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Ethan didn’t like parties,he didn’t like when his friends forced him to go out with them,but tonight was different,Chad was next to him,dancing,their bodies clash together and Ethan can feel the red on his cheeks intensifying every minute.
He likes Chad,that’s something he can’t deny,he likes the way he’s always looking after everyone,he likes the was he tries his best to be a great friend,he likes how he smiles,he likes the way he bites his lips.
Ethan likes everything about Chad and on this moment he wants nothing but to keep on dancing with him,he never wants this to end.
But of course,Tara.
Tara got in trouble again,Chad liked her,it was easy to see by the way he always ran to her rescue,Ethan stood aside not wanting to get involved in Tara’s problems.
And then they had to leave the party,everything escalating way to quickly.
“Everyone knows you’re the killer!”
A drunk blonde girl shouted as she passed besides Sam,Tara’s older sister,drenching her with soda,Ethan and the rest are surprised by the sudden action,Sam stands there completely furious.
“Uhm,I have tissues”
Ethan says as he hands Sam a couple of tissues,Sam smiles at him,her smile is always a mood lifter.
“Thanks Ethan”
She says as she tries to dries herself.
At the apartment the shouting continues,Ethan’s on the couch sitting awkwardly in between Anika and Quinn.
Anika is his best friend,he loves her,she’s everything needed,she knew what to say and when to say it,something that her girlfriend lacked.
Maybe that’s why they complemented each other perfectly.
Quinn was his older sister,except no one knew she was.
Ethan had always lived with his mother,Vanessa Landry,except his mom couldn’t mom,and things surely got worse after Richie passed away.
He loved Quinn,Quinn is his only stable motherly figure,in fact he loved both of his siblings.
Well,he only loved a version of his older brother that didn’t even exist anymore,his older brother didn’t exist anymore.
He liked not thinking about Richie,but now that he’s here,his sister sharing an apartment with Sam Carpenter,the one who took his brothers life,that was practically impossible.
Ethan didn’t blame Sam,he knew how messed up Richie was when he left their home,he knew that all those years of fantasizing about the stab movies and wanting to create his own had made Richie’s brain putrefact.
And yet he sometimes wished that they would get answers about were Richie’s body was.
Ethan gets snapped out of his thoughts by Chad sitting besides him and turning on the tv.
“I’m glad you decided to come to the party” Chad smiled at Ethan and hugged him “It was nice until,ya know”
Ethan laughed.
“It was fun” Ethan melted into the hug,he loved physical touch,and more if it came from Chad “thanks for inviting me,it’s nice to go out once in a while”
They stay like that for a while,until the news on the tv stared announcing it,a ghostface killing…
Ethan feels the world falling onto him,memories flooding every piece of his mind,he can’t even recall the moment where everyone comes into the living room.
“Quinn,your dad is a police officer right?” Sam asks Quinn,Ethan feels himself freezing at the mention of his father “can you call him?”
Ethan feels Quinn standing up and heading to the hallway to call their father,he brings his knees up to his chest,wanting to feel smaller,he doesn’t want to be here,he wants to go home.
“Sam,my dad needs to talk to you” Quinn hands the phone to Sam and as soon as she does that Sam and Tara are out of the apartment “im going to my room”
Ethan stands and goes after Quinn,the feeling of panic doesn’t leave him, he feels trapped,like if someone has locked him in a box that he can’t escape.
“Quinn” his voice cracks as he knocks on his sisters door “Quinn can we talk?”
His sister opens the door and invites him to come into his room,Ethan sits down on the dresser chair and gets comfortable.
“Uhm,dad found Sam’s ID on the crime scene” Quinn explains “everything will be alright Eth”
“What if it’s not?” Ethan says “I thought we wouldn’t have to hear about that whole ghostface thing after Richie died”
Ethan brings his knees to his chest and hugs them,he wants to disappear.
“What if they find out about the whole Richie thing?” Ethan says terrified of the truth coming out “Quinn,I can’t do this anymore”
Ethan sobs as he holds himself,Quinn stands from her bed and immediately embraces her little brother,Ethan was the baby of the family,both of his siblings adored him,but Quinn loved him the most.
“Nothing will happen alright?” Quinn doesn’t let go of Ethan “all of us are going to be okay,I promise you Ethan”
Quinn sits on her bed again and pats the side of it,indicating Ethan to lay there with her.
“Come here little baby” Quinn says to her little brother as he climbs into her bed “We will be just fine,I’ll protect you forever”
And as Ethan fell asleep in his sisters bed,he couldn’t help but feel this was just the start of the shitshow that was about to go down.