My First Time
Don't think too much. It's really not what you think. Really.
On Saturday, J decided to bring me to the movies. Guilt pangs, I say, since I'd be leaving on a jetplane exactly a week from today and we haven't been hanging out much.
We were undecided between Constantine, BoogeyMan and Darkness. So, we let nature takes its course. We played the 'We'll See' card.
By the time I got changed and ready to leave, we were too late for both Constantine and BoogeyMan. So we caught the 12.40am Darkness. It's all good since Darkness was my preferred choice nyways whereas J was 'Constantinely-inclined'. See how sometimes nature makes our choices for us? Heh. Or so I'd like to think. Okok, not nature but nurture since I'm nurtured to be a dilly-dallier.
Anyhoo, we got there slightly late at around 12.50am, bought the tickets and then proceeded to the popcorn counter for my usual sweet n salty. Oh, and my regular diet Pepsi too. The whole time, I was nagging J to hurry because I think it's rude and embarrassing to go into the cinema late. Not to mention, the peril of free-seating. I wanna make sure we sit together for the film, like we intended.
As usual, I let J lead the way. He went in, looked up, turned around and threw me a look. I stepped in, trying to be as quiet and as considerate as possible.
What greeted me was a sea of nobodies. Yes. The whole cinema was as eerie as it was empty. There was not a single soul around. Unless you count the 'reel-man' but who counts the 'reel-man' anyways?
We sat down in the best seats available and savoured the moment. We imagined it to be our own private screening. We threw a party, got drunk and thrashed the place.
Kidding.
We were a dash uncomfortable being alone and shifted uneasily in our seats. I got freaked 4 times when I thought I heard noises and whisperings behind me. J mentioned that 'surround sound does that once in a while'. Clever. Pffft.
Our minds and imagination worked overtime and ideas were thought up for this horror story I am trying to write. Coming to a big screen ne.....I digressed.
Nyways, much later on, we got used to being alone in that powerfully big and dark cinema. J got cheeky and asked if we should try something kinky since we had the whole place to ourselves. It's all so cliche, no? In a cinema and stuff. Especially since we've never had the guts nor the indecency to do so when there are people around in a cinema.
I replied him with a bite on the arm and he went surprisingly quiet for the rest of the movie.
Thinking back, it was pretty romantic. We had a great time albeit the initial unease. We threw popcorn, spoke loudly, laughed even louder, decorated the seats with our dangling legs, hopped from one seat to another, etc. Quite inconsiderate one may say (to the cleaners for the popcorn clean-up) but hell, how often do we get a chance to be so?
Even the good girl wants to play sometimes. Not like it's sucha biggie nyways.
It's still unbelievable that we had a whole big cinema to ourselves on a Saturday night but we had it. And I enjoyed it. I think J did too. It was just for us the movie played. Just for us the story ended and just for us the credits rolled.
And it helped that Darkness was pretty ok. Liked the plot but not the execution as usual.
So there. My first time. Being alone with someone special in an empty cinema.
On Saturday, J decided to bring me to the movies. Guilt pangs, I say, since I'd be leaving on a jetplane exactly a week from today and we haven't been hanging out much.
We were undecided between Constantine, BoogeyMan and Darkness. So, we let nature takes its course. We played the 'We'll See' card.
By the time I got changed and ready to leave, we were too late for both Constantine and BoogeyMan. So we caught the 12.40am Darkness. It's all good since Darkness was my preferred choice nyways whereas J was 'Constantinely-inclined'. See how sometimes nature makes our choices for us? Heh. Or so I'd like to think. Okok, not nature but nurture since I'm nurtured to be a dilly-dallier.
Anyhoo, we got there slightly late at around 12.50am, bought the tickets and then proceeded to the popcorn counter for my usual sweet n salty. Oh, and my regular diet Pepsi too. The whole time, I was nagging J to hurry because I think it's rude and embarrassing to go into the cinema late. Not to mention, the peril of free-seating. I wanna make sure we sit together for the film, like we intended.
As usual, I let J lead the way. He went in, looked up, turned around and threw me a look. I stepped in, trying to be as quiet and as considerate as possible.
What greeted me was a sea of nobodies. Yes. The whole cinema was as eerie as it was empty. There was not a single soul around. Unless you count the 'reel-man' but who counts the 'reel-man' anyways?
We sat down in the best seats available and savoured the moment. We imagined it to be our own private screening. We threw a party, got drunk and thrashed the place.
Kidding.
We were a dash uncomfortable being alone and shifted uneasily in our seats. I got freaked 4 times when I thought I heard noises and whisperings behind me. J mentioned that 'surround sound does that once in a while'. Clever. Pffft.
Our minds and imagination worked overtime and ideas were thought up for this horror story I am trying to write. Coming to a big screen ne.....I digressed.
Nyways, much later on, we got used to being alone in that powerfully big and dark cinema. J got cheeky and asked if we should try something kinky since we had the whole place to ourselves. It's all so cliche, no? In a cinema and stuff. Especially since we've never had the guts nor the indecency to do so when there are people around in a cinema.
I replied him with a bite on the arm and he went surprisingly quiet for the rest of the movie.
Thinking back, it was pretty romantic. We had a great time albeit the initial unease. We threw popcorn, spoke loudly, laughed even louder, decorated the seats with our dangling legs, hopped from one seat to another, etc. Quite inconsiderate one may say (to the cleaners for the popcorn clean-up) but hell, how often do we get a chance to be so?
Even the good girl wants to play sometimes. Not like it's sucha biggie nyways.
It's still unbelievable that we had a whole big cinema to ourselves on a Saturday night but we had it. And I enjoyed it. I think J did too. It was just for us the movie played. Just for us the story ended and just for us the credits rolled.
And it helped that Darkness was pretty ok. Liked the plot but not the execution as usual.
So there. My first time. Being alone with someone special in an empty cinema.
posted by Sharry at 3:44:00 AM
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