The Haunted_Edit Copy 4-7-17

“Tough luck, sister.” He gave me a gentle shoulder bump
and started off in the direction of his apartment building.
When we arrived, he led the way into the living room area.
“Movie?” he asked.
I couldn’t help but glance curiously at the closed door in the
corner that I assumed led to his bedroom. Curiosity was scratching
at my insides, but I swallowed it down. Just because we were alone
at his place didn’t mean we’d wind up there. Right?
“A movie would be fantastic,” I agreed. “Oh! Remember we
were talking about Catch Me if You Can?”
“Yes! I actually did pick that up the other day.” Tucker
started rummaging through the piles of papers on his coffee table.
“Now, finding it is a whole different story.”
Trying not to fidget too much, I wandered over to the desk
to make myself useful. However, the paper situation was just as bad
there, and it was clear that there were no DVD cases in the big white
mess.
“I guess it must be in my room.” He brushed past me to the
closed door I’d been eyeballing when we first walked in. Since he
didn’t close it behind him, I buckled under the weight of all that
curiosity. I padded slowly over to stand in the doorway, peering in
to see what Tucker Hamilton’s bedroom looked like.
I expected to see clothes all over the place and empty pizza
boxes and random objects covering the floor. At least, that was what
I had seen with all the other guys I’d dated. Maybe it was because
he was older, or maybe it was because he was Tucker, but his room
was in almost perfect condition. He had two massive bookshelves
on either side of his queen-sized bed, which were jam-packed with
paperbacks and hard covers. Their scent lingered in the room,
mixing in with the distinctive smell of boy. Across the room was a
dresser, which was where he picked up the movie in question.
When he turned around, I could tell he hadn’t expected me
to follow him. His eyes got a little wider and he started tapping the
case against his other hand. “Oh. Yeah, welcome to my fortress.”
Despite the way my knees suddenly felt wobbly now that I
was in his bedroom, I wandered further in. My hand reached out to
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