You Complete Me- Dylan O'Brien

Chapter 11

Marina's POV

The couches in the theater were very tight, causing Dylan and I to constantly brush up against each other.

Being this close to him made my heart beat faster and it seemed like he was a bit tense too.

I nervously pull my arms into my body to take up less space as the lights go down.

The movie begins, and I'm sitting squished into the other side of the couch, not wanting to move. I knew if I did, I would be against him again..

Of course, the movie starts with three of the most terrifying jump scares I've ever seen making me flinch each time. Dylan seems to notice and he looks over to me with a smirk.

"Come over here" he says motioning towards himself. For a second, I sit there unsure what to do.

I give him a quick friendly smile and decide to move closer to him. He puts an arm around my shoulders and I sharply inhale.

I sit there not knowing what to do for a moment, but suddenly my phone buzzes snapping me out of my panicking.

I pull it out, making sure no one else could see and at the top of my screen is a text from Krista saying: Bitch stop being so awkward and make money moves!

I slide my phone back in my pocket laughing quietly.

I'm super bad at flirty stuff, but it's worth a shot. I lower my head so it's on his shoulder.

A few seconds later, I feel his head rest down on top of mine.

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There's a huge jump-scare and the whole theater screams. I check the time and it's probably about halfway through the movie, but I haven't been paying attention one bit, because the only thing on my mind is Dylan.

We're still in the same position and having my head on his shoulder is becoming uncomfortable.

I either have to move away, which I don't want to do, or lay on him even more.

Should I do it or would that be weird?

Thinking about that terrifies me, but maybe it'll give him the hint I'm interested.

Oh god, but what if he's like "ew get off" or what if I ruin our friendship, because he doesn't want more than friendship or what if he get's the wrong impression?

You know what? Fuck it, I'm overthinking this. I just gotta try and see what happens

I turn my body almost completely to him, so I'm cuddled up next to him and he moves his arm from around my shoulder down to my middle back and pulls me in even tighter.

I smile but keep my head ducked so he can't see and rest my hand flat on his chest. Since my head was on his chest, I could hear his heart beat pick up.

It takes a while for him to calm down but when he does, he rests his hand on my stomach area maintaining his strong embrace around me.

After a few minutes, I notice he's fiddling with the bottom of my crop top and every so often his hand brushes my skin. He continues to do this and time feels like it's standing still.

I can feel his gaze on me, but I didn't dare look up. I could feel the heat in my face and my breathing was so out of control I'm sure he could tell.

Suddenly he stops and about a minute later the credits start and the light's come on.

I'm so nervous I have no idea what to do, so without looking at him I stand up and say "I'm going to use the bathroom be right back," grab Krista's arm, and basically run out of the theater dragging her behind me.

Once we're in the bathroom, Krista yells "What the hell Marina? You hurt my arm man! What happened? Are you ok?"

I explain to her what happened and she says "Goddamn that's hot" with wide eyes.

"Well yeah it's all great, but now I can't even look at him. I've never felt that way before and ugh I don't know. I just feel weird facing him now" I stammer

"Honey, all we have to do now is drop him off. You'll be fine! We're in it together!"

We walk back out and find the guys in a group talking. As soon as we get to them, Dylan's eyes are on me.

I stare at him for what feels like an eternity but was probably seconds. I feel a blush coming on so I look away.

"I had a fantastic time guys! But I have to get these two dudes home so I think we need to head out" Krista says to Matthew and Carlos.

"All good! See you guys!" Matthew says waving and turning to walk away

"Bye everyone" Carlos says enthusiastically as he walks away with Matthew

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When we arrive at Dylan's house, I offer to walk him to his door. I was scared to have to talk to him again, but for whatever reason it seemed like the right thing to do.

"I had a great time" he says sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck

"Oh yeah me too" I say back clasping my hands together in front of myself.

He goes to open his front door, but turns back to me and asks "Hey um, before I go inside, can I ask you something Marina?"

Ah shit, this can't be good

"Yeah sure, what's up" I say back trying not to freak out

"Do you want to hangout tomorrow, but like just us?"

Oh... now this, I did not expect

"Wha... Li-Like a date?" I ask nervously

"Well um...only if you want it to be..." he states quietly

"Well I'll take you up on that offer! I'm free to do anything after three."

Homecoming had come up super fast and was already next weekend so Krista and I were going dress shopping in the morning

"How about after four? I'll pick you up, we can get food, then go to the mountains down town and watch the sunset?" He questions nervously

"Sounds amazing" I smile at him

"Great! See you then!" He says grinning back

I say goodbye to him and walk back to the car.

I got back to my house and couldn't help but be happy, but that's when I realized, he never really confirmed if it was or was not a date.

And just like that, my mood dropped and I became anxious

I needed answers...