"Is that them?" Claudia asked.

"Look at the lovebirds, so cute." Ben said.

"Have you even had a girlfriend?" Claudia asked.

"I kissed a girl I met in Bellingham while visiting some cousins in the summer." Ben replied.

"That doesn't count." Claudia said.

"Have you?" He asked.

"I met a guy at drum major camp, he's from Puyallup . He came over to visit last week." She replied.

"Ah. So they go to another school?" Ben asked.

"At least I have one." Claudia retorted.

"I'm sure he's real." Ben said.

"Who's real?" Clint asked as him and Lina arrived.

"Claudia's boyfriend." Ben said.

"Definitely not real." Clint replied.

Lina laughed.

"You mean Mat?" Lina asked.

"Yeah, Mat." Claudia said.

"I haven't met him but I have seen his instagram profile. Of course, that could also be fake. Maybe she's getting cat fished." Lina said

"I have pictures of the two of us together." Claudia said.

"Photoshop." Clint said.

"Hey, shouldn't we head in? The movie's starting soon." Lina said.

The building was rather unassuming. A red-brick square with a few posters at the front. A large neon sign jutted out from the front face of the building. It simply said, "Roxie's". No posters, or schedule boards, betrayed that it was a movie theatre. Two green doors led in to the building.

"Where'd you even run in to her?" Clint asked.

"Yeah. I thought you said you couldn't make it." Lina added.

"I was leaving Sapowski's when I saw her walking down the hall." Ben said.

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"Yeah. Practice ended early. He asked me if I'd just gotten out of detention." Claudia said.

"The practice thing could be a farce." Clint said.

"It is suspicious that she has something every day. But what would she be in detention for?" Lina asked.

"Rowdiness." Ben said.

"Yes, rowdiness." Clint agreed.

Claudia rolled her eyes and walked up to the ticket booth.

"Hi I'd like a ticket for It." Claudia said to the box office attendant.

"We only have one ticket left. Sorry. Would you like to buy it?" The attendant said in a deadpan tone.

"Crap." Lina said. "I really wanted to watch it today."

"We could come tomorrow." Ben said.

"It's not the same." Lina said.

"How come?" Clint asked.

"It's a tradition. When there's a Friday the 13th we watch a scary movie at the theater after school. Then, we usually steal her brothers computer and play a horror game till midnight." Claudia said.

"This is the first one since July of last year!" Lina's voice carried the air of defeat.

"Well, Meg's not home. Why don't we watch one there?" Clint suggested.

"I don't want to walk home at night." Lina said.

"Does he live far?" Claudia asked Lina.

"Like 5 minutes from here. Slightly far for us."

"How about my house then. That's pretty close to you Claudia." Ben suggested.

"Yeah. Lina's not far from me so that works." Claudia said.

"We can get some 'authentic' theatre popcorn at the store." Clint suggested.

"Sounds good to me. What do you think." Claudia said.

"Hmmm... not authentic enough. Can we get an annoying kid to be disruptive?" Lina asked.

"I would invite my sister. But, I think my mom will get mad if I start traumatizing her with scary movies."

"That's too bad. We're so close to the authentic experience." Lina said.

"Ben, do you still have the projector we bought when Breath of the Wild came out?" Clint asked.

"I'm not sure. Let me call my dad, he may have thrown it out." Ben stepped away from the group.

"What should we watch..." Lina said to herself.

"What do you guys usually watch?" Clint asked.

"Pretty much anything. We're not strict about the genre." Claudia said.

"We started with thrillers since Claudia couldn't handle horror back then. Last time we watched It. The sequel seems cool but can't exactly watch it at home." Lina said.

"Yeah. Actually I'm not sure if we should go with supernatural horror since that's what we saw last time." Claudia said.

Have you guys seen Super Dark Times?" Clint asked.

"No. But I have heard about it." Claudia said.

"What's it about?" Lina asked.

"It's not exactly horror, maybe a thriller. But it's about two guys, our age, that are best friends. They both get a crush on the same girl and thats a whole thing. But the real scary shit happens when they steal some weed from one of the friends' brother's room, he's in college. I can't remember why but this real 'Jerry' type goes with them. Guys brother has a katana and they take it too. They're fucking around with it when the 'Jerry' type steals the weed-"

"Jerry wouldn't do that." Lina butted in.

"Jerry wouldn't do what?" Ben asked as he rejoined the group.

"You know that movie we watched when my cousin came over?" Clint said.

"Super dark times?" Ben asked.

"Yeah. Im telling them about it. We're thinking about watching it." Clint said.

"What does Jerry have to do with it?" Ben asked.

"You know the guy they stab?" Clint said.

"Daryl?" Ben asked.

"Yeah that guy. Total 'Jerry' type." Clint said.

"I can see that." Ben said.

"Well it sounds interesting. What do you think Claudia?" Lina said.

"Why not. So do you have a projector?" She asked.

"My dad didn't answer. He's probably at work." Ben said.

"Well let's go then." Clint said.