fandomhighdorms | Second Floor Common Room

Entry tags:

Second Floor Common Room - Saturday Evening

Guillermo had made arrangements yesterday to show Libby his favourite movie ever, Dialogue with a Dhampire and he had offered to set everything up in the common room. He already owned the movie so all he had to do was put that in the player and then it was just a matter of setting up the snacks and making sure there would definitely be enough.

When he had went into town yesterday to give Graham his empanadas, Guillermo had also stopped at the store to pick up a vast variety of different snacks - mostly popcorn and chips but he had also gotten some chocolate, so he could make this a proper movie night for Libby, he was definitely excited about being able to show his favourite movie to his friend and be able to hang out more, It had felt like he hadn’t done that in ages so he was definitely determined to make up for it now.

[Guillermo is here for Libby but it’s an open common room, feel free to stop by for movie night! Up early for timezones!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Libby found herself feeling oddly nervous about this, which she knew was kind of silly. It was just a movie night, which seemed simple enough, but it was her first one ever, really, so she didn't really know if it was something she could screw up. And what if she didn't like the movie? She'd feel terrible, because Guillermo said it was his favorite, and she was kind of iffy on the vampire stuff already, but she'd already decided that, if she really did end up hating it, she'd propose they make up for it by doing the King of the Bracelet movies next, because those were amazing, even if they were so long that they might have to make it a movie weekend rather than a movie night.

But she was there, as promised, bearing beverages as promised, too.

So she popped her head in through the door, grinned when she saw he was already there setting up, and then headed into the room. "Hi, Guillermo!" she said, holding up one of the two big bottles of drinks she'd brought with her. "I hope you like fruit punch."

Yes, she got fruit punch because it was a vampire movie and she thought she was funny.

There was also lemonade, though, too, because it was summer and summer always meant lemonade and she still really didn't like soda pop very much.

“Libby!” Guillermo looked over and waved at her when he heard his name, “I’m so glad you’re here,” and he grinned at her choice of beverage, “ooh fruit punch, that’s definitely a good choice for a vampire movie,” he nodded, “I got us a lot of snacks - popcorn, chips, chocolate -" he indicated the various different bowls of treats that he had set up in the common room, "everything you need for good movie night,” he told her.

There was relief in Libby's grin as her choice of beverage (and the reasons for it) did not go unnoticed, and that she'd apparently gotten at least that part right, and then her eyes danced over the snacks as Guillermo listed them off, as if making notes to remember for future movie nights, in case it became a thing. Popcorn, chips, chocolate. Sounded pretty easy enough!

"I should get some cups," she noted, "for the drinks, right?"

"That definitely sounds great," Guillermo nodded with a smile, "I'm pretty sure once we have drinks then everything will be set and we can sit down and watch the watch movie, I'm definitely excited for this - I always love watching Dialogue with a Dhampire, even though I've seen it - well I've lost count of how many times I've seen it," he admitted, "it will be nice to watch it here with my friend though," he added warmly.

Edited 2022-07-02 10:38 (UTC)

Libby's smile back at that was pleased but a little bit shy, with all the awkwardness of someone who'd gone so long in her life without any friends who weren't siblings and still sometimes had trouble wrapping her mind around the concept, even without adding that extra layer of surrealism of being friends with boys, although having Zo as her first friend definitely helped to make that aspect a little easier.

So she was glad to be momentarily distracted by finding the cups and, out of instinctual habit more than anything else, immediately started to pour some of the fruit punch into a cup for Guillermo to hand over to him before going to pour her own and then head over to the couch with the bottle for refills.

"Well, it must be good," she commented as she poured and handed the drink over, just praying that she didn't turn out to be a liar on that one, "if you've seen it so many times and still enjoy watching it. Like books that you can always go back and reread and it's still almost as good as the first time."

Nothing would truly beat the first time reading through a new book, though.

"It's not..." She hesitated a moment, not sure if she should let her concern on this point come through. "Too scary, though, is it?"

"I would also recommend the books," Guillermo nodded, "there's a whole book series as well, even though there's only a couple of movies," he added, not realising that there was going to be a new tv series coming out as well, "I mean it can get scary at times, especially if you're not used to these kind of movies" Guillermo admitted, "I didn't find it terrifying when I watched it when I was younger, but if you do find that it gets too scary, we can turn it off if you'd like," he offered, not wanting her to feel uncomfortable.

Giullermo definitely had Libby's attention at the mention of books being involved, and she made a mental note that, even if she didn't like the movie, she'd at least give the books a try, especially if there was a whole series...

...which was definitely going to be an...uh....experience for her, to be sure.

But she nodded a little, still a little tentative about the potential scary parts, but if it was okay for Guillermo when he was just a little kid, then it should be okay for her. And even though he'd offered to turn it off if it was too much for her (or maybe because he'd offered), she felt herself building the resolve to stick through it even if it was, and try to be brave.

"Okay," she said, and went to go find a seat on the couch, cup cradled almost protectively in both her hands and held close to her chest. "So...do we just...start?"

Guillermo grinned and moved towards the couch as well, putting his drink down on the table as he picked up the remote.

"We do," Guillermo grinned, "I just need to press play and then and we can start the movie, if you're ready for movie night to begin that is," he added.

"As ready as I'll ever be!" Libby said with a small laugh, as she wondered if there really was something she'd missed to properly prepare her for such a momentous event.

"Well here we go," Guillermo said with a grin, "movie night is about to commence," and he pressed play on the remote to start the movie and he settled back into the couch but not before picking up a bowl of popcorn and offering it towards Libby to see if she would like some.

