The Secret That She Hides
Hello my fellow readers, James Stryker here bringing you another chapter of The Secret That She Hides. Before you read the new chapter, I heard the rumor that there was actually a Lucaya kiss in Girl Meets Texas Part 2 but the writers cut the kiss out to make it act like Lucas almost kissed Maya. Is it true that there was a Lucaya kiss in the episode? Anyway, it's update time and it's time to read about what happens during Riley and Charlie's date at the movies. Will Riley end up falling for Charlie? We'll find out in chapter two of The Secret That She Hides. Enjoy.
Chapter Two
Popcorn, Licorice and Holding Hands
(Riley's P.O.V.)
Charlie and I arrived at the movies standing in line to get our tickets. They do this event on Fridays called Flashback Friday Movies. They show a classic movie from the 80s and the 90s every Friday. Tonight, they're showing the best Batman animated movie of all time, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. I just want to keep my mind off of Lucas and Maya. This night is about me and Charlie and I want us to have a good time. But I couldn't stop thinking about telling my secret to Farkle. If I told Maya and Lucas how I feel, then Maya will be upset. Maya's my friend and I want her to be happy.
"Do you like Batman, Riley?" Charlie asked.
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry. My mind was someplace else." I said.
"Something on your mind?" Charlie asked.
"Oh, nothing. I was just thinking about dad trying to spy on us on our date." I said.
"Don't worry. He won't spy on us." Charlie said as I smiled at him. "So, do you like Batman?"
"Of course I like Batman. I love that movie. It's my favorite and my dad's favorite. Why? Do you want to see something else?" I asked.
"Oh, no. I don't want to see anything else. This movie is fine. Because if you weren't a Batman fan, we could go see a romantic-comedy. They're showing the movie No Place Like You. It's a love story about a girl, the guy that she likes and her best friend." Charlie said. Oh, no. A romantic-comedy about a love triangle between a girl, her best friend and the boy that she likes. That sounds familiar. Okay, Riles. Just don't think about any romantic-comedies. Don't do this to yourself.
"Batman sounds fine." I said.
"Wow, Mask of the Phantasm over No Place Like You. Is there anything else that I don't know about you, Riley?" Charlie asked being impressed by me.
"I'm a huge Knicks fan." I said as we walked down to the ticket stand to pick up our tickets and entered the movie theater. But first, Charlie and I went to the concession stand. Charlie bought a bag of popcorn, Twizzlers, a medium Coke for me and a medium cherry Icee for him. After we bought our snacks, Charlie and I entered the theater and took our seats while they were playing movie trivia on the screen. I turn to Charlie and smiled at him. Charlie smiles back at me and goes back to looking at the screen while breaking the strawberry licorice into little pieces, so every time he takes a bite, he gets a surprise.
"I can't wait to see the coming attractions." I said as I took a sip of soda.
"Me too. Best part before watching the movie." Charlie said. And right on cue, the coming attractions start playing as they started showing the first trailer for a movie.
(Trailer for Swip-Swap plays)
Announcer: John had it all.
John: Yeah! Come on, honey. Back that up.
Announcer: Until him and the woman from Philly switch places. She's kicking it in his home knitting, while he's on the bus telling it like it is.
Old Lady: (as John) Shut up, stupid!
Announcer: Swip-Swap. They're going old school.
John: (as the Old Lady) How do you get the DVR to work.
Old Lady: (as John) (Laughs) Stupid idiot.
"Who comes up with these ideas?" Charlie asked while taking a bite out of popcorn. I stuck my hand in the popcorn bag to get a handful of popcorn with licorice in it and took a bite. I was a bit nervous about what's going to happen when our hands touch. We expect no holding hands. I hope this won't make things really awkward. While the movie plays, I began to reach for some popcorn until I felt another hand touching mines. I look up and I see that it's Charlie.
"So, much for no holding hands." I said as Charlie laces his fingers with mine and smiled at me.
"We can hold hands while watching the movie." Charlie said as he continued to hold my hand. My heart was beating fast and my cheeks turned bright pink. I cannot believe that it is happening. Charlie Gardner and I are holding hands. Charlie really cares about me. Could it be that I'm starting to like Charlie? Maybe I do like Charlie. But Lucas, what about Lucas? How can I like two boys at the same time? I still have feelings for Lucas and now I'm starting to fall for Charlie. I hope I'm not expecting a goodnight kiss after the movie.
(Minutes Later)
"Thank you for a wonderful time at the movies. I had so much fun." I said as Charlie walked me to my door.
"No, problem. I'm glad that you had a great time." Charlie said. "I really enjoyed hanging out with you."
"I enjoyed hanging out with you too, Charlie." I said.
"If you're not doing anything tomorrow, maybe we can go bowling together or go see a Knick game. Or maybe we could go out for dinner and talk and hold hands." Charlie said. Holy cow! A second date with Charlie. Should I say yes? Don't just stand there, Dunderhead. Say something.
"I would love to go out with you again." I said.
"Great." Charlie smiled. "Well, goodnight."
"Goodnight." I said. Charlie tries to lean in to give me a goodnight kiss. Okay, now I am worried. I quickly turned the knob on the door and opened it, only to hear a thud sound hitting the door. Unbelievable. I cannot believe that my own father would try to spy on me to make sure that there's no funny business between me and Charlie. "Dad, were you spying on me?"
"What? No! I was not spying on you. I was just polishing the doorknob." Dad said.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Riley." Charlie said.
"Okay. Bye." I said.
"Bye." Charlie smiles and leaves while dad closed the door.
"I cannot believe that you did that." I said.
"Riley, as your father, I am concerned about you, Maya and Lucas." Dad said.
"Dad, can you not talk about them? I'm really tired and I need to go to bed." I said as I headed to my room. As I entered the bedroom, I took off my brown leather jacket and threw it on my bed and made my way towards the bay window. I sat down and began to think about my date with Charlie when Maya entered through my window and sat down next to me.
"How was your date?" Maya asked.
"I don't know. How was your date?" I asked.
"I don't know." Maya said.
"Do we know anything?" I asked as Maya looked down at my hand and stared at my friendship ring.
"Ring power." Maya raises her hand.
"Ring power." I said lacing my fingers with hers.
"Thunder." Maya said.
"Lightning." I said.
"A little scared." Maya said.
"Me too." I said.
And that was chapter two. I hope that you liked it. Next time, it's a Lucaya chapter where they talk about what happened back in Texas. And don't worry, I'm gonna establish something for Lucaya in this story. By the way, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is a real movie. Here's a bit of trivia for the made up movies in this story, No Place Like You is named after the Maddie & Tae song that they sung in Girl Meets Texas Part 2 and Swip-Swap is a reference to the clip of the old lady yelling at a woman on a bus from World's Dumbest Brawlers. Don't forget to review this chapter (No rude comments, please be nice) and I'll see you next time for chapter three. Till next time my fellow readers.
