Oh boy! Continuing this little saga!
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"Okay, how about… 'The Shining?'" Abby suggested, holding up the DVD.
"Sounds good to me." Brad said.
The rest of us nodded in agreement, but I was a little slow in the uptake.
I heard that the Shining was supposed to be really scary… not exactly the best movie not to be scared.
As the opening credits rolled I wondered just what I was getting myself into.
-Random part in the movie I just made up-
Right as the guy jumped out of nowhere I screamed along with all the other girls.
We all knew it was coming, but still. You can't say that a dude jumping in screen from out of nowhere wasn't startling.
Almost unconsciously I had reached for the person closest to me to grab onto.
Who happened to be Ethan.
I grabbed onto his arm, and then slowly relaxed after a new scene, leaning into him.
On the T.V it all seemed calm for the moment, but the next second all of a sudden there was another camera twist and then behind the guy was two little girls who looked like they were decomposing.
I buried my head in Ethan's shoulder and let him wrap his arms around me.
I felt the weird explosion at the pit of my stomach and loved every moment of it.
-After the movie-
"So he just, like, died?" Zach asked, baffled by the ending.
"Obviously." Amanda said while stretching.
"I still don't get why he went psycho just because he used to live there." Brian said, sitting up.
"Yeah, I mean really." Aaron added.
"They've got a point." Christi said, rolling onto her side.
"Weird movie…" Brad said, shaking his head.
"Ow, hey, I don't know about ya'll, but I'm going to change into my pajama's." Clair said, stiffly getting up.
"I'm right behind you." I said, lifting my head off of Ethan.
"Ditto!" Kelee called, also getting up.
The rest of the girls all got up from the hard ground to go into the bedroom where all of our stuff was.
"So Katey, what was that little bit of cuddling I saw?" Christi teased.
"And you said you didn't want the guys over." Abby said, grinning.
"Yeah well I wouldn't be talking, Abby; we all know how much you love Brad." I retorted.
"Ooooooh!" the girls called, giggling.
"Abby's got a crush!" Jenny and Amanda yelled.
Abby grabbed her duffle bag and made a swing at their heads.
"Shut up you two!" She said, looking ready to make another attempted murder.
We all giggled again.
I shook my head at those idiots and went over to the corner where I had thrown my overnight bag.
There was a huge mound, but I quickly dismantled it, looking for my white one with the big Oakland Athletics logo on the front. But it wasn't anywhere to be found.
"Hey Clair," I asked over my shoulder "Have you seen my bag? It isn't over here."
She looked thoughtful for a moment.
"No… I haven't I thought it was over there."
Okaaaaaaaaay…
"Hey girls, have you seen my bag? You know, the A's one?" I asked to everyone, but they all shook their heads no.
"Oh great, no my bag is missing." I muttered to myself.
"Well, does anyone have anything I could borrow?" I asked. Almost instantly I wish I had kept my mouth shut.
Clair always had extra pj's, but the only bad thing was… it was a bit less than I was used to.
I just wore a nightgown, or basketball shorts and a big tee shirt, but Clair wore white camisoles and little cartoon pajama shorts.
Which is what she had for me.
A white camisole that was a little tight and some rubber ducky shorts.
Fun, fun, fun.
And then, oh gosh, seeing as I didn't have my bag, she just had to brush my hair out for me, which I really could have done on my own, seeing as all she did was put my hair up in a pony tail, but whatever.
"Her, grab a blanket and a pillow, I didn't have time to get the out, so yeah." Clair said, opening a wardrobe full of quilts and pillows.
I grabbed both and went back out into the parlor with the other girls.
The guys had evidently changed, and it wasn't much different from their regular wardrobe.
I plopped down next to Ethan, and bit my lip. I wasn't sure if he was just being nice because I didn't like scary movies… or if he actually… you know… liked me.
Clair came out of the room with a cloud of dust, exclaiming, "Okay, that is the last time I get my blanket last."
I laughed, and tugged on her faded quilt to get her to sit next to me.
"So what's up next?" Kelee asked, clearly ready for another movie.
"Um… the Omen." I said. Hopefully by the time we finished this one, everyone would be asleep and we wouldn't have to watch one of my most dreaded movies. The Exorcist.
-after the movie-
"What is it with movies having boring endings?" Christi yawned, clearly trying to stay awake.
"No idea." Zach said, propping himself up on his elbow.
"I think it's a gimmick." Abby said from next to Brad.
"Abby, I thought you fell asleep." Amanda said, surprised at seeing Abby up.
"Why'd you think that?" Clair asked most likely thinking of all the times Abby had squealed in terror at the scary parts.
"I don't know… maybe I fell asleep." Amanda shrugged, lying back down on her pillow.
"So… Next movie or what?" Kurt asked, sitting up from where he had been lying like the guy who fell out the window when he landed.
"Absolutely!" Jenny yelled, evidently ready to have the pants scared off of her.
"Bring it!" Aaron said, laughing.
Abby crawled out from her blanket next to Brad and popped the DVD into the player and hit play.
I sighed and drew my knees up to my chest. I had the feeling I was going to be hiding my face an awful lot.
-Random made up part-
"She sounds like a screwed up vacuum." Jenny said calmly, commenting on the Emily girl being possessed.
I could only stare at her in wonder. How on earth could she just sit there like she sees that every day?
There was another particularly frightening close up on her face and I hid my face again in my knees, trying my best NOT to hear the crazy vacuum on T.V.
I felt warm arms wrap around me again, and I leaned back with my eyes closed, glad to be in Ethan's safe grasp.
-After the movie-
"And yet another stupid ending." Kurt said sleepily.
It was well past midnight, and already a few people were starting to fall asleep.
Like, Abby, Brad, Amanda, Christi, Jenny and Zach.
Clair flipped the television off, shaking her head at how stupid the endings all were. All the problems had been solved by just killing someone off.
"Idiotic." She said, lying back down next to me.
"You've got that right. They make it all scary in the beginning and middle, but the conclusion sucks worse than Aaron's mid term paper."
Everyone but Aaron laughed.
"But gosh, it isn't all that scary when you're watching the movie, but now after all of it, then you get scared. You know?" Kelee said, sounding very uncomfortable.
"Aw, does Kelee need two boys to go sleep over there?" I said, sarcasm dripping from every syllable.
"Yeah, that wouldn't be so bad actually." She said, not sounding at all abashed.
"Okay, Aaron, Kurt, Ethan, Brian, which two are going over?" Clair said, making it sound like a game show.
You could hear the sound of something hard hitting something hollow.
"Hey Aaron, guess we better go over, seeing as we're closer." Kurt said, apparently nudging Aaron.
In the darkness two dark shapes stood up and stumblingly made their way over to Kelee.
"Feel better Kelee?" I asked, giggling at how she had actually invited two guys over.
"Yeah. Man, you shouldn't watch five scary movies in a row. It really messes with you…" she said, before she trailed off. There was a silence before Clair's "Guys? You awake over there?"
No answer.
"Nice. I guess it's just us four now. Right guys?" Clair said, nudging Brian.
"Brian?" She said again, this time louder.
"Nice, we've lost Brian." She said, failing to stifle a yawn herself.
We talked for a few minutes more before Clair fell quiet and would only mutter her replies under her breath.
There was another silence after I asked if she was awake.
"I guess it's just us two then." I said, turning to Ethan.
"Yeah."
"And really, how on Earth can they fall asleep after seeing that." I said, referring to The Exorcism.
I yawned, and my eyelids got heavy.
"I guess… this is how…" he said softly, and we had both fallen asleep.