"That was actually really good." Claudia said.

"What? Did you not expect us to have a good taste in 'film'" Ben asked.

She hesitated, "Yeah. She admitted. I thought boys just watched funny movies. Well, dumb funny movies."

"Madame, we are connoisseurs of the arts." Clint said in a bad French accent.

Claudia rolled her eyes.

"Well, I should probably be heading home." Lina said.

"Yeah me too, it's getting dark." Claudia said.

"You're house is pretty close, right?" Clint asked Lina.

"Yeah. I'm on the other street. Less than 3 minutes walking." She said.

"Huh, I hadn't realized we lived so close." Ben pondered.

"Yeah. Can I borrow some sugar?" Lina asked.

"No. We're out. What about you Claudia." Ben asked.

"I'm not far either. Maybe ten minutes." Claudia said.

"You're going her way Clint. You can walk her home." Lina suggested.

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"Okay. But if we get mugged, or a bear shows up, im running. It's on you to keep up."

Claudia rolled her eyes.

"Fine. You can just walk me to Higgots Rd. I'm not far from there." Claudia said.

"Can I borrow your skateboard?" Clint asked ben.

"Yeah. It's in my room. Let me go get it"

He took a few steps towards the house then turned around.

Lina was picking up the discarded popcorn bags.

"Thats finde, dude. I'll get to them later." Ben said.

"You sure? I'm really not far from here." Lina said.

"Well, I guess you can help then." Ben said.

"Let's go?" Clint asked Claudia.

"Yeah." Claudia said.

Ben walked in to the house and quickly ran up the stairs. Ben's parents, and sister, were occupying the living room.

"Hi. Sorry for interrupting you guys." Claudia said.

Mr. Brooks had been in the middle of reading a bible verse.

"It's alright. We're almost done anyways. How was the movie?" Mr. Brooks asked.

"Really good actually. I expected these boys to like... more immature movies." Claudia said.

"Ben likes looking silly, for some reason. But it's not who he is." Mrs. Brooks said.

"Ben is silly." Ben's sister butted in.

"You're silly." Ben said as he came down the stairs.

He handed Clint the skateboard.

"Alright dude, see you later." Ben said.

They did a handshake. Which, included them making finger guns and shooting them at each other.

"Have a good night Mr. Brooks, Mrs. Brooks, and?" Claudia asked.

"Stacy." Ben's sister said.

"Well, bye Stacy." She said.

Stacy giggled.

"See ya." Clint said.

The pair exited the house and started walking down the street.

"So formal." Clint said.

"They were nice." Claudia said.

"Weren't you there for the whole 'projector' conversation." Clint said.

"Did she buy it?" Claudia asked.

"Yeah." Clint said, "Still..."

The words got carried off by the subtle breeze. They walked in silence till they reached the main road.

"I can walk myself from here." Claudia said.

"Alright. See you."