Date Night
So this is a little quick Zax one-shot I thought of whilst watching "The Fault In Our Stars" the other day. If you still haven't seen it-I reccomend tissues!
Laura xxx
Zoe and Max were now a proper couple, on Christmas Eve he had confessed his feelings to her and she had told him that she still loved him.
Max had insisted that now that they were together properly, they should have a date night. She wasn't entirely happy about it, but she decided to go along with it.
"Come on, Princess." He took her hand on the way out of the ED.
"Stop it." she batted his arm playfully.
"Nope." He pulled her into a kiss.
"Max! People will see!" she mumbled against his lips.
He smiled. "It doesn't matter now, does it? I want to show the world that I love you, Zoe Hanna." He replied.
"I love you too." She smiled as they got into her car.
"Right. Get changed, we're going out to the cinema, it's date night, remember?" he asked,.
"Why can't I pick?" she asked.
"Because you've been wanting to see this film for ages, besides you will get to choose next time." He promised.
"Okay…" she made her way upstairs.
They got to the cinema.
"Right, go and stand over there. You are not allowed to see what we are going to watch until we get into our seats." He said.
Zoe rolled her eyes but obeyed.
She looked around at the various film posters.
One caught her eye. "The Fault In Our Stars" was showing. Surely Max wouldn't take her to see it? She wanted to see it but she didn't want to cry in public. She had read the book and Max had discovered her crying her eyes out. When he told her that it was "only a book" she refused to speak to him and had hit him over the head with the book, which apparently hurt a lot less than actually reading it.
"Come on." He returned to her with some popcorn.
"We're at screen 7" he said.
"This way." Zoe pointed to the double doors.
They made their way into the theatre, Zoe noticed that it was filled with young girls and teenagers.
They sat down and Zoe absent-mindedly checked her phone for messages, eating some popcorn every now and then.
The trailers came on, Zoe expressed an interest to go and see several. Their popcorn, however, was consumed before the film came on, plus Zoe was halfway through her drink!
Finally, the main feature came on.
"Oh Max. Why?" Zoe asked. The film was indeed, "The Fault In Our Stars."
He took her hand. "It'll be fine."
"No! Gus can't die!" Zoe growled later on.
"It's just a film!" Max said.
"Look around. People are already crying!" Zoe replied. To his surprise, she was right.
Zoe was sniffling quietly at the end of the film.
By the end of the film, Zoe was a mess.
"Remind me never to take you to see a romantic tragedy again." Max said to Zoe after the film finished.
"You love me! Thank you for a perfect date, I couldn't have asked for a more perfect night. I have really enjoyed myself" Zoe said to him, meaning it.
"That's okay-but I'll try not to make you cry next time! And, as Hazel Grace said, I will be forever grateful for our little infinity, however long it lasts." he said.