The Block Estate

When Hell Freezes Over Party

7:00 PM

October 31st

They were here. Both of them: the rich girl, Massie, and the blonde. They were hosting this party. I knew her name, and that she was new. I'd also heard of her being cute but goofy, with her short bangs.

She loved gummies. And she hung out with Abeley's sister, Layne.

Why couldn't I stop thinking about her?

Oh crud. Crap crap crap. Vader and Derrick were with me as Massie walked up to us in her wannabe-sexy-but-not-sexy costume. Actually, the costume was kinda sexy… really sexy. Okay, stop acting like Hurley, Fisher! Get yourself together!

"Don't you look… vicious." I grimaced as Massie came up to us.

"What are you supposed to be?" she asked Derrick. I noticed (wow, I notice a lot of things) the subject change and knew she had no comeback, and was nervous.

"A dirtbag," Derrick replied. "So, are these the famous costumes we heard about all over school today?" Derrick looked Massie up and down. I didn't really care what the costume looked like; I was too busy pulling a twig out of Vader's gorilla costume facial fur. Besides, I'd already seen it… when? Duh, now!

Massie looked ready to say something, but a pink Powerpuff Girl came up. "Hey, sorry I'm late," she said to Massie. "My parents made me pose for a thousand pictures before they'd let me leave the house." She turned to us and said, "Hi, I'm Claire."

"You must be the new girl we've been hearing about," Derrick exclaimed. I turned away from the gorilla to steal a look at her. Cute. But compared to Massie? Well, couldn't exactly compare since she had a mask… but oh well? Dammit, confusing myself!

"You've heard of me?" Claire sounded surprised. But Massie pulled Claire away from us before we had a chance to answer.

I wondered what Massie was saying to Claire. She looked kind of annoyed. Soon, Claire left to walk away and towards the zombie waitresses.

So I too, walked to the treats table and Massie followed behind, chatting and mingling with the guests. I grabbed a handful of candy corn and chucked the handful into my mouth, chewing on the tart-maybe bitter?- candies.


Disclaimed. Rewritten 9/22/08