The View From Here

8. Movie Night

*Conners POV*

"Hey Con where you at?" Yelled out Jenny.

"Hmmm I'm here in the living room."

"What were you doing? Were you seriously taking a nap?"

"In my defense I was tired and the couch felt so nice for a quick power nap." I said laughing when she started hitting me with one of the pillow I was resting on. Soon enough she stopped her assault on me and plopped down next me on the couch. 

"What do you wanna watch Jen? I think my mom has Netflix on the tv so we can watch something on there if you want."

"Sure that's fine with me. Oh do you have any snacks we can eat while we watch the movie?"

"Uh i'm not sure we'd have to check the kitchen." Getting up out of my seat Howard and I lead Jenny to the kitchen to check for snacks. Eventually she finds some popcorn in the pantry along with some M&M's. While she put the popcorn in the microwave she gets us some drinks from the fridge for us to take back to the living room and set ourselves up. Once we had everything set up we decided on watching The Half Of It, but really it was more of background noise since Jenny started babbling.

"So Conner what do you really think about Ambrose?"

Sighing as I felt my cheeks heat up I grab Howard who was sitting next to me and shove my face into his fur for a few moments. Taking a deep breath I take my face out of Howards fur and  think about what she said. "Why does everything always go back to Ambrose recently?"

"Not recently just since I found out he's your personal chauffeur. You didn't answer my question."

"I just think he's a nice guys, and besides it's not like i'm even gay so I don't know why you think we are dating." I said grabbing a handful of popcorn and shoving it into my face. Im not gay... I think.

"Yeah thats what they all say."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean pasta is straight until you boil it." Says Jenny holding silent for a few moments until both of us busted out laughing. Once we calmed down a little I started talking.

"Jenny I think your imagination is a little too wild. Maybe you should write somethings down so they don't keep building in your mind like this."

"Oh you love me."

"Sure keep telling yourself that." I chuckled out as I shove her to the side making her laugh again. After that we just focused on the rest of the movie and the twist ending it had. Of course she'd pick this movie. While we were going through all the other top picks on Netflix to see what to watch next Jenny stopped in the middle of one of the summaries with a gasp as if a thought just occurred to her.

"Con what if we make this hang out into a sleep over?"

"Uh I don't know id have to probably check with my mom first to see if she's okay with you staying over. I mean you are a girl after all." I said pulling my phone out of my pocket to dial up my mom. After a few rings she picked up sounding a bit tired. 

"Hey mom can my friend Jenny stay over tonight?"

"Like a sleepover? I mean sure I guess I don't care if she sleeps over. I don't think you two would do anything to each other."

"Whats that supposed to mean?"

"uh bye I'll see you later." 

"Mo–" I was cut off by the beeping signaling the call ended.

"Does everyone think I'm gay. Am I the only one who thinks I'm not gay?" I ask turning to where Jenny was sitting next to me. 

"I guess that means I can stay for the night." She said laughing. Sighing I just lean back on the couch and let the fact that even my mom thinks I'm gay sink in. "I think I'm gonna get abs from laughing this hard." 

Once I was done being made fun of by her we watched Before I Fall and then headed up stairs to get ready for bed. 

"So this is you room? Dang you have so many teddy bears."

"Hey don't judge me or else I'll kick you out." I said walking towards my dresser and setting my phone down on it and then to the closet to get some clothes for my nightly shower.

"I'm going to take a quick shower before going to sleep. If you want you can also take one and borrow some clothes and a towel if you want." I say heading to the bathroom.

"Are we going to take turns or is there another shower I could use."

"Yeah there's another one down the hall. There should be some clean towels in there and you can just borrow some of my moms clothes. Her room is across from mine I think." I said finally walking into my bathroom as I heard her shuffling out of the room to I assume take a shower. 

Peeling my clothes off and throwing them into my hamper next to the shower I turned the water on and waited for it to warm up. Sitting on the edge of the tub while I waited I did the only think I could– Think. What is it about me that makes everyone think I'm gay? Is it all the plushies? Maybe it's the plushies. Pushing those thoughts aside I step into the shower letting the water cascade over my body. After a minute or two I grab my 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner to lather up my hair. Massaging my scalp with it I undo some of the small tangles that formed throughout the day. Once I'm sure I got them all out i rinse my hair and then start scrubbing myself down with soap. Rinsing myself off one last time I turn off the water and grab the towel from where its hanging and dry myself off a little before stepping out of the shower to get dressed. Patting all the water off myself I quickly feel through the clothes I brought in for my underwear. Finding them I pull them on along with my shorts and then search for my deodorant before putting my shirt on. When I'm finally done getting ready I open the door and walk out into the bed room. Sitting on the bed I then use my towel to finish drying my hair off before flopping on to the bed. Im not left alone with Howard for too long when I hear Jenny enter the room again.

"Hope your mom doesn't mind I took her panties."

"Ew don't tell me that."

"What do you mean don't tell you that. You obviously need to tell her that I borrowed them. Also don't worry I'll just borrow some of your clothes to sleep in since we are around the same size."

"Take anything you want from the closet just stop talking about panties."

"Aw baby doesn't like it when I take about girly things. Don't worry I'll stop... for now."

"Ugh remind me why we're friends again?" I said as she flopped down on the bed next to me so our heads were near each other.

"Because dear Conner, we are just meant for each other like... uh... like Shrek and Donkey."

"Then I guess Im Shrek and you are Donkey considering how annoying you get." Saying that earned me a thwack to the forehead and a mountain of laughter from Jenny.

"Well I for one am pooped. Let's go to bed." I say as I roll over to push the small mountain of plushies off onto the floor so we could actually sleep on the bed. Crawling up to where the pillows where I peel the covers off with Jennys help and then slip into the bed with her. Once Jenny and I get settled into the bed we say a quick good night to each other and almost immediately we are both out.

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