For a Saturday night at the movie theatre, it was surprisingly not as busy as they thought. Once Tyler and Brie arrived at the theatre normally dressed, Tyler bought the tickets and went inside to buy snacks. Most of the people inside were teenagers.
Standing in line, Tyler thought about something and sighed.
"You know, I'm pretty sure I was supposed to take you to dinner before since the movie might end late, so I apologize." Tyler says.
Brie looks at him and laughs, shrugging her shoulders. "It's alright, I only thought we'd go to the movie tonight."
"Really?"
Tyler was shocked, but relieved. He was sure that she'd react differently than that, maybe he was more upset about this than she was.
Brie nods her head, looking up to the small TV screen that was showing a music video. They could hear the music a little. "Yes, it's fine."
"We could just go eat at McDonald's next to the theatre after the movie, if that's okay." Tyler suggested.
Brie turned to face him, put her hands on his cheeks and smiled, "Will this stop bugging you? Tyler Black, you need to stop - I said it was fine and I mean it. Okay?" Tyler nods his head a little, "Okay, then. Good."
Brie takes her hands off his cheeks, putting her hands in her shorts pockets as she looks down to the ground, then towards the arcade.
Tyler clears his throat. "Excuse me for a minute, I've got to use the bathroom."
He left Brie in the line, walking to the bathroom behind the posters for the movies that were coming out soon.
Walking into the bathroom, Tyler only saw a guy with his hair in a ponytail standing in front of one of the stalls. He seemed annoyed, he knocked on the stall.
"Come on Seth, the movie's going to start in fifteen minutes and we've yet to buy the snacks!" He exclaimed.
When the guy felt like he was being stared at, he looked at Tyler standing by the sink. He gave Tyler a weird look, did he know him from somewhere? He blinked a few times, "Can I help you?"
"No." Tyler says in a low voice as he turns around, lowering his head.
Tyler turned the faucet on as he saw in the mirror the guy go look back at the stall. He washed his hands real quick, afraid of the guy in front of the stall. He could see the guy lean against the wall, cross his arms over his chest, sigh, then let his head rest against the wall.
Tyler left the bathroom without drying his hands, walking back to line where he left Brie. He didn't see her. Then he turned around and saw her sitting alone on the bench under a big movie poster, holding a bowl of popcorn, two sodas next to her.
Walking up to her, Tyler smiled. "Actually, I like to buy nachos when seeing movies."
Her face fell. "Really? I didn't know that - "
"No, I'm just messing with you." Tyler waved it off, chuckling.
Brie stood up with a little grin on her face, Tyler took the popcorn from her so she could grab the sodas.
Together they walked up to a man who sat in the middle of the hallway, handed him their tickets. He punched holes into them, handed them back and pointed to the right.
"Third theatre on the left side. Enjoy the show." The man said.
"Thanks." Brie said.
They walked to the theatre, admiring photos of older actors on the wall. Both of them went inside and sat in the very back, far from the other people in the theatre, which weren't that many. Tyler handed Brie the popcorn, Brie handed him his soda.
"When I told Nikki that I was going on a date with you, she told me to make sure I ask you if you had a twin brother that she could date." Brie confessed, looking him in the eyes giving him a sheepish grin.
"Really? Well, I don't have a twin, or any siblings, sorry." Tyler replied with a little smile.
The lights started to go down, playing trailers for other movies.
Brie shook her head, "It's fine, that would've been too creepy anyway."
"That's true." Tyler agreed, picking up a handful of popcorn and putting it in his mouth.
They looked to the screen, which was playing a trailer for The Mortal Instruments. After a few more trailers, the lights got dimmer and the theatre started to get a little cold.
The beginning credits began as two people entered the theatre, popcorn in one person's hand, sodas in the other person's hands. They walked by Brie and Tyler, laughing loudly. One of the guys had two different hair colors.
"Wow, you don't always see hair like that." Brie whispers.
Tyler agreed with a shake of his head while running a hand through his buzz cut.
Driving back to Seth's place, Roman stopped at a red light. He took a quick glance at Seth, who was paying more attention to his phone than to notice what Roman was doing. He smiled, then looked back at the road, waiting for the light to turn green.
"Tonight was fun." Roman says, trying to put the bathroom incident behind him.
"It was." Seth agrees, putting his phone on his thigh, looking out the window. "The movie was pretty good."
