Aubrey stopped by the door that led from the kitchen to the living room when she noticed the pale glow of the television. She walked towards the couch, smiling when she found Stacie sprawled on it wrapped in a blanket.
"What are you watching?"
"Halloween." Stacie looked up at her and smiled, sitting up and patting the space next to her.
Aubrey bit her lip without sitting down. "Oh, I don't like scary movies."
"Stay, this one's not so bad." Stacie grabbed her wrist and pulled her down next to her.
"Okay." Aubrey's heart skipped with every swipe of Stacie's thumb on her wrist.
She was starting to relax, forgetting the million things that had kept her up and made her go wandering downstairs in the first place, when the music in the movie got louder making her turn to the screen. Stacie let go of her wrist and reached for the popcorn bowl on the coffee table and brought it to her lap. Aubrey grabbed a handful of popcorn and focused on the movie.
She really didn't like scary movies. Especially the ones where there was a psychopath on a killing spree. She could rationalize paranormal events enough to actually enjoy the movies, but that didn't work when everything in the movie could actually happen.
Her nervousness increased as the movie progressed and she started inching closer to Stacie. She grabbed the corner of the blanket on Stacie's lap and started pulling on it. Stacie chuckled when she noticed and moved half of the blanket to Aubrey's lap. The blonde her threw her a thankful smile and pulled her feet up on the couch, hugging her knees to her chest and scooting right next to Stacie.
A door slammed shut in the movie, making Aubrey jump and grab Stacie's hand, ending up with her back pressed against Stacie's chest.
Stacie wrapped her free arm around Aubrey's waist. "Are you okay?"
Aubrey nodded without looking away from the screen, pulling both of Stacie's arms tighter around herself. "Something's gonna happen."
"It wouldn't be much of a movie if nothing happened." She squeezed Aubrey. "I should've made you watch scary movies with me sooner."
Aubrey shushed her and squeezed her arm. "Why doesn't he turn the light on?"
"People in scary movies aren't very smart."
Aubrey turned to Stacie when the killer came out, hiding her face on the crook of her neck. "Tell me when it's over."
Stacie felt Aubrey's lips on her neck and her breath hitched. She could feel Aubrey's breath on her skin and she was still hugging her arm. She knew she shouldn't be enjoying this so much, especially while someone was being brutally murdered in the movie, but she didn't want it to end.
"Is it over?"
"Almost." Stacie wasn't sure what was happening in the movie but she wanted Aubrey to stay there a bit longer.
Aubrey felt Stacie shift and noticed their position. She turned her head and her nose bumped against Stacie's neck, her lips just a hair's breadth away from her skin.
"You smell really good."
Stacie swallowed visibly. "Thank you."
Aubrey lifted her head and looked at Stacie's lips. "Stace." Stacie looked away from the screen and at Aubrey who was still clinging to her. "I think-"
There was a creak behind them and Aubrey straightened up. "What was that?"
"What was what?" Stacie was still looking at Aubrey and hadn't heard anything.
"That noise."
"I didn't hear anything." Stacie tried to turn but Aubrey was fully on top of her and she couldn't move much.
Aubrey relaxed a little, turning back to look at Stacie. "Maybe I imagined it." She smiled shyly and tapped her fingers on Stacie's shoulder. "I was saying that-"
There was another, louder creak and now Aubrey was sure it had come from behind the stairs. She straddled Stacie and looked over her head.
"A lap dance wasn't really in my plans for tonight, but okay."
"Stacie!" Aubrey admonished. "Stop being a perv, there's someone back there."
"I can go check if-"
"No!" Aubrey hugged her head to her chest. "Don't go, were you not paying attention to the movie?"
"I'm really trying to not say something pervy, but…" Stacie mumbled against Aubrey.
Aubrey looked down and let go of Stacie's head. "Sorry."
There were a few taps on one of the windows.
"Okay, I heard that." Stacie said nervously. She grabbed Aubrey and placed her on the couch next to her. "I'm gonna go check it out."
"No! Wait." Aubrey got up and clung to her arm. "I'll go with you."
Stacie started walking towards the far window that faced the front of the house with Aubrey in tow.
"Maybe we should get a weapon." Stacie whispered.
"Like what?" Aubrey looked around the room and pulled on Stacie's arm making her slow down.
Stacie turned to look at her quickly before continuing forward. "I don't know, a bat or something."
"I don't think anyone in the house owns a bat." Aubrey whispered.
Stacie stopped in front of the window and grabbed the curtains, taking a deep breath and looking at Aubrey before pulling them open. Aubrey nodded and stepped closer to her, her hand holding on to Stacie's shirt.
Stacie counted to three under her breath and opened the curtain, yelling at what she found on the other side. She heard Aubrey yell beside her and felt her arms wrap around her waist tightly.
"Fat Amy, what the fuck?"
Fat Amy dropped the flashlight she'd been holding under her face and started laughing, walking around to the door and still trying to catch her breath as she walked inside. "Oh god, you should've seen your faces."
The stairs light turned on and the rest of the girls appeared at the top. "What's happening."
"Stacie and Aubrey were smooching on the couch and I scared them."
"What?" Chloe squealed and ran down the stairs.
Aubrey rolled her eyes at Chloe's excitement. "We weren't smooching, we were watching a movie."
"Right, because you had to climb on top of Stacie to watch it properly." Fat Amy scoffed.
"It was a scary movie." Stacie said, taking a step closer to Aubrey.
Chloe arched her eyebrows at them and Aubrey sighed. "It's late, we should all go to sleep."
Everyone started heading back to their rooms. Aubrey was about to follow Chloe up the stairs when Stacie stopped her.
She tilted her head and pointed back at the couch. "We didn't finish the movie."
"Tomorrow?" Aubrey smiled and leaned close to her. "Maybe I'll let you climb on top of me this time."
