Alessa shrugged, "I don't really like movies. Look, it's okay, you don't have to do anything for me. In fact," she stared at the chain he had given her and carefully examined the thing with her fingers. Well, at least she could spend tonight starring at the thing. "You didn't have to do this."
She didn't know how to explain it, but she didn't want to go out with LaCroix on some sort of 'pity date'. And when he off offhandedly mentioned the cinema; Alessa could only believe that he was doing it out of pity.