Geek Chic 8

After about 30 minutes of crying and bobbing a dozen tissues on my face and after Bebe had woken up and demanded ice-cream, Mum showed up. In some weird SUV I've never seen before, sleek black. She somehow looked like some undercover FBI, whom so coincidentally, was my carefree, novel loving, and oh yeah, I-can-tolerate-my-son-but-not-daughter problem.
Talk about sexist.
"When you get down there to claim my PJs, ask her where she got the SUV from." I told Dame, opening the door for him. I didn't want my mum seeing me and asking a whole lot of questions.
"Sure." That was his reply as he got out of the house and putting on a sparkly, toothpaste-ad smile in the indication of assurance. I seriously couldn't think of a serious way why I'd never fall for him, yet.
It was then that Bebe came over after I closed the door that she said she wanted to talk to me, as if I actually didn't want to.
I hopped onto the couch once more and asked Bebe when her parents will be coming back.
"Oh, not tonight." she said, sitting beside me. Her blond hair was tied up in a ponytail. She looked undeniably pretty. "Wanna catch Titanic?"
That reminded me, I've never actually watched it before. Call me lame, for all I care. It's more than a decade ago, 11 to be exact. I heard it was the most incredible movie ever in movie history and you know what? I was gonna find it out myself.
Personally, I love romance. Also because, I am a romantic. Titanic is the perfect show for me and I didn't comprehend why people thought Leonardo DiCaprio was cute. I mean, look at him now. You could spot a double chin a few decks away and his hair, super sloped gel much?
Well of course I changed my mind when I watched the movie. Right after Dame had gone home. Which was about, 8.
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Good thing the tissue box was near me, because I knew I was crying my eyes out when the whole situation that Jack in the movie was frozen. And God, did I ever mention that Leonardo was super hot? He was an American dream but as I've already Wikipedia-ed, he was too old for me. Plus, when the movie was filmed, in 1997, I was only 2. How could I have possibly dated him, right? PS, this is the third time my tears are streaming down today.
But that wouldn't ever change the fact that he would be one of my dream date if I were 22 when he was filming Titanic.
"Oh my gosh," I cried, "this movie is sooo romantic."
Bebe rolled her eyes, "Didn't know that you've never watched it before."
I didn't believe it, either. LEO WAS HOT! "Leo was hot." I pointed out, sniffing. It was total Leo-Mania at that point for me.
"Good to know," she said, rolling on her back, was it me or did she looked a bit distracted? "I'm gonna get some hot choco. You want one?"
I nodded weakly, way distracted in my own movie too. Now Rose was letting go of his hands, and plop! he was down in the sea. That made me cry harder. Why did she even let go of him?! Sure, she was bright enough to blow the whistle but not the letting go of Jack part.
You know what she should do? She should have called harder than blowing someone's whistle. And then get the ship there, then she'd carry Jack up on the ship and warm him and try to revive him. Which everyone knows, would be a little too impossible. Try flying pigs, for instant.
But at least, a funeral would be better than leaving your true love deceased under the sea. Even if it meant no one would turn to his funeral. I just couldn't take it, and that was seriously one bummer that it would be the last time she'd seen his face and -
"Winnie, for love's sake!" Bebe shouted, holding two cups of hot choco. "Earth to you!" she passed the mug that wrote 'Mania!' to me. How...suitable.
"Sorry," I smiled sheepishly. Who would've known I'd have gotten so carried away after all? Bebe tried to walk without tripping and succeeded, sitting next to me. Her TV screen was big enough, 55'' long. We were kicking back in our Pjs and hot choco, it was such a best friend cup of tea, right?
Wrong, at least not tonight. I heard her murmur something when the show was going to end - at the part where the old woman, whom is playing as Rose when she got old, lied on her bed, and OH MY GOSH! The grand stairway that led to Leo again. I could once again admire his angelic face. This was all too good...
(Oh by the way, Wikipedia actually indirectly informed me that Titanic was a real story - someone named Rose and Jack, too - and had the whole same plot. That woman, Rose, now almost 101 years old, also threw her necklace away. It was named,'The heart of the ocean'. If you don't believe me, go check.)
After the whole crying thing and the whole credits rolling, I pushed the button stop. This story soaked my heart into becoming soft. The whole plot was awesome. Truly awesome.
But you couldn't exactly fall it into the term 'plot', it was a true story after all. A story that was so heart-moving, I'm sure it'd haunt my thoughts for days to come.
"Are you done now?" Bebe sounded irritated. Why shouldn't she? She was stuck with 3 hours waiting for me to finish my show, and watching me cry. And everyone knew she had some 'personal issue' she needed help with now.
"Uhm, yeah, Bebe, about the whole Dame thing," I started, wiping my tears with the back of my hand, "I know you kinda have a crush on him."
Maybe she was expecting that because she didn't go, "Geez, you know?! Was it too obvious?" but instead she said, "I don't understand."
Yeah, she is so unpredictable. Her hair was let loose now, and we had crawled onto her bed. After all the crying, my eyes were drooping down but I really tried hard to listen.
"Yeah, so what's up?" I asked, lying on her Queen size bed. It was so comfortable.
"I like Dame but he seems to like you!" Direct answer, too honest. "And look, I don't know what kind of charm you have but, really, I don't want to lose to you..." she continued, grabbing my leg and nudging it as I was dozing off. I turned over and quickly grabbed one of the Bolster she had.
"Whatever Be," I shook my leg off, sounding annoyed, "I don't like him. You win. Go confess, he's a great guy I'm sure he'll understand and anyway, he's soft." My voice trailed softer. "He'll like you..." That was the end of our conversation. Not even a conversation, uhm, a talk. Too short to be a talk.
But even in my dreams, I could remember one thing, and one thing only. Okay, maybe two - beside Leonardo DiCapro aged 23 - the sentence Bebe actually said, "I like Dame."