A/N: Here is Chapter 2 right away updates will not be this fast in the future. However I already had this chapter done so I figured why not upload it right away. Oh and if you find similarities to other Kandy stories out there it is definitely not intentional so I apologize. The 3rd chapter still needs a little tweaking so it probably will not be up until I'm done with finals. (so possibly in the next 2 weeks) Anyways, I hope some people out there still read these and that you'll enjoy my Kandy origin story.
Chapter 2: Halloween
It was the week before the Halloween weekend festivities and Kirsten's roommate Olivia was relentlessly urging her to go to this upperclassmen party with her. After multiple pleas from Olivia, Kirsten finally gave in more so to get her to shut up about it than anything. However then Olivia dropped that small little detail…it was a double date. Paul the guy, who Olivia was dating was going to bring along one of his roommates, and so they figured they would take it upon themselves to set both Kirsten and his roommate up. Once she discovered it was a double date she groaned and shook her head burying herself in her studies until Olivia left to go meet up with Paul. While Kirsten was alone in their dorm her ocean eyes glanced around her desk and noticed a sliver of red. Pushing aside a few papers she found the source of the red color, it was the Mondale and Ferraro pin that Sandy had given her.
A smile slid across her lips as she recalled the day. Shaking the images of him from her brain she realized that their paths had not crossed since that day. It caused her to frown slightly, although what could she expect really? He was an upperclassmen and probably not interested in her at all. Kirsten couldn't deny that she felt something…a spark between her and Sandy that afternoon at the coffee shop. Letting out an exasperated sigh leaning back in her chair her eyes shifted from the pin she was holding and then up to her bulletin board that was filled with pictures of her old life.
At the moment she felt so lost as if she didn't know who she was. However, she did know that she really enjoyed and loved who she was becoming here. Focusing on her studies and deciding for herself what truly made her happy as well as the things she was passionate about. For the first time in her life, Kirsten felt as if she was forging her own path and doing things because she wanted to rather than doing what her father wanted, and what the whole Newport society would expect. Placing the pin back down on her desk Kirsten pushed herself up and out of her chair walking over to her closet which was overflowing, and a complete mess. Surveying her closet deep in thought Kirsten tilted her head and bit down on her lower lip instinctively as she pushed aside a few shirts revealing several dresses. While scrutinizing the dresses Kirsten scrunched up her nose shaking her head.
All of the dresses screamed spoiled brat expect one Kirsten pulled it out and held it up against herself. It was a white dress with a discreet neckline that dipped just low enough to tease and cut off three inches above her knees. The skirt of the dress was flowly and would fall gracefully over her hips once she put it on. In that moment Kirsten decided that she would go to this Halloween party as a Greek goddess. Setting the dress aside she went over to her jewelry box not even bothering to look at the contents of it instead she began to rummage through her hair accessories. She smiled triumphantly when she found a gold elastic headband that she could wear to help complete her outfit. After pulling out the headband she slid it over the hanger so that when the party rolled around she would have her outfit all ready.
Meanwhile Paul was arguing with his roommate, about going out on Halloween.
"Come on man, stop being such a stick in the mud just come out with us…"
Just then Olivia burst through the door smiling before greeting Paul with a kiss and leaning up to whisper to him about the fact that she got her roommate to agree. Sandy rolled his eyes and started to walk away from the two love birds heading towards his room down the hall.
"Sandman, Liv just told me her roommate is going to come so just say yes…you don't want to stand up the poor girl…"
Upon hearing this he shook his head he was really not in the mood to be some girls one night stand or whatever. He was just not wired to open himself up to another girl, to have them rip it all away just like Rebecca had done. Not giving Paul any real answer he disappeared into his room and buried himself into his law books for the rest of the night.
Sandy just needed a distraction, and his law book seemed to be the perfect distraction for him. He knew for a fact that when the weekend rolled around Saturday bringing on Halloween Sandy would let Paul drag him to this party and he would be a gentlemen and turn on the Sandy Cohen charm for Olivia's roommate.
Olivia returned to her dorm two hours later to find Kirsten sitting on the floor with a sketch pad sprawled out in front of herself. She looked up greeting her roommate whose eyes shifted over to the white dress that was set aside by Kirsten's bunk.
"What's that?"
Hearing her roommates question Kirsten looked up and shifted her eyes to where Olivia was pointing. A smile graced her soft features and she shrugged a little bit all of a sudden feeling slightly embarrassed, what if her roommate thought it was a dumb idea. Then what would she do for a costume?
