CHAPTER SEVENTEEN, night of the living virus

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Strolling down the stairs with Bree, Emilia sipped her drink as Bree threw her arm out, furrowing her brows as she looked at her brothers playing a video game. "Hey, I thought I told you guys to get lost. The coolest girls in school—" Emilia cleared her throat making Bree add. "Apart from Emilia, are coming for a sleepover, and I don't want this place smelling like feet and pickles."

"Well, not me. I'm armpits and onions." Adam commented after sniffing his armpit.

Chase turned to Donald and Tasha. "Hey, why does she and Emilia get to have a party?" He groaned.

"Because Bree needs to socialise more with girls apart from Emilia, so she'll stop challenging random strangers to loogie contests." Tasha explained to the boy.

Emilia laughed as Adam said, "Aw, but she's the champ." Chase nodded along. "She has had some epic hang times." Bree smiled, moving her hair off her shoulder as she chimed in. "You gotta work up a green one. They're meatier."

Donald looked away awkwardly. "That's my little princess."

Emilia chuckled as she stood beside Tasha when Bree came over. "So, Emilia had me watch every slumber party movie made. We're gonna have a pillow fight. We're gonna put cucumbers on our eyes. And then we're gonna shake Francesca's legs. Her knees have eyebrows."

Chase smiled. "I know her. Every time she sits, she looks surprised." Emilia laughed before the three girls walked out the room, leaving the boys alone.

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The doorbell rang, and after super speeding upstairs to change her outfit, quite a few times, Bree had stopped trying to blow air into Tasha and Emilia's faces.

The auburn haired girl stood by the red chair, as Bree opened the door and went to speak. "Hi, I'm so—" Of course, she was cut off by Stephanie chucking her sleeping bag at Bree, and walked in with a smile as she admired the house. "Sick house. Totally huge, insane views, and it looks down at all the renters. Okay, girls, you can come in." Emilia rolled her eyes, knowing the girl was only there for the house, but she kept her cool for Bree's sake.

As the girls stepped inside, Bree smiled. "Hi! Thanks for coming!" She shut the door behind her and turned to the girls as Stephanie explained. "We were gonna go to Caitlin's, but her house is a dump compared to this."

"I'm getting a pool." Caitlin chimed in, as to which Stephanie turned her head to look at her before asking. "In ground or above?"

"Above." Caitlin nodded. "Oh, nice, an outdoor bathtub. We might as well just go to the city pool." Stephanie remarked.

Emilia bit her tongue, trying her hardest not to say anything, until she widened her eyes when Bree had suddenly whacked a pillow in the blonde's face, making her laugh.

Stephanie looked at Bree before asked. "Did you just hit me with that pillow?!"

Bree laughed. "Yeah, and you just totally ate that couch!"

"Okay, if you're gonna get all weird, we need to pull the drapes." Stephanie told the girl. Bree put the pillow down before asking. "Well, if we're not gonna have a pillow fight, what are we gonna do?"

Stephanie smiled. "Duh. We're gonna take pictures of ourselves having fun and send them to the girls we didn't invite."

Emilia sarcastically laughed along before turning towards the boys who had suspiciously walked in with Chase greeting. "Hello ladies. May I offer you a healthy and delicious snack?"

"Yes. Care for a horse 'da-ver-ver'." Adam said, holding the plate out, as to which Caitlin politely took one. Emilia narrowed her eyes in suspicion as Chase groaned. "Ugh. I don't feel so good."

His arm suddenly popped out of his jacket, covered in what was supposed to look like blood, making Adam scream and hide behind Caitlin as he yelled. "It's alive! It's coming out of his chest!"

Chase sighed. "Adam, we've been over this. It's a prank. I don't really have three arms."

Adam pulled on his shirt. "I know, but it looks so real."

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"What's going on here?" Tasha asked as she wondered into the living room, when Bree explained. "Stephanie's deciding which of my clothes are cute enough for her to wear."

"Cute. Boring. Soccer mom. Yard sale. Ugh, who died and gave you this?" Stephanie described, dropping the item of clothing onto the floor as she went until Emilia brushed her aside. "That's enough, blondie. Why don't you wear you own clothes, instead of ruining Bree's?"

Stephanie hummed, as Emilia pulled the basket of clothes away from the girl. "How about we play something else?" The banshee suggested, as Stephanie sunk down on the couch.

Bree clapped her hands together. "Oh! Let's play a board game!"

"That would be appropriate 'cause I'm bored. I have a better idea." Stephanie stood up from the couch. "Let's rate each other on a scale of one to ten." She suggested. "I'm a ten! Who's next?"

Emilia groaned. "God, I'm bored now." She gasped before saying. "I'll be next, but I'll be rating for personality wise. You all get 10's and Stephanie, you're a minus 1."

"That's not even a rating." Stephanie defended, as to which Emilia fake sighed before smirking as she added. "Fine, zero."

Stephanie gasped before Tasha cut in. "Okay, I think we've damaged enough self-esteem for one night. Why don't we tell a scary story?"

"If you wanna hear a scary story, ask Caitlin about her Sweet 16." Stephanie scoffed, telling the woman when Caitlin looked towards the blonde herself with furrowed brows. "You weren't even there." She reminded her.

