Hello!
I'm finally back! You have no idea how hard it was for me to not post any content for a month, I really missed you! I mean, there was the little Just Like Me phase were I was updating but ssshh, don't tell anyone! ;) That's irrelevant now anyway so it doesn't really matter. I'm just glad that I'm back to semi-regular updates again!
Anyway, how have you been this past month! Let me know because I've missed hearing what you have to say in your reviews! Recently I've had a lot of things going on like on Friday when I went to the Harry Potter Studio Tour (which was amazing! Are you a Harry Potter fan?) and on Wednesday when I saw Hairspray at the theatre (and if you've read Paper Flowers then you'll know why that means so much to me. How much of a Cherry stalker are you? Do you know what the connection to Hairspray is?). What have you been doing lately though, anything interesting?
I got a lot of suggestions for these Halloween one-shots and although I couldn't fulfil them all to their full potentials, I tried to include as many bits and pieces of them as I could! And don't worry if your idea is not included straight away, some prompts are my own after all, because they're probably going to be introduced a few stories in.
Enough of my rambling though, here's the first one-shot! WARNING: These one-shots do include my OC Coral, I'm sorry if that's not something that you want to read.
"Mack, you have no idea how happy I am to have you here," Lela squealed, skipping past a display of paper cups with black cats on them.
"I think I'm kinda starting to get the idea, Lela. You did mention it several times during the car journey here," Mack chuckled, picking up her pace a little to keep up with the enthusiastic biker girl.
"Ok, so maybe I am a little bit excited," Lela admitted, stopping and turning to Mack with an almost shy smile. "But what's wrong with that?" she continued, her usual bright smile quickly replacing the bashful one. "I love planning parties and you being here makes it at least ten times better."
"At least ten times?" Mack questioned, quirking one of her eyebrows and letting out a small laugh at the 1960s biker girl that she'd somehow managed to befriend.
"Oh, you know what I mean," Lela sighed, dismissing her friend's teasing with a smile and a wave of her hand.
In preparation for the huge Halloween shindig that was set to take place in Big Momma's tomorrow evening, Lela had organised a group trip to the party store. Mostly the trip was for everyone to pick up decorations and supplies for the party, but it had somehow turned into a massive costume-shopping spree as well.
You may be wondering how Mack and Brady ended up on this trip though since…well, they're not from the same century as Lela, Tanner and the rest of their friends. Neither of them had intended to wash up on the shore of the 1960s beach musical setting, but apparently the universe had other ideas. The couple hadn't realised what had happened to them at first, but as soon as they had set foot on dry land, rather dazed and confused with their sudden change of environment, they were ambushed by a very excitable group of movie characters, which shocked them back to their senses almost instantly. Lela had explained their situation and since she didn't give them much of an opportunity to back out or leave, they were tagging along to the costume store as well.
"Ok, is everyone here?" Lela called, turning back to face the group of ten teens all squashing through the shop's entrance. Between them were at least three trolleys and five baskets, all empty for now but everyone knew that they weren't going to stay that way for long.
"No, I think we lost Struts in the parking lot," Seacat said sarcastically, already shoving a plastic, orange candy bucket over Rascal's head like a helmet.
"I'm going to let you all split up and get your own things for your costumes but if you find anything for the party then come and check it with me first," Lela ordered, taking charge of the task and completely ignoring Seacat's stab at humour so that she could stay on track. "I don't want any stupid decorations, guys," she added, sending her brother and some of the others a warning glance. She just hoped that she wasn't going to have to return any 8ft tall, inflatable mummies this year.
"Can wes get started already?" Lugnut piped up, already looking bored after being in the store for no more than twenty seconds.
"Go ahead," Lela sighed, stepping aside and clearing the path to the endless aisles of spooky spectacles for her friends to marvel at. Brady and Tanner hung back with one of the trolleys, reserving it for their girlfriends to use, while the other eight teens sprinted off and scattered within a matter of seconds. Giggles had already hitched a ride on one of the trolleys; Butchy had gotten extremely close to sending a stack of plastic, purple punch bowls skidding across the floor; Coral, Seacat and Rascal were all dashing from aisle to aisle like headless chickens on a rampage; Struts and CheeChee had gotten side-tracked very easily by a display of tights adorned with patterns of cobwebs and Lugnut was sizing up a giant Grim Reaper statue with a rather puzzled expression on his face. It wasn't hard to work out that the Wet Side Story teens got very excited when it came around to the end of October.
