Can I Be Your Favorite?

Chapter 14

Alec's POV

We headed out and walked down the road heading for town. "Hey Alec?" "Hm?" I heard my name and looked up at him. "Yeah?" "I love you." His voice was gentle and calm and he leaned down to kiss my cheek.
He got a slight laugh in return. "I love ya too, nerd." "I take that as a compliment." "I know." "I'm sorry about earlier... I hope you feel better after all this..."
His smile faltered and I can't stand the sight of him upset... "You didn't do anything wrong. It's fine." "You're incredible." "I'm far from it." "Let me love you." "I'm just telling the truth." "Let me love yooouuu." "Nooooooooooo." "Yeeeeesss" "Hmph.
.." He didn't seem satisfied with my silence and I soon felt the pressure of his lips against my forehead. "Stop." We headed into the theater together and soon sat side by side at the movie. He sat next to me, still holding my hand in his.  But I had to let it go so that I could lean against him and it was worth it for his smile and his arms around me. "Are ya sure ya wanna watch a horror movie?" "You like horror movies so yes." "I do. But you don't." "And?" "I don't wanna get yelled at again by your mom." Looking back on it, I've never referred to Erin as my mom. "She's your mom too and it'll be my own fault."
"Nah. She's not but aight." I looked away to try to focus on the screen even though the movie wasn't playing yet. I felt his lips against the top of my head and it made me smile. But then I noticed the homophobic looks we're getting. I pulled away from him to sit up in my own seat and I felt him try to pull me back. "Hmph..."
But I didn't dare budge. "Alec... " "What?" "Come back..." "No..." "Why...?"
I didn't respond until he looked around and noticed the homophobes. "Oh..." "It's fine... Just leave it alone..." I had started fidgeting with the bottom of my shirt, nervous habit I guess. "Hey... Forget about them. They don't matter. This is our night and I'm not letting some nasty homophobes ruin it."
He's right... Why should I let other people tell me who I'm allowed to be? This is my boyfriend and I'm allowed to cuddle with him if I want. I leaned into his side again and hid my face in the crook of his neck earning a small smile and more cuddles. I could feel people glaring daggers into us and all I want to do right now is hide. But when I looked up I saw Jax flip a guy off for giving us a nasty look. He rubbed my shoulder, Obviously in an attempt to make me feel better. "Just ignore them..."
"I'm trying to..." "I love you so much..." "I love you too..." "I love you more..." "Obviously..." "Exactly..." "You're amazing... You're too good to me..." "Shush... That's nonsense..." "It's true... You're too good..." I did believe it was true, and honestly I still do. "Noo..." "Shh... The movie's starting..." "Hmph..." After a while into the movie, things were going good... Until the first scare. I felt him jump and so I looked up at him and I could feel him shaking against me. I got him to look at me so that I could whisper to him. "Hey... Do ya wanna leave...?" He quickly shook his head but I could tell that he did. He was scared and he wanted to leave. "No..."
"It's fine if you want to... I don't want you to stay because of me if you're scared..." "No I'm ok... I'll be fine..." "Jax I'm serious... You don't need to stay... I could always come with Liu and watch it another time..."
"I want to stay. For you." "Jaxie... You're shaking... Please don't watch it if you're scared..." I looked back to the movie just in time for another scare, only for the boy next to me jump back into his seat and let out a small whimper.
I sighed and grabbed his hand to pull him outta the movie room, into the hall. I looked up at him to see him shaking and that his breathing had picked up. "Shh... It's ok... Just breathe ok?" I leaned up to peck his lips and try to make him feel better. He nodded at me and tried to calm down.
"I love you...  I don't want you to think that you have to do anything for me..." "B-But ....-"  I cut him off from a more than likely self depricating statement. " No. I'm not letting you watch a horror movie any time soon." "But A-Alec -" "No. That's final. C'mon, I'll pay for tickets to one of the documentaries." "You don't have-" "Yes I do. I told you we'd watch a movie and we're gonna watch something you'd enjoy." ( # boyfriend of the year. Some one give him some points for this.) "But you hate documentaries..." It's true. They're fucking boring. But it's better than having to deal with my boyfriend having nightmares. So I just shrugged it off. "I'll probably take a nap so it's a win win." I was happy to hear a slight laugh from him. " Ok..." "C'mon. Let's go watch it. Cause we both know there's no movie in history that we'd both enjoy." I headed off with my boyfriend and he was happy. That's all that matters to me. "Ok..."