"You're such a dork." Clem laughed.
I smiled at the teasing nickname and popped another piece of chocolate into my mouth. Then I leaned forward and pecked Clem on the lips.
She could taste the sweetness of the chocolate on my lips. "You've got a pretty sweet kiss, Vi." She joked. She tucked a strand of blonde and blue hair behind my ear. "Then again, you're a really sweet girl." And she kissed my cheek feeling the heat that had rushed there against her soft lips.
I don't know why, but her compliment got to me and I felt myself blush. I heard Clem giggle again. "You're so cute."
I clutched Clover in my lap as I felt my face grow warmer. My purple shoelaces becoming much more interesting than Clem's face as I stared at the floor in embarrassment.
Though I felt Clem lift my chin up with a gentle hand and my gaze slowly met hers. "That's my girl." She whispered to me as her hand moved to cup my cheek. Then she slowly leaned in and we shared a semi-long kiss.
I smiled as we pulled apart and I could tell Clem was happy that I was pleased with her sign of affection.
"So..." Clem started. "What's your favorite movie?"
I was staying at Clem's house for yet another weekend. The two of us were seated in the living room with some snacks just talking and asking each other questions. And of course, I had promised AJ that I would bring Woody along. The two of them currently upstairs, playing in AJ's room. I think AJ had built a train track or something and was having Woody lie under the bridge as like some sort of troll or something, waiting for the train to ride past. Then Woody would flip the train off the track like he was wrecking the city as if he was the bunny version of Godzilla. It always made AJ laugh.
Lee was currently out of the house leaving us alone to do whatever. Clem said that he went out with her Uncle Kenny who was also Lee's best friend and the two of them we're gonna have a couple of drinks and hang out. Apparently, he wasn't her real uncle, but they were close enough that they were practically related. So Clementine called Kenny her uncle. She said she was gonna have me meet him sometime.
I and Clem were currently downstairs in the living room just hanging out. We'd brought out some popcorn and chocolates and stuff, and were playing a game that we liked to call twenty questions. Where we went back and forth asking each other things about the other to get to know one another. And we'd always stop once we hit twenty questions.
I pulled out my favorite notebook and wrote down the answer to Clem's movie question. "Harry Potter."
I showed it to her and saw her smile at my answer. "Which one's your favorite?" She asked as an add on question.
I had to think for a moment, that was a tough one. I pretty much liked all of them, but which one did I enjoy the most? I really liked the end battle but I don't know if it's my favorite, I mostly thought that it was cool to watch. Especially when the stone Knights came down from the wall to protect the school. Now that was awesome.
But if I was really being honest with myself, I think my favorite movie had to be the fourth one where they competed in the games. I really liked the ending where we learned that Mad Eye was really the guy who played as the tenth Doctor in Doctor Who.
I held up my hand and showed her four fingers while mouthing the word. Then I wrote down Clem's previous question to get her answer. "What's your favorite movie?"
Clementine looked at it before replying with, "My favorite movie is The Lion King."
I beamed at her response. The Lion King was my all-time favorite Disney movie. I loved to draw Simba and other lion cubs. I'd often make out wolves and lions in the stars. Animals were one of my favorite things to draw besides knights and castles.
Now it was my turn to ask a question and I quickly scribbled one down and raised up my journal to show Clem. "What's your favorite book?"
Clem took a minute to think. "Hmm...my favorite book...has to be 'Keep Lying To Me.'" She threw a piece of popcorn in her mouth and crunched on it. "What's yours?"
Not knowing how to sign it, I jotted the title down. On my paper. "Witchcraft and Walkers."
Clem chuckled at me. "You really like your Harry Potter, huh?"
I blushed slightly and nodded. I enjoyed books and movies that had to deal with adventures and magic. I always thought the idea of magic and magical creatures were cool. Only restrictions were the limits of your imagination. The idea of spells and magic had no bounds and could correspond with about anything that you could come up with. It made me feel free to be able to believe in something like that.
I liked the idea of knights and castles and going on magical adventures. When my pencil hits the paper those worlds come alive and a fantasy becomes a reality for just a little while. In a sense, it was like magic. A spell that only I could perform to make something real happen. But instead of a wand, it was the scribble of a pencil.
Clem grinned at me. "Guess what, your gonna love this."
She got up and reached forward to open the wooden cabinet on the TV stand. And she pulled out a plastic case and showed it to me. "We own the whole collection of Harry Potter movies."
A large smile broke out on my face as she handed me the case filled with all eight movies. I looked at the dark blue cover with the silver "Harry Potter" title on the front. I opened it up and looked at the cover of each disc that had a specific color, coordinated to match the number of each movie. Clem stopped me at purple and pointed at it.
