Chapter 26 - Theater

𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐁'𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐌, Catherine happily walked alongside her boyfriend, for however much longer, with a nervous yet happy smile on her face.

She'd decided to tell Jacob about what happened after the night ended, she wanted to spend the next few hours with the boy she loved, because she was sure that after telling him, he'd leave her.

So although it was wrong and a bit toxic, Catherine just wanted the rest of the night with him, that's all she felt she deserved at this point.

"Hey," Jacob spoke up as he gazed down at his girlfriend, having already noticed the nervous and fearful look on her face. "you okay, you're a lot quieter than usual?"

Hearing his question, Catherine almost immediately looked up at him fearfully, although she quickly tried to fix her facial expression to not draw too much of his attention.

"Yeah, I'm fine just got something on my mind," She quickly told him a half-truth whilst trying to wave off the topic, before her eyes quickly found Bella after they walked into the theaters. "there's Belle, come on."

With that the girl quickly pulled Jacob over towards her cousin, hoping that the boy would just drop the topic, which Jacob did for now, but he made a mental note to ask her about it later.

"Finally you guys made it," Bella said with a groan as she saw them walking over towards her and Mike, the older girl quick to move to the other side of Catherine once they stopped in front of her.

An irregularly large smile on her face as she turned towards Mike, the girl quick to introduce the girl to her friend, hoping for what she wanted to happen to come true.

"Mike this's Catherine, the girl I told you about." She introduced them whilst using her hands to move between them, her tone happy and cheerful which was usually like her.

And seeing her weird attitude, Catherine couldn't help but glance over at Jacob confused to which she gained the same gaze before the two turned back towards an awkward Mike.

"Uhm Hi." Catherine tried to greet him with an awkward wave before she glanced over at Bella, who only let out a loud fake laugh.

"Aww Cathy don't be shy," Bella said with a fake teasing tone, before she forcefully shoved Catherine with her shoulder, causing the girl to stumble forward a bit. "introduce yourself."

"Bella." Jacob said in a warning tone as he reached forwards trying to help Catherine steady herself, but Bella moved into Catherine's previous spot.

Deliberately knocking into Jacob's hands stopping him from reaching her, Mike on the other hand was able to reach out helping the girl to stand up.

"What, I just want my favorite cousin to get along with my very available friend," Bella asked as if she was completely innocent before she turned back towards Catherine and Mike, who were standing side by side now. "go ahead."

"It's-uhm nice to meet you, Mike." Catherine once again greeted the younger guy, whilst continuously throwing confused glances at Bella and Jacob.

The girl gave her boyfriend a shrug as she greeted the random guy, whose cheek quickly turned red as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"You too Catherine, Bella told me a lot of stuff about you." Mike greeted her as if none of this was weird, a large smile and blush on his face.

"Yeah same," Catherine said nodding slightly, before taking a step away from him and trying to move closer to Jacob instead. "uhm-this is Jacob, my bo-"

"Friend, yeah we're all really close," Bella cut the girl off as she placed her hand behind Catherine's back, keeping the girl from moving back too close to Jacob. "we all grew up together, just making mud pie in the back yard."

With that Bella once again moved in between Jacob and Catherine, the three of them facing Mike, at least that was before Bella turned towards Jacob with wide doe eyes.

"Isn't that right Jacob?" Bella asked as she looked up at him, even taking a step towards him, but she was completely ignored by the younger man.

His eyes were completely on Catherine, who was glancing at the ground with a reminiscent smile on her face, but Jacob's eyes were also on Mike.

Who looked like a blushing mess to most, but Jacob could see through him, he could see that glint of intense lust in the boy's eyes.

And he didn't like it.

"Yeah," Jacob tried to go along with Bella bringing up the past, whilst also trying to hide the evident anger in his voice. "I uhh-still remember when you tried to make me eat one."

"Tried," Catherine spoke up with a small giggle, not noticing the angry look on Jacob's face or the desperate ones on Bella and Mike's. "I remember when you started sobbing about having worms in your stomach, swore they were gonna eat their way out of you."

Chuckling as she spoke, Catherine relived the hilarious memory of a barely 8-year-old Jake, breaking down in complete tears on the ground as he held onto his stomach.

The boy was just about hysterical over the whole interaction, unwilling to listen to anyone about anything.

"And what did you do?" Jacob asked crossing his arms as he looked down at his girlfriend with a teasing smile on his face, the boy even crossed his arms as he looked at her.

"Hey, I tried to help." Catherine tried to defend what she'd down back then as she finally finished giggling, it honestly wasn't her fault for what she'd done, plus he was the one that had believed her.

"You convinced me I was pregnant with worm babies." Jacob admitted with a serious look on his face, his words only causing a large smile to grow on Catherine's face whilst she held up both of her hands.

