Kates POV
It was six O'clock. Me and Lilly were chilling in the basement yet again as the party went on upstairs. It was almost the exact same as thanksgiving, except this time it didn't end until extremely late. Lilly and I had chosen to just do the same thing since last time it had been so much fun. I also took the liberty in telling Rick to bring over some movies because I had asked mom if everyone could spend the night, and she said yes. The plan was to just hang out in the basement all night except for when the ball dropped. For that we would just go upstairs, watch it drop, and then celebrate that for about twenty minutes and head back down. As of now we were just waiting for everybody to show up. Watching the nightmare on elm street movies as we waited. It had sort of become me and Lilly's thing since we started watching them on christmas. As of right now we were on the fourth one and so far I was enjoying it. Most likely I was going to thank Angel again for the gift. I also enjoyed the candy she got me, I say enjoyed because it was gone and eaten after about five hours of me opening the bag.
I heard the door at the top of the stairs open and close, I felt excitement as I heard a pair of footsteps come down. It wasn't anyone we really knew though. It was Cooper, surprisingly I remembered him from thanksgiving. I turned my head to see him reach the bottom. Me and him made eye contact as Lilly turned back to the screen.
"Hey, Cooper right?" I asked. He approached the other couch as he answered.
"Yeah, it's Cooper. I'm surprised you remember" he said. I giggled.
"Oh come on, you're not that forgettable" I joked. He chuckled nervously as he took a seat on the other couch. Like last time he was a bit shy. "Are you okay with horror movies?" I asked. He turned to me briefly and then back to the screen.
"Yeah, I mean I don't watch a whole lot of movies, but if you're asking me if I'll get scared the answer is no" he said.
"Good, because that's all that's gonna be on tonight" I said. He nodded and went back to watching. Once everybody was here though I knew that the movie would just be background noise while we all talked, so I told Rick to bring some gag movies and some movies to pay attention to. He asked me if I wanted to see anything specific. I just texted him saying to surprise me. I believed that he would.
"Oh this is that nightmare guy right?" Cooper asked.
"Freddy Kruger? Yeah" Lilly answered.
"I'm guessing you've never seen these?" I asked.
"No, whenever I do watch something it's youtube," Cooper answered.
"Oh yeah? Who do you watch?" I asked.
"Different types of stuff. Tyler1, Brandon Rodgers, Markiplier, those types of things" he said.
"Huh" I replied. I then picked up the remote and paused the movie. I wanted to start a conversation, but I also didn't want to miss anything. "I watch Brandon Rodgers to, any favorites?" I asked. Cooper thought for a moment.
"I like the British people," he said. I laughed.
"Yeah, I like them too, but I dont think they're my favorite," I said. The door opened again as this time two pairs of footsteps made their way to the bottom. This had to be Rick and Angel. Sure enough it was and I couldn't be more happy about it.
"Hey guys" Angel greeted as she made her way over to our couch to sit next to Lilly.
"Hey Angel, Rick" I replied. Rick chuckled.
"Hey" he said, giving me a quick kiss.
"Did you bring them?" I asked. Rick held up a bag that I didn't notice before and sat down next to Cooper since by now the big couch was filled up. He then started to place the movies on the glass table.
"Lets see I brought hereditary, happy death day one and two, and I brought the silence of the lambs" Rick said,
"Oh I love happy death day" Lilly exclaimed.
"Its true, she does. We wanted to go see the second one but didn't get a chance to" I explained.
"Oh really? You should have asked me Lilly, I would have let you borrow it" Rick said.
"Didn't think of it" Lilly replied.
"I see you've been watching the movies," Angel said as she looked at the screen. I did as well and then turned back to her.
"Yeah, me and Lilly have been kind of binging them," I said.
"Like em?" Rick asked.
"Yeah, so far they're pretty good," I answered.
"Well sorry to break it to ya, but you're on the fourth one and that's the last good one. The other excluding the remake sucks' ' Rick said. That was a shame if it was true. I was still gonna watch them though.
"I guess we'll start with happy death day" I said, going to grab the DVD. Rick stopped me though and smiled.
"Actually before that, I kind of have a present for you," he said. My ear flattened as I smiled. Yes I was excited but I also felt guilty. He had gotten so much for Christmas and now he got me more? Spoiled is an understatement at this point.
"A present? You really need to stop" I smiled. Rick laughed and took my hand.
"Come on, it's in my truck" he said. I followed him as he continued holding my hand to lead me. As we walked back up the stairs I heard Lilly tell Angel about her new nintendo switch and Cooper… I guess he just kind of sat there on his phone. Me and Rick made it to the top and made our way through the house. Like last time kids were running around while most of the parents and such were outside. It was cold out, yes, but my house was way too small to fit everyone comfortably. There were even three adults chilling out in the front. Me and Rick passed them though and went over to his truck which was parked by the curb. He let go of my hand and looked up and away from me and he put his hands behind his back.
