If you do not want to see me again, I would understand

I watched a premiere of The Two Towers last night with Chris. He bought three tickets last week–one for him, one for me, and one for Stephen. Of course, at the last minute Stephen backed out on us again. We weren’t surprised because this wasn’t the first time it happened. We were supposed to go out during sem break too but just when everything was all set, Stephen suddenly had something or other to do. Grr. So Chris and I met up at Rockwell and it felt kind of weird, being alone with him. Like I was on a date or something. We weren’t exactly awkward around each other or anything; I mean, we never run out of stuff to say to each other. But somehow it just didn’t feel right without Stephen around.

I felt the weirdness of the whole situation when we decided to check out The Mummy Returns, this kind of mummy-themed haunted-house thing in front of the mall. Chris bought us tickets and when I handed them over to the ticket guy, he (the ticket guy) gave me a meaningful look and handed me half of the torn ticket instead of throwing it away. “For a souvenir,” he said, winking. I said nothing and put the torn tickets in my pocket. Thank God Chris didn’t hear that; he was already a couple of feet ahead of me. Do we really look like a couple? I thought, following him.

At first, both of us were just goofing off and not really scared of the mummies jumping out. But then I ended up getting all girly and screaming my stupid head off when this mummy jumped out in front of me from a dark corner. Fortunately I knew better than to hold onto Chris for safety. I just stood there and kept on shrieking until I managed to get a hold of myself. Naturally, Chris laughed and never let me forget about it.

And then we had dinner, which felt even more date-like, but I tried not to look at it that way. I mean, not every guy and girl who goes out for dinner are necessarily in love or anything. Still, I couldn’t shake that weird feeling off so I asked Chris if he could give the extra ticket to my sister. After all, she’s been dying to see The Two Towers as well. He said it would be okay, so I called Marielle up and told her to get her ass in the mall right now cos she’s going to see The Two Towers. Over dinner, Chris and I talked about Stephen’s erratic behavior. Chris said he had a theory as to why Stephen has been suddenly avoiding us. “Umm, just let me think of the right words because it’s gonna sound weird,” he said, frowning.

I waited for awhile. And then Chris was like, “Ah forget it, I’ll just be blunt. Okay, this is what I think. I have a feeling that Stephen still likes you. And…the reason why he’s probably avoiding us is because he thinks we like each other.”

We both started laughing, because we knew that’d never happen in a million years. But then I thought about Chris’ theory for a minute or two, and it did make some sense. I kind of told Stephen that I had a crush on Chris back when I was still infatuated with him a couple of months ago. But I forgot to mention that I didn’t like him in that way anymore. And then since Chris and I have been talking a lot lately, I guess Stephen must’ve deduced that something was already going on between us. Maybe there is or there isn’t, I dunno. Probably not. If there is though, I know that we’d both rather die than admit it. Of course Stephen doesn’t know that. Still, I kind of understand what he must be feeling. If I would be going to a movie with a guy I like and a girl he likes, I wouldn’t be able to stand them making goo-goo eyes at each other the entire time.

The weird feeling slowly went away as we ate our dinner, and when my sister arrived I felt completely at ease.

I was quite disappointed by The Two Towers. Okay, the scenery was beautiful and the costumes were wonderful and I love the battle scene at Helm’s Deep. But it’s annoying how they Hollywooded the story up! I guess I’m one of those people who get pissed off when movie adaptations don’t stick to the stories in the book. But then what’s the point of making a movie out of a book if you don’t stick to its story? There was too much unnecessary drama, such as the Arwen part. Arwen doesn’t even show up in the book. And I cannot believe that they cut out the ending! Chris and Marielle haven’t read the book, and thought that the movie was fantastic. It was, really, but story-wise I only give it two stars.

Well I’m all done with my essays now and I can’t believe it’s already Christmas vacation! No more hassles, no more worries. Maybe I should go see The Ring tomorrow or something.