“So, I assumed from our conversation you might be interested in watching some movies tonight.” He raised a brow and held up two DVDs. His lips were now red from our kissing, and I don’t think I’d ever been prouder to see what I did to such a hot guy.
I grinned and gestured for him to come inside. “Did you have dinosaur movies ready on standby?”
“No.” He shook his head and laughed. “I stopped by the library while I was waiting for your text and decided to see if there were any of my favorites on the shelf. Got lucky and found two of them.”
I held up my hand, motioning my fingers for him to hand over the DVDs. “Alright, let’s see ‘em.”
Dakota held the movies out of reach and gave me a teasing smile before saying, “Try to keep an open mind, Emmy. Don’t be too judgmental. And don’t hold this against me.”
“Me? Hold it against you? Never,” I said sarcastically and then added in a more sincere voice, “I will try my best.”
He stepped closer, still holding the DVDs out of reach. “Swear?”
I placed a hand on my chest. “On my life.”
He chuckled and handed me the movies. I tried to keep a straight face as I studied the covers. Trying to keep to my word, I turned around to keep him from seeing my true reaction.
“Now that’s cheating,” Dakota joked and hurried to walk backward in front of me, getting a clear view of my face. We were moving towards the living room now where I’d set out a ton of blankets and a few snacks. I wasn’t sure if he stuck to a strict diet like my brother or if he let loose often like Silas. So, the table was filled with a variety of things, organized from the healthiest to least healthy.
“Adventures in Dinosaur City,” I read off the title with a raised brow. “Never heard of it.”
“That one was a classic in my house.” He dropped onto the couch and spread his arm out across the back. I lowered myself on the cushion next to him, trying to keep my focus on the conversation at hand and not the warmth from his arm.
“This looks like one of those of those animatronic films.” I studied the photos on the back of the case.
“That a problem?” He reached over for a bottled water.
“Those things freak me out,” I confessed.
“Emmy, your room is a museum for every modern-day horror film in creation,” he reminded me. “But you draw the line at puppets?”
“Yes. And so should you. Did you see Chucky or Anabelle on my shelf?”
He tilted his head, trying to recall months back to the last time he was in my room.
“The answer’s no. We all have our limits.” I took note of the next movie and made a noise of approval. “Dinosaur. Grossly underrated, and very to the point. We’ll watch this one first…” I trailed off when I realized we didn’t own a DVD player and hadn’t owned one since I was a kid.
“What’s wrong?” Dakota asked.
“I don’t think we have anything to play these on.” I popped up to look through the storage space under our TV to be sure there wasn’t some hidden player. Streaming had been a go-to for us for so long, I’m pretty certain I wouldn’t know how to hook one up to the TV even if we did have one.
“Didn’t even consider that but give me a second.” Dakota pulled out his phone.
“I don’t even think I have a slot for a CD on my laptop,” I mused while glancing over at my small, thin Chromebook.
“No need to worry because my favorite’s free to watch with ads.” He held his phone in my direction.
“Yay,” I said with sarcasm infused in my tone.
“You’re going to love this, trust me,” he swore. “Now, help me connect this up to your TV.”
I turned on the TV and pulled up the app with a code for Dakota to input into his phone. The screen lit up, showing me his watch history. I was impressed to see how many videos were marked watched from a mathematics channel.
“You taking a lot of math courses this semester?” I glanced over my shoulder to where he still sat on the couch.
“Not really.” He shrugged. “Those were for fun.”
“Fun?” I snorted. “I know people doing math for fun exist, but I didn’t think I’d come across one on…”
