The Power Of Two. (Joshua Balz Falls In Love)

What An Idiot.

A/N: this chapter is quite long, the others will be shorter, just wanted a long first chapter so you have something more to read before I get stuck with what happens next :)

The monster month was finally here. October. My favourite time of the year by far, where even the most alternative people get praised for their freaky behaviour and ghoulish make-up. I had done much preparation for the upcoming weeks, making sure everything would be perfect for Halloween night itself. There was still much more to do, with so little time and other people/companies competing to be the best parties in town, so I really did have to go all out. I had planned to hold the party in my place of work - London's Screaming. The store was decorated with spooky attire all year round. With glass displays filled to the brim with skulls pouring dry ice smog into the dimly lit room, crevices holding candle lit lanterns, and smeared bloody handprints filling the chipped stone walls, there was only a few things left to do.

"So, we still need a few people to promote the night in town. I mean, we've got 3 floors to this place, and only enough people to fill 2." I sighed and leaning on the glass counter. Today had been pure planning and I was starting to feel exhausted.

"Sure we do, but I'm sure people will turn up on the night, Acey. We'll be fine! Stop worrying!" She replied. She put both her hands on my shoulders and gave me a little comforting shake.

It's not good enough D, sales aren't great at the moment. We need to up the income before all of us are out of jobs. We'll have to do it ourselves, we don't have the money to employ someone purely to promote."

"Okay, so we will! We can make it fun, can't we? We'll dress up, have a few drinks, and go out with flyers and tell everyone what a great night it's going to be. It'll work out, I promise." She had such a twinkle in her eye, I could tell she honestly wasn't lying to me, she was up for this.

"Yeah, let's not forget we always look ready for Halloween. We got this." I said trying to convince myself this was going to work.

"That's the spirit! Right, so we'll close shop early, go home and get ready and meet back here for 7?" Dixie asked.

"See you then."  I said as we both walked out with our bags and locked the doors to the shop.

"I'll bring flyers! She squeeled.

I got home in no more than 15 minutes after leaving the shop. I had most things I'd need to dress up. I walked into my bedroom, the room I took most pride in. I had decorated this room using all the skills I had. The feature wall, where my queen size coffin shaped bed sat against, had a hand painted Edward Scissorhands in black, against the cream. The rest of the walls were black, with white bats painted every so often. I call it my lair :D

I walked over to my closet, and pulled out every single piece of clothing I owned. I found some lacy suspender tights, and a pair of black and white striped hot pants. I paired those with a black lace Victorian shirt and a black blazer. I decided to wear my New Rocks, which I had attached heavy chains and a few spikey studs to. Proceeding to my make-up table, which I had custom made (old black Victorian style) and opened the drawer I kept my best make-up. I coated my skin with Kat Von D's palest foundation, and used a grey blush to outline my cheekbones a little higher than they actually were. I then outlined my eyes with a thick black liner and covered my lids with a matte black eyeshadow, and smudged to create a crying look. I also popped in my white contact lenses I wore quite often. Usually I would draw my eyebrows quite arched, but I decided to draw them higher than I usually would, then added Vampire Red lipstain to my lips. After I'd backcombed my hair and clipped in my black extensions, I was ready to leave. Looking in the mirror at the hot mess I'd just created all in under half an hour, I was pretty pleased with myself :) I was about to grab my keys and bag to head out, when I remembered I'd received my Mehron stage blood in the mail a while back. I grabbed the pot, and dabbed some of the stodgy crimson liquid onto around my face and neck to top off my vampy look then headed out.