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Aurora slowly pulled the silk bandana off her head, causing her hair to fall down over her shoulders, letting out a sigh as she slowly took a seat on the end of her bed.

"Knock, knock." Chad said, tapping on the girl's door as he slowly opened it with a smile. "May I enter?"

"That depends, do you come bearing anything?" Aurora jokingly asked with a smirk as the boy stepped into her room.

"Hmm, let's see." Chad said, closing the door behind him before leaning down placing a sweet kiss on the girl's lips before slowly pulling away. "Does that work?"

"It shall work this time. But next time I expect more from you, Meeks." Aurora said, jokingly causing the boy to let out a chuckle as he took a seat beside her. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Chad said, nodding his head as he reached out, intertwining his hand with hers before turning and locking eyes with the girl. "Are you okay, Rory?"

"Hm..." Aurora said, humming at the boy, turning and looking away, causing the boy to softly move her chin to make her look back at him, causing her to send him a small smile. "I'm fine, babe, promise. No need to worry about me."

"Hey, it's my job to worry about you. I'd be a bad boyfriend if I didn't worry just a little." Chad said, placing a small kiss on the girl's nose, causing her to scrunch in it making him chuckle. "It's still cute every time you do it."

"Well, I'm glad one of us thinks it's cute." Aurora said, jokingly smiling at the boy. "I think it's safe to go back to your dorm. I'm pretty sure the fighting between Sam and Tara is done for the day, hopefully."

"Well that's too bad." Chad said, looking at the longing with a small smile on his face. "I was actually looking to get some shots in while I can."

"Yeah?" Aurora sarcastically said as a small chuckle escaped her lips. "I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I don't think tonight will be that night, sorry love."

Neither one had the intention to even attempted to break the eye contact that they were holding.

"Thank you." Aurora said, causing the boy to lift an eyebrow. "I never got the chance to say it after you helped me with everything this last year. You know with Ghostface, Wes... my mom. You have been like the only consistent thing in my life and I just really appreciate you."

"You know us survivors gotta stick together." Chad jokingly said, causing them both to chuckle as Aurora looked down at her hands. "Besides, you're stronger than you think you are, Rory. You gotta stop talking so badly about yourself... I think you're actually really special."

"Are you just saying that because you're my boyfriend?" Aurora questioned as a fake smile appeared just as quickly as it went away.

"No, I'm saying it because I love you." Chad said, causing the girl to look back up at the boy as a real smile grew across her face. "And maybe just a little because I'm your boyfriend but mostly because I love you."

"I love you, too." Aurora said, letting out a light chuckle as she stared into the Meek-Martin boy's brown eyes before slowly leaning in as the couple lips connected, causing the King girl to melt at his touch.

The duo quickly pulled away at the sound of the door, swinging open as Aurora's third and final roommate; Quinn Bailey, came walking into the room.

"Have you seen my phone?" Quinn questioned, quickly stopping as she noticed the space between the two as she sent a guilty smile. "Did I cockblock you?"

"What?" Aurora questioned, looking at the girl with wide eyes.

"I cockblocked you." Quinn said again this time in realization, causing the couple to share a look. "I cockblocked you didn't I?"

"Please, no." Chad said, placing his hand on his forehead. "Stop saying the word cock."

"Okay, Quinn we get what you mean." Aurora said, sending the girl a fake smile. "You can stop saying that now... What... what did you need again?"

"My. my phone, have you guys seen it?" Quinn questioned, causing them both to quickly shake their heads. "Alright, awkward. Sorry."

"Please don't ever enter a room like that again." Aurora said, causing the Bailey girl to quickly shake her head. "It's like really rude."

"I won't. I promise. I'm really sorry." Quinn said, walking backwards out the door as she pulled it closed. "Sorry!"

"She's definitely something." Chad said, causing them both to let out a chuckle.

"Tell me about it." Aurora said, turning and placing a quick kiss on the boy's lips as she smiled at him as she tapped his leg before standing up from her bed. "Come on."

"Where are we going?" Chad asked, taking the girl's smaller hand as he stood up from the bed, causing him to tower over her.

"To socialize with our friends." Aurora said, causing him to let out a fake groan as she sent him a confused look with a smile.

"Fine, one more kiss." Chad said, puckering his lips at the girl, causing her to chuckle before placing her lips against his as he pulled her closer, deepening the kiss before they both pulled away as he placed his forehead on hers. "I guess we can go join the others."