"In there?" I asked, pointing to the back. Rick nodded, making me laugh. I then opened the door to see a cardboard box and three loaves of bread. Was it really just bread though? "Oh my God, is this?..." I started but didn't finish. I grabbed one of the loaves and held it.
"I made two for the party and one just for you" Rick explained. I placed the loaf down on the seat and hugged him.
"Thank you" I said muffledly. Rick chuckled again.
"That box is yours too," he said. I let go and turned to it.
"Lets bring it inside" I suggested.
"Why? Just open it here" Rick said.
"Well I need a knife" I replied.
"Oh yeah, got you this too," Rick said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a pink pocket knife. I smiled and just accepted it.
"Thank you" I said, I swear he is getting me too much.
"I want you to carry that with you though, you know… for protection" Rick said. I went to open the box but stopped when he said this. I pulled my head back out from the truck and stared at him.
"Do you really think it's necessary?" I asked.
"I hope not, but if anyone tries something, then use the knife, '' Rick instructed. I nodded and then pulled the box out of the truck, and froze once I realized that I didn't know how to open the knife.
"Rick, how do I open this?" I asked. Rick took my hand and moved my fingers away from one of the sides.
"So you keep your fingers away from here, and then just push down with your pointer finger to get the knife out like this" Rick explained as he used his finger to push down mine. The blade came switching out. "And then once you're done, move this piece right here, and put the blade down until it clicks" he said. He then let go of my hand to let me try. It took me a second but I soon pushed it and the blade swung out quickly.
"Thanks" I said. I then bent over and cut the tape on the box, lifting it open to reveal a gun. My eyes widened in surprise.
"Sorry I didn't answer you that day, but me and Humphrey were in a match down by the shop, and I figured that if you're gonna play with us then you'll need your own gun" Rick explained. I cut the plastic loops away from the gun and lifted it out of the box. It was heavy and cold from the metal that it was made from. I aimed down the sights and noticed that they were very familiar.
"Was this in black ops?" I asked.
"Yeah, it was the galil," Rick answered. I looked back down and grabbed my knife again to cut the clip free. Once I did I put it in the gun and aimed it again. This was fucking sick. I placed it down in the box carefully and then wrapped my arms around Rick.
"Thank you" I smiled. Rick simply hugged me back and chuckled.
"I love you Kate, never forget that" Rick said. I pulled back and then pressed my lips against his, giving him a nice, warm smooch.
"I don't think I could forget it if I wanted to," I said. Rick smiled and then kissed me before hugging me again. Once we broke the hug I bent over and saw that the gun came with a small jar of bbs. "Want to shoot it?" I asked.
"I don't think that's a good idea, if you try doing that then the kids will see, and they'll want to touch it" Rick said. I nodded and then put the gun back in the box, closing it and picking it up as well as the knife.
"Later then" I said. Rick smiled and kissed my forehead. He then grabbed the loaves of pepperoni bread and shut his truck door, following me over to the house. Before we could fully reach it though we heard a car pull up, and turned around to see that it was Humhprey. He turned the car off and stepped out.
"Hey ya gave it to her" he said as he approached us, hands in his sweatshirt pockets.
"Yeah, not sure when we're gonna play a match but she seems to like it," Rick said.
"Might shoot it tomorrow once everyone leaves," I said.
"Tomorrow?" Humphrey asked.
"Yeah, we don't want the kids touching it and hurting themselves or whatever" Rick explained.
"Oh okay, where's everyone else?" Humphrey asked.
"Down in the basement, Shaky hasn't shown up yet though" I said as I started to once again walk back to the house. The boys followed me.
"Shaky, his dad doesn't normally come to these, does he?" Humphrey said.
"I've never seen him show up" I replied. We passed the three adults who were still talking. Humphrey said a quick hi and then stepped into the house. "Were gonna go put this in my room and then we'll be down" I said. Humphrey nodded and then made his way to the basement. Rick meanwhile placed two of the loaves of bread on the dining room table and then followed me up the stairs, once I gestured with my head for him to follow me. We didn't say a word as we walked up, or when we entered my room. I placed the box on the floor and then turned to Rick again.
"How's the TV?" Rick asked as he gazed at it.
"Great, I still don't know what to do with the old one though" I said as I approached him. I then wrapped my arms around him and pulled him into a kiss. "I really missed you '' I said. Rick simply chuckled.
