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Shush

Josh unlocked the door to the apartment after a long walk home, to find Ben and Lizzy in their natural habitat - watching Netflix whilst cuddling. They were completely engrossed in the program that they didn't realize that we had entered. I gave Josh one look and he instantly knew what to do. 

We crouched down low and snuck towards the sofa that faced away from where we were just standing. We had to freeze multiple times after they shifted slightly, but eventually, we made it so that we were crouched down behind the sofa. 

We were about to jump out at them when Lizzy leaned forward to pick something off of the coffee table. We both gritted our teeth in suspense, hoping that they wouldn't realize that we were behind the sofa waiting to pounce.

Lizzy's voice then spoke up, "Ben have you seen this T-shirt on Amazon, it is literally the best thing ever!"

Ben simply turned his head, put his hand to his lips and shushed her before turning his attention back to the TV screen. 

"Oh, you did not just shush me!"

But before Ben could reply, Josh and I looked at each other, giving the all clear to...

"BOO!"

The pair both fell off the sofa in utter surprise, each clutching their chests breathing heavily, mouths wide open. Lizzy suddenly turned so red that she looked like a raspberry, before standing up, fists clenched. 

"Ben, can I punch Josh?" Lizzy asked the boy who was still sprawled on the floor in a higher than normal pitched voice surprisingly calm. 

"Absolutely," Ben grinned evilly looking towards Josh who looked as though he had just starred death straight in the eyes - of course, he had just starred an angry Lizzy in the eyes, so it gave just as terrifying of an effect. 

Josh quickly darted away heading straight towards my bedroom, Lizzy hot on his tail leaving Ben choking on his laughter behind them. It was a great sight to see Ben laughing, I hadn't seen him do it in a while, so I pulled out my phone to document this.

I followed Josh and Lizzy into my bedroom and stood in my doorway with Ben standing behind me laughing and wheezing into in my ear. I watched as Josh stood on my desk chair and used a ruler in an attempt to push Lizzy away as though she was a crocodile in a river and he was stood on the log keeping him alive. Lizzy was grunting as Josh squealed like my classmates at a picture or video of Tom Holland, still defending himself. 

Lizzy easily grabbed the ruler out of Josh's hand and pulled him off the chair by the collar of his shirt and pushed him onto my bed. She towered over him and he covered his face with hands as if it would protect him from Lizzy's wrath - oh how wrong he was. She grabbed his flailing arms and pinned them to my bed. 

"Why did you scare me!" she roared in his face whilst Ben muttered the word 'scared us'  under his breath. 

"It was Grace's idea!" he retaliated. 

"Hey! Don't bring me into this!" I complained from behind the camera. 

"Yea! Don't bring Grace into this!" Ben and Lizzy both argued against Josh. 

"I - I " Josh stuttered. 

"Oh yes, go on, what do you want to say to defend yourself?" mocked Lizzy causing Ben to snort with laughter once more. 

"Please help me Grace!" pleaded Josh. 

"Nah, this is way too funny!" I laughed. 

"Oh no," he whispered quietly realizing that he was all alone.