Not even ten minutes later, the trolley that Brady was currently lugging up and down each aisle was pretty much full of seven bags of fake cobwebs, nine packs of flat-pack, black cardboard trees and various other 'necessary adornments' as Lela had put it. Mack was beginning to think that the amount of decorations was a bit excessive considering that they only had to fill one room but she didn't really feel like it was her place to share her thoughts on the matter. Another questionable element of the experience was Lela and Tanner's decision-making process. Every time that Lela would suggest something, Tanner would whole-heartedly agree with her, blinding Mack with his signature, goofy, mega-watt smile that never seemed to leave his face when in the raven-haired biker girl's company.
"Is it just me or are Lela and Tanner going a little bit overboard on the decoration side of things?" Brady whispered, reading his girlfriend's mind as he leaned across the handlebars of the trolley to speak to her properly. Mack had been staring into space up until that point, running over the list of things that she still had to get done back in 2015 when Brady had whisked her back to reality. "I mean, they are only decorating for Big Momma's," he continued, every now and then letting his eyes drift back to the two giddy lovebirds that were fawning over a cupcake stand that resembled a witch's hat.
"No, it's borderline ridiculous if you ask me," Mack replied, matching Brady's hushed tone as she too let her gaze fall on the couple. "And I should know how many bags of white fluff are required to decorate a room, I did order enough supplies to fill the whole school after all," she said, taking a little bit of pride in her efforts to create a charity event that the whole school was talking about. "And I can definitely confirm that it's not seven," she added, grabbing a bag of fake cobwebs in each hand before stuffing them back on a shelf as she passed it.
"Good call," Brady chuckled, passing a pack of fake, bloody handprints to his girlfriend so that she could repeat her previous action. "Every time they put something in the trolley, we take another thing out."
"Just remember, we're doing this for their own good," Mack whispered, stifling a grin as Lela and Tanner shrieked at a packet of rubber spiders.
"Look, they're on the move again," Brady said, watching Lela and Tanner skip off around the corner to the next aisle along before giving the trolley a shove to get it rolling again.
Once Mack and Brady caught up with the movie's two leads, they saw that they had reached the costume section, which is where the remaining 60s were all residing. Well, residing wasn't exactly the right word. They were all tossing costume pieces into trolleys and baskets, messing around with all of the props and prancing around with various hats and accessories on, trying to see who could make everyone laugh the most.
"Oh, hey guys," Struts greeted, tossing one end of a feather boa over her shoulder with a flourish.
"Struts, can I take that?" Giggles asked, popping up behind the biker girl and eagerly eyeing up the string of feathers.
"Sure," Struts replied, slightly taken aback by the surfer girl's request but none the less willing to oblige. As soon as Giggles had the white boa in her grasp she went sprinting off to the other end of the aisle to where the surfer's costume trolley was, where she promptly tossed it in before going off in search of another aspect to her outfit.
"How's the decoration shoppin' goin' for yous twos then?" Butchy piped up, aiming his question at Lela and Tanner as he lazily dumped a pack of fake vampire teeth back onto a shelf.
"Good, we've got plenty of stuff for the party," Lela enthused, nuzzling up against Tanner's arm as she spoke.
"Yeah, it's gonna be so cool," Tanner agreed, still maintaining his dazzling smile that never seemed to fade.
"And yous twos?" Butchy asked, peering around his little sister and her boyfriend to look at Mack and Brady.
"Pretty good," Mack said, forcing a smile and trying to look excited.
"Yeah, pretty good," Brady repeated, pushing the corners of his lips into the same awkward grin as his girlfriend's.
"Right," Butchy said, although it was pretty obvious that he wasn't buying it.
"Don't ya think ya got enough stuff now, Lela?" CheeChee drawled, raising one of her eyebrows as she eyed the trolley in front of Brady that was almost overflowing with seasonal décor items.
"I guess that should be enough," Lela sighed, turning back to look at the trolley with a wistful glance.
"You're telling me," Brady mumbled to Mack, making her bite back a laugh.
