c h a p t e r • 25

^^their home theatre

Lili's POV

"Stupid ass bitch." I pretended to throw a popcorn on the huge screen because there's no way I'm wasting it on some idiot.

"I don't understand how you can not get scared of these horror movies while I'm here covering myself with 10 layers of blankets." Sam says.

"I don't understand why that bitch couldn't have just hid under her blanket or something instead of going straight to the ghost, herself. I mean, the ghost doesn't even have to try." I say, throwing my hands up.

"True. What would you do, though?" She asks.

"Grab a bible, holy water, a rosary and a cross. Then, throw that at the ghost. If that doesn't work, I'll just hide under my blanket with another bible in my hands." I shrug and pop a popcorn in my mouth.

"Makes sense." She says.

The movie was just getting better when the door bursted open and I groaned.

"Oh my God, get the fuck out and let me watch Sam shriek and cower away every 10 seconds, in peace." I say and Sam glares at me.

The ghost pops in front of the TV screen and Sam shrieks while I laugh.

It's our thing.

"Woah, chill your tits, woman. We just wanted to join you guys since the adults are out somewhere and not coming back until late at night or tomorrow morning." Kyle says.

They all walk in the theatre and plop on the couches and some on the floor which is covered in pillows and blankets.

Kyle walks in front of me and nods over to Sam.

I give him a blank look and sighed.

The things I do for my ships.

I got up and walked to the couch at the very back corner to enjoy some peace alone.

Landon, Finn and Carter(Finn's brother), sits on the floor while Lucas(my cousin) and Alan sit on the couch next to us which is covered by a little wall.

Ryder walks in last with a box of pizza and looks around until his eyes lay on me.

Oh, no no no. Don't you dare come here! Go away! Give me the pizza but the human leaves!

Shut up, we both know you secretly want to sit next to him.

Do not!

He plops himself on the couch and throws an arm against me. I couldn't help but snuggle into him. He seemed satisfied by this because he leaned closer and put his head on top of mine.

Don't worry about me, my heart is definitely not melting.

"Okay! What should we watch?" Kyle asks, turning on the lights.

"Action movie!" Lucas exclaims.

"Romance!" Sam says.

"I don't care." Carter says. "Just play something."

"Horror it is!" Kyle announces.

Sam scoffs. "You're kidding, right?"

"Nope. You can hug me if you get scared. Don't worry." Kyle smirks.

"As if." Sam says with sass.

Come on, Sam. We both know you're gonna hug him even if you aren't scared.

"Friday the 13th!" Kyle says, putting in the CD.

"Ugh, great." Sam mutters loud enough for everyone to hear.

After a while, the movie starts and I'm just unaffected by it.

There's a jump scare and Sam and Kyle shrieks while I laugh at the killer and Ryder remains silent.

Dope mask. Where'd you get it? Kinda looks like the one Sam likes using for her facial skincare and stuff. You know the white thing that has blue glows and sometimes red? Yeah, that one.

That stupid girl screams when the serial killer appears out of nowhere and I snort very ladylike.

"Why aren't you scared?" He whispers.

"This is anything but scary. It's actually really funny." I say.

"Okay, okay. That's enough! Can we please watch something else?" Sam pauses the movie and turns on the lights.

"Aww, but I kinda liked it when you would clutch on to me every 5 seconds." Kyle whines.

Sam blushes a deep red and glare at Kyle.

"Let's watch, The notebook." Sam says.

You're kidding, right?

Sam glances at me and smirks.

Oh shut up. Don't act all innocent with Kyle.

I take a slice of pizza and watch as Kyle and Sam banter with each other.

"Notebook!" Sam says.

"Something that's not Notebook!" Kyle says.

"Just put the damn CD in and let's watch it in peace." I say. Well, more like I sleep in peace.

"Fine." Kyle says and put the CD in.

I look at the screen uninterested and already feeling bored by it.

I yawn and decide to sleep.

-•-

I woke up on my own and when I checked the time it was only 5: 12 a.m.

I decided to go and take a run to clear my head when I realised I was cuddling with Ryder.

He looks so peaceful and stress-free when he's asleep. His defined jawline, beautiful eyelashes and Greek God like face.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't developing any feelings for him.

But I can't and I won't.

Having feelings for someone causes pain and stress. I can't have anymore of that.

My eyes lay on my half slice of pizza on the pizza box and I sigh.

It's coming back. I got full only by half a slice of pizza.

I carefully remove his arms off me, making sure not to wake him up but that failed when he mumbled something.

"Where are you going?" He mumbles, half asleep in his velvety accent.

"I need a drink." I whisper. He nods and I quietly make my way out of the theatre room.

I walked a little faster to my room before changing into a sports bra which I cover with a cropped Nike hoodie and put on leggings.

I take my earphone and my phone, putting it into the pouch thingy on your arm before putting on my running shoes and leaving.

I jog to the main gate before confirming identification or something like that. It's high tech security. I don't know about it. I just put my thumb on the screen and boom, the gates open.

I jog out slowly getting faster and faster before fully sprinting down the street, not caring if I got tired.

Come on. I bet you didn't think of this when you were eating all those extra calories.

Now, you'll have to pay for that. There's always consequences.

I sprint faster.

The sky still dark and it's still very quiet.

Only the sounds of crickets were heard and my feet thumping harshly on the ground.

You can go faster than this. You are so out of shape!

I don't know how long I ran but it was a little brighter when I stopped.

Most people go for morning jogs in full on sprinting.

I roll my eyes at the thought.

I sat on the road pavement and watch the sunrise.

It was about at 7.30 when I reached home and almost no one was home.

I walked in the kitchen to get a drink from the fridge and when I closed the fridge and turned around I spit out my water.

"Went to get a drink for two hours?, I see? How unusual." He says with his stupid(but hot) accent in his husky morning voice that I could listen to every morning.

(A/n: I forgot Hero has an accent so now I'm actually acknowledging it in this book.)

"Did I say I went for a drink? I meant I went for a run." I give him a dashing smile.

His eyes weren't really focused on my eyes but my body.

Those planks and push ups and ab workout stuff really paid off.

I smirked but didn't say anything, instead I drank some water from my water bottle and kept it back inside the fridge.

When I turned around, his eyes were on my ass but he immediately snapped out of it and pretended he was looking at something else.

I laugh lightly.

"Where are the rest?" I ask.

"Still sleeping." He says, emotionless.

I nod but smirked when an idea popped into my head.

"How would you like to wake up our lovely friends...my way?" I smirked.

-•-

A/n: here's another update. I'm sorry if it sucks but I made sure to make it long. Anyways, hope you enjoyed it!

Love you guys!❤️