Worship - Ethan Landry x male oc [2]

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Richie puts the car in park. No idea that Chad is bleeding out 50 feet away.

Sam turns to him. "I'll go in with her, we'll be back in five."

"No thank you. I just watched all of the Stab movies, and in 7 out of the 8, people get killed in or around motor vehicles." Richie said and started counting the victims. "Stab 1, the cameraman in the van. Stab 2, the FBI guy. Stab 3, dude from Seinfeld in a motorhome. Stab 4, the deputies in the police car--"

"Will you stop listing dead people if we let you come in?" Tara asked, noticing that Romeo was walking towards them. "There's Rome." She said, nodding her head to the approaching boy.

Romeo opened the car door and helped Tara out of the car and Sam gave her the crutches.

"Do me a favor, don't tell Amber we're leaving town." Sam said as they head for the house.

"I didn't tell her anything." Romeo said, when Sam looks at him.

"You don't trust her?" Tara asked.

"I don't trust anyone at this point. Just get your stuff and talk to as few people as possible." Sam said.

They walked into the house where the remaining party-goers see who the newcomers are, and roar in delight.

"Tara! Hey! What's up?" A voice asked from the crowd and Romeo pushed through the crowd and walked towards the kitchen.

Sam rolls her eyes as Tara is immediately swarmed by well-wishers, asking if she's okay, how she's feeling, etc.

Sam and Richie try to help Tara through the crowds.

"Can everyone get away from my girlfriend, please? Make a hole!" Amber said, walking down the stairs, shooing people away from Tara. She reaches her and they embrace. "What are you doing out of the hospital? Should you even be up and around?"

"I needed to come get my necklace." Tara said, looking at Romeo who is drinking something from a red cup and closing his eyes before she turned away from him when he turned to look at her.

"Why? Are you going somewhere?" Amber asked.

Tara looks at her, agonized. She promised she wouldn't say.

"No, you know what, don't tell me. I get it. Be safe. It's in my room. I just want to talk to you alone for a sec before you go--"

"Absolutely not." Sam said.

Amber turns to her. "I'm glad you finally decided to take your sisterly duties seriously, but we've been together for over a year--"

"Congratulations, I'll buy you a cake. We gotta go." Sam said.

"Sam, please..." Tara said.

Sam exhales. "Okay, but I'm coming with you. Where's your bedroom?"

"Back there." Amber said, looking around at the party-goers. "Thanks for coming, but the party's over! Time for everyone to go!"

The party-goers boooo this profusely.

Sam looks at Richie. "Could you...?"

Richie clears his throat. "Attention teenagers! Sam and Tara have been attacked by the killer twice and now they're here, which makes this house a huge target! So y'all should get the fuck out!"

General mumbling amongst the teenagers, Richie's made a solid point. They begin to move towards the exits.

Sam looks to Richie, who mimes tipping his hat. She follows Tara and Amber towards the back of the house while Richie moves to join Romeo in the kitchen.

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Mindy, with Romeo, lying on the couch. Francis has departed. She's drunk, still watching Stab.

Richie pokes his head in. "Do you know if there's any beer left? There's none in the kitchen."

"There's some in the basement." Mindy said.

"You wanna come with me?" Richie asked, looking at Romeo who stood up to join him.

"No, but you were right to ask." Mindy said.

Romeo and Richie started walking towards the basement, the latter grabbing the other candlestick off the mantle. "I'll be right bac--" He stopped himself when he realized, wincing and leaves with Romeo.

"Well, he's dead..." Mindy said, settling back into the movie when she sees a figure move behind her. She spins to see a pissed Liv.

"Goddamn Uber cancelled on me... Could this night get any shittier?" Liv said.

Mindy sits up, looking up at her strangely. "Where's my brother?"

"I don't know, probably off accusing everyone of being the killer." Liv said.

"He went looking for you..." Mindy said.

"I didn't see him, okay? Why are you looking at me like that?" Liv said.

"Just revising my suspect list." Mindy said.

Liv steps towards her, suddenly menacing. "You afraid of me, Mindy? You think I did something to your brother? You think I'm going to cut you up?"

"A little now, yeah..." Mindy said, shrinking away from Liv.

"You said I was too boring to be the killer." Liv said. "But maybe that's the twist, right? What do you think? You're the expert. And you know what eventually happens to the expert?" She draws her finger across the throat. She smiles at the terrified look on Mindy's face. "Enjoy your stupid movie." She said, turning and heads out.

To settle her nerves, Mindy takes a big swig of tequila and turns up the movie's volume.

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Amber leads Sam and Tara to her room and pauses in the doorway.

"I just want to talk to her alone for two minutes." Amber said.

"Why?" Sam said.

"Because I love her and you're clearly taking her away from me." Amber said.

"Sam, please..." Tara begged.

"Fine. Two minutes, I'll be standing right outside this door. If anything happens, scream." Sam said.

"Thanks. We will." Amber said, closing the door, leaving Sam in the hallway.