Chapter 20 Midnight Geek Bash

Michael's P.O.V.

Her arms moved around my back, interlocking behind me as she came closer. My breathing was beginning to increase and I momentarily worried about my breath, but the look in her eyes assured me that I was fine.

I moved my fingers along her cheek, her sweet, clean cheek. She radiated like the sun as she smiled at my touch. She pulled herself towards me and embraced me fully, still looking into my eyes.

Her eyes looked mischievously towards the door to my room and left our embrace to click the lock on the door, before turning back to me smiling. I must have looked like an idiot with the smile I had on my face, but again she didn't care. She was perfection, so amazing.

She embraced me again and pushed us towards the bed. She sat on my lap and I on the bed. "Charlotte." I muttered, ready to kiss her. Her red hair was now flowing even though there was no wind, and her blue eyes flashed with joy. "Charlotte…" I said again, right before I was about kiss her.

"What?" I heard a voice say, bringing me out of my trance like state. I looked at Charlotte, to see to my horror that it was Nina who was on my lap, not Charlotte.

Her auburn eyes looked confused, "Why are you saying her name?" She questioned with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Nina?" I said shocked. Nina's face darkened and her mouth twitch in a way I've never seen before.

"Of course it's me!" She said frustrated, "Don't you love me?"

"Wh…What?" I said, unsure of what to do.

"Do you love me Michael?" She asked again, an edge now present in her voice. I heard a rattling at the door and turned to look at the door. But Nina grabbed my face and pushed back towards her own.

"Don't you love me?" She asked again. There was banging now on the door, and the whole room seemed to shake with the door knob.

"Well Michael?" Nina said, angrier than I've seen her before.

"I…" I said weakly, the sound of the door distracting me from Nina.

"Michael?" Nina questioned, her eyes seeming to turn red. I threw her off of me, afraid of what was going to happen next. The door then busted open and Charlotte appeared, she looked at both Nina and I, her face a portrait of hurt.

"Michael?" She said, sadness ringing through her voice.

"No! Charlotte wait!" I screamed, as she turned to run from my room. Suddenly everything went black and I heard a faint voice calling my name.

October 28, 1:17 A.M.

Alan's P.O.V.

"Michael! Michael!" I said aggressively, shaking my best friend awake. His eyes flashed open and he let out a loud gasp and began to look around the room widely. "Michael it's ok!" I said in as loud of an whisper as I could, "You were thrashing around and saying stuff in your sleep."

Michael began to nod and then removed himself from the covers, his legs leaning over the side of the bed with only a shirt and boxers on. I was dressed pretty much the same way, and sat down on my own bed. Michael had confided in me the first week we were roommates that he had suffered from night terrors and nightmares since he was a kid, quite ashamed of it. I told him not to worry about it, making some lame joke. Out of the three years as roommates, he's only had severe nightmares six times. This makes the seventh time.

"What was I saying?" Michael asked as steadily as his voice would allow.

"You were muttered names. Nina's and Charlotte's if you're curious, which you no doubt are." I said, grabbing some water from underneath my bed and tossing it to Michael. He caught it and began to chug it. "What was it about it?"

"It was bad." Michael said, willing to leave it at that.

"You know, they say that through dreams we can-"

"Alan, I'm not interested in any of your conspiracy theories right now, alright?" Michael said, throwing down the empty water bottle. I nodded, it was a good story though…

"Can you at least tell me what the dream was about?" I pleaded. Michael exhaled sharply, pondering what I was saying.

"No." He said sharply. Rage began to build up inside of me at my friend.

"Damn it Michael!" I said, jumping to my feet, "I'm your best friend, not a gossip hound! I will not tell anybody what you tell me, so would you stop treating me like this! I want to help!"

Michael sighed, and then looked at me. "I dreamed I was with Charlotte, about to kiss her and everything. Then she turned into Nina, and she started to ask if I loved her. I didn't know what to say and then Charlotte came into the room and she saw us together. She left crying and then I woke up."

He looked away from me again, cracking his knuckles nervously. 'How the bloody hell am I suppose to answer that? I'm not a psychologist!' I thought. I sat back down on my bed, "Well I don't know what to say to that." I answered truthfully.

