The Invisible Dragon Movie

[Quinn Wiley]

Quinn could understand what Erin was talking about. He didn’t think he fell for a lot of lesbians himself but some people seemed to think he was gay and he knew for a fact that he totally sucked at showing to someone how he liked them. To him, every girl he might get a crush for happened to be the wrong one. Because he’d never dare go to them and speak up. It seemed on that matter they were not all that much different. Except that Quinn could swear she asked some girls out. She sure admitted she kissed at least one of them once.

She said she was average. Not ugly, maybe a little better than plain but not hot or even beautiful either. Just average. With a bonus for being a red head. He stared at her while she talked, not even blinking. “You’re an idiot,” he simply let out as he turned his head from her. If she thought she was not worth more than a 5, maybe 6 if she pushed it, she was an idiot.

She said the whole thing was about baby steps. Watching to know them better and muster up the courage to go and talk to them. They were really pathetic. The difference between them however was that Erin seemed to have that gut required to stand up and go to a girl. Quinn was not quite sure he had that. He was more likely to sit there and wait for one to come to him. Weren’t ladies modern now, going after what they wanted instead of just waiting for the guy to make the first move? Apparently, not all that modern for most of them as it still seemed inappropriate.

She then asked for him to smile. He looked at her with some disbelief. She seriously wanted to make a deal where he had to smile? “I don’t really like my smile. It’s awkward,” he admitted to her.

[Erin Hackett]

Erin glared at Quinn when he called her an idiot. If she had something to throw at him, she would have but for now all she could do was glare at him. Maybe later she would pull on his pretty hair as payback for calling her an idiot. She would have told him her IQ but she didn't feel like actually recalling what it was at the moment. It was not even high enough to be called a genius so it was not like she really could use it to prove her point that she was not an idiot. "I am not. I'm very smart and logical I'll have you know." Erin responded. Was she wrong in her assessment of herself?

She thought she was accurate and was just thinking in terms of would she be attracted to herself? Okay, yeah she would be attracted to herself but that was hard to go off of when she was literally attracted to almost every female that she met. How were she and him friends again? Some days she wanted to like get into a actual fight with him instead of messing with his technology. One day, one say she would actually try to hit him if he got her upset enough. "You are like that younger brother I never wanted but don't want to lose, but also want to beat up." Erin spoke up, nodding at that as she looked over the option of other food that they could get.

He didn't really like his smile. "That’s why you have to smile more so you get used to it. Bet you have one of those charming smiles." Erin spoke up as she ordered herself some bags of candies and a slushy, looking to Quinn to speak up if he wanted anything so she could pay and they could get to the movie.

[Quinn Wiley]

It was not really a surprise that Erin got him comment wrong. Who would not, when being called idiot? She was glaring at him, killing her with his eyes. Or maybe mentally torturing him, he was not sure. But she was pointing out how smart she was. “If you think you’d be plain without your red hair, you’re an idiot,” he simply replied. He was not arguing about her intellect here or how logical she may be. But if Erin Hackett thought there was nothing worth of mention about her body other than the color of her hair, then yes, Quinn would call her an idiot. Well, no, he would not. Not anymore. There was no point in saying it again, unless he felt masochistic and wanted her to torture him in worse ways than she had in the past.

“I’m the younger brother? I thought I was older than you,” he just said. Oh, he knew age was not really what mattered in what she said. It was kind of weird though. He didn’t have siblings but he had cousins who’d probably say something similar. Except they might not care losing him. He was not entirely sure about that. They certainly wanted to beat him up on occasion. “I do this effect on people. That’s why I’m a fast runner and good climber,” he added. He bet she was an only child too. Probably would explain why she suddenly decided he was her ‘younger’ brother.

She wanted him to smile, despite what he said. He offered her one. A wide one no less, with lots of teeth despite hiding the lower ones with his lip. He found it personally very awkward but maybe if she saw it she could understand. He then stopped after he placed the bag of candy and let Erin order whatever she wanted. Looks like they both wanted candy. “You want to be greeted by that?”

[Erin Hackett]

Quinn was clarifying why he thought she was an idiot and it was specifically referring to her comment about being plain without her red hair. Did he really think that or was he just being nice like a good friend should? That was the question. Then again, this was Quinn and she didn't see him saying something for the sake of being nice rather than just being honest. That made her actually feel a little good that at least Quinn thought that more than her red hair made her cute. While she honestly would have preferred to be hearing that from a girl; even if she would be less likely to believe it coming from them, it was still nice to hear.

It had her messing with a few of her ear piercings after she tucked some of her hair behind her ear. "T-thanks. I mean it's a self-esteem thing. I like to think that I'm drop dead attractive but then I just feel like I’m fooling myself." Erin admitted as she started to adjust a few buttons on her jacket. Darn Quinn and his whole logic that made her really think about how she felt about herself and what the problem was. Quinn was older then her? She thought she was older but then again she didn't know the year Quinn was born and just knew his birthdate. "Well my birthday passed a few days ago. Turned nineteen on the fourteenth of August." Erin pointed out.

