the girl on the bench

Chapter 10

I hear her car before she pulls in front of my house. She parks on the street meaning she must be avoiding the driveway because of what happened last time with Alex. I watch as she gets out of the car. She looks handsome with a white short sleeve button down shirt, baggy blue jeans, vans and a white baseball cap. She straightens her shirt as she heads towards the front door. I run to my room and do a final check of my outfit. I chose a white off the shoulder top that ties up at the front made my boobs stand out, a denim jacket, black skinny leg jeans and white platform sneakers so I can be the same height as her. I curled my medium length brown hair as it's something she hasn't seen before. I question all my choices in the mirror until I hear her knock on the door. I curse Alex for not being here to reassure me. I take a deep breath. I look good but she looks even better.

I answer the door and she looks me up and down with her mouth open. "Pwoar" she says covering her mouth. I don't know if that's a good noise or a sounds of shock that I look that bad. "Wow! You're making me look like chum!" She says and I laugh. "As if!" I say locking the house up and heading to her car. She trails behind me and I peek over my shoulder to say something but see her watching my ass. I have to admit that these jeans do make my butt look good. She wipes the sides of her mouth with her finger and thumb. I turn back towards the car and can't help but smile. When we get in the car. She hands me the auxiliary cord for me to put some music on. I tease her by pressing play on one of her songs. She stares at me and turns the volume all the way down. "Don't make me look like a tool" she says making me laugh. I put on Mallrat's new music and she gives me an approving nod of the head. 

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She parks the car and I try to open my door. "Allow me" she says with a grin and she runs around to my door and opens it for me. I step out of the car and suddenly notice how close she's standing. I lean back against the car to move out of the way as she takes a step closer to me to close my door. We're so close to each other and I can see her breathe me in. I look down at her lips and she bites her bottom lip. She touches my waist and smiles breaking my stare. "Come on" she says taking my hand in her own and leading me towards the cinema screen. It's a giant blow up pop-up cinema on the beach with heaps of people. She only lets my hand go when we arrive at the front of the line and she has to take her phone out of her pocket to show the tickets. When we approach the ticket booth the girl looks at us flustered. "Oh my god... you're G Flip" another staff member for the cinema giving out wrist bands says as she looks up at us. "Hey, what's up?" G says to her giving her a smile. She shows the tickets on her phone and the first girl scans them. The girl puts wrist bands on both of us but states at G the entire time. It makes me laugh. "Enjoy the movie" she breathes. G smiles at her and rests a hand on my lower back guiding me towards our seats. We hear giggling and quiet screams from behind us. "Do you get that a lot?" I ask turning towards her. She laughs "Sometimes, but it still amazes me every time". She looks down at her phone and points to our 'seats' which are lounge bean bags. G flops down on the one closest to her. "These are pretty comfy actually" she says wiggling her body side-to-side into the bean bag. I walk around to the other bean bag next to hers and she pulls it quickly towards her own. I laugh at her boldness and she taps the bag indicating for me to lay down.

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The movie is exactly how I remembered it. I hadn't watched it since I was a kid but it was still just as scary as I remember. G lies on her back with her arms behind her head and I lie tucked up on mine. Halfway through the movie, I start to get cold. G notices me pull my jacket around me so she unravels a blanket that we both seemed to have forgotten about and lays it over herself. She flips the side closest to me over and stretches out her arm for me to get in closer to her. I smile and cuddle in beside her. I lay my head in her arm nook as she flips the blanket over me. She wraps her arm that's under my head over my shoulder and gently rubs my arm. I can feel her heart beating fast. I lay my arm so it's laying vertically down her chest and stomach and spread my fingers out. I feel her heart beat faster than before. I'm a total scaredy cat when it comes to jump scares and I jolt every time there's a scary scene or scary music. She doesn't react at all and only laughs at me when I jump and squeezes my arm to comfort me.

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When the movie's over, I go to stand up from my bean bag but my foot sinks into the beans and I loose my balance and end up falling on top of her. I steady myself by extending my arms to the ground and she grabs me by my waist with both hands. I suddenly realise that our faces are extremely close but neither one of us moves. She takes her hand away from my waist and tucks my hair behind my ear. She leaves her hand cupping my face and looks into my eyes. It's dark but I can see her mouth part as her eyes look at my mouth. I hear people talking close by to us and snap back to reality. I laugh to break the tension and she laughs as well. As much as I liked that moment, it's probably not the right place for a first kiss. I pick myself up without falling this time and she picks herself up as well and we start heading back to the car. I take her hand in mine and she squeezes mine in return.