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Catching the signal from one of her friends, Adriana brushed her skirt, took a deep breath and walked towards where he was sitting. She couldn’t believe that he was right there feeling his warm arm touching hers every time she got closer. As she looked towards Miguel she seemed overly happy and delusional to the fact that he just came to see her. When she reached out to say hi, he grabbed her shoulder and gave her a kiss on the cheek. This made Adriana turn red as a tomato feeling butterflies in her stomach and giggling every time he said something awkward.
Making a stop in front of Horton Plaza, Miguel suddenly starts conversating with Adriana wile they were walking into the mall.
“Hey how was your day today at school.” He said in a deep silent voice awkwardly bumping in to a trash can.
“Well it was pretty alright, I guess and you?” She said laughing at him while he was putting the trash can in to place.
“Yea, well the same old same old, it never changes.”
They had walked all over the mall wanting to go to the movies but none of them dared to invite each other. This was like the time when Adriana was still in middle school ad her crush wanted to go to the movies but never had the nerve to invite her. It was pretty clear to Adriana how guys were just really shy when it came to showing some sensibility. Miguel was totally different from the guys Adriana hanged out with because he was more mature and she liked his clown personality over all.
As they came across the movies again Miguel finally asked Adriana if she wanted to see a movie.
“Hey let’s go in and see a scary movie, yea?” He said nervously playing with his fingers.
“No not really, I don’t have money right now.” She replied looking the other way.
“Oh that’s okay I’ll pay for you okay”
“No I don’t want you to.”
“Come on for reals.”
“Oh my god no.”
“Fine then, but were still going in, because your coming with me.” He said firmly.
Meanwhile the line for the movie tickets was getting shorter, Adriana was mad and didn’t like the idea as much. You could tell by the fierce expression that she had when you looked at her in the eyes. When it was time for Miguel to pay for the movie tickets, Adriana realized that she was wrong in having such a bad attitude earlier, and gave Miguel a big long hug. She knew now that he was doing this so he could spend more time with her.