"Come choose ya costumes with us then, it's fun!" Struts called, placing a tiara over her tiny beehive.
"Ooh, ok!" Lela squealed, completely forgetting about having to abandon her decoration duties in favour of looking at pretty dresses. "Do you want to help me, Mack?" she asked, whirling back around to face the brunette with an expectant smile.
"Sure," Mack replied, shooting Brady a quick glance before hurrying over to the raven haired biker girl, who was already gazing at the array of female costumes. "Do you know what you're going to be?" she asked, attempting to start a conversation.
"Well, we're not really supposed to be telling each other, we're meant to keep it a surprise," Lela started, looking over her shoulder to check that no one was watching her. "But I guess I can tell you. I'm going to be a fairy."
"A fairy?" Mack questioned as Lela made her hold a wreath of flowers and twigs for her hair.
"Yeah, I don't really go for scary Halloween costumes, unlike everyone else. So I decided to dress up as a fairy this year," Lela explained, scanning the shelves for more items that she could pair with her costume.
"Cool," Mack said a little half-heartedly, walking along beside Lela as she picked out her costume pieces.
"What are you going as to the party back in your world?" Lela asked, slightly preoccupied with examining a pair of lilac pumps with turned up toes.
"Dorothy," Mack replied, holding her hands out as Lela placed the pair of shoes in her arms. "You know, like from The Wizard of Oz?"
"Oh my gosh! That's perfect for you!" Lela exclaimed, her face lighting up from excitement. But before either of them could continue the conversation, the surfers speeded past them, all trying to balance on the edge of their shared trolley as they whooped and hollered. Obviously, they'd found everything that they required and were getting a little bit restless, hence why they were messing around.
"Are you guys done yet?" Seacat asked, backing up the trolley a little bit so that they could talk face to face with Lela and Mack.
"No, we just started, silly," Lela giggled, turning back to searching the shelves for accessories.
"But we finished ages ago," Coral whined.
"Yeah, we finished ages ago," Rascal echoed, matching Coral's bored expression.
"Can't we just get back to the beach and see you later?" Seacat tried, clearly wanting to leave the store as quickly as possible.
"No, it's not like we're going to take hours, just find something to do," Lela said, staying strong to her word.
"Ugh," Seacat groaned, frustrated that he didn't get the answer that he'd been hoping for.
"Ooh, I've got an idea!" Giggles squealed, hopping off the edge of the trolley before grabbing Coral's hand and scurrying over to where the bikers were all stood. To be honest, they were looking as bored as the surfers were.
Mack and Lela went back to looking at costumes opposite from Brady and Tanner, who were doing the exact same thing but over on the male side. It seemed like the eight Wet Side Story background characters had found something quiet to entertain themselves until their heard Struts, Giggles, Coral and CheeChee burst into song.
Girls: "All the girls on the block knockin' at my door"
"What on earth are they doing now?" Lela sighed, glancing over her shoulder at the group of four girls all clapping and dancing to the song that had struck up out of nowhere.
Girls: "Wanna know what it is, make the boys want more"
Coral: "Is your lover playin' on your side?"
Coral was the first to step forward, grabbing Butchy by the shoulder before spinning him to face her and starting to dance something that almost resembled a cha cha. You could tell that the biker boy had no idea what was happening just from the look on his face but he certainly wasn't complaining about it judging from the way that he was goggling at his girlfriend with a dopey grin.
Coral: "Said he loves you, but he ain't got time
Here's the answer, come and get it
At a knocked down price
Hey"
Coral finished her section by grabbing a 'sale' sticker off a nearby bin of orange headbands and attaching it to her forehead.
CheeChee: "Full of honey just to make him sweet"
CheeChee decided to get in on the dance number next, moving over to stand opposite Seacat with a mischievous smile curling at her lips.
CheeChee: "Crystal ballin' just to help him see
What he's been missing, so come and get it
While you've still got time
Hey"
CheeChee had grabbed the plastic crystal ball out of the biker's costume trolley and had bowled it towards Seacat's feet, prompting him to catch it and toss it back to her before they tried their hand at mimicking the dance that Coral and Butchy had just performed, making Seacat equally as happy as Butchy had been about the girl's song and dance choice.