"I sent my people." Stephanie clarified, making Emilia roll her eyes.

Tasha pulled the blonde down on the couch before beginning to tell the story. "Many years ago, in this very spot, a group of pioneer girls, with one very mean one... we're being chased by a demon, and when he finally caught them by their long, blonde hair... he ground their bones into dust! And made clothes out of their livers."

The door suddenly creaked open, making Emilia narrow her eyes in suspicion as Caitlin asked in fear. "What was that?"

Bree sighed. "That was the sound of my stupid brothers trying to ruin my life."

"Wasn't us." Adam and Chase popped up from behind the couch. "We were busy unloading our ant farm into your sleeping bags." Chase said before laughing. "I thought it was funny."

The light had magically switched off making Stephanie gasp. "It's worse than I thought! They didn't pay their electric bill!" They all jumped when a giant flaming skull appeared on the screens.

"Oh shit, what is that?!" Emilia asked.

"It's the liver demon! Hide your livers!" Caitlin screamed, with the other girls joining in. Adam leaned in to Chase and asked. "Wait, is this one of the pranks we planned?" Chase looked at him in panic as he replied. "No!"

"Hold me!" Adam said, jumping into Chase's arms before they all screamed.

"Ah jeez." The auburn haired girl uttered out, standing up from the couch before stopping in her tracks when a dripping sound rang through her ears. However, she couldn't concentrate with Adam still screaming at the top of his lungs but thankfully, Tasha stopped him.

"Guys, I'm scared. Let's get out of here!" Caitlin said to the other girls. "No one cares if you're scared. I'm scared, that's why we're leaving." The blonde girl said bitterly as she began to stand up from the couch.

Emilia paused for a moment before gasping. "Oh, let me push Stephanie out the door first." She clapped her hands until the door closed, locking them all in when the giant flaming skull had taunted. "You're not going anywhere! This slumber party's just begun! Can I get a what, what?" They all screamed before trying to run somewhere but the flaming skull continued to appear everywhere.

"There's no time to sleep when you're living in a nightmare!" The flaming skull taunted, before they all ran away with Stephanie running back to Bree and Emilia. "Girls, what is going on?!"

"Something must be wrong with our smart home system. That or we built our house on the graves of the dead pioneer girls. Either way, let's not let it ruin our fun!"

"Anybody hungry? Who wants a sandwich?!"

Suddenly, the refrigerator door opened and slices of meat flew onto Caitlin's face making the other's scream before running away. Emilia grabbed onto Chase's hand worriedly who looked at the girl in concern before asking. "Lia, what is it? Are you okay?"

"I think something's wrong with Davenport." The Hunter girl uttered in worry, just as Tasha approached. "They must be in trouble. Boys, go get Leo and Donald and find out what's going on."

Chase looked towards Tasha. "Are you kidding?! In a horror movie, the first person to leave the group always gets killed." He scoffed before his eyes fell on Adam with an innocent smile. "After you, Adam."

The boy, clueless as he is, then responded. "Oh, thank you. That's so nice." He walked off, leaving Chase to smile before following him just before the girls ran in again screaming, making Emilia groan while Tasha rubbed her back in comfort.

The giant flaming skull became 3D as the girls stopped, watching as it cackled. "How about a little AC?" Bree managed to hold onto to a post with Stephanie having a tight grip on her hand while wind blew towards them.

"Oh, do something! I only came her because you have a cool house! But now you're making me look bad!" Stephanie exclaimed, making Emilia grumble. "I knew it. That bitch."

"You just came over because of my house?!" Bree yelled in shock. "Well, duh!" Stephanie shouted, as to which Bree smirked in reply. "Well, you should take a tour. It'll blow you away!" She let go of Stephanie's hand, pushing it back as the blonde screamed, getting blown away by the AC.

Emilia smiled proudly at the girl before eventually sighing in relief as every disaster had stopped.

The boys did it.

Bree stepped away as Emilia walked towards the girl. "I can't believe her. But, I'm glad I let go of her hand." Bree said, making Emilia smile as she wrapped her arm around the girl's shoulder while saying. "That's my girl." Bree giggled before the other girls started to come back towards the centre of the room before grabbing their stuff.

"Come on. It's go time. Hope you enjoyed the scary show and we'll hope we don't see you next time Stephanie. Which by the way, I'd advise you go to the salon." Emilia said, clapping her hands together, as Stephanie rolled her eyes.

Bree opened the door as the girls gathered their things before beginning to walk out the door while Bree said. "Thanks for coming. Sorry, my house is haunted. S'more for the road?"

Stephanie stopped at the door, turning around to face them as she said. "Just so you know, we're never coming back."

Tasha fake frowned. "Oh, that's a shame. Because you, young lady, are a delight."

Emilia waved sarcastically to the blonde who walked off before Caitlin stopped at the door and turned to the girls. "This was fun. And Bree, if you were serious about that loogie contest, I can hock a mean one!"

"Awesome! I bet if we hurry, we can still hit Stephanie's car!" Bree smiled before turning to Emilia. "Are you coming?"

The auburn-haired girl grinned. "If it's to tease Stephanie, I say let's go!" She clapped her hands with a smile before running out the door with the other two girls following behind.

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