Red venom, Cobra Kai.

02. The Halloween dance.

"Can I go, or am I still grounded for doing something that I didn't do?" Taylor ended up getting grounded for 'stealing her mom's money.' It was probably her aunt Marley who stole it, but Taylor couldn't just assume anything that may not be true.

"Yeah." Is all Laurie said.

Taylor nodded slowly. "Okay.. where did I say I was going before?" She wanted to make sure her mom was actually listening. Usually, when Laurie was drunk, she didn't pay full attention to the conversation.

"Tell Marley I'll be back, okay?" Laurie grabbed her beer bottle and walked away, heading for the front door.

Taylor watched as her mother walked out the door. Hopefully, she wouldn't drive around. Sighing, she turned around and walked up the stairs. She had about a couple of hours to sort out her outfit for the upcoming dance. She already had a witch costume ready.

Marley, though, stepped in front of her. "What are you going as?" the woman asked as she held her hands behind her back. Taylor furrowed her eyebrows as she looked up at her aunt, wondering what she was doing.

"A witch, I don't know." That was the only option that had come to mind. Yasmine hadn't told her an idea about a costume, so Taylor guessed that she had to make up her own mind.

Marley rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right? You're going as this." She revealed a bag filled with clothing that a homeless person would wear, and there was no way that Taylor wanted to look homeless for a Halloween dance.

"Seriously? You want me to be dirty and smelly?" Taylor tilted her head. "I'll pass."

"Do you even know what this is? It's a zombie outfit. The brown is for the mud, and the green is for grass stains. We want to make this look realistic." Marley looked at her homemade outfit with confidence. She already had makeup for the costume, too. Five years ago, Marley used to a makeup artist for all sorts of things, but she decided to stop and find a different job because the people there weren't that amazing.

Taylor looked at the clothing closely. She had no other choice, really. Wear this, or wear boring last minute black clothing. "Fine."

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The two spent an hour working on the look, since Taylor kept on squirming in the chair. Finally, they were finished. Dark green eye shadow and some face paint were all over her clothes, including brown eyeshadow. Marley also added some fake blood on there too, to make it even more realistic.

"What is this?" Taylor asked. This didn't really look like a zombie. It looked like a homeless man who got jumped in a yard.

"Zombie." Marley repeated. "Do you know what your friends are going as?" Marley asked as she was just finishing Taylor's hair.

Taylor shook her head. "Nope. I heard them talk about maybe going as laker girls... but they didn't tell me in person, so now they must be going as whatever. I don't know."

Marley nodded as she listened. "Right... well, I'm all done here. Do you need a ride there?"

"No thanks, I think I'll be good." Taylor stood up and grabbed her bag that leaned against the table. "Call me when mom gets back?"

Marley nodded. "Yeah. She'll come back soon." Marley then walked Taylor to the front door. Taylor let her fix up her shirt before she left the house, ready to go to the dance.

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