LOVE

Sleepover

Max's POV:
I knocked on their door, my skateboard in my hand. Mike opened the door and invited me in. We weren't the best friends, he didn't like me at first. But at least we're friends now, or at least have mutual respect for each other. I followed him into the basement and I saw Will, El and Dustin already here. I guess Lucas was coming last.

As soon as El saw me she ran to me and hugged me tight. "Hey Max!" She said excited. I laughed, "Hey Ellie." She smiled and pulled away from the hug. She sat back down and I sat beside her. We just talked for a while until we finally saw Lucas walking down the basement stairs.

"Hi Lucas!" We all said, he smiled and greeted us back. He sat beside me on my right, El on my left. He kissed me quickly and smiled after, I smiled too. Lucas was a good guy, he was very loyal to those he trusted. I looked over to El again who was talking with Will, even though I swear I could see a hint of sadness in her eyes.

I didn't think much about it as Mike stood up. "Ok! What movie shall we watch?" He asked.
"Ghostbusters!" Dustin and Lucas shouted at the same time. I groaned, Ghostbusters is a good movie, but we've watching it at least 100 times! I could literally predict when every little thing was gonna happen, it wasn't really exciting anymore.

El looked at me when I groaned, then she spoke up. "I'm bored of Ghostbusters, can we watch something else?" She asked softly, as if she was scared we would shout at her for not agreeing.
"Of course El." Mike smiled, he was dating El by the way, "Scary movie?" He asked. El tensed up, she hated scary movies.
"Yeah, scary movie." She smiled and looked at me again. I smiled back, she really was willing to watch a scary movie so we didn't have to watch ghostbusters, because I didn't want to?

Mike put on a random horror movie before sitting beside Will and Dustin, blankets between them. I was sharing a blanket with Lucas, El was offering to share hers with me but before I could agree Lucas put his over me. I was fine with it since I'm dating him but I felt bad for El, who had that same sadness in her eyes as she did earlier. I must just be imagining things.

The movie began and I felt El tense up beside me, as if she was preparing herself. I took my hand out the blanket and held her hand gently. She looked at me and I swear I saw a red tint on her cheeks. It's probably just the light from the TV, the lights are off anyway. As El held my hand, I felt warmth radiate through my body. A comfortable one though.

A bit into the movie, a guy in a mask jumped at the screen. I giggled as Lucas screamed, quickly trying to act brave to impress me or something. El flinched and grabbed my arm with her other hand, I felt heat rise to my cheeks. It's pretty warm in here, that's why.

She hid under her blanket so you could only see her head as the movie became more grim. She kept a firm grasp on my arm, hugging it as if it would save her. I caressed the back of her hand with my thumb in an attempt to comfort her a bit. It seemed to work as she slowly looked back at the TV, still a bit frightened.

The movie was going alright, El becoming less frightened, but then the gruesome parts happened again. El hated when she saw blood in movies, she said it reminds her of the blood that was on everyone's faces in the lab after 001 killed them. Luckily she killed him before he managed to kill her.

She whimpered as she heard the screams of the victims, the blood spurting from their bodies. I looked at her and saw tears in her eyes as well as her subtly shaking. I lifted her slightly so she was laying her head on my lap. "You're ok Ellie. It's not real." I whispered softly, stroking her brown hair with one hand, still holding her hand with the other. She looked up at me and nodded before looking back at the movie.

It ended up getting too scary for her, so she just closed her eyes and snuggled closer to me before falling asleep. I smiled as I heard her soft snores and quiet murmurs. I saw Lucas stare at El in an unpleasant way, he was probably jealous she was laying on me or something. I didn't really care though, I wanted El to lay on me. But if he has a problem with other people laying on me, even people I trust as much as El, that's his own issue.

The movie ended a while later. I've gotta say, I did enjoy it more than I would've Ghostbusters. Lucas had fallen asleep, his head resting against the arm rest. Will with his head on Mike's shoulder had also fallen asleep, and Dustin was drifting off. El didn't mind people laying on Mike, as long as they meant it in a friendly way, not a romantic way. Lucas hated anyone who did it, no matter what.

Mike turned the TV off before whispering, "Goodnight guys." He lay his head on Will's and I lay my head on the back of the sofa, my hands still stroking El's soft hair. I fell asleep quickly to the sound of El's consistent breathing, and comfortably as the sofa was cushiony.