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Chapter Eight

[Kaoru POV]

I hated this. I really, really hated this. More than anything else.

Well, almost.

I hated this situation more than almost anything, in fact, more than everything else but Butch himself.

We had gotten to the movies and then we all split up. Boomer and Miyako went to go see some movie about guinea pig spies, Brick and Momoko went to go see a Harry Potter movie, and where was I?

Stuck seeing a zombie movie with Butch.

Don't get me wrong; I love gory movies like that, but with Butch?! No. The worst part was that he had his arm around me and he was only inches away. I would have given anything to scream "Get your hands off me!!" but we were in the theater, so I very well couldn't.

I tried to enjoy the movie as best as I could, but it was hard. Every now and then, Butch would try to make a move on me or get closer, or he'd just try to touch me any way, like passing his hand down my arm or around my waist, or anything else.

Finally, I had enough. He had he hand on my shoulder and he was rubbing it, and I was dead tired of his touch. I lifted my hand and took his, and I attempted to crush his wrist. I glared at him.

He rolled his eyes and finally kept his hands to himself.

I felt cold now.

[Miyako POV]

Boomer and I were going to see a movie together! Just us! Momoko was with Brick and Kaoru was with Butch, so we were alone! I was so excited, I was almost flustered.

We sat down in one of the seats in the back. There was nobody in that row, and nobody in any of the rows nearby us, so we were completely alone…but I liked it.

Everytime I felt his touch, if only by accident, my skin tingled there, and it was like an electric current.

He sat on my right, just how I liked it. We had gotten a large bag of popcorn and two medium sodas, both Sprite.

Once, in the middle of the movie, we both reached for popcorn at the same time and our hands touched. The electricity flowed through me again, and we both blushed.

Sometime between the middle and ending of the movie, Boomer put his arm around my shoulders. I put my head on his shoulder, trying to be subtle about it. I breathed in his scent--it hypnotized me. He smelled so fresh, so cool.

I smiled as I tried to pay attention to the movie, but my mind kept slipping to the person next to me.

[Momoko POV]

Brick was making me go to some Harry Potter movie, the sixth, I think. I'm not too excited about the movie choice.

Well, whatever. I follow Brick to one of the seats in the back. Luckily, there was couple a few rows away from us, so we weren't totally alone.

I sat down and he took a seat on my left. I hated that. I usually liked it when guys were on my right, not left. Whatever; he wasn't worth getting worked up over.

We shared a bag of popcorn and a soda, which I wasn't happy about. Why couldn't he get his own soda?

As the movie started, I thought about Miyako and Kaoru, and how their dates might be going.

Wait…

Dates?! No way! That would mean that I'm on a date with Brick! No!! It's just a friendly movie occasion, just that. We're just coworkers hanging out, which was what it was, wasn't it?

I took a deep breath. I was confusing myself.

"You okay?" Brick asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Just thinking," I said. "Yuck," I whispered to myself.

" 'Yuck'?" he asked.

"Don't ask."

He was quiet then. Good. Wasn't it? I was confusing myself too much for my own good.

I thought about how Kaoru's…time…might be going. Butch was probably trying to make a move, and she was probably quietly punching him so as not to disturb others. Yeah, that's it. Quietly punching.

Miyako and Boomer were probably getting along better. He was probably holding her hand, and she was probably enjoying it. They were so cute together, and they wouldn't have any problems.

I sighed and paid attention to the movie. I felt Brick's gaze on me for a minute, but then he shrugged it off and paid attention to the movie.

I felt angry. Why would he shrug it off? He should've asked what was wrong! Stupid, stupid, stupid Brick!

I was so frustrated! Pay attention to the movie, pay attention, attention, pay movie, attention pay… I was mentally flustered. At what? I'm not so sure.

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