Corinne flinched back as the scene the scene on the theater screen became bloody. Her friend had insisted she come see this movie, a blood and gore horror, and then just ditched her.
The ticket has already been payed for so Corinne had decided to try and sit through it. Entrails spilled from victims of the movie's slasher and she flinched back again.
She glanced at the abandoned popcorn on the empty seat beside her. She was having trouble keeping in what she'd already eaten, she couldn't eat anymore. She took a small, tentative sip of her soda to help temper her stomach.
It didn't help. She sucked in a breath and instinctively turned her face to the only person near her, burying her face against the available shoulder.
The person stiffened suddenly before relaxing, allowing her to stay. When the nausea from the pictures on the screne passed, she raised her head.
Kind brown eye stared down at her. He smiled, but turned back to the movie. Corinne took it as a sign, but she couldn't bring herself to watch the violence and gore again.
"You can use my shoulder again if you need to." A voice whispered in her ear. Corinne turned to see him turning away from her and back to the movie.
Corinne allowed herself to sink back against his offered shoulder and relax, for the first time since the actors in the movie showed red.
Corinne woke to someone shaking her softly. She hadn't realized she'd fallen asleep. She opened her eyes slowly before blinking to clear them.
"Time to go... movie's over." The boy stood above her, a hand offered in her direction. She smiled and accepted the offered hand, getting to her feet.
"I'm Corinne... Uh, thanks for letting me hide in your shoulder." She couldn't help the blush that krept over her face.
He chuckled, "no problem, I'm Embry." As they exited the small theater, Embry's hand kept grasping hers, despite the fact that she'd let go already.
In the lobby he said goodbye and smiled at her before heading off to the parking lot. Corinne headed to the bathroom. She glanced at her reflection and stopped. Her face was really red.
A few minutes later, with water dripping off her chin and onto the chest of her hoodie, Corinne made her way out to find the car that had dropped her off... only to find it was gone.
Her friend had dropped Corinne off and then hung out with her boyfriend... She must've left. Coroinne scowled and looked around. She was tempted to stomp her feet and throw a fit, but she restrained herself.
"You need a ride?" A voice cut through the night, behind her.
She turned to see Embry standing next to a car. "Shouldn't you have left already?" She asked.
"Yeah, but aren't you glad I didn't?" His tone made her smile and walk over to him.
He walked around to the drivers side and climbed in. Corinne followed suit.
In the quite of the car, Embry turned toward her. "You're going to La Push right?"
Corinne was shocked, "yeah, how did you?"
"You have Quileute coloring... Besides you'd be screwed if you weren't going to La Push cause that's were I'm going and I don't like pitstops."