Disclaimer: I do not own anything. The prompt for this chapter is: "Happy Halloween!"
He can tell it's her before he opens the door. No one else, save possible trick-or-treaters would be at his door this early into the night.
He opens the door and she speaks before he does.
"Happy Halloween!" She's so enthusiastic that he can't really begrudge her to celebrating the holiday, but he does have a certain level of exasperation about her costume.
"You're dressed as a vampire." He says, and she laughs. There's fake blood on her neck, and she has fake fangs in, he notes as he looks at her mouth. She has real fangs, he wants to laugh.
"Is there something wrong with my costume?" She asks. He shakes his head.
"I just thought it'd be more-" He trails off for a moment, looking for the correct word.
"Like a real costume?" She finishes, thinking of her last minute costume. Most of the things she was wearing, she had already.
"Accurate." He says, and she laughs again. He invites her in. She smiles at him, flashing fake fangs. He doesn't know she has part of a costume for him too. She thinks he'd pull off a fine Dracula-like costume rather well.
She doesn't want to go to Caroline's costume party alone. Elena's sure she can convince him to come with her.