Chapter Five: Round Two
After eating almost half of the food Ashley and Chloe had purchased, the group moved into the den to watch movies. Ashley picked up Breakfast at Tiffany's and moved to put it into the VCR. Terri cooed.
"Oh, Breakfast at Tiffany's! I love this movie." She spoke, and Chloe and Hazel nodded.
"I love Audrey Hepburn." Chloe added, and Ellie snorted. Chloe turned to her, perturbed. "What?"
"Which part of Audrey Hepburn do you love? Is it her depth as an actress? She's awfully good at playing the different stages of a drunk. Or maybe you prefer the way her emaciated body was meant to be the height of beauty?" Ellie fired, and Chloe's jaw dropped.
"Guys, come on . . . " Ashley tried to interject and again diffuse the situation. Chloe was livid.
"Audrey Hepburn was the pinnacle of cool, the ultimate icon of sophistication . . . " Chloe argued. Ellie snorted again.
"Cool, she says. And what showed she was so sophisticated? Was it the cigarette pressed between her lips or the vodka bottle in her hand?" Ellie replied, and now Paige started in.
"I don't think either of you should be defining cool." She spoke, and everyone rolled their eyes.
"Shut up, Paige." Ellie and Chloe said again in unison before continuing to glare at each other. Paige huffed a deep sigh, exasperated.
"If no one wants me here, then why was I invited?" she asked, flopping back down on the armchair.
"You weren't invited, Paige! You invited yourself!" Ashley cried, and then turned back to Ellie and Chloe. "Look guys, it's just a movie. We don't even have to watch it if it's going to cause so much trouble."
"You have no appreciation for the classics." Chloe spoke.
"And you have no appreciation for reality!" Ellie countered, standing up to face Chloe. Chloe stood as well, and they almost matched up in height. They looked about ready to launch into physical battle when Ashley pushed her way between them.
"Enough, you two. Time out." She called, and they each retreated back to their separate corners.
After eating almost half of the food Ashley and Chloe had purchased, the group moved into the den to watch movies. Ashley picked up Breakfast at Tiffany's and moved to put it into the VCR. Terri cooed.
"Oh, Breakfast at Tiffany's! I love this movie." She spoke, and Chloe and Hazel nodded.
"I love Audrey Hepburn." Chloe added, and Ellie snorted. Chloe turned to her, perturbed. "What?"
"Which part of Audrey Hepburn do you love? Is it her depth as an actress? She's awfully good at playing the different stages of a drunk. Or maybe you prefer the way her emaciated body was meant to be the height of beauty?" Ellie fired, and Chloe's jaw dropped.
"Guys, come on . . . " Ashley tried to interject and again diffuse the situation. Chloe was livid.
"Audrey Hepburn was the pinnacle of cool, the ultimate icon of sophistication . . . " Chloe argued. Ellie snorted again.
"Cool, she says. And what showed she was so sophisticated? Was it the cigarette pressed between her lips or the vodka bottle in her hand?" Ellie replied, and now Paige started in.
"I don't think either of you should be defining cool." She spoke, and everyone rolled their eyes.
"Shut up, Paige." Ellie and Chloe said again in unison before continuing to glare at each other. Paige huffed a deep sigh, exasperated.
"If no one wants me here, then why was I invited?" she asked, flopping back down on the armchair.
"You weren't invited, Paige! You invited yourself!" Ashley cried, and then turned back to Ellie and Chloe. "Look guys, it's just a movie. We don't even have to watch it if it's going to cause so much trouble."
"You have no appreciation for the classics." Chloe spoke.
"And you have no appreciation for reality!" Ellie countered, standing up to face Chloe. Chloe stood as well, and they almost matched up in height. They looked about ready to launch into physical battle when Ashley pushed her way between them.
"Enough, you two. Time out." She called, and they each retreated back to their separate corners.
