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[ john laurens ]

We arrived at the Schuyler's apartment around 6:00 PM as the sky was slowly turning dark. Both Peggy and I were wrapped in jackets and dressed in jeans since fall is approaching quickly. It was pretty cool outside, so it was appropriate to be wearing these kinds of things.

Peggy stopped her car in the parking lot where rows of cars were placed. All three of her sisters decided to live off-campus so it is easier to stay together at all times. Talk about being close.

I played with the zipper on my jacket as I walked towards the door. Peggy quickly unlocked it, and low and behold, what was behind the door was Eliza trying to make out with a boy on the couch.

"Pardon me, lovebirds." Peggy interrupted, crossing her arms.

The guy with an annoyed look on his face turned to Peggy and smiled.

"Well isn't it my favorite Margarita!" He said, swiftly getting up off the couch and walking towards Peggy.

"Don't call me that, Ham-Sandwich."

The guy laughed as I looked at Peggy, puzzled.

Eliza walked behind him, grabbing his hand.
"Well, Peggy, since you interrupted something important-"

Supposed-BoyToy stopped her. "Actually, Peggy, we were going to watch a movie. Would you like to join us?" The guy asked her. He gritted his teeth as he squeezed Eliza's hand. I watched as Eliza pouted.

And then it hit me.

"Ahem."

"Oh, right." Peggy groaned. "Alex, this is John. John, this is Alex." She said, pointing to each of us every time we were mentioned.

She stopped and then whispered, "Ya know, BT?"
I nodded my head, chuckling. We acted like children as whispered back and forth in front of them.

Eliza cleared her throat, catching out attention.
"Do you want to watch a movie or keep whispering back and forth in front of us all night?"

Alex's eyes lit up at the word movie. "Moana!" He squealed.

"God, no!" Peggy fake gagged.

I watched as Alex frowned with puppy dog eyes.

"Lets just watch Bird Box. It is fairly new.." Eliza suggested to the group.

We all thought about it for a moment, and after a second I was the first to agree with her. Then both Peggy and Alex chimed in along.

So, of course, we watched Bird Box.

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The movie was great, in my opinion. I really liked the concept. But apparently Alex didn't, which Peggy mocked him about for some reason. I didn't bother to protest, but it wasn't like I wanted to anyway. Plus, we did more popcorn tossing more than paying attention to the movie.

I cleaned up the popcorn that Alex kept throwing at the TV every time he felt that it was appropriate to do so. I found it quite funny myself at first, but then Angelica screamed so loud, looking as if she just witnessed a crime scene. She lectured us about 'cleaning up after ourselves' and 'being respectful'.

I gotta say, the popcorn showers were pretty nice. Alex and I were tossing popcorn back and forth to each other, as if we suddenly invented this game of "catch" with popcorn.

But Peggy wasn't having any of it.

She threatened to split the remote in half and shove it down both of our throats if we didn't stop, so being the good friends we are, both of us stopped immediately.