At any rate, even if Quinn was older, she was still going to view him as a younger brother. It just made more sense that way for reasons. He was not going to feel some type of way that she had not told him about her birthday, was he? She didn't tell anyone about it. "So you are safe from me beating you up, physically." Erin responded since she was only good for a short distance and she could not recall the last time she had actually tried to climb something. Erin did not actually expect Quinn to smile, but when he did she could not help but to smile. It was clear of a smile of someone who did not like to smile, but it was still a smile.

"Yes, I do. It is cute in a 'I'm screaming on the inside' kind of way." Erin responded as she gave Quinn a big smile in return before she paid for the candy and started to move to the theater they were supposed to go to.

[Quinn Wiley]

Erin was right, Quinn would not say anything just because he should to be nice. He’d love for people to treat him like that but he would at the same time not believe it and feel even worse because they pitied him. Therefore, he would not act like that either. Not unless Erin was in a much, much worse state than this. For her look, he could be honest. No need to sugar coat it. Even if that meant calling her an idiot.

Now, it probably would have more weight had he been a girl or she straight but they were neither and she’d have to deal with it. So long as she would not start asking if he would have tried to flirt with her had she been straight, he thought he was fine. He looked at her as she thanked him. “Drop dead, maybe not, but there’s a large area between looking plain and being a goddess.” He would have rated her on ten if he didn’t think it would earn him a slap behind the head.

“Nineteen? I thought you were eighteen. Ok, you’re older,” he admitted. He vaguely remembered her birthday being during summer and since he was born in January and they were in the same year, he thought she was eighteen. Did it change anything? He didn’t think so. “Happy birthday, I guess,” he still said, even if it was a little late now.

He nudged her on her the shoulder, although in a playful kind of way, when she mocked his smile. “I told you,” he replied. He could smile better than that, he certainly could, he guessed. But he rarely did more than curl his lips up. Because otherwise it clearly didn’t look that nice.

[Erin Hackett]

"Thanks...even if you are like a little bro it's nice to hear..." Erin admitted as she could not help but to blush a little. Not that she was going to start crushing on Quinn or starting to like guys after this, but it did build up her self-esteem. For someone like Quinn to say that she was not ugly and basically was good looking, at least on some level. Not the drop dead level, but after that somewhere. At least she could be a bit more motivated to at least put herself out there, that was a good thing right? Or girls would hate a more confident her and she would remain forever alone, forever. There was only one way to find out.

"Nope, birthday just passed so no longer eighteen." Erin responded. She had been eighteen a few days ago but her birthday rolled around and she was nineteen. Perhaps she should have left him know that she had purposely failed a grade and had been held back. She could of course get back to where she needed to be for her education but she had not been motivated enough to do that yet. "Thanks and that means that you really are my little brother then." Erin responded as s large smile spread across her lips for a moment. She even reached a hand out to try and pat Quinn on top of his head. That was what older siblings did, right?

It was indeed past her birthday but she didn't mind. She had gotten a gift and best wishes from her father and that was what she was used to getting. No need to change things up now and it was not like anyone she hung out with knew when her birthday was; unless they looked it up, and would they even know what to get her? If it was a girl, a kiss would have been nice. From a guy, hooking her up with a girl would have been nice. "I still think you should smile more. You're adorable." Erin responded as she grabbed her candy, waited for Quinn to get his and headed into the theater to grab a seat, aiming to get up nice and close in the front.

[Quinn Wiley]

Quinn didn’t quite like how she said it. It was not like he was flirting with her or anything but it was rather humiliating to be told what he said was so cute but irrelevant. It downed his mood a little and had to make an effort not to give her attitude. “Think what you want but if you could get guys with your looks, I figure you can get girls too.” He almost mumbled it all. He might be rough around the edges, and be full or edges, and not very good at participating, but she tended to say exactly the wrong thing when it was supposed to be nice.

Quinn never really bothered to ask for Erin’s birthday. It was just one of the many things he didn’t think about asking her. He was not one of those who just asked you about your favorite food, chocolate, movie, music... He observed, figured you might like this and this or this and went with that. He was not good at asking this kind of question, mostly because he didn’t want being asked some in return. “Oh joy. Never had a sister. Or female cousin.” This was said in irony but he gave her one tiny smile. Nothing to show teeth but the lips still curled up so she’d know he did not intend to make it mean. He looked up as she tried to pat his head. “Looks to me like you’re my big little sister,” he pointed out since he was taller than she was. Was it his fault if he grew up like weed?

Being called adorable was weird. Even if Erin would have been flirting with him, which she obviously was not, it would have been weird. He didn't know how to react so the only thing he said was “Come on, don’t want to be late,” and walked towards the room they had for themselves for their private screening. It did feel like he was running away from this awkward moment and it really was just that. He just grabbed his things and went for the room. There, he sort of froze and it was Erin who picked their seats. He just sat next to her. It would be crazy to sit a few rows away from her. And insulting. Even he could tell that.

