/ Authors Note:
If you haven't watched Scream (1996) then do yourself a favour and watch this 1 and a half minute long video:
( won't let me post the link :( The last part of the URL is: watch?v=X-q-AWD_8AY
Or search for: "randy explains the rules of a horror movie scream 1" and watch the 1:38 long video. Sorry for the inconvenience )
I reference this scene in the chapter and while it's not too important to the plot, some of the dialogue doesn't make much sense if you don't know the scene. Thank you :)
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Having grabbed the biggest kitchen knife and a smaller one for convenience, Rose went upstairs to close the windows while Christian and Lissa had gone to the office to activate the system.
"This whole operation would be so much fucking easier if the Dragomirs didn't live in a goddamned mansion. Who even needs that many rooms?"
"WHY are the window handles so far up? Who designed this and thought 'oh yeah, everyone living here will be at least 6 feet tall'. Fuck tall people"
"Damn it, why-"
"Why are you talking to yourself?"
Startled Rose turned around, holding out the knife she had grabbed earlier.
"Stay back!"
"Wooow, calm down, I was just checking in" Christian said from the doorway. "No need to go crazy and attack me"
"Yeah, because there's no reason to be on high alert at all, just a calm and casual evening, sure. How about you. don't. sneak. up. on. me."
"Fair point. Anyways, are you done here? We finished everything downstairs and I wanna watch a movie since I'm not gonna spent all night just waiting to die, but Lissa said we shouldn't be distracted so I need you to convince her"
"She does have a point, you know. But I say we watch some Scream. If we die, we die with class"
"I don't see how that's classy. Like, at all"
"That's because you have no taste. Let's go down before Lissa thinks we've already been murdered"
They walked back downstairs, crossing all the 20 something rooms Rose had worked her way through, closing all the windows and drawing the curtains. If someone was to try and get in, they sure wouldn't make it in this way. But who would even try to break in through a second-story window? The house was massive so there had to be better ways in. Ways that were hopefully covered by the security system.
Downstairs, Lissa had put some blankets and cushions into her parents' office since it was the most secure room in the house. It did look pretty comfortable considering that it was supposed to be an office. She had also grabbed the food she'd brought earlier and some sodas. Since Lissa had already complained about watching a movie Rose assumed that alcohol wasn't an option. She would probably need to grab some as an emergency backup, should Lissa and Christian decide to forget that she was there and get touchy. It wouldn't be the first time.
They did end up watching Scream in the end. Though maybe it was not the smartest choice to watch a movie about a killer breaking into someone's house and killing them while they themselves were in a similar situation. Maybe they'd get a reloaded version of the movie ending but in real life - not that Rose hoped for anything like that to happen. The house was secured, nothing could happen to them. And come the morning, Lissas' parents would return and everything would be fine.
"I'll go to the bathroom real quick, I'll be right back" Christian suddenly said after they were just over halfway through the movie.
"Randy literally just explained why you shouldn't say that!" Rose yelled after him while he left the office, leaving the door slightly ajar. Noticing that Lissa was still quite pale she added: "I'm joking, of course. I mean, he also said that virgins can't die so I say Christian is safe. and please don't say anything refuting that."
"I wasn't going to"; Lissa responded, blushing.
Rose utilized the time they spent waiting for Christian to return by eating the leftovers of his Pizza since he clearly wasn't going to eat them anymore. Lissa seemed to be checking the security system again, which she had done approximately five times during the movie. They'd make a pretty cool horror movie trio - Lissa as the paranoid one and Christian as the annoying dude that no one likes but somehow survives. According to that logic, Rose would be the virgin Final Girl. While that, according to Randy, would grant her a survival advantage, she could do without that 'bonus'.
It was then that she noticed that Christian was taking way, way too long to come back. While yes, the house was enormous and it was easy to get lost, they were here often enough to know where each room was. He was here probably even more often than she was, considering that he and Lissa spent almost their entire free time here together. And the walk from the office to the bathroom wasn't that long. Not wanting to worry Lissa, which was now frantically checking the outdoor security cameras, Rose slowly picked her phone up and sent Christian a text.
/Authors Note:
We're getting real now! What do you think happened to Christian?
And for all the Romitri people: Dimitri will definitely appear but not until a bit later.. until then, I hope my portrayal of Rose is enough to keep you here :)
