|~*~Carolyn~*~|

Saturday, October 22

6:07 pm

Everyone (Andy, Carolyn, Ashley, Lizzie, CC, Kelly, Jake, Rachel, Jinxx, and Sammi) were all at Rachel's house to celebrate her 18th birthday.

Being around all his friends made Andy feel more relaxed. Especially since he had been stressing the whole week on studying for a big Calculus exam next week. If he failed, there was little chance he'd pass Calculus this year.

Carolyn seemed happier too. The more she was around them, the more she smiled. But it still killed Andy to not know what else had happened to her. But he could wait.

After the party, he and Carolyn waked home. They would have driven home, but Andy's car broke down and his dad was fixing it.

"That was really fun." Carolyn said. "I didn't know you were good at Twister."

"Being good at it comes with a price." Andy said and tried to straighten his back again with no success.

Carolyn laughed. "Let me help." she put one hand on Andy's back and the other on his stomach. She titled him back until she heard a crack. "There."

"Thanks." Andy said and they reached her house. "Well I'll see you tomorrow."

She put her arms around him and hugged him. He hugged her back. Too soon they pulled away.

"Bye." she said.

"Bye." he said back. Then remembered something. "Wait!"

She turned around. "Yeah?"

"On Halloween night there's going to be this festival/carnival thing at the park like every year. Wanna come?"

She smiled. "Sure. Do I have to wear a costume?"

"If you want to." Andy smiled. "I'm not. I don't have a clue of what to do. I'm out of ideas."

"Okay. Bye." she said and went into her house.

|~*~Carolyn~*~|

Monday, October 31

8:47 pm

The whole gang decided to meet up at the Festival instead of going there at the same time. The festival gets better and better every year. Perfect for Andy's favorite holiday. At the last minute, Andy decided to dress up. This year he was Sweeney Todd (A/N: To know what he looks like, go to ChanceandAndy on YouTube and click on the video called "The New Adventures of Captain Cold Episode Two) He even called Carolyn and asked her if she would be Ms. Lovett (A/N: In that same video you'll see a girl called Ms. Lovett. Carolyn is wearing what she's wearing. No, the girl in the video isn't Carolyn). And he was extremely happy when she agreed.

Andy checked himself in the mirror. His black skinny jeans had a little bit of 'blood' on it. And his white button down shirt had a lot. Over his shirt he wore a black vest. His black hair was straightened and perfectly messy. His eyeliner was smudged so he would look a little dead. He checked the time on his phone. 8:57 pm.

"SHIT!" he sweared and bounded down the stairs. He opened the door and went to his car, but it wouldn't open.

"Andy, you forgot your keys!" his mom yelled from the front door.

Andy mentally slapped himself. He ran back to the door, got his keys, and gave his mom a quick hug. "Thanks."

Carolyn was already waiting for him when he got to her house.

"You look lovely, Ms. Lovett." Andy said.

Carolyn giggled and curtsied. "Why thank you, Sweeney Todd." she said and stepped in.

"You're going to love the Halloween Festival." Andy said as he drove down their street.

"I can't wait!" she said.

When they got there, they spotted the others right away. Jinxx and Sammi were dressed up as Frankenstein monster and the bride of Frankenstein, CC and Kelly were Fallen Angels (A/N: We scream, we shout, we are the fallen angels!), Ashley and Lizzie were Chucky and the bride of Chucky, and Jake and Rachel were zombie versions of Superman and Supergirl.

Sammi took one look at Andy and Carolyn and said, "Sweeney Todd and Ms. Lovett? Genius."

"Anyway, we can't get to everything in one night if we all stick together, so why don't we split up?" Jake suggested. And just like that, Andy and Carolyn were left alone.

Andy held his hand out for her. She took it less shyly than she did when they first met.

The first thing they did was go to the big roller coaster. Andy and Carolyn got in and it rode off. It only took seconds for them to feel both nauseous and thrilled.

"WOO!" they yelled as the roller coaster did a loop.

"This is aaaaaaaaaawesome!" Carolyn said. Being on the roller coaster made her words come out a bit stretched.

"The rides here get better and betterrrrrrr! Andy exclaimed.

After the roller coaster, they went into the Haunted House.

When they entered, the floor boards creaked under them. Carolyn gasped and grabbed Andy's hand.

"Don't worry. I'm here." he said and put his arm around her.

Three was barely any light in there so they didn't really see where they were going. So they definitely didn't expect to run into a giant, sticky spiderweb.

"Gross its all sticky." Carolyn said.

