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“Maybe we should turn on something else,” Landry said, glancing at Lars with a frown.
Beside her, Rush nodded.
“We definitely can. Lars, do you want to watch something else?” Jess asked. Her body was relaxed into my side, my arm tucked around and holding her close.
But as she spoke, she pulled back to tap my middle. “Ben, you should turn on a different movie.”
“I was literally over here screaming about that clown a few seconds ago, and you all called me a pansy. But Lars says he’s creeped out, and now everyone wants to turn on a comedy? Bros, my feelings are hurt.”
Rory giggled.
Jamie turned to her with an exaggerated sigh. “I expected better from you, camera girl.”
Making a sympathetic sound, Rory burst up from Ryan’s lap to hug Jamie from behind. “I’m sorry, Jamie. But you screamed like a girl. It was funny.”
Behind them, Ryan grinned, his teeth flashing white in the dark.
“You can leave it on,” Lars told the room. “I want to see what happens.”
“You sure?” Win asked, touching his chin to Lars’s shoulder.
Lars nodded. “Creepy movies are fun.”
Jess beamed. “They so are. After this, we should watch a slasher film.”
A few heads nodded, and Max dropped his feet off the coffee table. “Anyone want another beer?”
Win held up his empty bottle. The rest of us declined. We had a meet we needed to be in top shape for.
Before going to the kitchen, Max leaned down and ruffled Wes’s hair. “You want anything from the kitchen, Nemo?”
“No thanks. I’m good.”
Max caught his chin and pulled Wes’s face up to drop a kiss on his mouth. For the first time in a long time, the PDA didn’t give me a twinge of jealousy. I glanced at Jess and smiled.
“You can un-pause it,” Max said as he left the room. “I’ll know if anything scary happens because I’ll hear Jamie scream.”
On the other side of Jess, Prism laughed.
“Fuck you!” Jamie hollered, and Max cackled.
Jess palmed the remote. “Is everyone ready to turn it back on?”
Prism nodded.
“Isn’t anyone gonna ask me if I want to keep watching it?” Jamie complained.
“Bro, do you want us to turn this movie off? Just say the word,” Ryan offered.
“I was starting to wonder when my best friend was gonna show up,” Jamie told him. “About time.”
Ryan chuckled. “I’ll even check under your bed tonight for clowns.”
Jamie beamed. “There’s the love.”
“Here, J. Have some more movie snacks,” Madison said, handing him some popcorn.
“Oh, add these,” Jess said, leaning over P’s lap to hand them a pack of chocolate candies. “They melt into the popcorn. So good.”
