Red Riding Hood

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Happy birthday JoyKang8! Hehe we're birthday twins 😜 This chapter is a birthday gift to you lol 😉 Enjoy❣

Hello, my name is Katelyn Jacobs, but my friends call me Katie. It was Halloween, one of my favorite holidays of the year. I get to dress up and go trick-or-treating, even if I'm a high schooler. This year, I dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood, a result of me losing a bet with my best friend Evangeline.

I normally don't wear skirts or dresses unless I absolutely have to, like now. The deal was if one of us couldn't resist going on YouTube for a week, she has to dress up as Little Red Riding Hood. Sadly, I lost on the last day. Of course, I was tricked by non other than my evil best friend.

"Show me! I wanna see how you look!" Evangeline exclaimed over Skype. We were video chatting, but I disabled my camera because I felt ridiculous in the costume.

"No! I look ridiculous! Why did you have to choose Red Riding Hood?" Groaning, I complained again.

Oblivious to my suffering, she kept asking to see how I look in the costume, "You don't have to show me now, but when we go Trick-or-Treating later, I'll still see the costume."

Sighing, I looked at the time. It's already eight! I have to meet up with her, so we could go around the neighborhood for the rest of the night. "Evie, it's time. I'm gonna head over, so see you in twenty."

"Why do you have to live so far away?" She complained, "Never mind, I know. See ya!"

I've been living with my grandmother since my parents were killed by werewolves when my sister and I were still young, but ironically, Grandma lives in the woods. To my dismay, it takes quite some time to reach proper civilization from here. It would be just like the classic fairytale if I encountered a wolf in the forest tonight. Haha, wouldn't that be a surprise?

"Grandma, I'm going over to Evie's for Trick-or-Treating!" I yelled as I hurried down the stairs.

"Yes dearie, go have fun tonight!" Then, as a joke, she added, "Tell me if you encounter any wolves on the way!"

Chuckling to myself, I closed the door behind me and got started on my ten-minute journey out of the woods. Just to be safe, I crossed my fingers and wished for everything to go smoothly tonight.

With my phone in one hand, Red Riding Hood's basket in another, I warily made my way through the forest. The flashlight function is only useful in times like these, but I was glad for it nonetheless.

Stopping and turning around at every sound took me more time to reach a proper road than usual, so I mentally patted myself for telling Evie I'd be there in twenty instead of the usual fifteen. At times, I had this feeling of being watched, but it's most likely just me being paranoid. You know, tonight being Halloween and all.

Finally, I reached the sidewalk. Yes! I made it out of the woods in one piece! Nothing much happened, but it sure was creepy walking alone in a dark forest, with only the flashlight from my phone as company on Halloween. Grinning, I quickly walked to Evie's house.

If I wasn't so giddy, and cared to check behind me, I would've seen the blue-green eyes following my every move until I was out of sight. But I wasn't called "clumsily careless" for no reason, so I carried on to Evie's place without a care.

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"Yes! Finally, you're here!" Evie said as she threw her arms around me for a hug. "Took you long enough."

I checked the time on my phone. "It's only been eighteen minutes and forty seven seconds! Ha. I'm early."

She was wearing a vampire costume, bloody lipstick and all, just without the fangs since she can't really talk with them on.