PROLOGUE: Sunny Grove, California, just outside L.A. July, 2002.
"Geez, I wonder what they will come up with next! Honestly it's getting a bit beyond a joke now isn't it?" snorted my best friend, Lindy, as we left the cinemas after seeing "Stab 13: Ghostfaces' ghost!"
I squinted into the afternoon sun, which seemed brighter after being in the darkness of the cinemas. For my own part there was always something about horror movies- no matter how farfetched they may appear- which gave me chills.
"I thought it was neat." My boyfriend Sean disagreed. "That bit with the cook in the school cafeteria."
"Yeah, well you would." Lindy said casting him a withering look.
With a sigh I placed myself between the two of them. It seemed I often had to facilitate between the two of them, as the truth is neither is the other's biggest fan! But Lindy and I had been best friends since Grade school, and there was no way I'd give the friendship up for my boyfriend, especially seeing as how we'd only been together a few months at this stage. They just are not the same type of person, but if I had to choose between either of them I don't think I could do it. Luckily most of their bickering is kept to silly little comments and both generally make an effort to get along for my sake, which of course I appreciate, knowing Lindy is not exactly the definition of 'tact' in the dictionary!
"What I was thinking was how rich this Sidney Prescott would be now. I mean they'd have to pay her royalties or something for using her name and character wouldn't they? Even if her own story doesn't extend beyond the fourth Stab movie?" I said.
"Yeah, she made a packet. There was an interview with her on "Entertainment Tonight" the other day, and she was saying that her, Dewey, Gail....they've all made a lot. But interestingly enough she doesn't even keep the money. It goes to her charity, the "Sidney Prescott Victims of Crime Association". I guess after what she's been through she'd hardly want to see money made out of it, would she?" Lindy said.
"I don't know. If someone ever writes a movie about my life I'm going to buy a Porsche!" Sean said. I rolled my eyes at Lindy. Sometimes I get the impression that the two of them find something to argue about simply for the sake of arguing?
"Somehow I think that's not very likely." I told Sean. "But playing the devil's advocate here, who would play you?"
He grinned. "Someone cool of course.."
"Of course." I agreed.
"Maybe Will Smith?" He offered.
Lindy snorted again, and I changed the subject. "So did Sidney say what she did now in the interview? Or where she lived?" I asked Lindy quickly.
"Not really, she was pretty private. I mean I know that it's all over and all, but she probably doesn't want some wacko ringing her, or visiting her." Lindy said.
We crossed the road, and went into the pizza parlor there. It was the local hangout, and in fact it was where Sean and I went on our first date. Granted that's hardly romantic, but Sean's not really the romantic type. This doesn't bother me; I love him for who he is, for his sense of humor, his incredible green eyes, his great athletic body...okay, that's getting soppy and I'm sorry! The place was fairly busy, and we spotted some of our classmates in a booth and crammed in with them.
"So, did you see Stab 13 then too?" James, one of Sean's teammates from the basketball team asked.
"Sure did-do you think there might be another one?" Sean asked.
"Spare us please!" Lindy muttered under her breath and I threw her a grin. Privately I agreed with her. In all reality I had only gone to the movie only out of curiosity. Sean, of course had wanted to see it, and when I asked Lindy she'd looked thoughtful and said "I can't really say no can I? Purely from a sociological perspective of course!" I'd laughed, and agreed. "Face it Lin, we're both just too damn curious to see how they keep the saga going on!"
"I think they left the door open for it....how near the end there was that shadow near Sidney and Dewey's place-" James said.
"I thought it was Gail out for revenge for Sidney stealing her man!" interrupted another of the team members.
"No way, it was definitely Marshall..you didn't see at the end whether or not he was dead after he fell from the balcony. We all just assumed he was...but he isn't, and he is going to get revenge for his third cousin mark my words!" James argued.
"He has a point though. Maybe Gail could go all crazy and psycho because of losing Dewey?" Sean suggested.