Struts: "Get your boy on his knees
And repeat after me, say"
Struts stepped over to Lugnut and pushed him down into a kneeling position before hoisting him back up to his feet and joining Coral, CheeChee, Butchy and Seacat in the now group dance.
Coral, CheeChee & Struts: "Take a sip of my secret potion; I'll make you fall in love
For a spell that can't be broken, one drop should be enough
Boy you belong to me, I got the recipe
And it's called black magic
And it's called black magic
Take a sip of my secret potion, one taste and you'll be mine
It's a spell that can't be broken; it'll keep you up all night
Boy you belong to me, I got the recipe
And it's called black magic
And it's called black magic"
The three girls and their partners all cha-chaed up and down the costume aisle, goofing off with some of the props like the witch's cauldron and some fancy, black goblets where the music required it. Giggles wasn't standing for having to stay out of the fun though, so when the next verse came around she whipped around to face Rascal, the only other boy who hand't joined in on the dance yet, and whisked him into the centre of the make-shift dancefloor.
Giggles: "If you're lookin' for Mr Right
Need that magic, to change him over night
Here's the answer, come and get it
While you've still got time
Hey"
Giggles had copied the other girls' cha-cha moves but still managed to mess around with some props of her own. She grabbed handful of glitter, which she blew at Rascal's face, to act as the 'magic' and hid behind a huge plastic pocket watch when the word 'time' was brought up.
Struts: "Get your boy on his knees
And repeat after me, say oh"
Struts repeated her previous action with Lugnut before Giggles joined the others in the chorus dance number down the costume aisle.
Coral, CheeChee, Struts & Giggles: "Take a sip of my secret potion; I'll make you fall in love
For a spell that can't be broken, one drop should be enough
Boy you belong to me, I got the recipe
And it's called black magic
And it's called black magic
Take a sip of my secret potion, one taste and you'll be mine
It's a spell that can't be broken, it'll keep you up all night
Boy you belong to me, I got the recipe
And it's called black magic
And it's called black magic"
CheeChee & Struts: "All the girls on the block knockin' at my door"
Coral & Giggles: "I got the recipe"
CheeChee & Struts: "Wanna know what it is, make the boys want more"
Coral & Giggles: "Now you belong to me"
CheeChee & Struts: "All the girls on the block knockin' at my door"
Coral & Giggles: "I got the recipe"
CheeChee & Struts: "Wanna know what it is, make the boys want more"
Coral & Giggles: "Now you belong to me"
The biker girls and surfer girls took it in turn to each perform a short sequence of moves, each one of them playing around with the various costume props until they reached where Mack, Brady, Lela and Tanner were stood.
"You couldn't help yourselves, could you?" Mack asked, quirking one of her eyebrows as she looked at the eight teens.
"Oh come on, it's just a bit of fun," Seacat said as CheeChee slipped a witch's hat over his head and let out one of her signature giggles.
"We're in a store, we're gonna get thrown out if you carry on like this," Lela scolded, trying desperately to hide her smile.
"Who cares? We haven't gotten caught yet," Coral said, resting her head against the skeleton that she and Butchy had draped across their shoulders.
"Besides, no one cared when Giggles made that ten-foot haunted house thing fall over," Butchy said, kind of throwing Giggles under the bus to make all of the things that he'd either accidentally broken or knocked over not seem as bad in comparison.
"Hey!" the blonde surfer girl squeaked in indignation, a shocked frown shooting onto her face. "It wasn't my fault!"
"Guys!" Lela hissed, not exactly pleased to be hearing that her friends had practically destroyed the store.
"Look, have ya got everythin' ya need now?" CheeChee asked, her eyes moving back and forth between Lela and Tanner.
"Yeah, I think so," Tanner replied, quickly glancing over to the pile of costume pieces he'd dumped on top of the surfer's trolley.
"Come and finish the song with us then!" Struts exclaimed.
"Yeah, then wes can leave," Lugnut said, earning a disapproving elbow to the ribs from Giggles for his unenthusiastic behaviour.
"I guess a little bit of a dance wouldn't hurt," Lela said, finally caving in and letting a big grin spread across her face as Tanner grabbed her hands.
"Of course not, now come on!" he exclaimed, flashing Lela a smile before spinning her into the centre of the aisle.
