I exited my house, this chilly October afternoon. The sun was surprisingly low and darkness was covering the street. I looked down at my long white dress. It flowed in the breeze and I felt surprisingly powerful. Thats what Halloween does to you. It lets you dress up like something you've dreamt of being! I don't believe in ghosts, to be perfectly honest, so why not be one? Why not exaggerate the existence of something ep we say has such beauty or hideousness? My face was patted in the lightest shade of nude blush, and I looked dead if I do say so myself... I used a brush with red lipstick in the inner part of my lips and drew in red on the lines of my skin, so it looked like my mouth was bloody. I had in white contacts and my hair was in a half up-half down style. I giggled. Halloween is my favorite time of year!
One by one, my friends came out in costume, ready for trick or treating. "Bee, of course you would be a bee." I smile, rolling my eyes playfully. She had on a black and yellow striped jumpsuit under a layered black and yellow tutu. She had antennae and even had a stinger! Maddie had on a skeleton onesie that was black with a skeletal figure. She had her face painted amazingly by Tiffany, who was dressed as this video game character, Fran Bow. ((Check it out on Tiffy's youtube is you haven't already!)) Finally, Corrine and Lizzie came out. Lizzie was a Japanese school girl, I think ((her regular skin)) and Corrine was wearing a giraffe onesie! "Got your bags, girls?" I ask, looking behind me to see them all nod. "I cant believe we're in 8th grade already..." Bee smiles. "I know, right?it seemed like yesterday we all met in pre-k.." Maddie sighed. "Yeah, totes. Like, #besties4lyfe!" An unfamiliar, fake girl voice says.
I spin around to be face-to-face with our 'rival/ally' group. The boys. Yes, they were our friends, and yes they were annoying, and yes we each had a crush on at least one of them. But still, we made fun out of it. "Hey boo! Literally." Joey smiled at me. I giggled and hugged him. Joey was new and he was a sweetheart. It was actually really nice of them to let him trick or treat with them... "Sup girl?" Zachary smiled goofily, resting his arm on my shoulder. "Zachary. How long have you guys been stalking us?" I ask, turning to him and crossing my arms. "Oh, like five minutes. Fun stuff. Wanna get pizza?" He asks like we were completely free. "Uhhhhh we're like, just starting to trick or treat." Lizzie states, getting in his face. "Do NOT mess with me and my candy." She says hostilely. "Okay! Okay, Lizzie, calm down, okay? Okay. ((FIOS REFERENCE)) "fine. I'll calm down. But we are NOT getting pizza till I get candy." She says firmly, strutting down the sidewalk.
"Uhhhh okay? I'll pay, and we can go afterwards, Liz." Zach persuades. Lizzie stops dead in her tracks. "Free pizza? And candy after?! OKAY. WE ARE SO GOING." She yells running back. "I could kiss you! But ew... So boyfriend, I'll kiss you!" She smiles, pushing through the boys to get to her boyfriend, Joel. "Not going to question that logic at all." Joel says, hugging her. "Ew. It smells like commitment." I say, holding my nose and smiling. "Oh, come on. You have to give dating a chance someday." Zach smirks. "Ew. That smells like a bet." I say, holding my nose again. Zach laughs. "Come on." He says cheerfully, grabbing my hand and slightly pulling me forward. "Shhh by the way, young couples get like $1.00 off." He says, pulling my arm closer.
I look behind me and see Liam doing the same with Corrine, Parker with Dul, Straub with Bee and the two real couples, Tiff and Red, Lizzie and Joel. After ten minutes of walking, we reach my favorite pizza place; Pizza in Pieces. They only sold in slices, so a pie was 8 pieces put in a box. It added up to $4.50 for that, so it worked out. We get to the front and the waitress' eyes widen. "So. Six young couples come to a place where they give young couples discounts? P" her eyebrow goes up. "Yep. This is my girlfriend!" He says, fakely. Oh god... "Then do something only couples would do. Kiss." She taunts. Is this worth $12.00? "Zach, I have 15 bucks." I whisper. "Hehe, sure. She is my girlfriend after all!" He says, ignoring my comment. Zach turns to me and kisses me flat on the lips, holding my face in his hands. He let's go and smiles at the waitress.
"See, a couple." He says anxiously. "Fine. You win. Never thought you two'd be together." She smiles. This waitress was always here and was practically my second aunt. She always kept an eye on me, even though we were never really nice to each other... Zach looked really anxious now. "Okaycool, letsgoinsidenow." He said hurriedly. There were bunches of teens in the place, so there were only enough tables for two people at each. Crap. "Come on." He whispers, intertwining our fingers and pulling me to a random table. "W-what was that? We didn't need a discount THAT much!" I say, sitting across from him. "Dang! Am I really that bad a kisser?" He smirks crossing his arms and sitting back. "No, n- i mean, not like- I'm trying to say we didn't have to kiss." I stutter. "Oh, rendered you speechless, have I?" He smiles. "Get over yourself." I groan, kicking his leg under the table.
"Owie... Geez, its not THAT big a deal..." He starts playing with my foot under the table. "It was for me. That was my first kiss and it was for an unneeded discount at a pizza place." I sigh, resting my cheek on my hand. He stops playing with my foot and looks at me. "I'm sorry... But hey, at least it was with the Zachinator!" He smirked, doing a little dance in his seat. I kick him again and he stops. "At least the guy you kissed likes you." He says, smiling a real smile at me, not a goofy smirk. I gulp and look up more. "Y-You like me? Why?" I ask, sitting up in my seat. He starts laughing and people stare. "Why? Haha! Because look at you! Your pretty, smart, kind, have a sense of humor, play video games; shall I go on?" He giggles.
I look at his eyes. He was telling the truth. I just looked at him, eventually zoning out enough to not notice him get up and kiss me again. "W-What was that for?!" I exclaim, pushing him away. He smiles and I start to giggle. "Your lips are all pale from kissing me while I had on the blush..." I laugh, looking at his pale lips. "Im okay with that. If you listen to that again, it sounds adorable." He smirks a less mischievous smirk, but more of a daydreamy one. I blink and the words replay in my head. That does sound adorable... I bite my lip and a waiter comes with two slices of pepperoni pizza.
"You ordered?" I ask, taking a slice. "Yeah, you zoned out for a while. No surprise I had to kiss you for like... Ten seconds for you to wake up." He laughs.
Ten seconds? No wonder his lips were so pale... "I-uh oops... Let's hurry, Lizzie really wants candy..." I say. Zachary laughs and takes a bite of pizza. "Man, this is the best Halloween ever." He smiles, looking at me dreamily. "Maybe it is." I say, rolling my eyes at the ridiculous boy. This was going to be a great day.
