Peyton and Brooke are sitting together on Brooke’s couch, popcorn bag between them, still half full. Neither girl is really too hungry anymore. They had sandwiches and chips, and now popcorn. They sit quietly watching a movie, because it is annual movie night. The one night a year that they stay up all day and all night viewing film after film together. They have been participating in this since they were nine and Brooke randomly came up with the idea at a sleepover.
Suddenly, something funny happens and both girls laugh loudly, for a long, long time. Brooke loves how Peyton’s chuckles resound...
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