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Prologue

"Shit!" Troian sputtered, her mouth stuffed with a handful of popcorn as she jerked up from the couch on shay, horrified, when suddenly a bloody, rotten skinned creature also known as Zombie, appeared on the TV screen, causing the bowl of popcorn to stumble up on shay's lap.

It's Friday, The scenes needed to be shoot that day has been finished just this late afternoon, so the set packed up early. Troian told Shay that she'll be meeting up with Patrick right after, and they split up not till they agreed for a movie night as Shay suggested.

So tonight, these two roomies, in an up-and-down apartment, where cuddled up on a sofa enjoying a movie marathon.

They are now half-way the zombie film, two rom-com movies finished, and four more later, eventually.

"Careful Troi, were running out of popcorn." Shay warned her when she accidentally hit it when she hid on shay s side.

Buttered popcorns were scattered everywhere near them. The small living room is dimly lit with the only light emanating from a 29 inches LCD TV.

"Oh, sorry Hun, it's just- that scene was- gruesome. "She reasoned lamely.

Oooh, That husky voice.

"Yeah, "she agreed glancing at her friend; a smirk crawled on her face. "And NO-, I mean, look at yourself Hun," she tilted her head on the side, teasing her "you look… scared."

Troian scooted a few inches away from her then looked at the screen in the corner of her eyes. "No, I'm so NOT. . ." She convinced "I told you, I'll never be scared with this kind of films," she reminds Shay, who's raising her eyebrow at her that says "REALLY? " "We all know those are just props, make up and pros-"

"Troi, relax." Shay laughs at Troian's not-so-Troian behavior, nudging her roommate with her elbow.

"What's funny?" Troi asked, flashing her death glare.

"Oh, it's nothing, missy." She waved her hand at her dismissively.

Their heads whipped back at the screen the moment they heard a scream.

" .GOD.!, Run you idiot!" Troian shouts at the screen, hands clutching and tugging Shay's shirt. While the other holds the bowl far enough Troian's reach, just in case she jerks up again. But in an instant, the bowl was thrown in the air when Troian jumps on Shay's side. "Bloody hell!"

Shay hasn't paid anymore attention to what have caused Troian to utter such words, in an impulse, moved to reach with all her might the flying bowl, though, she could have just let it fall, and in a split of second it toppled on the floor.

And speak of fall, Shay who's gotten out of balance, for chasing the damn bowl, hand scrambling, feeling for anything steady to old on, was unluckily pulls Troian with her.

"Ooopf!" Shay breathed sharply as another body fell on the floor, on top of her, actually.

"Ugh." Troian moaned.

The two roomies haven't moved yet due to the impact.

"Nice move, Shannon." The pale skinned one growled sarcastically.

Shay whose sight is spinning, rubs her temple "Honey, don't tell me it's my fault, I am certain you are the reason why we're spread out on the floor," she stated "oh, and by the way, I am so thankful it's carpeted, oh gosh, just think of it what might have happened to my head if it wasn't." She mumbled with relief. Her eyes are on the ceiling.

Troian raised her head from her lying position on Shay' s side, eyes narrowed as she respond " Hun," mimicking shay's tone "I can't see why 'it's my fault we are now spread out on the floor'," she quoted using her one hand, as she leaned on her elbow, staring down at Shay with a scowl."Because I'm certain it's 'You' who pulled me down with you." She continued, picking a couple of buttered popcorn sticking on Shay's hair and popping it on her mouth. Raising her eyebrow further, challenging Shay to defend herself.

Then innocently, she licked the butter on her fingers not just soundly.

As for Shay, who was now stunned right at this moment, seems either she hasn't found the words to bark back to their usual playful bickering, or just too stunned as she was to even pay anymore attention on what Troian has just said. Because right now her heart was beating so fast AGAIN, that happens only whenever she's so close to her like this.

Addition to that is the look she's giving Shay with that finger licking she's doing, and Shay who was by now probably just mistaking Troian's actions onto the other means.

Her lips slightly parted, shifting her gaze back and forth Troian's eyes, nose, cheek and that cleft chin of hers. The same feelings flowing inside her, not just today but ever since the day, the first week after the move, makes her wonder. It's so unfamiliar and so new (and in each passing day the feeling that's unknown to her becomes more and more intense), though it's the same in some circumstances but still a bit … different. Twice it crossed her mind the idea of going with the flow and figure things out on the way. And because of her adventurous nature, something on her urges her to try it regardless of the outcomes to see the difference, if there is, and to discover what lies beneath.

The smirk wears off on Troian's face the second she noticed her roommate's eyes rolling all over her face. She has seen this kind of look, and she won't mistake it as a way to seek inspiration for Shay to use as a gummy bullet to fire back at her.

She has seen this so often from Shay, particularly this past couple of days.

There are times she caught her either occasionally glancing at her for so long that it's so unnecessarily, or giving her a once over with a flushed face right after , and or look at her with such adoration (according to Troian).

Whichever of those ways Shay would look at her, though, She would have smiled inwardly, or smirked at her dorkiness and somehow would even make her feel attractive herself and be proud that even Shay who is beautiful inside and out is checking her out.

That's her instant reaction before, right at this point, though, it's different.

She don't know, but it really seems different, because one, it makes her uncomfortable AND it's creeping her out.

Its like there's something so unexpected going to happen and she's not ready.

She can't even find a clue on what was happening or more like about to happen.., it might be also she is missing something or maybe she is ignoring things after or not thinking its impossibilities.

"Uh, Troi?"

"Yeah." Troian blurted out. Startled after the long silence between them.

There's something on Shay that she just couldn't put her finger on it, that however the doubts and nervousness on Troian seems to slowly vanished, and replaced it with worry in Troian' s eyes.

Shay could see it, even feel it.

That is what urged the thoughts in her mind to halt for further self analysis,

weighing feelings

and listing down the pros and cons,

and possible outcomes.

And that whatever happens, it's now or never,

she's decided and it's final.

All she needed to do now is to voice it out.

So she cleared her throat, voice slightly trembling in nervousness accompanied by rapid beating of her heart, she started.

"Troi-"

TBC…

Author's note:

Just in case you guys are wondering, the Prologue is the first half of the climax of the story. It wasn't the climax, though; I mean, it's just the starting point where things become more complicated.

Then after that, I'm gonna start again in the beginning, and that's a long-long way before this moment. Then after that, the future. Or alternate. You choose.

So, if you guys find this story interesting, then I'll continue writing it.

I have plans on this, I have the plot prepared and are arranged for each chapter.

Just tell me.

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