Mystery Sign Theater 3000, Friday Evening

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So... Miley had a first date tonight. With a guy she'd already kissed. A lot. And she was a little bit nervous about it, because, well, despite all the awkwardness and the fact that he was two years younger than her, she actually liked him.

So she'd decided that the only way to make this not awkward was to wear a new dress and boots and wait outside the movie theater pretending like this was a normal first date. As you do.

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[[For that guy who keeps sticking his tongue in her mouth.]]

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This would be about as normal a first date as Dave had ever had. But that was only because, um, he hadn't actually been on a date ever. You picked a social winner, Miley.

"Hey," Dave said, walking up to the theater. "I hope you haven't been waiting long."

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"Nope! I just got here," Miley reported. "Well, not just. 'Cause that was you. But almost just! Right before you, kinda. Like five minutes. Or three. Maybe."

Nervous? Her? Psh.

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"Oh, okay, good," Dave said. And then he didn't have anything else for a moment. Not because of nerves or anything. "Do you know anything about the movie we're seeing?"

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"Yep!" She did indeed, Dave. She did indeed. "It's the heartwarming story of a boy who moves to a Christian town and has to teach his friends to dance!"

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"Something tells me he doesn't do this with tap or polka," Dave joked. Because that sounded funny to him at the moment. Then he started to worry that it wasn't funny at all. "Sounds good to me, though. It seems appropriate to see something musical with you."

FOR SOME REASON.

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WHY, DAVE? WHAT WOULD THAT REASON BE?

Miley actually laughed at that, because she was lame. "Nope!" she agreed. "Rock music. Maybe kind of like that... American Parliament thing you mentioned?"

Nope, Miley.

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"You're halfway there," Dave said encouragingly. Maybe someday he would teach her about funk, despite the fact that he was extremely white. "Sounds like it should be fun. "Want to get our tickets and head inside?"

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"Sure!" she chirped. If she was making a point of swinging her arms to be fully within his hand-holding range, that wasn't that weird, right?

Or, well, it wasn't any weirder than their existing backstory. Probably.

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No, not weird at all. He maybe didn't actually get that there was a hint being dropped until they were already inside with their tickets, but he picked up it eventually and reached out for her hand.

"This is the first time I've been to this theater. And to think, it only took me half a year to go somewhere this obvious," Dave said randomly.

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"Same," she agreed brightly, lacing her fingers in his. "But it's so nice, right?"

It was a movie theater, Miley. Don't get carried away.

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"Especially if you have the right company," Dave said. Holy crap, that was KIND OF SMOOTH, Dave. Relatively speaking. After all, he was talking up a small movie theater.

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Wow. That was surprisingly smooth, yeah. Not like sand.

"Which I do," she said, doing that crazy person eyelash-batting of hers again.

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"Do you have something in your eye?" Dave asked. She'd been doing it so much recently that he was starting to wonder if it was infected or something.

And all of his earned smooth points went away.

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Oh, Dave. Oh, Dave.

"Nooooope," she said, offering him a flirty smile.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, DAVE. THE CREEPY EYELASH THING WAS ALL FOR YOU.

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" Dave asked. And then the smile registered. "Oh! Sorry, it was... a lighting thing." Dave had no idea where that excuse came from or what it could possibly mean. "You're pretty." That should save him.

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It did!

"Thanks!" Miley chirped. "I got the dress at Urban. Which is, like, kinda done, but whatever. And you, um, I like your... shoes."

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"I got them from my closet, so I was able to get a really good deal on them," Dave joked.

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"Super trendy," Miley agreed, grinning. "They were a steal."

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"I guess they're technically retro, too," Dave said. "One of the nice things of stepping out of the 80s. Everything I have makes a different statement now."

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"Oooh, yeah," she agreed, looking him over. "Bet you could totally rock an '80s dance."

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"Well, we had the 50's dance over the summer. It's only a matter of time until we move forward a few decades," Dave mused as he tried to not look nervous as Miley checked him out.

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"You'd totally rock the theme," Miley assured him, grinning. "Anyone who went with you would be, like, way lucky."

Fishing? Of course not.

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"Based on our recent history, I hope you know you'd probably be my first choice," Dave said. "I can't be sure anyone else would make out with me after the dance, after all."

Oh, jokes.

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Miley blushed, then admitted, "Well, you do make it kinda fun."

More fun than it had been with Jake Ryan, anyway, who'd constantly pulled away to check his hair in the mirror.

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"Well, I try," Dave said. "And I guess we have a plan B for if the movie is bad."

Or a plan A regardless. Whatever.