• The Movie Guy


    His name is Diego. He's the movie guy that always gives me discounts on popcorn and drinks at Twiddletown Theaters. I like to call him the Movie Guy because at first I didn't know his name, but then later he told me that it was Ismael, but goes by Diego. Diego says that this job is his last hope, because out of all the jobs he could find, which wasn't much(due to getting fired so much, no one would hire him), he had to pick this one. Diego and I always talked for a few minutes before I go to my movie, just because he needed someone to talk to when no one's around. According to him.
    "Yeah, I can't count how many times I had got fired. For little things, too," Diego's big brown eyes widened with amusement as he gave me my large popcorn with extra butter. Just how I liked it.

    "Like, flirting with the customers," he stopped to wink at a blonde that had passed by. "And other things that I can't really say." Diego grinned, then frowned.
    "But I really need this job. I'm saving up for my baby." He must've seen the shock on my face because he started to laugh. "No, no, no! I mean, a car. I haven't gotten that far. But yeah, I'm savin' up for this badass mustang 1967 fastback. Look." Diego scrummaged in his pocket and pulled out a picture of the car.

    Yeah, Diego was great. Yep, I said 'was'. A few weeks after that conversation I heard from my sister he had got fired for arguing with a customer. I guess I should'nt be surprised.

    Now, I picture Ismael Diego Xavier Martinez walking the streets with a newspaper in his hands looking for another job with a big, toothy grin on his face.

    Never did I see that movie guy again.


    -Destiny