In Every Bird.

Chapter 4: Rooftops and Roofies

It's been a month since Cole and I became official.
He treats me with so much respect.
I swear he gets more handsome by the day.
He buys me coffee, I buy him food after his practices, but I haven't met his dad yet, and he won't even acknowledge it.

Sometimes I wonder if I should ask, but I also have no idea what he's going through.
I don't know the details of the situation and I fear I'll set him off, but if he doesn't bring it up after new years then I will because maybe  it's due to the time of year, I mean they did go missing around the holidays.
I don't know, but I do know that his 21st birthday is tonight.
October 31st.

"Wow you guys, that was amazing. I think this Christmas show is going to be one of our bests." Graham says.

Yes we're practicing Christmas songs in October. We have to play ten songs for the show and 5 are very long and fast, which is why I've asked for extra tutoring.

I walk out of music class just to walk back in two hours later.
Mr. Graham and I go over the main song I'm struggling with and a couple of future pieces that are difficult just so I can get used to them.

"So are you dressing up for Halloween?" Graham asks as I pack my stuff up to leave my session.

"I am, I'm dressing as Harley Quinn and my boyfriend is going as the joker." I reply.

"Oh a classic. Loved those movies." He says.

"Us teachers are going to dinner in costumes. Look who I'm going as." He says as he pulls a picture up on his phone and shows me.
I laugh. He's in a doctor stranger costume, cape and all.
"Apparently I look like him." Graham says and laughs.

"You definitely do. It's the hair." I say due to the black hair with gray stripes.

"Yea that's what everyone else said."
"Are you gonna carry a baseball bat around?" He asks.

"I'll have one for pictures but I'm not carrying one around, though it would make me feel safe." I say.

"Do you not feel safe?" He asks concerned.

"I mean, sometimes I don't." I reply.

"I understand. It's a big campus, lots of people, and you're very beautiful. A bat should do the trick though." He laughs.
I laugh as well.

"Yea I'd hope so." I say.

"Well you go and have fun." He says.

"I will, thank you again." I say and stand up with my stuff.

"Of course, you be safe." He says.

"You too!" I say and walk out.

I go to my dorm and Emily and I get ready.
She's going as Velma and Shaggy with Caleb, I still don't get how they aren't dating.

I decide to have Emily braid my hair into two dutch braids with blue and red strands of tinsel intertwined into the braids.
For my outfit I wear a white top, with fishnet tights under my tight jeans shorts I bought that are half red and half blue.
I put on dark red lipstick on and also add the two lines Harley has on the sides of her mouth, and then put my black dock martins on and top it all off with some rings.

"You look so good." Emily says.

"Thank you, you do too." I say and Emily gives me a look as she's wearing a skirt, glasses, and an orange turtle neck.
We both start laughing.
"You do! You do!" I yell as we laugh.