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"Oh my god." Aurora said, quickly sitting up from her spot on the couch as her eyes trained on the TV as she read the headline; VICTIMS IDENTIFIED AS BLACKMORE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS , gaining everyone's attention as Chad rushed from the apartment to get Sam. "Ani, will you turn it up?"

"Yeah." Anika said, quickly leaning forward, grabbing the TV remote from the coffee table in front of her before turning the TV's volume up as the news reporter's voice filled the room as Chad returned.

"I'm standing in front of the apartment building where the mutilated bodies...."

"What's going on?" Sam questioned, sounding beyond concerned as she came rushing into the apartment with the guy from across the hall named Danny as Chad gestured towards the TV.

"Cute boy. Nice." Quinn said as everyone else focused on the TV.

"... were discovered. Their names have just been released by police. Jason Carvey and Greg Bruckner."

"Holy shit, that's that chode from our film studies class." Mindy spoke up, looking between Tara and Aurora. "The one obsessed with Argento."

"Also found at the scene were various Ghostface costumes of a character popularized by the Stab movie franchise."

Just the name alone made all of the Woodsboro survivors skin crawl as Aurora.

The King girl sent the Landry boy beside her an appreciative smile after he placed a supportive hand on her knee, causing Chad to frown at the exchange of the two from a far.

Aurora turned, locking eyes with Tara before they both looked over at Sam.

"Pack a bag. You too, Rory." Sam said, looking between the duo, quickly walking out the room, causing Aurora's eyebrows to raise. "We leave in 10."

"Wait, what?" Aurora said, watching as Tara quickly stood up, following her sister out of the room as the King girl looked over at the others, causing them to shrug their shoulders.

"Sam." Tara called out after the girl. "Wait, Sam."

"We're getting out of the city." Sam explained not once looking back at the girl's as Tara quickly followed after her into the kitchen.

"What?" Danny questioned from beside Chad, sounding concerned, turning to follow Sam but Chad quickly shooed him toward the door.

"Thank you very much, suspicious new guy, but I think we got it from here." Chad said, quickly pushing the man backwards towards the door. "Have a good night. Get home safe. Go, go, go, go, go."

"No, wait let's talk about this for a second." Tara said, following her sister back through the living room as Sam held a giant knife. "'Cause this might not have anything to do with us."

"Are you serious?" Sam questioned in disbelief.

"I mean it is a big city, Sammy." Aurora spoke from her spot beside Ethan as Tara gestured back toward her best friend. "And of all nights, it's fucking Halloween night for crying out loud, I'm sure almost everyone is wearing mask."

"This isn't just some coincidence, Rory." Sam said, looking over at the teen girl she saw as her second sister before looking back at Tara. "You knew him! You both did!"

"Barely." Tara said.

"Chad, Mindy, back me up." Sam said, looking between the Meek-Martin twins, causing them to share a look.

"I mean, it is a little bit..." Chad said, trailing off as he looked over at his sister before sending Rory a small smile.

"Close to home." Mindy said, finishing the boy's thought.

"See." Sam said, causing Tara to look over at Rory, causing her to send her a small smile as she lazily shrugged her shoulders.

"Quinn, your dads a cop, right?" Tara asked, quickly turning to face their other roommate. "Can you call him and find out what's going on? Before you make unilateral decision and abandon our college education and flee the fucking state!"

"I'm calling him now." Quinn spoke softly, placing her phone against her ear as Rory sent her a small appreciative smile.

"Thank you." Tara said, speaking in her normal tone.

The sound of a phone ringing, gained the attention of everyone in the room as Sam slowly walked towards her ringing cell phone.

"Who is it?" Aurora said, slowly making her way towards the Carpenter sisters as Sam ended the call, letting out a breath of relief.

"Why did everyone just freak out when her phone rang?" Ethan questioned, sounding confused as he looked around at the group.

"You gotta keep up, my dude." Anika said, looking over at the boy in disbelief.

"Sam." Quinn said, quickly making her way towards the oldest girl in the room, holding out her cellphone. "My dad wants to talk to you."

"Mr. Bailey, hi." Sam spoke into the phone and by the change in her face, everyone knew the worst was happening; Ghostface was back. "We'll be there."

Sam locked eyes with Rory with a sad smile on her face. "We have to go down to the station?"

"Why, we didn't do shit." Aurora said, looking at the girl confused.

"Mr. Bailey said it was urgent so we gotta go." Sam said, causing the girl to let out a sigh before nodding as she silently followed the girl out of the apartment, down the stairs and out the building.

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