A/n – Short-ish chapter, will be updating again later.

Chapter 4: The night out

(Wanda's POV)

Leaving Mel and Jared looking smitten together, I laced my arm through Ian's and tugged him forward to break away from the two love-birds.

'C'mon, why don't we go check out what movie's playing'

Ian seemed shy and didn't talk very much, for a typical jock I was surprised, but I could relate to the shy part at least. He only seemed to brighten up when the conversation involved either football or movies, or a subject that didn't involve his personal life, I wondered for a moment if he was hiding something but I didn't want to pry.

'Sure thing' he answered, as he looked down at me and smiled, I couldn't deny his good looks.

He was tall and had muscles that rippled underneath my fingertips as I clung to his arm. He wore a loose grey tee and simple jeans, his ebony hair in that just-rolled-out-of-bed mess; I had to admit that the relaxed, casual look suited him. His powder blue eyes shining under the street lamps as he agreed with me, making a slight pink rise to my cheeks as I took in his appearance.

The small movie theatre only ran one movie for a week, then changed the next, sometimes they were new movies but most of the time is was older ones that the theatre manager loved; this week's film was the Rocky Horror Picture Show, a favourite of mine and Mel's collection.

'I love this movie' Ian mumbled as we made our way over to the front desk to buy 4 tickets. I don't know if he meant for me to hear but I answered his unspoken question, 'me too, it's one of my favourites' he looked down and gave me that smile again, which of course made me blush… jeez what's with my hormones lately.

(Mel's POV)

We caught up to Wanda and Ian at the ticket booth waiting for us.

Wait, was Wanda blushing? And why was Ian smiling at her like that? They were both looking at each other, neither one had noticed we had caught up.

Jared cleared his throat loudly making the two of them jump apart, both looking guilty. What was going on here? I suddenly felt protective of my younger cousin (okay she was only a few months younger, but still, I had never felt this way about her before). As if she could tell, Wanda walked over to me and threaded her arm around mine; she glanced at me and smiled as if to say everything was okay.

'Here, we got you some tickets' I looked down at the little stubs she handed me and saw the movie title, 'Rocky Horror Picture show!' my goofy grin returning, looks like this night was just meant to be.

We grabbed some popcorn and made our way over to the cinema room in the back. As it was only a small place instead of the hard single seats of a bigger theatre all lined up in a row, couches and armchairs were laid out instead - making for a more comfortable movie-watching-experience.

Jared pulled me over to one of the two-seater couches; a part of me was thrilled that we could have so much alone time, but a small part of my mind was shaking and nervous as hell. I felt another twinge of guilt for Wanda, although from what I saw back in the entrance that feeling quickly left my mind – she didn't look like she was having a bad night either.

We all settled into two couches, me and Jared in one, Wanda and Ian in the one next to us. My heart fluttered as Jared stretched his arm out behind me to rest on the back of the couch. I shuffled closer to him, making the side of my body touch his, which made him smile and his eyes shine as he glanced down at me, a touch of pink marring the perfectly tanned skinned of his cheeks.

I glanced round at Wanda and Ian, who looked comfortable on the couch together; they were talking quietly before the movie started. Wanda's legs were tucked beneath her as she faced Ian and our side of the room, I could see that she was grinning from ear to ear… I've never seen her this way, so relaxed and calm, it suits her.

The lights were turned off and we settled in for the film.