Stacie groaned as she rolled over to grab the phone that was disrupting her sleep. "Hello?"
"Hey honey. It's your uncle."
"What's up uncle Joe?"
"I'm just calling to give you a heads up, I just got off the phone with the oil company. They won't be able to make it to the cabin with the weather as bad as it is up there. You and your friends are probably gonna have to wait at least a few days before you head up."
"The weather? Oh, crap."
"Something wrong?"
"A couple of our friends went up early to meet them. I gotta let them know. I'll call you later. Love you." Stacie hung up and quickly call Chloe's phone.
Beca and Chloe fell onto the couch having just finished bringing in the last of the luggage from the car when the redheads phone began to ring. "Hey Stacie!"
"Chlo... Hello?... Hear me?"
"Just barely. I don't have a good signal up here. Might be the weather."
"That and being in the middle of the woods." The brunette mumbled.
"Shush you. Whats up Stacie?"
"Oil comp... not coming... sn... to bad... ood for the fireplace in shed... to light it in..."
"Hello? Stacie?" Chloe looked at her phone to see the call dropped and no signal at the top of the screen.
"What did she say?"
"I think she said the oil people can't come because of the snow."
"So we just get to freeze here? Great."
"She was saying something about firewood. I think in the shed out there." She finished, turning to look out the window.
A while later Beca dropped the last bit of wood onto the pile they had made inside the cabin, After investigating the shed they had indeed found it filled with chopped wood for the fire place. "Okay." She said with a deep breath. "Now we just have to find something to light it with. Chloe, did Stacie saying anything about a lighter or matches?"
"If she did I didn't hear it. The call kept breaking up. Lets look around." They began rummaging through various drawers and cabinets. In one drawer Chloe found what looked like some kind of rock with some metal attached to it by a string. Unable to figure out what it was she shrugged her shoulders and put it back. "Find anything Becs?"
"No. How is there not a single match in this place?" The brunette asked, throwing her arms up.
"I don't know. Maybe they didn't want to always tend to a fire and just relied the heater." She heard the younger girl let out what she thinks was a growl. "Hey its okay. You already have the best heater you could ask for." She said, approaching her tiny friend.
"Yeah? Whats that?"
"Me!" The ginger bubbly shouted and throwing her arms around Beca, almost knocking the smaller girl off balance. "Now you have absolutely no reason not to snuggle with me allllll day. It is for our survival after all."
Beca gave an exaggerated eye roll. "Well if its cuddles or a cold death I guess I don't really have choice do I?"
"Exactly. Now come on, we're going to the couch." Chloe began walking the pair to couch, refusing to let ago of the brunette.
"Chloe we can walk normally to the couch."
"Nnnope. Its like you said, a cold death if I let ago." The redhead replied with a giggle. After reaching the furniture she continued. "Its not all bad. We still have electricity. And there's a DVD player on the TV."
"Oh yay, movies." Beca deadpanned.
"I know they're not your favorite but with no internet or cell signal what else is there to do? Unless you brought a book."
"No, shockingly enough I didn't bring a book. Go get the movies you brought."
A moment later Chloe returned with a stack of movies and a couple blankets. "Don't worry. I didn't just bring rom coms. I brought some other movies you might like as well. Action, horror and whatnot. "
After a few hours of movies and a break for dinner Beca looked out of the window. "Its dark already? It's like five."
"That's winter in the north for you. Wanna watch another movie?"
"Not really. But there isn't much else to do here. Can I pick?"
"Sure!"
The young brunette rummaged through the various DVDs until something finally caught her eye. "I pick this one."
"The Fourth Kind" Chloe read aloud. "I remember this movie. It's based around some disappearances in Alaska that were never solved back in the sixties."
"Are they sure it was aliens and not bigfoot? Or you know, people coming to their senses about living in a frozen hell like Alaska?"
"Come on, Beca. Everyone knows bigfoot lives in the continental United States. And I hear Alaska is beautiful."
