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"Should we wake her?" Leon asked as he gazed down at a heavily sleeping Sherry. The girl was curled up against him on the couch, having only made it about half an hour into the movie before clocking out.
"Yeah, she said she wanted to get woken up after the 'boring' part was over," Claire said with a small eye roll as she slipped the second VHS out of the box set. "I'm assuming she meant all the build up and romance... all that stuff."
"Hey, at least we didn't have to fast forward through the nudity," Leon said as he carefully began to shake the sleeping child next to him. "Hey, wake up, Sher. Time for the iceberg."
"Hmm... iceberg?" Sherry murmured out as her bleary eyes slowly opened. The little girl looked around, seemingly confused and obviously still in an advanced stage of sleepiness. "Is the... is the ship sinking?"
"It's about to," Claire said as she popped the tape into the VCR.
"No..." Sherry groaned as she buried her head against Leon's side. "I don't swim so good... help me..." There was a very small whimper followed by silence... and then followed by light snoring.
Leon and Claire looked at each other.
"...let her sleep?"
"Yeah, let her sleep," Claire whispered as she carefully sat down on her boyfriend's other side, cuddling up to him. "Now, let's watch these poor people fight for their lives."
"How romantic," Leon quietly laughed as he put his arm around her.