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"So it fulfills some sort of throwback emotional need! That's absolute rubbish," he scoffed.
"I'm just telling you what I remember. I might have a book about it here, something about the need to confront death." Molly headed toward her bookshelf.
Molly had almost chosen to study anthropology rather than pathology at university and still found it very interesting. Sherlock could do with a better understanding of the human condition.
"There is another explanation, but I think it only applies to the couples-watching-scary-movies-together part," Molly began, not making eye contact. It involved 'relationships' which he had a notoriously poor attitude toward.
He raised an eyebrow, "Please do continue."
Sarcasm. Oh, this was going to be a wonderful conversation. Tonight really was cursed.
"Well they say that being scared triggers the 'fight-or-flight' response which mimics arousal and so the couple feels more in love when they get scared together," she rushed through the explanation, trying vainly not to blush, "Probably doesn't hurt that girls will cling onto their boyfriends in the dark either."
Sherlock hummed to himself, clearly thinking over what Molly had said. "Alright, that sounds like a testable hypothesis."
"Okay...what?" Molly was confused, he must have skipped something.
"Simple science. We will test your theory by watching one of those films and gauging our reactions afterward. Shall we begin?"
NB: There it is, a 'social experiment' involving watching a scary movie with Molly. Hope this wasn't too slow of a chapter, but I don't want to rush the experiment. There will be more than 4 parts now that I've got the experiment set up, though, a little dark but with fluffy at the end. Part 4 up next! - CG
