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“You’re so hot. I can’t wait to get my hands on you. SEE YOU THERE! Haha!”

She hung up the phone and I didn’t have any time to process the gravity of the decision I had just made.

Chapter twenty-four

Love Love Kiss Kiss Death

NOAH

“Dude, what’s happening?” Alex’s muffled voice came through my speakers, and I just knew he was stuffing some sort of snack into his mouth. Constantly eating, constantly going to the damn gym.

“Alex, I’d never thought I’d say this, but I need your help.”

Alex let out a Disney villain cackle. “My help does not come for free!”

“This is serious!”

I had his attention now. “Noah, what is it?”

“Get over to the West Street movie theater, NOW.”

I knew that the distress in my voice would seal the deal. “Okay fine, just give me a few minutes.”

“Are you ready?” I questioned, on my toes and ready to bolt if necessary. I was already on edge from my meet up with Silas. I was too afraid to go home, too afraid to face Damian. He had to know that Silas and I were together again. I didn’t want to have “the talk” again. Shit. Damian was all the way up in my business anyhow. I didn’t owe him any explanations. I figured the longer I stayed away from home, the easier the return would be.

I had run into the corner store on my way to the theater and bought a vape pen. I didn’t even need a flavor, just some damn nicotine. I couldn’t believe I had gone this many days without it, honestly. I took a few puffs. It wasn’t a joint, but it would do for now.

“Calm down, Noaaah,” Alex remarked to my nerves cutely, a bag of cheese puffs rolled up underneath his arm. He was wearing a teddy pajama shirt and oddly colored shorts, looking utterly bizarre.

I didn’t look much better. I had to borrow Alex’s belt to keep my destroyed pants from falling down. When he questioned the origin of my pant’s destruction, I told him that I would fill him in another time. Which I wouldn’t.

I had a seven minute drive before I arrived to formulate the following plan: Alex was my partner, my “boyfriend” for the night. All I briefed Alex on was that a new girl from my school was Level Ten Psycho, and that I didn’t want her thinking I was available. His response was that if she was anything under a level ten, I owed him fifty bucks and he’d hit on her instead. We shook on it and made our way towards the doors.

“Shit, here she comes,” I muttered, seeing the perky blonde spot me from the inside the glass windows of the movie theater.

Alex scowled, already skeptical of my descriptions of her. “She can’t be that–”

The doors burst open.

“HEY, NOAAAAH!!”

Alex dropped his cheese puffs and turned to run. I grabbed him by the back of his shirt and pulled him to his original position.

“Stay, you idiot!” I hissed.

Chelsea attacked me, squeezing until I couldn’t breathe and made sure to press her breasts flush against my chest. I patted her on the back a couple of times, not enjoying the fact that several crowds of people were stopping to stare at us like we were the cutest couple.

“Hello, Chelsea. Uh...what movie are we going to see?” I asked, trying to pry her off.

“I just bought our tickets to, Love Love Kiss Kiss Death, a romantic horror combo!” She squealed once again.

Alex gasped and threw his hands up. “YESSSSS!”

I shot him a death glare, and he shrugged. “What? I’ve been wanting to see that.”

Chelsea stopped and stood up straight, pointing to my best friend. “What is that, and why is it here?”

I laughed nervously and wrapped my arm around Alex’s shoulder. Here goes nothing.