Page 91 of Stay With Me
A smug smile forms across my face as she tries to stay mad at me.
“Ready to go in?” I ask once I hand our tickets to the attendant.
She continues to shoot me death glares when we walk inside the first auditorium and climb up the stairs to find the best seats.
“What section do you want?” I ask over my shoulder. “The very top or is the middle okay?”
“You sit wherever you want, cowboy. I’ll sit down here so I don’ttemptyou.” Then she parks her ass in the front row of the second level.
I chuckle to myself, put our drinks in the holders and the bag of popcorn in the seat next to mine, and march back down the stairs. When I stand in front of her, she purposely shifts her body to look at the blank screen behind me. The previews haven’t even started.
“Excuse me, you’re blockin’ my view and everyone else’s who’ll sit behind me.”
I make a show of glancing around the bare room. “Hmm…I think it’s just yours, sweetheart.”
“Well, you better go away so I can focus on Patrick Swayze’s good looks andonlyhis.”
I have a suspicion she has no clue what this movie’s about.
“You can focus ononlyhis next to me up there.”
Without giving her a chance to respond, I pick her up and throw her over my shoulder like dozens of other times.
And she pounds her fists on my ass like she’s always done. “Tripp! Put me down, you caveman!”
“Gladly. In the seat next to mine. Where you belong.”
When I reach our chairs, I gently set her down and then sit beside her.
“That was unnecessary.”
Reaching over to grab our popcorn, I hold it out for her with a grin. “Want some?”
She snatches it from me and shoves a mouthful in. “I’m not allowed totemptyou because there’ll be other people around, but you can carry me like I’m a drunk sorority girl inside a movie theater?”
“It was that or shoutin’ across the auditorium to ask if you wanted any snacks.”
As if she can’t feign being angry anymore, she laughs and flicks a piece of popcorn at my face. “You’re insane.”
“All for you, baby.” I wink and she rolls her eyes.
When the lights dim and the previews start, she looks around and notices no one else is in here.
“Is it normal for these themed nights to be empty?”
I lean over with a smirk. “I figured we’d want our privacy, so I bought every single ticket for this showing.”
Her mouth drops open. “You sneaky shit. This whole time…”
“Don’t get any ideas, Sunny. We’re watchin’ the movie.”
She rips open the M&M’s box and dumps it on top of the popcorn. “Then there better be some man ass in it to keep me entertained.”
Fuck.She hasn’t a single clue what she’s about to experience.
Chapter Twenty
Magnolia
