I went to see a movie at the cinema. I was supposed to go with one of my friends, but she changed her mind a few days before. I don't usually watch romantic comedies because they are often predictable, but I have always been curious about new things, original. It's always worth trying, right?

I took a seat on the high row. I often come sooner, so at least I can see the room. Nothing special. Some people were there but not that many. Most of the seats remained unoccupied as well as most of the rows.

During the adverts, people were still coming in. A woman sat down on my right and a man next to her. We were the only ones in this row. The movie finally began. The beginning was interesting. But I kept hearing a sound, like something was constantly falling on the floor. I understand special effects, but movies should be made by professionals I thought. I then carefully looked down and I immediately understood what was happening. The woman next to me was responsible for that familiar sound. What I saw in the dark was probably a black flat pump, but what caught my attention was the shiny insole. I had never seen a shoe insole shining so much! The woman slipped her shoe back on, started dangling and after a few dozen seconds, I counted four drops of her shoe on the floor. "Shoe losing temptress", here we go again. They should create such a movie. I would be the first one to watch it. I only wondered if this was the same woman that I had already seen twice. Fortunately or not, she stopped playing with her shoe, so I could watch the movie again.

I thought that she had came to her senses, but when I had to stand a little so as not to fall completely from my seat, I stepped on something. I looked down... and it was her shoe! I must have left a mark again I thought. I then realized that it was indeed the same woman that I had already met before. I smiled. But what was also interesting is that her shoe was laying next to my backpack. If I would have been more cheeky, I would have loved to take her empty pump as a trophy and hide it somewhere deep in the room. Well, I would have had to bend down to open the backpack and turn it over, but at least the option had appeared. Surprinzing as it sounds, I have never stolen anything in my life.

I don't know if she noticed me or if she learned to read minds because she reached for the shoe with her foot and slipped it on. Honestly I had both my eyes and head on her shoe at that moment, so I didn't move my head when she retrieved it. This time I pretended that I was choking like I had an asthma attack. I get hoarse every day, but sometimes I get the feeling like something is in my throat that makes me cough. As I glanced at her feet, she was still dangling but this time with her other shoe. I couldn't reach it, even if I wanted to. I guess she was more careful because I didn't hear anymore shoe drops.

I decided to take out the popcorn from my backpack. It wasn't big, I don't need a lot of popcorn to enjoy watching a movie. I quietly opened my backpack and pulled out the popcorn. But as I pulled out the popcorn, suddenly something large fell into my backpack. I jumped slightly. There was something shining in the darkness. It was... a shoe! I put the popcorn on the floor, bent down to my backpack, and pulled out the shoe. It glowed a little faintly in the dark itself. I got a crazy idea before returning it to this woman. I kissed the inside of her pump, more precisely the part of the insole where she puts her heel. This gave me a thrill, and a little arousal as well. I put her shoe under her foot while it was still in the air. I think she was wearing nude-colored tights. I took some popcorn and ate it sporadically.

After a while, I realized that this was another romantic comedy that wanted to be funny but it wasn't. I was no longer interested. I looked down. I only noticed the glowing insoles of the woman's shoes. She wasn't wearing them. I think she wanted to give her feet some rest. I began to look at her empty pumps longer and longer. I regretted meeting her at the movies because I couldn't get my cell phone out. If I wanted to get caught, all I needed was a glowing cell screen. This would have been a fantastic way to embarrass her though. What really pissed me off is that I couldn't even record her with my phone because I knew that the video would be too dark!

While I was thinking, she retrieved one of her shoes, but couldn't find the other, even though it was just next to her. She was sliding her foot on the floor until she finally found it. However, while I was choking this time, I tried to cough more softly. I turned to the left-hand wall, closed my eyes, and coughed. As I returned to my position, I noticed something strange. That woman had only one shoe on her feet, and the other was missing. I looked around on the floor and nothing... Suddenly a disco light appeared on the screen which briefly enlighted the whole place. Because of that, I was able to notice something black between my row and the lower row. I already knew that it was her shoe. I have no idea how I had missed it, but somehow her shoe was now on the verge of falling to the row below. To make it more interesting, her shoe was upside down, so I couldn't see the shiny insole. But the small gap between my row and the lower row wasn't big enough to make her shoe fall off by itself. So I got a... satanic idea.

I put the popcorn on the seat on my left, took three coins out of my pocket, and let them fall under the man's and woman's feet. Of course, they heard it, so I crouched down right away, apologized for the noise, and looked for them. I noticed that her toes were touching the floor - only the toes of her shoeless foot were visible because she still couldn't find her shoe. Although I found these coins quickly, I tried to push her empty shoe down. It was not easy as there was a creaking noise, but it finally fell in the gap and on the floor of the row below. At least that's what I thought when I heard the sound. As I picked up the last coin, I apologized again and headed downstairs. I wanted to fake my error somehow. I was a bit worried if it was a good idea to leave my backpack unattended, but I couldn't hide my excitement on my face. After two minutes (I counted in my head) I returned to my seat. Before I sat down, I had the feeling that this woman was looking at me strangely. Not because I was walking by and had to collect coins, but... because I was probably responsible for her missing shoe. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that she was whispering something to the man next to her. When I was taking popcorn from the seat on my left, I saw that my backpack was now in a different position than before. Was she so determined to find her shoe that she had even looked inside my backpack?

I wondered how much longer this movie would last. It was really boring. Out of boredom, I finished my popcorn. I didn't want to litter, so I bent down to put it in my backpack. Before I did, I saw a shoe turned upside down... under my seat! More than that, it was close to my backpack! I already knew what to do. I was only afraid of one thing - getting caught. But you only live once in this world, so I was ready to take my chance. I put my popcorn bag in my backpack but didn't close it. It was laying open right next to her shoe. I then slipped her empty pump inside my backpack with my foot and moved the backpack slightly to the left. My left fist was clenched all that time. It was trembling as if it wanted to slap me in the face for what I had done.

I looked at her shoeless feet. Most of the time she was only touching the floor with her toes, or resting one foot on the other. I presume that her feet were getting cold. Perhaps that's why she was suddenly moving them all over the floor. I already knew that she was looking for her shoes. I smiled a little, but on the other hand, I felt terrible for bringing her in this situation.

But I couldn't look at her feet any longer, because suddenly a black screen appeared. Credits were showing up. The light was on. I decided to get out of there quickly. I picked up my backpack, but before I could put it on my back, the lady touched my elbow. I was already scared. I could see the horror in her eyes. She asked if I had seen her shoes. I answered truthfully that when I had walked upstairs, I had seen something shiny in the row below. She immediately got up and walked towards her shoe. I put my backpack on my back and started walking away. I was about to leave when I suddenly heard her and the man screaming. In my direction! Suddenly the cinema worker tried to...

I woke up terrified. I was wet all over my body. I was breathing fast. I searched for my backpack. I turned on the flashlight of my cell phone and found the backpack. I opened it... but there was nothing inside! I also checked my locker. There was only clothes inside. I threw them out. Nothing. Did I really steal her shoe? Or was it just... a dream?