Just Add Water

Chapter 19

At six o'clock Lucy and Erza arrived with sleeping bags and snacks. Juvia ordered a pizza and set up comfy pillows and warm blankets for them while Gray hooked up the TV and picked out a few movies.

"So I've got a few chick flicks and some horror movies, please pick a horror movie." Gray said.

"Alright Gray we won't torture you." Erza said. 

"I don't know. I don't really like horror movies." Juvia said.

"If it gets too scary for you just hide under the blankets." Erza said. 

The pizza arrived at seven. They ate it up then later put in a movie to watch. It was horror flick and both Lucy and Juvia were only taking a few peeps from their blankets. Erza wasn't scared at all, she just casually ate popcorn and said a few comments once or twice.

"Don't open the door." She told the main character on the TV screen. "Don't open the- Oh! She opened the door. Why are people in horror movies so stupid?"

"How are you not freaked out by this?" Gray asked Erza.

"I've seen stuff way scarier than this."

"Hey guys what time is the moon supposed to rise?" Lucy asked.

Gray checked his watch.

"Two minutes." He said.

All too soon the full moon started to rise up in the night sky. Gray quickly got up from the chair and pulled the curtains over the windows. 

"Don't look at the moonlight!" Lucy said.

She, Juvia, and Erza immediately went under the blankets so they wouldn't see the moon. 

"How long do we have to stay under here?" Erza asked.

"Until Gray covers all the windows." Lucy said. 

"Alright ladies you can come out now." Gray said.

"Phew!" Lucy sighed. "Thank goodness."

"So back to the movie then?" Gray asked.

"No that movie is way too creepy. Can we please do something else?" Lucy asked.

"Karaoke DVD anyone?" Erza suggested pulling it from her backback.

"I don't think that's a good idea either." Lucy said. "Need I remind you of today's incident."

"Oh right. Sorry Juvia."

"No it's okay." Juvia said. "If you guys want to sing karaoke be my guest."

"You sure you don't mind?"

"Not at all. Hey it looks like we're running low on popcorn. You guys want me to fix some more?"

"That would be great." 

Juvia went into the kitchen to fix another bag of popcorn. She made sure that the kitchen window was covered before entering and it was so she walked right in. Unfortunately the curtains were very old and worn, having a hole in the left side which allowed a little moonlight to seep through. Juvia saw the moon's reflection in a cup of water that had been left on the counter. Just like with Lucy, Juvia became drawn and transfixed by the moonlight. She moved her hand toward the cup and her fingers swished through the water.

Forgetting the popcorn completely, Juvia walked back into the living room where Erza was setting up the karaoke DVD and the microphone. 

"So who wants to go first?" Erza asked.

"I would." Juvia said.

"Really?" 

"Yes."

"Okay."