Chapter eight,

sinners amongst us

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Davina somehow awakened with this horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach today, and she really didn't understand why she had felt this horrible feeling in the pit of her own stomach, especially this early in the morning? Nothing was really going on for her to feel this type of way.

Sure, the Carpenter sisters were attacked somehow at the bodega, and also those two weird phone calls last night, but it just wasn't enough for her to feel this horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach.

Chad noticed her worrisome, the same worrisome from the morning that awakened him when she began to cry and begging him to help her stop this horrible feeling, "You okay, Vina?" He caressed her knuckle with his own thumb. His touch was comforting her in a way, he's just so damn gentle and that comforts her, his presences comforts her.

Davina had gently spoken, her head had easily tilted up, "The feeling doesn't leave my body, I just feel. . . feel that something bad is going to happen today." She truthfully spoken to him.

   Maybe, it's all in her head.

   Chad had gently pulled her a bit way more closer to him than before, with one of his arms snaking around her waist, caressing her back and the other hand just remained holding onto her hand and just placing a very gentle kiss on her knuckles, and slowly began to speak to her all while not breaking eye contact, "Nothing is going to happen today, Vina. You're okay, and we're all okay. We have nothing to worry about today. Okay?" His voice softly reassured to her.

   He alongside her were clueless. Both easily clueless about what would occur tonight, and a death she'll have to grieve.

   She taken his words as reassurance, a soft smile managed to curl upwards, "Okay. I trust your judgement that everything's going to okay today." She had easily tippy toed to reach his face cheek, pressing a gentle kiss on his cheek as she came down from her tippy toes.

   His face instantly flushed red when he felt her soft lips pressing against his cheek, biting the inside of his cheek before then speaking to her, "I really, so really just want to kiss you on the lips, Vina. Please?" He just sounded like a child begging for something that he can't even be doing.

   He just really wanted to feel her lips on his very own, or also intimately touch her. Though, most importantly he just wanted all of her, but the right way. He's been trying to end this fake relationship to ask her out appropriately.

   Davina had gently pulled away from his grasp, her mouth going into a thin line until she had bitterly spoken, she had despised that name so much, "What about Tara?"

   He had opened his mouth, "I don—" He was then rudely interrupted by a very familiar voice calling out their names, he was so annoyed just with all of these unnecessary interruptions that he just wanted to yell at his sister for ruining his damn chance to just admit the truth to her, "Dingus and Davina! Hurry both of your asses over here." Her arms were easily separated and giving them a look.

   "We're going. . ." Davina loudly yelled to Mindy before giving Chad a soft look, and a gentle squeeze on his hand, "We'll talk about this later. Okay?" She spoken to him.

   "Okay," He sadly replied.

   The two had easily wandered their way on over with the rest of their friend group, sitting beside him, eyes blinking and just watching his twin sister just pacing around with her hands closed together.

   Mindy exhaled her breath, pausing her movements, "Okay, nerds. Listen up." She spoken to them before pausing, and slowly had then continued on with her monologue,"As terrifying as all this is, I'm actually glad I get a chance to redeem myself for not calling out the killers last time." She sighed in exaggeration.

   Chad mumbling a quiet, "Yup.

   Mindy had easily ignored her twin brothers outburst and continued to speak, "But, it's fine." She had easily shrugged her shoulders, continuing with her very own statement, "The way I see it is someone's out to make a sequel to the requel." She deadpanned.

   Anika slowly raised her arm in the air, speaking to what confused her, "Uhm, what's a requel?" Her head was tilted in confusion.

   Davina had then bluntly answered, "Films that shouldn't exist alongside with sequels. No offense, but original shit is always better." She had easily called out.

   Mindy given her friend a stare, with her hands on her hips, "No interruptions. . ." Her eyes then averted back to Anika, and speaking lovingly to her, "You're beautiful, sweetie but let's hold questions till the end." She given her a soft look.

   Sam had then easily mumbled out, "Stab One took place in Woodsboro. Stab Two took place in College." Her eyes just glancing around at all of the friend group.

   Tara calling out, "Do we think the killer is trying to copy the movies?" She had averted her eyes at the friend group.

   Mindy bit onto her cheek before speaking back to the friend group, "That maybe a possibility. . ." She pointed her finger into the air before speaking to them, again, "Everyone's now in college. Check. Suspicious new characters brought in to round up the suspect list, or body count. Check, check, check." She had exhaled her breath.

   Ethan muttered out, "I don't like this."

"I can't trust a thing about Stab Two," she replied.

"Why not?"

Answering that simple question, again, "It would make sense if this were just a sequel, but we're not in a sequel because nobody makes sequels anymore." Mindy frustratedly said, "We're in a franchise, and there are certain rules to a continuing franchise!" She slowly had opened her arms with a smile appearing on her face.

"Had a feeling," Sam muttered out.

Mindy who had snapped her own fingers speaking, "Rule One. . . everything is bigger than last time bigger budget, bigger cast, and bigger body count. Longer chases, shoot-outs, Beheadings —" She was casually interrupted by her brother.

Chad speaking to his sister in complete bewilderment, "Beheadings?" He paused his own writing.

Mindy had nodded her head before continuing speaking that made Chad drop his back down, and was easily whispering to his girlfriend, "Your turn."

They were playing tic tac toe.

Davina quietly cheered, "I won."

