Zee, give me back the remote" he said
said.
I shook my head "no" and backed out of the theater.
"You're so dead Zeezee" he said and sprang after me.
I screamed and laughed as he chased after me through the seats. I dodged him and continued to run laughing loudly, my laughter resonating in the empty theater.
I had reached the last column and was almost out if the theater when the hem of my pencil skirt got stuck in between the armrest of the last two seats.
Few seconds later, his hands enveloped my waist, pulling my back into his chest. I tried wiggling out of his arms when he started reaching for the remote.
In between our struggle, we fell on the floor and he started tickling me, I squirmed in laughter. He retrieved the remote from me. He pulled my nose, bit on my earlobe and whispered into my ears.
"Bad girl"
Hola! I'm Zeno White and I'm thirteen. The silly boy who was chasing me is Annibale. Everyone calls me Zen but only him with his childishness calls me Zeezee. I also call him Annie which he doesn't doesn't like, but who cares? I don't.
We've been friends since birth till date. We're the best of friends. We know each other much more than anyone else. It's like were half's to one body. We have so much in common and sometimes we even say the same words at the same time which creeps people out most of the time.
We crawled together, learned to talk together, played in the sand together. And at times, I used go force him to join me to play with my barbie dolls and in turn, I'd also play with his cars.
We're clearly inseparable. Annibale is of the same age as me, just a month older.He was born on the 9th of November while I was born on the 10th of December. He's tall and skinny while I'm short and cute.
Annibale is with black hair, midnight blue eyes that I love so much. It's even my favorite colour. You should see his eyes when he's happy. It shines as bright and beautiful as a starlight eve. But it turns gray when he's angry. He has a straight nose and a full lip. Even at this age, he has a defined jaw and fairly toned skin.
He loves food, sport cars, video games and basketball.
As for me, I have blonde almost white hair, of course the usual blue eyes. I'd don't like it because its too common but Annie says it isn't because, it is the deepest shade he has ever seen and he finds it beautiful but I still think it's annoying.
I have a cute pointed nose and plump lips. I have a few annoying freckles on my nose and at the corners of my eyes which Annie finds cute ( I don't know what's wrong with his eyes.) and uses it to tease me all the time.
I and Annibale's parents have been best friends from high school to this day. And they decided to settle down in the same neighborhood after college.
Annie and his family are Italians. His grandparents migrated to England when they got married to start a new life on their own. His full name is Annibale Baylon Venanzio.
As of now, we're on summer vacation. When school reopens, well be middle schoolers, I can't wait... Year 9 here I come.
Annie and I had come to their movie theater to watch a movie alone since the place was closed but Annie kept showing scary movies. I wanted to watch Mean Girls but he wouldn't listen to me, thats why I snatched the remote from him.
"Why are you so stubborn?" He asked.
"Because you are" I told him as he helped me to stand up.
"How does you being stubborn correlate with me?" He folded his arms.
"Because I learnt it from you" I answered.
"I'm not" he protested.
"You are " I argued back.
"So not"
"So yes"
"So not"
"So yes"
"No no"
"Yes yes''
We were still arguing when Mrs Venanzio, Annie's mother came to us.
"Annibale, Zen dear, it's lunch time."she shouted at the entrance.
As quickly as it came, it went the same way. At the mentioned of food, the argunent was long forgotten.
Annibale took hold of my hand and held it as we ran to the entrance.
Mrs Venanzio had prepared her infamous tacos. Our behinds didn't even get on the seat before Annie started devouring the food.
"Annibale Baylon Venanzio! Be a gentleman for once and go wash your hands, you have a girl with you for goodness sake" his mother reprimanded him.
"Oh Mom, ah, I'm hungry. What has food got to do with being a gentleman?" He asked his mother with his mouth full.
"What about Zeno?" His mom asked while slapping the back if his head.
"Zeezee will still love me the same, no matter what. Zeno right? You'll still love me the same right? "
I nodded.
"Promise?" He asked
"Promise. I'll continue to love you, no matter what" I told him with a smile.
"Hmmmm, what will serve as proof? Dad says you always have to have proof." He said as he tapped his jaw. Mr Carlo Venanzio is lawyer.
"This" I kissed his cheek making him flush scarlet.
"How cute" Mrs Venanzio cooed making Annie flush more. He looked like a tomato.
I burst into laughter. I laughed so hard that I almost fell from my seat.
School reopens today. I'm finally going to middle school, Year 9 here I come.
"Zeezee, hurry up or we'll be late." Annie said.
We were both in my room. He was sitting on my bed playing games on his Ipad while I was in my closet, looking for a hairpiece that will match my clothes.
"I can't decide on anything " I said back to him. He rose from the bed and entered my walk-in closet.