. I had booked our tickets earlier, but I wanted to settle in the hall before there were too many people. Luckily the line wasn't that long. As I stood there awkwardly, not knowing anyone to talk to, more people joined the line. I could hear people whispering about the movie and even someone mentioning that Chadwick Boseman looking hot in the movie. I could hear someone else say "Has she not seen Michael B. Jordan?" with a glare. I rolled my eyes. I came for the movie, not to hear them bicker about whose hot. To me, they both are.

I glanced at my watch and took my phone out to call Mia when I heard someone scream my name. I looked up and there stood my high school nemesis, in what appeared to be the most skin-tight dress to exist in the world. The sound of her 4-inch heels hitting the floor echoed as she made her way towards me. I wanted to hide. She was the last person I wanted to see tonight. "Oh Luna darling, how are you?" she said taking her glasses off and kissing the air on both sides of my head. "P PP Patricia! What are you doing?" I stuttered completely surprised by her actions. "You have never greeted me like that in your entire life and what's with glasses, its night-time you bimbo". I could hear gasps coming from the crowd of people near me but I didn't care. We haven't seen each other in years and suddenly she comes waltzing like we are friends when we clearly hated each other. "Oh a little grumpy aren't we." She tilted her head to a side and looked me in the eye before saying her next words "Is this because your dear daddy threw you out and practically disowned you?" I felt anger creeping up my skin. "Choose your next words carefully Patricia!" I said through my gritted teeth. My fists were clenched, ready to hit her makeup layered face when her phone buzzed.

"Oh! My boyfriend's here. Got to go. XoXo" and she just left just like that, leaving me all frustrated. I don't know what goes in that tiny brain of hers. As I turned from side to side I could see people in line whispering and pointing at me. I tried covering my face with my hands. I felt someone near me and looked up to see Mia. "What happened to you?" I took my drink from her and explained what happened with Patricia. She was furious too but there was nothing we could do. As we walked into the cinema hall, I felt something hard hit my left arm and I stumbled, making my drink spill all over my sweater, my favorite sweater. Shouting an "Oww", I regained my balance and turned around to see what hit me, I was met with a pair eyes that looked so deep that I could drown in them. I shook the thought away and looked furiously at the guy in front of me. He just shrugged and looked at his friends around him. His friends started laughing. "What?" was all the guy said. I was so close to lose my temper. I felt Mia's hand on my wrist and I closed my eyes to calm down.

"Did you just ask me what?" I asked in disbelief. He stood firmly and stared back at me and spoke. "What do you want me to do? Bow down and apologize? Help you clean a sweater that you poured your drink on? You know what. You should be apologizing to me" at that moment I realized that I was done with this boy in front of me. I took a deep breathe, and moved closer to him, placing an arm on his shoulder and I noticed him flinching. I didn't care, I have had enough with his attitude. "Listen here dude. I did NOT bump into you. You walked into my arm which allowed my drink to spill all over my favorite sweater and you expect me to beg for forgiveness. You know all men are the same with their ego and addressing their man parts and demanding apology when you men f*cking cause everything." I spoke again poking his chest with my finger. "Do you always speak using what's between your legs or do you not have a brain? ..... You chose the wrong day to mess with me mister." I was about to walk away but "Aha. I almost forgot. Here's my apology." I said dumping what was left of my drink onto his shirt. I waved him "too do loo" and walked into the cinema hall with Mia by my side, not taking a second glance back. I could hear the girls in line clapping and whistling.

As we sat down Mia started talking. "Man that was the monologue of the century. Did you see his face? It was as if he was trying not to cry" Mia giggled as I tried to calm down. "Let's just forget him and try to enjoy the movie". I was pissed because of both of my encounters tonight. "Luna you sweater!" Mia cried handing me tissues. I looked down and saw the coca cola has already stained my sweater but it will probably come off. The movie was starting so I didn't want to go to the washroom. So I sat there in my cola covered sweater, watching the events unfold in the movie. By the end of the movie, I wished Wakanda existed so I could go and live there and maybe work along with Shuri. She was a badass. I had wanted to savor every moment of the movie but my mind kept shifting to Patricia and the boy or rather man who bumped into me. They both ruined this experience for me and I was still mad.

After the night's events, we decided to skip dinner and get take out. When we got out of the lift we could hear shouting coming from next door. "Our neighbor must be as pissed as you were" chuckled Mia as she opened the door. I wondered what he was mad about as I closed the door to our apartment.