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“What movie should we watch?” Asher asked, kneeling under the TV and looking through the DVD cabinet. He took out a few that were blocking the back row.
“How are we supposed to know?” Milo leaned forward over the arm of the couch.
“Well if you get down here with me, then you could see,” Asher looked back. Milo shuffled out from under the blanket and leaned down next to Asher.
“What if we watch Ice Age?” Milo’s eyes locked on the blue and white DVD.
Asher hummed in thought, and then he had a great idea. He turned to David with his eyes lit up. “What if we watch an adult movie?”
“Aren't you not allowed to watch adult movies?” David countered.
Asher turned to look at Milo who only shrugged. Milo had watched a lot of rated R movies, more than he probably should have, either late night on the cable network or because it was some of the only movies his parents owned.
“Okay and?”
David adjusted his sitting position. “Won’t you get in trouble?”
David knew that if his dad had found out he watched something he wasn’t supposed to, he might have a very stern conversation about waiting to watch it with his dad so they could talk about if something disturbed him.
“Well my parents aren’t here. Besides Madelyn is in charge. And she won’t care!” Asher continued. He leaned down to the bottom shelf and slid one of the movies out: American Psycho.
“I won’t care about what?” A feminine voice asked. Asher turned to see his sister leaning against the door frame between the entryway and living room. Asher’s eyes looked down at the DVD in hand. His mouth opened to come up with some other excuse, but man, was he a bad liar.
“Ash. Give that to me,” Madelyn walked over before he could respond, Milo scooting out of the way. She snatched it out of Asher’s hands.
“What?! That’s so not cool!” Asher whined. “You watched it with your friends last week!”
He jumped up off of his knees so he could be at his full height.
“Maybe because I’m 15, and you’re barely 11,” Madelyn rolled her eyes. “Besides, I don’t want to get blamed by Mom and Dad if you have nightmares.”
Asher crossed his arms and bore his hatred and annoyance into his stare. Maybe that would get her to give the movie back. . .
Madelyn wasn’t budging.
She rolled her eyes again. “Fine. Chillax. You can watch any PG-13 movie in there, how about that?”
Asher held out his pinky, after a second Madelyn linked hers with his and they both relented.
Asher grinned and dropped himself back down to the floor. “Booyah!”
He would take what he could get.
Madelyn set the movie on one of the shelves before going to walk out of the room. She glanced at David, re-evaluating her decision. “Make sure it’s not too bad of a movie.”
He quietly nodded. With that, Asher's sister left. After a few more minutes of analyzing every possible movie, and checking the back for its rating, Asher had found the new selection.
“Okay! New plan! We’re watching Mean Girls!” He excitedly announced. The cover was pink and it looked like a rom-com to David.
“Looks fine,” David agreed. Milo nodded.
“Sick! Okay. I’ll put this in, and then go start the popcorn,” Asher opened the case and gently took the movie out. The DVD player whirred, loading the movie onto the TV screen, and soon the previews began.