"Gods the line is soo long!" Piper stared up at her tall companion, rolling her eyes at the impatience clearly heard in his tone of voice.
"What?" Jason asked, knowing the answer to her question already. He shifted slightly closer. Looking upwards again, Piper replied, crossing her arms over her chest. "Good things come to those who wait, Jason."
"Oh really?" He said, stretching his arm slowly around her, in a long, slightly exaggerated motion. Piper shrugged as she took another step forward in the line, leaving Jason behind and his outstretched arm to cuddle the space she formerly occupied.
What little of a smile Jason had faded, as he moved forward to catch up, this time folding his hands politely in front of him. Piper could practically smell the awkwardness hanging in the air and sighed. 'Might as well.' She thought, knotting her fingers with Jason's.
Jason smiled slightly at her action, he was fine with this, as long as he had her next to him. The line moved and they were soon at the ticket booth.
As the pair reached the counter, Jason pulled Piper away and towards the entrance to the movie theater, laughing the whole time. Apparently they had both forgotten that they had already bought tickets beforehand and only realized it when Jason pulled out his wallet and saw the tickets inside.
"I can't believe you waited in line the whole time." He said laughing. Piper's hand left its place with Jason's and slapped her forehead. "They were in your wallet, you idiot." This only made Jason laugh harder. "I knew... I knew the whole time!" He said between breathes.
Piper's ears turned red as she heard this and she took her ticket from Jason and stormed into the show room. "Wait, Piper! Wait! Gods dammit that wasn't smart..." Jason said as he tried to catch up. Piper pretended not to hear and kept walking, slightly smirking.
'Well, might as well try to find her, I've got exactly zero to lose now...' He thought and started to walk dejectedly in the general direction she had walked in. When Jason did find Piper, she was sitting in a chair with crossed arms and her lips formed into a thin line.
He settled into a seat near Piper's. 'Just about the right amount of distance.' he contemplated. As he did so, Piper hung her head up faced stared at the dark ceiling and sighed. 'Too much attitude, Piper.' She scolded to herself as she stood up and sunk into the seat next to Jason.
As the movie started, Jason got more and more nervous, he had no idea where to go from here. 'Gods, calm down, you've already half ruined your first date' He thought. Twenty minutes into the movie, Piper started to get scared. Regret was clearly written across her face and Jason was starting to notice. As another one of the main characters of the movie was suddenly attacked and eaten, Piper shielded her eyes with her hands and let out an 'eep'.
Jason saw an opportunity, and took it, he moved over and wrapped his arms around her, whispering comforting words into her ear. Even with her heart still hammering in her chest, Piper could feel herself calming down and relaxing at Jason's gesture. Leaning closer to him as she tucked her feet up on the seat, out of 'zombie' reach.
Jason saw the effect the movie had on her, he had had enough of seeing her scared, so he did the absolute gutsiest, and possibly stupidest thing he had done that evening, he pulled her onto his lap and started to run his fingers through her hair.
Albeit shocked at first, Piper warmed up to being on Jason's lap and relaxed even more. Minutes later her heartbeat went back to normal as she became enthralled by the features on Jason's face to distract her from the gore-y scenes in the movie. She shook her head slightly and kissed his cheek, whispering a 'thank you' right after.
With Jason holding her close, Piper could feel the the ghoulish sounds from the movie fading away in the background. "In momento temporis" she mumbled, laying her head on Jason's shoulder. "A moment in time." He translated, a smile gracing his face as he planted a kiss on Piper's forehead.