"Missed you too" he said. I smiled and then took the loaf out of his hand and put it on the dresser. I'll bring it to the basement after. I turned back to him and kissed him again, letting my tongue slip inside his mouth. He accepted and licked my tongue back. I stepped backward and pulled both of us on the bed as we continued making out. We stayed like this, kissing each other as my left ear was gently played with until Rick broke the kiss. "You don't… want to do it now do you?" he asked.
"I really want to," I said.
"The others will wonder where were at" Rick replied.
"Lock the door, '' I whispered. Rick smooched me and then did as I asked. I scooted back up to the bed and laid down on what was nowadays considered my side of the bed, and welcomed him with open arms as he laid on top of me again to continue kissing me.
Angel's POV
Humphrey cracked open a can of soda as I sat down next to Cooper. I wanted to give Humphrey and Lilly their own seats, so until Shaky came over I guess Cooper was my company.
"Care to keep me company?" I asked. Cooper looked over from his phone.
"Sure thing" he said awkwardly as he slipped his phone back into his pocket.
"Good, because those two over there aren't gonna let go of each other for awhile now, and I feel kind of bad having you just sit here on your phone" I said.
"Honestly it's fine, you guys are cool and all but I don't want to intrude. I mostly come down here to get away from all the noise, '' Cooper replied.
"Is that really all? Come on, last time wasn't too bad" I said.
"I mean Christmas movies are always a good time, but I just can't help but feel like a third wheel is all, or would that be the seventh wheel?" Cooper asked. I giggled.
"Seventh, but you have a chance right now. Not that I mean that chance will go away once Shaky gets here, but still" I said.
"What about the other two?" Cooper asked.
"Didn't you hear Humphrey? The two went up to Kate's room, they've been gone for about five minute, if they really went up there just to drop something off, they would have been back by now" I said. Cooper stared into space as he put two and two together.
"So… are they-"
"Pretty much" I said, answering his question before he could even finish asking it.
"Man that guy's lucky, have you ever seen a wolf that pretty?" Cooper asked.
"Gee thanks" I said jokingly.
"No I didn't mean it like that, I just mean that-"
"I'm just fucking with you, no, I've never seen another wolf that pretty. I say it's her colors mostly. So many wolves would kill to have those natural colors" I explained. Just then I heard footsteps coming down the stairs after the basement door opened. Me and Cooper turned our heads as Humphrey and Lilly paid no attention. It sounded like one pair of steps which most likely meant it was Shaky, and sure enough I was right.
"Guess our times up" Cooper said. I laughed.
"Just include yourself, we're not gonna cast you out of a conversation. I get being shy, I do. But at least make an attempt?" I asked. Shaky made it to us, causing me to stand up and hug him.
"Hey Angie," he said.
"Hey" I said. Shaky then broke the hug and turned around.
"Hey guys," he said. Humphrey and Lilly turned to him.
"Hey bro, what to ya so long?" Humphrey asked.
"Traffic" Shaky joked. The two then went back to their conversation as I turned Shaky's attention to Cooper.
"Shaky, you remember Cooper don't ya?" I asked.
"Yeah I do, what's up bro?" Shaky asked, reaching his hand out. Cooper accepted.
"Not much man, you know. Same shit different day" he replied. Shaky laughed.
"Yeah I get that," he said. He then took a look around the room as if he was looking for something. "Where's Kate and Rick?" he asked.
"Probably getting a fuck in before they sleep down here tonight, its smart honestly. Get it out of the way now so you don't have the urge later" I said.
"As strong of an urge" Cooper added. I laughed again.
"See? Include yourself" I said. Cooper gave a slight smile. "So I'm thirsty, anyone want anything?" I asked.
"I'll take a coke," Shaky said.
"Can you grab me another iced tea?" Cooper asked. I nodded and went up the stairs. As I did I saw Shaky take a seat next to Cooper and start talking about something. That should be easy for him, Shaky can make friends with almost anyone. I went over to the kitchen but before entering I stopped at the bottom of the stairs. I couldt resist. I didn't go up but I did listen and Rick and Kate were almost completely quiet from here. You had to actually try to hear it so I guess that was a plus. I know how hard it must be for Kate to contain herself. Fucking screamer. I left the stairs and grabbed the drinks before quickly heading back down stairs. I didn't want to be up there any longer than I had to. Those fucking kids were out of control. I handed everyone their drinks and then sat on the arm rest next to Shaky.
"So what were you guys talking about?" I asked.
"The snow storm that's on the way. Forecast says we're gonna be getting about six inches" Cooper said.
"Holy shit, six?" I asked.
"I looked at the app, it's true," Shaky said.
