Thanks xpskl for this topic! I like your username, by the way.

Question: Why are lots of girls afraid of bugs?

Thought Process: Bugs are NOT disgusting, or gross, or creepy. Well, black widows are. And scorpions. And tarantulas. And centipedes. But other than that, nothing's wrong with them.

I mean, they're helping us out! They eat all of the…er…smaller bugs and stuff so they don't kill us…er…!

But back to the point. They are not that gross. Cartoons and movies make them seem like huge, fatal, killing machines- and some people are stupid enough to believe them. Like, that one movie Tarantulas Ever After…

Proof: So Nellie had come over one weekend, and the three of us were up having a movie marathon. Then…Nellie put in Tarantulas Ever After.

Basically, it was a horror film about these 7 year old twins, Jo and Roz, who are being babysat at home by their babysitter Maiz. Then Maiz goes to the bathroom while the twins are putting on there jammys, and the two of them sit on the bed waiting for Maiz to come and tuck them in and read them a story and kiss them goodnight (not necessarily in that order). But…she never comes. Instead, a giant tarantula and his giant tarantula army come instead, and the whole movie is about the twins running away from the giant tarantula army. They get eaten in the end, but it really did keep you on the edge of your seat.

Anyways, after we finished the movie at like 12 o' clock, we all went to our bedrooms (Nellie was in the spare bedroom). I went to my room and was standing in nothing but my jeans when Amy came shrieking out of the bathroom.

I groaned. "Not the toilet seat thing again…" I muttered under my breath. Then I yelled, "AMY! I DID NOT LEAVE THE TOILET SEAT DOWN ON PURPO-

"SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIDER!" she screamed. I walked into her bedroom, but she wasn't there. Turns out that she went to Nellie's room.

Nellie was dead on the bed; hadn't even bothered changing. Amy's head was under the covers and she was shivering.

"Okay, what?" I asked, annoyed.

She got off the bed slowly. "D-d-Dan, it w-was a…a…t-t-tarantula!"

I sighed. I was not in the mood for spider dealing. Not to mention tarantulas…they were just…eyuke.

"Just go back to your room and go to sleep," I said.

Amy got up, and we went upstairs together. When I thought she was in her bed, I closed my door and started taking off my jeans.

"Dan, can I sleep here tonight?"

I jumped about half a mile into the air, then spun around. Amy stood there in the corner; she was stalking me in my own room!

"Creeper," I mumbled. When she didn't leave, I groaned.

"Fine," I said wearily. "But ONLY tonight."

So we fell asleep.

I don't know when I woke up, but I woke up sometime around 2 am. I was squished to the wall as Amy had sprawled out all over my bed.

I was just about to shove her over when I heard another scream.

"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Then I heard a crash, and a whole bunch of profanities.

"Stupid little…dang movie…just because of her….bathroom…"

With heavy eyelids, I lifted myself off the bed and went downstairs.

"Nellie?" I said, bewildered to see my former au pair on the ground. "What happened?"

"Went to the bathroom," she said gruffly. "Tripped."

I rolled my eyes. "No way," I said sarcastically. "Why'd you scream?"

Nellie, who had gotten up, blushed and rubbed her neck, embarrassed.

"Er…I…sawsomethingscarywhichwasa TARANTULA andIremeberedthemovie and can I sleep in your room?" she finished.

I didn't answer, and just went upstairs. And when I woke up again at 3 am, because I was feeling uncomfortable, I learned the two scaredy-cat girls who are both older than me (but who are both shorter than me, HA) were using me as there pillow. And not just for their heads.

I ended up sleeping in Amy's room that night.

Conclusion: Obviously girls can't handle bugs or bug movies at all, especially in the late night/early morning time period. So save the insect-y stuff for a Guys Only night.

"Which one of you will be dying this year?" -Professor McGonagall