The Online Couple
By Matthew Rozier
Chapter 5
Odd and Sissi stopped to get some ice cream at a parlor in town. They discovered that they both enjoyed eating banana splits with Cookies and Cream ice cream. Odd ordered a large one and they ate it together. They also shared a large chocolate milkshake. Sissi stopped eating after a while and let Odd finish her portion.
"Boy, I never realized that you eat so much, Odd," said Sissi, a little concerned. "Why are you so scrawny?"
"I'm not scrawny, I'm svelte," said Odd with a wink. "Blame my hyper-accleracted metabolism!"
"Oh, that's right; you prefer to be called svelte. May I still call you scrawny? I like calling you that."
"Sure, whatever you want, Sissi, as long you don't do it in front of everyone at school."
"Ok, Odd, dear," Sissi smiled, as Odd blushed. He wasn't blushing so much anymore, but she could always get one out of him if she called him "dear."
Odd's cell phone rang. It was Jeremie. "Hey, Jeremie, everything okay?"
"Yeah, everything's fine, I just wanna talk to you later about you and Sissi."
"Is there a problem?"
"Uh, no. I'm just concerned, that's all. You've been spending a lot of time with her."
"Yeah, what's it to you? I can spend time with her all I want. What do you care?"
"Odd, that's exactly the reason why I'm concerned. Please come and talk to me when I get back to the school."
"Okay, Einstein, whatever you say." Odd, hung up with an annoyed look on his face.
"Odd," said Sissi, "what's wrong?"
"Jeremie wants to talk to me about you and me. He says that he's concerned."
"I wonder why?"
"I can't really explain right now. I think I know what he is getting at."
"Does it have to do with all the snooping around you guys do?"
Odd didn't answer. He just stared at the ground.
"Odd?"
"Not right now Sissi, I don't really want to talk about it. Wanna see a movie or something?"
"Would I? I'd love to. What did you have in mind?"
"Oh, I dunno. I guess whatever good movie is playing."
Odd and Sissi headed off to the movie theatre. When they got there they settled on seeing War of the Worlds, since Sissi absolutely adores Tom Cruise, and Odd likes a good thriller. Sissi got scared several times during the film and asked Odd to hold her close, which was something Odd didn't mind at all. He'd always fantasized having a girl do that at a movie. Plus, at other times, Sissi just clutched Odd's hand tightly. Overall, both of them thoroughly enjoyed the film and headed back to the school. Sissi gave Odd a goodnight kiss on the cheek and headed up to her room. Odd watched her until she disappeared into the dark and then headed for Jeremie's room.