This Means War

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Horror movies with your friend. Sounds like a ton of fun, right? Especially when you find the worst rated ones. Honestly he had been skeptical at first but she had convinced him. Sebastian could still hear Ellie's explanation months later, like she had only spoken seconds before.

"Terrible horror movies are just comedies in disguise!"

She wasn't wrong. She had a knack for mocking their decisions in such a way that made him laugh until his stomach hurt and tears fell down his face. Inevitably at one point, she would always start rooting for the villain to just "thin the heard and better the human race."

Unfortunately there were some nights she lost track of time and was still in day clothes when he came over. That meant at some point, she would end up abandoning him to go through her nightly routine. It took forever. Almost half an hour some nights. Granted, thirty minutes wasn't that long under regular circumstances. However, when her commentary was the only thing he liked about watching these movies with her, it felt like it took ages.

It also gave his mind time to wander, which is honestly never a good thing to begin with, let alone in the midst of a prank war. It also gave him time to find her Saran Wrap and tape it to the doorframe at the same height as his chest. He had been in close proximity for quite some time now. He knew exactly how high to put it for maximum effect. Cell phone out and recording, all that was left was to summon her.

"Ellie! Come on, you're missing it! Everyone just ran back inside! The blonde is going upstairs!" He called. In reality, he didn't know if that actually happened in this particular movie. He just knew it was her favorite stupid horror movie cliche.

He heard her door finally open and her tiny feet racing back to the living room. She clotheslined herself beautifully on the invisible barrier, uttering a graceless grunt when her face connected.

Sebastian barely contained his maniacal laughter as he went over to check on her. "You alright?" He asked, nudging her thigh with his foot, laughter choking his voice.

"Stan?" Ellie finally sighed, wiggling her nose and turning her head to look up at him.

"Labette?"

"You're awful."

"You shouldn't have left me alone, I got bored." Sebastian reasoned.

"That was so weak, Stan. Truly uninspired." Ellie scolded, taking his offered hand and pulling herself to her feet. "I expected better from the man that bought a wedding ring just to ruin my night."

"You're still upset you didn't go home with the architect?"

"Girls have needs."

"Hey, I'm available!" Sebastian offered again, bursting into laughter at her annoyed face. "Oh, I live for that look!"

"What look?"

"The look of annoyed disappointment."

"Meh, yeah. Shut that thing off." Ellie grumbled pawing are the phone in his hand until he ended the recording. "Can't believe your rebuttal was so weak."

"I don't know, that flailing tumble you took was pretty amazing."

"Yeah, right. Did you not see yourself falling when I glued you to a chair?" Ellie dismissed as she curled back up on the couch.

"I did, but somehow it's just so much funnier when it happens to someone else."

"Everything is!" Ellie laughed, kicking her legs over his when he sat back down. "What movie is up next?"

"I grabbed Husk if you want to keep the horror movies going."

"What's it about?"

"Uhh... people get stuck in a cornfield." Sebastian summarized after skimming over the description, flipping his phone around to show her a picture of the cover.

"Fuck that!" Ellie instantly vetoed, recoiling from the image.

"What did I miss?" Sebastian asked slowly as he hit the home button to get rid of the image.

"I. Hate. Scarecrows." Ellie ground out, her jaw clenched tight.

"Oh really?" Sebastian asked, a devious smile coming to his face.

"Don't even think about it!" Ellie snapped. "I will have a freaking panic attack and never speak to you again. Then I'll tell your mommy how mean you were!"

"Why do you always threaten me with my mom?"

"Because Mama Stan gets shit done." Ellie explained.

"Ok, but I'm not a complete dick!" Sebastian defended himself, not bothering to correct her on his mother's last name for the fiftieth time. "All you had to do was tell me it would give you an anxiety attack. No threat was needed."

"I just like to be thorough."

"Leave my mommy out of this." Sebastian pouted childishly.

"You do know she's rooting for me to win, right?"

"What?!" Sebastian yelped indignantly, his head snapping toward his companion.

"Mmhmm. I tell her whenever I prank you and she tells me how much of a good job I'm doing."

"I told her about rearranging your apartment and she scolded me!" Sebastian pouted.

"Like I said, she's rooting for me."

"What else does she tell you?" He asked suspiciously.

"Oh, I know all of your secrets."

"Who's side is she on?" Sebastian grouched.

"Mine."

A/N: I just wanted to give a huge thanks for the people who actually read this! When I got my first star, I legit teared up; it means so much.

I'm beginning to run low on ideas for this one. If someone has a suggestion, please, help a girl out. I actually wrote a chapter with a scarecrow prank, but it went off the rails and won't make it into this story. Just ended up not fitting the theme of 'harmless fun'.