Crush 2021 (Tamber)

Chapter 15: 1996 diaries

>Amber's POV<

We all went out for a night. instead of going to the beach, we decided to go see Halloween in theaters.

"I don't see what you guys fascination is with that series." Tara said as we left the theater.

Chad cocked an eyebrow at her, "Are you being serious?"

Tara pursed her lips in a sassy manner, "I'm just saying the same thing happens every movie. and he lives. What are there, like 600 movies?"

"Don't exaggerate." Mindy laughed, putting her arm around Liv.

I spaced out, hearing the conversation but not exactly listening as we walked.

"Well, wasn't that an old Halloween?" Liv asked.

"Yes, and there's supposed to be a new one coming out called Halloween ends." Mindy confirmed.

"We have to see it." Chad said, still eating movie theater popcorn.

"DO we?" Tara whined.

"Being a baby." Chad teased.

Tara shoved him the best she could and walked up to link arms with me.

"Amber, what did you think of the movie?" Mindy asked, jumping onto Livs back.

"It wasn't my favorite movie ever from the franchise. I like the stab movies, though." I said.

"Stab?" Tara asked.

"Thanks for not being judgmental." I say sarcastically.

"I'm just saying there are way better horror movies than stab." Tara says.

"Tara, do you like anything?" Chad teased again.

Liv walked closer with Mindy on her back. "Isn't stab based on like true shit?"

"Yup, my uncle was killed by a ghostface." Mindy said.

"God Mindy, that's morbid. try a little sensitivity." I laughed.

"I ammm." she said, "My mom said I would've liked him. He was a horror fanatic, too."

"So it runs in the family." Tara turned to smile at Mindy.

"Shush." Mindy said. "Wait."

We all came to a halt.

"What?" Chad said.

"I remember mom saying something about uncle Randy making video diaries." Mindy said.

"About?" I asked.

"Horror stuff. we can go to our house and watch them." Mindy suggested.

"Isn't that like disrespectful?" Tara asks.

"He made them to be watched." Mindy slid off of Liv's back. "So let's go watch them.

~Back at Mindy and Chad's house~

We made it to Mindy's house and set up the living room for watch time. Then, the five of us searched the attic for boxes with the name Randy on it.

"I hope you guys don't have squirrels up here." I said, looking at the shelves with a flashlight.

"Or mice." Tara kneeled down looking at the bottom shelf.

"I don't know I never come up here." Chad says.

"No rats, can't make any promises about squirrels." Mindy drops a box on the table.

"found it?" Liv asks, coming to look.

"Yup." Mindy digs through the box. "Nights at the CD store, boring."

She digged again, the rest of us circling in curiosity.

"1996." Mindy read.

My face went pale. "That's the year it all started."

"Great let's see what's on it." Chad said, snatching the tape.

We all looked at each other once before following Chad back downstairs.

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"Alright, everybody got their snacks?" Mindy said, sitting next to me on the floor.

Tara, sitting on the other side of me, shook her bowl of chips a little. Liv and Chad sat on the beanbag next to us 3 and threw twix candy.

"Thanks." I said, picking up the one that smacked me on the forehead.

"Press play." Chad said.

The tape began to play, it started with a camera being set up and soon the man backed up.

"Hey, It's Randy."
Randy looked around the room and then back at the camera.

"It's year 1996, and I am in a live horror movie."

He held up an article with a school photo of a blond girl with short hair on the front.

"Casey Becker." he said and grabbed another picture. "Steve Orth. Could it be me next? You? This is why we have rules. Rules I will explain to you so pay close attention." He said, placing photo and article down.

"Rule number one. Never have sex."

Chad laughed.

"Shhh." Mindy threw popcorn.

"Having sex puts you in a venerable position. You aren't alert. You're distracted banging somebody you won't know in 10 years. Now,

"Rule Number 2 Never say I'll be right back. Famous last words. and Rule number 3, NEVER split up. Under Ab-solutely POS-itively NO circumstances should you make that cliche error." He said in a stressed voice and backed up.

"He's just like you Min." I nudge her. She nudges me back with a half smile.

"Okay I know this isn't one of the rules I've stated but at this very moment I'm telling you. trust no one. Not your friends, not your mother, not your partner." Randy said.

"Randy!!" A voice called. "DINNER!"

He looked at the camera embarrassed. "That's it for now." The camera shut off.

"Wow." Tara said. "You would like him." She looked over at Mindy.

"There are more tapes." Liv said.

Mindy popped another in and we sat down, waiting for the next to start

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