Lela: "Take a sip from my secret potion, I'll make you fall in love"
Lela and Tanner looked expectantly over a Mack and Brady, waiting for them to join in. The 21st century couple nervously looked up at each other before Brady took Mack's hand and she burst into song before she could stop herself.
Mack: "For a spell that can't be broken, one drop should be enough"
Lela: "Boy you belong to me" (Coral, CheeChee, Struts & Giggles: "Hey!")
Mack: "I got the recipe"
Lela: "And it's called black magic" (Mack: "And it's called")
Mack & Lela: "And it's called black magic"
Before Mack and Brady new what they were doing, they were caught up in the middle of the Wet Side Story characters' dance number in the middle of the Halloween store. The twelve teens all cha-chaed their way down the aisles, continuously chucking around the props and giggling as they went.
Coral, CheeChee, Struts, Giggles & Lela: "Take a sip of my secret potion, one taste and you'll be mine (Mack: "Woah, be mine")
It's a spell that can't be broken, it'll keep you up all night (Mack: "Oh oh")
Boy you belong to me (Mack: "Belong to me")
I got the recipe
And it's called black magic
And it's called, and it's called black magic
Falling in love"
Boys: "Hey"
Girls: "Falling in love"
Boys: "Hey" (Mack: "Yeah")
Girls: "Falling in love"
Boys: "Hey"
Girls: "Falling in love
Falling in love"
Boys: "Hey"
Girls: "Falling in love (Mack: "Ooh")
Oh, falling in love"
Boys: "Hey"
Girls: "Falling in love"
Lela: "Magic"
The group of dancing teens had reached the cash registers, with their trolleys trailing behind them, by the time they had finished their song. After sharing a few sheepish smiles, everyone split up their items and paid for them, eventually all gathering in the car park once they were done.
"We're all meeting up at Big Momma's as soon as we get back to start on getting the decorations, ok?" Lela announced, earning brainless nods and mumbles of agreements from her friends.
"Do we all have to help or can we get on with other stuff that we have to do?" Tanner asked, turning to his girlfriend with an ever so slightly concerned expression.
"Yeah, 'cause we still have to learn the song for tomorrow night," Seacat agreed, walking over to stand next to Tanner.
"Oh my gosh, yes, I totally forgot about that!" Lela gasped, her head snapping to lock her vision onto her boyfriend's twin sister. "Coral, how's that song coming?" she called, snatching Coral's attention away from her older brother and Giggles' conversation. "Is it finished?"
"Uh, yeah, I finished writing it up last night. I've just got to give it to the band and the guys to learn it," she replied, referring to Tanner and Seacat as well as Big Momma's house band.
"And the dance number that you said you were going to do with it, have you got the choreography sorted out?" Lela asked, her nerves still high even though most of the work had already been done regarding the performance.
"Yeah, I was going to practice it with everyone who signed up tomorrow morning but I can arrange it for this afternoon if that would make you feel better," Coral compromised, not wanting to get on Lela's bad side.
"Alright, you can get everyone rounded up by the time that we've finished decorating and then I'll leave you to practice," Lela agreed, her mind at rest now that she had an idea of what was going on.
"You're still up for being in the dance number, right?" Coral checked, looking across at Giggles as she leaned against Seacat's car.
"Of course! It's going to be so much fun!" Giggles exclaimed, bouncing on the spot with a huge grin on her face.
"Fun? I can't imagine listenin' to Coral boss you around for two hours bein' fun," Butchy snorted, taking a playful dig at his girlfriend.
"Hey," Coral snapped, frowning at the biker boy stood next to her.
"So I'm guessin' you're not takin' part in the number then," Lugnut said, glancing in Butchy's direction.
"You's gots to be jokin'," Butchy scoffed, earning a scowl from the golden-brown haired surfer girl stood beside him. "I wouldn't be caught dead in that dance number. Ha, get it, 'cause it's Halloween," Butchy chuckled, laughing at his own pathetic joke.
"Ha ha, you're hilarious," Coral mumbled sarcastically, rolling her eyes and avoiding eye contact with her so-called boyfriend.
"Well I hope you like watching someone else dancing with Coral then, Butchy," Giggles piped up, trying to stick up for her friend, who she knew was hiding how much that the biker boy's comment had hurt her.
"What'cha talkin' about now?" Butchy sighed, looking mildly bored already as he turned his head to look at the blonde surfer girl.