"It reminds me of the time I got Skippy Peanut Butter in my hair." Andy said and tried to remove the fake spiderwebs from him.

They walked through some more in silence. They took careful steps, but they weren't careful enough. A trap door opened up underneath them and they fell.

They thought they were going to land on hard cement, but were relieved when they landed in a haystack. At least it was less painful than cement.

"Are you okay?" Andy asked Carolyn.

"Yeah." she spit out some hay. "Just some hay in my hair. And in yours." she took a bit of hay out of his hair and he did the same to her. Then they stood back up and kept walking. They passed more things that scared them a little, but most of this stuff would only scare little kids. Then they heard a little shuffle.

"What was that?" Carolyn asked and clung to Andy.

"Maybe we're just hearing things." Andy said.

Then out of nowhere, a guy with a crazed look on his face came out with a chainsaw and ran to them. As he ran, strobe lights turned on and off.

Carolyn hid behind Andy. Instead of running, Andy just waiting until the chainsaw guy reached them. When the guy realized they weren't running in fear, he stopped running when he was two feet away from them.

"Hey." Andy said casually.

"Uh.. hi." chainsaw guy said.

"You expected us to run in fear?" Andy asked.

"Pretty much." the guy answered.

"Yeah... well. We're just gonna go." Andy said and took hold of Carolyn's hand. When they were out of the Haunted House, they burst out laughing.

"I can't believe you did that!" Carolyn said in between laughter.

"Yeah well I wasn't gonna let him get the joy of scaring someone. So I just decided to embarrass him a bit." Andy smiled.

They stayed at the festival for another two hours playing, laughing, talking, and just messing around. Then it was time for the fireworks.

The first ones that shot into the sky showed a picture of Count Dracula. The next showed the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, then the creepy clowns from the Scary Movie series. They kept going showing different characters known on Halloween. Around the end, a bunch of colors started exploding in the sky. And the final firework said, "Happy Halloween!"

After the fireworks, people started to get home. So Andy thought it would be best to take Carolyn home. It was almost midnight.

|~*~Carolyn~*~|

"I had a really good time tonight." Carolyn said as they reached her house. "The most fun I've ever had on a Halloween. Thanks."

"No problem. I'm glad you had fun." he reached over and gave her a hug. When they pulled apart, Carolyn got out of the car and to her front door. Andy waited until she was inside safely.

Just as she was about to open the door, her dad opened it. By the look on his face, Carolyn could tell he was drunk.

Oh no... not again., she thought.

"Where have you been all night? Its fucking late!" he slurred and took a swig of vodka.

"I was just out with some friends." Carolyn answered.

Finally her dad noticed a car parked in their driveway. The window was open so her dad saw she was out with a guy.

"By that do you mean you were over at his house fucking?" his dad said. "Didn't I raise you better?"

Carolyn knew what was coming so she braced herself. But instead of slapping her, her dad just got close to her face and yelled-

"GO TO YOUR ROOM!" Carolyn ran in and went upstairs to her room. She heard her dad slam the door. She looked out her window to see Andy coming to her house. She heard her dad's footsteps coming up to her room.

What do I do, what do I do?, she thought. Without a second thought, she opened her window and jumped down. Good thing there weren't any bushes. She grabbed Andy's hand and pulled him to his car. Without asking questions, he got in a started to drive. Carolyn assumed he was taking her to his house.

Carolyn began quietly crying. She wasn't quiet enough.

"Hey don't cry." Andy told her and wiped a tear from her face. "I'm not going to let him hurt you."

Carolyn smiled a bit and turned her head to face the window. She slowly started falling asleep.

Andy hoped his parents didn't mind that he was bringing a girl over, but right now, she needed him. When they got to his house, Carolyn was fast asleep. Andy opened the passenger's seat door and carried her to the door. He knocked instead of using his keys.

His mom opened the door. Before she could say anything, Andy said-

"Can she stay over tonight? I think she has some issues with her dad. I could tell he was drunk."

"Oh my gosh.. Poor-"

"Carolyn." Andy said. "Her name's Carolyn."

"Okay well take her to the guest room upstairs." his mom said.

Andy slowly crept up the stairs as to not wake her up. Once he got to the guest room, he lay her down in the bed and covered her with a blanket. Just as he was about to open the door to get to his room, she said,

"Andy?"

"Yeah?" he turned around to face her.

"Can you stay with me tonight?" she sounded so fragile. Like a little girl wanting to sleep with her parents.

Andy closed the door and slowly lay down next to her. "G'night Carolyn."

"Night Andy." she said and closed her eyes again.

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