Chapter 13

I can't forget about Max. But how could he like me like he says he does after meeting me like twice? It's weird, but sometimes things like that just happen. I like him too. Almost as much as Sidney right now. He makes me feel fun and adventurous and happy. Sometimes it feels like I can't joke with Sidney, but he's adorable and nice and fun to be around too. Ugh. I sigh.

Ruthanne's Point Of View. <3

Kris called around 4:45. "Hey, we've got a date." he says laughing. "Want me to pick you up?"
"Yes!" I squeal and then give him directions. He's at my house in less than 15 minutes. He kisses me on the cheek at the door.
"What's up?" He asks.
"Nothing. You?" I ask, walking out the door and holding his big hand. We get into his car and he drives off.
"Not much. I missed you." He leans over and kisses me on the cheek.
"Watch the road!" I squeak, giggling from the kiss. He's so sweet. I wonder what kind of good time Caitlin's having with Sidney right now. "Where did Sidney take Caitlin?" I ask him.
His smile is tight as he says, "Brittny's really getting under their skin. I don't know if they even still have a date." He says only what little details he got from the rumours around the guys.
"oh yeah, I forgot." I say, remembering yesterday and Caitlin's little breakdown. I'm sure she's fine now. She bounces back easily. I lean over the console in the middle of his little car to lean on his shoulder. I hope he's ok with that.
"Yeah. I hope things work out for them." He says, thinking about saying something else that has been on his mind. He doesn't really like to gossip, but this has been bothering him. "Last night Max came over. He talked about her a lot."
"hmmmmmmmm." I say, "you don't think," I say slowly, hoping he knows what I'm talking about.
"No." Kris says immediately, "he wouldn't do that to Sidney. I hope." With this new information I try not to think about Caitlin anymore, focusing on my own date.
"where are we going?" I ask him playfully, poking him in the arm.
"to my place," he says. "I rented movies. But I kinda guessed at what you'd like." Rounding a turn I slip off his shoulder.
We laugh and I sit up before I say, "fun," grinning wide, so happy it's hard to describe. I stay sat up now, afraid to fall off his shoulder again. "What'd you get?" I ask him.
"um...Yes Man, The Notebook" He laughs, "and The Breakfast Club. All movies I kinda like. Or at least a little." He scrunches his nose.
"The Notebook?" I ask, laughing.
"Yep." He laughs. "But like, every girl I know likes it, so I thought you would too."
"I do." I say blushing. I haste to be like every girl.
He pulls up to another fancy apartment building. We get out and walk to the door holding hands. He leads me up to his apartment where I see the movies laying out on his kitchen table. "You thirsty?" He asks, letting go of my hand and walking to the refrigerator.
I nod, "water?" I ask. He nods and grabs 2 bottles out of the fridge. He leads me to a sofa where we sit down. He stands back up to hold the three movies up.
"Which one?" He asks, walking backwards toward the dvd player.
"Yes Man. I love Jim Carrey." I say smiling. I've wanted to see that movie for a while. Kris puts it in and walks back into the kitchen.
"Popcorn?" He pops his head out from behind the wall between the living room and kitchen.
"Yeah." I say, smiling. He walks out with one of those big bags that you can buy at Wal-Mart. Picking the remote off the coffee table on his way to the sofa he pushes play and then sits down. We munch on the popcorn for a little bit, laughing at all the right places. I finish my bottle of water, the popcorn really drying my mouth out. He kisses me on the cheek and trots back into the kitchen to grab another.

Caitlin's Point Of View <3>At this point I'm having a lot of fun with Sidney. We laugh and talk and I forget about all my worries and relax a bit. He holds both of my hands on top of the table as we talk. We self consciously sit up when the waitress comes back, eying up Sidney like she knows him from someplace. Sidney pays the bill and we hold hands leaving the little pizzeria. "That was fun." I say smiling.
"We're not done!" He says, pulling me down the sidewalk to where we parked.
"What's next then?" I jog to keep up with his fast stride.
"You'll see," he opens the passenger door for me and jogs around the front to his side. Starting the car with his left hand, he grabs mine with his right. He seems so happy now that I am. We drive around for what feels like forever, not talking, just holding hands. Everything feels great ever since we talked in the restaurant.
"Sidney?" I lean over and lay on him, happy.
"Yeah?" He looks down at me on his shoulder.
"I'm really happy," I smile, getting those really good butterflies in my stomach.
"Oh yeah?" He kisses my head then goes back to driving. "We're almost there." And squeezes my hand.
"Where are we goinggg?" I bug him again.
"You'll see!" He says back, just like last time. I shut up and just lean on him with my eyes closed for a moment.
We eventually pull in to a tiny ice cream shop that I would mistake for any other. It was called, "Remember When"
"You'll like this," Sidney says, backing out of the car and running around to my side. Of course I'm used to waiting for him when he does this. He looks at me, a concerned look in his eyes, "whatever you do, don't order a medium!" He laughs then turns around and leads me to the window.
"Hmmph!" I get the wrong idea. Then I look at the windows and see the pictures of cones. ACTUAL SIZE!!!! The signs say. My mouth drops open. I look at Sidney. "Really?" I look at him skeptically. He nods.
"You want to share a medium?" He looks at me.
"Ok." I say happily, moving up in line. "Vanilla?" I ask, smiling at him.
"Sure." he says, and steps up to the window to order. The medium is big enough that they have to bring it out the door! I gasp, not able to imagine us eating it all. He looks at me, his face says it all with the "I told you so!" look.