The film was getting
boring. Snake and Lee had set the whole room up for a scary night in
with a horror movie. The lights off, the curtains drawn, the phone
disconnected, mobiles on silent, and a massive blanket covering the
both of them. They had popcorn and Coke, and had just polished off a
pizza. But the film sucked.
“Why Snake?” Lee
asked suddenly.
“What do you mean?”
“Why did you change
your name to Snake?”
“What makes you think I
wasn't born with this name?”
“Because no-one calls
their child Snake.”
“Why do you go by Lee?”
“It's short for
Lisa...”
“I know that, but most
girls called Lisa go by Lisa.”
“But I'm not most
girls.”
“And I'm not most
guys,” Snake smirked.
Lee laughed a little, but
stayed curious, “Seriously though, why did you change your name?”
Snake looked down at his
hands for several moments, before muttering, “I didn't like who I
was, so I changed it.”
Lee could see that he
didn't want to talk about it, so she nudged him playfully. When he
looked up, she give him a sweet smile and said, “Well I like you
now, so I'm glad you did.”
Snake smiled, “Me too.”
They settled back down to
watch the film, but still nothing was happening.
Her hand slipped over to
his, and she squeezed. Lee and Snake were only friends, but Lee knew
she wanted more. She knew that somewhere hidden in this guy was a
horrible past, but ahead of him lay a happy future, because he was
that kind of guy. And she knew that she wanted to be a big part of
it.
“Wanna do something
else?”
“Sure. What're you
thinking?”
“Don't know.”
“Another film?”
“Nah.”
“Then what?”
“How about a game?”
“You're not going to
suggest Truth or Dare, or Spin The Bottle now, are you?” he winked
playfully. It was obvious that Snake knew about Lee's love for him,
but he never seemed to show anything in return, or act upon it in any
way, other than to tease her.
“No!” Lee defended.
“Okay, so what are you
suggesting?”
“Maybe a board game?”
“What?! You wanna play
Dungeons and Dragons?”
“How do you even know
what that is?” Lee laughed, “And no, I meant more along the lines
of... Snakes and Ladders!”
“Where do you get your
inspiration?” Snake laughed.
Lee rolled her eyes and
pulled out her old game.
Snake smirked again and
asked slyly, “So is this going to be strip Snakes and Ladders?”
“Only if we only strip
Snakes and ladders,” she laughed.
“I'm so confused,” he
laughed too.
“I basically said you
can get naked if you want, but I'm not.”
“Where's the fun in
that?!”
They smirked at each
other, as she set the game up. This was the kind of thing they would
do together all the time, because, quite honestly, they would do
anything to spend time together.
“You can go first,
seeing as your name is on the box,” Lee laughed.
“Yours is too!” he
chuckled, pointing at a crayon-scrawled 'Lisaa' on the lid.
“That doesn’t count!”
she rolled her eyes, “My name is Lee. Not Lisaaaaaah.” She
emphasised her younger-self's spelling error.
Snake continued to laugh,
while he rolled the die. They placed with two, because there were two
in the box. Neither one was the original for the game. They often
made the rules up, as well, just to keep things interesting.
“Five.” Snake tapped
his button five spaces across.
“Cool,” Lee rolled,
“Seven!” She pulled a smug face as she danced her coin across
seven spaces.
“That's it,” Snake
laughed, “the fake rules are coming out!”
“Go ahead!”
“The first one to the
finish, loses!”
“No way!”
“Yes, way!”
“No!”
“It's that, or strip
Snakes and Ladders, where we BOTH have to do it!”
“Okay, so whoever
finishes first loses.”
“Aw,” Snake gave a
disappointed groan, but with a playful smile on his lips.
They rolled again, and
again.
“How do you always beat
me, even when I make up the rules?!” Snake moaned, looking into
Lee's eyes to try to work out her magic. He never could.
She rolled the dice, but
as she let go of them, he lifted her chin, so she would look at him.
She stared for a moment.
“What are you doing?”
“Trying to work out how
you always win,” Snake whispered, staring into her eyes.
“I don't,” she
giggled nervously.
“If you've rolled a low
number,” he stopped her from looking down, “I swear to God
I'll...”
He trailed off, and Lee
just knelt there, waiting for him.
Moments passed, and
nothing, “You'll what?”
Snake looked down briefly
and grinned widely when he looked back into her eyes, “This.”
Still holding her chin up
towards him, Snake leaned in and kissed her gently, slowly, yet
confidently on the lips. Her eyes closed with the pressure of his
lips against her own. She pushed back into him, while the kiss
lasted. She didn't have time to think, she could only feel.
As he pulled easily away,
she kept her eyes closed. She was somewhere else now. She still
couldn't think – she was too lost in the feeling on her lips. He'd
gone, yet she could still feel him. Her eyes flitted open. She opened
to mouth to ask him something, but no words came.
He had his signature
smirk plastered on, as he pointed down toward the die. Snake eyes.
Lee looked at him and
smiled. She stared into his eyes and said, “I'll never look at
snake eyes the same again.”
