It continued to stun her as she stared at him for a few seconds, eyes glazed over and cheeks pink but she shook herself out of it and her lips stretched out into a bright smile. “Yes! It was um..a little date idea I saw online once. I thought it could be fun. We watch the movie while it’s on mute and improvise the dialogue.”
Picking up her skirt, she moved from the couch to the bookshelf of movies and searched for the title she had in mind. It was one she had decided on because of the plot and was a movie she had seen a few times. The music was something she had definitely enjoyed and acted out a few times.
Pulling it out, she showed it to him. “It has singing parts though but you own it so you must know that.” And her blush intensified.
Jack chuckled nervously from the kitchen, where he was setting the water to boil. “Actually, I’ve only seen it once. A few years ago …” You could almost hear him blush from the kitchen. “I’ve never been to a normal high school. I’d heard about this movie, and thought I might take a look, so I picked up a copy.”
He returned soon, carrying a smaller tray with two steaming mugs and the makings of tea. “It didn’t exactly answer my questions, but the music’s good. I wouldn’t mind seeing it again.”
“I don’t think musicals are proper portrayals of real life, love.” She giggled but kissed his cheek when he was close enough. Scooting over to the DVD player, she popped it in and got it ready for the two of them to watch. “But then again this one takes place in the 50s so we wouldn’t really know but real life never really breaks out into song and dance. Though it would be fun!”
Sitting back with him, she smiled and began to cut the cake while he prepared the tea, making sure to keep the television muted. “Do you want to improvise the dialogue and I can unmute it for the songs or do you want to try to come up with lyrics too?” she questioned, knowing either way it would be fun
“Heh, I don’t know about that,” he replied, smiling as she kissed him. “Some people would probably miss the rehearsals, and they’d be stuck just standing there while everyone else sang around them. That would be awkward."
He settled in beside her, preparing tea for both of them; they’d lived together for long enough that he remembered how she usually liked hers. "Mmm, let’s leave it unmuted for the songs. The music was my favorite part of the movie. We can still have fun just singing along, can’t we?"
Jack Maple 