His mouth widened in shock before attempting to cover his loss, "I let you win, Vina. I'll beat you next time." He given her a smug look.

Davina let out a quiet laugh before they focused back to the conversation and catching up and listening to what they slightly missed from the conversation, "Oh, and this isn't even the worst part —" She was easily cut off with her brother speaking, "Oh, this is the part she where she tells us the worst part." He pointed his finger to his sister.

"The worst part is. . . Franchises are just continuing episodic elements designed to boost an IP —" She had mildly paused in her sentence before she had continued, "Which means main characters are completely expandable now, that means it's not just the friend group. . . any of us can go at any time. Especially Sam and Tara."

   It was awfully silent until Ethan spoke up.

   "Wait a minute — Any of us?"

   "Yeah. . ." Mindy retorted.

   It was then that Ethan had easily stumbled out with his own words, "Does that — Am I in the friend group? Am I like one of the targets?" Retorted.

   "Mhm. . ."

   Swallowing down his saliva, "Am I gonna die a virgin?" Everyone turned their heads towards him, and was seen just giving him a very weird look except for Davina.

   "This is by far the absolute funniest shit that I've heard all morning, you're so fucking damn weird, Ethan." Davina easily breathed out and just attempting to contain in her own laughter.

   Ethan frowned.

   Mindy had just easily interrupted the conversation, "That was a weird overshare, but it brings us to our first suspects." She slowly began and walking towards him with a light sarcasm smile on her face, "Ethan. The shy and dorky guy who no one suspects because he so shy and dorky." She pointed out.

   "Okay — wait? Why am I on the suspect list?" He had a look of confusion written all over his face, "Cause I'm randomly Chads roommate?" He confusingly said.

   Mindy speaking loudly, "Roommate lotteries can be juked. You could've fixed it to be next to us." She easily pointed out.

   Ethan scoffed.

   Mindy who just walked towards Quinn a smile creeping up her face, "Quinn. . . the slutty roommate, the horror movie classic." She had kissed her finger tips, airing out her kiss.

   "Sex positive, but thank you." Tilting her head, confusingly.

   "Mhm. . . How'd you come to live with Sam and Tara?" She had eyed the redhead up and down. Arms crossed.

   "By answering their online ad online," She slowly said to her, head turning towards Sam who had nodded.

   "Okay, say no more. You already implicated yourself enough." She had quickly called out.

   "It was an anonymous ad, Mindy." Tara had reminded, and giving Mindy a stern look, "Plus Quinn's dad is a cop." She pointed out.

Mindy had shook her own head at how Tara was thinking so fucking irrationally, "And that makes it more likely that she's the killer because having a cop dad is great coverage!" She informed quickly, "Do you not know how all these movies work, Tara?" Mindy scowled at her friend.

Quinn who just eyed Samantha, "Is she always like this?" A worried look on her face.

Sam just nodded her head.

Mindy had just stood in the middle eyes glancing at Anika and Davina a smile was just plastered on her face, "And, finally Anika and Davina." She blew an air kiss out at Anika before focusing her attention at the two girls, "Never trust the love interest." She quickly said.

The big smiles on Anika and Davina's vanished, "Really Mindy?" Chad had scoffed at his sister.

   "Fuck you, Mindy." Davina hollered. She would never hurt her boyfriend, or anyone in this friend group, "Accusing me for shit as if I have time to commit murder, and ruin my own reputation." She expressed in annoyance.

   "It's already ruined, Davina," Ethan mumbled, but Davina managed to hear and that had made her eyes darken at what he called out.

   "What'd you say, freak?"

Sam had easily interrupted that little conversation before it gets worst, "Okay, so we have our rules, and we have our suspects." She glanced at the three new faces in the group, ignoring Davina who flicked her off out of impulse.

Ethan stumbling out, "Wait – Wait, what about you guys?" Ethan pointed his finger at the four survivors.

   Mindy speaking up to the question, "I mean. . . I think we can say it's pretty safe to rule us out the four of us who went through it last year in Woodsboro." She argued back.

   Chad nodding his head, "Agreed."

Quinn had argued back to them at that statement that was made, "Uhm. Not agreed, what if the trauma you all went through 'caused one or more of you to snap." Her eyes were just focusing on Samantha.

   Ethan who had just added more into the statement from Quinn's, "Yeah, or the things you got from the killings made you thirsty for more. . ." He informed before continuing, "I mean let's be honest some of the theories about Sam are—" He had flinched when he had heard someone yell at him.

   "Don't you fucking dare!" Tara snarled.

Ethan had then easily thrown up his hands up in the air in complete surrender only for Anika to speak up, "Okay, she's right though. I mean face facts if we're all suspects, you're all suspects." She pointed out.

The group had easily then fallen slight silently until shortly all began to part ways and leaving the twins and Kayoko's behind, "We're going to the cafe, you two want to come with us or?" Anika glanced at her cousin.

Davina began to speak only to then be interrupted by her boyfriend, "I made plans for us, but maybe next time." He had easily tugged on his girlfriends hand and leading her a very different direction.

Davina was kind of nervous. Not knowing what to expect on what plans he had made for them.

She had loudly yelled to her cousin, hand waving, "See you later, Ani. I love you." She had lastly ended it with blowing her out an air kiss.

Anika blew her cousin back a kiss.

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬, hope you liked
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