Breaking the Void

Chapter 24 - Halloween Party

(Your POV):
"What do you think?" I asked Peter as I twirled in my costume for him as we met outside his locker.

He turned to me in his obvious Jedi robes and paused for a second, trying to determine what I was, "murderous queen?"

I rolled my eyes, "you insult Lady Macbeth with your general 'murderous queen?'"

"Of course you're a fucking Shakespeare character."

"And of course you're a fucking Star Wars character," I teased right back, trying to name who exactly he was but I wasn't familiar enough with all of the characters. "Who are you anyway? Luke Skywalker?"

"No, I'm Jacen Solo, he's from legends and was made non-canon when Disney bought Lucas Film," he explained, making my heart flutter. God I loved him when he was being nerdy.

However, I wasn't going to let him find out how attracted I was, "you're such a nerd."

He raised his eyebrows, "says that woman dressed as a character from a Shakespeare play."

"Hey, I'm scoring points with the English teachers. I heard Mrs. Winterhalter might be one of the judges." Peter's lips upturned into a smile as he simply watched me with adoration in his eyes. I frowned slightly at the attention, "what?"

"Nothing, it's just, I don't think I could see you acting like this even a year ago, you've changed so much."

"Well I guess that's what happens when you are dragged out of isolation by the best boyfriend in the world," I smiled, reaching up to cup his cheek, but he quickly caught my wrist.

"I'm not your Macbeth, (Y/N), be careful not to get that blood on me."

I looked down at my fake blood coated hands and blushed, "sorry. But maybe it would help you look like you had just been out beating up some sith?"

"I really need to introduce you to the extended universe, (Y/N/N)," he laughed, wrapping his arm around my shoulders as we began to walk to the gymnasium where the senior Halloween party and contest was being held.

"Oh, does Jacen beat up a lot of Jedi, then?"

"He's- well let's just say he's complicated, ok? Now where is Ned and MJ? They were supposed to meet up with us before we headed to the party."

"Is that MJ over there?" I asked, pointing to someone who looked vaguely like our friend but in 60's attire with her gorgeous curls pulled up into a teased bun. She spotted us looking at her and came over, "nice costume, (Y/N). Lady Macbeth?"

"See, at least someone knows who I am," I commented, glancing over at Peter pointedly.

"Who are you supposed to be?" He asked MJ, ignoring my remark.

"Isn't it obvious? Sharon Elizabeth Kenne, she holds the record for the longest currently outstanding arrest warrant after allegedly killing three people, with only one having substantial enough evidence to put her in jail, which she later escaped and may still be at large today."

"Oh right, I don't know why I didn't get that," Peter muttered, although I could tell that he was just as confused as I was. But then again I expected nothing less from MJ.

"And the school is ok with you dressing as a killer?" I asked her, a little afraid that they were going to force her to leave and change out of her costume.

"I'm not entering the costume contest so no one will even know," she shrugged as Ned finally came over, dressed as who I knew for a fact was Luke Skywalker.

"Finally someone that I can actually name," Peter muttered in relief. I'm in the same boat, Pete.

Now that the entire group was together, we went into the gym, where there were already quite a few seniors gathering, listening to MJ explain the life of her serial killer to us the entire way. Ned, Peter, and I broke away from her so that we could sign up for the costume contest but then rejoined after we had finished that.

"Do you need me to feed you?" Peter asked me as he returned with a plate of food that was left out for students to enjoy. "I'm sure you don't want to be eating that blood stuff or rubbing it off on utensils."

"Maybe just a bite of the cider donut, but I'm not that hungry." Peter brought the donut up to my lips and I took a bite out of it, thankful to have such a caring boyfriend. I couldn't wait for him to see what I had planned for tonight.

Ned, however, was not impressed by Peter's actions. "Will you two just get a room?"

"Hey, Pete's being very thoughtful since I can't eat anything with the blood on my hands," I defended him as I chewed the donut and gave him a side hug, making sure that my fake blood didn't make contact with his costume.

The party continued for a while longer and I certainly didn't pity the lower grades who were still stuck in class. We had all had to suffer the same thing, although in past years I had never been too annoyed as I'd rather be in class than a party anyway. As our time to return to classes loomed closer, they finally announced the winners of the costume contest, which of course none of our friend group had actually won in.

"(Y/N), I just wanted to let you know that if there was an English teacher's top pick, you would have easily won," Mrs. Winterhalter stopped me before I could leave the gym. "I did fight for you for best costume, but of course the semi-functional Iron Man suit had to win in this school. Pretty impressive, but lacks a certain creativity."

"Thanks, Mrs. Winterhalter," I replied, giving her a quick smile before rushing over to my friends, who were waiting for me before leaving.

I didn't quite understand why Peter hadn't gone the Avengers route for a costume. I mean, he could probably borrow the real outfit and easily win in the best costume category, but I supposed that that may have been an awkward conversation to have. Besides, here he just wanted to be a normal teenage kid and that would have allowed Spider-Man into this part of his life.

We were all forced to remove anything that would hinder us in class before returning to the normal school schedule. That meant that Peter and Ned had to put their lightsabers away in their lockers and I was forced to wash off the fake blood. However, as I had anticipated, the blood left a pink stain and the damned spot refused to come out.

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(A/N): This chapter is really ironic because one of my friends just sent me that tumblr post talking about Shakespeare using "thou'ldst" while we're over here saying "y'all'd've" so then naturally we started talking about Lady Macbeth (she's the character who says it) and then I go to post this chapter and I'm like wow I simply cannot escape her. Also, I wrote a research paper comparing Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth to Verdi's adaptation like a month ago for school and damn now I'm wondering if I have a problem. Like she's not even my favorite Shakespeare character, like Queen Margaret is basically her but a thousand times more powerful.

But anyway, y'all did come here to hear about Shakespeare and weird coincidences, so I hope you enjoyed this fun little chapter that has no real relevance to the plot, I just really enjoy Halloween and it gave me a chance to let all of the characters get nerdy (because that's what I use Halloween as an excuse to do)