Sofina's Perspective
" Okay, since Beatrix is out for the night, what do you want to do?" I asked Alexa
" I don't know, have a movie marathon? I think I have some in my Mac, cable it up to the telly. "
" What movies do you have?"
" What genre do you want?"
" Romance. "
" The one that will make you cry?"
" Yeah, chick flix. "
" I've got Message in the Bottle, the Notebook, Dear John. "
" How about sci-fi?"
" Uh, ET?"
I rolled my eyes.
" Do you wanna watch Child's Play 1-3?" Alexa asked.
" 1-3?"
" Yeah, the one with Andy Barclay. "
" Who?"
" The main character, Andy. "
" You mean Toy Story?"
" No, Child's Play, with Chucky?"
" Chucky?"
" The kid's doll who kills?"
" Oh, I remember! 1-3?"
" If we have time, we could watch up to The Curse of Chucky. "
" Okay, I'll get the corn poppin' and you get your laptop and do your thing. "
" Okay. "
I stood up and went to the kitchen.
butter or cheese?
" Hey, Alexa? Butter or Cheese?"
" Cheese first?"
" Okay. "
Then the popcorn is popping, and Alexa's shouting bravo! because she hooked up the HDMI cable to her Mac and now we could watch the movie.
The movie was now starting.
" So is this a scary movie or what?" I asked
" I would categorize this as Thriller. "
" So, it's not that scary?"
" Nope. "
" Then, we'll watch this until Beatrix comes back. "
" That's like eight hours. "
" More or less. "
" We'll try. "
Then I screamed when I saw Chucky, as if I'm the one being thrown out of the window.
" Shit! Cassandra! You scared me. "
She hit pause.
" You told me that this isn't scary. "
" It isn't! You told me this was a Thriller movie. "
" It is!"
" She just died!"
" And?"
" Okay, fine, hit play. "
Then she did.
I mostly screamed at the parts where there was killing involved, and threw popcorn everywhere.
That made Alexa get her own popcorn.
When the movie ended:
" Ready for Child's Play 2?" she asked me.
" Yeah, yeah, I guess. "
" Cass, it wasn't scary! "
" It was!"
" Would you watch the Conjuring instead?"
" Child's Play it is. "
We watched the whole Child's Play trilogy, but we ended there, because, we ran out of popcorn!
" Why would you think that we were going to watch Toy Story?" Alexa asked
" Andy Barclay. You mentioned his name, I thought that Andy from Toy Story had a surname. "
" Andy had Woody, Andy Barclay had Chucky."
" Very different. "
We laughed.
Then at about 4 am, we decided to retire to bed, Alexa was sound asleep instantly, and I couldn't help but think about Chucky.
What if he comes for me?
He won't. He's fictitious.
What if he kills me in my dreams?
He couldn't. He's fictitious.
What if Alexa buys me a Good Guy doll?
She won't! She's not that stupid.
I wouldn't want a Good Guy doll.
I really could not sleep!
The movie scenes are stuck in my head!
I can't get them off my mind!
It's driving me nuts!
I wanna go to sleep.
I wanna watch a movie that would make me cry.
I have to sleep now, or I would go to the fridge and get chocolates.
Stacks and stacks of Toblerones, Ferrero Rochers, Hershey's, Mars', Twix', oh, mouthwatering Twix' ...
Shit! I have to get over there and get those Twix'!
I need those!
Twix...
I sat up, and lay back down.
There's no way you're getting yourself a bar of Twix at this time, go to sleep.
I could get myself coffee and Twix.
No.
I have good control of myself.
Uh, no.
Shut up, inner me.
No.
Twix.
No.
I had a small argument with myself, before I drifted off to sleep.
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