[Hemsworth Brothers 01.0] The Slam by Haleigh Lovell

Author:Haleigh Lovell [Lovell, Haleigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy, aspie romance, Contemporary Romance, new adult romance, rom com
Goodreads: 40201863
Publisher: Haleigh Lovell
Published: 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00

AS SOON AS WE WALKED into the lobby, Adelaide made a beeline for the concession stands.

Why am I even surprised?

Of course, this being Adelaide, she had to buy the largest tub of popcorn and a dozen packs of licorice.

Edric smiled at her indulgence. “Are we sharing the popcorn?”

I suppressed a snort. Adelaide’s face was a picture. It was almost comical watching her inner conflict play across her features. It was clear she wanted to say no, that she thought he should get his own tub of popcorn because she fully intended on eating all of hers. But at the same time, I could see her conscious wavering.

“Erm...” she stammered with a pained expression. “Uhhh... sure, Edric,” she said at last. “I guess we can share the popcorn.”

Adelaide looked so deflated you’d think she’d just offered up her kidney and spleen.

But she visibly perked up once she saw me whipping out my wallet and buying two tubs of popcorn.

“Here,” I said, handing my brother a giant tub. “You can have your own popcorn.”

“Thanks, man!” He clapped my shoulder.

“Isn’t this great?” Adelaide said, stuffing her face with popcorn. “We’re doing this for the movie theater. You know, for the first two months of screening, all the money from ticket sales go to the movie studios. And the poor movie theaters have to rely on concession stands to make money.”

“Yeah,” I said dryly. “We just got three tubs of popcorn to help out the poor movie theater. Not because you wanted to stuff your face with popcorn.”

Adelaide said nothing, merely smiled innocently and stuffed more popcorn in her mouth.

She did love popcorn, but not as much as she loved talking.

Typically, when I took a girl to see a horror flick, I never really watched the movie.

I watched her.

I found it mad cute when a girl covered her eyes or jumped in her seat when a ghost popped out. Usually she’d clutch my arm and want to get real nice and close to me. This, I’d take as my cue to put my arm around her and rub her shoulder so she felt safe and protected, all while I showed no fear in the face of darkness, evil, and danger. And later that night, she’d want me to hold her in bed in case the boogeyman came out and got her.

Yeah, yeah. I know. Total dick move. But it was one of the oldest tricks in the book.

Of course I hadn’t planned on using this trick on Adelaide. I’d just thought a horror flick would keep her on the edge of her seat and keep her mouth shut.

Wrong.

Adelaide would not stop talking. Throughout the movie, she analyzed the scientific and logical means as to how the anomaly existed, where it originated from, and found an easy and efficient way to explain away the paranormal occurrences.

“That right there is a classic case of sleep paralysis,” she said between mouthfuls of popcorn. “It feels as if a weight is pressing down from above, gluing your body to the bed.

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