Magnolia made a face when he stole some of her jellies but did not make a big fuss, he had bought them after all and she was not entire hating the fact that he’d liked them, too. It felt like another (very, very weak) reason for them to bond, though the intricacies of octopus-shaped jellies did not seem like an interesting point of conversation. “It’s called friendship,†she clarified though now that he had put it that way, it had sort of made her wonder what other awful things he thought of her or her personality.
Maybe there was some truth to what he was saying but she did not want to believe it, not when he said it so casually as if was obvious to him that this was the case for her. She hated him for it. “I was just trying to be nice but considering that’s not appreciated, you’re right, maybe I’ll just go back to my stupid movie and my friend,†she added, rolling her eyes at him and his suggestion. He was teasing her, of course, but all she could focus on is how she had interpreted what he said into her being lonely, insecure, and dumb. That might have been completely true, but Magnolia had not come to the movies to think about all her weaknesses, she had just wanted to have fun with her best girlfriend. And here she was again, getting caught up in a guy that thought she was stupid anyway, and it made her very upset.
“Never going to happen, Isaac,†she repeated, though it was also said to remind herself that trying to make this crush happen was a sheep’s chase that had gone wrong ages ago. “I better go back to Mavis,†she started, “Don’t want to waste any more of your precious me time with the leprechaun,†she said sarcastically.
