Note: This chapter is short, I'm just updating before I go to sleep.
Ch.14 Lovey-Dovey
I looked around nervously. People were everywhere. Shouldn't these people be in their movies? Why were they all in the lobby?
My eyes darted around, cataloguing exits and escape routes. I hadn't expected it to be this packed. I also didn't know Friday was their busiest day. But I signed up for it, so here we were.
It was pleasantly warm in the lobby. The popcorn smell wafted over to us, making the flock's eyes go big, even me. I trotted over to the popcorn line and told Fang to take the younger kids and Iggy to the movie before it started. He nodded, and within a minute, I was all alone.
Soon I was at the front of the line. I studied the sign above the worker's heads.
"Okay, I want three jumbo buckets of popcorn, six large Cokes, three packs of those, those chocolate things down there," I waved my finger at a pack of candy. "And two of whatever candy is your favorite." I smiled at the girl with faux friendliness. She smiled back unsurely and started getting everything together.
Let me tell you, people at the movies are not patient. After about thirty seconds, I started hearing gradually increasing grumbles and huffs behind me. By the time the popcorn lady got my order together, people were muttering to themselves angrily and glaring at me. I ignored them and carried my large order carefully to the movie.
Nudge was right. There were three other people in this movie besides us. And you know what? There was a reason.
The movie was about a talking dog (yes, I know, the irony) that was dropped off by his owner at some relative's house because they were moving and couldn't bring him. So the dog makes this trek across the country and goes back to his owner and his mom magically decided, well, they can keep him now, because he followed them. I think I lost IQ points during that movies.
The whole time, Fang and I were checking around, really jumpy. Even with Nudge's great popcorn- blind intruder plan, yes.
But even with all my nervousness, I could see how people were all lovey-dovey at the movies. The lights are dark, and the screen dazzles like a big diamond. I looked over at Fang and locked my gaze onto him. I wanted to put my head on his shoulder and go to sleep. He sensed me staring at him and looked over at me questioningly, eyes worried but tired. I sucked in a deep breath, and became even more tired. Fang's eyes widened, and I was almost scared, but not awake enough to be. Before I drifted off into unconsciousness, I saw Fang shake my shoulders and say "sleeping gas".
Note: Ooh, scary. Cliffhanger, I know. :Holds up piece of cardboard: Will write 4 reviews! (Just kidding!)