Sara's POV

I was happy Eli and I were finally talking again. It was still a little awkward, but it was better than not taking to each other. So for about a week or so, we were friends. If we passed by with each other in the halls we would say "Hey" to one another, we had some conversations , and just got to know each other a little better. After awhile though, I couldn't help but want to be more than friends. But at the same time, I was worried about getting hurt again. Even though Eli didn't seem like the kind of guy that wouldn't. purposely hurt his girlfriend, once you get hurt once by someone you really care about, and thought they cared about you too, you can't help but worry it's gonna happen again.

I also knew Eli probably wouldn't make the first move, if it was ever going to happen, I'd have to be the one to start it. I just didn't know how.

But a few days later he came walking up to me in the hall in the morning, and he seemed to be in a good mood. "Is there something you're so happy about?" I couldn't help but ask him.

"Yeah. This." He answered and handed me a flyer. It was from the local bookstore. An author, Susan Hill, was gonna have a book signing for her book, The Woman in Black and afterwards there would be a special of the movie that has Daniel Radcliffe in it.

"You're going to this, I'm guessing."

"Yeah, it's a great ghost story, have you read it?"

"Um, I was thinking of seeing the movie but never got around to it." I was somewhat lying when I said that. I saw commercials for the movie and thought it looked good, but I didn't really wanna see it. I can handle horror stories, but not horror movies. Probably cause imagining something isn't as bad as actually seeing it sometimes. I've seen a few and that was enough for me.

"Well, do you wanna come?" Eli asked.

I looked up at him. "Really?"

"Sure. And you can finally see the movie."

"The only problem I would have is that I would keep thinking Daniel Radcliffe is still playing Harry Potter." I joked. Eli chuckled.

"Yeah he kinda got saddled with being known with that part for the rest of his career." He paused. "So is that a yes?"

I thought about it for a minute. Was this a date? Or just hanging out? I could never tell with this kind of things.

"Sure, I'll go."

"Great, it's Saturday night, I can pick you up, be ready by 6:00?"

"No problem." I answered. The bell rang for first class.

"Great see you later."

"See ya." Then Eli walked off. I couldn't believe it. I was gonna watch a horror movie with the guy I liked, and it would possibly be a date. And I was gonna be scared out of my mind.

Eli's POV

I picked Sara up on Saturday night at six sharp. I wasn't really sure myself if this a date or not, and was worried what Sara might think it was. Would she be all dressed up? It was just a casual event. But as a I rang the door and she stepped out, she had on a flowy white shirt under a black leather jacket, skinny jeans and black boots. She was dressed nice but at the same time casual. It my first time seeing her out of uniform. She looked…stunning.

"Hey." She said.

"Hey." I answered back.

"Um, where's your hearse?" She asked.

"Oh right. I parked it down the street, cause I remembered how you said your mom might be freaked if she saw it in the driveway." I answered.

"Oh right." Sara said with a smile. "Well we better walk over and get in, we don't wanna be late."

"Right." I said.

Earlier on that day, it rained. It stopped by now, but everything was still wet. Thinking Sara might slip in her boots (Which were kinda tall) I held my arm out for her to grab onto. She looked at it for a minute like she wasn't sure what to do, but then finally linked on. We walked over to the hearse and I opened the door for her. If this wasn't a date I was sure acting like it was.

As we drove to the bookstore we didn't talk too much, just a little bit here and there. We showed up a few minutes early. The bookstore wasn't too crowded, but there was a good number of people there.

"So is Susan Hill a popular author?" Sara asked.

"Not really, but her writing is really good." I told her.

We stood in line for a few minutes talking about other books and authors we liked. Sara mostly liked romance novels, but I have to admit they were all well-written ones. And she didn't mention in vampire-romance ones, which was a plus.

We finally got to the front of the line. Susan Hill was sitting at the table with a pen in her hand ready to sign. She said hello, asked for a names then signed out books. Typical book signing.

Sara and I then walked over to the building next door where the movie was being shown. We chose seats in the middle but closer to the front than back.

"You ready for this?" I asked Sara, who I couldn't help but notice seemed somewhat nervous. She looked over at me.

"Yeah, are you?"

"Only if you are." I answered. Just then the lights dimmed and Sara took a deep breathe. Bracing herself. I had a feeling she was gonna get scared, but I was ok with that.

Sara's POV

The movie was freaking sketchy. Literally every two minutes something would pop out at you. It was really jumpy, you never got to calm down. But I have to admit, it was a good horror movie. The acting was good, there was an actual plot, and there was a somewhat happy ending. I was now looking forward to read the book.

I was screaming, but Eli didn't really seemed phased. But he's already seen the movie and doesn't get freaked out by much anyway. At one point though, I totally freaked out and reached for Eli's hand. I held it for about five seconds before I realized what I was doing, then let go. But Eli didn't seem to mind.

"So, I would ask what you'd think but by the way you acted I can tell how you felt." Eli said as we were walking back to his hearse. I giggled.

"Hey, I liked it, it was actually really good."

"For a horror movie?"

"For any movie. And it's good for you to get scared once in awhile."

"Yeah I know what you mean." We then made it to Eli's hearse, and he opened the door for me again. We continued talking bout the movie.

"So did that pump you up for reading the book?" Eli asked.

"Yeah, I'm just not starting it tonight." I said making Eli do his little chuckle. We made back to my house and I let me walk me to my front porch.

"So other then being scared straight, did you have a good time?" Eli asked staring down at me.

"Yeah, it was actually pretty fun?"

"Good."

I can't help myself anymore, I had to ask.

"So…was this a date?" Eli was silent for a moment.

"That depends, did you want it to be?"

"I…I guess."

"Then it was a date."

"Alright." I said. Eli then hugged me, he pulled me in pretty close. I began to hug back. I couldn't help but inhale his scent in, as weird as that sounds. But he smelt nice, and his touch made me feel safe.

"I'll see you Monday." He said when the hug ended.

"See you, Eli." He then began to walk back to his hearse. As I watched him I heard myself say under my breathe, "I'll miss you."

Late again, sorry, I really need to get better at this. Anyway hoped you liked it. And if you haven't seen Woman in Black yet you should. I normally don't like horror movies but it was actually a great movie :) Anyway I hope the next chapter is up soon!