"Um, well…that's going to be my costume, I have to get a few other small accessories to complete it…I was thinking of being a Greek goddess…is that dumb?"
Olivia listened intently to what her roommate was telling her and she shook her head smiling softly.
"No, not at all Kirsten I think that's a fantastic idea…you are going to look so hot! I can't wait for Saturday its going to be so much fun…Oh I saw your date, he seems pretty stoked about Saturday too!"
Kirsten could hear the excitement and sincerity behind her words and she smiled nodding her head. When she heard the mention of her date Kirsten rolled her eyes and shook her head not entirely believing the part about her supposed date being stoked for Saturday.
"Uh-ah…right."
The week had gone by quickly Olivia and Kirsten making a trip down to the local convenience store to pick up some twine that Kirsten could use as a belt for her costume as well as mixers and a few other things. Finally Saturday had rolled around and both the girls and the guys spent the morning recovering from the night before. The boys had agreed to come pick the girls up from their dorm at 10pm since that was around the time the party started and if they were a bit late it wouldn't really make a difference.
"Liv…did you borrow my eyeliner?"
Kirsten questioned from where she was stationed in front of her mirror. Just then her curling iron beeped softly signaling that it was ready. Picking up her curling iron she held a piece of her blonde hair clamping it down before skillfully wrapping it around the curling iron holding it there for several seconds before letting it bounce down against her shoulders. Repeating this step until her mass of blonde hair was set in loose sexy curls. Grabbing the hair spray Kirsten pulled her hair half up and secured it with a small clip before spraying her blonde hair with the hair spray. Once she was happy with her reflection she held the headband out and put it over her hair letting it rest over her forehead almost hippie like but not really.
"Here ya go babe…Thanks! Oh damn girl you look so hot!"
Olivia said as she handed Kirsten her black eyeliner. Letting her eyes scan over Kirsten's appearance she smiled and nodded adjusting her flight attendant outfit.
"You think?"
Kirsten asked her roommate, self conscience about her own appearance while she began to apply her own makeup. Keeping it natural yet sexy at the same time making sure to highlight her eyes as well as her lips.
"Hell yeah !"
With the reassuring words from her roommate Kirsten smiled gratefully and bit down on her lower lip. Why was she even nervous for this so called date? She didn't even understand it herself, shaking her head she let the hues of her blue eyes glance Olivia up and down before smiling brightly.
"Thanks! You know…Paul is not going to be able to resist you!"
This statement got a laugh out of Olivia and she smirked giving Kirsten a wink.
"Well, that's the plan!"
Both girls giggled and took shots of vodka toasting to the night. One shot turned into two and soon turned into four and by then the girls were dancing around their dorm to a song that was playing on the radio.
Paul hurried out of his room dressed in his pilot costume he wanted to go pick up the girls already Olivia hadn't even given him the slightest hint of what her costume was. Which he thought wasn't very fair considering he told her exactly what he was planning on being.
"SANDY! Come on…we don't want to keep the girls waiting…"
Sandy wondered how Paul could be so annoying sometimes, he inwardly groaned he really did not feel like entertaining some freshman girl for the evening. Reluctantly he joined his best friend who also happened to be one of his three roommates in the kitchen. Dressed in a pair of dark blue jeans and a light blue t-shirt Sandy stood by Paul who eyed him curiously.
"Man, what are you supposed to be?"
"Sandy Cohen."
Sandy had uttered glaring over at Paul who shook his head irritated because he was anxious to see his girlfriend.
"Man…you can't go as yourself."
"Why not?"
"It's Halloween…you just can't."
This annoyed Sandy not only was he basically being forced to go out and entertain some freshman but he had to wear a costume too. Walking around Paul, Sandy opened a cabinet and pulled out a brown pair bag. Once he opened the bag he pulled it over his head and looked up at Paul his voice being muffled because of the bag over his head.
"What are you supposed to be?"
"Who cares?"
Paul was getting feed up with fighting with Sandy about wearing a costume so instead he just took a pair of scissors and cut two holes in the bag where his eyes were so that he could see.
"Okay…Fine lets go."
The boys made their way out of their house making sure to lock it up and then began their journey down the sidewalk. After stopping at a stop light and making a right turn they had finally reached the bridge. They crossed the bridge and headed across the courtyard reaching the girls dormitory building.
