Chapter Five: The Double Date Disaster

Parker's POV

Lily quickly bushed her hair and changed her shirt before we went to meet the guys.

"So, does this cousin have a name or am I supposed to call him 'hey you' all night?" she asked.

"His name's Patrick, he seems pretty nice. I think you'll like him," I said.

When we got to Mickey's we found Eric and Patrick sipping on coffee and laughing about something.

"Hey Eric!" I greeted. He kissed my cheek as I stole his coffee.

"Lily! You decided to come! That's great. This is my cousin Patrick," Eric introduced Randy and Patrick.

Lily's POV

I looked at the guy sitting across the table from Eric. The two of them didn't look alike at all. He had really dark green eyes and bright green hair in liberty spikes. He was wearing a black band t-shirt, black shorts with a spiked belt, and black converse. A tattoo peeked out from underneath a spiked wrist band. He actually looked pretty…cool.

"Hi, I'm Lily," I smiled as I stuck out my hand.

"Hey," he replied lazily, ignoring my hand.

"So…you guys ready to head over to the theatre?" Parker asked as I dropped my hand.

"Whatever," was the reply from Patrick.

"In his language that means sure," Eric said getting up. Parker-who had been sitting on his lap-fell over. I couldn't help but laugh at her and I thought I saw a hint of a smile on Patrick's face.

Parker got up, assuring everyone that she was alright and we were off. Eric walked with his arm around Parker's waist and the two of the lagged behind, leaving me to try and get some sort of response from Patrick other than his 'whatevers' and not caring shrugs.

I kept stealing glances backwards at the happy couple. If they wanted to play it that way then bring it on!

As we approached the theatre I linked my arm in Patrick's. I thought for a second that he'd pull away but he didn't. I waited a second for the others to see and quickly glanced backwards. Parker beamed and Eric looked slightly shocked. I smiled and tossed my hair.

Eric and Patrick went to get the tickets while Parker and I hung around the doors.

"Well?" she asked.

"He's…cute," I said.

The guys came back and we went inside. Parker and I went to find seats while the guys went to get popcorn.

"He's cute? That's it? That's all you can say about him? He was holding onto you on the way here!" Parker said as soon as the guys were out of earshot.

"Well, he's pretty cool. I like his hair," I said. I knew how lame it must have sounded but it was better than saying that technically I was holding onto him. Luckily I was saved from further questioning by the return of the guys.

Through the trailers Parker and Eric got all comfortable and close. Parker was leaning into him and he had his arm around her.

The movie started and I gripped onto the arm rests. Seeing them together was driving me insane. I had managed to get Patrick to put his arm around me by leaning into him and basically elbowing him until he took the hint. Eric and Parker still looked all cozy so I decided it was time for something bigger.

I grabbed Patrick by his collar and kissed him. I closed my eyes for effect, but I was dying to see how the others were reacting. When I pulled away Eric was whispering something in Parker's ear and they weren't even looking at us.

I stood up and before I knew what I realized what was going on I had poured my drink over Eric's head and I was running down the street. I heard someone calling my name behind me but it just made me run faster.

Eric's POV

I noticed Patrick and Lily kissing but Parker said something to me. I had just whispered back my response when I found Lily dumping her drink over my head and storming out of the theatre.

We were all shocked for a second before we jumped up and went after her. We ran out the front doors and saw Lily taking off down the street.

"Lily!" I called. She didn't even look back.