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I walk back and settle myself onto the couch, lifting my drink, and taking the tiniest sip of the room temperature liquor. “Mmm, warm, straight, booze.”
“You said you wanted what I was having.”
I roll my eyes and turn my attention back to the television. “What streaming services do you have?”
“I’m not sure,” Ben says.
“You don’t watch TV at all?”
“Not really, but the guys do.”
“Okay.” I turn back to the television. “Television, put on Netflix.”
The television obeys.
Perfect. “Television, scary movies.”
I scan the screen until I see something I think will be appropriate for a newbie. “Television, Zombieland.” I turn to Ben. “Is it safe to assume you’ve never seen this one?”
“That would be a correct assumption.”
“You’re going to love it.”
Chapter Seven
Ben
Yet another character meets some sudden, gruesome death, and Victoria jumps a little in her seat and then laughs.
“You like being scared,” I observe aloud.
She turns to me, eyes narrowed. “You already knew that.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“I mean, the little games you like to play.”
“I…” I fight down a rush of panic and try to keep my voice level. “During those games you were scared?”
She shrugs. “I mean, I’m not sure fear is the first word I would use to describe it, but it’s really overwhelming. It’s in the same family of emotions.”
“I’m not sure how I feel about that.”
She gives me an incredulous look. “You can’t tell me that you’re shocked to hear that you scared me a little bit.”
“That’s exactly what I’m telling you. If I thought for a second you were afraid for your life, in any of those situations, I?—"
“You what, would’ve made me sign a liability waiver?”
I laugh. She’s got me there. “I mean yes, but no. I don’t want you to be in a situation where you need to sign a waiver. You know what I mean.”
“I know what you mean. But to answer your question, yeah, I think it’s fun to be scared.”
I can’t think of anything to say so I just grind my teeth and worry about where this conversation is going.
“You look like you’re about to cry,” she says, and not in a soothing way.
She’s teasing me, and I can’t decide if I like it.
