The Art of Avoidance

"Sure," Vince said. "And, uhh, sorry about earlier." His face became as red as a tomato, and looked away for a moment. When he looked back, he said "What movie would you like to see?" He was not a big fan of movies, though he did enjoy the occasional epic. He could never remember what movies are out, or even what the last movie he saw was. He could however recite all of the movies he has ever seen.

Ember laughed almost inaudibly when Vince blushed a dark red. She was a big fan of movies, and always loved seeing them. "well, it all depends on what movies the theater is showing. So...when do you want to get together?" She asked, swinging her leg from side to side, acting the most girly she'd ever acted. Scaring herself, she stopped immediately.

Vince immediately said "Anytime." He was suprised. He has never gotten that far with a girl before. Suddenly, he felt like a new power has just popped in to his body. Maybe he has. Who knows? One thing was for sure though: He wouldn't know what it was until much later. He felt like jumping into the air. Well, he did something similar: he jumped back onto the roof, landing on his hands. He jumped again, this time landing on his feet.

"Well, anytime is good for me, so we'll figure it out." Ember shrugged. She laughed as she watched Vince jump to the roof and back with excitement. "So, what kind of movies do you like? Horror? Comedy? Drama? Romantic?"

"Anything good really," Vince said reluctantly. In reality, he could not think of any genres he truly enjoyed, so he had to come up with an excuse. He thought about all of the good movies, and had to group them into categories. After a while, he said, "I'm more into Action and Comedy. What about yourself." It was time to change his ways: stop being so selfish and start caring about others. Otherwise this date would be unsuccessful.

"Well, i do love a good Horror movie now and then..But i would have to say that Comedies and Dramas are my favorite. Along with Action." Ember tried to remember the last movie she saw. She couldn't recall if it was "Over the Hedge" or "See No Evil"...but she knew it was one of those. "Why don't we just decide when we go? I think that would be a lot easier don't you think?"

"So, what kind of music do you like?" She asked changing the subject, on the verge of trying to find out more about Vince.

Vince hesitated a lot on the music question. So many choices. Rock, classical, baroque... he couldn't decide. He eventually said the first one that came into mind: "Rock music, I suppose." D'oh, not that... aww it's too late now. Vince still needed to stop being so paranoid towards girls despite what happened the last time he tried to go out with someone. But then again, he just met Ember.

"Rock music? Cool me too. Buti sort of like a little bit of everything else too." Ember thought that he'd be the kind of guy who'd be into rock, but she wondered why he had waited so long just to answer? Maybe he wasn't sure what he was into.. Ember thought.

Vince was hoping that Ember would ask another question, but she didn't seem to ask anything else. So he had to think... then ask what he thought was the stupidest question anyone could ask: "So, uhh... what's your, um... favourite colour?"

There was an awkward silence between teh two of them, and Ember could tell. When Vince asked her what her favorite color was, she laughed, but not to be mean, but just because of the moment. "Black, even though it's a shade. What about you?"

Not knowing what else to say, Ember decided to ask Vince: "What are you thinking about?" It was one of her usual questions when her mind was blank with no small talk.