My Freshmen Year and Its Secrets

Chapter 11: Trick or Treat?

The thing about losing a close family member. Well. It sucks. You have to watch those around you break down, and you can feel yourself breaking too. You spend some days avoiding the thought of your love one and some days you just sit and cry. This was something Lyle didn't understand. And we all know about how I feel about sharing my sad emotions with my friends. I felt a tiny bit alone...

Well. That was until Adam opened up to me. He told me about how he lost his uncle a year ago and he understood me. He helped me heal. He listened to me cry. I told him everything about my grandma. I shared secrets with him. He skyped me until I fell asleep. And it felt right.

I felt a bit guilty. Like, I was in the wrong and that, because I have a boyfriend, I shouldn't be talking to Adam or texting him. But, he and I were just friends. That's all.

I curled the last strip of hair and placed my mask on. It's Halloween, and me and the girls were all tricker treating together. Except Reagan, she was going with her cousins. I definitely needed time away from the house. My family had been a mess during the funeral and I had been the worse. I tried to keep the tears back, but I feed off of other peoples emotions, and that can bite me in the butt. Especially when you're at a funeral with a bunch of sad, crying, inconsolable family members.

At least the food was good.

That's another terrible trait I have by the way, I have a terrible sense of humor.

Anyways! Halloween! And it was a girls only night, thank god. Lyle had been accusing me of cheating for a few weeks now and I was not going to spend a night with him asking me a bunch of questions about who I'm speaking to. And I wasn't even cheating!!

When I pulled up to Anna's driveway, I saw her amazing get up. She was one of the fortune tellers. You know, the kind that read cards and your palms and stuff? And her eyes makeup was fantabulous!

Kimberly was the cutest little cow girl ever! She had the cutest hat and even carried a little stuffed pig around with her!

Ryanne was Rapunzel and she looked smokin, as always, with her strawberry blonde hair done up in a cute side braid.

What was I dressed up as? I thought you would never ask! I was wearing a short pink dress, which barely touch the top of my knees. The dress was strapless and was a prom dress from JC Penny for $15. Yeah. I know. Crazy cheap. Diamonds were sprinkled on the neckline and the top was very very tight. The dress went all poofy at the bottom and it made me feel like a pretty cupcake princess fairy!! :) My hair was in tight curls that were bound to fall out by the end of the night. But I had a feeling the white high heels was a bad idea. To top it all off, I wore a sparkly mask to cover my face. I was going for that Masquerade Ball type of look.

Then, we were off! Ringing every doorbell, receiving as much candy as we could get! While this was happening, I was texting Lyle, who was still bummed he couldn't come with us. Anna and I were trying to set up a sleepover at my place, seeing as how it's been awhile since we had one.

Anna heard my phone buzz and she looks at my screen, thinking it's her mom replying to her 'PLEASE LET ME SPEND THE NIGHT AT KATRINAS' text, but it wasn't. It was Lyle replying, saying 'I love you' to me.

"AWWW you guys are so cute!!" Anna smiled at me while I blushed.

"Thanks. I'm just worried. He's my first kiss and first real boyfriend... I don't want to screw things up." I looked ahead, noticing that we were falling behind.

"Yeah. It's just..." she stopped.

I turned full circle to face her, "What?"

"Well. He can be a jerk sometimes. And you deserve better than a jerk." she crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"Anna. He called you a b!tch after you called him a d!ck. I say, fair is fair. Even Steven. Scoreboard is all tied up." I kept making excuses. I just wanted this to be beautifully perfect.

"I guess..." Anna seemed unsure.

"Don't worry, I yelled at him for awhile after that. No guy says that to my friends and gets away with it!" I winked at Anna and she smiled at me, "C'mon, let's catch up with the others! Oh, your mom just said you're good to spend the night!!! Oh my gosh, I HAVE to show you this scary movie on Netflix..." We began discussing our sleepover plans as we ran to catch up with our friends, feeling care free and happy.

Too bad life sucks.