Olivia and Kirsten were singing and dancing around their dorm until a knock on the door caused them to stop in their tracks. Olivia was the one who hurried to the door, as she pulled open the door she squealed when she saw her boyfriend greeting him with a loud kiss. Kirsten hung back and glanced down at her feet that were strapped up in a pair of sandals. Olivia stepped aside and let Paul in trailing behind him was a guy who had a brown paper bag over his head. My date Kirsten had thought silently to herself eyeing him curiously before shifting her eyes over to Paul who greeted her, as she responded with a nod of her head and a small smile.
"Hey Kirsten"
"Hey Paul"
Paul had almost forgot about Sandy until he saw Kirsten's eyes dart over to where Sandy was standing in the doorway. The moment he saw her his breath literally caught in his throat she most definitely fit the goddess description, and in the white dress Sandy felt like she resembled an angel. Under the brown paper bag he was smiling like an idiot. Taking note of her curious eyes reminded him that he was wearing a brown paper bag over his head shielding his identity from her. Paul began to gesture toward him and Sandy shook his hand in front of him urging Paul not to drop his name. He watched Paul shake his head a little and then shift his gaze back over to Kirsten and Olivia which is where Sandy's eyes trailed too as well.
"And this is…one of my roommates…"
The depths of his dark blue eyes followed her every move and he saw her nod before a soft smile graced over her features.
"Well, its…uh, nice to meet you…"
Kirsten said a bit unsure, since she couldn't even see his face and he was not giving up his name. Hell he hadn't even said a word since they walked in her eyes trailed back up to meet the pair of eyes that were visible through the slits that had been cut in the brown paper bag. As the mysterious guy began to speak his voice was muffled however it struck Kirsten. She swore she had heard that voice somewhere before, but where was the question.
"Likewise…Kirsten"
The foursome headed out of the dorm with Paul and Olivia walking hand in hand ahead of Sandy and Kirsten.
"So, you couldn't get any better offers?"
Sandy had teased he knew that this girl probably had the guys lining up to take her out on a date so the fact that she was going out to a party accompanied by a roommate of the guy her roommate was dating intrigued him. He tilted his head so he could see her more clearly while they walked across the bridge Sandy making sure to keep a hold on the bag over his head. A light breeze blew through and tousled Kirsten's loose curls blowing them back slightly as she glanced over at him shrugging her shoulders.
"Oh, don't flatter yourself…I did this more to humor my roommate then anything."
He saw her smirk, and could hear the playfulness in her soft voice before she glanced forward more than likely making sure that they hadn't lost Paul and Olivia. Her answer struck him, because initially that was his reason for coming out tonight as well to humor Paul.
"Well, then I guess we're both in the same boat…"
She turned and eyed him curiously, he could see her nose scrunch up, seeming to be deep in thought. Kirsten was trying to rack her brain to place his voice however it wasn't working. Hearing that he too was only out on this so called double date to humor his roommate caused her to smile slightly shaking her head.
"I mean what do you think it matters if you and I even came out with them tonight? I mean its not even like they'd notice if we weren't here…"
Kirsten had said glancing in front of herself the blue of her eyes burning holes into the backs of both Paul and Olivia. Sandy nodded his head under the bag agreeing completely with her, since it wasn't like the happy couple had paid them any attention since the introductions at the girls dorm. Pealing her eyes off the couples back Kirsten shrugged and shifted her glance over to the mystery guy.
"So, what are you supposed to be anyway?"
When he heard that question he laughed slightly racking his brain to try and come up with a witty response to get that musical sound to erupt from Kirsten known as laughter. They walked a little further down the sidewalk passing a couple other fellow classmates before they finally reached the party which was already in full swing from the look of things.
"Why does it matter?"
Was what Sandy had decided to say repeating the exact words she had uttered to him the day they meet and he was searching for her last name. As soon as she heard those words his voice became much more clear to her and a wide smile curled her lips up as she flashed a 100 watt smile stepping in front of him. Sandy gazed down into her eyes and saw them sparkling as Kirsten gazed up at him as if she just discovered a rare gem he laughed questioning her.
"What?"
"I know who you are…"
Kirsten said softly her smile still present trying to peer through the slits of his paper bag to see if she was indeed correct. However she knew that she had to be right, it had to be him…it was fate or something along those lines Kirsten internally thought.
"And who is that?"
