ᥴⅈᥴꪖ𝕥𝕣ⅈ𝕫ꫀ// ડᥴ𝕣ꫀꪖꪑ 𝟚

Chapter 2

   (Movie scene time! I hope you guys will enjoy this)!

   Eliza Grace managed to reach the dorms, and saw reporters crowding in the front. "Shit." She whispered. She saw Sidney walk out and tried to avoid the reporters, who kept crowding around her. Eliza Grace ran up to her best friend. "Come on guys! Leave Sidney alone! Fuck off!" She exclaimed, dragging Sidney away from them. The reporters tried to get Eliza Grace to make a statement too, but she stuck up the middle finger, ultimately making the reporters stop pursuing Sidney.

   "Thanks for that, Liz." Sidney sighed in relief. "Don't mention it." Eliza Grace responded. She looked over at her. "I'm assuming you saw the news this morning, huh?" "Yeah I did. I'm gonna get Randy and John now." Sidney replied. "Class should be over soon. John left awhile before I woke up so no doubt it'll end soon." The other responded. They made their way over, a silence drifting between them.

   They eventually made it to Film Theory class, where Randy and John were, and stood in the doorway. They began motioning for Randy and John to come over. As Eliza Grace predicted, class had just ended. John rushed over to the two girls while Randy stood behind for a moment to talk to a classmate, before the four eventually left. "Three hundred people watched. Nobody did anything. They thought it was a publicity stunt, for Christ's sake." Sidney spoke as they walked outside.

   "And it would've been a good one too." Randy responded with a random, cockney accent. "It's starting again, Randy." Eliza Grace added. "It's not. A lot of shit happens at the movies. People get robbed, shot, maimed, murdered. Multiplex is just a very dangerous place to be these days." Randy denied. "Yeah, and you're in extreme denial." Sidney expressed. "She ain't wrong, buddy." John agreed. "And you guys should be too. This has nothing to do with us." Randy voiced, going back to his regular voice. "Randy, a guy in a ghost mask hacked up two people in a movie theater telling our life story." Sidney tried to explain. "Coincidence?" Randy theorized.

   "Dude, this can't be a coincidence! You know that, I know that, we all know that! All of our stories are very public, even with or without this movie, despite the fact John and I got cut out from it. What if a copycat is on the loose after becoming too engrossed with our stories?" Eliza Grace countered. "Maybe it was just someone that went mad. Can't say it was a copycat." Randy denied again. "You know what happened at Woodsboro, Randy. You can't ignore it." Sidney voiced as they stopped in their tracks. "I know, Sid. And I don't wanna go back there again. Can't we just go back to our pseudo-quasi-happy existence-- hello Derek. How ya doin'?" Randy changed subjects as he noticed Derek, Sidney's new boyfriend walking up to the four.

   Derek rushed up next to Sidney and kissed her cheek. "I've been looking everywhere. I heard. You weren't in class." Derek voiced in concern. "Yeah I know. I skipped. I couldn't take all the 'that's her' looks." Sidney replied. "Is there anything I can do?" Derek asked. "Well, you got any tricks for getting me back to a pseudo-quasi-happy existence?" Sidney asked, going back to what Randy said. "You know, I might just have one for that." Derek said, his voice full of mischief. "Oh yeah? What is it?" Randy asked. The group stopped in their tracks as Derek pulled Sidney to him and began kissing her. Even though John and Eliza Grace have been together for four years, they cringed at the sight, mostly because they knew Randy still had a crush on Sidney. The couple walked away from the three remaining people. "Get a room." Randy groaned. "You can say that again." John agreed.

   The two couples and their single best friend met up with their two new friends, Hallie, who was Sidney's roommate, and Mickey, who was Randy and John's Film Theory classmate. They stood further back, observing a press conference being given by the police chief. "Oh my God. This is huge." Randy muttered. They observed the conference as a very familiar woman began asking the chief questions. "No fucking way." 

   "Sidney, Liz, John, look. It's Gale Weathers. Star of 'the Gale Weathers press conference,' based on the book by Gale Weathers. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Gale Weathers." Randy joked. "Be kind. She saved our lives." Sidney defended. "She had calf implants." Randy shared as Mickey recorded him. "Dude come on." John expressed, nudging him. Randy moved away to get a closer look at the press conference, which was of course being taken over by Gale. The group continued to stay further away.

   "Hello girls. Enjoying yourselves?" A girl asked. "Goddamn it." Eliza Grace whispered under her breath. The Delta Lambda Zeta sorority girls. "Hello Sister Lois, Sister Murphy." Hallie responded. "Hello pledge. Hi Sidney! Hi Eliza Grace!" Murphy greeted. Eliza Grace let out a fake smile, not really wanting to talk to them. "This must be flat out hell for you both. How are you holding up?" "I manage." Sidney muttered. "Doing just fine." Eliza Grace answered. "It's really weird, isn't it? To think this fuss is all because of you! I mean not directly, but in some Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon way." Murphy continued. While this exchange was occurring, John, Derek, and Mickey were sitting there, grimacing and cringing. 

   "Now Hallie, are you gonna bring your friends to our little martini mixer tonight?" Lois asked. Sidney and Eliza Grace began to simultaneously come up with excuses, but Hallie stopped them before it could continue. "We'll be there." She spoke. "Oh good. Because Sid, Liz, we have our eyes on you. You hang in there, and if there's anything we can do--" Lois began. "The Delta Lambdas are very sensitive to your plight." Murphy finished. They eventually left, leaving the group, minus Hallie, cringing,

   "You gonna start to dress like that once you get in?" Derek asked Sidney. "That's not gonna happen." Sidney responded. "The Delta Lambdas are the biggest bunch of fuckin'--" Mickey started. "Hey! I'm pledging Delta Lambda, thank you!" Hallie interrupted. As Eliza Grace stared off into the distance, she saw a very familiar person standing by a tree. She tapped Sidney and John. "Is that who I think it is?" She asked. Sidney and John looked at the direction she was looking at. "Oh my God." Sidney muttered. The three of them stood up and ran over.

   "Dewey?" Sidney called. The figure looked over as the trio started calling his name while rushing over. It certainly was Dewey, who they haven't seen in a year. "What are you doing here?" Sidney asked as Dewey hugged the trio. "I was worried about you guys. I heard about what happened and was on the next plane." Dewey shared. Eliza Grace was so happy to see Dewey again. She felt guilty two years back, since she blamed herself for Tatum's death and practically avoided Dewey for weeks, since she didn't want to face him. She felt that it was her fault Tatum went down to that basement and felt that she could've protected her. She hung out with Dewey again awhile after, but the guilt continued to eat away at her. Even today, it still does.

   (Dewey and Gale are back! Yay! I hope you guys enjoyed this! See you soon)!