HERO

CHAPTER EIGHT: Now I know

         "You want some?" asks Alex through a mouth full of breadsticks and cheese pizza.

        "Nah, I kinda lost my appetite..." I rub the back of my head and lean back on my white body pillow. Just as I lay down my stomach growls.

        "It sounds like you found it. Come on." He thrusts a piece of pepperoni pizza in my face, covering my nose with sauce. "Whoops...sorry!" He slaps a napkin on my face before pinching my nose to remove the red sauce.

        "Ouch!" I slap his hand away from me. "You did that on purpose!"

        "Maybe...but you wanted it off, didn't you?" He smirks.

        "Shut up." I rub my reindeer red nose and snatch the pizza from his hand.

        An hour goes by and The torn apart pizza box with the break sticks bag inside lays on my floor. An empty Mountain Dew bottle sits on my night stand and red cups are scattered all around my bed.

        "How 'bout a movie?" I suggest. I slide out a cardboard box from underneath my bed.

        "A movie? There's gotta be like fifty Disney and horror movies here!" laughs Austin.

        "What can I say...I have no life!" I joke back to him.

        Everyone laughs at my small joke, but quietly gets settled in.

        "Kenzie, can we please watch this one?" begs Kaitlyn, tossing the movie Wrong Turn Four at me.

        This one's so gross! I don't think theses babies can handle it," I snicker. I give a small wink to Austin and the ends of his lips curl up into a devilish smile.

        "Wanna make a bet?" he snears over to me.

        I crawl over and become nose to nose with him. "Bring it on," I whisper.

        "So be it," he whispers back. His fresh breath slaps me in the face, causing a smile to form on my lips.

        "First ones to chicken out in the movie gets the other ones ice cream, deal?" Austin smiles a proud smile.

        "That's a dumb bet. How 'bout this, first ones to chicken out have to strip down to their bra and underwear and run down the street." Alex smiles at his risky dare.

        "You just want to see us half naked," giggles Kaitlyn. Her cheeks are flushed with pink.

        "I think it's a good idea," croaks Austin.

        "So? You're not chicken, right?" Alex leans back in my blue moon chair, linking his hands behind his head.

        "No. Bring it on!" I confidently state.

        Did those words just come out of my mouth?! I don't wanna strip! Their gonna see my stitches! Trust me...their nasty...Why did I say that! Mackenzie Lynn you're a fucking idiot...

        "Then it's settled. Let's begin..." Alex jumps onto the bed with a devilish smirk on his face.

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        OH MY GOD! RUN!" screams Austin through cupped hands.

        "Dude don't be a ba---MOVE YOUR ASSES! THE HOT ONES GONNA DIE!" Alex shouts orders to the TV.