I sighed, a little bored with this talk, and asked if anyone wanted a slice of pizza since I was getting one for myself?
"Yeah, can you grab me one with the lot babe?" Sean asked.
"I'll come with you." Lindy said, anxious to get away from the "guy talk" about the movie.
Later that afternoon Sean dropped Lindy home, and then me. As we were saying goodbye out the front of my place, he joked "Wouldn't it be funny if it all happened again? I mean not necessarily to Sidney, to someone else?"
"Funny?" I repeated, wondering where my boyfriend got his sense of humor from sometimes.
"Well not funny-funny.but.nevermind." Sean said.
"Well I don't know about you, but I'm going to have nightmares tonight about a guy in a ghost mask chasing me round my house!" I said, with a grin. This wasn't really all that true, whilst horror movies did give me chills this one was so beyond the realm of reality that I didn't find it all that scary!
"I could always stay over and protect you." Sean said.
I laughed. "Good try Romeo. But somehow I don't think Mom would be too impressed with that one!"
"Parents." He muttered.
"I better get in and start on that Math assignment. I have a feeling it's going to take me awhile!" I said, with a sigh. It was no secret Math was not my best subject.
"I could help you study." Sean offered, and I hid a smile. I'm nothing if not honest, and Sean was probably a worst student than me. He was too interested in sport to bother with schoolwork.
"Thanks, but no thanks. If I need help I'm sure Lindy would be more than happy to help me!" I replied. Lindy was very smart, in fact in an IQ test a few years back she had scored way above average. Maybe this was one of the reasons that she and Sean didn't get along the best; I mentioned they were different types of people right?
"Anyway, the movie was good. I'll meet you at the usual place tomorrow right?" I said, finally tearing myself away from his arms.
"Same bat place, some bat time." He misquoted, and I rolled my eyes.
"Dag!" I said.
"Yeah, but you love me for it!" He retorted, and I grinned, and kissed him, admitting that it was true. Then I went inside to work on my Math assignment.
"Geez, I wonder what they will come up with next! Honestly it's getting a bit beyond a joke now isn't it?" snorted my best friend, Lindy, as we left the cinemas after seeing "Stab 13: Ghostfaces' ghost!"
I squinted into the afternoon sun, which seemed brighter after being in the darkness of the cinemas. For my own part there was always something about horror movies- no matter how farfetched they may appear- which gave me chills.
"I thought it was neat." My boyfriend Sean disagreed. "That bit with the cook in the school cafeteria."
"Yeah, well you would." Lindy said casting him a withering look.
With a sigh I placed myself between the two of them. It seemed I often had to facilitate between the two of them, as the truth is neither is the other's biggest fan! But Lindy and I had been best friends since Grade school, and there was no way I'd give the friendship up for my boyfriend, especially seeing as how we'd only been together a few months at this stage. They just are not the same type of person, but if I had to choose between either of them I don't think I could do it. Luckily most of their bickering is kept to silly little comments and both generally make an effort to get along for my sake, which of course I appreciate, knowing Lindy is not exactly the definition of 'tact' in the dictionary!
"What I was thinking was how rich this Sidney Prescott would be now. I mean they'd have to pay her royalties or something for using her name and character wouldn't they? Even if her own story doesn't extend beyond the fourth Stab movie?" I said.
"Yeah, she made a packet. There was an interview with her on "Entertainment Tonight" the other day, and she was saying that her, Dewey, Gail....they've all made a lot. But interestingly enough she doesn't even keep the money. It goes to her charity, the "Sidney Prescott Victims of Crime Association". I guess after what she's been through she'd hardly want to see money made out of it, would she?" Lindy said.
"I don't know. If someone ever writes a movie about my life I'm going to buy a Porsche!" Sean said. I rolled my eyes at Lindy. Sometimes I get the impression that the two of them find something to argue about simply for the sake of arguing?
