- Sam: Hey. You alright?
- Dave: There's no use saying that I am, because you'll know I'm lying.
- Sam: What's wrong?
Gavin buried his face into the brim of his shirt, too embarrassed to even think about eating the worms. He could feel the warmth from his cheeks being amplified by his current predicament, he would definitely have to make it up to Sam somehow.
“Okay, if you say so, I really am sorry though.” He let his eyes drift back onto the projection and become engrossed with the superhero flick.
Throughout the film, Sam managed to keep himself from talking along with the lines he knew, laughing along with Gavin and the rest of the crowd. He started his usual “where are you going?”s as people started to file out at the very beginning of the credits, as he knew there were two more scenes to watch.
He stood finally as the lights in the theater came back on, “So, what’dja think, Iron Man?”
“Sure.” Gavin reaching out his hand to take one of the delicious worm gummies from Sam. He clamped down his hand and grabbed something that felt very un-worm like. He turned his head to see what he had grabbed; his jaw nearly broke off of his skull.
His mouth agape in horror, he had grabbed onto Sam’s man
peck.“OH MY GOD. Sam I am so sorry. I swear that wasn’t on purpose.”
Sam burst out laughing, doubling over as he did so.
“Your faaaaace!” He managed to sputter out through his laughter and mouth full of gummy worms, “Bro, it’s no problem. That’s why I work ‘em out!” With a snort, he plopped the bag onto Gavin’s lap, turning his attention back to the screen.
“Seriously, it’s fine.”
Gavin walked close to Sam, feeling a rush of excitement for the movie that he was going to see. He could feel the floor kiss his chucks, the old soda held the embrace for longer than necessary. The lights were already dimming and the roar of the crowd turned into silent whispers and giddy exclamations.
He planted his rump into the seat next to the blond haired boy, his heart racing a mile a minute.
“Thanks for taking me Sam.” Gavin gently uttered to his new friend.
“Yeah, no problem. I figure if I’m going to see it for a 16th time, I’ll let Dave stay home. I’ve dragged him to see it at LEAST 7 times.” Sam let out a laugh as he kicked his casted foot up onto the seat in front of him, pulling a bag of sour gummy worms from his sweatshirt pocket.
“Want one?” He grinned, offering the bag to Gavin, eyes focused on the screen.
what wait?
Until he talks to me again.
Sorry.
He felt the the weight of the other boy grace his back, and Gavin agreed with Sam’s earlier comment about his weight. Gavin jutted out his arms in front of him and bellowed, “I am Iron Man!” He quickly positioned his arms beneath Sam’s legs and sprinted full speed towards the theater.
Gavin jutted his head to the side, making sure the other boy wasn’t too terrified of the ride. As they approached the ticket vendor he slowed down to begin to let the teenage Captain America off of his back.
“Last stop, The Avengers, everybody off.” Grinning all while the words slithered out of his mouth.
Sam laughed, hopping down off of Gavin’s back with a grin.
“Nicely done Stark.” He said in his Captain America impression, “Way to go soldier.” He walked to the window, and was handed the two tickets he had reserved the night before, handing one to Gavin with a grin.
“I’ve got the best seats in the whole place. Balcony seats.” He hobbled into the theater, heading up the stairs to the nearly empty balcony, the rest of the seats packed full.
Gavin rushed over to his fellow Avenger as his truck rolled to a stop. He jutted out his arm in a friendly gesture, while exclaiming,
“Hi Sam, it is finally nice to meet you, I’m Gavin.” Without really thinking about the words that were coming out of his mouth Gavin drove himself into a panic. Of course this guy knows your name! You already talked about that.
God why do you have to be so annoying? No, just keep your cool man. He thinks your awesome, work him over with your nerd charm.
“Well duh, you already know my name! We better hurry before the line gets too long and we can’t see the movie. Climb up onto my back,” He said motioning to him backside with his thumb.
“Hey Gavin, I’m Sam. But you knew that.” Sam grinned, shaking the other boy’s hand. He had been excited to see the movie yet again, and knew he was going to have to hold his tongue and not talk along with the film.
When Gavin mentioned getting on his back, Sam laughed. It was funny to think about how awkward that would have looked, but then he realized the other boy was serious.
“I can’t believe I’m doing this!” He laughed, before somehow managing to scramble himself onto Gavin’s back, pointing to the theater, “ONWARD IRON MAN!”