"Sandy Cohen…"
She breathed out his name saying it softly her eyes hopeful that she was right and that it was him. While her ocean eyes studied his dark sapphire eyes Kirsten swore she saw his eyes light up at the sound of his name on her lips. Before he was able to answer her or anything they were dragged inside by Paul and Olivia whom did remember their presence. There were so many people moving around the house and Kirsten was weaving through the crowd accepting the red cup that Olivia handed her and slamming it almost instantly. Before getting a refill and soon enough she was onto her fourth drink at the party choosing a beer. After she got her beer Kirsten's eyes darted around the busy house in search of the brown paper bag, or that mop of black hair. She couldn't spot either and as the volume in the house increased Kirsten was bumped into multiple times. But when the last person bumped into her she softly expressed her apologies before looking up and realizing that it was exactly who she wanted to bump into. Taking a sip of her beer Kirsten stepped closer to him to avoid being in the way.
Kirsten stared deep into his eyes and began to move to the rhythm of the music, placing her arms loosely around his broad shoulders smiling up at him. She felt the strength in his hands as they laid gently against her hips bringing her body closer to his. Their bodies were pressed against one another's at this point as they swayed in time to the music. Kirsten couldn't help but giggle as she heard the paper bag crinkle and heard him muffle a curse word. She lifted her head away from his shoulder and got lost in his gaze as she leaned forward saying above the noise.
"Please just take the bag off…"
Kirsten gave him a pleading smile however he didn't budge. She stuck out her lower lip pouting, a tactic she had learned growing up in Newport and it had proven to be pretty useful it usually worked every time. Upon hearing the paper bag rumble she laughed softly and put her hands on her hips.
"I can not…because I've been enjoying your company all night…and if I take the bag off my head you might very well run in the opposite direction…"
Sandy had said laughing ever so softly at his last statement, a dig at himself more than anything. However, the fact that Kirsten had figured out who he was without him having to tell her caused him to smile. Maybe this was a sign that she did really feel something just as he did that afternoon they had spent together. All of a sudden he felt her small hand clasp around his larger one and tug on it leading him through the crowd of people and once they were outside she led him to the alley pushing him back against the wall slowly releasing his hand. He peered out of the slits of the bag curious to what she was going to do. He focused on her movements and caught her bite down on her lower lip stepping forward invading his space before slowly and carefully folding the bag up just enough so his lips were exposed. The cool air assaulted his newly exposed lips, just before Kirsten's came crashing down against his. A kiss that made time around them stand still, it surprised the hell out of him he didn't expect her to do that. However he recovered and let his hands rest on her hips gently bringing her closer to himself as he returned her kiss. Slowly pulling back from the kiss Kirsten glanced down slightly embarrassed by the way she had just acted she just couldn't help herself though`. Trailing her eyes back up to meet his she smiled softly tilting her head.
"Okay…now can you please take off that ridiculous bag?"
Hearing her last statement Sandy smirked slightly and removed his hands from her hips and slowly tugged the bag off his head. Once his identity was revealed he smiled at Kirsten who matched his smile.
"Do you always act like that?"
Sandy had pressed curiously gazing deep into the pools of ocean that were her eyes. Kirsten couldn't hold his gaze any longer upon hearing his statement because she had acted so out of character. Drinking caused her to do that sometimes, it made her feel carefree and loose her inhibitions.
"No…I don't normally pull random guys into alleys and kiss them…but normally I don't have guys hiding behind brown paper bags either."
Kirsten had said playfully answering the hidden question she knew he was asking when he asked her if she always acted like that. He nodded his head accepting her answer and smiled down at her as he crumbled the brown paper bag in his hand and tossed it off to the side.
"Well, I'm glad…that I was hiding behind a brown paper bag, otherwise you wouldn't have kissed me."
As he said this Kirsten giggled nodding her head in agreement to his statement. They stood there in the alleyway for ten more minutes making small talk, before they headed out of the alley and into the street Sandy reached over and took her smaller hand in his. At that very moment when he did this Kirsten felt a tingly feeling inside of herself. A feeling that she had never experienced before…not even with Jimmy this must be what sparks feel like Kirsten thought to herself. The two walked hand and hand along the sidewalk until they had reached a little diner where they split a milkshake and fries. Laughing and teasing one another about the evenings events as well as everything else. Oh yeah, there was definitely a spark between these two but how much would they let it grow?