The Other Carpenter

Fourteen

|||| Fourteen ||||

"You really had to change so you could eat?" Taylor asked as I sat next to him on his bed.

"Yes cause I know I'll be too lazy to do it later." I said taking a bite of fiesta potatoes.

"Good point." He said taking a bite of his taco.

We were all eating, some faster than others. I'm not going to say any names. I'm sure you know who it is.

If you don't that's your fault.

The power suddenly cut off and I screamed along with someone else.

It sounded girly.

"Who screamed? There's only one girl in here and she's next to me so..." Taylor asked trailing off.

"It was me. That caught me off guard." Matthew said.

"Man I was going to make a video but I can't with no lighting." Carter said pouting.

"Sorry Carter. Lights probably won't be back on till late or morning." I shrugged.

"This sucks." Jc said.

"Yeah having no light killed my vibe." Nash said frowning.

"Oh not that. I'm used to this. I'm out of Taco Bell." We all laughed at him and he pouted.

"Well I can't be in the dark without someone near me so I'm not leaving this spot except to get my laptop and blanket." I said getting up while turning my phone's flashlight on.

I got my stuff quickly and I noticed Taylor shrugged. I also grabbed my Beats and went back to my spot.

"So who all is staying in here?" Aaron asked.

"Everyone. None of us will make it back to the other room without tripping over each other." Johnson said.
"Alright so I guess it's two to a bed or you sleep on the floor." Nash said.

"I call Nash's bed." Cameron said weirdly.

I laughed lightly and smiled. Everyone got settled and at the end of it Jc was the only one with no one in his bed.

"You all chose well. You don't want to sleep with me. I get violent." Jc said cuddling in to his covers.

I laughed at him and opened my laptop. My screensaver was a picture of Taylor and I together. I just liked it and decided to set it as my screensaver.

No big deal.

I could see Taylor smiling out of the corner of my eye and I plugged in my headphones. I put one in my ear and left the other one out. I clicked on Netflix and scrolled through the movies.

Deciding against a scary movie I started watching Fried Green Tomatoes. It may be an old movie but it reminds me of my mother. Her and I first watched it together when I was thirteen and I actually liked it.

I handed the other headphone to Taylor and he put it in scooting closer to me. He pulled me in to his side and I played the movie. We were both watching it intently and he seemed to be enjoying it.

He looked confused at some parts but I think he worked through his confusion. If not he'll ask me questions at the end. I'm surprised he's not asleep yet.

Aaron fell asleep when we watched it with mama. He just wasn't in to it. The same way I wasn't in to Harry Potter.

We watched all the way through and Taylor looked slightly confused. He pulled out his phone and I shut my laptop off. I noticed everyone was asleep by now. I felt my phone vibrate on my leg and I picked it up.

From Taylor: Nice screensaver. Anyway why'd they bury the arm? That just seems weird.

To Taylor: Thanks and it was a long time ago. Things were different. I really think they did it in honor of the original Buddy.

From Taylor: Okay and why'd he feed everyone human flesh? That's cannibalism.

To Taylor: No one knew that. I don't even think they had a term for it back then.

From Taylor: That's just wrong. It was a good movie though.

To Taylor: It is. We should go to sleep now. Goodnight.

From Taylor: Goodnight.