Secrets

eight

"Okay I am not watching that!" Carmen exclaims, declining the suggestion of watching a horror film.

"Ooh why not, are you scared?" Zosia teases, grinning.

"Yes! So no" she says.

"Look I'm here, nobody's going to kill you okay, get a grip" Zosia says, teasing her again.

"Fine, but if I'm a nervous wreck later when it gets dark and stuff it's your fault!" she gives in, shaking her head and slightly smiling.

"Whatever. I'll start you off with something mild, like, Insidious" Zosia adds, smiling.

"Mild?!? I've read about that film it sounds terrifying" she says.

"Oh come on it's only rated fifteen! It's really not bad at all okay" Zosia reassures her.

"Well I never know with you" she says.

Zosia gasps dramatically.

"Don't you trust me?" Zosia questions.

Carmen tuts.

"I didn't say that!" she answers.

"Well it was implied" Zosia says.

"Oh for fuck sake" she says, smiling. "I do trust you so shhh" she adds.

"Yay" Zosia says, grinning. "And watch your language!" she jokes, raising her eyebrows.

~

"Fuck!" Carmen gasps and covers her mouth to stop herself screaming, only twenty minutes into the film.

"Oh god" Zosia says, rolling her eyes, secretly amused.

Carmen sits hugging her knees, only looking at the television through gaps in her fingers as she covers her face; while Zosia sits with her elbow resting on the armrest, her head resting on her hand and her legs sat beside her up on the sofa, her feet pushing against the side of Carmen's leg.

Carmen gasps again, her hand finding the closest thing to grab on to - which happens to be Zosia's ankle - and grips on tight to it.

Zosia rolls her eyes and smiles again, prizing Carmen's hand off her ankle and holding it instead.

~

Carmen screams as something else scary appears on screen conveniently at the same time as the creepy music gets louder.

"It's almost over don't have a seizure please" Zosia says, squeezing her hand.

"Oh, god Zosh have some empathy will you" she says, smiling but taking her hand away from Zosia's and covering her face again.

Zosia can't stop herself from giggling at the dramatic reactions. 

"Oh you're finding this amusing are you?" Carmen questions, looking at Zosia and raising her eyebrows.

"No.." Zosia says sarcastically, laughing as Carmen puts her hand on her leg. "Ahh! No! Stop it!" Zosia screams as Carmen has one hand squeezing up and down her thigh and the other hand scrabbling across her side and stomach.

Zosia, who has slumped down so much she's laying down and her pyjama top has rolled to the top of her ribs, throws her head back as she lets herself just laugh for a few moments, before Carmen changes how and where she tickling her, making her squeal then laugh even more; driving her crazy.

"Stop it, now! I will hurt you!" Zosia manages to say through uncontrollable laughter and giggles.

"Ooh" Carmen says, teasing her, giggling herself. "I might" she adds, crawling over Zosia, hovering above her on all fours. "But I don't know.." she adds, smirking, trapping Zosia's legs between her own.