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What she wouldn’t give to slip her fingers into his hair, to— Stop it, Cameron

“You, uh, well, you put your hand onit out loud didn’t sound the same as it had in her head It sounded… neurotic But Lizzie had driven her to it Lizzie’s sche… and Cameron’s ridiculous list of what she needed in a man But now that she’d blurted it out, she had to finish “And stop holding doors or doing anything nice This isn’t a date This is two parents taking their kids out to the movies”

He grinned and stepped back, allowing the door to close “You got it”

“Fine,” she mumbled under her breath as she whipped the door open, walked in, and then let it go before Alex followed her As usual, embarrassment heated her cheeks Just because she couldn’t date hih she wanted to, there was no need to behave like a jerk

She and Alex both approached the ticket counter at the same time He motioned to her “After you”

“No, after you” She could be nice, too Because they were both huize

to hih, as this so hard?

He shook his head and bought his tickets Cameron did the same

As soon as they handed their tickets to the attendant, Lizzie and Mariana ran ahead to the theater Cameron yelled after them “Girls, wait”

But they kept going, not even responding to her

She slipped her wallet out of her purse “Guess they didn’t want anything from the concession stand More for me”

“Mariana told me her order already She said she’d save us the best seats”

“Lizzie’s out of luck She didn’t give me her request” Just then, Cameron’s phone buzzed Jumbo popcorn, junior mints, diet soda Thx

At least she had included a thanks Cameron turned the phone around so Alex could see the text

“Sirl”