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do you wanna see?” I asked as he flagged down Callie for the check.
    “Anything you want, even a chick flick if it’ll cheer you up.”
    I wrinkled my nose.
    “I’m not really into chick flicks. I’m more of a Sci-Fi girl.”
    “Ah, you’re gonna fit right in,” he grinned and took my hand to pull me up. “And I know just the movie.”
    I let him pull me to the car, again feeling that ping of wrongness for holding his hand, but not before Rebecca and the rest of them saw us. Her eyes bulged and I saw her glance at our hands. Then I saw Chad, sitting in the very back of the group. I should’ve known. That’s why Callie was asking about him.
    He was here.
    His face was a textbook description of hurt and confusion and anger. He looked like he wanted to stand but thought better of it. He leaned back in his seat, crossing his arms and glared at Kyle. Boy were they all wrong about what was going on but I’m sure it still looked bad. It might have been better if he saw me with Caleb instead, they didn’t know Caleb, but he knew Kyle. This was like betrayal to Chad.
    I quickly turned and left the restaurant before any of them could move towards us.
    “Kyle. You shouldn’t have done that. Those are your friends. Now Chad’s gonna be all weird around you.”
    “I’m leaving and so is he. It’s not like I’m gonna talk to him anymore. We only hung out in our group and at football. I wasn’t really his friend. Besides, from what you just told me back there, he’s a complete idiot anyway.”
    “Still.” Then a thought hit me and I pulled him to a stop. “Did you do that on purpose? Did you see him back there?”
    “No. But I might have done it on purpose if I had. He’s not worth your time. He cared more about football than you. He proved that when he ended it when you guys could have tried to work out some long distance relationship or something. That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
    “I know,” I started as he towed me again. “But that doesn’t mean I want to hurt him on purpose.”
    “You’re too sweet, you know that. You can’t let people just do away with you. You are too good for him, even your parents, if they can’t see how great you are.”
    He opened my door and put me in, reaching over to do my seatbelt.
    “Uh, Kyle, I can do it.”
    “Oh. Right.” He smiled bashfully before going to his side. “So, are you a popcorn or candy girl?”
    “Popcorn,” I answered.
    “Ah,” he groaned and shook his head. “You’re killing me here.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Nothing, just...you’re pretty awesome.” He gave me a sidelong look at the red light, staring with a little smile and I blushed involuntarily, looking away. “Huh,” he said smiling wider, looking entirely too pleased with himself. “Maybe Caleb’s got some competition after all.”
    “Kyle-”
    “Ok, I know. I know,” he said, his hands raised in surrender before taking the wheel and turning into our spot in front of the theater.
    It was literally two blocks from Pablo’s.
    I opened my own door this time, feeling a little more like my old self. I was even starting to wonder why I was taking everything so well. I mean, I just found out there are people out there with powers or abilities or something. Not human. I have bound myself, unintentionally, to one of these people I just met and couldn’t get him out of my mind. Shouldn’t I be freaked?
    “Two for Battlestar National, please,” Kyle said to the attendant then smiled at me. “You’re gonna love this. Have you seen Lord of the Rings?”
    “Of course,” I scoffed.
    “Well, this is nothing like that.”
    I laughed and he laughed too. The attendant rolled her eyes as she passed him the tickets. He took them and we made our way in the doors and to the concessions stand. I took off my jacket, stood behind him and waited.
    My mind drifted to Caleb. I scolded myself. I’d never been so smitten in my life. I mean, this was borderline boy crazy. I