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Valentines or Palentines: Day 25 (weather) Thunderstorm

Warning for extreme fluff and a slight bit out of character. The word count is 791 words. I hope you all enjoy Thunderous Date Night.

The crash of thunder broke through the night bringing a scream from the other room as I put the popcorn into the microwave to pop. I had thought it would be a great idea to watch horror movies tonight. The storm raging outside has made it a bad move to even consider sitting outside by the pool. Plus if Sam got too afraid she could cuddle into my side and I could easily protect her.

"Tory, are you coming back soon?" she called from her living room sofa.

"In a minute," I called back, pushing the popcorn button on the mic and watching as the bag started to rotate.

Another flash of lightning proceeded a crash of thunder which was shortly followed by a small shriek. I giggled as I walked into the other room to find Sam pulling a throw blanket up to her chin.

I looked on the screen to find Freddy stalking a girl down a shadowy street with his arms outstretched to the extreme. It looked like he was going to give an extreme hug. Until I noticed his claw gloves were extended.

"You might not want to look," I told Sam, sitting down next to her.

"Really?" she asked, turning her face so her head rested against my shoulder.

Another flash of lightning flitted across the window. I remember this thing that my brother and I used to do when we were younger. Counting until the crash of thunder was heard to see how far away the storm actually was.

"Count with me, Sam," I said, watching as Freddy went in for the kill.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight…."

The crash of thunder sounded loudly shaking the house as an earthquake had hit at the same time. I couldn't help but flinch a bit too. Now don't tell anyone I said this but I did happen to have a slight fear of thunderstorms. Which wouldn't help much if I told Sam this fact. Not at all.

"That was really," I said, trying to steady my voice. "You can look now."

The scene had switched to the next day and the main character Nancy and some friends having a conversation about the death of the girl from the last scene. Another flash of lightning flashed across the sky. Which was followed by the sound of microwave beeping which caused a tiny squeak of terror to leave Sam.

"It's just the popcorn, silly," I said, kissing the top of her head. "I'll be right back."

"Tory!"

"What?"

"You don't say you'll be right back. That's a definite death sentence."

"Only if this was a horror movie and not real life."

"Don't come crying to me when there's a horrible serial killer in the next room."

I rolled my eyes and kissed her once before getting up and walking to the door to the living room. "Okay," I said, smirking. "If there's a serial killer in the next room I'll just tell him to bring the popcorn in once he's finished his work for the night."

"Don't joke."

Her giggle was turned into a tiny shriek as both a nightmare scene in the movie and the crash of thunder in real life were heard.

"I swear to God I'll be right back," I said, racing off towards the kitchen

The light on the microwave was flashing the words end as I entered the kitchen. The smell of buttery salty popcorn made my mouth water and caused me to forget the storm raging outside. I walked over and took the popcorn out of the mic and shook it out of its bag into the bowl I had gotten down from the cabinet. I knew practically knew the LaRusso kitchen like I knew my own one.

"Tory!"

"I'm coming!"

I raced into the living room just in time for another loud crash of thunder to cause all the lights and the television to go dark. I skidded to a stop tumbling over my own shoes that I had taken off earlier that evening. At least the popcorn hadn't flown out of the bowl when I hit the floor.

"Now what?" Sam asked, looking at the dark television.

"Why don't we play a board game instead of watching tv?"

"A board game sounds good," Sam said, smiling and moving over to a shelf that was full of them. "Do you have any preference?"

"Surprise me," I said, putting the popcorn on the table and moving my shoes so that we wouldn't have any more almost accidents.

The rest of the night was spent counting the distance between lightning and thunder and playing board games. It was one of the best date nights that Sam and I had ever had.

I hope you all enjoyed Thunderous Date Night as much as I enjoyed writing it.