"You weren't worried about them eating your insides anymore, now were you?" Catherine asked teasingly since she already knew the answer to her question, the girl twisting in her spot as she spoke up to the boy.

"Whatever." Jacob rolled his eyes at the girl whilst still looking down at her, the girl gazing up at him for a few moments as well, both of them looking ready to devour the other.

And they stayed like that for a few seconds, both of them staring at each other as if they hadn't had sex earlier in the day, to Catherine it seemed like her sex drive was finally returning to her.

"Alright, are you guys ready to go see the movie?" Bella suddenly asked gaining both Catherine and Jacob's attention, as she motioned over to the ticket counter of the theater.

Hearing her question the entire group began walking towards the counter.

"Yeah, I brought a-" Catherine tried to speak as she walked alongside Jacob, her attention on the large bag she'd brought along with her to hold her cover.

Although as the girl looked up from absentmindedly walking with the others, she came to realize that once again Bella had managed to wedge herself between her and Jake.

Leaving the girl staring at her cousin with Mike at her other side, instead of at her boyfriend's side like she wanted to be.

"What?" Bella asked as she looked down at her younger cousin with an innocent gaze, everyone already turned toward Catherine as they realized the girl had suddenly stopped talking.

"Nothing, I just brought a cover inca-" Catherine shook her head, still not thinking anything of it as she finally pulled the cover out of her bag.

Although she once again stop talking abruptly as Bella just about snatched the cover out of her hands, the girl wrapping it around her shoulders despite it not even being cold yet.

"A cover," Bella spoke as if Catherine had previously been mentioning it, as she wrapped it tightly around herself before she looked down at her cousin. "thank god, the movie rooms get so cold, I swear it's possible to like freeze to death."

"Yeah, 's why I brought it." Catherine spoke lowly as she watched Bella wrap herself, her lips pulled tightly as she folded her arms over her chest with an adorable pout on her face.

As she looked down at the ground pouting, Catherine slowly began to remember all the things Bella had been doing as of late, everything replaying over her head as she walked absent mindlessly.

She started to believe her cousin wasn't as nice as she had previously thought.

"You must not like the cold?" Mike suddenly asked from Catherine's left, causing the young bunny to look up at him with that adorable pout still on her lips.

Mike almost fainted with how much blood rushed to his face and head, his ears even turning a light purple as his eyes focused on her poked-out bottom lip.

"No, I've always hated it," Catherine answered not really paying attention, only glancing up once at Mike's face, before she looked back at the ground. "I get sick easily when it comes to the cold, and this little jacket doesn't help much."

Trying to be as nice as possible, despite her obvious dissatisfaction with everything going on, Catherine let out a small chuckle which Mike slightly reciprocated.

"You can wear mine," Mike suggested as he began to take off his jacket, quick to hold it out in front of Catherine awkwardly. "if you want?"

"I-uhh-" Catherine tried to speak not wanting to accept but also not wanting to turn him down as she stopped walking, the girl quick to glance down trying to think of something to change the subject.

She didn't want it to be awkward if she declined his jacket, they'd just met after all she didn't want to seem rude at a nice gesture, but she didn't want to wear his jacket.

She wanted to be near Jacob and have her cover, not only would her boyfriend keep her warm as he always was on the warmer side, they could cuddle whilst watching whatever movie they were heading.

But how could she explain that to Mike without seeming mean ...Catherine was stumped.

"Bunny," Jacob suddenly spoke up causing the girl to look over at him with wide eyes, hopeful for him to just pull her back to his side. "come on we have to get our tickets."

"It's alright Jacob, I can ta-" Bella tried to keep the two from being close together, but she was interrupted by Jacob who didn't even throw a glance her way.

The young Quileutae teen only had his eyes focused on Mike, holding a rather obvious glare on his face as his eyes as he looked at the pale teen.

Jake could see threw everything the boy was trying to do.

"I have to ask you something," Jacob interrupted Bella with a slightly blatant lie, his eyes now only moving to Catherine."my Dad wanted to see if she can come down and cook for us again."

"Can't you ask her later?" Mike asked as he held his jacket at his side, growing slightly agitated at the younger guy who was interrupting his attempt at flirting.

"No, I can't," Jacob spoke up in a clear calm voice although his face showed nothing but anger as he held his hand out for Catherine to grab and come with him. "Bunny."

Looking between her boyfriend, cousin, and new random guy, the decision was made almost immediately as she rushed towards Jacob's outstretched arm.

"We-We'll be right back," She stuttered back towards the two standing there, as she quickly grabbed a hold of Jacob's arm. "promise."

With that the girl tried her best to keep up with Jacob's angered pace, her small steps not enough to keep up with the taller man's long strides.