"I didn't expect you too. I just… I just need to get my mind off of this." Michael said, burying his head in his hands. I smiled, I knew how to help him.

"Want to go watch an X-File or two?" I asked. Michael's head shot up, and a small smile was on his face.

"Wouldn't miss it.

1:43 A.M.

Fabian's P.O.V.

"Fabian! Fabian wake up man!"

"AH! What! What?" I said shocked, trying to get my bearings. I saw Mick in front of my, his hand on my shoulder.

"You were having a nightmare or something mate. Look at you! I haven't seen you sweat like this since you tried out for the football team in the 9th grade." Mick said, smiling at his joke.

I shot out of bed and began digging through my bag. Mick laughed nervously, "Fabian? What wrong Fabian?"

I found my phone and pulled it out, opening it up and began dialing Nina's number.

"Fabian, what's going on?"

"Shush!" I said. I heard the phone ringing and then a sleepy voice answered.

1:44 A.M.

Nina's P.O.V.

'Why is it that I'm always woken up whenever I'm having a good dream?' I asked myself as I woke up to that obnoxious ringtone that my phone as. Charlotte was already beginning to stir and I didn't want to wake her up so I reached for my phone as quickly as I could. It was literally too early to begin fighting with Charlotte.

"Hello?" I mumbled into my phone.

"Nina!" An excited voice yelled through my phone. I my eyes bolted open and I cringed from such a loud sound.

"Fabian? What is it?" I asked, recognizing my boyfriend's scared voice.

"I just… I just wanted to make sure you were ok." He said lamely.

"Um… I'm ok." I said, unsure of what to say next. "Are you ok?"

"Me? Ya! Ya I'm fine!"

"You don't sound fine." I said, sitting up in my bed. "Are you sure that everything is ok Fabes?"

"Ya totally! I hope I didn't disturb you or anything."

"Quarter to two Fabes. No offense but you kind of did." I responded a bit harshly. "I'll talk to you in the morning like a normal person." I think Fabian was about to say something but hung up on him before he could respond.

I laid down on my bed again, trying to force myself to go to sleep again. I had a long day tomorrow, or today I should say. But after being woken up like that in the middle of the night I can never go back to sleep.

I heard movement downstairs, which sends waves of fear through my body. I was still kind of afraid of the dark which is kind of sad considering my age. But after Anubis House and what happened during the night there, I think I have a reason to be scared.

Deciding I was never going to fall asleep I slowly got up from my bed and made my way to the door, trying not to wake Charlotte. I closed the door behind me and tip-toed to the stairs to see if anybody was in the foyer. Nobody was but there was a light coming out of the living room.

I moved down the stairs slowly and heard some voices coming from the room. I relaxed when I realized who it was, and then entered the room. "What are you two doing up?"

Michael and Alan jumped, surprised, and then tried to compose themselves. "We could ask you the same thing!" Alan said. Michael shushed us both and waved for me to come closer.

"Fabian called me, woke me up. I heard something downstairs so I thought I check it out." I explained.

"That's brave of you." Michael whispered. I smiled and nodded which Michael returned, though he looked a bit uneasy. Alan looked pretty awkward too. Wanting to get things moving I clapped my hands together.

"So, what are you guys going to watch?" I asked.

"X-Files. A true American classic." Michael said, "Though by classic I mean only from the 90s."

"Do you want to watch?" Alan said, holding up the DVD case. I thought about it, I had several test tomorrow and rehearsal would be hell tomorrow since Mr. Winkler wanted us to move towards the romance scene. Plus Victoria would expect me to help her with painting. But in the end I knew if I left I would just end up staring at the ceiling in my bed, unable to go asleep. Might as well spend the next few hours with friends.

"Ok." I said, moving around the couch, "I don't know much about the X-Files but I'll take your word for it that it's good." Both of the guys looked excited and Alan rushed towards the DVD player to put one in. I sat in between both the guys on the large couch and made myself comfortable.

The X-Files are actually a pretty good series. The first episode that we watched was about the Jersey Devil, which was terrifying but utterly addictive. After the first episode it became clear that this was going to become a marathon of the X-Files.

