Mary sat in the dark cinema. She wasn't paying attention to the movie at all; it was some sappy romantic comedy Lucy wanted to see. It was a terrible movie, although even if it had been a good movie Mary still would have been casting sideway glances at Amber. It was frustrating sitting in the dark next to this girl that she liked but not been able to do anything. She really wanted to reach out and hold her hand, but with Amber's skittish behaviour and Lucy sitting next to them it seemed any romantic advances were out of the question. Finally the credits started to roll and the torment ended. As the three girls left the cinema Lucy ran into some other friends of hers. Mary stood back as Lucy introduced Amber as her new friend, whom had just transferred. Mary scowled; Lucy really seemed to treat her new friend like a piece of jewellery to show off. Lucy turned to Mary,
"Hey we're going to go shopping, are you going to come?" It was a polite invite, although the sisters got along well Mary knew Lucy didn't really want her to tag along, now that she was surrounded by a large group.
"No, it's ok" Mary didn't really want to hang out with those girls anyway "I better get home"
"I should really get home too" Amber spoke up "My parents are probably already pissed at me for not been home"
"Oh, ok" Lucy looked honestly upset that Amber was not joining their shopping spree.
"Can I get a lift Mary?" Amber asked
"Sure" Mary replied, careful to prevent herself from grinning at the prospect of alone time with the other girl "See you later Lucy"
Mary parked the car and looked up at the house she was dropping Amber off at. It seemed like an average house.
"Do you want to come in?" Amber asked as she clambered out of the car
"Definitely" Mary smiled at her. They walked up to the front door in silence. Amber pulled out her keys and let them in.
"No-One will be home" she commented as she threw her keys by the door.
"I thought you said your parents would be pissed?" Mary was confused
"My parents work a lot, even on weekends, I don't think they'd notice if I disappeared completely let alone for a day.
"I'm sorry" Mary didn't know what to say, she couldn't imagine what life would be like without your parents noticing, hers never seemed to miss anything much, or at least tried not to.
"It's not a big deal" Amber said as she led Mary up the stairs, pointing out the different rooms as they passed them. Eventually leading to her own room where she turned on the stereo. Mary looked around the room; it had an arty albeit gothic feel to it. There was a half finished painting in one corner of the room, other of a similar style hung on the walls.
"Cool paintings" Mary said as she examined the pictures, trying to decipher the mess of colours "I'm not really a big fan of the expressionist painting, I like painting that look like things."
Amber smiled "But you still think they're cool"
"They suit the room" Mary replied, then turned and smiled at Amber. She moved closer and wrapped her arms around the other girl's waist. "I think they suit you too, they have simplicity but are still chaotic, and they look pretty but obviously have deeper meaning"
Amber laughed "I think you're just hitting on me"
"Maybe" Mary replied before leaning in and capturing Amber's lips in a kiss "Maybe I'm just intrigued by you."