Keep Calm and Get To Know Me

Chapter 3

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May 10, 1990- Thursday

Last Friday, everyone in the group except for London and Charolette went to the drive in to watch the new movie Short Time. We drove in Arcturus and Ottis' jeep with our food under the seats. The movie wasn't great at all but everyone loved it of course.

I jumped off of the top of the roof of the car and went to find the restroom but, the sound of my wolf screaming 'mate' directed me to the line for popcorn. In front of me was my mate. I looked at him from the bottom up. He had on a pair of white Air Jordan with blue jeans held up with a brown belt, and he wore a white button-up shirt with a blue denim jacket that had its collars up. He had a strong jawline, piercing brown eyes and big, brown hair filled with curls.

"Hello?" he said with questioning voice.

I realized I was staring and replied, "Sorry for staring, you just have a nice face." He had a bemused expression on so I quickly said, "It's a compliment, calm down."

"Thank you?" he responded in a wary tone.

"No problem," I answered and motioned for him to move up the line. "So you're a human."

"Aren't we all?" he answered with the same discreet look. "I'm sorry, do I know you?"

"Nope, but you can try to get to know me," I offered.

"Alright. What's your name?" he asked.

"What's yours?" I shot back.

"Chris," he said but I knew it was a lie.

"That not true. Why would you lie about your name?" I confronted.

"How do you know Chris isn't my name?"

"Because you just told me," I answered with a smile.

"Darn," he laughed.

"Move up!" The man behind me yelled.

Before I could turn around and tell the man to shut up, we walked up and my mate honestly stated, "My name is Jason."

I nodded my head and replied, "Okay, now we're getting somewhere. Do you come to these drive-ins regularly?"

"No. I'm third wheeling for my friend. He's on a date," Jason explained.

"Okay. Do you at least like the movie?" I asked.

"To be honest, I don't. My friend went nuts when he heard Dabney Coleman and Teri Garr were in it but I couldn't care less."

We moved up again. "I would say the same. I came with my group of friends but I'm not a fan of the movie. Last time we were here, we saw Miami Blues,"

"The one with Alec Baldwin?" Jason asked.

"Yep. Didn't care for that one either."

"Sir, your order please," the man behind the counter asked Jason.

"I'll like one large and one medium." He looked over at me and suggested, "You know, I can buy you your bag of popcorn, my treat for you."

"No thanks," I denied. "I'm capable of buying my own popcorn." I glanced over Jason's shoulder and told the man, "I'll like a small please."

We grabbed our popcorn after handing the man our money and started walking. "Where are we going to?"

"My friend's car. I just need to drop off this popcorn and I'll be right back," he said.

"Really? You're going to ditch me now?"

"What? No, no, no," Jason defended. "Why would I ditch you? I promise I'm coming back."

"Okay," I said not really believing him.

"Oh, I love this song. 'Come on, vogue. Let your body move to the music. Hey, hey, hey.' I'm coming back," he said and danced away.

I rolled my eyes and waited there eating my popcorn for what felt like twenty minutes then Jason came back. "Look who came back."

"I promised," he reminded me.

"So what do you want to do now?" I asked.

"We can get away from here?" he reluctantly suggested.

"What, so we can make-out?" I asked.

He started to blush and had a look on his face as if he has been caught in a lie. "I wasn't implying that."

"Yeah, you were," I responded which caused him to blush even harder. "What if we keep talking?"

"Okay," he answered and started walking.

"So what school are you in?"

"I am at Pierce College," he answered.

"Really? How old are you?"

"22 in August. How about you?"

"I'm 12," I joked. "What are you studying?"

"Astronomy. There's something thrilling about the universe and the mysteries us humans haven't uncovered," he replied while looking up at the sky.

"You sound just like my dad," I said and smiled up at him. "He's obsessed with outer space especially stars."

"Really?" Jason questioned and looked at me.

"Yeah, he named my brother after a star."

He raises an eyebrow and asked, "Which one?"

"Arcturus."

"That's the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere and the fourth brightest star in the night sky," Jason informed.

"Okay I'm going to pretend I understood that and move on," I said. "Do you have any siblings?"

He nodded his head and answered, "A little sister. She's five so there's a huge age gap. Whenever we go somewhere, everyone thinks she's my child."

"Do you like children?"

"Yes, they have so much life in them."

"Well, I don't. They are sticky, annoying and loud," I explained.

Jason laughed again which made me laugh. He has these contagious laughs and smiles that I can't help but be sucked into. Before he could say anything more, my flip phone in pocket began to buzz. "Sorry," I apologized to Jason.

I opened my phone and saw that Veronica was the one calling. I glanced up at Jason and asked, "Do you mind?"

"No, no, no. It's okay."

I nodded and walked a little bit away from him to answer the call. "Veronica, this better be important."

"The movie is about to end and we're not going to wait for you. Where are you?" she asked.

"I'm on the Earth."

"Don't play smart with me," Veronica warned.

"Don't worry about it I'm coming." I didn't wait for her response and snapped my phone shut and shoved it back in my pocket. I turned around to Jason and walked over to him.

"Your boyfriend's calling?" he asked.

"No. I don't have a boyfriend and it was my best friend. My friends are about to leave," I explained.

"Okay," he said and tried to hide his disappointment.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" I asked and took a closer step toward him.

"No. Why?"

I got on my toes and kissed him which sent a tingly feeling through my veins. "Can we meet again?"

He looked so shocked but answered anyway. "Yes." Jason brought out his flip phone and I put my digits on his phone and his in mine.

"Okay. I'll call you tonight," I stated and gave him his phone back.

"Alright," he replied with an astounded expression. I began to walk away to my friends when he called out, "Wait. What's your name?"

"Madonna," I teased. "My name is Nina," I called back and walked away to my friends.

"Where were you? You left me alone with these idiots," Veronica complained when I arrived at the car.

"Something is wrong," Rebecca added. "Nina's happy."

"Oh my gosh. She's smiling instead of scowling," Cinder commented.

"Stop it. There's nothing to see here. I just met my mate," I said nonchalantly.

"Really, and he didn't reject you?" Cinder asked with a smirk.

"Shut up Ella, no one needs your opinion," Veronica said.

"Yeah Cinder. He didn't reject me, he kissed me. Or I kissed him. We kissed each other. You know what? It's not a big deal so let's just go to the pack house already."

I can't believe I met my mate and kissed him too! I scored that night.

~N

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