"This is the part you make a wish, baechu"Irene just looks at me and resigns herself. She puts her hands together, closes her eyes and ponders deeply before taking a deep breath.
She blows out the flame with a gusto which causes the wait-staff and surrounding customers to break into a mild cheer. The commotion soon settles and the room is returned to its previous state.
We make light work of dessert, and as appreciation for their effort I leave a more than hefty tip.
When we exit the restaurant, Irene is waking relatively quickly and it takes me a light trod to catch up with her. As we are nearing the next place on our agenda.
I decide to break the Ice. I make my way in front of her and start walking backwards so that I can face her. I ask, "So what did you wish for?"
She has clearly not forgiven me and it seems like my teasing was in the words of a pokemon game "NOT EFFECTIVE!"
As if I"m made gla.s.s, she just looks straight through me and continues walking. With no regard to her current mood, I continue and double down quite annoyingly "How about I guess? Uhm maybe you wished for a bag or ... shoes or maybe you wished for something magical like a unicorn or .... a devilishly handsome boyfriend. Oh wait you have that already!"
I flash my pearly whites and her doe eyes just looks at me and shakes her head, "Idiot!" she says
She is smiling now at least so we have made some progress. Seeing this opening, I decide to slip even further under her guard and ask again, "So what did you wish for?"
She finally decides to answer, "That I never met you"
"Oh"
Even though I know she"s joking it still hurt quite a bit.
*Insert Katy Perry meme* They ask you how you are and you just have to say that you"re fine and you"re not really fine and you just can"t get into it because they would never understand.
Noticing my crestfallen expression, she realizes that I didn"t take the joke quite as well as she had hoped. She suddenly grabs onto my s.h.i.+rt and tugs it.
I stop in my tracks, "What now?"
"We are here"
Looking around I see the neon sign post that reads "now showing" and has a large picture of two people kissing under the rain. I"m am aware now that we have made our way to our next destination; The cinema.
"Let"s head in" I put on a brave face and lead the way. I planned this in advance so the screen is showing Irene"s favorite movie "The notebook".
Perks of being rich I suppose, I rented it out for the entire afternoon. Maybe it"s a bit much but I go hard.
After purchasing a few concessions my arms are full carrying popcorn, snacks and drinks. The dimly lit theater has about 200 seats so we have our choice of leisure.
Soon thereafter the movie starts playing and we are drawn into it.
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Allie: Why didn"t you write me? Why? It wasn"t over for me, I waited for you for seven years. But now it"s too late.
Noah: I wrote you 365 letters. I wrote you everyday for a year.
Allie: You wrote me?
Noah: Yes… it wasn"t over, it still isn"t over.
Drenched in October rain which is so loud that were in not for the post-edit it would have probably drowned out all other sounds.
They gave in then to everything they had fought the last fourteen years. Noah rushes into her embrace and kisses her pa.s.sionately on the lips.
He leans in slowly and kissed her again, and this time she kisses back, feeling the years of separation dissolve into pa.s.sion. She closed her eyes and parted her lips as he ran his fingers up and down her arms, slowly, lightly. He kissed her neck, her cheek, her eyelids, and she felt the moisture of his mouth linger wherever his lips had touched.
The world seems dreamlike as she pulled back from him
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I reach for my drink as I can feel my throat becoming parched. For it"s advisory rating, this movie is pretty steamy.
I turn to Irene to see her flushed like tomato seems like a lot of naught thoughts are going through her head. I smirk and lean in, "How about we try that too?"
Her eyes bulge and she goes crazy, her hand that was filled with popcorn is fling at me and goes everywhere even into my s.h.i.+rt. She is relentless and takes handful after handful.
"You are wasting food!" I plea. "Stop it"
She is relis.h.i.+ng in my plight and laughs, "Serves you right"
I pout and start picking up popcorn kernels from every nook and cranny.
Doesn"t taste too bad though. Cream cheese and Chives flavoring, could have been worse.
My focus once more returns to the screen and not there long after the film ends.
As the credits run, I hear light sobs and hand Irene some napkins.
As we leave the theater, I find that the temperature has cooled quite a bit given that that the hottest period of the day has pa.s.sed.
Irene"s eyes are red and I ask, "Is the ending really so sad?"
She looks up-to me, "They both die, he only got a short moment with her after she remembered"
I twirl around her and say "You think so? I don"t really feel that way"
"What do you think of it then?" Irene questions.
We walk with the cooling breeze and I think of how to word this correctly, "This movie is about Noah telling Allie their story to see if she remembers anything right?"
"Yes"
I continue,"Well see, sometimes life gets very tough, as it was for Allie after being diagnosed with Alzheimer. Life has many obstacles, you know but you can overcome them with people you love next to you. Eventually we all are going to die, and if we are too then the best way to die is very old with the love of your life next to you. " I shrug "Don"t you think?"
She has stopped her steps and I turn around seeing the shocked expression on her face. I guess she wasn"t expecting a thoughtful answer from me. How low is her expectations of me anyway?
"I said something smart just now, didn"t I" I say completely disregarding her revelry.
"And! .....You just ruined it dumbo" She laughs and suddenly continues with," I really didn"t wish that"
"Huh"
"I didn"t really wish that we never met"
Now its my turn to be stunned as Irene"s moments of lovableness are just something else.
Watching her walk away slowly, I shout "So what did you wish for!?"
She turns back, sticks her tongue out and says
"It"s a secret!"