Halloween, one of the holidays that Raven enjoyed the most. Everyone in town decorated their yards and houses, the windows of cafeterias and shops had paper bats and pumpkins hanging from them. The little kids ran around with their costumes as their mothers followed them, making sure that they did not pull any pranks to the others or throw anything to the houses. With her Harley Quinn costume on and after applying her makeup, she waited for Octavia to come get her in her car. With impatience, she kept thinking about how her life had developed the past days. In less than a month, the girl had become a new student in a high school, had found a boyfriend, had been cheated on and broken up with that boyfriend. And in the few weeks after that, the only person she had been able to think about had been the older woman that had almost kissed her while they were watching a movie.

Abigail Griffin seemed to have stolen her heart, way faster than she would ever let anyone do. What she felt for her was more than she had felt for any other person, and now that they had been so close and being interrupted two times, the girl only wanted her. She wanted to be alone with the woman and kiss her, to undress her and show her how good she could make her feel. She did not care about the bizarre fact that it was her best friend's mother, though now that she thought about it it was not a problem anymore — she hadn't spoken to Clarke since the time she had ran away from her house. Not because she blamed her, Raven knew that the girl did not mean to do what she had done, but because things were simply awkward between them now. She missed Clarke, and no matter how the other people in the group tried to behave as if things were normal, truth was that they simply could not be near the other for a long time without falling into uncomfortable, awkward silences.

The bell ringing took her out of her musings, making her walk to the door and open it. "Lincoln, hi." she smiled at the older guy, Octavia's boyfriend. He was quite reserved, didn't speak much, but that did not mean he wasn't nice. With a smile, Raven looked down at his costume. "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?" she joked, making him smile. Turning around, Raven took the purse and her red jacket and walked out of the house, locking the door and smiling as she saw the girl sitting in the passenger seat, and Bellamy with Harper in the backseat. Heading to the car and getting in, she laughed. "Oh come on, your dresses couldn't be more ordinary." she laughed. Octavia was dressed as Little Red Riding Hood— a 'grown-up' version, with a shorter dress and high heels—, while the other two were dressed as pirates.

"At least we are not going as a psychopath."

"Excuse you, Harley Quinn is not a psychopath." she told as the car started. "She is a goddess."


The party was in the school's gym, now decorated in black and orange and with a stage in one of the ends. Everyone was dressed up as everything you could imagine, from sexy versions of fairy tale princesses to the most horrifying monsters. Raven smiled to herself, the party even had a DJ that did not seem to suck. With Avicii's The Nights playing in the background, there were already people dancing while others waited in line to get their tickets. She soon learned that the party was organized by the seniors of the other class to raise funds to go away on a trip at the end of the year, and that they would have to prepare the Christmas ball. Not asking about what that was, knowing that sooner or later she'd find out, Raven payed for her ticket and walked inside with the others.

The party passed slowly, many guys and girls either complimenting her costume or laughing at her for dressing as a videogame character. "I loved Arkham City," she listened to one of the boys say as they got a slice of pizza from the table. "But Asylum was way better." Raven smiled and nodded, her attention now focused on something else. In the entrance, paying their tickets and laughing, a group of teachers entered the room, joining the ones that were already controlling the party. At first she didn't recognize her, thinking that she would be the woman that walked with Professor Jaha— both of them with masquerade dresses, they seemed to be more than just friends. But then that small shock passed, since behind them a woman in a black dress payed for her ticket. She looked stunning, with red lips and her hair up in a glamorous hairdo.

And then as she sat in one of the tables scattered on the sides of the room, she saw him. Dressed as a hunter, with a black armor and offering his arm to the woman. A forty year old man, with a not-so-friendly face and dark hair. So Abigail hadn't come to the party alone. Was him the reason that they had barely spoken since that night in her house? Was Abby in a relationship with that man? "Who's that?" Raven asked Octavia, who smiled.

"That's Marcus Kane, the son of the founder of the school. The Principal and him attend all the school events together, because now he owns the school."

