UltraViolet

Part 20

I've always loved Halloween, the thrill of being able to play someone else for the night. The charge in the air, like an elastic band being stretched and stretched until it snaps, resulting in either fear, laughter or both. The pleasure of being able to stuff your face with chocolate and sweets to the point of feeling ill without guilt. And last but not least, it was Jacob's birthday.

That's right, he is quite literally the spawn of Satan and don't I bloody know it.

So it was a no brainer that Zac's party, in part organised to celebrate Jacob's birthday, should require costume.

I would like to mention however that my enthusiasm for this was before Ella decided matching costumes would be a great idea, and now stood in a party shop dressed as a pickle, a corn on the cob and a carrot, I was really feeling like a knobhead.

'No fucking way! It's not happening.'
My face must've been a picture of pure unamusement as even Oli, who'd been miserable all day, was uncontrollably laughing at the image of me with grass spouting out of my head.

'Ok, so these costumes are a no, but damn these pictures going to keep me entertained whenever I need a good laugh.' Oli said, scrolling through multiple photos of us in stupid poses.

I stuck up my middle finger and stomped back to the changing room, leaving my best friends laughing behind me.

After dressing back into our school uniforms we went back to searching through the hundreds of costumes, trying to find something that won't make us look like complete losers.

'Can't we just go as something easy like..a cat or a witch?' Oli suggested.

I nodded in agreement.
'That would be easy, we could just dress in clothes we already have.'

The look of disgust on Ella's face would've had parents quaking.
'That's so unoriginal and boring!' She moaned, stomping her foot like a child. 'I thought we agreed this year would be a year of making people notice us? That's not going to happen if we dress like it's just the three of us hanging out on a Saturday night like we normally do for Halloween, putting on a pair of cat ears because we feel like we should. We actually have plans this year, please can we make the most of it?!'

Oli rolled his eyes at her dramatics.
'I didn't mean just a pair of cat ears, I was thinking at least something a little slutty.'

Ignoring Oli she carried on with her argument.
'Come on you two! Violet, you've got Kane to impress and Zac to show what he's missing and Oli...well you've got your man too. I'm so single it's actually pathetic, so I need to dress at least a little cute so I can find someone to make out with.'

I had to give it to her, she was really laying it on thick. I'd argue with her more but I knew when she was in this mood there really was no point, she wasn't going to back down.
'Fine.' I conceded. 'I don't think the corn on the cob costumes going to help the singleness though.'

'That's my girl!' Ella called excitedly. 'Oli?'

He sighed, knowing like me that at this stage it was just easier to do as she asked.
'Ok I give in too, but I'm going to need some serious sugar before carrying on with shopping.'

'How about we go and get some milkshakes?' I asked Oli, although it was probably a stupid question as he never turned down the chance to inhale an Oreo milkshake. 'Seeing as you have all the energy in the world Ella, you can carry on trying to find something decent from this pile of shit.'

She agreed, knowing she didn't really have much of a choice and Oli and I headed over to the food court for the much needed junk food fix.

After about 10 minutes of either receiving dead silence or one word answers I'd had enough.
'Ok, I know I'm being miserable but I've got pmsing as an excuse, what's yours?'