The next day I got woken up by banging and moaning from the room next to mine "Bloody hell" I whispered to myself laying my head back on the headboard before grabbing some clothes and laying them out on the bed getting ready to get in the shower.
"Quinn do you mind if I borrow some of your body wash there's none left in here!" I shouted as the moaning stopped for a minute "Yeah take whatever you need" she said before the moaning continued.
Time skip
I start walking to college when I bump into Ethan "Hey hot stuff" I say as he starts walking beside me "Hey princess" he says grabbing my hand and dragging me somewhere private "So y/n I'm gonna make this quick I think you're absolutely beautiful and I was wondering do you maybe want to come around mine tonight to watch some movies"
"Yeah sure as long as I can pick a few," I say grabbing his hand "Of course Princess", we make our way to the courtyard where the rest of the group is.
"Okay, nerds. As terrifying as this all is, I'm actually glad I get a chance to redeem myself for not calling the killers last time" Mindy says as me and Ethan sit next to Tara
"The way I see it, someone's out to make a sequel to the requel."
"What's a requel?" Anika asks raising her hand
"You're beautiful sweetie but let's hold questions till the end" she said pointing at her
Tara looks at Mindy confused before saying "Stab 1 took place in Woodsboro, but Stab 2 took place in college..."
So you think the killer's copying
the second movie? Sam asks looking between Mindy and Tara
"That's one possibility. Heroes now in college? Check. Suspicious new characters brought in to round out the suspect list and/or body count?" Mindy says pointing at Anika Ethan and Quinn "Check, check, and check."
"I don't like this," Ethan muttered causing me to giggle
"But it can't only be about Stab 2," Mindy says placing her hands on her knees
"Why not?"
"It would make sense if this were just a sequel. But we're not in a sequel, because nobody just makes sequels anymore... We're in a franchise. And there are certain rules to a continuing franchise." Mindy says starting to pace.
"I had a feeling," Sam says looking at Tara
"Rule One, everything is bigger than last time. Bigger budget, bigger cast, bigger body count; longer chases, shoot-outs, beheadings you gotta top what came before to keep people coming back."
"Beheadings?" Chad asked in disbelief
"Beheadings!"
"And Rule Two, whatever happened before, expect the opposite. Franchises only survive by subverting expectations; if the killers last
time was whiny snowflake film
nerds with Letterboxd accounts
instead of personalities, you can
bet the opposite will be true here." She says before Ethan starts shuffling nervously so I grab his hand giving it a little squeeze he squeezes back and smiles at me
"And Rule Three, no one is safe.
Legacy characters are cannon fodder
at this point, usually brought back
only to be killed off in some cheap bid for nostalgia. Sidney's smart to sit this one out, but it's not looking too good for Gale and Kirby. And that's not even the worst part." She said looking at me pitifully as I lay my head on Ethan's shoulder
"The worst part is franchises are just continuing episodic instalments designed to boost an IP, which means main characters are completely expendable now too. Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson, Ellen Ripley, Sally Hardesty, Jigsaw, Tony Stark, James Bond, and even Luke Skywalker all died so their franchises could live on. That means it's not just the friend group, any of us could go at any time, especially Sam and Tara." She says clasping her hands together
"Wait, any of us? Am I in the friend group?... Am I one of the targets?..." Ethan says panicking
"Am I gonna die a virgin?" He asks suddenly "It's fine I'll make sure you don't die and you not going to be a virgin soon if you are ready" I whisper in his ear before he goes beet-red.
"What a weird overshare, but that brings us to our current suspects. Ethan. The shy dorky guy who no one suspects, because he's so shy
and dorky." Mindy says as Ethan wraps his arm around my waist.
"Why am I on the list? Because I'm
randomly Chad's roommate?" Ethan says looking between Chad and Mindy
"Roommate lotteries can be juked,
you could have fixed it to get next
to us!" Mindy exclaims getting in his face.
She moves away from Ethan and towards Quinn "Then there...Quinn. The slutty roommate. A horror movie classic."
"Sex-positive, but thank you!"
"Mm-hmm. Um, how did you come to live with Sam and Tara?"
"I answered their ad online," she said confused
"Okay, say no more. You've already implicated yourself enough." Mindy said turning away from her
"It was an anonymous ad, Mindy and you know we vetted her. Plus her dad is a cop." Tara says causing Mindy to roll her eyes in response
"Come on Tara having a cop dad is one of the best cover-ups in a horror franchise do you not remember how these movies work?" Mindy asks before walking over to Anika
"And finally, Anika," she says as they start blowing kisses to each other "Never trust the love interest." She says causing Anikas to smile to drop.
"Okay. So we've got our rules, and
we've got our suspects-" "Wait- what about the rest of you?" Ethan asks interrupting as Mindy smiles sitting next to Anika
"I mean, I think it's safe to rule
out of the five of us who went through
this last year in Woodsboro-" Mindy says cuddling into Anika.
"Agreed" Chad said pointing his pen at Mindy
"Um, not agreed. Maybe the trauma
of what you went through caused one
or more of you to snap" Quinn says panic laced in her voice
"Or the fame you got from the
killings made you thirsty for more,
And, let's be honest, some of those
theories online about Sam are-" Ethan added before Tara cut him off glaring at him.
"She's right, though. Face facts.
If we're all suspects? You're all
suspects." Anika says pointing at all of us.
Time skip
"Hey Ethan do you mind if I bring some pjs to yours because I might end up falling asleep," I ask as we make our way to Taras and Quinn's shared apartment "Yeah sure..." As I go to the spare room to grab my pjs I feel someone grab my hand so I turn around and see Ethan looking at me nervously "y/n you know earlier when you said you'd help me with...you know-"
"Yeah?" I ask confused "Well for one I am ready and for two do you mind helping me tonight?," he asks looking down at the floor worriedly "Yeah sure but It's my first time to so I might not be the best at it"
"I don't care about that you're perfect. I'm the one who should worry because I don't want to mess this up-" he stopped abruptly when he noticed my gaze drift to his lips; they looked so soft and I couldn't help but want to kiss them "screw this" he muttered before roughly kissing me causing me to stumble back, fortunately, his hands were on my waist helping me stabilize
He moved a hand to the back of my head pulling me closer to him if possible, I moaned into the kiss causing him to pull away a little and I could see the lust in his eyes "Do you want this?" He asked before flipping me around and pushing my front up against the wall as I let out a faint
"Yes"
"You have no idea how many times I've imagined this," he says turning my head to caress my cheeks making me lean into his touch "You've imagined kissing me" I smirk
"I have imagined more, I've thought about how my lips would be busy attacking your neck as I fill you up perfectly and how you would moan my name so loud that everyone in this entire building could hear...so they would all know you are mine" he whispered in my ear before gently nibbling it.
"You know what I've been imagining?" I say, quickly flipping us around so he is pressed up against the wall instead.
"What?" He asks hoarsely "I've imagined you pinning my arms above my head as you kiss me deeply, your hips rutting Into mine as I beg you to go harder then you flip me around and bend me over and fuck me till I shake"
"Y/n, can we take this to the bedroom now? I don't think I can wait any longer," he asks desperately before burying his head in my neck.