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Authors: Staci Stallings
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“Sorry about that. I know it’s kind of weird,” he said, now clearly embarrassed.
“No.” She pulled the bottom of her top down. “It’s cool.” Not sure if it was time to leave even now, she looked at him. “You ready?”
His smile was soft, and his eyes continued to apologize. “Yeah. We’d better go before they make us clean up.”
Trying not to wonder what came next, she wound her way out of the line of seats and then waited for him to make it out too. “So, what did you think?”
They went up the aisle to the doors at the back and then out into the even brighter lights of the lobby.
“Of the movie?” he asked as if she might be talking about something else.
“Yeah. What’d you think?”
He was a little bit taller than her, maybe four or five inches, so she had to look up to talk with him as they headed to the staircase. “It’s was good. Good plot overall, but the characterization was a little weak in places.”
They went down the stairs, her hanging on to the railing so she didn’t trip and take the rest of the flight down tumbleweed style.
“Oh, yeah?” At the bottom, she crossed her arms, now quite sure he was not going to take her hand. “Like what?”
He glanced at her, and she felt it. “Well, like Patrick. I mean he was running from the FBI and all, but why?”
“Well, he had the plans.”
“Yeah, but so? I mean why didn’t he want them to have them? Okay, he didn’t trust Henderson, but he could have given them to one of the others.”
“But how would he know the others weren’t in on Henderson’s plans?”
“Well, he didn’t I guess.” He thought about that as he pushed through the outside door and held it for her. “But then he just gave them to the guy he didn’t even know at the end. What was that all about? I mean he runs and runs and runs and then bang. He finds this guy, gives him the plans, and we’re done. What does that even mean?”
Liz was immensely surprised by his passion. She hadn’t expected that at all. “I’m not sure it’s supposed to mean anything. It’s a movie. Go fast. Drive around. Shoot a bunch of people. The end. We’re done.”
Suddenly they both realized at the same moment that they were standing out on the sidewalk, neither going east nor west.
Looking up, Liz crossed her arms more firmly, suddenly sad to see the evening go so quickly. “Well…”
His gaze went up and then came down to hers. “Yeah.”
She reached up and scratched her head as awkward fell between them. “I guess this is it.”
It took him five seconds to agree. “I guess so.”
“Well, thank you,” she said, her gaze not really being able to hold his. “For going with me.” Now her gaze was sliding this way and that, unable to hold on anything. “It was fun.”
“Yeah, it was.” And then his gaze came to her face and stayed.
When she found him looking, nerves attacked like a school of angry squid overtaking her. She bent her head and scratched the side of her ear. Wow. This was awkward. “So. I guess I’ll see you at the shop sometime?”
“Yeah. I’ll be there.”
Although it broke her heart, she managed a smile. “With your shapes?”
“Yeah.” The word was hardly a breath though he never took his eyes off of her.
Another moment and she nodded. “Okay. Well, I’d better get on home.” Another half-moment and she stepped past him, not sure he wouldn’t reach out to stop her, and not sure she didn’t want him to either. “Take care.”
Jake was snagged in the free fall of having no clue what to do. Should he ask to walk her home, or was that too forward? Granted most guys would have her back at her apartment and in a bed by now, but he wasn’t most guys. He still couldn’t believe he had made it this far. “You… you too.”
And then, inexplicably he was standing on the sidewalk by himself watching her walk away. When she crossed the street at the crosswalk, his heart fell inside him.
“That was great,
“Sorry about that. I know it’s kind of weird,” he said, now clearly embarrassed.
“No.” She pulled the bottom of her top down. “It’s cool.” Not sure if it was time to leave even now, she looked at him. “You ready?”
His smile was soft, and his eyes continued to apologize. “Yeah. We’d better go before they make us clean up.”
Trying not to wonder what came next, she wound her way out of the line of seats and then waited for him to make it out too. “So, what did you think?”
They went up the aisle to the doors at the back and then out into the even brighter lights of the lobby.
“Of the movie?” he asked as if she might be talking about something else.
“Yeah. What’d you think?”
He was a little bit taller than her, maybe four or five inches, so she had to look up to talk with him as they headed to the staircase. “It’s was good. Good plot overall, but the characterization was a little weak in places.”
They went down the stairs, her hanging on to the railing so she didn’t trip and take the rest of the flight down tumbleweed style.
“Oh, yeah?” At the bottom, she crossed her arms, now quite sure he was not going to take her hand. “Like what?”
He glanced at her, and she felt it. “Well, like Patrick. I mean he was running from the FBI and all, but why?”
“Well, he had the plans.”
“Yeah, but so? I mean why didn’t he want them to have them? Okay, he didn’t trust Henderson, but he could have given them to one of the others.”
“But how would he know the others weren’t in on Henderson’s plans?”
“Well, he didn’t I guess.” He thought about that as he pushed through the outside door and held it for her. “But then he just gave them to the guy he didn’t even know at the end. What was that all about? I mean he runs and runs and runs and then bang. He finds this guy, gives him the plans, and we’re done. What does that even mean?”
Liz was immensely surprised by his passion. She hadn’t expected that at all. “I’m not sure it’s supposed to mean anything. It’s a movie. Go fast. Drive around. Shoot a bunch of people. The end. We’re done.”
Suddenly they both realized at the same moment that they were standing out on the sidewalk, neither going east nor west.
Looking up, Liz crossed her arms more firmly, suddenly sad to see the evening go so quickly. “Well…”
His gaze went up and then came down to hers. “Yeah.”
She reached up and scratched her head as awkward fell between them. “I guess this is it.”
It took him five seconds to agree. “I guess so.”
“Well, thank you,” she said, her gaze not really being able to hold his. “For going with me.” Now her gaze was sliding this way and that, unable to hold on anything. “It was fun.”
“Yeah, it was.” And then his gaze came to her face and stayed.
When she found him looking, nerves attacked like a school of angry squid overtaking her. She bent her head and scratched the side of her ear. Wow. This was awkward. “So. I guess I’ll see you at the shop sometime?”
“Yeah. I’ll be there.”
Although it broke her heart, she managed a smile. “With your shapes?”
“Yeah.” The word was hardly a breath though he never took his eyes off of her.
Another moment and she nodded. “Okay. Well, I’d better get on home.” Another half-moment and she stepped past him, not sure he wouldn’t reach out to stop her, and not sure she didn’t want him to either. “Take care.”
Jake was snagged in the free fall of having no clue what to do. Should he ask to walk her home, or was that too forward? Granted most guys would have her back at her apartment and in a bed by now, but he wasn’t most guys. He still couldn’t believe he had made it this far. “You… you too.”
And then, inexplicably he was standing on the sidewalk by himself watching her walk away. When she crossed the street at the crosswalk, his heart fell inside him.
“That was great,
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