"Oh, so they're not together?"

"No!" Octavia laughed, turning to Lincoln. "Let's go dance." she spoke. Standing up and dragging Lincoln with her, she walked away from the girl— Raven was smirking now. Standing up, she joined the others on the floor, never stopping to gaze at the table the teachers were sitting in, waiting for the woman to notice her blonde wig— or to simply look at her. She turned around, letting herself get lost with the beat of the music. She noticed Clarke near Octavia, dancing together. She suddenly thought of Finn, looking around her, not wanting him to be near her. But she spotted him away, talking to another boy dressed as a jester.

Finally, she set eyes on the woman again. She was talking to another teacher, which Raven recognized as the maths one. The shorter woman left, giving the girl the probably only chance to talk to the woman that night. Approaching her quickly, she smirked. "Well hello, Principal Griffin."

"Well hello, Harley Quinn." the woman laughed, looking at Raven from head to toes and smirking. "Nice costume, Miss Reyes."

"I know!" she smiled and twirled, then tilted her head. "I look hot."

"Yeah." The girl grinned widely at the simple word, smiling at how Abby did not even bother to hide her attraction to the girl. The principal agreeing that a student was hot was inappropriate— Raven simply loved it. The woman took a step behind, twirling the same way the girl had done. "So, you like it? I'm the Evil Queen from Snow White."

"Oh, then I think I've seen like five of your slutty step-daughters here in the party." she joked as she tilted to her side, silently signaling to a girl who wore a princess costume. "I honestly thought you'd be a nun." the girl teased, looking how incredibly attractive the woman looked in that costume. She definitely would be the fairest of them all, or at least she was to Raven. She did not care she was blatantly checking the woman out, it was simply too much to not to do so. A black tight dress, but not as tight as some costumes that were sold every single Halloween and that were worn by most of the other girls in her class. But this dress, it was obviously expensive, of medieval style and made of a sultry fabric. It had so many details, and even the silver adornment that lined the bust and front of her dress and sides seemed to have been fixed for the woman.

"Oh come on, Miss Reyes… I never thought you would complain."

"Not complaining…" Raven laughed, checking that no one was paying attention to them before stepping forward and cornering the woman against a wall. Abby gasped, not expecting the girl to do that in a crowded room, but not complaining. Moving her hands to the woman's waist, she held her in place and leaned forward, slipping a leg between the woman's. "Though I would have loved to see you in some Lara Croft or sexy witch costume, principal Griffin." she whispered.

"Keep playing with fire and you'll get burned, Miss Reyes." the woman warned, making the girl move even closer to her. This was so wrong, and yet it felt so right. She thanked that the light in that spot of the room was practically null and their costumes were dark enough to not to be noticed, because what she planned to do was something that a woman in her position should totally not do— and even less with a student. With a smirk she leaned forward, licking her lips for a second before hovering her lips over Raven's. "You better not say a word to anyone about this."

"Of course I won't, I am not that st—"

"Hello you creeps!" a voice roared from the stage, the loud music having stopped and the lights starting to turn on slowly. Raven took a step back, knowing that she'd better keep an appropriate distance from the principal before people could actually see them. The boy in the stage, named Jasper and dressed as a jester, was one of her classmates. Fuck you, Jasper. "It's time to vote for the best costumes! But of course, we need someone really special to give them of course! Some people could describe her as the devil, others as the wicked witch… but tonight, she's the Evil Queen! An applause for our principal everyone?"

The woman sighed and rolled her eyes, gazing at Raven one last time and apologizing with her eyes before heading to the stage. Following her for a few moments, she gave up and sighed, turning to walk to another side of the room— she'd be better go with Octavia before any of her friends noticed that she had left. "I can't wait to get burned, Principal Griffin." she muttered under her breath as she sneaked through the multitude that gathered in front of the stage. Hearing many comments about how hot and stunning the principal was in that dress, the girl smiled to herself. You can dream of fucking her all you want, guys. But in the end, I'm going to be the only one who gets her.