My Escape Chapter 15

**OK, so you're all going to be mad at me for the suckish length of this chapter. It's insanely short and I am so sorry for that! But I wanted to give you something so that you'd know I'm still working on it. Hope you enjoy!**

That revelation was put to the test only a week later at the only movie theater in town. It was called The Grand Cinema and it was usually inhabited by middle school kids and freshman. By the time one became a sophomore, they had better things to do than to go to see a movie.

But a week after Oliver and I broke up, Claire thought I was in desperate need of something to do other than the school paper. Since school was over in less than three months, the paper was full of articles about summer jobs and how to make the summer go by slower.

So I hesitantly agreed, but by the time we got there, I was regretting my decision. Had we known that a movie premiere was tonight, we definitely wouldn’t have come. People were everywhere and the line to buy tickets was almost to the parking lot.

Claire grabbed my arm and told me, "Thank God I bought the tickets online."

I sighed a breath of relief. If we would have had to wait in that line, we would have missed half of our movie. We were going to see the latest horror movie because I had refused to see a romantic comedy. And besides, Claire always said that she would chop her left ear off before seeing a movie about a princess falling in love with a peasant.

After retrieving our tickets from the kiosk, we made our way inside of the building. The inside wasn’t anything special like some movie theaters. The walls were painted a fainted burgundy color and the carpet was hidden under a cloud of soda stains.

Claire bought a large popcorn--she said I needed comfort food--and box of chocolate covered raisins while I bought our sodas. And as soon as we turned to head for our movie, I caught sight of curly brown hair and brown eyes. He was with Chris and even though I still didn’t want him here, I was glad he wasn’t on a date with some girl.

He hadn’t seen me yet and so I scurried away from the concession stand, not even caring that I had left Claire there by herself. But I knew Claire wouldn’t care. She wasn’t one of those girls who couldn’t stand to be alone. She was too self-assured for that.

I showed the worker my ticket stub and once he pointed me in the right direction, I was down the hallway in a flash. I may have been acting like I was in the third grade, but for now I simply didn’t care. Oliver never came to the movies. He had told me that himself. He liked waiting for the movies to come out on DVD so that he could watch them as much as he wanted.

When I walked into the theater, I realized how crowded it was. Almost every seat was taken up except for four on the very top row. Usually, that row was filled first and the very bottom row was last to be filled, but something was going on today. I just wasn’t sure of it what exactly it was.

So before anyone could grab those seats, I got to them. As soon as I sat down, I took in a huge breath. Everything was over. I wouldn’t have to see Oliver again. I mean, this is was a one time thing, right? It wasn’t like he was going to pop up everywhere I went like he did before we even hooked up. Or was he?

Before I could dwell on the matter, I spotted Claire walk into the dark theater. The previews for upcoming movies hadn’t even started yet so now the screen was showing advertisements for local businesses. She couldn’t find me at first, so I stood up and as soon as I did, she spotted me.

When she sat down next to me she asked, "What was up with the whole disappearing act? You think you’re Houdini now?"

I shook my head and whispered, "Oliver was there and I had to get away."

She rolled her eyes at me and said, "What the hell is wrong with you? He has no power over you."

I sighed and then sunk back against my chair, "Yeah, right." We might now have been together anymore but he still had that same kind of power over me. I hated it. I absolutely loathed him. He was still the same freaking puppeteer.

The lights dimmed even further and then the previews started. Because of that, I thought everything was over. Oh, how wrong I was. Five minutes later Oliver and Chris walked into the theater and my stomach plummeted to the ground when I realized that the only two seats left were right next to the two of us.

We were going to have to sit by them.

It took them a while to find seats and I guessed they weren’t able to see us because they didn’t hesitate to walk towards us. But as soon as Chris spotted me when he got all the way next to me, he shook his head and went, "Oh shit." He looked behind him at Oliver and motioned towards me with his blonde hair. Oliver frowned. It was still extremely abnormal for him to frown; to do anything but that mocking grin I had become so accustomed to.

Claire turned her head to see what the commotion was about and then groaned, "You have got to be shitting me right now!"

Chris whispered behind him to Oliver, "You want to sit by her?" because of course, with my luck, there were two seats left and one of the empty ones was next to me. Claire had lucked out. There was some Asian mom sitting next to her.

Oliver looked over at me and with solemn eyes said, "No."

Even though I had known for a week that we were over, the one word confirmed it. I hated to admit the feeling of sadness that washed over me as those words escaped his lips. I should have hated him with every fiber in my being, but the truth was that I still had feelings for him.

But even if he had wanted to get back together, I would have said no. Well, I probably would have said yes, but I kept telling myself I would have said no to make me feel more in control of myself. I turned my head to the screen and stayed in the same position for two long hours.

I didn’t even know what happened in the movie. I had been too busy trying to keep the tears from falling. I wanted Oliver back so much that it hurt.