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Chapter 7 - Assumptions of the Jealous


Lyra

"What movie do you want to see, Eusine?" I asked him as I pointed to one of the multiple posters.

He shrugged. "Doesn't matter."

"So 'The Loved and the Lost' works?" I tilted my head in question at him.

"Sure," he shrugged again. But from the bored look on his face, it didn't seem so.

"Oh, um, okay," I tried to smile to make up for his lack of enthusiasm. "I'll go get the popcorn, okay?"

"I'll find the seats," he mumbled, stalking off into the theater, while I walked off in the opposite direction towards the snack counter. Fortunately, I didn't have to wait in line all that long, and before I knew it, I was heading towards the theatre's door with popcorn and a few other little things in hand. It was a little difficult to carry it all at the same time, and I couldn't really see when - wham! I ran smack dab into someone!

Popcorn flying everywhere, I began to apologize profusely. "Oh my! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" But then seeing who I had run into, I immediately stopped.

"You!" Clair flipped her blue hair out of her face, it burning bright red with anger. She threw her finger out at me, "Lyra! Look what you've done!" She motioned to her obviously ruined outfit. "This was brand new, too!" she whined.

I couldn't help but not feel sorry what I had done. Sure, I regretted it, but I wasn't going to bow down to Clair just because she thought she was the Queen of the World! "Clair," was all I said.

Out of nowhere, I shadow appeared above me. "Lyra? Clair? What happened here?" I recognized the voice immediately.

"Lance?"

"Here," he took my hand and pulled me up. He then helped Clair up, who was having a silent tantrum as she wiped butter and popcorn bits off of her pants and out of her hair.

"LANCE!" she screamed at him.

He could only offer her a smile. "Lance, this is no laughing matter! My clothes are ruined, and all because of her!" She thrust her finger at me.

"Calm down, Clair," he took her hand and brought it down, patting it gently to calm her. "Everything'll be fine." I felt an uncomfortable surge of jealousy begin to flow through my veins as I stood there watching them. How did they know each other? Why were they here together? Were they possibly… dating? I found that almost impossible - how could someone as nice as Lance date someone as bitter as Clair? I was suddenly upset by the awful thought that they may actually be boyfriend and girlfriend, and turned away from them.

Clair began mumbling to herself before she stalked off to the bathroom. Lance then turned to me. "Sorry for that. She can be kind of… spastic."

I frowned cynically. "That's an understatement."

"Is something the matter?" he raised an eyebrow at me in concern.

"No," I stuck my nose in the air and began to walk back towards the snack counter. "I'm fine."

He followed me there. "Are you here all by yourself? That seems kind of odd, you kn-"

"And why would you care if I am, Lance? It's my time and I can spend it how I want to!" I snapped. He gave me a disbelieving look. "And for your information, I'm here on a date."

His eyes narrowed. "Eusine?" he guessed, a fire in his own voice now.

"Yes, now if you don't mind, I am already late for the movie, and I have to get some more popcorn," I pushed by him and ordered what I wanted.

"Why are you so angry all of a sudden?" he asked. "Was it something I said?"

"I don't know, why are you asking so many questions all of a sudden?" I flipped at him. I had to admit - I didn't even know why I was suddenly acting like this towards him. This shut him up though. Turning back around, I continued, "and don't you have your own date to get back to?"

At that, his face cracked into a smile. "What? You mean Clair?"

I nodded. He then laughed. "What?"

"Clair's not my date!" he explained, "she's my cousin. She just wanted to see a movie and didn't want to go alone." I felt my face begin to burn at my assumption.

"Well, u-um, sorry," I grabbed my popcorn and rushed off to the theatre in hopes of halting any further forms of humiliation. "I've got to go seen Eusine before he comes out looking for me, but I'll see you around, okay? Maybe we can make dinner plans again sometime."

"Sure," his eyes flashed at the mention of Eusine again. "Bye, Lyra."


Chapter 7... done!