He did not like her, did he?
Ari's eyes dilated at that thought and she immediately dismissed it.
No, she was thinking about it too much. This was the same way she over-thought things with her ex and got into the mess she just came out of. She was not about to get into another mess. Plus, there was no reason for him to like her. It was not as though he had not seen pretty girls. She was nothing special, so it was all in her head.
Xavier cut Ari's thoughts short as he opened the can of coke and passed it to her. They chatted and spoke about other stuff, and halfway into the movie, Ari was almost tearing up from laughter, not from the movie they were seeing but from Xavier's jokes.
They finished the movie by a few minutes past eleven, and Ari subconsciously wished he would stay longer.
''I have to go now, have to be up early tomorrow,''
