lies//ethan dolan

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trigger warnings

-lily-

As planned, Grayson, Ethan and I watched Insidious. Grayson went to the kitchen to make some popcorn, so it just Ethan and I sitting on the couch. I was on the right side of the couch with my back on the arm, and I was cris-crossed. My body was facing Ethan but I was staring at the screen cover. I felt Ethan staring at me but I ignored it.

"Do you like scary movies?" Ethan randomly said.

"Yes." I reply, not taking my eyes off of the screen, trying to find every little detail of the screen.

"You don't find them creepy or scary?"

I hesitate but say, "Horror are nothing compared to my life."

"W-what do you mean?"

"Someday." I mumble.

We get silent after that. Not daring to break the silence. 

"Ok, I got the popcorn. Ready for the movie?" We nod.

I stay in my position cris-crossed, Ethan sit's facing the telly between Grayson and me, Grayson mimicking Ethan.

 [A/N im writing the plot down so if you've never seen it before you can skip it, but this is the first one so I feel like most have? ALSO, there is a trigger warning. you'll see.]

The movie begins...

  Married couple Josh and Renai, their sons Dalton and Foster, and infant daughter Cali have recently moved into a new home. One night, Dalton is drawn to the attic when he hears creaking noises and sees the door open by itself. He falls from a ladder while investigating and sees a figure in the shadows. Hearing his terrified screams, Renai and Josh rush to his aid. The next day, Dalton falls into an inexplicable coma.  

I look over and the twins and notice them both flinch when Dalton falls off the ladder. I smirked. pussys

  After three months of treatment without result, Renai and Josh are allowed to take Dalton home. Soon after, paranormal activity begins to occur; Renai begins hearing voices over the when no one is in Cali's room, Foster says that Dalton sleepwalks at night, Renai sees a frightening figure of a man in Cali's room, who vanishes when Josh comes and the burglar alarm is repeatedly triggered for no reason. After Renai finds a bloody hand print on Dalton's bed, she questions Josh about the house, but he ignores her. That night, Renai is attacked by the figure from Cali's room, and the Lamberts decide to abandon the house and move elsewhere.  

I get images from when I found Jacob. My hands bloody trying to save him. I shake out the thought.

  In the new house, Renai sees the ghost of a dancing boy who leads her to Dalton's room. Josh's mother, Lorraine, visits them one day, and says she had a dream in which a figure in Dalton's room replies "Dalton" when she asks what it wants; at the same time, she sees a monstrous red-faced demon standing behind Josh and screams, while Dalton's room is ransacked and Dalton himself is found lying on the floor.  

I whispered, "Dalton" the same time the 'ghost' did and I notice Ethan and Grayson jump and look over at me. I shrug and look back at the telly.

  Lorraine calls Elise Reiner, Specs, and Tucker. Upon entering, Elise senses a presence in the house and upon entering Dalton's room, she sees something on the ceiling; to which Specs draws the demonic, red-faced figure Lorraine saw.  

I smirk because it's getting good.

  Elise explains that Dalton is not in a coma; he was born with the ability to travel mentally to the , and had been doing so in his sleep, believing his abilities to merely be dreams. He had traveled too far and became lost in a purgatory realm called "The Further", a place inhabited by the tortured souls of the dead. Without his mental presence, Dalton's body appears comatose and spirits can use it to enter the physical world. Josh is skeptical until he realizes that drawings in Dalton's bedroom hinted at his astral projection abilities and the same red-faced demon Lorraine had seen.  

"We should go to 'The Further'"Grayson mumbles.

"You fucking idiot." I hear Ethan mumble back. 

"Shut it." I look over at the two and them trying to hold in laughter.

  Elise performs a seance to communicate with Dalton, but they contact the demon who uses Dalton's body to attack them until it is stopped by Elise. Elise reveals that her acquaintance with Lorraine is decades old, because she previously performed the same service on Josh when he was eight years old- he was terrorized by the parasitic spirit of an old woman. Josh also possesses the ability to astral project (though he of the ability years prior with Elise's help), and Dalton inherited this trait from him. Elise tells Josh that the only way to rescue Dalton is to go into the Further.  

  Elise puts Josh in a trance and he is able to project himself to their previous house. He goes to the attic, but is attacked by the same figure that attacked Renai. After defeating him, Josh enters the Demon's lair, where Josh finds Dalton chained to the floor. Josh frees him, but they are caught by the demon while the spirits of the Further invade the real-world and terrorize Elise, Renai and the others. After managing to escape, Josh confronts the old woman that haunted him as a child. The old woman dissolves into darkness after Josh shouts at it to leave him alone. When Josh and Dalton return to their bodies they wake up in their new home and the spirits seem to disappear.  

  As they celebrate the apparent end of their ordeal, Elise starts packing her equipment with Josh, when she senses that something is wrong, noticing Josh's hands look old and dirty, and proceeds to take a photo of Josh. Josh goes into a violent rage and strangles Elise to death. Renai is horrified when she discovers Elise's dead body and searches for Josh. Renai picks up the camera and sees that the image Elise took of Josh is the old woman that haunted him as a child, implying that Josh has been possessed. Josh suddenly puts his hand on her shoulder, says "Renai, I'm here", and she turns around and gasps.  

After Renai gasps, I decided to yell, "RAAAH!!!"

"AHHHHH" The twins yell, I scared them so bad they fell off the couch and started hugging each other. 

I couldn't help it, I laughed. I actually laughed. Hard.  The first time since Jacob.

Soon enough, Ethan and Grayson join in.

"You-y-you act-u-ally. Oh my god!"  Grayson says trying to get his breath back.

"You scared t-the shit out-ta m-me!" Ethan replies. 

I stop laughing and simply shrug. Giving a small excuse of a smile that seems to work with the two.