[Erin Hackett]

Erin didn’t mean to be mean about her comment, but it was hard to like fully count a compliment from someone who was not a female. Still, she honestly did appreciate it and it did actually help with her self-esteem but she was just not good at expressing that specifically. She figured Quinn would figure it out or if she had upset him then it would be payback for all the times he upset her. That was not the fair and right way of thinking about something but Erin was still learning the ins and outs to that aspect of a friendship. A friendship that was not like a family-ship since Erin saw Quinn more like a little brother she never had or wanted.

“…true. Okay, you win that argument for now.” Erin responded, since he did have a fair point in that regard. While she just wanted a girl and would have preferred if girl’s noticed her, she had to take even the small wins. That was how she would level up and grow stronger, so this was just another time where she had gained some experience. He was mumbling so it was hard to tell if she had heard it all right, but she figured she got the most important parts of Quinn’s words. As for the whole viewing Quinn as a sibling, it was hard to tell if he actually liked it or not.

For the most part it didn’t really seem like he did, but it didn’t seem like Quinn liked much in life so that was difficult to use as some sort of indication. “Well, no you have a sister like person and I have a brother like person.” Erin pointed out, nodding a few times as she walked and carried their goods to the theater they had. There was another small smile from Quinn and it was oh so cute; he still needed to work on it, but it was progress from that permanent scowl he always had on his face. Erin smiled brightly when he spoke of how it looks like she was the big sister.

Sure she was shorter than him, but that was common when it came to boys and girls since guys on average tended to be taller. Quinn was then speaking up about how they didn’t want to be late which had Erin moving a bit faster, having forgotten about the rest of the people around them. This actually felt like it was going to go pretty well. She moved up pretty close, and sure enough Quinn followed and soon the two of them were sitting there as the room darkened a little and the previews started to play.

[Quinn Wiley]

Quinn didn’t think it was about winning anything but it seemed like he was very much like the type who needed to win every argument or have the last word every time. Was he really like that? He preferred not to think about it. Just like mentioning any further how pretty Erin was seemed like something they should stop doing. Alright, she got his point, he thought she was pretty and not just average and not only because she had red hair. She could get a girl. That is, if she finally gathered up the guts to ask one out, one that was interested in girls. He should stop thinking about that. He was no better than she was. He bet no one told her kissing her was like kissing a corpse.

It was not that he disliked her treating him like a little brother, although the whole ‘little’ part might annoy him eventually. It was just that Quinn tended to be too sarcastic for people to really get he was joking. Then again, he sometimes didn’t even know if that should be taken as a joke or seriously. Could you do both? “At least I already know I can outrun you. But I thought it was the little one’s job to nag the older one.” Now that was a joke and a reminder that she was the one pushing him around. That had to be little sister’s behaviour, right? “Only child uh?” Not that he didn’t know that. He didn’t even hear about her mother, only her dad. Maybe the woman was dead or left them when she was really young. Or she got adopted only by a man. Go figure.

Erin ignored people and if that made sense, it was also rather weird that she didn’t look nervous. He could see her face, she mostly wanted to be there on time. Maybe he should point out all the people around. Or not. She might just freeze or worse, go invisible. He sat down next to her and placed his things. There was little else to do during the commercials than that. Half of the movies would not interest him anyway, he was sure of it.

[Erin Hackett]

Erin accepted Quinn's words, not wanting to go on forever back and forth with the matter. Also because it made her feel slightly weird to hear guys call her cute. It always did and likely always would, but she was not going to get into it. She was just going to take his words to heart and try and use the confidence boost he had given her another time. She was going to kiss a girl again; hopefully the one she had a crush on, but she was fine with it being another girl she liked. All of them had such soft lips, so she had a feeling she would enjoy it no matter what. "Are you sure about that?" Erin asked when Quinn spoke up about how her was sure that he could outrun her.

Erin was already tempted to try and put it to the test. She could use her powers on them and they could do it right there and now. The only problem with that would be she would have to maintain contact with him, which would slow one of them down in the process. As for the nagging comment. "It can work both ways. The older one nags the little one if the little one is bad or is not on track with what they should be doing. Watch anime and you will see all the types. Stay away from the incest ones, they are just...odd." Erin pointed out. Yes, she was in fact basing her knowledge about sibling relationship off the anime she watched. That was not bad, right?

She nodded yes in response to his question about being an only child. She was indeed an only child, but it was possible that she had other siblings out there that she didn't know about...which was weird thinking about now. "My mom left when I was really young and it has been just me and my dad ever since then." Erin admitted. She was just going to ignore the possibility of being related to someone else out there. What if me and Quinn are actually related?! It's possible! Maybe! Erin could not help but to think now, since it very well could be possible. She did always feel a sort of bond to him, could that have been it?

For now she kept that thought to herself for now, not wanting to weird Quinn out and make the two of them feel the need to go get a blood test. As they both go comfortable, Erin would likely remain silent the whole time. Just eating her snacks with her eyes glued on the film the whole time unless Quinn spoke up at any point. If he did not, she would not move until the credits would start to roll; she was that kind of movie watcher. The type that could just sit there for hours on end, just watching.