The girl, who was caught off guard by APLUS's advances, was so happy she almost fainted. There was no such thing as talking about feelings first. The vanity that dating the school's most popular guy gave these girls outweighed everything else. After introducing herself, the girl named Ellie glanced triumphantly at the envious looks around her, and directly put her arm around Alex arm, beginning to assert her ownership as his girlfriend.
The cheerleader goddess was so angry that she stomped her feet, and her rugby team's big man quickly stepped in to be her backup.
Having narrowly escaped disaster, Alex had no intention of betraying her. From among the many girls, he immediately chose Ellie, precisely because she fit his aesthetic preferences. Although she was only in eighth grade, she didn't have the 'explosive' figure that Black people particularly liked, but rather the slender and petite figure of an East Asian. Due to her mixed Black and White heritage, her skin tone and appearance were also somewhat European. Alex thought she was quite pretty.
Perfect timing! Having a real girlfriend would save him a lot of trouble at school, at least he'd avoid attracting the ire of jealous guys.
After school on Friday, Alex older sister Connie drove him to the movie theater and then pulled out a bunch of condoms from her bag and forcibly stuffed them into Alex shirt pocket.
"Should I leave the car with you?"
Connie's mouth was wide open as she spoke, "I know some places where you can take girls there after dark and do the deed in the car, it's very convenient."
"Wow, you know a lot." Alex mocked Connie in return. He pulled out a condom with an AIDS prevention logo from his pocket. It was obviously one of those given out for free at school. He had always been too embarrassed to take it before. "I don't have a driver's license, how can I drive?" This body could drive, but it was under sixteen and couldn't get a license.
Connie said nonchalantly, "It's okay. As long as you don't speed in the south of the city, no one will stop you. Are you sure you don't need to? I can take the bus home."
"Forget it, I don't want to take any risks at all." Alex opened the car door.
"Wow, my Alex is going to be a big shot someday." Connie patted Alex face. "Don't trust those girls too easily, be careful." She pointed to Alex pocket where he kept condoms.
"I know."
Alex agreed, said goodbye to Connie, and walked to the agreed location. He immediately saw Ellie waiting there. She had dressed up carefully today, and as soon as she saw Alex she rushed forward and clung to him, "Darling..."
"Uh... why are you here so early? Did you go buy tickets first?"
The two chatted as they entered the movie theater. It wasn't yet time for office workers to get off work, and the ticket window was deserted, giving them a chance to choose at their leisure.
"Huh?" Alex noticed two Chinese characters on a corner of a poster on the wall.
"There are even movies made in China?" He became interested in the movie called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. On the poster, four humanoid green turtles were holding weapons and looked very powerful.
"Aren't you grown up yet? We should be watching movies for adults." Ellie, who was next to him, noticed his preference for certain movies.
"Adults should watch…" Alex misunderstood. "The ticket seller wouldn't sell us those kinds of tickets, would they?" he asked.
What are you thinking about?!
Ellie pouted and pointed to another poster, "I'm talking about this one."
"Hmm?" Alex gaze shifted to a movie poster for "Pretty Woman," featuring a large-mouthed white actress with an infectious smile. "Julia Roberts, a romance film..."
"Let's look at this." Ellie pulled a handful of coins out of her jeans pocket.
"Okay." Alex pressed her hand back, refused to split the bill, and paid for two tickets instead.
"This movie is very popular; it seems to have grossed over 100 million yuan at the box office," the ticket seller said while issuing the tickets.
"Over 100 million?!" Alex was somewhat surprised. "Is making movies really that lucrative?" he thought to himself.
It's still early before the movie starts.
The two strolled around the neighborhood for a bit, and Alex treated them to ice cream and fried chicken. In a clothing store, he noticed that Ellie really liked a small bag. He glanced at the price tag—around ten dollars, very cheap—and bought it for her.
"You're so good to me."
Ellie was so touched by the bag that she cried. "No one has ever been so kind to me since I was a child..."
"Sigh, they're all children from poor families."
Alex sighed inwardly. This feeling was strange. Although his memories of his past life were vague, he was very familiar with the dating process of this standard "simp." It seemed that he had done it quite often before, and it seemed that the endings were never very good.
When it was time to go in, it was a very high-quality romantic film. Julia Roberts was very suitable for the role of a laughing auntie and a beautiful woman. The soundtrack of the whole movie was also masterful. It's just that the plot was a bit too dreamy.
Would a Wall Street elite like the male protagonist really marry a prostitute?
As the event ended, Alex sighed with emotion.
"Love conquers all! You're such a blockhead." Ellie wasn't happy. Just now, when the plot had reached an emotional point, she had tried several times to rub her small breasts against Alex and pout, but Alex ignored her.
Alex had originally planned to sleep with Ellie today, but after watching the movie, he lost interest. The girl in front of him was trying her best to hide her childishness and imitate the mannerisms of older girls. This kind of talk and mannerism—loudly discussing school gossip, calling female classmates she didn't like "bitch," and deliberately inserting swear words starting with "F" into her sentences—was exactly what Alex disliked.
Ellie saw this as a sign of maturity, while Alex saw it as a sign that she had been poisoned by the cultural dregs of a terrible public high school.
"It's getting late, let me take you home," Song Ya said.
"Don't you love me anymore?" Ellie could tell, and she pouted and cried again. "I'm sorry, I've never been in a relationship before, I don't know how to date a campus star like you..."
Hmm? Never been in a relationship?
Alex eyes lit up. "Uh... how about this, I'll take you to the music company where I work? Maybe I can record a song for you or something."
The plan has been restarted!
"Really!?" Ellie burst into laughter through her tears.
"Of course." Alex put his arm around Ellie and walked through several streets to the foot of Old Joe's Music Building.
"Karl!" He pounded on the iron gate.
Carl glanced at the girl behind him, a lewd smile spreading across his fierce face, and stepped aside to let the two of them in.
"Thank you, Carl."
Alex led Ellie upstairs. Apart from Carl, who was guarding the door, Old Joe's studio was completely dark, with not a single person in sight. He went straight into the recording studio and turned on the lights.
"Wow!" Ellie was very excited to see these professional equipment, curiously touching and looking at them from all angles. "Are all the songs you write recorded here?"
Alex looked at Ellie's back as she stood in front of the mixing console, her beautiful figure on full display. He recalled Eric's teachings, "Yeah, that's where we record everything. Want to learn? Come on, I'll teach you." He closed the door, walked over, put his arms around her from behind, and whispered in her ear, "Ellie."
After a night of fooling around on the sofa, both of them were exhausted. Ellie said she didn't want to go home, so they simply cuddled together and fell asleep.
'Bang!'
Song Ya was startled awake by a loud noise while he was sleeping. Ellie in his arms also woke up and started screaming half a second later.
At the doorway, Eric was so happy he almost sat down on the ground. Behind him was a group of musicians in strange costumes, carrying various instruments, all looking at him and Ellie with wicked smiles.
"FXXXYOU! Eric!"
He quickly wrapped Ellie in his coat and started cursing