Katie stared at the movie screen. She was mesmerized by the movie, even though she was sitting right next to Freddy, in the back row. She reached into the popcorn bag, just as a particularly scary scene came in the movie, and she moved her hand, causing the whole bag of popcorn to fall over on the ground. Katie gasped, then looked at Freddy.
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry, Freddy, I'll go buy us some more…!" She said loudly, causing several people in the front rows to turn around and shush her. She was glad she was in the dark, or people might've seen her blushing.
As she got up to get more popcorn, Freddy stood up and put his hand on her shoulder. "Hey, don't worry about it, I'll go buy some more." He said quietly, gently pushing her back down in her seat.
She obeyed, staring after him as he wove through the row and went down the stairs quickly. She breathed out, realizing she had been holding her breath ever since he touched her.
She tried to sit back, relax, and watch the movie, but she couldn't. All she could think about now was when he touched her. Jeez, Katie, She thought. All he did was gently touch you on the shoulder! She turned her head slightly to see if Devyn or David had seen, but Devyn was busy flirting with him to notice pretty much anything.
And as usual, David was falling under her spell.
Katie tried to suppress a laugh, and turned back to the movie.
It took a good 10 minutes before Freddy came back, then he sat down next to her and handed her the popcorn with a smile.
"Promise you won't knock it over this time?" He asked, melting her with that smile on his face. All she could manage to do was give a feeble nod and take the popcorn, her hand shaking. She hoped he didn't notice…
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The lights slowly became brighter after the credits came on. Freddy stood up and stretched, and Katie sat there, staring at the screen.
Freddy stopped stretching and stared at her. "Dude…?" He looked at her questioningly.
She shook her head and blinked. "Sorry." She said.
He laughed. "Uh, okay…"
She got up and followed him out the door, while Devyn and David followed behind her, David's arm around Devyn's waist.
The four reached the lobby, then said their good-byes.
"Okay, Devyn, I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow then." Katie said, leaning against a payphone casually.
Devyn nodded, smiling, and David bid farewell to the two of them, leaving with Devyn to walk her home. Before Devyn left through the double doors, she turned her head around and grinned at Katie.
Katie rolled her eyes and laughed, and Freddy looked at Devyn, then back at Katie.
"You know, how ever many guys say they don't get girl talk, I think it's simple." He said, grinning. Katie looked at him with a small smile on her face. "What are you talking about?" He grinned and stood next to her at the payphone.
"Well, first, when girls smile at each other, it always has to do with a guy." When Katie looked sheepish, he said, "As if you didn't know. And," He continued. "Whenever a girl hangs around a guy, she usually wants to be walked home." Katie rolled her eyes. "That's not true. There could be lots of reasons why a girl hangs around a guy." He shrugged. "Well, yeah, but in this case it means she wants to be walked home."
Katie smiled at him. "Are you offering?" He nodded. "If you want." She nodded, and they set off out the door.
When they got outside, Katie shivered. It was cold. Freddy noticed and offered his jacket, like usual, but she turned down the offer.
According to Devyn, this would be considered 'major flirting'. And Katie had to admit, Freddy was acting a little weirder than usual. As if that were possible.
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They turned down the last corner, Katie's street. The street had lots of huge houses with big lawns and pools, and Katie was a little embarrassed to walk down it with Freddy.
His family didn't have a lot of money, and lived on a poor street in a small house. She always felt so spoiled next to him. Then again, some would say she was spoiled. She didn't talk a lot at school anymore, ever since her mother died, and barely made her voice go above a whisper when she did speak.
Katie's teeth were chattering. It got even colder since they left the movies. Freddy looked down at her and put his arm around her, pulling her close. She smiled, though she was nervous, and rested her head on his shoulder. She was actually shorter than him now. For some reason that comforted her, and made her feel less nervous.
They reached her driveway, and Freddy walked her up it. Her driveway was relatively short, so they quickly reached the porch.
Katie looked up at him, trying not to smile madly, but she ended up letting a small one slip. Freddy squeezed her shoulder, and glanced to his left, then back down at Katie. He looked nervous.
Katie bit her lip and lowered her eyes. It was a flirting tip she had learned from Devyn. Freddy shifted and looked down too. It was very quiet and awkward.
Katie couldn't take the silence anymore, so she just stuck her hands in her pockets and turned to her door. Freddy grabbed her shoulder and turned her around, then slowly kissed her.
She closed her eyes. It was a great kiss, and she never wanted it to end. But, it had to, and Freddy finally let her go, so she gently pulled away and stared at him with a mad grin on her face.
He smiled. She couldn't stop staring at him, and he began to look a little nerved. "Uhh…" He said, staring at her. She shook her head. "Sorry." He gave a quiet laugh. "Uh, it's okay." Katie smiled at him and said softly, "That was nice." He laughed again. "Yeah."
Suddenly the door which Katie's hand was resting on opened, and she stumbled, almost falling off the steps. Freddy, with his quick reflexes, grabbed her hand and supported her back so she didn't fall and hurt herself.
They both looked at the door at the same time to find Katie's father standing there, looking enraged. Freddy looked quickly at Katie, then started quickly down the steps.
"Freddy…!" Katie said, trying to grab his shoulder as he started to leave. "I should go," He said, giving her a smile. "I'll talk to you tomorrow." Katie's father grabbed Katie's shoulders roughly and gave Freddy a menacing look. That made Freddy quicken his step and walk down the driveway, leaving Katie alone with her father.
"Katie," He said loudly and meanly. "Inside. Now." She knew better than to disobey his orders, especially when he was this mad. In fact, she hadn't seen her dad this angry until the last time her parents spoke to each other, right before they got a divorce.
She walked to the table and sat down, putting her hands in the pockets of her sweatshirt. Her dad stormed over to her, yanking a chair out from under the table and sitting down.
"What was that supposed to be!" He yelled. Katie tried not to answer. It would be too embarressing. Unfortunatly, that was the wrong choice. Her dad only got more mad at her. "You know you aren't allowed to go out until you are sixteen!" She felt tears forming in her eyes. "We aren't going out." She said shortly.
"Then why'd you leave the house, and come back at 10 o' clock at night, and I see you fucking kissing on the porch!"
A tear rolled down her face. "Daddy, I'm sorry. But-we really like each other." She knew it was true as soon as she said it. After all, Freddy wouldn't kiss her like that for nothing!
Her dad was still angry though. "That doesn't matter! When I took you into this house last year, I set down rules! And those rules are not to be broken!"
She cowered in her chair, crying hard. He sat back and stared at her. Finally he spoke. "You are not allowed to see any of your friends, including Devyn," her head rose. "for a month."
She shook her head. "No, daddy, I'm sorry! Please, please don't let me be forbidden to see them! I'll never break your rules again!"
Her dad shook his head and started yelling again. "That's not the point! You already broke the rules once, when you knew perfectly well what they were! You break the rules in this house, you get punished!" He stood up and roughly grabbed her shoulder, pulling her up. "Now go in your room and go to sleep."
Katie, roughly pushed by her dad, ran, crying, up the stairs to her bedrrom. She slammed the door and jumped on her bed, sobbing.