"Well there's a female lead in the dance, obviously played by Coral since it's her number, but there's a male lead too, which someone has to play," Giggles started, watching a cheeky grin start to form on Coral's face next to her.
"Oh really?" Butchy questioned, raising one of his eyebrows at Coral, who was still refusing to make eye contact with him. "And who's playing this 'male lead' then?"
"Ben," Coral replied casually, her smile broadening as she watched Butchy's expression change from the corner of her eye.
"What? No! Screw him, I'll dance with you," Butchy exploded, coming around to look his girlfriend square in the face. But Coral had to try to stifle a laugh at Butchy's furious yet resentful expression, acting like he had been left out of the party that he'd just denied wanting to attend.
The reason that Butchy was getting so defensive about Coral dancing with this boy was because Butchy wasn't too pleased after hearing the news that less than five minutes after arriving, Ben had whisked the curly-haired surfer girl into a dance number and then continued to serenade her for ten minutes afterwards until the biker boy showed up. Coral found the whole situation rather perplexing at first but quickly saw the funny side of it and thought that it was rather comical. Butchy, on the other hand, didn't even think to acknowledge the fact that there could be a funny side, he just growled something at the boy, who shared his hair colour with Coral (sickening him even more), before whisking the surfer girl into Big Momma's, where she lectured him about how it was just a bit of fun and that she didn't need him sheltering her from people. She hadn't been very pleased with Butchy that day but then again Butchy hadn't been very pleased with Ben, so I guess that both of them could silently stew over their problems together. What else could possibly say true love more? Oh wait...
"I thought that's what you'd say," Coral smirked, standing up straight before teasingly kissing him on the cheek. "We've got him, Lela," she called across to the biker girl a few seconds later.
"Great!" Lela grinned as she loaded carrier bags of decorations into the boot of Tanner's car.
"Wait, what?" Butchy questioned, very confused about what just happened. "You set me up?!"
"Lela wanted us to get you in on the dance number," Giggles explained, sharing Coral's smirk.
"And I think that we just succeeded," Coral added, resting her arm on Butchy's shoulder before letting out a little laugh and running around to the other side of the car with Giggles right by her side, where the two surfer girls hopped inside.
"Oh man," Butchy sighed, realising what his jealously had just got him into as Lugnut let out a chuckle.
"See you when we get back, Butch," Lela called, a small giggle escaping her lips as she noticed Butchy's dejected expression.
"Whatever," the biker boy mumbled before lumbering over to where he'd parked his ride.
"I don't think Butchy's very happy about getting involved with this dance number thing, Lela," Mack observed, stepping back so that Brady could close up the trunk.
"I know but everyone needs to contribute somehow," Lela replied with a sigh. " And anyway, Butchy's not very happy about a lot of things. Besides, he just needs to get into the spirit of things," she continued, a mischievous glint sparkling in her ice, blue eyes. "I have," she said before whipping to face Mack and shrieking, "Boo!"
Mack jolted in surprised, clearly not expecting the biker girl's outburst. "I can see that," she said, a smile spreading across her face once she'd taken a second to calm herself alone. It seemed like Lela had already gotten into the spirit of Halloween, but how long was it going to take the others?
I hope that you liked the first one-shot!
The song that I used is called Black Magic by Little Mix and was suggested to me by DianaDirectioner. So thank you for that!
Like I have said previously, I will be putting the next one-shot up tomorrow. But if you can't wait that long then you can go and check out my Halloween one-shot from last year: Tricks, Treats and Halloween Pranks. You don't have to, it's just a suggestion if you want something to do. :)
Another thing that I wanted to ask you is please could you list these five pairings, that I will be using in these one-shots, in order of how much you like them (1 being your favourite and 5 being your least favourite). The pairings are:
Lela & Tanner
Butchy & Coral
CheeChee & Seacat
Struts & Lugnut
And finally, Giggles and & Rascal
These aren't necessarily romantic pairings, it's just for some dance numbers that I have planned for a later one-shot. You just need to let me know the order that you like them in and then I can adapt whatever seems most popular into the story. This part is pretty important so please don't forget to leave your opinions to help me out!
I think that's all for the moment now though.
Thank you for reading!
-cherrygorilla