Snowed In

Extra Sauce

Jack grabs each of us another beer and I get an idea.

“You know.. since my phone has service now we can watch a movie on it” I say smiling

“I don’t watch movies” he says

“Oh come on, it’ll be our secret I promise to never reveal you watched a movie” I tell him

“I don’t want to watch anything sappy” he says making a face

“Ok no chick flicks, is there a genre you do like?” I ask him

He shrugs his shoulder which makes me roll my eyes at him.

“Scary, funny, thriller, action, phycological” I start naming off genres

“I don’t know, scary I guess even though it probably won’t be scary” he says

“Don’t worry I know you’re a big strong man” I say sarcastically and I see him try to hide a smile

“I’m assuming you’ve never seen Evil Dead” I say

“Nope” he says

“Perfect, its one of my favorites” I say

I scoot a little closer to him and hold the phone where we both can see it. I sneak glances at Jack as the movie plays and he looks almost confused. I have to conceal my laughter. About half way through the movie he looks at me.

“This is one of your favorites?” He asks

“Yes, do you like it?” I ask already knowing the answer

He shakes his head no and it makes me laugh.

“It’s ok, every night I’m here we will find a movie to watch until you do like one” I say

He leans his head on the back of the couch like that was the worst idea he’s ever heard. We sit in silence for the rest of the movie when it’s finished Jack looks so relieved.

“You hungry?” He asks

“Yes I am” I say following him to kitchen

“I can’t believe you watch s**t like that” he says

“Maybe tomorrow night I’ll put on a movie about a sexy brooding ex military man, that seems more your style” I say realizing I just called him sexy, I should not have drank so much

He raises his eyebrow at me.

“Sexy, huh?” He says

My face burns red and I’m not really sure what to say. I can’t exactly backtrack now so instead of saying anything I just stare at him very awkwardly. What the actual f**k is wrong with me?! He laughs but doesn’t push any further. He starts the stove and pulls out some noodles from the cabinet.

“What are you making?” I ask

“Spaghetti, is that alright?” He asks

“Oh yeah, I love spaghetti” I say

I sit on the table and watch him as he cooks. I gulp loudly because as he moves around his shirt clings to his back and arm muscles. I wonder what he looks like without a shirt on, I bite my lip at the thought at the same time Jack turns around. When we make eye contact I have my bottom lip between my teeth with my tilted sideways staring at him like he’s a piece of meat. My breath catches in my throat because he starts walking over towards me. He puts his hands on each either side of me with his face level to mine only inches away.

“If you want something Camry, then ask for it” he says

It catches me completely off guard. I look from one arm to the other then back up to his face.

“I um.. I.. I want extra sauce on my spaghetti” is what I say

What I wanted to say was take me to your room right now! He smiles when I say that pushing himself away from the table.

“I’m um.. I have to go to the bathroom” I say jumping off the table practically running out of the kitchen

Once in the bathroom I look at myself in the mirror and two things happen. The first thing is I realize I’m pretty drunk, and the second thing is I curse myself for what I just said.

“Extra sauce? Are you kidding me?!” I say to myself “That is one of the stupidest things you’ve ever said” I say out loud

I must’ve been in the bathroom for a while because Jack knocks in the middle of me going off on myself out loud.

“Umm, are you alright in there?” He asks

“Yeah I’m coming out sorry” I say

Did he hear me talking to myself? God, please I can take any more embarrassment!

When I walk out Jack isn’t there anymore, I go to the kitchen and he’s sitting at the table. I sit on the other side where my plate is. There is so much sauce on my plate I can barely see the noodles.

“Enough sauce?” He asks

“Mhmm” I say nodding my head

When we finish eating I take the dishes to the sink to wash them. Jack comes and stands beside me I hand them to him to rinse. We finish the dishes then go to the living room.

“Well, its getting late so I’m gonna head to bed” he says turning to leave

“Jack” I say grabbing his wrist

He turns to look at me making me feel tiny, which compared to him I am.

“Uh, thank you for dinner” I tell him

“You’re welcome” he says smiling at me

I throw myself down on the couch thinking about the stupid things I’ve done today. Luckily I’ve drank enough that sleep comes quickly.