"Hey Victoria" I say as I walk into her house. It always smells like Italian food whenever I come over. She loves to cook. She's little. She can barely reach over the stove. She's about 5'3", with untamable wavy brown hair that comes right beneath her collarbone, and intriguing hazel eyes with the slightest touch of green, but you have to look closely to see it. She's not exactly a stick figure, but she's not fat. Curvy is a good word to describe her. But she's still got a nice figure to her. Guys don't really go after her that much, because I guess they're a little intimidated by her personality. She's spunky, and can be a little bit weird. She's got a strange sense of humor that can only be from this generation. She rarely puts effort into her looks, but honestly I think she looks great even in basketball shorts and an old ACDC T-shirt.
"Hey Jason." We've been best friends since fifth grade and we've been doing these weekly movie nights for two years. Both of us are in our senior year of high school now, her recently turning eighteen. I've always been a few months older than her. We always pick some lame Disney movie filled with whitewash and fantasy, but I watch them with her anyway because it makes her happy. I walk into her kitchen and start making the popcorn.
"Do you want salt and pepper on it?" I always say. I don't know why. She always says yes. It's not like her answer is gunna change. But I ask anyway, just in case she want to change her mind. But today is not that day. I wait patiently for the ding and sprinkle on some salt and pepper, and walk back into her bedroom to see she already has the movie on. She's watching all the previews, waiting for me. I plop down next to her and hand her the bowl, and she puts it on the dresser next to the bed.
"Aren't you cold? It's forty degrees out and you have nothing but a T-shirt and shorts on?" I ask her. She laughs.
"This is why blankets were invented! If I wear anything warmer I'll be too hot to snuggle up underneath them." Her logic makes little sense, but I shrug and direct my eyes to the screen.
"What movie is it this time?" I ask.
"Tangled" she replies, wincing waiting for my answer. I groan and roll my eyes. "I don't understand why you hate this movie so much!" She asks, a little annoyed I can tell.
"Because..." I trail off.
"Answer the question god damn it!" She jokes. I stifle a laugh.
"I don't know, I guess that Flynn Rider guy. He's seems...far fetched. And full of himself. Guys aren't actually like that."
"Whatever you say" she pats my arm and then snuggles up underneath the blankets. I just stay on top of them. She's right, it is too warm to snuggle up underneath them if you're wearing sweatpants and a hoodie. It's not like I'm wearing anything underneath the hoodie, but still.
"God I hate it when you're right..." I groan. She laughs. I really do like her laugh. It suits her. It's quirky, like her.
"What?" She tried to act all innocent and makes a "who, me? What did I do?" face.
"I can't get comfortable under the blankets because its too hot..." I say shyly. She bursts out laughing.
"I TOLD YOU! There's a method to my madness and madness it is. Why don't you just take off your hoodie?" She asks.
"I'm not wearing a shirt under it."
"So what? Afraid I'll see your bra??? C'mon I've seen you without a shirt before."
"Yea but that was over the summer when I was scrawny. That's was before football season"
"So what?" She repeats. She hasn't seen my abs before. I don't know why I'm shy about showing her. I've shown them to plenty of girls, but this is different. It's...her. I feel weird showing her an object I use to get girls. I don't know, I feel like its different with her. She's my best friend.
"Ok." I say, after a long pause. I pull off my sweatshirt, but it messes up my hair. I run my fingers through it trying to make it look somewhat nice.
"You need a haircut." Is all she says. I'm relieved she doesn't draw attention to them. I relax a bit and pull the blanket over me. I'm still a little bit warm, so I stick one leg out of the blankets.
"You grew." She says. I'm a little confused.
"What?"
"Your sweatpants. When you got them, the were dragging on the floor, now they're up to your ankles." She says, gesturing to my pant leg. I guess I did grow a little. I'm definitely in a lot better shape than I used to be. I'm about 6'2" now and pretty muscular. I never considered myself attractive, though.
"I don't get this whole plot. Why the hell does she have a pet lizard?" I say, avoiding the conversation.
"He's a chameleon." She says. She never takes her eyes off the screen. I guess she really does like this movie. She's mouthing some of the lines with the characters.
"How many times have you watched this movie?" I ask.
"A couple. Why?"
"You know all the words..." She takes her eyes off the screen for two second to look back at me and then continues right on watching it.
"So maybe more than a couple times. More like six."
"You've watched this movie six times? Why?"