"I'm sure it is the three months of the year it's not dark and frozen."
"You really are meant to live in the south aren't you? Put the movie in." The redhead said giving the younger girl a gentle push.
"Alright, alight. You don't have to get handsy."
"When am I not, Becs?"
"Fair enough." Beca agreed, sitting back down.
Beca wasn't really sure why she did this to herself. As much as she tried to tell herself she enjoyed horror movies they always got to her more than they should. Especially now in an isolated cabin during I winter storm the young DJ was having a hard time keeping her shit together. She tried her best to maintain a poker face and not jump or squeeze Chloe's hand throughout the movie. But despite her best efforts her facade dropped a few times. She only hoped the older girl didn't notice.
Even after a couple more movies Beca still couldn't shake the uneasy feeling as the two headed to bed. She laid there in the bed her eyes close but unable to sleep. She envied the redhead next to her. She had felt the older girls breathing even out quickly and now she was sleeping peacefully as Beca laid there unable to do the same. The storm outside had picked up again and the wind howling all around the cabin outside was not helping the situation at all. The brunette wanted to readjust herself but was afraid to open her eyes. The curtains on window had been slightly ajar and she feared if opened her eyes she would see the white owl from the movie. "It was fucking movie Mitchell. Grow a pair and open your eyes. There's nothing there." She chastised herself before finally opening her eyes. "See. Nothing there." Just at that moment a strong gust of wind blew cause a bang from somewhere around the cabin. Beca jumped, jostling sleeping ginger next to her.
"Something wrong, Becs?" Chloe asked in groggy voice.
"No. The wind made a noise and it startled me. I'm sorry I woke you up."
"It's k..." With that Chloe was once again asleep. Beca let out a sigh and put her head back down. Eventually an uneasy sleep came to her.
Beca opened her eyes to a bright light blinding her. She quickly realized she also couldn't move, she struggled against her bonds to no avail. "Hey! Who are you?! Where am I ?! What are doing?!" She yelled out barely able to make out shadowy figures moving beyond the light. She could hear them talking, but it wasn't any sort of language she recognized. She began to panic even more when she heard what sounded like drill being turned on. "What are doing?! Get away from me! Get away from me!"
Beca's eyes snapped open and she shot up with a scream. She felt someone attempting to grab her and pushed back trying to fight them off. "Beca. Beca it's me!" The brunette finally looked around. She was in the cabin. The wind still howling outside, the person in front of her none other the redhead with her reassuring smile. "It's just me, Becs. You okay?"
"Yeah. It was just a bad dream. I'm sorry my screaming woke you up."
"It wasn't the scream. You were tossing around a lot in your sleep. I figured you were having a nightmare so I woke you up."
"So it was you that saved me."
"Sure was! Saved you from what by the way?"
"The aliens..." The younger girl replied sheepishly.
"Aliens? Oh my god, that movie scared the shit out of you didn't it?" The redhead realized, a grin forming on her face.
"No it didn't. Shut up." Beca attempted to say defiantly.
"It so did! Aww come here." Chloe said wrapping her arms around the DJ.
"No. Stop it." Beca briefly protested before just giving up to the redheads embrace.
Chloe laid them back "Don't worry. I'll keep you safe from the aliens."
"Shut up."
Chloe giggled. "Hush little baby don't you cry." She began to gently sing to the brunette.
"Dude." Beca said turning back to Chloe. "Are you actually singing me a child's lullaby right now?"
The older girl laughed again. "Yes. It'll help you sleep."
Beca groaned and turned back over. Despite how ridiculous she thought the choice of song was, the redheads gentle, smooth singing was helping her relax. Before long fell into a peaceful sleep to Chloe's lullaby.
If it's not super clear, the item Chloe found in the drawer is what's sometimes known as a flint and steal. It's a tool used for starting fires by striking the flint with the steel to make sparks. Also Sorry this took sooooo long.