Broken Spirits Can Swim

Broken Spirits Can Swim Ch. 7

                With a soft sigh Jane left the dorm room as he figured if Heather got lucky, she would want the room and he didn't want to be a disruption to her fun, the door behind him clicked as he headed down the hall toward the stair. He fished out his phone and began searching the web for any close by movie theaters before a small smile flashed across his muzzle, his eyes having settled on a film he knew would be good for a solo trip.

As he walked to the theater, he noticed that the campus was rather empty, figuring that most of the furs were either at the party Heather had mentioned or having one of their own. He had over heard others talking about other parties, one set of furs included how they always had a beginning-of-the-year party at the local quarry. Jane just chuckled to himself as he continued his walk, rather happy that the theater was close to the campus though he wondered if that was on purpose as the theater had been built only two years after the university opened.

The theater had only a few furs in the lobby, mostly couples who were there to see the next major flick that is out. Jane approached the counter and greeted the employee, "Hello, I would like a ticket to see Prideful Paws please," he pulled out his student I.D. for the discount and paid as the fur smiled and directed him to the theater on the left. With his ticket in his pocket, Jane headed to the concession stand and proceeded to order himself a large popcorn and fountain drink when he overheard the fur next to him swear.

"Dammit," a light furred otter muttered as he searched his pockets rather furiously, "I could have sworn I had more money on me." The cashier gave the otter a rather 'another one who can't come prepared' look as the fur was now becoming frantic, looking at the floor to see if he had dropped his cash, "I am sorry, I swear I had another twenty on me. I guess I won't be getting snacks."

Jane had already paid for his when he slipped a twenty from his wallet and bent down, "I believe this is what you dropped sir," he acted like he had found it under the counter lip just out of view before he stood up and held out the bill to the otter, "here you go." He smiled at the otter, his tail swished a little behind him as he held his popcorn and fountain drink in the other paw.

The otter looked at Jane then the money and back at Jane before he gave a rather grateful smile, "Thank you so much for finding it," the fur reached for the money and the moment his paw grazed Jane's fur he felt a rather pleasant shock as he took the bill, paused only for a second before he set the bill on the counter. His eyes lingered on Jane a little longer before he gathered his snacks and returned his gaze to Jane, "My name is Elias, thank you again."

"Nice to meet you, my name is Jane and not a problem," Jane did his best to lie, "I overheard you and saw the bill on the floor. I know what it is like to lose money like that." He smiled at the otter, "So what movie are you here to see?" he asked as they walked away from the concession stand and noticed Elias was still following him as he headed to the theater room playing his choice.

"Oh, well I am here to see Prideful Paws, I heard it was to be a really good movie," he smiled at Jane before snacking on a piece of candy, "a friend of mine told me I would really relate to the movie so I decided to see it, especially since I wasn't in any mood to go to the parties with excessively drunk furs." His smile seemed to cause Jane to stop thinking of words as they walked to the right theater room, the small fangs on the otter seem to stand out more in the rather poor lighting of the hallway, "After you good sir." Elias chuckled and bowed like a butler to Jane.

Jane couldn't hold back his giggle at the otter's antics, "why thank you, good sir, so nice to see we still have some chivalry left in this world." He giggled again as he tried to be as posh as possible, which gained him a chuckle from Elias as they walked in to find seats. It wasn't hard to find open ones as they were the only souls in the theater room. They sat in the middle of the room and halfway back, getting themselves settled as the screen began playing previews for other movies.

On the screen was a scared fur, running down a long hallway as thudding footfalls followed them. Labored breathing can be heard as the camera stays in the perspective of the one chasing the fur, the sound of metal being scraped on the floorboards fills the theater room before the camera shows the scare fur in the light of the doorway, the shadow of their pursuer blocking the way and the preview ends with the sounds of the lock being clicked.

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Loud music can be heard, soon muffled by the sound of another door being clicked shut as a rather drunk raccoon has her muzzle pressed to the muzzle of a very sober canine, their paws moved against each other's bodies, soft subtle moans escaped the drunk fur's lips before a paw nudged them to lower on their knees, lined up with the bulge of the canine. "Be a good girl and give him some uninterrupted attention."