Pentatonix: Murder House

Halloween p.1

2010

Shawn was getting things ready for his and his boyfriends annual Halloween party, with no help from his boyfriend Alex of course.

He slaved away in the kitchen making the caramel for the caramel apples and carving these amazing designs in the pumpkins, while Alex was upstairs getting ready to meet his trainer at the gym.

Alex then walks into the kitchen not even paying any mind to Shawn.

He picks up his gym bag and goes to walk out the backdoor when Shawn stops him.

"I need help carving these pumpkins." Shawn says wrapping an arm around Alex's waist.

"Who is that?" Alex asks referring to the pumpkin on the counter.

Shawn looks back at it and back to Alex placing a hand on his chest.

"It's Maria Antoinette. I'm doing a famous French figures theme this year." Shawn explains.

Alex steps away from Shawn and says, "I'm hitting the gym."

Shawn stands there and sighs as he thinks he knows what's going on with Alex lately.

Alex is cheating on him with his trainer.

"Well, make sure you wear a condom. And pick me up some Gala Apples. I thought these Golden Delicious would look dramatic in the bobbing bucket. They just look dull and depressing. There's no contrast." Shawn says walking back over to the counter taking a sip of his glass of wine. 

Alex then stops dead in his tracks and thinks about what Shawn just said for a minute. He turns back around and walks back into the kitchen.

"Why would I wear a condom at the gym?" Alex asks.

"Maybe because your screwing that twink trainer of yours." Shawn spats.

"And I need gourds. I'm going to hang them on the tree out front, spray paint them, and they're going to be these clever little organic ghosts." Shawn continues changing his mood.

Alex just stands in the kitchen with a dumbfounded look on his face as he can't believe he thinks he's cheating on his with his trainer.

What kind of person does he think Alex is?

But in Alex's case, it's true and he admits it.

"You know what? I am."

"You are what?"

"Screwing my trainer. You know what else? He's a power bottom. He loves it." Alex says setting his things down and crossing his arms looks at Shawn.

"First of all, please remember our agreement. Don't ask, don't tell. Secondly, is this crass admission supposed to...hurt me? At this point, with you, I'm bulletproof." Shawn sasses taking another sip of his wine.

Alex just shakes his head, but keeps staring at Shawn.

"And I need some dry ice. Have you picked out a costume yet?" Shawn says changing his mood again.

"Why are you doing this?" Alex asks.

"Because there's gonna be a party here in three days." Shawn says.

"This is all bullshit. This is all BULLSHIT!" Alex yells tossing things off the counter trying to get a reaction out of Shawn.

"Everything we've become is BULLSHIT! I don't give a shit about carving pumpkins! I want love! I want passion! I want a relationship with a man, not Martha Stewart!" Alex continues to yell hit Shawn on his arm.

"Then leave!" Shawn yells back setting down his wine glass.

They both just stare at each other with fire in their eyes.

"Oh. I forgot, you can't, because all of your money and mine is in this house that we agreed to flip and make a mint on, and now we can't because the economy is in the shitter!" Shawn says getting into Alex's face.

"Do you think I like carving twenty pumpkins and getting squash guts under my nails? I'm trying here! I'm trying to make this place warm and inviting and spectacular. And have this Halloween party shot by Elle frigging Decor, so someone will see it and sweep in and take this place off our hands. And then I can feel free to fall in love with a twenty-five year old who has great biceps. So get off my back! Carve a goddamn pumpkin. Go get a goddamn outfit, and man up." Shawn continues.

He walks away from Alex, back to his glass of wine, and tries to calm down.

Alex just stands there fire still burning in his eyes and inside of him.

He sighs and rubs his hands over his face.

"I can't believe this is who we've become. Hallo-queens arguing over pumpkins." Alex says.

He picks his gym bag back up and turns to walk away, when he remembers something about the couple they used to be.

"We wanted to have a baby. We were gonna have this...great life." Alex says.

Shawn looks up to him as he forgot that as well.

Alex sighs and continues to walk out of the kitchen and to the gym and to leave Shawn by himself with his thoughts about everything that they've become.

Shawn stabs a knife into the pumpkin in front of him as tears fill his eyes.

**

Shawn is setting everything up for the Halloween party in the dining room by himself still.

Putting all the apples in the bobbing bucket and setting the pumpkins up around the house.

He goes to put more apples in the bucket, when he sees someone standing there, who he thought to be was Alex.

He sighs and slams his fist on the table.

"Red is wrong! It has to be green." He says to himself.

When the man doesn't move he looks up at him as to why he's not talking or moving.

The man is wearing an all black rubber suit just standing there looking at Shawn.

Shawn starts to laughs as he still thinks it's Alex trying to play a little sex joke on him. He takes a sip of his wine still looking at him.

"Funny. It's good actually. It's very...scary sexy." Shawn says.

He sets down his wine and holds up paper bats and asks for help putting them up.

The man turns his head sideways and keeps staring at Shawn.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything. My attitude, my low sex drive. It's probably low testosterone from stress. I'm seeing a doctor next week." Shawn explains.

The man in the rubber suit starts to walk closer to Shawn slowly peaking Shawn's attention.

"Did you get the apples?" Shawn asks standing up going to hug the man.

The man stays silent, but throws Shawn into the wall next to him causing him to become scared.

He then picks him back up and throws him over the table and into the window there.

The man walks over to Shawn, who is now trying to stand back up, ad grabs him by his shirt collar and smashes his head into the water in the bobbing bucket with the apples.

The man in the rubber suit holding Shawn's head underwater until he is no longer moving or breathing.

He lets Shawn's lifeless body fall to the floor, when Alex comes into the dining room wear a cowboy Halloween costume with all the stuff Shawn asked for in his hands.

Alex looks at a the man in the rubber suit no fearing for his own life.