Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or situations that you recognize from any of the POTC movies. I'm merely borrowing them for my own selfish pleasure.

A/N: Some of us over at HTR decided that as it's almost the one year anniversary of AWE, we should do a drabble countdown to it. The following stories are all drabbles; each one is different and is in no way connected to the one before it, unless otherwise noted. Some will be modern and others will be in the POTC time period. Enjoy!

Oh, and just so we're clear, I'd say Will and Liz are about 16-17 in this drabble.

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Modern: Chick Flick

"You're not actually going to make me watch any of these, are you?"

Elizabeth rolled her eyes, shoving her boyfriend down onto her couch. "Of course I'm going to make you watch one of these!"

Will groaned as Elizabeth began to rifle through her collection of DVDs, looking for the five that she deemed were the "cutest". After searching for several minutes, Elizabeth squealed, looking excitedly down at her selections.

"Okay, Will," she began, showing him the movies, "which one do you want to watch?"

Will picked up each of the movies and studied them. "The Notebook, Sweet Home Alabama, Love Actually, Dirty Dancing, Elizabethtown…. You've got to be kidding me, right?"

Elizabeth scoffed. "These are actually pretty good movies, I'll have you know. Now, if you don't pick one, then I will – and you'll have to suffer through whatever choice I make."

"Fine, fine!" Will held up his hands in mock surrender, glaring down at the DVDs lying on the ground in front of him. "Just give me a second."

Will studied the movies for a few minutes. After going over each of them, he decided on Elizabethtown. Elizabeth squealed delightedly.

"Excellent choice, Will! This movie is fantastic."

Will rolled his eyes, doubting her opinion. "Will there be at least an action scene or something in this?"

"Uh," Elizabeth thought about it for a moment as she slid the DVD into the player. "A fake bird catches on fire in a hotel, causing slight havoc. Is that action-y enough for you?"

"No," Will deadpanned as he opened his arms for Elizabeth to come and cuddle up next to him. "So, nothing's going to blow up or anything?"

"What is it with men and wanting to see something blow up in every movie that they watch?" Elizabeth asked, annoyed, as the movie started up.

Will shrugged. "It's a guy thing, Liz." Elizabeth rolled her eyes.

The movie started after another couple of moments. Elizabeth hooted appreciatively when the main character came onto the screen within the first couple minutes. "You know, Will," she said, looking from the actor on the screen to her boyfriend, "you look just like Orlando Bloom. Like, really."

"Right," Will chuckled good-naturedly. "You're just saying that to boost my ego."

"Am not!" Elizabeth retorted, giggling as Will began to tickle her. "And now you're trying to distract me from watching the movie!"

Will tried to look nonchalant. "Maybe."

"You're so lame." Elizabeth smacked him playfully on the arm before returning her gaze to the screen.

After the first hour or so had gone by, Elizabeth noticed a faint snoring coming from behind her. When she looked up at Will, she saw that her boyfriend was sound asleep. She wasn't surprised. Giggling, she quickly pinched him on his forearm, waking him instantly.

"Wha?" He looked around blurrily. "What'd I miss?"

"Just stay awake!" she jokingly chastised him. He rolled his eyes playfully before looking back at the movie.

Another hour later, the movie came to an end. "…But, also…life." The screen blacked out for a split second before The Temptation's I Can't Get Next to You began to play, the credits rolling shortly thereafter. Elizabeth sighed happily.

"So," she began, once again looking up at Will, surprised to find that he was actually still awake, "what'd you think?"

"I think I need to go watch something blow up now."

"Will!" Elizabeth smacked his arm. "Come on, what did you really think?"

"It was…all right," he admitted sheepishly. "It wasn't terrible."

"You liked it, didn't you?" Elizabeth pressed him excitedly.

"I said it was 'all right', and I'm leaving it at that," he replied, playfully poking her.

Elizabeth smiled, rather satisfied with herself. If Will liked this movie, then who knew what other movies she'd get him to cave into watching… Yeah, she'd get her boyfriend to like chick flicks one way or another. She was sure of it.