Let Me List the Ways by Sarah White

Author:Sarah White
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2018-05-24T00:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

THE MOVIE THEATER was still lit up when we finally made our way to our seats. I thought it was surprising that they had been able to sell so many tickets to a movie about a billionaire and his meek love interest on a Thursday afternoon. I had clearly underestimated the amount of moviegoers who were free for an early weekday showing. Nolan followed along behind me, holding our popcorn while I moved into our favorite seats in the first row of the stadium seating so we could rest our feet on the metal bars in front of us. This movie was the only option we had besides a children’s cartoon or a foreign movie with subtitles if we wanted to make it to his appointment on time.

“You are going to owe me for this!” he whisper-yelled as we sat down. I set my diet soda in the cup holder between us and exaggeratedly rolled my eyes at him.

“Don’t pretend you aren’t curious. Everyone is talking about this movie.” I winked at the end, and it was his turn to roll his eyes.

“You can say what you want, but if I have to watch Jamie Dornan in all his full-screen glory, you are sitting through any movie I choose without question next game night.”

“Oh, God, not the piranhas. Anything but that.” I made a sour face as I unzipped my kit.

“Oh, there will be piranhas, or sharks, or anything that comes when lots of girls are frolicking around in the water on spring break. I can see the bikinis already.” He held his hands up and framed an imaginary screen.

“I have such trouble suspending my scientific knowledge in order to believe that suddenly a man-made lake is swarming with fish found only in other countries. It’s absurd.” I pressed the lancet to my finger and drew a drop of blood. He chuckled while peeking over at the meter screen. When my number was normal and I’d covered myself for the snacks I was about to eat, he tilted the popcorn in my direction.

“If I have to pretend that Jamie is into Dakota, then you can pretend those vicious fish could live in a man-made lake. Talk about suspending belief.” He turned around in his seat and waved his arm across the crowded movie theater. “I want to hear from one woman here that she’d let some guy take her into that ‘Red Room’ if he didn’t look like some Hollywood actor.”

I slapped at his shoulder and laughed. “Okay, okay, okay. Stupid fish and barely legal girls in bikinis it is.” My words had satisfied him, and he turned back around and slouched to get comfortable in his seat.

“Should I take notes or something?” he teased when the lights started to dim.

“You can do whatever you want, just don’t get in the way of me watching the magic happen.” I tossed a fallen piece of popcorn at him.

Believe it or not, he was on his best behavior throughout the entire movie.

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