Even if Libby didn't want any popcorn, she would have taken some, because it seemed like a movie night sort of thing to do, so it was a good thing that she did, in fact, want some, reaching in to take a handful with a nod and a quiet "Thanks" before turning her attention to the TV. She didn't want to miss any of it, and even though they'd barely even gotten to the production title cards yet, she was feeling her heart racing with anticipation for what was in store for her ahead.

Guillermo smiled, nodding back with a quiet, "you're welcome," once Libby had taken some popcorn and he took a handful of his own before he turned his own focus towards the TV.

He always looked forward to being able to rewatch his favourite movie, it didn't matter how many times he watched it and the fact that he got to watch it with his friend, who had never seen it before was also going to be a nice movie watching experience. He just hoped she would like the movie, he would feel bad after all this if she didn't like the movie - even though there were definitely heaps of other movies they could watch if they wanted to do movie night again.

That definitely was the nice thing about movies. There were more than enough of them that, eventually, you'd have to stumble across a few goods one to mutually enjoy, even if there were some deviations with others.

Libby wasn't really sure if she was supposed to just keep quiet and watch the movie in silence the whole time--it seemed rude to do otherwise, but also, that didn't make for a very good interactive experience, to just sit there pretty much ignoring the other person for such a long period of time. Maybe that was why Zo never suggested movies, because they couldn't go two seconds without babbling at each other, but any concern about that went right out the window when the names of the actors started showing up over the opening shots and she recognized one of them.

"Oh! That's the one you said you liked, right, Guillermo?" she asked. "Antonio Banderas?"

Guillermo honestly didn’t mind, especially if it meant he could about his favourite actor as well.

“It is,” Guillermo said excitedly, “he was the first vampire I ever saw who looked like me,” he told her, “it’s why I fell in love with all things vampires to begin with,”

Even though he had told Kurt that he wanted nothing more than to be turned into a vampire himself one day, he didn’t know if Libby would think that fact would be as cool though so he decided to not reveal it for now.

"I can't wait to see him, then!" said Libby, who couldn't help but smile at Guillermo's enthusiasm, but who also would be, admittedly, a little confused once they did get to that part of the movie, because her idea of what Guillermo meant when he said the actor looked like him would be quite a bit different than what he'd actually meant.

In fact, she thought about asking Guillermo to point him out when he was on screen, but figured she could just spot him based on that information alone.

Imagine her disappointment when she reached the end credits without seeing a single vampire with glasses.

Guillermo did not realise that there was any confusion with his description of who Antonio Banderas was and he turned to Libby excitedly, pushing up his glasses from where they had slid down his nose and not realising that they were the current source of confusion, “so …” he grinned, even though he was feeling a bit nervous as well “what did you think of the movie?”

It take a moment for Libby to pull herself out of that state of emersion and awe that usually came with her getting engrossed in a movie entirely, a sensation still quite foreign and new to her, and she lightly shook her head as she pulled herself back into reality and tried to think of the best way to answer.

He'd been right, that it hadn't been too scary....tense, but not really frightening, and most of the times she felt the need to cover her eyes had nothing to with anything related to horror. But there had been so many elements about it that drew her right in, evidenced in the quiet marvel in which she watched, her fruit punch and the popcorn barely even touched, but she could really only think of one thing to say that really expressed how she felt about it the best:

"I really want to read these books."

Which was honestly one of the most complimentary things she could have had to say about a movie.

Guillermo ~~and now with the right account this time~~ smiled at her reaction, which he took to mean she had enjoyed the movie since he’d noticed she barely ate or drank anything.

“I have the whole series if you’d like to read them,” he offered, “there’s 10 books in total” he told her, he did not realise that more books had been published after 2003.

Kurt had spent most of the day out in town doing some ~~handwavey~~ shopping and such. That evening when he finally was back in the dorms he happened to pass by the common room and see the set up by the TV.

"Oh hey Guillermo! What's going on?"

“Kurt, hey!” Guillermo grinned at his roommate as he waved at him from where he was putting the finishing touches to setting up the snacks, “Libby and I are having a movie night, we’re going to be watching Dialogue with a Dhampire, you're welcome to join us if you'd like,”

"Oh, I haven't seen that in a long time!" Kurt said with interest, but then looked at Guillermo and tilted his head to the side a bit. "You sure I won't be interrupting though? Don't want to mess up your and Libby's movie plans by..." Kurt paused, trying to think of the phrase but shook his head when "crashing the party" wouldn't come to him. "I don't want to be in the way," he said simply instead.

"Not at all," Guillermo assured him, "you won't be in the way, Libby's never had a movie night, so I wanted to show her my favourite movie of all time," he added, "but I have plenty of snacks to go round," he offered, "if you'd like to stay,"

"Sounds good, thanks!" Kurt said with a grin. "I'll bring snacks next time!" he added with a wink, because chances were, if Libby did enjoy the movie, he might have to make some suggestions for the next movie.

Guillermo grinned, "no worries, please help yourself I have popcorn, chips and chocolate - I definitely brought a lot," he added, "but having a regular movie night could be a fun thing to do, setting up a movie in the common room and having a lot of snacks for people to share,"

"Hi, Kurt!" Libby grinned when she spotted him. "Are you joining us for movie night, too?"

It would make sense, really! He and Guillermo were roommates, and a small part of her that had been a little unsure about all of this would feel much more comfortable with other people involved. A movie night with just herself and Guillermo seemed to be skirting dangerously close to something she should not be doing.

Edited 2022-07-02 14:33 (UTC)

"Aye, sounds like fun!" Kurt said with a grin. "So long as you don't mind the company! It has been years since I have seen the movie so would be great to watch it again."

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Second Floor Common Room - Saturday Evening

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject