Movie Theater 2
by Marie LeClare
It had been raining off and on when I got off work. The streets were smelling and looking clean like they had just taken a shower. The sky was still gloomy with dark clouds. The buildings and the cars looked dull. There was a warm breeze but it was still chilly.
I generally don’t like such weather but it didn’t matter. I was a bit tired. After all a secretary can’t feel like in heaven after a day’s work. Only I know how it feels after I have done with dancing my fingers on the keyboard. I was too anxious to get home. Sometimes I go to somewhere else if I feel like it. Maybe to a movie or to a bar, or I just sit on a bench by the river or just take a walk. It was not one of those days. The only thing I wanted then is to get into my warm apartment, have a hot cup of coffee, lie down on couch and watch something good on TV. I guess this is the way many of my afternoons will vanish into enchanting past.
Maybe I would have gone home. Then I don’t know why I decided to go to a movie. I went to the nearest theater. They were showing a movie called ‘The solitary girl’. Ah, that’s funny. Who could be more solitary than me? This is perfect. A perfect solitary movie for a perfect solitary girl. I went right in.
There weren’t many people inside. Only a few men and women like me. I went to a corner and tried to relax. I didn’t have to try very hard. Relaxation came by itself. Before I knew I was beginning to feel good. Soon I felt I wasn’t tired anymore. My mental joy drove away physical tiredness. The film had started.
It was the story of an office going regular type girl. Everyday she goes out to her office, then comes back home, goes to her friends’, occasionally to parties and to date. Most of the times she feels lonely. Nothing to do in her solitary times except for two faithful friends, her TV and VCR.