Trick Or Treat

AN: Has been cutting off your chapters? Or mixing them up? It has with mine. Hopefully this issue is cleared up soon. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or its characters; they belong respectively to Stephanie Meyer. These words however are my own.

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Ok so maybe this is not the most original costume idea ever…My costume idea was simply perfect. I had chosen to be a Vampire. I smoothed my hair into place and bit my lip to hold in my excitement as I continued to look at myself in the mirror. I grinned just a little, showing off two pearly white acrylic fangs over my eyeteeth. They certainly looked real, even if they felt a little foreign in my mouth. I knew 'real vampires' didn't wear fangs but the idea of going as a traditional vampire was just to tempting. Well, if Edward wanted to play hard ball then so could I. After all, I was killing two birds with one stone; I found a wicked costume and was hinting at the whole 'I want to be a Vampire too' scenario. I just hoped Edward would find my idea amusing and not be to upset over it. After placing the finishing touches on my costume, which were two amber coloured contact lenses and surveying myself one last time, I heard the front door open and close signalling to me that Charlie was finally home.

Bounding down over the steps two at a time, I greeted my Dad in the kitchen and flashed him a smile "How do I look?" I asked spinning around once to show off my attire.

Charlie, who had one of those ridiculous fake bloody axes on his head, looked me over once "Not bad honey, what are you? Some sort possessed munchkin bent on world destruction?" he teased lightly, while chewing on some of the candy used to give out to kids. And he wonders why he gains so much weight this time of year I thought to myself dryly as I rolled my eyes.

"No Dad, I'm a Vampire" I said blatantly showing him the finer points of my costume, like the sharp and pointy things in my mouth.

"Oh right, right…" Charlie mused and then added as an afterthought "But all that black honey, how are people going to see you when you go Trick or Treating?" It was true that I was wearing many dark colors, not in the gothic sense but just enough to give myself a bit of that good ol fashioned Halloween spookiness.

"I'm going to Edwards and Alice's house for a while, remember Dad? Before we head into town for the festival. Besides, I'm an adult now, I haven't gone out like that since I've been a kid" A sudden flicker of remorse flashed through me as my Dad looked a little crest fallen, he had missed all those times of Halloween fun that I took for granted with Renee. That was just one of the trials of having separated parents and living dozens of miles away. "But don't worry" I added quickly, hoping to make light of the situation "I'll bring back lot's of goodies for us later".

My Dad suddenly looked brighter, the skin around his eyes crinkled as he smiled "Thanks Bells, be sure to get some of Mrs. Smith candy apples while you're at it".

I laughed and placed a kiss on Charlie's cheek "Sure Dad, anything you say".

After grabbing a pumpkin pie, my contribution to the school's Halloween fun raiser, I left my cozy little house and clambered into my truck. It gave its usual loud snarl as I started it and groaned in protest as I slowly backed from the driveway. Finding Edwards house was not going to be to difficult, since I had been there dozens of times, but I made sure to keep my eyes open for the winding lane all the same as I slowly chugged through the tiny town of Forks. I was even more careful as the younger kids slowly started to pile onto the sidewalks chattering with their parents about all of the golden treasures that they were sure to fill up into their small little containers. I smiled a bit as a child, dressed like a green dinosaur, sneakily shoved a chocolate bar into his mouth and eyed his mother a bit before doing the same thing again. Chuckling I turned now onto the all too familiar path. I steered my truck through the dense foliage a good bit before the large and vintage looking home slowly came into view. I still marvelled at its sheer size but knew fully well that having a family of seven in one home usually called for a lot of space. Especially when that family consisted of vampires. Shutting my truck off I climbed out and made my way up to the front door. Usually before I was even on the step Alice was halfway across the yard and greeting me with a hug, so I was a little curious when this wasn't the case. Holding my breath I tentatively gave a few light raps wondering if by some slim chance they were all out. I blinked as the door slowly opened, seemingly of its own accord.

"Um…Hello?" I called out quietly, stepping inside. This was not like them; someone would have answered me by now. Fear was slowly starting to grip me as different scenarios filled my head. Had something happened to them?

"Edward? Emmett?…Alice?" I took a few more steps inside, my eyes flickered left and right trying to see if anything was out of the ordinary.

"Don't you know it's not safe to venture into a Vampire's lair alone?" the voice was smooth, and suddenly very close beside me.

I jumped and clutched at my heart while stumbling over a footstool along the way "Emmett!" I shrieked out "You frightened me!"

A bellow of laughter erupted from him, his eyes danced with mirth as he doubled over struggling to catch his breath "You…are…to…easy…Bella!" he gasped in between his chortles. He seemed to laugh even harder as I got to my feet and scowled.

"That wasn't very funny brother" Alice was suddenly there, she looked cross with her sibling but she couldn't help but grin a bit "She's fragile you know, she could have been hurt".

Emmett waved her concern away as he finally straightened up "She's fine Alice. Besides it was just a trick right, Bella?" he looked at me with amusement, I opened my mouth to say something but suddenly I was caught in a very firm grasp.

"Well if that was the trick, I think you deserve a treat as well" the voice was like velvet, cool and calm. It was the same one that made always made me melt.

"Edward…" I breathed before a passionate kiss claimed my lips; I gave a little back before remembering the boundaries just as he pulled away.

"Hello to you too" I murmured, still dazed and seeing spots in front of my eyes. One thing was for sure it seemed that I wasn't going to have a boring Halloween—and neither did I realize was Forks.