"Yeah," Roman said. But it was hard to pay attention to it when I was sitting next to you, he wanted to add to it.
The light turned green, Roman drove straight for a few minutes before turning left into Seth's neighborhood.
"What's wrong, Seth?" Roman asked.
"Nothing, what makes you think something is wrong?" Seth asks, his voice full of sarcasm. He was still looking out the window, looking at all the houses.
Roman sighed, shaking his head. "Seth, all I want to know is why you've been acting like an ass these past few days."
Driving into the parking lot of Seth's apartment building, he parked under a tree. He turned the car off, taking off his seatbelt and turned to face Seth, who finally turned and looked at Roman. He could see that something was bothering Seth - What was it?
"What do you want?" Seth asked, "Did you make a bet with someone at the club? I know your big into betting things with Sasha."
Roman let out a little laugh, then stopped himself. "What are you talking about? The last bet I made was this year's Superbowl between the Ravens and 49ers. I bet the 49ers would win and look at how wrong I was about that."
"So why are you doing this?" Seth asked, pointing to both of them. "Why have you been acting as if you actually want to be 'more' with me? If this is just a joke or a bet that you made with someone, stop it now because I don't want to be humiliated in the end."
"I'm not joking or anything, Seth, I would never do anything like that." Roman said, shaking his head. "Can someone not be interested in another person anymore?"
Seth scoffed, "Not when all they've done for the past two years is deny them a relationship outside of sex!" He exclaimed, "In a way, you're just like Corey, which is pretty ironic since - "
"Hey!" Roman cut him off, pointing at him. There was anger in his voice, he was looking Seth straight in the eyes now. "I've never been and never will be Corey, got that? I just happened to change my mind, okay? Corey never did, he made that damn sure to me countless times."
Seth nodded his head, he knew he shouldn't have compared Roman to Corey because of the past, but he felt that way. He just didn't know Roman was going to react that way.
"I'm sorry." Seth mutters.
"It's alright." Roman lied, looking away and putting his hand down. He could feel the tears forming, but bit his lip to make sure they didn't come. "Maybe you should go get some sleep."
"But I thought you were going to come with me back to my apartment and I give you a show...?" Seth was confused, an eyebrow raised. He was excited for that part of the date.
Roman could only shake his head, "No, not tonight. We've got work tomorrow and it's already late. Plus I'm kind of tired, the movie was longer than I thought." Roman lied, faking a yawn.
Seth nodded his head, taking the hint that Roman was giving him. After that comparison, Roman didn't want to be around Seth, knowing that part of it was true, he was a like Corey in a way and Roman hated that because he promised himself never to be like him.
"Fine," Seth says, sighing. He puts his hand on the door handle, "Maybe we can just re-schedule."
"Yeah, that'll be fine." Roman agrees giving a forced smile.
Seth gets out of the car, slamming the door behind him. Roman watched as he walked into the building, then drove off to go to his home.
Tyler and Brie had driven back to Brie's house after the movie was over, making small talk about the weather, work and the news.
Tyler pulled up to Brie's driveway and put his car in park.
"Tell me the truth - Did you like that movie?"
"It was good, the ending was different from what I thought would happen. I'm surprised you guessed it." Brie said.
"I just had a feeling." Tyler smiled and looked down.
The two sat there for a few minutes before Brie looked at Tyler, a grin on her face.
"Would you like to come in?" Brie asked, pointing to her house.
At first he was caught off guard, unaware of what she meant. Then he thought about it and understood. Tyler looked out the window to see a light on in one of the rooms. Someone must've been home and he didn't want to do anything with someone else there.
"Trust me, I would love to, but there is a light in one of your rooms, so I think maybe your sister is there and I don't want to get caught." Tyler said, "maybe next time, though."
"Okay." Brie said, trying not to sound upset. "Next time."
Brie took off her seatbelt, opened the car door and got out.
"We should go out again." Tyler said. "I'll call you tomorrow to make the plans?"
Brie gave a half smile, nodding her head. "That's fine, just don't make it too early because Nikki likes to sleep in late and she'll be angry if I wake her."
She closed the car door, walking off as Tyler made sure she got in safe. Once she got in safely, he then drove off. Not knowing where and it came from and not understanding why, but he got this weird feeling that didn't make him feel so good, that something wasn't right.. He just passed down a great night with Brie. What was wrong with him?
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