"Wanna watch the fourth one since it's your favorite?"
I thought about it for a second but shook my head before flipping to the back of the case. And I pointed to the yellowish-green disc of the seventh movie.
"That one?" Clem asked me. And I nodded my approval.
Clem smiled before popping it out of the case and walking over to their DVD player and sliding it in and pressing play.
She turned the TV on and came back to sit next to me. But before she grabbed a blanket off the couch and wrapped it around my shoulders.
I smiled and leaned forward to plant a kiss to her cheek as a thank you. I caught the slight blush that dusted her cheeks and I made a heart with my hands and watched as her blush deepened. It was so cute how she got embarrassed.
I let out a silent giggle and took the blanket she gave me and wrapped it around the both of us. Then I leaned over and rested my head against her shoulder, turning my attention to the screen as the movie started and we see the rusted and flaking Harry Potter logo.
Clem leans her head against mine and I feel her hand grasp mine. I feel our fingers intertwine in her lap and I cuddle closer into her side. I could fall asleep like this if it weren't for how invested I was in this movie.
We get through a good portion of it. Ron has left both Harry and Hermione, and the two of them have hit a dead end in their search for the horcruxes. They both are feeling kind of down and that's when their little radio starts to play a song. Harry gestures to her and they start to sway to the music.
I recognize this song, O Children by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. A thought comes to my mind and I lean over and grab my notebook. Clem watches as I write something down, but once I'm looking at the words I start to get shy and I guess it shows.
"What is it, Vi?" Clem asks me as I clutch the book close to my chest not wanting her to see.
I slowly give in and let her see what I've written. "There's something that I've always wanted to try with someone that I care about, and never have."
Clem sees this and now I have her attention. She smiles at me. "What is it?"
I slowly begin to write and my hands are kind of shaking when I reveal my words to her. I blush hoping that she won't make fun of me for what I've asked. "Have you ever danced with anyone before?"
To my relief, Clem doesn't laugh, but she does shake her head in response. "Nope."
I quickly move my notebook to the side and I stand up, the blanket falling to the floor. Then I shakily sign something to her. "Do you want to?" Then I held out my hand to her.
My heart is racing in my chest wondering if she'll take me up on my offer. I'm scared of rejection and possibly making a fool of myself but to my surprise, I see Clem get to her feet.
She has a smile on her face as she takes my hand. "Will you teach me?"
I smile and nod. My hands make my way to her shoulders and hers wrap around my waist. And before I know it we're living out my dream as we slowly sway to the music playing on the TV just like Harry and Hermione.
"O children
Lift up your voice, lift up your voice
Children
Rejoice, rejoice."
Though I have to admit they're a bit better at it than me and Clem. But it's not bad for our first time.
I remember how my grandparents taught me how to dance. Grandpa would bring out his guitar and play for all of us. He taught Jackson how to play the guitar and me how to dance.
I remember his rough hands gently taking mine and him showing me where to move my feet. J would laugh at us and Grandma would sway to the music. It was one of my happier memories of all of us.
I can hear the music start to pick up in tempo and it's getting to my favorite part at the end.
"Hey, little train! We are all jumping on
The train that goes to the Kingdom
We're happy, Ma, we're having fun
And the train ain't even left the station."
Then Clementine grabs my hand and our feet move back and forth. "Two steps forward, one step back." Is what repeats in my mind between each verse.
"Hey, little train! Wait for me!
I once was blind but now I see
Have you left a seat for me?
Is that such a stretch of the imagination?"
Then to my surprise, Clem lets go of my waist and she actually spins me around with her other hand.
"Hey, little train! Wait for me!
I was held in chains but now I'm free
I'm hanging in there, don't you see
In this process of elimination."
I silently giggle as we become the two characters in the movie and a fantasy really does become a reality.
"Hey, little train! We are all jumping on
The train that goes to the Kingdom
We're happy, Ma, we're having fun
It's beyond my wildest expectation."
Her hands make their way behind my neck and she smiles as she stares into my eyes. I let go and I sign to her. "I thought you said you didn't know how to dance."
She gives me a wide grin. "No... I said I've never danced with anyone. And if you'd show me. Not that I couldn't."
I can't even be mad at that. I was ecstatic that she even danced with me. And I stood up on my toes and leaned in to kiss her lips. Tonight was perfect.
"Hey, little train! We are all jumping on
The train that goes to the Kingdom
We're happy, Ma, we're having fun
And the train ain't even left the station"
