Chapter 27

The party continued on for most of the night. Eventually, they all sat down to watch some movies. They decided on having a horror film marathon. During one of the movies, Lily got scared and jumped into the nearest lap. That lap belonged to Glen. When she realized that, she screamed and jumped between Mike and Zack. Everyone laughed, except for Anna. At the same time Lily had jumped into Glen's lap, Anna had jumped into Cody's and was holding on to him for dear life. Lily and Anna were not amused but the others just couldn't help but laugh at their antics. While Cody comforted Anna, Mike had started trying to calm Lily down.

"Hey Mini Miz, don't worry it's just a movie." He told her.

She snuggled up to him and he put his arm around her. Zack patted her head.

"Don't worry Lil Broski. All of us big, bad wrestlers will protect you. Besides, the Big Red Monster is on our side." Zack said.

This made everyone laugh including Lily and Anna. Everyone started watching the movie again and soon Lily and Anna had gotten startled again. This time they weren't the only ones, AJ was now cuddled up to Phil and he had his arm around her protectively. Lily snuggled closer to Mike and there was no way anyone could have pried Anna off of Cody. This was how they all stayed for the rest of the movies. Natalya had decided to go to bed after the first one but everyone else had stayed. It was a good thing Randy's couch in his game room was a really large one. Everyone had fallen asleep and what a sight they made. AJ was cuddled up to one side of Phil with her head on his shoulder. Cody's head was resting on Phil's other shoulder. Mike had his head on Cody's shoulder and Zack's head was resting on Glen's shoulder. Anna was sprawled out across Cody, Mike, and Zack with her head in Cody's lap. Lilyana had somehow ended up lying with her head in Glen's lap and her body across Zack and Mike. They were sleeping so soundly that they never heard Ted sneak into the room and snap some pictures of the group. He had decided to leave the party and retire to his room earlier but had come back to check on the group. He couldn't pass up the photo op they had presented him with.

As Ted was trying to sneak back out of the game room, he had tripped over something and caused a bit of noise. This startled Anna and Lily awake and they both ran around the room screaming. The others had woken up also and Phil pushed Cody's head off of him. Glen was not amused to find Zack's head on his shoulder. Zack jumped up when he realized what had happened. Mike moved his head as soon as he realized he had been leaning against Cody.

Meanwhile, Anna and Lily had run into each other and both fallen on the floor. Cody and Mike both jumped up and ran over to them. Mike picked up Lily while Cody took care of Anna. Cody picked his girlfriend up and suggested that he carry her to bed. Anna protested at first but finally gave in so Cody carried her towards their room. As Mike was getting ready to carry Lily to her own room, she started crying.

"What's wrong Mini Miz? Are you hurt?" Mike asked her concerned.

"I…I…don't wanna sleep in my room all alone. The zombies will get me!" Lily said still crying.

Glen couldn't help but laugh and neither could Zack. Phil just shook his head. He knew he should have insisted that Lily not watch those stupid movies. He decided to remind her that he would be in the room right next to her and Mike's was across the hall.

"Kiddo, I will be right next door. You will be perfectly safe." Phil said.

Lily shook her head no and kept crying while clinging to Mike. Mike sighed and was about to tell Lily he would stay with her until she fell asleep. He was saved by Zack who spoke up.

"I'll sleep on your floor Lil Broski. Can you sleep in there if I do that?" Zack said.

Lily nodded her head yes and Mike carried her to her room. He stayed with her until Zack got there with his blankets and pillows. Zack and Mike both tucked Lily into her bed and made sure she had her stuffed animals to cuddle. Then Zack set up his bed on the floor next to Lily's bed. Mike kissed the child's forehead and then headed to his own room across the hall. Phil had already escorted AJ back to her room and retired to his own for the night. Anna was in bed with Cody who had already fallen back to sleep on her. She was wide awake and just couldn't sleep.

Anna crept quietly out of their room and down the hall to Ted's room. She knocked on his door until a sleepy looking Ted answered it. He looked at her confused and she smiled innocently at him.

"Anna, what do you need?" He asked.

"Will you please come sleep with me in Lily's room? I can't sleep because I'm scared." Anna whined.

Ted shook his head. Here he was standing in his doorway with Anna giving him her best puppy dog eyes. He knew he couldn't say no to her but he was sure gonna try. After all, she was his best friend's girlfriend so why couldn't Cody take care of her?

"Why can't you just sleep in your room with Cody? Lily has Zack so she should be fine." Ted told her.

"Cody fell asleep already and his snoring scares me. It sounds like a monster growling at me." She pouted.

He ended up giving in and they headed to Lily's room. When Anna opened the door, she managed to scare both Lily and Zack who were huddled together on Lily's bed. They screamed when she entered and said hi. Once they realized it was her, they calmed down. Anna walked in with Ted close behind her shaking his head. They ended up all crowding on Lilyana's bed. Soon someone else came knocking on the door. This made all of them except Ted scream again. The person at the door opened it and they realized it was Glen. He had heard some noises and had come to check on Lily. Phil and Mike both groaned when they heard the screaming again. They both came out of their rooms at the same time and headed into Lily's room. What they found made them both laugh. There on the bed was Lily surrounded by Zack, Anna, Ted, and Glen.

"What is going on? I heard screaming." Phil asked tiredly.

"Anna couldn't sleep and dragged me in here to sleep with her, Zack, and Lily. After we got here, Glen came to check on Zack and Lily." Ted explained.

Mike and Phil both shook their heads and headed back to their rooms. It seemed to them that Lily had plenty of protectors for the night. It didn't take either of them long to fall asleep but that sleep was short lived. Another scream from Lily's room woke them up. Phil groaned and went to see what the hell was wrong now. What he found was Cody wearing a pink tutu over his pajama pants and makeup. He couldn't help but laugh.

"I was looking for Anna because I woke up and she was gone. I came in here because I heard screaming. What are you staring at Phil?" Cody said.

"Umm Cody, do you realize you are wearing a pink tutu and makeup?" Mike said as he walked up.

Cody turned and caught his reflection in the mirror. He glared at Anna and she hid behind Ted. The others were now laughing. After they stopped laughing and Cody had removed the makeup and tutu, Lily convinced them all to stay in her room. She insisted that there was absolutely no way she would be able to sleep if even one of them left her room now. They all tried to get comfortable which was nearly impossible with all of them on the bed. So Cody, Anna, and Ted ended up on the floor on one side of the bed with Anna between the two guys. Glen slept on the floor at the foot of the bed while Phil slept on the floor on the other side of the bed. Mike and Zack ended up in the bed with Lily between them.

While they slept soundly, AJ managed to sneak in and give them all make overs. Then she skipped quietly back to her room and went to sleep. By this time it was early morning. A little while later, Randy and John decided to teach them all a lesson about staying up and went to wake everyone up. The only ones they found in their rooms were Natalya and AJ. The men checked the game room but it was empty. Finally they checked Lily's room and what a sight that was.

"Rise and shine all you princesses!" Randy said startling the group awake.