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Chapter Three

Movie Night and eavesdropping

"Don't split up! The killer will pick you off one by one if you split up!" Gwen Bailey exclaimed at the horror movie that she, Lily, and Nathan were currently watching. "Why is it that the whiney bitches always get to live through these kinds of movies?"

"I don't know. And how come they don't have a gun on their person by the time a sequel rolls around?" Lily asked. "I love these movies though. There so funny."

"Somehow I don't think that's what the directors were aiming for." Nathan replied.

"Well that's the effect they have on me. Funniest movie I ever saw was the exorcist. When that girl was coming down the stairs backwards I burst out laughing."

"Hey you do get scared occasionally." Nathan pointed out.

"That was one time and it was when you fell asleep and left me to watch the Moth man prophesies all by myself and it was based on a true story! When that thing called him and was like your dead wife will be here soon I freaked out okay!"

"And you buried yourself into my side." Nathan said.

"Aw how sweet." Gwen said sarcastically. She was a lot like her mother personality wise. She was around 5'5 with a toned muscular body as a result of her being on the cross country team. Her eyes were hazel and her hair was shoulder length and wavy.

"You're just jealous because Lily feels comfortable enough to snuggle with me."

"Hey, she's going to prom with me." Gwen pointed out cheekily.

Alas she is going to the prom with a she devil. Remember when we were five years old and you always told me that you wanted to go to prom with the guy you were going to marry?"

"Well now I'm going with one of my very best friends who will be there for me when my husband faints in the delivery room." Lily said. "And start being nicer to each other you two." God knows that after four years of her hanging out with Gwen, Lily was ready for her two friends to start being nicer to each other if only for her sake.

"Fine, but I'll never feel about Gwen the way I do about you little Lil."

"No wonder Lily likes me more." Gwen said, "I don't call her little Lil."

"She'll always be my little Lil." Nathan said affectionately.

"Whatever," Gwen said rolling her eyes, "Anyway I'm sure Lily will have lots of fun at the prom because Wesley has been saying that he wants to dance with her." Lily blushed.

"Oh Lil you can't date that prick!" Nathan exclaimed.

"What's wrong with Wesley?" Lily asked slightly angry, "He's nice, he's smart, and he's good looking."

"He's not your type Lil." Nathan said, "He's safe and boring. You need someone who text you dirty jokes during trig. You need someone who brings you out of your comfort zone and makes you laugh. Not to mention someone who gets all of your pop culture references from the nineties." Gwen gave Nathan a look that he couldn't quite place. "Anyway please don't go out with Wesley. He's so dull." Lily rolled her eyes.

"So you can tell me who to not go out with but I can't tell you. How sexist is that?"

"It's not sexist. It's advice from an elder to a youngster."

"I'm not much younger than you."

"Anyway," Gwen said changing the subject, "What was that meeting about with your parents today?"

"Our future." Nathan supplied. "Lily what do you want to be?"

"I don't know Nate. I have so many interests. I would love to work in the music field or maybe be a writer or journalist. I love movies too. Maybe I can write scripts. What do you two want to do?"

"Well," Gwen began, "I want to be a professor of history at a college in New England. I've always wanted to live in Boston."

"Don't tell dad," Nathan said, "but I think I want to be a surgeon."

"I think you would be a great surgeon Nate." Lily told him.

"Thanks. Well it's getting late and I have to go prom shopping with Sally tomorrow so I'll catch you two later." Lily and Gwen made gagging sounds at the mention of Sally. "Very funny." He bent down and kissed Lily on the fore head and nodded towards Gwen. They would never be close friends as Lily had once hoped, but at least they were making the effort.

"Before you go you have to guess the killer." Lily told him.

"It's the film student." He said leaving the room.

"He's always spot on when it comes to guessing the killer." Lily muttered. She turned towards the movie to watch the slasher stabbing his next victim. After a few moments she realized that Gwen was staring at her. "What is it? Do I have a zit forming?"

"No." Gwen replied not breaking her gaze. "Tell me something Lily. How long have you had feelings for Sloan?"

"What!" Lily exclaimed turning her attention from the gruesome death scene of the main characters boyfriend. "You are way off base with this one Gwen. You're so wrong."

"Are you done convincing yourself or you need another minute?" Gwen asked. "All I'm saying is that you two are close and well…you light up when you're around him."

"He's my friend. I light up when I'm around friends."

"Not the way you light up around Nathan." Lily looked away embarrassed.

"Why hasn't anything happened with you two anyways?"

"A few times something almost did. We even kissed once but it was when he was drunk and I don't think he remembered. I just don't think he sees me in that way."

"He never does date the smart naturally pretty girls who don't wear gobs of make-up. Lily do you even want something to happen between you two?"

"I don't know Gwen," Lily began, "but sometimes I hope that he will turn around and look at me and he will see me for the first time. He won't see his best friend or the girl he used to bathe with. He'll just see me as I am. And it hurts when he jokes about marrying me after he's had his fun or because it would make his dad happy because when I think about us marrying I could see myself married to him forever."

"Oh sweetie you have it bad." Gwen said trying for once to be gentle. "I really don't know what you see in Nathan because personally I think he's an arrogant jerk, but I think you two would be really good together if he could only see it."

"Well him dating Slutty Sally doesn't help. He knows I've hated her since I was in the seventh grade after she told everyone I got my period. And then just last year she told the entire school that it was my love poem that was published in the school paper. Thanks for putting glue on her hair ties by the way."

"Oh that was more for me. She made a pass at John while we were still dating."

"Well all the same thank you."

"Your welcome," Gwen said, "and Lily, please don't wait around for Nathan Sloan. If he can't see how awesome you are then he's not worth it." The two girls turned back to the movie completely oblivious to the fact that the bulk of their personal conversation about Nathan Sloan was overheard by a third party who was currently out in the hall way.

A/N- So this is the last chapter I can post for a while because I'm going to FL for 6 days! Sorry to leave you with a cliff hanger!! Review please!!!