Heya!

Well, I would have uploaded this earlier, but TODAY IS 4/13 AND IT IS HUGE FOR HOMESTUCKS!

So in this chapter the beautiful RPG Maker game, Ib, is mentioned.
I would suggest you either play it or watch a Let's Play (I would suggest either Cry's or PewDiePie's. StriHiryu did a good one as well).
The other RPG Maker games mentioned in this chapter are due a good YouTubing too!

Anyway, I only own Alena Courtney!

Chapter 10 - Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

Alena bounced into the living room with Kenny close behind.

"You boys hungry?" she asked, "My mom went shopping and said that we could eat ANYTHING."

"Anything?!" Kenny stared at the girl.

"Yeah!" she replied. "When Cartman gets here, we can decide what we wanna do."

"Play horror games." said Kenny at the same time Stan said "Play video games."

"Do you own any horror games?" Kyle asked.

"Yeah, my genre is horror RPGs." shrugged Alena.

"Like what?" Kenny looked interested.

"Ib, The Witch's House, Mad Father, Misao, Aoi Oni, Yume Nikki, Paranoiac, The Crooked Man. Ugh, I didn't like The Crooked Man actually." Alena grimaced, "But I liked Mad Father. And then there's Corpse Party, but I don't have a good enough emulator."

The boys all looked at each other.

"We haven't heard of any of those games." Said Stan.

Alena's eyebrows rose.
"You're kidding," she said, "You haven't heard of any of them? Well, then we'll be playing them."

Kyle's cell rang.

"I bet it's my mom." he grumbled, digging his cell out of his pocket. "Oh, nope, it's Cartman."

Alena learned in closer as Kyle answered.

"Hey dude, what's up?"

"I can't go to the slumber party thing." Cartman's voice was muffled on the other side. "I'm... I'm grounded."

"Why didn't you just phone her?" Kyle frowned.

"l don't have her cell, you fucking moron!" snapped Cartman.

"Well, why are you grounded?" asked Kyle.

"Stuff happened and-"

On the other side of the phone, Alena and Stan could hear the sound of a door opening and Liane Cartman's voice.

"No, Ma, I'm just telling Kyle that I won't be at Alena's slumber party." replied Cartman, "No, Ma, wai-"

Kyle listened Cartman argue with his mother before hanging up.

"Well, Cartman's grounded." Kyle slipped his phone in his back pocket. "Guess it's just the four of us."

"So much for it being a meetup." sighed Stan.

"We knew it wasn't gonna be much of a meetup when we decided to hold it at Alena's." replied Kenny.

A look of hurt fell upon Alena's face.
"You all said it was fine..." she muttered.

"Hey, it's okay." Kyle took Alena's hand.

Stan sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Let's play some video games."

~*~*~

Alena was silent as she set up her laptop and click on her folder full of horror RPGs.

"What game do you want to play?" she asked.

"What would you suggest?" asked Stan.

"Ib. It's good."

"Eeb?" asked Kenny.

"Ib." Alena pointed at the screen.

The three boys steadily played through the prologue of the game, Alena silently watching, until they reached the part where the lights in game switched off and the people disappeared.

"Hey," Alena spoke up, "Go up that top corridor."

"Holy crap!" cried Stan as a figure walked past the window Ib was in front of.

"Let's inspect it." Kenny clicked on the window.

"'It doesn't look locked, but it can't be opened." read Kyle.

"Hmm."

Stan went to move Ib away from the window when a hand slapped against it twice, causing a sudden noise.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Kyle grabbed Alena, burying his head in her neck, as Kenny slammed the laptop shut.

"Nope!" yelled Stan, leaping away his chair, "I am not going to play that fucking game anymore!"

"Oh my God," Kyle clutched Alena's arm.

He received a gentle hug around the waist and a soothing "It's okay, Kyle, it's gone." from Alena.

Kenny just massaged his chest for a moment before sighing.
"Let's continue this." he said.

"Good man!" cried Alena. "You guys up for anymore?"

Stan and Kyle just looked at her.

"Oh come on!" Alena frowned, "That's the worst jump scares in the game. I swear, I'll warn you if something creepy happens."

So Stan continued control of Ib while Kenny hammered the spacebar, wishing to inspect everything, and everything was fine.

Until they walked past a painting which then proceeded to cough at them.

"Jegus Cripes!" cried Alena, "I forgot it did that!"

"Well, it is called The Coughing Man." replied Kenny.

