"Guys shut up or we'll get caught!" T.J hissed. "Thank you captain obvious" Vince hissed back. "Shut it LaSalle, I'm sacrificing you first if we get caught" Spinelli threatened. Vince quickly clamped his mouth shut before he made another smart comment.

"I said it was a bad idea..." Gretchen said as she rolled her eyes. "Gretchen...it's not the time for your lecturing yet..." Spinelli said through gritted teeth as she tried to keep her anger under control.

They always got into sticky situations, trouble just followed them naturally. But they always found a way out of them, no matter how bad the situation. But this...was something way over their heads. And it all started on Halloween...
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After what seemed like an eternity, Halloween finally came around. The teens walked giddily to school on that crisp last Autumn morning. The teachers decided to go easy on the students, giving out sweets and playing Halloween music, games and movies in class.

With exception to a few teachers of course who believed that they still needed to give out homework and wouldn't waste precious class time on fun Halloween activities. As the school day rolled to an end the fun was only beginning.

As the evening came creeping in slowly, a certain raven head sat at her vanity in her bathroom finishing up the last touches of her make up. Her costume lay discarded to the side ready to be put on. She was discussing...rather loudly on the phone.

"Gretchen I told you already we are not all dressing up as Harry potter characters!" Spinelli exclaimed as she proceeded to smoke out black eyeshadow in the corners of her eye and smudge it down as if she was crying.

Spinelli groaned as Gretchen protested on the other side of the phone. "The time you will see me dressed in a Hogwarts uniform will be the day T.J Detweiler asks me on a date!" Spinelli said as she laughed. She blushed quickly though after Gretchen started teasing her on the other end.

"Oh c'mon Gretch that will only happen in a parallel universe or something" Spinelli said in vain to try to shut her friend up."Look Gretch I'll talk to you later, right now I need to do eyeliner and that requires both hands" Spinelli said as she hung up on her friend.

Spinelli shook her head while smiling. By the time she was finished her make-up she looked as if she was crying blood. Though, that was the whole point of it. She was dressing up as a creepier and darker version of the Mad Hatter.

Most of her costume was black and white with some bright neon colours sticking out here and there. Her white gloves were dipped in fake blood along with the bottom of her layered skirt which ended above her knee. The rest of the costume had small splatters of it here and there.

She had her hair curled and fixed into two pigtails. Her left one was dipped into a neon mint green that faded into a neon aqua blue. Her right pigtail was the same except it faded from a neon orange into a bright red. She had a black top hat with crazy colourful decorations on it. She was also wearing black leather knee high boots with colourful bows going down the lace path as decorations.

Overall she looked beyond creepy and could make any kid go run crying but at the same time looked so enchanting and stunning she could captivate anybody's attention and hold it. Spinelli nodded in approval as she looked at herself in the mirror.

She heard the doorbell ring three times and she knew immediately it was T.J. He's the only one that rings the doorbell three times. It's his way of letting her know it's rushed down the stairs to get to the door but her second brother, Vito, beat her to it.

Vito was only two years older then her but was so dorky you couldn't tell. Besides he was short for his age. Spinelli was only 5'0, Vito on the other hand, was around 5'3/5'4. Joey towered over the two of them at 6'0.

Vito looked as any typical Spinelli would look, olive smooth skin and dark thick hair. Except his hair was lightly curled and messy and his eyes were a bright hazel amber compared to Spinelli's chocolate brown orbs and Joey's warm light caramel brown ones.

"Hey, Teej good to see yo...what the hell are you wearing?!" Vito trailed off as he inspected T.J outfit. He was obviously a pirate but tried to navigate away from the cliche costumes.

He had a black captain's hat with a white feather as decoration. He wore a leather black opened trench coat with a white shirt that wasn't buttoned all the way. He had dark dress pants and dark brown pirate boots. A sword sheath with a fake sword slung from his hip.

"Are you trying to make fun of my once upon a time obsession" Vito said the question more like a statement. T.J burst out laughing. "No, I don't have a death wish" T.J chuckled. "Good but if you're trying to woo Ashie with that, let me tell you she's more of the warlock, shadowhunter and werewolf kind of girl" Vito teased. T.J laughed again. "I'll keep that in mind"T.J teased.

Spinelli decided to make an entrance into the scene at that point. "I think I can make do with a pirate" Spinelli teased. "They are rich after all and own a ship" Spinelli mused. "I taught you well sister" Vito said as he pretended to fake cry. Spinelli rolled her eyes.

"whatever. Go back to fan boying over NaLa or something" Spinelli said.
Vito gasped as he grabbed at his heart in fake hurt. "It's called NaLu thank you very much!" Vito exclaimed before storming dramatically into the sitting room leaving the two teens staring at him in amusement.

"You really love pushing his buttons don't you?" T.J mused. "Its the only thing keeping me from dying of boredom in this house! Not counting my anime of course but even I need a break from that" Spinelli laughed. T.J grinned along with her."I think I would've gone blind by now if I didn't" Spinelli said.

"I think you would" T.J agreed as he joined in on her laughter. "Now let's go the others are probably already waiting for us" Spinelli said as she grabbed T.J arm and a plastic bag from her hall drawer and rushed out the door.

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The two met up with the group by the old Gordon place, which still stood abounded since 5th grade. "Hey, you two finally made"Vince commented.

He was dressed as a werewolf. His clothes were torn up and splattered in fake blood. They consisted of a white t-shirt, grey jean jacket, dark jeans and some old red tennis shoes. He had fake fangs, yellow contacts, fluffy grey ears and grey furry sideburns.

Vince still had a defensive aura whenever T.J and Spinelli were together but no one dared to question it. Spinelli just ignored it and changed the subject whenever the tension was too thick. "Yeah sorry, Vito slightly slowed us down" Spinelli explained. "The important thing is that they're here" Gretchen said. She was dressed in a Ravenclaw costume, no surprise there. The girls love for Harry Potter started to nearly become an obsession. Scratch that it already was an obsession.

"Are you sure this plan will work T.J?" Gus asked uncertainly. He was dressed as an old-school detective, somehow it really suited him. "My dear Gus, have my plans ever failed?" T.J asked with a smirk.

"Well...none that I can think of" Gus replied. T.J's smirk grew."Exactly" he said. "Let's not be too cocky before the plan is over and done with" Vince commented. T.J looked at him confused. "Vince what's up with you" T.J asked as he examined his friend.

Vince looked away."Nothing, can we just get this over and done with" Vince said. "Now Vincent my dear friend there's nothing to be ashamed of. Fear is a natural feeling to have in these circumstances" Mickey said

He was dressed as a renaissance painter. He had a sketchpad in his left hand and varies small fanny pockets hung from his hips with art supplies. He had a maroon robe draped over his shoulder, some brown tight pants and a cream shirt. He also wore a big maroon beret with a feather.

Vince's head snapped in his direction."I'm not afraid, what gave you that idea?!" Vince defended nervously. The rest of the gang stared at him in concern. "Seriously guys I'm fine! Let's just go and do this" Vince said as he walked off ahead of them. The rest followed suite shortly with slight worry etched on their faces.

Hello, my lovely bunnies, long time no see but I'm back now! Sorry for being gone so long but I had two long weeks of exams (just finished them last Friday) and a week before they started I had a writer's block compiled with the stress of school and exams.

But here's a long chapter, I hope you enjoy :)

I don't own Recess (or any other fandom references I mention)

Lots of love,
Natalie ❤