"Our first Midnight Geek Bash!" Alan declared proudly, pulling out another DVD for us to watch.

Michael rolled his eyes, "Technically it's our first 2:30 Geek Bash." Alan popped in another episode saying that it was the most terrifying one of the season.

"Usually they don't try to make you scream or yell," Alan said, "But if you ever feel to need to hold onto someone, Michael could help you out." I giggled and Michael stared down Alan, who shrugged. I couldn't tell because it was dark but I think he was blushing.

The episode was terrifying, and I did grabbed hold of Michael's arm several times. Basically the episode was about some circus freaks that are killed by an unknown mutant child. The child is actually the undivided twin of some drunken guy at the circus. I was on the verge of screaming when Agent Mulder and Scully went into the house of mirrors and it looked like the bloody mutant child was everywhere.

The episode was over and it was almost 3:15 A.M. I felt a little tired, but far from falling asleep. Alan on the other hand looked tired.

"If it's cool with you guys, I think I'm just going to hit the sack." He stood up stretching dramatically and then bowed to us. "I give you two the power of the remote. Enjoy!" He then disappeared to the back of the house and we heard his and Michael's shared room door close. It was silent between the two of us.

"Do you want to watch another?" Michael asked. I nodded and he got up to put another one in. I don't know why, but I felt like whenever he looked back he was checking me out. I felt a little flustered and told myself that I was being stupid.

The episode began and we were about fifteen minutes in when I asked Michael something. "When did you first start watching these?"

"When I was about fourteen. I've always liked sci-fi stuff and I was hooked automatically. I was relieved when I found out that Alan liked sci-fi too, but he never watched the X-Files. So we used to sneak out of our room at night and watch them here. Sometimes we fell asleep and were caught by Debbie, but she didn't really care that much."

"Course she wouldn't." I muttered. Michael shifted his body and moved closer towards me.

"I've noticed that you're not a big fan of Debbie anymore."

"She's insane, how else can you describe her." I said plainly. Michael nodded and it was quiet for a bit. Scully was trying to disprove one of Mulder's outrageous theories about the super natural and I began to wonder what they would think if they came to Anubis.

"Charlotte used to watch these with us sometimes." Michael said, his eyes distant.

"She liked them?" I said, finding it hard to believe that she could considering her attitude.

"Ya, you could never tell now though." Michael said as if reading my mind, "She's completely like Tori now."

"She prefers Victoria." I blurted out. Michael raised an eyebrow.

"She does? How do you know?" he asked.

"I talked with her, she told me that she preferred Victoria." I didn't want to get into too much detail regarding Victoria's past, and Michael seemed content with that answer.

"Then I'll have to start calling her Victoria now." Michael said. It was quiet again and I finally had to ask a question that's been on my mind for awhile.

"Do you still like Charlotte?"

Michael stiffed a bit at the question and he wasn't quite sure what to say. He looked at me, not hard by softly. His eyes showed affection and I wasn't quite sure what to do myself. "I don't know. I'm still thinking on it." He moved closer to me and now I felt my body tighten up. I think I was breathing harder now. I had lost interest in the X-Files, all of it focused on Michael now.

Michael leaned in closer and I felt myself moving closer slowly. We were interrupted when my mouth opened and I let out a loud yawn. Michael pulled back and so did I. I laughed uneasily while Michael looked embarrassed.

"Guess I am kind of tired." I said. Michael looked tired himself and I tried to figure out what he was thinking. But his face was emotionless and he continued to stare at the TV. An awkward silence was in the air and I thought about going up to my room, but my body was just too tired to move.

I reached over and grabbed Michael's hand, putting it in mine. I then interlocked my arm into his and looked up at him, his face showing visible shock. "Good night." I said, and closed my eyes. I had no idea what I was doing and I could hear Michael's heart beating faster and faster as I learned against his chest. But it slowed down and I heard Michael's deep breaths and steady heart beat.

I didn't last much longer than that as the darkness came and I feel back asleep.

7:53 A.M.

Alfie's P.O.V.

