"Why do we like movies like that?" Craig asked, getting ready to put Final Destination 2 into the VCR.
"I don't know," Sammy said. "We always have."
"Yeah," Craig replied. He took Final Destination out of the VCR and then put the other one in.
He jumped back up onto the couch next to her.
"Do you remember that one night we stayed up and watched Stephen King movies until midnight?" Craig asked.
"Yeah," Sammy laughed.
"Our moms said that we'd have nightmares but we fell asleep," he said. "Together."
"Yeah," Sammy replied. "I remember that. I also remember my dad waking us up and giving us a sex talk right afterwards."
"Yeah," Craig said, stretching. "That was embarrassing."
"Yeah, we were what? Eight?"
"At least."
Sammy and Craig laughed. They looked at each other and Craig put his arm around her shoulder and leaned in and kissed her. Sammy returned the kiss.
Craig pulled away from her. "I remember that," he whispered. "From when we were seven."
"Yeah," Sammy replied. "I love you."
"I love you, too."
Craig and Sammy kissed again.
At that time, Gabriel started crying. Sammy pulled back. "I'm gonna go check on him," she said.
"I'll come with you," Craig replied.
Sammy ran upstairs and walked into Gabriel's room. Gabriel looked up and saw Craig. He smiled.
"He just wanted attention," Sammy said. "Whenever he cries he knows Mommy's going to come running."
Gabriel looked up at her and smiled.
"Go back to sleep, Gabe," she said.
"Ok, Mommy," he replied.
Sammy and Craig watched as Gabriel fell back asleep.
Sammy walked out to the hall with Craig. "Where's your room?" he asked.
"Right here," Sammy said. She opened the door to her fairly clean room. She led him in.
Craig looked at the pictures that he recognized because he had sent them over the years, were tacked to the bulletin board. The room had been painted a dark shade of red and the windows and door frame were trimmed in black. On her desk next to her computer was a picture of Gabriel, it was a picture that was taken in the hospital, around in black read: GABRIEL CRAIG THOMAS and the day he was born.
"Gabe's middle name is Craig?" he asked, picking up the picture.
"Yeah," Sammy replied.
"Then you should have definitely told me that you had a son."
Sammy rolled her eyes. "Well, I thought Gabe needed a middle name and you were the first thing that popped into my head so I just gave him the name Craig."
"Cool," Craig said.
Sammy sat down on the bed and Craig fell next to her. "What were we talking about downstairs?" she asked.
Craig laughed. "You and your short term memory," he said. He looked at her and then leaned in and kissed her.
This time the kiss was longer. This time this kiss was more than the kiss of two people who had been best friends since they were babies. This kiss was more than any of that stuff that had happened in the past two days.
Craig put his arms around her waist and Sammy draped hers around his neck.
"I love you," Craig said, pulling away.
"I love you, too," Sammy replied.
Craig went back to kissing her and the next thing they knew they were in the bed next to each other. Craig sound asleep and Sammy looking at him. What had happened? Never mind, she didn't want to know!
