Luis' POV

It was about 7am when I woke up to the sound of Guy hopping into the shower. I groaned. "Can't you sleep-in like normal people, Guy?"

"Some of us have jobs, man!" he called "I'd better check in with Averman though; he's probably still asleep". Averman worked the same hours as Guy. He was the one who actually arranged for my roomie to work at the cinema in the first place, all those years ago.

I tried to fall back asleep, but it became apparent that it was just not going to happen. So, I got up and accompanied Guy to find Averman. On the way there, we heard a crash and a string of profanities from Charlie and Adam's room. Curious, we opened the door.

Charlie sat on his bed, looking down at the alarm clock which he'd just knocked onto the floor. "Geez, someone didn't wanna get out of bed" teased Guy. The Captain glared at him. Guy noticed this, and changed his expression. "Hey, Charlie, what's the matter?" he asked, looking worried.

"That bastard! How could he just waltz up and take her, and then think I'd be cool with it!" yelled Charlie. Both Guy and I were flabbergasted.

"Uh, what are you going on about?" Guy probed cautiously.

"Banks! That bastard was kissing Linda last night."

I looked at Guy. "Whoa" I said, thinking it over. Adam and Linda. It did look kind of good actually. They had stuff in common. Charlie wasn't so happy about it.

"What makes him so much different to me? It's his fault; he's made her do this. Of all the girls, why did he pick her? It's to spite me, you know," he continued, "I mean, he had Nadia, but he had to prove a point, didn't he? I leave her alone and look what happens."

The two of us listened to Charlie rave on for another half an hour. Apparently he was really pissed because Banksie hadn't told him. He felt inadequate, pathetic and betrayed. I sympathized with him but I could help but think that Adam hadn't meant for things to turn out like this. And I'm sure he'd never planned on hurting his best friend. Instead, they'd come to blows in the garden last night. A purple bruise was on the Captain's jaw as a result. Thank God for Audrey Davis. She'd took him to one of those 24/7 cafes and had discussed things. He came back after 1am, and therefore, was pretty angry when the alarm woke him up.

I was glad that Guy was fairly good at the whole comforting thing because I was hopeless. I sat on Adam's bed nodding and grunting. After a while, Charlie mellowed a little and headed to the ice to cool down. We continued on to see Averman who, we discovered, had gone home the night before. Guy said he better turn up on time.

"Uh, Luis, I'm surprised that you slept in your own bed, my man" teased Russ. I shook my head.

"Her parents were expecting her back. Anyway, you better get the lowdown on Charlie," I told them, "we found out the hard way".

*

Over the course of the weekend, the rest of the team found out about the Charlie/Linda/Adam situation. Most looked surprised, but we were all a little worried about how things between our Captain and Vice-Captain would end up. We just didn't know what to do, and in all honesty, it wasn't our problem to fix. Charlie spent most of his time at the ice rink, but he still ate with us. He was mostly silent, and only grunted. He spent most of his time lost in thought.

I got a phone call from Jessica on the Sunday, and so we met up to go to the movies. She turned out to be the type who actually liked watching the movie she paid to see, and therefore, I spent the entire 2 hours and 15 minutes with her resting against my side, my arms around her, kissing the top of her head and whispering suggestive comments in her ear. She never said anything in reply, didn't ever turn her head to glare at me. But I knew she heard it, because I felt her heart beating through our clothes, and a couple of times I could feel her shake as she giggled. Mmm...the movie could have gone on for a few more hours for all I cared – and maybe it would have given me enough time to figure out what to do with the uncomfortable bulge in my jeans.

*

Jessica's POV

After suffering one day without Luis, I decided to ring him up and take him to the movies. Some guy whose voice hadn't fully broken yet answered the phone, and after about 10 minutes, Luis was on the other end.

"Hello?" he said.

"Hey Luis!" I said brightly.

"Jessica!" I loved the way his tone warmed considerably when he said my name, "hey, what's up?" he asked.

"I wondered if you wanted to go to the movies. They're showing a movie on the Russian Revolution, and I've been studying it in Modern, so I thought it might be useful to go see it," I said, increasingly feeling like a nerd "I mean, if you're not interested –"

"When are you picking me up?" he asked. I felt special again. God, I loved him...

*

The movie was actually very good. It was too bad I was cuddling against one overly hot distraction. Luis was probably not very interested in history, but he did love making indicative observations, and finding innuendo in the most innocent of lines. I tried not to laugh too much, and continued to stare at the screen.

"You want freedom! You want food! You want fair pay! Tell them what you want!"screamed a protester in the film.

Luis breathed in my ear, "I know what I want – I'm sure you know too". I ignored him, but my focus was severely tested when he began nibbling my ear, kissing my neck. A hand rested on my thigh, gradually sliding its way higher under my mini. I bit my tongue and suppressed a moan. He wasn't going to know how much I liked this...however; it seemed that he did, because his fingers moved again, this time stroking my inner thigh. I burned. If we weren't in a cinema...

15 minutes before the end of the film, Luis straightened up, one arm still around me, and began taking deep breaths, exhaling slowly; I wasn't the only one affected by his groping. I didn't dare look at his lap.

*

Luis' POV

After escaping the movie theatre (fortunately bulge-free) we wandered over to the Diner where we split a milkshake and some fries. It was fun doing normal things with my... "Jessica, we are, well, going out, aren't we?" asked her.

"Ofcourse," she replied, smiling, "trust me; I would not have let you feel me up in the movies if you weren't".

"Good" I said. Now it was official.

"Hmm, you know what that means don't you?" she asked.

I shook my head. "What does it mean?"

"I've gotta bring you home for afternoon tea."

I swallowed. "Parents?"

She laughed at my discomfort, "Yep, but Ryan will be the one to worry about." she teased. "Come on, let's get going"

"Now?" I panicked.

"No time like the present" she responded, and then I was dragged to the car.

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