Chapter 14: Connor
Maleah came down the stairs, as beautiful as ever. She always was. (Even during that unfortunate time of the week.) She came sliding down the banister. Her shirt flopped up. I saw her stomach. She ran to me and plopped down into my lap.
"Hey!" She kissed me, her lips soft and plush. I'm loving it. She sat up and turned sliding down onto my lap. I slipped my hand under her shirt, rubbing her back slowly and methodically. She shivered. I turned to the T. V and saw Chris put in a new movie.
"What movie, Chris?" Kim asked, sitting on the couch waiting for Chris to come back so she could lean on him.
"Sinister." He said in a spooky voice. Maleah clutched my hand. She looked at me terrified.
"If you get scared just turn into my shirt." I whispered to her, still rubbing the middle of her back. She leaned back against me. Chris hit play and ran to make popcorn before he missed the opening. He came back with 9 bowls of popcorn and handed it out to each couple or single person in the room. The movie started each scene becoming scarier and scarier. Maleah become closer and closer. I rubbed her back quicker and quicker. The popcorn crunched louder and louder. The movie ended with Maleah staring at my chest, breathing heavily.
"Chris. I'm. Gonna. Kill. You." Kim said, holding onto Chris's hand. He squeezed her hand. He leaned towards her.
"I'll never show you another horror movie again."
"Thank you."
"Until tomorrow!" Kim slapped him. I felt Maleah's breathes turn steady and heard small snores escape her mouth. She fell asleep. I stead of moving her I snuggled down with her, my arm laying over her.
"Fane, can you get me that blanket?" I asked, pointing to a blue blanket covering the chair him and Tamia sat in. He stood up and brought me the blanket.He even layed it over us and pretended to kiss my forehead.
"Good night my big boy!" He said, in his highest voice possible. We all laughed. I pushed him.
"Shut up." I said, quietly. They all put on another movie, at the girls request, The Proposal. Fun. I closed my eyes, rubbing Maleah's back and her side.
