Not Again~ Larry Ziam Shiall au

First Date (part two)

Chapter 24 kinda. I guess.

(Still Shawn's POV)

As the cup fills with pop I look at our tickets. I'm actually quite nervous for the movie. He pulls the cup away and puts the cap on, shoving the straw through the hole. We walk to our theater and go all the way to the back. I grab onto my phone and silence it. I watch as Niall does the same.

The lights are still on and the trailers are running across the screen. I reach for some popcorn but Niall's hand is already in their. I move his hand so I can grab some. He smacks my hand, I turn and look at him. He smirking down at the bucket. I take my hand away and smack the bottom of the bucket.

His eyes widen and popcorn spills over the edge and lands in his lap. He glares at me and is about to say something when the lights go down. I put my finger to my lips and shush him. He huffs as I grab the popcorn from him. He starts to eat the ones that fell in his lap.

I turn towards the overly large screen and enjoy the movie. About half and hour in I feel someone's eyes on me. I turn to Niall and see him quickly look away. About an hour in we both reach for the pop at the same time and somehow my hand is boxed between his hand and the pop cup. I turn red but don't move my hand. I look over at Niall and he's looking at our hands.

I decide to turn my hand and lace our fingers together. My other hand reaches for the pop. We sit like that for the rest of the movie. Slowly scooting towards each other. By the end of the movie I had my head on his shoulder.

As the credits rolled through we walk out of the theater. My eyes hurt for a second as they adjust to the light change. "I think you broke my hand," Niall says while bringing his hand into a fist.

"How?" I say taking his hand into mine again.

"Every time something mildly scary happened you would squeeze my hand. And then at the end you were freaking out."

I laugh as Niall opens the door for me once again. Niall plops next to me a second later.

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"Applebee's?" I laugh as we pull into the parking lot. He nods his head and parks. He looks at me, "I didn't want to bring you to McDonald's or Nando's for dinner."

I smile and we get out of the car. We walk in, a man walks up to us, "would you like a booth or table?"

"Booth." Niall answers.

The man looks up at him and smiles. As he walks us to our booth he starts talking to Niall, "my name is Ashton Irwin. What's your name?"

"Niall and," he points back to me, "Shawn."

I reach forward and grab his hand. Ashton looks at me before looking at Niall again. Niall slows down so he by my side, our fingers interlocked. Ashton shuts up after he sees our hands. I smirk to myself until I see Niall staring at me, I quickly look away.

"Okay here you are," Ashton says motioning to the booth behind him. I let go of Niall hand as I go sit down. Niall sits opposite of me. "So. Are you guys in college?" Ashton asks giving us our menu's. I nod my head not sure if he saw, "what year?"

I set down the menu and look up at him. He staring at Niall, of course, I roll my eyes and snap, "first year. We would like chips and salsa."

Ashton seems to snap out of his trance and glares at me. He looks back at Niall, "chips and salsa?"

Niall doesn't even look up, he just nods his head. Ashton walks away and I look at Niall, who is shaking. "Are you okay?" I ask, worried.

He puts the menu down and a smile is plastered on his face. His eyes are shining, "you are something else." He says while laughing even harder.