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10. Date, Interrupted

Lyn was hanging upside down off the edge of her bed and reading Gone by Michael Grant for the third time when she happened to see Jordan out of the corner of her eye. She blinked and moved the book out of her line of vision. "What's upsetting you?"

"Oh, what's upsetting me? What's upsetting me is that I have a date with Tyler in an hour and I can't figure out what to wear!"

Lyn rolled her eyes at the floor. "Dude, you're talking to me. I don't do style. You always look good in whatever you wear and anyway, he's a guy. Somehow I doubt he's gonna be that concerned with what you're wearing."

"But what if I show up in something and… Oh god, what if I say something stupid or spill soda on myself or what if he tries to kiss me and I do something wrong?! I haven't gone on a date since…" She cut off there with a pained expression.

Lyn did a flip off of the bed and stood up, walking to Jordan's side and hugging her. "Hey… It's been a year since then. You know Logan would want you to be happy. If you're ready to date again and you really like him, you know it will be okay."

"Yeah, you're right," Jordan said, smiling softly. Then she took a deep breath, walked over to her dresser, and grabbed a pair of ripped jeans. She paused to look through her shirt drawer before pulling out a black tunic top and pulling on both articles of clothing as well as her trademark combat boots. "Okay. How do I look?"

"I'm a fashion don't, remember?" Lyn asked, grinning. "I think you look nice, but I own three pairs of shoes and two skirts. I'm not exactly the girliest girl ever."

"Thanks," Jordan said, going into the bathroom and doing her hair and makeup.

An hour later, there was a knock on the door. Lyn answered it to see Tyler. "Oh, hey. JJ's still getting ready; she'll be back in a second."

And indeed she was. And upon seeing who was waiting, she nearly had a heart attack. "Oh, I'm sorry to keep you waiting!"

Tyler smiled reassuringly. "No big deal, I've only been here for a second."

"Oh, good." She smiled and grabbed her bag. "Ready to go?"

Tyler nodded, his smile just broadening. "Did you think about what you might want to see?"

As they walked to his car, she said, "Anything scary or funny. I like both."

"Scary?" Tyler's eyebrows raised. "Really?"

"Yeah, I love horror movies." Jordan smiled sheepishly.

"Huh. Well, there's a romantic comedy and a werewolf movie playing… Which would you like better?"

"Werewolf movie, definitely." She grinned.

Tyler laughed. "Fur and blood it is."

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They pulled up to the theater and Jordan jumped down from the Hummer with Tyler's help. They got their tickets and junk food and went into the theater to find seats.

"Where do you like to sit?" Tyler asked. "Front, back, somewhere in between?"

"How about the middle?"

"Sure. Anywhere you'd like."

So they sat in the middle of the theater and settled themselves in as the previews rolled. Finally, the theater got dark and the movie began to play. Jordan held the popcorn between the two of them and ate absentmindedly as she watched the movie.

Tyler watched Jordan more than he watched the movie. Not that he didn't like movies with blood and explosions but it was a lot more amusing to watch Jordan's reactions. Finally he had to ask. He put his mouth close to her ear and whispered, "Okay… I don't get it… Why do you keep grinning like it's funny?"

Jordan's heart leapt at his closeness but grinned and looked over, coming face to face. "It is. It's so obviously fake and I don't scare easily," she whispered back.

Tyler chuckled softly. "I guess. I can't say I've ever actually seen a wolf bite someone's arm off to compare it to."

Jordan grinned and returned half of her attention to the movie. However, she was still very aware of Tyler's closeness. He didn't move away again now that he was close; in fact, after a minute, he carefully slipped his arm around her shoulders, watching closely for her reaction. Jordan smiled but didn't look over, playing it casually when inside her stomach was doing flip flops.

Smiling too, Tyler leaned closer to whisper in her ear again. "So want to grab something to eat after the movie?"

"Yeah, definitely." She looked over and smiled.

Tyler's smile broadened again but he didn't say anything more so she could watch the movie if she wanted to. Anyway, now they would have a chance to talk later when they ate.

An hour and a half later, Jordan, who was laughing, and Tyler, who was smiling and enjoying the sound of her laughter, came out of the theater. "It was him all along!" she laughed. "He was the werewolf! How predictable!"

"I never said it was a good werewolf movie," Tyler said with a chuckle.

"Indeed you didn't," Jordan said with a grin. "So ready to go eat?"

"What kind of food do you like?"

"Uh, Italian or just plain burgers."

Tyler grinned. "How about an Italian place with awesome burgers? Rafael's is right around the corner – best of both worlds."

"Sounds awesome!" Jordan smiled as they got into his car and started off for the restaurant.

"Now the hard part is gonna be deciding which you want," Tyler said with a chuckle.

And it was. When they got there and got drinks and menus, Jordan was torn between the lasagna and bacon cheeseburger. She sighed and thought to herself, Which has the potential for being messier? She decided the burger would be and ordered the lasagna instead.

Tyler ordered rigatoni then grinned at her. "I told you it would be a hard decision but you really can't go wrong. Everything here is good."

"Good." She smiled and leaned her chin on her hands. "Y'know, I'm having a lot of fun."

Tyler grinned. "Even though it was a bad werewolf movie?"

"Even though it was a bad werewolf movie," Jordan said sincerely, though grinning, taking a sip of her water.

"You looked like you had fun laughing at it, anyway," Tyler added, secretly thinking it was kind of cute.

"I really did. I can't believe people were scared!"

"I never really got the point of being scared of things that aren't real," Tyler said, shrugging. "I mean, there are plenty of things in real life to be afraid of."

Jordan's smile faltered for a brief moment but then it was back. "Yeah, you got that right."

Tyler frowned. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way."

"No, I know. Just stuff that's way too big for a date." Jordan smiled wryly.

Tyler nodded. "Alright. I'm not gonna say I understand because I probably don't but if you ever want to talk about it, I'll listen."

Jordan genuinely smiled and was about to say something when her phone rang in her purse. "Sorry… Hold on a sec." She pulled out her cell phone and looked at the caller ID. Lyn.

"Hello? Lyn? … Wait, hold on, slow down! … What?! What do you mean, we're leaving?!"