"Let's just advance the plot." Alena reached over and directed Ib into the first dungeon.

Sitting in the dark with only the light of the laptop to illuminate them, the four kids played through Ib for two and a half hours.

It wasn't until the game came to a close (with the ending Memories Crannies), did Alena get up to turn the living room light on.

"What did you think?" she asked.

"Amazing!" cried all three boys, their eyes wide as if they were ten years old again.

"Wow." Alena blinked. "That's the best reaction I've ever received about that game. People think just because it's a pixel game, it's gonna be terrible. And if you like Ib, we should play The Witch's House or Mad Father next.

"What about some food first?" Stan stretched his legs in front of him.

"Well, food is always good." shrugged Alena, strolling over to the kitchen. "What do you guys want to eat?"

"Something cooked." called Kenny, "I wanna try some of Alena Courtney's famous cooking."

"There's a couple of pizza bases in the freezer and there's cheese and stuff." Alena's head reappeared around the door.

"Is the cheese Kosher?" asked Kyle, getting up and heading into to the kitchen.

Alena carefully inspected the cheese wrapper.
"Noo..." she glanced up to lock eyes with Kyle, "You want me to cook something else then?"

"I can always make something." shrugged Kyle.

"You're the guest," Alena persisted, "I should be the one making the dinner."

Kenny and Stan stood in the doorway and watched the exchange between the two redheads.

"Alena," Kyle placed his hands on her shoulders, "seriously, it's not a big deal."

"I want to be able to cook meals that are kosher." Alena mumbled.

"I'll teach you." Kyle smiled, "I'll teach you the way of my people, Magda."

Stan turned to Kenny and said:
"You understand what I mean?"

"What do you mean?" Alena knocked Kyle's hands away.

"You two are so in love with each other." Stan crossed his arms.

"We're not." Kyle and Alena both quipped.

"Kyle..." Stan pinched the bridge of his nose. "It's beyond a joke that you have a crush on Alena. The way you look at each other in class, the way you two smile at each other, you always seem to be together now. It's more obvious with her than it was with the other girls!"

"Other girls?" Alena hissed.

"I was 10." Kyle replied hurriedly, "And you," he glared at Stan, "drop it."

"And Alena, you hated Kyle, didn't you?" Stan ignored his best friend, "You used to find any reason, any at all, to insult and belittle him."

"I never hated him." muttered Alena,

"And?" asked Stan.

"I guess I do kinda have a crush on Kyle." Alena shrugged.

Kyle stared at Alena.

No, what was she doing?! She was going to blow the whole secret!

"What?!" the redhead stared.

The New York native glanced shyly up at Kyle.
"You're cute, you're a nice guy," she chewed her lip, "I have a crush on you."

"Well, I, uh, well, kinda, uh, well," Kyle stammered.

"Just kiss already!" yelled Kenny.

The two redheads looked at each other.

"I suppose we have no choice, dickhead." Alena hissed.

"Fuck you, Courtney." snapped Kyle, grabbing Alena and smashing his mouth on hers.

"Aaw," smiled Kenny, "It's perfect. Two gingers coming together to create a love-hate relationship."

Alena and Kyle didn't break their kissing, but responded with two very rude hand gestures.

Eventually, Kyle broke the kiss and pushed Alena's hair out of her eyes.

"I guess you are very pretty and not that bad." he smiled.

"It that a confession?" asked Alena.

"Yes. Yes, it is." Kyle stroked her face, "And you?"

"I confess my feelings for you too." Alena pressed her lips together.

"Go on then!" cried Stan.

Alena stuck two fingers up in response.

"Be my bitch, Broflowski." she smirked at Kyle, "I'll make it worth your while."

"Your bitch?" Kyle shook his head, "If anything, you're my bitch."

"How about I'll be your girlfriend and you my boyfriend." Alena placed her hands on her hips.

"Done." Kyle nodded.

Both redheads continued glaring at each other before Kyle pulled Alena into a tight hug.

"My Magdalena." Kyle smiled, holding his girlfriend at arm's length.

"I've never been someone's before." Alena smiled back.

"You are now." Kyle smiled.

"Yeah, this is romantic and all," sighed Kenny, "But can we have some food already?"

Wake Up And Smell The Coffee -The Cranberries.

Yes! Finally the confession scene!

But, should Kyle and Alena tell everyone or should only Stan and Kenny know? Let me know in the reviews!

See you in the next chapter!

Don't forget to review!

~Allie x