"Scary Movie Night"
It was his turn to come over. Nick didn't know what to expect as he made his way towards Judy's apartment. It was saturday night, which meant that it was movie night. In one paw he held a plastic bag full of delicious buttery popcorn because, what's a movie without a treat? In his other paw he held a duffle bag that held a spare blanket, pillow and a clean shirt. Since tomorrow they have work early in the morning, the two had agreed that whichever apartment they visited they have a little sleep-over. It works out for the best since they usually watch movies until 3:00 in the morning.
He stepped in front of her door, with the apartment number 23 plastered on the door. Placing the duffle bag down, he dug into his front pocket taking out a set of keys all held together by a metal ring. His car keys, his apartment key, and Judy's key. A small key that had a little plastic carrot wrapped around it. He stabbed it into the keyhole, hearing the lock click open and door going ajar.
"Hey Judy! I'm here!" he announced, walking inside, he locked the door behind him. He turned to find Judy coming out of the hallway, already in a t-shirt and sweatpants.
"Great! oh and you got popcorn!" she snatched the plastic bag away making her way towards her small couch, excited to get the night started. He chuckled when she saw her jump onto the cushion already digging her paw into the bag and stuffing her face. He enjoyed these nights of hanging out, just staying in, not worrying about work. Kept life calm, but interesting. He tossed his duffle bag aside, taking a seat beside her. He lifted his legs up fully onto the length of the couch, promoting Judy to lay her head on his chest while curling up against him. With the bag of popcorn in her arms and within reach of Nick's paw.
He grabbed a handful of the warm popcorn, putting a few in his mouth.
"So what movie are we watching?" He asked, chewing slightly. Judy picked up her remote control, pressing play on her small flat screen.
"It's a new one that recently came out, Clawhauser gave it to me after he got nightmares from it."
Nick choked on the kernels. "N-nightmares?..." he coughed, clearing his throat. "Why?"
"It's called "Chucky" or something, it's a scary movie!" She gleefully exclaimed, staring as the screen began to play out the first scene. "I think this is "The Return", I haven't seen the first ones, have you?"
Nick didn't reply right away, he was too busy breathing heavily with his eyes wide on the television. He will never tell Judy but he was afraid of scary movies, it was his least favorite genre. He is fine with the old black and white but when it's the modern ones, it's a different story and it all started with "Chucky". The story of a cursed panther, trapped in a plastic lemur doll with red hair who went out on a killing spree. He saw it when he was a pup, in defiance when his mother told him not to. He should have listened to her, because every lemur doll he saw he made sure he was far away from it. He also suffered from a fear in scary movies in general. He swallowed watching a tranquil setting of the camera panning onto a large home, knowing that it will soon be sent into a downward spiral.
"Nope...h-haven't seen it." he smiled forcefully, digging his paw into the bag, hoping to distract himself.
Judy began to giggle. "Just look how cheesy it is, this is suppose to be scary?" She didn't notice Nick already hiding his eyes behind his paw.
"Yeah, super cheesy...I mean, what is this a B-movie? hehe." He sunk into the couch cushions, while Judy took another bite of popcorn.
"I like these type of scary movies, it's so unrealistic, it's funny!"
Nick ears went back once the scene moved on, to night time. He gripped the top of the couch, knowing exactly what might happen, it was so predictable but he felt his heart begin to beat rapidly. A wave of dread came over him, threatening to drown him. He watched Judy enthralled in the movie, obviously interested and not showing one smidge of fear. If he didn't know any better, she was actually enjoying it!
He took a breath trying to calm himself, he looked at Judy as a source of distraction. He slowly placed his paw on her shoulder, to hold her against him. Judy smiled slightly, thinking it was something romantic but in fact, he was just holding her for protection.