Duke! Cassandra! Over here!" Andrew called. They walked over to the long table that was set up.
"Duke I saved you the corner booth seat," Amber said. Both booth sides were empty.
"Amber, Cassandra and I don't fit there," he said.
"So she can sit somewhere else."
"We're going to take these seats right here," he said sitting on the other side of the booth. Cassandra sat down next to the wall, placing her in front of Amber. A blonde girl sat down next to Amber.
"Cassandra this is Olivia, Olivia this is Anna's new roommate Cassandra," Duke introduced.
"Nice to meet you," Cassandra said.
"Nice to meet you too, Duke told us in the library today that your art is going to be in an art exhibition, congratulations."
"Is it a finger-painting exhibition?" Amber asked. Cassandra ignored her.
"Thanks, you guys are all welcomed to come."
"We'll be there," Andrew said.
"Toby is this your girlfriend?" Cassandra asked.
"Yea, Eunice this is Cassandra." Eunice smiled at Cassandra as did Cassandra.
"What kind of art do you do?" Eunice asked.
"Painting, sculpting, but I like drawing the best; in fact I have a portrait of Duke being displayed in the exhibition."
"Really?" Amber asked. "Last time I had a portrait of myself and he made me look ugly."
"An artist draws what they see," Cassandra said. A few chuckles went up and down the table. Amber glared at her. As they ate everyone chatted, Olivia and Cassandra getting along really well.
"So are you ready for the movie?" Duke asked Cassandra. He was leaning close to her and she had her body turned towards him.
"What are we watching?"
"I think, since we're so close to Halloween and all, that we're watching a scary movie."
"Scary?" she asked.
"Yea, you're not into scary movies?"
"Not exactly," she said.
"Well do you think it would help if I sat next to you?" he asked.
"I think it would."
"Hey, check that out," Andrew said to Toby. They both looked over to Duke and Cassandra. They were really close and it looked like they were going to kiss.
"Then I will," Duke said. Amber couldn't take how he was so close to Cassandra so she kicked Cassandra under the table.
"Ow!" Cassandra said.
"Oh sorry, I thought that was the bar under the table," Amber said with an evil smile.
"You ok?" Duke asked.
"Fine."
"Alright guys, you ready?" Toby asked. They all got up and left to the movie theater.
"Everything is so close around here," Cassandra said as they got to the theater which was only a block away from Cesario's.
"Yea, it's convenient."
"And what's the weekend curfew?"
"For freshman and sophomores dorms it's midnight, junior, one and senior dorms don't have one."
"Well then I'm glad I'm in the senior dorm." They bought their movie tickets and walked into the theater room. Duke and Cassandra walked together to the top back corner. Duke in the seat next to the wall and Cassandra next to him. She looked at the empty seat next to her. "Hold on a second." She stood up. "Andrew!" she called. He stood up a couple rows down. "Can you sit up here?" he nodded and he and one of his friends started making their way up.
"What? Why?" Duke asked.
"I can't have that seat empty." He let out a laugh.
"Let me guess, scary movies freak you out?" Andrew asked.
"Yea." He and his friend sat down.
"Better?" Duke asked. She smiled.
"Much better." The lights dimmed and Cassandra almost jumped out of her seat.
"Relax, the movie hasn't even started yet," he said. She let out a nervous laugh. He lifted the armrest and put his arm around her. She settled her head on his shoulder and the movie started.
"Oh my gosh, why am I watching this?" Cassandra asked. The movie was twenty minutes in and was probably the scariest thing she had ever seen. She shoved her face in Duke's shirt. "How can you be laughing? He just ripped her heart out," Cassandra said to Duke.
"Because it's funny."
"No it's scary and ah!" she yelled when a dead body fell from the closet. She wrapped both of her arms around Duke's waist. Another twenty minutes passed and Cassandra hadn't moved.
"Cassandra I have to go to the bathroom," Duke said. "I'll be right back, I promise." He stood up. Cassandra lifted the armrest next to Andrew and scooted onto Duke's seat. She grabbed Andrew's hand and pulled him over to her.
"Oh my god oh my god oh my god," she said quickly. Andrew put his arm around her and did the only thing he thought would calm her down, putting his hand over her eyes. She slowly opened two of his fingers and once she saw the screen she lifted her legs onto the chair and leaned into him. She was calming down when she felt something touch her shoulder. "Ah!" she screamed loudly.
"Cassandra, it's me." she looked up at Duke.
"Thanks Andrew." He smiled and went back to his seat. Duke sat down in the seat Cassandra had been sitting in before.
"I'm guessing I just missed a really scary part," Duke said as he took the same position he had been in before.
"Let's just put it this way, you're lucky." He smiled.
"Well I'm here now so you're fine." He grabbed her hand with his other hand and brought it around his waist and she didn't feel scared anymore. She rested her head on his shoulder again and managed to scream only once more throughout the rest of the movie. The lights came back on and Cassandra sat up.
"That was an experience," she said.
"Yea it was," Duke said. They all started walking out of the theater.
"Hey Duke," Amber said. "I was so scared, I wish you were sitting next to me," she said.
"He was busy with Cassandra," Andrew said.
"Cassandra what did you think about the movie?" Olivia asked.
"Sorry I just erased all memory of it," Cassandra said.
"Yea, somebody was a little scared," Duke said.
"Just a little," she said. He lifted her hood up over her head and they all walked back to the campus.
"Goodnight," everyone said as they walked into their rooms.
"Goodnight girls," Andrew said as he walked into his room.
"Night," Cassandra and Anna said.
"Alright, so I'll see you tomorrow," Duke said to Cassandra.
"Yea, you have soccer practice in the morning?"
"Yea, but I should be back by the time you wake up."
"You're gone that early huh?" she asked. He nodded. "Alright." He gave her a kiss on the cheek then turned around, running into his room door. "Are you ok?" she asked half laughing.
"Yea, I'm good."
"Ok, goodnight Duke."
"Goodnight." He walked into his room.
"Talking to Cassandra?" Andrew asked.
"Just saying goodnight."
"She's so pretty," Andrew said.
"Man, stop drooling."
"Sorry, and I'll back off."
"What?"
"Listen, I know you like her man."
"What?" he asked again.
"Dude it's obvious."
"I just met her," he said.
"And that has what to do with it? Listen man its cool, I think she likes you too."
"You really think so?"
"Do you think she would have spent that entire movie in your arms if she didn't?"
"Well I guess not, but still, we shouldn't jump to any conclusions. Oh but she did ask me to be her date the night of the exhibition."
"My man," Andrew said, putting his hand out for a high five that Duke took. He too his shirt off and put on some sweats and laid down in his bed.
It was 4:30 in the morning and Duke had to go to the bathroom. He brushed his teeth before walking out, hating morning breath. As he was walking to his room he saw that the door to Anna and Cassandra's room was slightly open. He looked inside and saw Cassandra sitting up in her bed with her laptop on her lap. He slowly walked inside.
I know it's short but the next chapter is up!