CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Spencer looked around while Whitney waited in line for their tickets. Both Missy and Whitney insisted that Spencer pay for nothing. One thing they did not know was Ashley was the only person to ever do that before. Spencer quickly wiped away the traitor tear that fell from her eyes. Missy sadly smiled as she noticed but said nothing.
"Hey Spence." Spencer looked up and saw Debbie standing in front of her, looking a little more like the Debbie she use to know. "Spencer, what happened?"
"Huh? I thought you already knew about the attack?" Spencer asked, completely confused as to what Debbie was talking about.
"Yes, I already knew about that, but why are you crying? Are you in pain? We can do this another time if you'd like."
"No way in hell are we letting Spencer get out of this," Whitney said as she walked up to the group. "Blondie has been moping all day, she's not gonna do the same thing all night."
"Debbie, this is Whitney and Missy. I hope you don't mind them joining us."
"No, not at all, but you still haven't answered my question. Why are you crying?"
"I'm fine. Just a little sad that Ashley had to head back to LA. She's already missed so much school for me, I couldn't expect her to stay forever." Spencer carefully stood up and grabbed her crutches. "Let's head in so we can get some good seats." As Spencer turned around, she missed Debbie's small smirk, but neither Whitney nor Missy missed it. The two brunettes looked at each and both decided they needed to keep an eye on Debbie.
Everyone followed Spencer into the theater and all the way to the back. "Spencer, are you sure you want to sit all the way back here?" Whitney asked.
"Yea, if we sit in the front we can be the first out of the theater and you'll have a little more leg room."
"Both those might be true Whit and Missy, but I am slow to get up and down. If we sit back here, then we can let everyone else clear out and not have to worry about how long I am taking to get up. That's also why I brought us to the side farthest away from the exit."
"Which could prove to be a bad idea if something happens."
Spencer chuckled. "Missy, nothing is going to happen that we need to run out of here."
"You realize that because you said that, something is going to happen?" Whitney asked with a small smirk and as motioned for Missy to head into the row before her. Spencer just shook her head. "You sitting between Miss and me?"
"Sit between you two love birds? I don't think so." Spencer smirked at Whitney's blush. "So glad the lights aren't down yet," Spencer said with a chuckle. "Also, I need to sit on the edge so I can stretch out the one leg a little more than I would be able to on the inside." Whitney glanced at Debbie and then sat next to her girlfriend. "You're next Debs."
"You sure you don't want to sit next to your friends?" Debbie asked with a little apprehension. She had seen the look Whitney had thrown in her direction.
"I will be sitting next to a friend," Spencer said then smiled at the former blonde. "Now get your ass in the row and sit down. My arms are starting to hurt from having to keep myself upright."
"Shit, sorry." Debbie moved and sat down then watched as Spencer slowly sat down. "You all right?"
"Yea, I'm fine, just a little tired and sore, but it's all good." Debbie nodded and tried to relax. "Whitney, pass the popcorn."
"Nuh uh. You said you didn't want popcorn so now you don't get any."
"Oh come on Whitney. You knew I would want popcorn."
Whitney smirked. "Should have asked for some when we were buying snacks."
"Missy," Spencer whined causing Debbie to chuckle. Whitney threw her a dirty look, quieting her right away.
"Whitney, give Spencer some popcorn."
"No." Missy grabbed the bag from Whitney and passed it to Debbie. "Hey!"
"Debbie, please pass the popcorn to Spencer," Missy said as she shook her head. "Whitney apparently never learned to share." Spencer took the bag from Debbie and grabbed a handful of popcorn. Once she was down to one piece, she turned and threw it at Whitney. "Spencer!" Missy said as she tried to not laugh at the expression on her girlfriend's face.
Whitney just took a sip of her soda and shook her head before picking up her box of candy. Spencer slumped back, disappointed that the taller brunette had not retaliated. "Hey Spence." Just as Spencer turned to look at Whitney, she felt something hit her forehead. Looking down in her lap, Spencer saw a green dot. "Did you really think I was going to let you get away with that?" Spencer pouted and sat back in her seat. "Spencer." Spencer shook her head as the house lights went down. "Spencer."
"Whit, the movie is starting, please don't get us kicked out again," Missy said as a few people turned around and glared at them.
Spencer turned to look at her two friends. "You guys got kicked out of a theater?!"
"SHHHH!" said a man in front of Spencer.
"You realize you made more noise yelling shhhh at me than I was making in the first place, right?" The man turned around and glared at Spencer until he noticed her crutches. Spencer raised an eyebrow and the man just shook his head and turned around. Spencer smirked and sat back in her seat. "You are explaining all after the movie you two." Whitney groaned and slumped in her seat while Missy and Debbie chuckled.
Halfway through the movie, Spencer noticed Debbie's arm around her shoulders. She shrugged, trying to get Debbie to move but the former blonde took no notice. Finally, Spencer just moved Debbie's arm herself. "Oops, sorry Spence," Debbie whispered. Spencer smiled tightly and went back to watching the movie.
With only a half hour left in the movie, Debbie's arm had made its way around Spencer's shoulders again. Her jaw clenched, Spencer leaned forward, letting Debbie's arm fall behind her and grabbed her crutches. She jumped up as she felt Debbie's hand fall lightly onto her butt. "Debbie!" she hissed.
Debbie looked at her innocently as Whitney and Missy turned to see what was going on. "Is everything alright?" Whitney whispered, glaring at Debbie.
"I have to go. I'll wait for you guys in the lobby," Spencer said then slowly made her way out of the theater.
"I think I'm going to go with her," Debbie said and stood up.
"Like hell you are." Whitney pushed Debbie back into her seat and climbed over her legs to get out of the aisle. She then ran after Spencer. Missy shook her head as she stood up and followed her girlfriend, leaving Debbie all by herself.
The two brunettes found Spencer sitting on a couch in the lobby, just watching people walk by. "Spence?" Missy asked as she sat next to the blonde. Spencer looked up and Missy saw the tears making their way down Spencer's cheeks. "Spencer, what happened?"
"Debbie was making moves on me."
"WHAT?!" Whitney yelled. Everyone in the lobby turned and looked at her. "I'm going to kill her."
Missy grabbed Whitney's hand before she could go running back into the theater. "Whitney, sit down."
"Actually, can we just go? Please?" Spencer asked, looking at her friends.
"Of course," Whitney said. She grabbed Spencer's crutches as Missy helped her up. "Let's get you home and watch some movies at home. We have all kinds of DVDs, some that aren't even open yet."
"You mean I have DVDs that aren't even open yet?" Spencer asked with a sad smirk. "You open them as soon as you leave the store. You'd probably open them sooner if you could."
"Yea, yea, yea. Let's go home."