Halloween Drabble Prompt: Your characters go to a haunted house. (Challenge on the CM Weekly Prompts forum)
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Word Count: 489
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She crossed her arms in front of her. For years she had been trained to not show any emotions, especially not when she was scared and now, she definitely was. Her eyes wandered over the dark walls of the hallway she was standing in. The dark wood made the room a little creepy she had to admit. She felt his hand on the small of her back guiding her down the hallway, with the small group of teenagers that had entered the haunted house with them.
Two young girls were clinging onto their boyfriends, although they hadn't seen a single haunter yet. Emily's eyes wandered to her own man, trying to the read his expression. By now, he should know better than think she would act like a little girl and look for his protection, but he just rolled his eyes with a small nod towards the young couples. A small smile came to her lips and she then began walking through the house. She didn't jump once during their tour although she would have to admit that they had almost gotten her one or two times.
After exiting the haunted part of the house, they stepped into the small souvenir shop. It was a mystery to both of them why someone wanted to buy a souvenir from this place, but it was there so they might as well take a look. Derek finally got in line to buy two cups of hot chocolate for them. After getting the drinks, he had to look for her as she had moved to a less busy area.
"You know you could have at least acted scared."
She turned with a wide smile on her lips: "Well I would have if they had actually been scary."
He handed her one of the steaming cups with an amused roll of his eyes. Okay, the haunted house hadn't been the kind of success he was hoping for, but it was still better than one of the Halloween parties Garcia suggested and they would both agree on that.
"Excuse me. Could you hand me one of those?" Emily almost jumped out of her skin as the little voice sounded behind her. He on the other hand glanced around her at the little boy. A grin grew on his lips while he handed the requested souvenir piece to the boy and watched him hurry back to his parents.
"Well now Agent Prentiss, we finally found something that freaks you out." He had to hold hard on himself not to burst out laughing as she glared at him.
"He took me by surprise."
"I don't care how he did it, but he made you jump while still in the haunted house, so the night has been a success."
She continued to glare at him, but gave in as he wrapped an arm around her waist and pressed a kiss into her hair, before guiding her outside.