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Chapter Twenty-One

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Chapter Twenty-One

"So, we're throwing the Halloween party this year," Niall started, clapping his hands together, and all the boys groaned. "Oh shut the fuck up or none of you can get free booze." He spat, and everyone shut up. 

All of the fraternity was sat around the living room while I hid away in the big armchair in the corner, trying to be out of the 'family meeting' about this years Halloween festivities. That proved to be difficult, considering everyone knew my name and Niall was standing right in front of me because he'd been sharing the chair with me. 

"We host it like, every year. What's so different this year?" One of the Juniors--Chris, I think--said, reclining against the leather couch, his hands behind his head. He caught my eye and winked, biting down on his bottom lip. I only rolled my eyes, returning them to the book on my lap. 

"It's special because we are going to DECORATE THIS YEAR!" He cheered, and everyone else just stared at him like he'd grown another head. I tried to hide my smile--and laugh--in my hand, but it wasn't really working. Niall huffed and turned to me, cocking his hip out and lifting his eyebrows in challenge. "And what do you suppose we do instead of decorate?" He asked, his lips twisted into a frown. 

I shut my book, suddenly everyone's eyes on me. "Well, I don't know what you've done previously, but this one time I went to a Halloween party and they split their house in two parts, like upstairs and downstairs, and one was trick and the other was treat. Like, have all the booze and candy and drinking games downstairs, and then do like, scary stuff upstairs? I don't know. But you'd still have to decorate or else you'll just have a bunch of zombies walking around your frat house and it won't look very Halloweeny." I said, finishing off quietly. 

Niall looked at me for a moment before he turned back around. "Who votes for that?" He asked, and unidentified emotion in his voice. Nearly everyone raised their hands in the air, and after a minute or two the remainder followed. "Alright. Unanimously, trick or treat party is a go. We have two weeks." He said, and then there was a wave of chatter as the boys dispersed. Those that weren't busy playing video games or pool. 

Niall returned to the armchair, sitting on the arm before sliding down, pulling me onto his lap. "So why are you in charge of the giant party this year? Shouldn't other people be throwing them?" I asked him, my book still shut and I leaned into his chest. His hand came down to my bare thigh, running up and down. 

"Well, we are the biggest fraternity on campus, and your sorority is the biggest as well, and we always throw a joint party. It's either here or over there, but mostly over here. At least for the past three years. And last year, they planned it, so this year, it's our turn to plan it. Which actually, you planned it so next year we have to do it. But your house has to help decorate." He said, then ordered a pledge to go get him a bag of chips from the kitchen. 

"Yeah, you need all the help you can get. You probably want to clean up though first, seriously, it's like a fucking pig-stye." I told him, snuggling back because hey, he's warm and cuddly. 

He snorted. "Welcome to a frat house, babe." 

My heart stuttered a bit and I cursed it silently, toying with the fraying end of his Sigma Chi muscle tee I'd watched him cut up a week ago because the sleeves were bugging him. "It smells so bad around here, though, like, it's worse than a farm." I said, and he snorted, and I laughed. "Get some Febreeze, or one of those air thingys that sprays every few minutes." I said, looking up at him through my lashes.