"Somehow I think that's not very likely." I told Sean. "But playing the devil's advocate here, who would play you?"
He grinned. "Someone cool of course.."
"Of course." I agreed.
"Maybe Will Smith?" He offered.
Lindy snorted again, and I changed the subject. "So did Sidney say what she did now in the interview? Or where she lived?" I asked Lindy quickly.
"Not really, she was pretty private. I mean I know that it's all over and all, but she probably doesn't want some wacko ringing her, or visiting her." Lindy said.
We crossed the road, and went into the pizza parlor there. It was the local hangout, and in fact it was where Sean and I went on our first date. Granted that's hardly romantic, but Sean's not really the romantic type. This doesn't bother me; I love him for who he is, for his sense of humor, his incredible green eyes, his great athletic body...okay, that's getting soppy and I'm sorry! The place was fairly busy, and we spotted some of our classmates in a booth and crammed in with them.
"So, did you see Stab 13 then too?" James, one of Sean's teammates from the basketball team asked.
"Sure did-do you think there might be another one?" Sean asked.
"Spare us please!" Lindy muttered under her breath and I threw her a grin. Privately I agreed with her. In all reality I had only gone to the movie only out of curiosity. Sean, of course had wanted to see it, and when I asked Lindy she'd looked thoughtful and said "I can't really say no can I? Purely from a sociological perspective of course!" I'd laughed, and agreed. "Face it Lin, we're both just too damn curious to see how they keep the saga going on!"
"I think they left the door open for it....how near the end there was that shadow near Sidney and Dewey's place-" James said.
"I thought it was Gail out for revenge for Sidney stealing her man!" interrupted another of the team members.
"No way, it was definitely Marshall..you didn't see at the end whether or not he was dead after he fell from the balcony. We all just assumed he was...but he isn't, and he is going to get revenge for his third cousin mark my words!" James argued.
"He has a point though. Maybe Gail could go all crazy and psycho because of losing Dewey?" Sean suggested.
I sighed, a little bored with this talk, and asked if anyone wanted a slice of pizza since I was getting one for myself?
"Yeah, can you grab me one with the lot babe?" Sean asked.
"I'll come with you." Lindy said, anxious to get away from the "guy talk" about the movie.
Later that afternoon Sean dropped Lindy home, and then me. As we were saying goodbye out the front of my place, he joked "Wouldn't it be funny if it all happened again? I mean not necessarily to Sidney, to someone else?"
"Funny?" I repeated, wondering where my boyfriend got his sense of humor from sometimes.
"Well not funny-funny.but.nevermind." Sean said.
"Well I don't know about you, but I'm going to have nightmares tonight about a guy in a ghost mask chasing me round my house!" I said, with a grin. This wasn't really all that true, whilst horror movies did give me chills this one was so beyond the realm of reality that I didn't find it all that scary!
"I could always stay over and protect you." Sean said.
I laughed. "Good try Romeo. But somehow I don't think Mom would be too impressed with that one!"
"Parents." He muttered.
"I better get in and start on that Math assignment. I have a feeling it's going to take me awhile!" I said, with a sigh. It was no secret Math was not my best subject.
"I could help you study." Sean offered, and I hid a smile. I'm nothing if not honest, and Sean was probably a worst student than me. He was too interested in sport to bother with schoolwork.
"Thanks, but no thanks. If I need help I'm sure Lindy would be more than happy to help me!" I replied. Lindy was very smart, in fact in an IQ test a few years back she had scored way above average. Maybe this was one of the reasons that she and Sean didn't get along the best; I mentioned they were different types of people right?
"Anyway, the movie was good. I'll meet you at the usual place tomorrow right?" I said, finally tearing myself away from his arms.
"Same bat place, some bat time." He misquoted, and I rolled my eyes.
"Dag!" I said.
"Yeah, but you love me for it!" He retorted, and I grinned, and kissed him, admitting that it was true. Then I went inside to work on my Math assignment.