Alice sat there on the couch with her knees pulled up to her chest.
"Don't go in the house…" she said with a disapproving tone in her voice. She glanced over at Dash whose eyes were wide. She scooted closer to him and he smirked.
"Ali, it's just a movie."
"A friggen scary movie." Dash rolled his eyes and continued to try and see if the couch would swallow him whole. She knew he was scared, but he was a thirteen year old boy. What else would he do? Alice tried to hug her knees closer to her chest. Dash looked tentatively at the TV, like the characters were just 'gonna jump out and kill him. At a time like this she would take the opportunity to tease her best friend, but she was also scared. Her eyes felt heavy and the fact that the TV was only light in the room wasn't helping. She shifted in her spot on the couch and let herself fall asleep.
…...
Dash glanced over at Alice who was sound asleep, and smiled. He tossed a blanket over her and pulled the bowl of popcorn out of her lap. He ejected the DVD from the TV and popped in Ghostbusters. He was SO done with the scary movies. Suddenly there was a rumble. At first it sounded like a plane passing over head, but then it got louder or closer. Dash frowned and got up from his spot on the couch, popcorn still in hand, and went to find the source of the sound. He pushed the blinds to the sliding glass door open and promptly dropped the popcorn.
"What the hell?!"