A/N: Sorry for the melodrama of this chapter; I was watching One Tree Hill whilst writing it.
Things between Haddonfield's favorite closeted-couple had been going downhill over the summer. Visits between the two had gone from constant to none at all, and texts and calls were all barely-existent. The same could be said for every other form of contact between them.
One minute they were on top of the fucking world; a power couple, if you will. Then the next minute they were so distant it hurt. It really did; it physically pained Laurie every time Annie was mentioned.
The reason for this is actually really simple. Annie realized that although she may love Laurie, Paul had been looking very tempting lately. He asked her out almost every day, and she had everyone in town questioning why she wouldn't date him.
Laurie didn't need her girlfriend to tell her, because she saw what was right in front of her; Annie had feelings for Paul. For someone other than her.
For the first little while, Annie denied it. She denied any feelings for the blonde boy with the motorcycle. But eventually, her façade started to slip, and she started to show signs of interest in said boy.
Laurie may seem like a rather reserved girl, but she can be the total opposite when need be. And when she saw Annie kissing Paul goodbye after riding around on his dad's fucking motorcycle, she knew there was a need.
She had run at the tiny girl and hurled accusations at her before they were even ten feet apart. Annie, being the firecracker that she is, had screamed right back, trying to cause the biggest scene possible. She knew that if she caused a big enough scene, Laurie would shut up and settle down.
But there was no such luck of that happening this time. When Laurie reached the other girl, she came so close to hitting her. But she managed to restrain herself from injuring the person she loved most.
Eventually, believe it or not, Annie broke down. She stopped screaming and tried to wipe away the tears that were slipping out. But the tears wouldn't stop and her even breathing became a struggle to maintain.
"We're not a regular couple, Laurie," She said between half-sobs, "Everyone talks about us! I just want it to stop!"
"So you're going to screw around with someone else?" Laurie asks bitterly, her anger dissolving ever-so-slightly at Annie's tears.
"I just want to use him to get people to shut the fuck up! I want to fake-date him to get people off our fucking backs!"
"Baby, I see it all over your face. You like him. Please don't lie to me." Laurie attempts to squeeze more truth out of the brunette, hoping that they can leave this situation less fucked up than expected.
But Annie doesn't answer; she just blushes and looks at the ground.
"I-I have to think about all of this. I'll…talk to you later." Laurie mutters as she turns around and makes her way home, where she can properly breakdown without the prying eyes of Annie's neighbors.
All of that was in June, now it's August and Laurie is only just making her way up Annie's front steps. She thought about it for a majority of the summer before making up her mind about everything.
A/N #2: I think it's pretty obvious what her decision is, considering that this is an Annie/Laurie fic, not an Annie/Paul fic. Is there even such a thing? ;)
Anyways, I decided to go in this direction with the fic, to get ready to set a series of chapters during Halloween. So I had to address why there are mentions of Annie/Paul in the movie.