"Hey Alan!" I said, running up to be Odin buddy. "Whoa! You look tired!"

"Do I?" Alan groaned, drinking some tea and shivering. He continued to grab stuff out of his locker before looking up at me to explain his condition. "I stayed up late last night with Michael and Nina watching X-Files."

"X-Files?" I asked, "What the heck is that?"

"Oh god dude!" Alan said excited, "I've got to show it to you! Later though, later!"

"Sounds like you had fun." I said. Alan smiled mischievously.

"Oh ya, but I think Michael had more." I gave him a questioning look and Alan looked around to make sure nobody was close enough to hear what he was about to say.

"You can not tell anybody about what I'm about to show you. Ok?" I nodded and Alan reached into his back pack and pulled out his phone. "I snapped this on my phone this morning." I wasn't quite sure what I was looking at until I made out the two faces.

"Is that… Nina and Michael?" I said shocked. Alan smiled happily.

"Oh ya! Both asleep and hugging each other! Look at Michael's head! It's so close to Nina's mouth that it looks like he tried to kiss her!" I looked closer and saw that he was right. They were really close together, almost as if they planned to fall asleep like that.

"Did you wake them up?" I asked.

Alan nodded, "Ya so nobody else knows about this. But I left the room before they were able to figure out who woke them up. I wish I stuck around to hear what they had to say after words." The bell rang and Alan put away the last of his stuff and closed his locker. "Do not tell anybody!"

"I swear!" I said, holding up my hand to my heart. Alan nodded and ran off to his class, which I didn't have to worry about. I had my first period free and began walking towards my usual hang out spot when I thought about somebody who would be very interested in see those photos.

I pulled out my phone and text Joy that I had to see her immediately. She responded with a text of her own saying to meet me in front of her current classroom. I rushed towards that room and texted Joy when I got there. I heard Joy's voice ask to go to the bathroom and then the door opened. Joy stepped out smiling, though when the door closed it disappeared.

"What is it Alfie?" She asked, walking towards the bathroom.

"I have something for you! Something that you can actually use!" I said excited, already thinking about me and Amber together at last.

"Well don't keep me waiting!" Joy said impatiently.

"There is a photo of Nina and Michael together."

Joy huffed, "I can walk out to the courtyard during lunch and get a photo like that Alfie!"

"No! No! It's something worse than that!" I said correcting myself.

"Oh!" Joy said in mock amusement.

"It's a picture of Nina and Michael together on the couch hugging each while asleep." Joy stopped in her tracks and stared at me.

"Are you serious?" she asked, her voice rising with anticipation.

"Yes!" I almost yelled.

"Well let's see it Alfie!" She said, holding out her hand. I paused and laughed nervously, "You do have the photo right?"

"Eh… not exactly." I said weakly, to which Joy's face dropped and she began walking away angrily. "But I can get it!"

"Who has the photo Lewis?" She asked, backing into me.

"Michael's friend! Alan!"

Joy began to laugh, "And you think that you can get him to give you the photo? You are thick Alfie!"

"He showed it me! That means that he trusts me!" I said angrily, "I can get him to give it to me! Just give me time!" Joy huffed again and contemplated what to do.

"Very well Alfie. I expect that photo in my hands by Monday, or else our deal is off!"

"Thanks you! I won't let you down!" I said to Joy. She didn't respond and walked back to her classroom.

Sorry about the extremly late update. I've been working on another story and I've also been feeling kind of bad.

I'm not a fan of using dreams to help enhance a story, but I thought that this format worked well here. Please leave your own thoughts in a review, and I assure you that I will talk about Fabian's nightmare next chapter.

The X-Files is my favorite show and I did use the theme from two episodes: The first with the Jersey Devil is 1x05 The Jersey Devil and the second one with the circus freaks is 2x20 Humbug. I DO NOT OWN THE X-FILES, AND HAVE NO CONNECTION TO IT EXCEPT THAT I'M A HUGE FAN.

Last chapter I only got 5 reviews. 5. Come on people! I have a ton of people who have alerted to this story and favorited it and I don't even hear from 1/9th of you guys! REVIEW!