“Zombieland,” Mel and Angie identified the movie together.
The swapping of movie quotes was one of the foundations of their friendship. Mel and Tate had met first in middle school but then Angie had come along and the three friends had spent weekends in Tate’s parents’ home theater watching old movies and eating junk food. Ever since they had played a game of stumping one another with movie quotes.
These days just the memory of those happier times made Mel glum. Why did it seem like everything was so difficult now?
“Chin up, Undead Chef,” Tate said. “We’re going to go sell cupcakes to the shambling masses and make an arm and a leg in profit.”
“Ba dum dum,” Angie made the sound of a drummer’s rim shot.
Mel rolled her eyes. “I guess that’s better than making a killing.”
“That’s the spirit,” Angie said with a laugh.
“Aw, come on. It’s a zombie walk finished off with an outdoor big screen showing of the Night of the Living Dead,” Tate said. “How could we have anything but a good time?”
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