//------------------------------// // Chapter 45 The Girl In the Movie Theater // Story: Super Stallion // by PioneerofImagination //------------------------------// "Yes! At long last the day's finally here!" You walk into the movie theater eager to at long last see the movie adaptation of Daring Do. You've always loved the books and you're a huge fan of the director and you know he's going to do a great job. You don't want to waste any time and head right into the theater to find a place to sit, preferably in the middle somewhere but think maybe you should get something to eat too.  You make your way over to where the popcorn is and you want to make it fast so as to not miss any of the movie when suddenly you see one of the employees serving the food for someone else, a girl with green hair in a double ponytail style. You wanted to rush to the front as there was no line aside from just 1 person in front of you but you're blown back by how cute she is.  "Here you go sir enjoy the show," she says with kindness but you can also tell she sounds a bit tired perhaps from having to say that numerous times.  I gotta get the popcorn already and see Daring Do, you think to yourself as you walk closer to her and can actually feel yourself blushing as you do. Okay don't overthink how cute she is just ask for the food and get going. That's it, nothing to think about. Grab the food and plant a seat, popcorn then movie popcorn then movie- "Excuse me." She says putting a stop to your who knows how long train of thought. "What?"  "I said how can I help you?" "Oh sorry I was kind of spacing out." "Yeah I figured as much." "Well," you pause as you try to look at her name tag which she sees right away. "My name is Juniper, Juniper Montage." My gosh her name is even prettier than her face. "I want a small popcorn please." Juniper gets to work getting your popcorn and as she does you can't help but notice how great her hair looks from the back, not to mention her figure. She probably goes to the gym every once in a while and you can't quite help yourself as you look down to see something about her that along with her face and name is very cute. As she was almost ready with your popcorn another person that's working there accidentally bumps into her and knocks the popcorn on the floor. "Oops," the other employee says. "Sorry Juniper."  "It's fine," Juniper replies with a huff. "I'll clean it up, sorry sir but would you mind waiting a little longer while I clean this up?" "Oh no problem," you answer Juniper right away. Thankfully you got to the theater early.  "Too bad I still don't have the mirror to clean this up too," Juniper whispers to herself as she bends down to get the last of the popcorn while you continue to watch her again not so subtly. Yeah that's definitely a cute little butt. After Juniper cleans up the popcorn she gets back to getting you some to eat for your movie but acts a bit more quickly than before most likely to avoid another accident. Juniper fills a new bag and hands you the popcorn. "There you are, enjoy the show." "Oh I will believe me," you reply to Juniper. "I've literally been counting down the days for the Daring Do movie to come out and I doubt very much that I won't like it." You take the popcorn and make your way to the theater where the movie will be playing.  "Seeing it is 1 thing, being in it would have been another," Juniper whispers to herself with not so much bitterness in her voice as regret.  You find a nice seat right in the middle and you even sit next to a guy that made several comments about the various trailers before the feature presentation that you found rather funny. The film itself as you figured from the start was an excellent adaptation and you even see some girls from your school make a small yet notable cameo in the movie. While the film is great you can't help but find herself thinking about Juniper or rather at the very least keep her in the back of your mind and can't seem to get her out of there.  "So what did you think of it?" The guy who sat next to you asked after the movie was over. You tell him that you thought it was a great movie adaptation and when he mentions that he never read the books you nearly beg him to read the original source material. But he tells you he thinks he'll just wait for the sequel but thanks you anyway. As you make your way out of the hallway you see Juniper still working in the theater but this time she's cleaning the floor. "Maybe I should just ask her out," you say to yourself but realize the 2 of you don't really know each other and it might seem weird to just ask her out right away and out of nowhere. Maybe if there was some way to spend more time with her, maybe you could see the movie again tomorrow and ask her to get you something else to eat. And as you do, you could chat with her a little bit and see her if she'd like to go out with you and see a movie when she isn't working or something. Suddenly you see a sign in the movie theater that says "help wanted" and you see that as a golden opportunity if ever there was one. *** You make your way over to the movie theater again first thing in the morning. You go to the movie manager about the available position and you tell him how you'd like some extra cash and that you love movies and would be great for the job. He decides to give you a chance and hires you.  "Don't expect me to take it easy on you just because this is your first summer job," the manager tells you. “I put my all into running this place and I expect everyone that works for me to do the same." "Yes sir," you reply and are even tempted to give him a little solute but stop as you think that might have been too much. Don't want to go overboard on your first day. The manager has you clean a bit while he finds another employee to show you the ropes of the workstation. And to your luck the said employee just happens to be Juniper Montage.  "So you're the new guy around here huh?" "Yes it's nice to meet you." "We've already met." "Right, I knew that I just," Stop talking for now. "Okay." "Well come on let me show you how things are done from our side of things." Juniper shows you around while explaining how things work, not just the popcorn maker and the soda machine but also takes you to a movie projector and shows you how that works which you think is very cool. While you walk around with her you try to strike up a conversation with her but nothing quite seems to work, that is until you go on a break and she has the same break as you and you notice that she brought several Daring Do books 1 or 2 of which are your favorites. "So you're a fellow die hard Daring Do fan?" "Yes," Juniper answers as she puts the book she was reading down and looks up at you. In no time at all you talk to her about not just the books she brought but also the other books as well and how the movie compared to them. You’re relieved to have finally found something to talk to her about.  "After work I'm actually going to the bookstore not too far away from here and buy the new one that came out recently," Juniper says, clearly eager to read it.  "Oh really?" You asked as you reached into the backpack that you brought with you to the theater and pulled out the book that Juniper was talking about. "I went to the book store and bought this before I came here to apply for this job, would you like to borrow it?" "What?" She says as she jumps out of her seat and almost through the roof.  "Really? You'd let me read it before you even started it?" "Sure I've waited this long to read it. I can wait a little longer." You then stretch out your arm to offer her the book and she takes it and even jumps up and down a little bit and she runs over to you and hugs you while you are still sitting down.  "Thank you so much!" She says as she hugs you a little tighter. "This is one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me." "Oh it's no problem." But that doesn't mean you need to stop hugging me. After your break is over you and Juniper get back to work and feeling rather good about yourself. I just started working here and I already got a hug from her. This is off to a great start but let's see what I can do tomorrow. *** After your time at work is over you go home and tell your parents about how you did a great job on your summer job. The next day you go to work after a big breakfast and church and manage to show up a little early and run into the ever adorable Juniper. When you meet her you see her handing your book back as to your surprise she had already finished. "You are gonna love this book, it's one of the best in the series." "Wow, that's a tall order." "I know." "Also wow you read it already, are you a speed reader?!" "Sort of I kind of didn't have a whole lot else to do. Though I have made some friends recently and they've helped me become more social."  "Social huh?" You ask as you take your book back and get an idea. "You know I haven't really been around the mall all that much so maybe we could explore it together after work." "You know that sounds like a good idea," Juniper answers after she thinks about it for a minute. The 2 of you get to work and Juniper once again shows you how to get things around the theater to work since you're still pretty new there. You don't mind 1 bit as you get to spend more time with her and manage to talk with her more than you were able to last time. On your breaks you read a bit of the Daring Do book that you got back and in no time at all you see how right Juniper was.  "Well nice work again kid," the manager tells you just before quitting time. "Thanks. Well, see you tomorrow," you say as you take off and Juniper isn't all that far behind. You walk around the mall with her and it feels like the 2 of you are on a first date as you look around the various stores and even get her a milkshake, another thing she greatly appreciated.  "This was a really good idea of yours," Juniper says as the 2 of you sat down at the table.  "I'm just glad that you decided to come along, I really like being with you." "Oh," Juniper replies with a bit of a blush. "Thank you."  "You're welcome." After walking around a bit you find yourself at one of the exits of the mall. "This was fun. Do you think we can do this again sometime?" "I'd really like that Juniper and well not just that." Get to the point before you start to ramble. "Juniper you are well that is-" Suddenly Juniper cuts you off when she puts her finger to your lips. "I like you too." Juniper then gets closer and before you know it puts her lips directly on yours. You then respond by slowly and not too tightly wrapping your arms around her like a delicate treasure, one on her back and another holding the back of her head. You both part your lips for a few seconds because you both need to breathe while you each stare right into the other's eyes. "It's really true," you say. "What is?" "The eyes really are the window to the soul and I can see you have a very pretty one, it matches everything else about you." You then kiss Juniper while continuing to gently hold on to her. *** You and Juniper start dating after your walk around the mall and it's made the rest of the summer just fly right by. You even went on a double date with a guy at your school named Ringo and his girlfriend. Even after your jobs have ended and you 2 go to different schools you 2 continue to date.  Since summer ended and you start your final year in high school you haven't had much time to see her because you got pretty much bombarded with homework but you manage to call her pretty much everyday. But 1 nice Saturday morning when you finally don't have any homework you call Juniper and ask her if you want to see a movie and she is more than excited to join you. "Hi Juniper," you say as the 2 of you meet up and you kiss her right away. "I've missed you too," she replies as you 2 make your way to the movie. After seeing it with Juniper you make your way to the bathroom and when you get out you see a man standing next to Juniper.  "That's the guy I've been dating," Juniper says to the guy. "Oh hello there," he says. "I'm-"  "CANTER ZOOM!" You scream at the top of your lungs almost scaring him as you run over to him and grab his hand to shake it. "I am your biggest fan! I love every single one of your movies. I've seen every single one of them at least 5 times!"  "Well thank you it's nice to meet a die hard fan, can you let go of my hand now?"  You then do just that rather embarrassingly. "Uh sorry." "It's all right I was a hyper fanboy once." "What are you doing here?" "I came here to talk to my niece," Canter Zoom answers as he looks over at Juniper. "HE'S YOUR UNCLE! YOU NEVER SAID THAT BEFORE!" "He and I weren't on the best of terms over some things I still feel kind of bad over." "Yes," Canter Zoom says. "But I heard how you did a good job working here and I thought maybe I could give you a 2nd chance."  "2nd chance?" Juniper asks as you yourself are curious as well.  "I need a gofer for the next movie I'm going to be working on. Do you think you'd be up for that?" "YES!" Juniper says even louder than you were. "Thank you so much uncle, I promise I won't disappoint you this time."  "Well that's good to know, but this is going to be different since school is starting you'll only be able to work weekends. Also this movie is going to have a higher budget than the Daring Do movie so you're going to need some help." Canter Zoom then looks towards you. "How about it kid you wanna work on a movie with me on the weekends?" ***  You find yourself in the supply closet of the movie theater with Juniper sitting next to you. "Oh good you woke up." "What happened?" "You fainted when my uncle offered you a job. We figured that was a yes then I brought you in here to rest until you woke up." "But I should still tell him that I want the job," you say as you stand up and the blood rushes to your head a bit.  "You don't have to worry he took that as a yes you and I start next weekend." "Really?! I should still thank him all the same," you say as you're about to head out the door when suddenly Juniper blocks the door. "Well there's no real hurry I mean when was the last time you and I had a moment alone." Juniper then slowly walks over to you and the 2 of you begin to kiss as you sit down on the chair in the closet and Juniper sits on your lap.  Eventually Juniper would call her uncle saying you're both up for the job and you would tell your parents who would be overjoyed that you got another job. That would help make some extra cash for you and at the end of it you and Juniper would have a role in the said movies that even includes a little dialogue for the both of you.  But for now you stay in the closet enjoying this precious time with the girl in the movie theater.