Chapter 19 #2
“That was fuckin’ impressive, Sunny.” She’s close enough to kiss, so I drag her mouth to mine for a quick one. “Now, please, sit and put your buckle back in place.”
She mocks me with a salute.
My truck’s never seen so much action, but I’m starting to like these bench seats more and more.
Ten minutes later, we arrive at our date location and as soon as she realizes what we’re doing, her face lights up like a kid’s on Christmas Day.
“We’re seeing a movie?” Her mouth opens. “I haven’t been to the theater in years.”
Not surprising since her asshole ex wouldn’t go with her and everyone streams at home now.
“It’s why I wanted to take you. Thought it’d be fun to veg out on popcorn and snacks and enjoy their heated recliners for a couple of hours.”
She tilts her head in confusion. “Whaddya mean? How’d you know that?”
“You might not remember because you were high on Molly, but you mentioned it that night.”
“Oh my God. Either you have the memory of an elephant or you’re utterly obsessed with me.” Her tone is teasing, but she’s not wrong. I have been for longer than I’d like to admit.
Instead of telling her that, I casually shrug. “I do have a good memory.”
The corner of her lips hikes up with a smug grin. “Mm-hmm. I’m sure that’s it.”
“C’mon, let’s go. The movie’s gonna start soon.” I open my door and she reaches for hers, but I grab her arm. “Wait.”
Slamming mine shut, I sprint around my truck to her side. Then I pull her handle and hold out my hand so she can take it.
“Aren’t you such a gentleman.”
Once she steps down, I pull her flush against my chest and kiss the tip of her nose. “Oh, I have secret motivations.”
“Hm…care to elaborate?”
“Nope. You’ll find out.” I wink, then lock my truck and lead us to the theater.
I already bought the tickets, so once we’re inside, we hit the food stand. We order a large popcorn with extra butter, two bags of gummy worms, one red and one blue slushie to share, and then a box of M&M’s to sprinkle on top of the popcorn.
“Anything else, Sunny, or is this enough of a sugar high for ya?” I tease before I give the girl behind the counter my card.
“I think this’ll do until we get back to town.”
She chuckles when I shake my head. I’m not a huge sweets person, but I could easily devour one of Gramma Grace’s Butter Pecan pies.
“So what movie are we gonna see?” she finally asks, and honestly, I’m surprised it took her until now to ask.
While we wait to go in, I point at a banner of Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore behind her. Every month, they reserve a theater for a specific theme and when I saw they were doing the ’90s and featuring a movie of his, I knew she’d enjoy it.
“Ghost?” She looks back at me in confusion with her lips parted.
“It’s no Dirty Dancing, but it has your favorite actor.”
Her mouth is still half-open in surprise. “I’ve never seen that one.”
“Good. Then you’ll actually pay attention to it and won’t spend the whole time tryin’ to tempt me.”
“Except there’s a loophole in your well-crafted plan.”
I look down at her devious grin and furrow my brows. “And what’s that?”
She licks her lips. “I’m a master multitasker. Years of working in customer service help me focus on more than one thing at a time.”
Instead of giving in to her devious attempts to seduce me in yet another place we could get caught, I bring my mouth to her ear.
“Sweetheart, I deal with rowdy thousand-pound horses, overly needy guests, and unruly siblings on a daily basis. So if you think I can’t handle your loopholes, think again.
Because if I need to, I’ll pin you down in that recliner with my fingers shoved in your wet pussy and edge you for a solid two hours before lettin’ you come. ”
When I pull back, she’s biting the inside of her cheek as her nostrils flare.
Probably to stop herself from giving me a verbal lashing.
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’t tempt you.” 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 and only his.”
I have a suspicion she has no clue what this movie’s about.
“You can focus on only his 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 to tempt you 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.