MGG Halloween Book 2021

Halloween Costumes #2

Cast:

Y/N = your name

Y/L/N = Your last name

Y/B/F = your best friend

F/F = female friend

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"OK; you're on, Y/L/N!"

Y/N had just proposed a bet to her best friend, Matthew, to see who could win at flip cup and - ultimately - to see who would be picking out the loser's costume for Kirsten's upcoming Halloween party. Never being one to back down from a friendly challenge that could end in hilariously disastrous results, Matthew had accepted, and given that they were both already at another party, it was fairly easy to gather the equipment needed.

"Five cup draw?" He asked, knowing that this setup was usually one that he won at.

She rubbed her hands together. "Why not? I'm feeling generous tonight."

"Sixth cup should we draw?"

She nodded with a smirk. "Go for it. It won't get to that but I admire you trying."

He rolled his eyes at her. "You're going down."

"You wish I was." She winked at him, leading him over to a card table that had been used for anything but card games. She saw his cheeks flush pink and grinned. This was how she was going to win; by psyching him out.

Matthew set up two lines of five red solo cups from a stack on the table. Y/N went behind him and poured shots of vodka into them. A crowd, including Kirsten, Adam, Daniel, Y/B/F, F/F and Paget gathered around them. Y/N addressed the crowd and told them of their challenge. Adam took over as the referee – complete with a party whistle that had been found in Daniel's pocket that he seemingly had no prior knowledge of acquiring (and no one was prepared to question him about) - knowing that he could be biased when it came to a match between two of his friends.

Y/N and Matthew took their positions facing each other either side of the table.

"Ready?" Adam asked. Their friends started making bets on who would win; whoever backed the loser would have to take a shot.

She stared Matthew down, him doing the same to her.

"Ready."

"Ready."

"On 'go'." Adam instructed.

They both nodded.

"3...2...1...Go!" He blew the whistle. Their friends began cheering their names.

Y/N sunk her first shot then flipped up her first cup. She cursed as it didn't land upright. She peeked at Matthew. He was already onto his second cup. She flipped it again and this time it landed on its bottom. She moved onto her second shot, the cup replaying the history of its predecessor.

By the time Y/N was onto her fifth cup, it looked like Matthew was going to win. Both of their cups had failed to land upright several times and, being the competitive person that she was, Y/N was beginning to grow frustrated. Matthew looked up at her and they locked eyes. They both flipped up their final cups simultaneously. As they watched them turn them over, the room seemed to fall into slow motion and the cheers seemed to fade away, everyone seemingly holding their breath.

A cup landed upright and both Y/N's and Matthew's eyes widened, their friends' cheers became deafening. Adam blew his whistle and just like that; it was over. Y/N put her head in her hands and then threw her hands up in the air. Matthew mirrored her moves only in defeat. She had won.

A few days later...

"Keep your eyes closed!" Y/N warned as she laid out Matthew's costume – or lack of - on her bed.

"Hurry up then!"

She continued moving around just to keep him waiting. It was funny to her to keep him waiting for as long as possible even though she had already laid out his costume and had nothing left to put out for him.

He huffed and puffed a few times, growing frustrated. He knew she liked to torture him.

She decided to put him out of his misery. "OK; open!"

Matthew opened his eyes and as they adjusted to the light, they flickered to his outfit. His eyes widened at the sight of it. "Wha...?"

"That's right, Matt. I hope you haven't been skipping out on leg day because tonight you shall be wearing nothing more than a shell necklace and a grass skirt.