Halloween 2013

All characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. I just like to play with them.

Trick or Treat – Chapter 1

Why? Why had she allowed Charlie to guilt her into taking the Gibson twins trick-or-treating?

"Bells," Charlie had said nervously as he walked in that night. He put his hand on the edge of the kitchen table, fingering it anxiously.

She inwardly groaned. He only did that when he wanted something, which wasn't often.

"Melanie Gibson just had her baby," he finally continued. "Do you think you could take her other children trick-or treating tonight?"

Why can't you do it, if it's such a great idea? But,like the good girl she'd always been, she agreed. She babysat for the twins ever since coming back to Forks earlier in the year. Jenny and Bobby were pretty good kids, for seven year olds.

"Sure, Dad. I can do it before going to Mike's Halloween party," she told him in a chipper voice.

"Thanks," Charlie replied. "Something smells great. What's for dinner?"

And that was the end of that. They ate, and while she washed the dishes, he went into the living room, sank down into his favorite chair and turned on the TV to watch the game. Whatever game was on.

Bella called the hospital and spoke to Melanie, who sounded really grateful. She could hear excited squeals from the twins in the background, who both yelled "Thank you." Maybe she was doing the right thing.

Then she thought about the party she and Rose would be missing. Nope, she had to get this good deed done and get to Mike's house. This was one place she planned be something other than a good girl. She planned to do some reckless living tonight, with Rose's help.

Of course, that would all come after she did her good deed with the twins. First, she had to tell Rose though. So, after taking a deep breath, she called and broke the news. After a short silence, Rose gave an exasperated huff, but then replied, "We're still going, right? How long do you think this will take?"

"It shouldn't take more than an hour. Forks is a small town, after all."

Another pause, and Rose said, "I'll be right over."

Bella gave her a half-hour for her "right over," then went outside and waited for her best friend on the porch. Rose arrived a few minutes later. Charlie came to the door when he heard the car, so Rose climbed out of her convertible and came up the front steps. After initially zeroing in on her Elvira costume, he quickly averted his eyes. "I'm not going to get any calls about this party, right?"

"No sir, Mr. Swan. Mike's parents will be there," Rose stated primly. Lying without batting an eye.

Charlie just grunted. "Home by 11:00, then. Tomorrow's still a school day," he said as he closed the front door.

They took Rose's car to the Gibson's house. Jenny and Bobby were at the door, waiting impatiently. Bella noticed Rose smiling as she admired their costumes. Bobby was a pirate this year, and Jenny was Tinkerbelle. Rose did love kids, so helping her take them trick-or-treating wasn't such a terrible thing for her.

Rose had made their walk down the street much more interesting, as her Elvira costume was drawing a lot of attention. An enormous black wig covered her blonde hair, and a black sheath dress, which was slit down to there and up to here, made the most of her full figure. The two girls and two children were walking through a cloud of wolf whistles, and one distracted driver had already run his car into a light pole on Forks Avenue. Rose just smiled and nodded, taking it all in as her due. The kids seemed somewhat mystified by the attention, but were happy with all the treats they were collecting in their orange, plastic jack-o-lanterns.

But just before they turned down Bogachiel Way, a black Audi glided up beside them and stopped. Jenny Gibson looked over at the car. "Oh, look," she exclaimed. "More trick or treaters."

Two tall men, one in a gray military costume and the other dressed as a hunter, got out of the car. They opened the back door and helped out their passengers, two children dressed as little vampires. Well, maybe not so little. These kids had be at least 12 or 13 years old. But they wore very nice costumes. Each child wore a dark gray cape lined with red satin, and had a heavy necklace, with a large golden pendant shaped as a letter V. The V was partially filled with a crest and had red jewels on it.

As they got closer, Bella leaned over and whispered to Rose that the contacts on the little vampires were really good. Their surprisingly naturalistic red eyes served as a focus for their scary, pale faces. The little girl looked a tad bored, but the boy seemed interested in Rose's Elvira costume. Never too young, Bella thought.

When she turned towards Rose, though, she saw that her friend had her eyes trained on the two men. On closer look, Bella saw that they were well worth paying attention to. The soldier was a tall, lean man with a mane of shoulder-length blond hair. The hunter was a hulk of a man with dark, curly hair, taller than his friend and well-built.

The blond soldier drawled out, "Mind if we join you? We're new in town and wanted to take our cousins trick-or-treating."

Bella and Rose exchanged glances. Though they were strangers, these guys were hot.

Bella replied for both of them. "Sure. We're just getting started. My name's Bella. This is my friend, Rose, and these two are Jenny and Bobby."

"A pleasure, Ma'am. My name is Jasper, Jasper Whitlock. This is my friend, Emmett." He had to nudge Emmett, whose eyes were glued on Rose. "And my cousins are…"

The little girl cut in. "My name is Suzy-Q and this is my brother John-John." The little boy rolled his eyes and the two guys exchanged glances but said nothing.

Wow, Bella thought. Pushy little kid.

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Getting an earlier start this year. This is the first of several stories. Right now I have three in progress, but if I come up with more ideas, I'll keep posting. If you guys keep reviewing.