"When's that supposed to hit?" I asked.
"Next week, wont stop people from going crazy though" Cooper answered.
"Are you guys talking about the snow storm?" Lilly asked, butting into the conversation. We turned our attention to her and Humphrey.
"Yeah, why did you have plans?" Shaky asked.
"Kind of, but not good ones. My mom set up a thing with me and Lyle, apparently he wanted to take me fishing, get to know me a little better. Honestly I'm dreading it, and I still need to have that talk with my mom, but hopefully this snow storm gives me an excuse not to go" Humphrey explained.
"Even if that happens your mom is just gonna schedule another day" I said. Humphrey groaned as he put his face into his hands.
"Who's Lyle?" Cooper asked.
"Some dick head his mom's dating," Shaky answered.
"He's not so bad, I just don't see my mom being happy with him, plus he's a little off putting when it comes to my friends" Humphrey said.
"Hm, are you sure you're not just jealous?" Cooper asked.
"I thought about that, it could be… I just want to see my mom happy though, Lyle just doesn't really try with me" Humphrey explained.
"Well it sounds like he's trying, taking you out on a fishing trip just to get to know you" Cooper said.
"Yeah, but it comes off more as he has to do it, rather than him actually wanting to, you know?" Humphrey asked.
"I can see that, just give it a chance, honestly what's the worst that can happen?" I asked. Humphrey sighed. But before he could reply in any way we heard the basement door open and two pairs of footsteps making their way down. To no one's surprise it was Rick and Kate. Kate holding a plate of my brother's bread. I knew she would like it.
"Hey guys," Rick said.
"Are you two done?" I smiled. Kate's eyes shot over to me as she was eating a piece of bread.
"What? If we're all sleeping down here then I wanted to get a fuck out of the way" Kate said. Rick placed the DVD into the xbox and started playing the movie.
"I can't believe you guys didn't start this," he said. I shrugged and then turned back to Kate.
"Just curious, is that from your loaf or the other two?" I asked.
"The other two" she said as she took a seat on the floor. I guess she would rather sit on the floor with Rick than with anyone else on the couch, even though there was an empty spot. Honestly it would be easier if Cooper would sit in that spot than on the two seated couch. Rick took his seat on the floor next to Kate and then he hit play on the menu. Kate rested her head on his shoulder making me think of another question.
"You know I'm surprised you two didn't fall asleep" I said.
"Well, Kate dozed off, but I didn't want to get caught," Rick said. I laughed and then turned to the screen.
"So about that gun, when would you guys want to play some airsoft?" Humphrey asked.
"I kind of want to teach Kate a little before we play," Rick said.
"Oh come on, it's not that hard," Shaky said.
"Really Rick, I think I'll get the hang of it" Kate replied.
"Have you ever gotten shot by a bb?" Rick asked. Kate shook her head. "Hm, Humphrey, you still have your pistol in your car?" Rick asked. Humphrey nodded.
"You know it," he said. Rick stood up and held out his hand to Kate. She took it and he helped her to her feet.
"Good, mind if you take us to your car real quick?" Rick asked. Humphrey simply stood up and began walking up the stairs. I needed some fresh air so I followed. As did Shaky and Lilly. Even Cooper surprisingly.
"What are you gonna do shoot me?" Kate asked.
"Yeah, I want you to know how it feels," Rick said. We reached the top of the stairs and walked out of the house, some kids nearly knocking me over as we walked by. Once we were outside we all made our way to Humphreys' car. "If it makes you feel any better you can shoot me too" Rick offered.
"If you insist," Kate mumbled.
"Honestly it's not that bad, I think getting hit with a paintball is way worse" Humphrey said as he continued to lead us.
"Agreed" Shaky said. We stopped as Humphrey unlocked his car and opened one of the passenger doors. He pulled out his pistol and pulled the clip out to see if it had bbs. It did, he slid it back in and cocked it before handing it to my brother. Rick pointed it at Kate but she flinched, putting her hand up making him stop and lower it.
"Kate, it's not that bad," he laughed. Kate didn't respond, she just kind of stood there. Rick then shot Humphrey, making him flinch in response.
"Ow, what the hell?" he said.
"See? Not that bad" Rick said.
"Just do it" Kate whined. Rick chuckled and then shot her. I heard it bounce off of her sweatshirt as she grunted from the prick.
"See?" Rick said.
"Hm" Kate hummed. She then held her hand out to Rick. Rick chuckled and handed her the gun. Kate then shot Rick multiple times. Not stopping until it was empty.
"Ow, okay Kate I get it" Rick laughed. We all joined in as Kate stopped shooting.
