she was trying to escape the dirty looks being thrown their way from the
people all around them who had just seen the popcorn incident. A couple a
few seats over gave them dark, nasty looks and shook their heads in the
direction of the empty seats which were now covered in spilled popcorn.
Arabella briefly debated flinging herself over the seats and scrambling to
pick up every spilled piece.
“You heard me,” June said softly as Arabella scrunched down another
inch. “Yes, we’re dating. We’re dating each other. It’s going really well. I
anticipate it will keep being amazing. I’m really happy.”
“But she’s…she’s…”
“Super awesome, selfless, caring, kind, and amazing?” June suggested.
Summer leaned over June and gave Arabella a very obvious stink eye.
She tried not to wither away from it. She hadn’t expected Summer to do a
happy dance and tell her how much she trusted her and wanted to welcome
her into her best friend’s life. No, she’d fully expected a real stink eye and
that’s what she was getting. If looks could kill, she’d most definitely be
mangled at the moment.
“No!” Summer protested, her look of disbelief switching to one of total
defiance. “I was going to go with the word monster, or some variation of
that. Why? June? Of all the, like, six billion people in the world, why her?”
“There are only about three billion women,” June corrected, still eating
popcorn at a normal rate.
“No!” Summer shook her head. “No. Not her. I’m going to fix this.”
“You’re not,” June told her. She finally set her popcorn down on the
ground between her feet. “You’re not going to fix anything, because nothing
needs to be fixed.”
“No way! She has to own what she did. All of that, that’s on her.”
“Everything has already been owned.” June plucked Summer’s popcorn
safely out of her hands and set it beside her bag, between her shoes.
“Enough. I don’t want to hear about that anymore. I’m done with talking