Text to Silver (Anderson, attn: Silver)

[Anderson Clark]

The ride to the movie was quite enjoyable by Anderson's standards. Silver seemed to have forgotten about the bath towel incident and was in a great humor, which always made him smile. In fact, it was very hard for him not to be smiling in Silver's presence. Sure, there were a few girls at school he'd like to date, but none were like Silver.

They arrived in more than enough time to get great seats, since the movie wasn't incredibly popular after getting some bad reviews. Still, Anderson had high hopes. He really liked the short story it was based on, and though it obviously had to be much different, it was still a great starting point.

Then Silver mentioned a guy! Anderson disappeared into his head, nodding along though he was barely hearing the words that followed “Christophe.” The new guy, the French guy. Well, one of the French guys, there were two new French kids, oddly enough. Still, Anderson had seen Christophe and he was a good looking guy, fit, likeable to girls, everything he was not. And another girl? Was... was Silver trying to set him up on a double date with a girl so that he could hang out with her and Christophe?

Anderson's mind kept inflating the terrible thoughts that were bouncing around his head, and as the movie started he was barely paying attention. For slightly over two hours his own mind tortured him more than Stephen King ever could. He wasn't opposed to the idea of Silver dating, as he had almost given up any hope of her thinking of him in that context. And he wasn't opposed to the idea of himself dating, other than the sort of terrifying idea of actually dating a girl. But that she had absolutely no qualms with going on a double date and forcing Anderson to watch her be extremely happy with some guy who was way better than him in every way? She'd probably ditch D&D to hang out with this guy, on his stupid boat!

As the movie ended, Anderson took one last gulp of his soda, noticing he had hardly drank any, before setting it down and slowly looking over to see Silver's reaction to the movie and hoping she was entirely oblivious to the fact he had barely paid any attention to the movie.

[Silver Roberts]

Silver had no idea how mentioning Christophe or Emma would affect Anderson. They talked about everything except the one thing they were both hiding. It was ironic actually. Silver would never set Anderson up. That would be preposterous. Mostly cause in her mind there was no one worthy of Anderson's affection, that was the answer she kept telling herself. Of course the real reason was, even the idea of Anderson liking another girl made a certain emotion run through her veins. A green eyed monster would appear soon after. Although Silver should not be surprised if Anderson got a girlfriend. He was a catch.

So instead of dwelling Silver just hoped he agreed to come out on the boat, cause then she could pretend, at least for a brief moment, she could pretend all her dreams were coming true. It might sound delusional, but she still held out hope for one day...for one day when Anderson could return her feelings. However for now Silver would settle for friends. Cause being friends was better then not having Anderson at all.

So Silver focused on the movie. She focused so much that she did not notice Anderson's behavior. It was easier to focus on something else, cause then she could briefly pretend this was a date as screwed up as it sounded, perhaps her brain was the messed up organ and not her heart. Liking your best friend, knowing you could possibly die and leave him all alone. She was an idiot.

"Did you see the last thirty minutes. I think I jumped so high I almost fell out of my seat." Silver squealed. The movie was over and the lights were on. Her hand covered his as she spoke about loving the movie.. which was mostly due to the company. "What did you think? You okay you seem distant." One thing about being best friends, was you always noticed that distant look.

[Anderson Clark]

Anderson couldn't help but glance down as Silver's hand covered his. Their hands had touched many times before, the pair was quite comfortable with one another. But it seemed different sitting in a movie theatre, as if it were some sort of date. As much as he liked the feeling, Anderson slowly pulled his hand away as he turned towards her and put on a smile. “It's nothing,” he lied, trying to ignore the thoughts running through his head. “I guess I was just hoping for something else in the movie. It... it wasn't what I expected.” He tried to remain vague, since he wasn't sure he could summon up enough details to back up his lie.

“Well, you ready to go?” he said, standing up. Popcorn crunched under his feet as he did, kernels that had flown from Silver's bag when she had gotten scared. It made Anderson smile, and he took a moment to relax. What was he so worried about? He wanted Silver to be happy, as much as it meant she would be with someone else. And he should worry about actually finding a girl that would want to date him and not talk his ear off about other guys like Alexia or Julia. He'd love to date one of them, but again, they seemed much more interested in him as a friend and DM than as anything romantic.

The pair exited the theatre and made their way to the car. All around them, couples flooded from the theatres arm in arm and cooing at one another. Friday night now seemed an awkward choice to go to the movies with a friend, but the pair forged ahead despite the people around them.