"So what's the game plan?" She asked as she handed the gun to a still smiling Humphrey.
"Well we normally play at an abandoned sand plant, with you here we'll split up into teams of two and probably just see who the last team standing is" Humphrey explained as he tossed the gun in the car and locked it up. We all started walking back to the house after.
"Teams huh? Do you want to just do couples?" Kate asked.
"No, I call Rick," Shaky said. We all just kind of stared at him. "What? I want to win" Shaky defended.
"I call Angel" Lilly said. I smiled and patted her shoulder.
"You know I really hope I'm the one to take you out" I said to Shaky.
"Sorry, but I want to win," he repeated.
"I guess that just leaves you and me Humphrey" Kate said. Humphrey nodded.
"Alright we got teams, we'll figure out the rest another day, I feel like this isn't gonna happen until next week" Rick said.
"Why not? Can you guys just go after school?" Cooper asked.
"Well we could, but normally we strategies and get ready with our partners and meet up at the site the next day" I explained.
"Really? You guys do all that?" Kate asked.
"It's more fun that way," Rick said. We stepped inside the house and went back down to the basement. This time Cooper did sit on the third seat, giving at least two of the couples room to sit on the couch. Kate and Rick still sat on the floor though. We continued to eat food and watch movies until twelve o'clock finally rolled around. That was something.
"Five, four, three, two, one, HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Everyone yelled. We all clapped and celebrated. From across the room I saw Kate and Rick kissing as well as Lilly and Humphrey. I turned to SHaky and pulled him into a kiss as well. It took him by surprise at first, but he quickly returned it. Once we let go I laughed.
"Sorry, I always wanted someone to kiss on new years" I said.
"It's okay," Shaky said. I giggled and kissed him again. The celebration went on for another half hour until everyone started leaving.
"Bye guys," Cooper said.
"Later bro, we'll see ya around" Humphrey said.
"Bye" Kate called with a smile. We ended up offering to help clean up, but surprisingly there wasn't really much to clean up. So the six of us went back downstairs and got ready for bed, as well as got ready to watch hereditary. Like always it was good, and from the looks of it Kate enjoyed it. I bring that up because that's pretty much the only reason why Rick brought it.
"So Kate, you mentioned that we would all be sleeping down here. What are we all gonna sleep on the floor?" Shaky asked.
"No, the couches are actually futons, help me pull them back," Kate said as she got to one side of the couch. Shaky went to help her but Rick was already there. They pulled the couch back a bit and then Kate opened it up, pulling up on the cushions to pull out the actual bed part.
"Wow, didn't know they were futons," Humphrey said.
"Yeah, we haven't used these in years," Lilly replied. Kate and Rick moved to the other, smaller one to do the same process.
"Yeah, last time we used these was when we were in elementary school, when me and Lilly still did sleepovers," Kate explained. She then tossed some pillows and blankets on them.
"That's still just two couches though" I pointed out.
"Me and Rick will sleep on the floor, is that okay?" she asked Rick.
"Fine by me," Rick answered. Kate nodded and started putting a blanket on the floor, making sure to stretch it out so that it took up a big area in between the two couches. I took the smaller one with Shaky since Humphrey and Lilly probably needed more room. Shaky joined me, taking his jacket off reminding me to do the same. Kate, who wasn't wearing a bra took her pants off once she was in the blanket, sleeping in her panties and a loose T-shirt as Rick took his pants off as well. It would be more comfortable for me if I did that too because jeans arent the most comfortable thing to sleep in, but I didn't really feel okay with doing that. I don't know why. Me and Shaky laid down as Kate and Rick snuggled up, using only one pillow even though they had two. I guess they really liked to be close, now that I'm thinking about it, every time I saw them sleeping together they were sharing a pillow. I normally just cuddled into Shaky's chest, I think Lilly did the same but I wasn't sure, I wasn't exactly studying them.
"So, new year's resolution guys?" Humphrey asked. It was silent while we all thought of our answer.
"I think… it's just to spend more time with my family" Kate said.
"So you don't want to see us as much huh?" I joked.
"No, I mean you guys… my family" Kate said.
"I can relate to that," Rick said as he snuggled into Kate's neck and kissed it, making her laugh.
"Ugh if I wake up to you two fucking, I'm gonna scream" I said. We all shared a laugh.
"Don't worry, we took care of that earlier," Kate said.
"Whatever floats your boat" Lilly replied. I laughed and then cuddled next to Shaky as I closed my eyes to go to sleep.
"Night guys, I love you all" I said.
"We love you too," Humphrey replied. Shaky rubbed my back. I heard someone kiss but I couldn't tell who, I was already dozing off, and not long after that I was asleep.
