Chapter 10: The Park and the Movies
The two went to the park for a walk. Stacy was chasing a squirrel she saw. John just laughed half-heartedly at Stacy's antics. They were walking side by side. John, holding Stacy's hand. He would kiss her hand ever so often. Stacy would just smile. She was having confusing thoughts why John was acting this way.
"John! Look! There's an ice cream stand over there. C'mon, I wanna eat some ice cream!" She acted like a really excited kid.
"Okay, anything for my baby." John said and pulled Stacy to the ice cream stand. "So what flavor do you want?" John asked her.
"Hmm… I'm going to have a triple chocolate! What about you?" she asked him back.
"Nah, I'm not much of a sweet tooth. You can eat ice cream yourself." He replied and smiled at her.
"Are you sure? It's a perfect day for ice cream." Stacy said trying to tempt John into eating an ice cream too.
"Nah thanks." John insisted. He paid for Stacy's ice cream and they went back into strolling again. "Hey, you got something over here." John said and wiped a dribble of ice cream on the side of Stacy's mouth and John continued to trace Stacy's perfectly shaped lips. He was lost in his thoughts while looking at Stacy's face again.
"John? Are you okay?" Stacy asked, snapping her fingers to catch his attention.
"Ye-Yeah. I'm okay. You wanna go back to the hotel or do you still want to watch some movies?" John quickly asked, changing the topic. He doesn't want Stacy to ask him questions like that or he might slip and tell her the truth.
"Watch movies, I want to watch that new movie." Stacy said and finished her ice cream by eating the remains of her wafer cone.
"Great, let's go. You wanna take the cab?" John asked her while putting his arm around her shoulders.
"The mall is just one block away, we can walk our way there." Stacy replied and slid her arm to John's waist.
"So you walked your way to the mall then with Amy and Trish?" he asked her as they started to walk.
"Yeah, but we took the cab on our way home. Those bags are heavy." She told him.
"Where are your shopping bags?" John asked her.
"I asked Amy and Trish to bring it to their room and I'll just get it from them when we come back."
"Oh! You shop a lot!" John exclaimed.
"Yeah! So you better get your credit cards ready when we get married because you're going to treat me shopping each and everyday!" she answered playfully. John felt a lump on his throat and fell silent.
"I was just kidding John! Don't worry I'm not going to get you broke because of my shopping!" she told him when she noticed John fell silent.
"No, no. I wasn't thinking about that. I was just thinking of something else." He said truthfully.
"Oh!" Stacy just said.
"So here we are, what movie do you want to watch?" John asked as he led Stacy to the escalators.
"I want to watch Miss Congeniality 2," Stacy replied as they stepped out of the escalator when they reached the top floor of the mall.
"That's cinema number 3. It's over there." John said and they both made their way to the cinema with the movie Stacy wanted to watch.
"Popcorn?" Stacy asked.
"If you want." John replied. They paid for a bag of large popcorn and went inside. John was glad it was dark inside the movie place, Stacy wouldn't notice if he cry.
They took the last seats inside the cinema. There were a lot of people in there waiting for the movie to start. Mostly are couples, he could tell because the guys had their arms around the girls' shoulders. He smiled at the scenario. It reminds him and Stacy being on their first date…
"I can't believe I agreed to watch this movie with you…" John told Stacy as they took the last seats in the movie house.
"What's wrong with this movie, it's a great movie and it's really funny!" Stacy pouted and protested to John.
"So you have already seen this movie?" John asked her.
"No! I saw its trailer. Let's just watch okay and you'll see that it's really a great movie." Stacy told him and took her seat. John just rolled his eyes and took the seat next to Stacy and put an arm around her shoulders. Stacy just leaned to him. She just loves being beside him.
Stacy cried in some scenes of the movies, John just laughed at her.
"I can't believe you cry in movies!" John told her.
"It's really touching you know!" she protested.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever!" John said and raised his hands to show his surrender. Stacy just give him a hug of which he gladly returned.
John started to feel his eyes welling up. He just let the tears flow freely. But he tried his best not to make a sound or Stacy might find out that he's crying. Which he really is avoiding to happen or Stacy will bombard her with a lot of questions. Stacy started to eat their popcorn. She offered John to have some and John pretended to get and eat some but he just throw every piece of popcorn on his side.
"John? Are you crying?" Stacy suddenly asked him when she heard him sniffing slowly.
"Huh?" John was startled and asked worriedly.