It all happened so fast. One moment you were in your cupholder the next Mackenzie's hand came flashing down and sent you flying through the air. You didn't have far to fall however as Mackenzie's aim was precise and you were sent tumbling into Olivia's jumbo tub of popcorn. You crashed headfirst into the surface and found yourself buried up to your waist in the popcorn, only your tiny legs were left kicking above the surface. Olivia was oblivious to your predicament but Mackenzie had seen your flight into the tub. She was quite pleased at how everything had played out, even if now it was a little cramped on her left side with the larger woman now sitting in the formerly empty seat. But that just gave Mackenzie an excuse to snuggle closer to Liv.
"Don't hog the popcorn now," Mackenzie said and Olivia offered the bucket to her friend. It was too dark to make out exactly where you landed so Mackenzie just made a mental shrug and chose a spot at random near the center.
I'm gonna kill Mackenzie, you thought as you struggled to break free. You had managed to get your arms loose, but they, along with the rest of your upper body and your face, were sticky and stinging from the artificial butter and salt. Pressing down hard on pieces of popcorn the size of your head that were on either side of you, you managed to pop your head free. You looked up and took a breath to shout but stopped as you saw Mackenzie's hand darting down. You leapt to the side, just in time to avoid Mackenzie's hand as it plunged into the popcorn up to her fingers. Mackenzie tried to look nonchalant as she felt around for you but you managed to scramble free of her searching fingers. She was taking so long that even Olivia noticed.
"Geez Mack, you call me a hog? Are you trying to grab every piece?"
"I'm leaving the burnt ones for you," Mackenzie retorted as she scooped up a few pieces. She didn't detect you among them and so just casually munched on them. Liv held out her hand for the tub to be returned to her and Mackenzie knew she'd missed her chance for now. But there was still a way to buy more alone time with the woman she loved before the third-wheel tried to grab Liv's attention. Mackenzie started to hand the bucket of popcorn back to Liv when...
"Whoops!"
Mackenzie pretended that the bucket momentarily slipped from her fingers, letting it drop until it almost hit the ground before "catching" it at the last second. You were in a free fall for a second and the entire bucket rocked like an angry sea as Mackenzie tipped the whole thing dangerously close to one side. You screamed as your whole world lurched and an avalanche of popcorn fell down to bury you alive.
Hoping that had done the trick, Mackenzie righted the tub then handed it to Olivia.
"Sorry, Liv. Butterfingers."
"You can be so clueless sometimes, Mack," Olivia said as she reached down.
Buried under a heavy layer of popcorn, not knowing whether you were facing up or down, you were wedged underneath pieces of popcorn and unpopped kernels. It was so infuriating that a simple snack food could trap you so easily. A second later, the popcorn shifted again as another hand dug down and grabbed some pieces. You thought it was Liv due to the hand not searching for you, but you couldn't be sure. Mackenzie might've changed tactics after looking suspicious. You knew the bucket you were in was being passed back and forth between them, and, knowing that you couldn't hide forever, you began to work yourself free from your buttery prison.
Five minutes passed as you climbed, Olivia and Mackenzie taking turns to peck at the popcorn. You'd lost track of who was holding the bucket. As stealthily as possible, you breached the surface, poking your head out of the sea of popcorn. And for the second time that day, after freeing yourself of the food you were met with a woman's hand heading right towards you. This time, however, you had no chance to escape as the hand plucked you up along with several pieces of popcorn. You had no idea who had grabbed you but she held your fate literally in the palm of her hand.
You looked through the fingers to catch a glimpse of your captor and saw that the owner of the hand is...
1) Olivia, who's completely oblivious as she tosses you into her mouth.
2) Mackenzie, who's realized she's caught you as she raises you to her mouth.
3) Unclear, since you end up tumbling from the hand and miraculously go the entire movie without being eaten.
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