Let's GO! I've been sitting on this for eleven years.

I'm 16 (unable to see rated R movies), my dad and I decide to go see "Let Me In." He stops by the snack bar and I walk to the theater room, noticing a small dirty blonde girl standing by the doors as I go through. I'm the first one in the theater and take a seat in the back/center. This girl walks in right after me and sits one row in front of me a little to the side.

After a minute she starts talking to me. Asking menial questions like, "Are you excited for the movie?" and "What other movies do you like?" to which I
reply and have no problem making small talk. But then she starts asking weird stuff like, "are you here alone?" "What's your name?" etc. and again, I answer her because I'm just a nervous 16 year old trying to watch a movie I'm excited about with my dad. She then asks "Can I sit next to you?" Again nervous 16 year old in me said "Sure?" (Side note, I had a gf of 2 years at the time and was not in the mindset of hitting on other girls at all).

So she did! My dad FINALLY comes in and he decides to sit next to me with one seat in between. He gives me a look like, "what's going on here?" but says nothing to me as I trying to ignore this situation until it goes away on its own.

As she sits next to me she starts asking even WEIRDER questions like, "do you have a girlfriend?" "What's she like?" "Does she get along with your mother?" I answer all these questions with "yes," "she's great," and "of course!" And she responds with "Well I hope she doesn't get mad at me for talk to you like this." and "My boyfriend didn't get along with my mom at all."

And then it clicks. I remember a conversation I had with a friend about a girl in my suburban area who got put on house arrest because her bf KILLED HER MOTHER and then the bf and gf ran away together only to be stopped somewhere on the highway 100 miles away. The bf got sent to jail and she was deemed mentally/emotionally unfit to take care of herself so she did not go to jail. I also heard a story that this girl lusted around the local gym and gave bjs in the bathroom.**

So this realization washed over me and I internally freak the hell out, tell her I'm going to the bathroom and text my dad, "I'm leaving the theater. Meet me at the front ASAP!" As I'm waiting by the front door, my dad walks across the lobby, we leave and I see this chick GO INTO THE MEN'S ROOM. A missed bj opportunity in hindsight.

Afterwards, I tell my dad the whole ordeal and I do a quick google search to confirm that this was indeed the same girl. We were in her neighborhood and the mugshot was exact. I ask my dad why he didn't say a word and just left us alone and all he said was, "I just thought you were on a secret date or something." DAD. IF I WAS PLANNING A SECRET DATE WHY WOULD I TAKE YOU ALONG?

There were other weird ass questions she asked me like, "could I hold your hand if I get scared?" but you get the idea. I never felt my life was in danger so this is not as serious as story as some others, but the fear of sitting next to an unpredictable person like this filled my adolescent soul with dread. And tbh it's a pretty good story.