Ultraviolence | Scream 1996

ChapterEleven | Leatherface

"Happy curfew", Stu spoke to the people who were leaving his house early due to curfew, letting the few that didn't care as much to stay.

Matilda was standing beside him as she watched everyone go, rubbing up and down her arms a bit as she started getting cold in her outfit standing by the door.

"Nice party, Stu", someone said as they were on their way out.

"Tatum, come on!", Sidney yelled through the big house, not knowing where her friend was.

"There's nobody here but us!", another girl that wasn't Tatum called back to Sidney.

"Do you know where she is?", Sidney asked looking between Stu and Matilda.

"No, I haven't seen her", Stu shrugged, pulling Matilda into him and wrapping his robe around the both of them to try and help warm her up.

It was then that someone jumped forward in the open door letting out a scary noise, scaring the four as they stood at the door.

Sidney screaming like the scream queen she was, Stu and Matilda jumping back as Stu's robe fell from around Matilda, and Marlene jumped back and put her hand on her stomach.

Taking deep breaths they looked to see Billy who raised his brows at Stu before having to do a double take when he saw Matilda.

"Oh. Billy. Hey", Sidney said nervously but Billy was too busy still gawking at his sister.

"Billy, hmm, what are you doin' here?", Stu stroked his chin, but was yet again ignored by Billy.

Seeming to snap out of his trance of disgust he slapped his hands over his eyes groaning. "Oh, God. Why!"

"Should've seen her earlier", Marlene couldn't help but mutter under her breath.

"What?", Matilda asked not seeing the big deal over her outfit. "I'm a PlayBoy Bunny! And PlayBoy Bunnies are sexy or have I mistaken the magazines in your room?"

Ignoring his sisters words about what exactly is in his room he looked at the ceiling as he took off his jacket and held it out for her.

"No! No way am I putting that on and ruining my entire look", Matilda protested shaking her head at him.

Billy was not letting this slide though as he walked forward and practically forced his jacket onto her body, shoving her arms through the sleeve and zipping it up to the very top as high as it would go.

Matilda then leaned back into Stu with a huff as she pouted to herself and crossed her arms, Stu wrapping her back up into his robe, her legs still being exposed.

"I was hoping I could talk to Sid alone", Billy then answered Stu's previous question from before.

"You know, if Tatum sees you here, she'll draw blood", Sidney raised her brows at him.

"I'll tell you what. Why don't you go up to my parents room?", Stu offered. "You know, you guys can talk...whatever", he hinted with a raise of his brows.

"Subtlety Stu. You should look it up", Billy told him as everyone in the conversation got what he was pointing at.

"No, it's okay. We do need to talk", Sidney looked at him, turning to start walking upstairs, holding Billys hand as she does.

Stu let out a sound of pain as Billy stuck his finger into his side as he walked past, stopping for a second as he looked at Stu.

"Get her into something reasonable", he told him as he looked to Matilda who was shivering even with his jacket and Stus robe around her.

"Yes, Sir!", Stu gave him a mock salute as Billy and Sidney then continued on up the stairs to his parents room.

"Billy, wait", Marlene went up after them.

She grabbed hold of Billy's hand, practically just his fingers. There was no need to for he had stopped walking and turned around to face her at just her call.

"I...", Marlene trailed off when she saw Sidney staring at her. She turned back to look at Billy's eyes. "Can we talk, please? When you're free?"

"Yeah, of course", Billy places his hand gently between her shoulder and her neck, his thumb running over the side of her neck. "Are you okay? Is there something wrong?"

"No, I'm okay, don't worry", Marlene smiled gently, placing her hand on his wrist. "I just really need to tell you something."

"Alright", Billy nodded. "I'll come find you, and if I don't, you find me."

"I will", Marlene replied quietly, nodding slightly.

Billy nodded back before Sidney tugged on his arm and he continued his way up the stairs with her.

Marlene and Billy held onto eachother for as long as they could before the space in between them was too much and they had to let go of eachother.

They watched eachother go, before Billy turned the corner at the top of the stairs and Marlene was left standing on the stairs, holding onto the banister.

Matilda rushed up, pushing herself out of Stus arms and robe and up the stairs to guide her back down the stairs and regroup with what was left of them.

Randy walked up to them as he watched in disbelief at what he was seeing. "What's Leatherface doin' here?"

"He came to make up", Stu told him simply.

"Make up, make out...", Marlene trailed off quietly.

"Cute!", Matilda muttered.

"There goes my chance with Sid, damn it", Randy said as he watched on where Billy and Sidney had gone.

"As if. That's all i'm sayin'. As if", Stu chocked on a laugh he tried to keep down, closing the front door.

"Oh, really, Alicia?", Randy quoted a movie, but Stu just put his hand to Randy's face and shoved him back.

Once again throwing Matilda over his shoulder in a fireman carry and running with her up the stairs to his room to get her into something 'reasonable' in Billy's eyes.

And then Marlene was left with Randy.

"So, do you wanna-"

"No", Marlene cut Randy off almost immediately.

She wasn't sure what he was going to ask her, quite frankly she didn't care, but no matter what Randy asks her the answer is always no.

Saying no as soon as he even opens his mouth just saves everyone some of their valuable time that they would never get back if they let Randy of all people borrow it.