Nothing is Normal

Part 3 Chapter 5: Halloweird

Halloween is probably one of my favorite holidays! I get to dress up as something completely out of the ordinary. But first I had to get through the school day. Mr. G tried to make the day fun for us; having brought in a lot of actually interesting artifacts that all had some cool backstory to them.

Next he showed us some poncho-thing with an intricate design on it, "So even when the village shaman would try to call down the vengeance of the moon upon his enemies, he was still a snappy dresser," He chuckled. I looked to my left at Benny and Ethan, who looked extremely uninterested at his lecture, I rolled my eyes and gave Mr. G my attention, "Now, I hope that some of these native artifacts are gonna inspire some culturally diverse costume choices this Halloween," he smiled.

My eyes widened, "Be careful all cause cultural appropriation is crossing a line," I whispered and some of my peers laughed.

Benny turned his head toward mine, "All it's inspiring for me is a nap."

Behind us, Rory gasped, "I miss naps. The Dreaming, the snoring, the drooling..."

Ethan looked back confused, "Since when did you give us drooling?"

Without responding, Rory put his head on his desk, I turned back to Benny, "I think I have a great idea for a Halloween costume we could do together!" I whispered excitedly. Just as I was about to explain further Mr. G roared at us, scaring us with this freaky looking mask.

"Here's a sight for scary eyes," He backed off and started addressing the whole class, "According to native legend, an ancient warlord would use this mask to bring to life the fighting spirits of his army..." He went on but I was too excited about my couples costume idea, so I discreetly went on my phone and started looking up costume ideas. Bout a minute later the bell rang and we all started packing up, "I saw you were sleeping Rory."

He shook his head, "I was just pretending to sleep!"

"Oh great! Well now you can pretend to stay after class and clean the boards," Mr. G told him kindly.

I looked at him remorseful, "Sorry bud," I patted his back and grabbed Benny, quickly dragging him away to talk about our costume, "So I have an amazing idea!"

"Lay it on me!" He smiled.

"You as Merlin and me as Morgana!" I jumped excitedly.

"Oooh a little ancient wizard couple costume, I like it!" he wrapped his arms around me and spun me around, before putting me down, "I'll think about it!"

I froze, "Woah, what do you mean? I thought we were gonna do a couple's costume?"

"Yes! And I love the idea of going as Merlin but I was also thinking of going as a Mexican wrestler!" He practically shook with excitement.

I felt my excitement deflate, "A Mexican wrester? Really? It's our first Halloween as a couple!"

He kissed my temple, "I will make my decision, don't worry! But either way we are going to have a great Halloween! Don't you worry my little pupper,"

I gave him a look, "Did you just call me a pupper?"

He looked momentarily scared, "Maybe," I rolled my eyes and pecked his lips before walking off to find Sarah.

There she was walking with Ethan, "Sorry lovebirds am I interrupting an intimate conversation?"

Sarah shook her head, "I was just explaining to Ethan that Erica's mad at me-"

"Again? What is it this time?" I asked.

"I can't go with her to this Vampire halloween party cause we are babysitting," she looked upset.