𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙇 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 - 𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎

One

The film class had the teacher standing in front of the chalkboard. "You could say what happened in that theater is a direct result of the movie itself." The teacher said, immediately sparking a debate of the whole class room.

Jacqui was sitting in her chair next to Randy, unbothered and flipping and highlighting through a script draft from her film writing class.

"That is so moral majority. You can't blame real-life violence on entertainment." Cici Cooper spoke, completely disagreeing with the whole thing as some of the classmates nodded their heads, including Jacqui, but of course there were other people who thought differently as they went to protest.

As the argument went on, Mickey Altieri decided to put his own thoughts of the whole thing. "It's a classic case of life imitating art imitating life."

As some students started to disagree, including Jacqui, someone spoke up. "It's unavoidable," Laurie Arthurs, Jacqui's alternative and remotely creepy roommate spoke up. "When you make a blockbuster hit film based on real life killings it will romanticize the attacks and turn insane people into copycats, whether it means to or not."

Jacqui quickly held a finger up. "Okay, let's not go there."

"Seriously," Randy agreed. "Let me tell you two about reality."

"Oh, I can't wait for this." Laurie sarcastically murmured.

"We lived through this, okay?" Randy gestured to himself and Jacqui. "Life is life, it doesn't imitate anything."

"Come on, Randy, with all due respect, the killer obviously patterned himself after two serial killers . . . who have been immortalized on film." Mickey said, Laurie nodded along.

"Are you suggesting that someone's trying to make a real life sequel?" The teacher says from in front of the classroom causing another debate to go on through all the students.

"Stab 2? Who wants to see that? Sequels suck." Randy commented, causing a huge outburst with some of the students.

"No no, we can have good sequels, okay?!" Jacqui quickly defended. "Friday The 13th 2 is one of the best horror movies ever made!" She got murmurs and nods of agreement.

Randy was silent for a moment before exhaling. "Jacqui, I love you, but you also said Cable Guy counted as a horror film." The room immediately erupted.

"No no! Wait! That's not fair! I saw that movie in theaters at night and it was so fuckin' scary! If you disagree you are lying to yourself, that film is what is called 'psychological horror!'" Jacqui tried to explain, stumbling on her words a bit. "Listen, I may not be a horror expert, but I have movie taste, okay?"

Mickey blinked for a moment. ". . . Jacqui, didn't you tell me last week that your favorite horror movie was Slumber Party Massacre 2?" He asked, riling up the class again.

"Okay, you just immediately invalidated any opinion you have on the genre." Laurie smiled.

Jacqui gasped in offense. "Fuck you guys! God forbid I like a comedy, right?!" She continued to try and defend herself while the entire class was now debating with only her instead of each other.

"That'll be a wrap," the professor eventually said after Jacqui had been fighting for her life. "The sequel discussion to be continued."

While Jacqui was picking her satchel and script up, Randy gestured to the doorway. Jacqui made eye contact with Sidney, and her eyes widened. Sidney gestured for them to come over to her and Jacqui quickly got up.

"So, Mrs. Originality," Laurie asked Jacqui, making her stop and turn. "How would you make a good movie?"

"Duh, expand the spoof genre," Jacqui cockily scoffed, glancing back at her. "I'm telling you, that's gonna be the next big thing in a couple years!" Randy and Sidney tried to get her through the doorway before she could continue rambling. "Same as Transformers!" She stopped again. "Oh, and adult animated TV shows!" She walked out with them. "If I'm right about all those, I am going to be a very rich woman."

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The three of them continued to walk out and around the building. "Three-hundred people watching," Sidney said. "Nobody did anything. They thought it was a publicity stunt, for Christ's sake."

"It would've been a good one too," Randy replied, imitating a British accent.

"They gave out costumes and fake knives," Jacqui said, adjusting her bag strap. "Good news everyone, we made it, our trauma's a trend!" She grinned.

Sidney nodded. "It's starting again, isn't it?"

"It's not," Randy said, they stopped and turned to him when he stopped, still keeping the fake accent. "A lot of shit happens at the movies. People get robbed, shot, maimed, murdered." They started walking again. "Multiplex is just a very dangerous place to be these days."

"You're in extreme denial, Randy," Sidney said.

"You should also be," Jacqui chuckled, trying to remain optimistic. "I mean, there is no proof this has anything to do with us!"

"A guy in a ghost mask hacked up two people in a movie theater telling our life story," Sidney replied.

"Coincidence?" Randy asked.

"I think yes," Jacqui replied.

"You know what happened in Woodsboro, guys," Sidney made the two of them stop. "You can't ignore it. We have to live with it."

"I know, Sid," Randy said. "But I don't want to go back there again."

"I don't either," Sidney replied as Jacqui started shuffling around in her satchel. "But this isn't something to just push to the side. It's going to start happening again."

"Right," Randy nodded. "Can't we just go back to our pseudo-quasi-happy existence?"

"Do you think me surviving another Ghostface attack will help me get work when I graduate?" Jacqui asked, looking up from her bag.

Before anyone could answer, Randy turned his head. "Hello, Derek. How ya doin'?"

Derek, Sidney's new boyfriend, walked over and gave Sidney a quick peck. "Hey, Sid," Derek said. "I've been looking everywhere. I heard. You weren't in class."

"Yeah, I know," Sidney said as Derek put an arm around her and they started walking. Randy and Jacqui shared a look before following closely after them. "I skipped. I couldn't take all the 'that's her' looks."

"Is there anything I can do?" Derek asked.

"Well, you got any tricks for getting me back to a pseudo-quasi-happy existence?" She asked, looking back at Randy.

"You know, I might just have one for that,"

"Yeah?" Sidney asked as he grabbed her hand.

"Oh, yeah? What is it?" Randy asked.

They stopped walking as Derek and Sidney started basically making out. Jacqui first stared, uncomfortable, before turning around and doing that thing where she was pretending to be two people kissing, you know, like a child would do, though she quickly stopped once the two stepped back from one another.

"That was good," Sidney said to Derek before walking off with him.

"Get a room," Randy muttered before him and Jacqui followed after them.

"Were we ever that bad?" Jacqui whispered to him.

"No, never."

[A/N: I actually fuckin HATE the film class scene with a burning passion for a multitude of reasons. Yes, it has Mickey and Randy in it, two of the best characters in the entire franchise, but not only does Randy get the Alien quote wrong, but the dialogue felt like it was AI-generated, I know it wasn't but GOD. That's why I redid the second half of it.]