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Lena yawned as continued to type at her desk in her apartment office. She looked at her watch and winced. It was midnight. She looked back at the reports in front of her and groaned.
“It is going to take me 3 more hours to actually finish this,” muttered Lena.
She shook her head and was about to start typing again when she heard a knock on her door. She nearly jumped into her own skin. She quickly switched her computer screen to her security footage and breathed a sigh of relief. It was Kara. While she was happy it was just her friend outside her door, she was a little concerned that she was here this late. She quickly went to the door and answered.
“Hey Kara! Is everything okay?” asked Lena worriedly.
Kara rubbed the back of her neck while looking at Lena sheepishly.
“I came to force you to take a break. No one has seen you for the past week.”
Lena gave a soft smile. She felt bad about making her friends worry about her. However, she felt she was so close to a breakthrough.
“I am sorry for not calling, but I think I might have found something to help get the lead out of the drinking water. I just need a couple more hours…”
“Lena, when was the last time you ate?”
Lena looked at her startled and asked, “What?”
“Seriously, when was the last time you ate or even taken a nap?”
“Uhhh…..”
Kara smirked and asked, “You don’t remember do you?”
Lena looked down and sheepishly and said, “No.”
Kara grabbed Lena’s hand and dragged her inside.
“Hey, where are you taking me?”
Kara guided Lena over to the couch to sit down. She turned to Lena with a smile on her face.
“We are going to sit here, eat junk food, and watch your favorite movies.”
Lena looked towards her office and frowned.
“But my research.”
Kara took Lena’s face in her hands and stared Lena directly in the eyes which caused Lena to blush.
“You need to take better care of yourself. Working yourself to the bone isn’t going to do anyone any good.”
Lena nodded as Kara gradually let go and started grabbing food out of her bag and placing it on the table in front of them. Lena wasn’t used to someone caring for her well-being. When she met Kara a couple of months ago, she knew that she was gorgeous, but she soon discovered that she was also, kind, generous, and very driven especially when it comes to her friends. Lena was so used to being manipulated by people that she still had a hard time knowing how to respond when people were actually thinking about her well-being. She smiled, shook her head, and stared at the food before her. Lena was shocked at the amount of food that Kara brought: cheese puffs, several pints of ice cream, nachos, pigs in a blanket, cinnamon buns, two bottles of wine, and over course dumplings. It was enough to feed an army.
Lena smirked and said, “How is this food taking care of me exactly?”
Kara chuckled, and said, “I know I have the taste buds of a child but this is at least better than consuming nothing at all the entire day.”
Lena sighed and said, “That is true.”
As she began nibbling on the pigs in a blanket, she asked, “What movies did you bring?”
“I brought your favorite films.”
Kara got out of the bag five movies. Lena looked through the titles. She then looked back up at Kara with a raised eyebrow.
“These are all horror movies.”
“I know.”
“But you hate scary movies.”
Kara looked hesitantly at the films and said, “I know, but given the titles, I didn’t think they could be that scary.”
Lena narrowed her eyes and asked, “Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Have you heard of any of these films before?”
“Well no, but what could really be the harm in them though? Like this movie Children of the Corn. What is wrong with children liking corn? And then this film Alien. Why would anyone be scared of something from another planet?”
Lena stared at her baffled.
” What?” asked Kara quizzically.
“Nothing. It is just an interesting take you had on the movies is all.”
Lena shook her head and looked at the other three movies. Given how Kara got scared easily, she saw only one that she might enjoy. However, it could just backfire.
Lena looked up at Kara and pointed at the last film on the right.
“I think we should watch this one first.”
Kara picked it up and smiled.
“Aww, this fury little creature looks so cute. I think it will be fun.”
Lena muttered, “We’ll see,” as Kara put the DVD in the DVD player.
As the movie began to play, Lena began to relax and laugh a little. She had forgotten how hilarious Gremlins was. However, she noticed something in the corner of her eye shaking. She turned over and her face saddened. Kara was curled up in a ball with her hand over her eyes. Lena paused the movie and gently placed a hand on Kara’s shoulder.
“Kara, are you okay?”
Kara peeked a little over her hands and stuttered, “I’m fine. You can start back the movie.”
Lena pulled Kara into a hug and said, “You are not fine. You are shaking and trying to hide.”
Kara looked up sheepishly and said, “I thought that I could handle it. Gizmo looked so cute. Who knew that such evil creatures could come from him?”
Lena chuckled and said, “I know. It is really silly.”
“And scary,” muttered Kara.
Lena laughed and said, “How about we watch something we both can enjoy?”
Kara quickly shook her head and said, “But we should be doing something you like. You are the one that needs to unwind.”
Lena smiled and said, “Ever since you came, I haven’t thought once about work. You know why?”
Kara shook her head.
“Because I get to hang out with my best friend. We can just sit here in silence eating for all I care. As long as I am with you, I am happy.”
Kara blushed and said, “Well when you put it that way…”
Lena blushed and quickly went to the DVD player.
“I have another movie I have been wanting to watch but didn’t want to watch by myself. Now where is it?”
Lena looked around for a minute before saying, “Found it!”
She popped it into the DVD player and sat back down.
“What are we watching?” asked Kara warily.
Lena smiled and said, “Something I know that we will both get a kick out of.”
The credits rolled and Kara began to squeal.
“Oh! This is my favorite film. I didn’t know you got The Proposal.”
Lena looked down while twiddling her thumbs.
“Several friends have recommended it to me so I was curious.”
However, Lena wasn’t being completely honest. She bought the movie because Kara mentioned over 1,000 times that this was her favorite movie of all time. She was hoping she would have a chance to watch it with Kara alone and decided to take tonight as this chance.
Lena grabbed a blanket she kept on the couch and wrapped it around herself.
Kara beamed at the blanket and asked, “Do you mind if we share that? It looks so warm and comfy.”
“Sure!”
Kara cuddled under the blanket with Lena. They were so close that Lena could feel the warmth radiating off of her. As she rested her head on Kara’s shoulder, she could smell the pumpkin spice lotion she used which caused her to swoon.
My dream is becoming a reality.
“You are really in for a treat Lena. Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock are a great comedy duo and their romance in this movie is so cute.”
“I can’t wait!”
As they settled in to watch the movie, Lena couldn’t believe how her day had been. She began the day feeling stressed beyond belief and was now ending it in the arms of the woman she adores. Lena felt a sense of contentment that she had never felt before as they continued to watch more romantic movies as the night went on.