Author's Note: I know you've been waiting for a while for this. It's another Halloween story! This has nothing to do with my first three stories. But it has an Erin/Michael pairing. So enjoy!

Rated: M for Mature Adult Content

Genres: Horror/Friendship/Romance/Violence/Strong Language

Title: Halloween: The Beginning

Chapter Fourteen: Until We Meet Again

Loomis sat across from Michael. Michael's face looked like something carved from stone. His features unmoving. His eyes looked dark, his skin looked lighter than normal. His hair had become darker also. He wasn't even looking at the doctor. Dr. Loomis was sure he wasn't even looking at anything, just staring into space. It had been almost eight years to the day that Michael had been brought to Smith's Grove.

"Michael, do you know what day it is?" Loomis asked.

No response.

"Michael, there's someone here who wants to talk to you", Loomis replied.

Still no answer.

Loomis got up and went over the door and opened it. Erin came in. She had changed dramatically as well. She seemed thinner, less isolated but much more quiter than usual. She sat down opposite from Michael. Loomis felt sorry for both of them. He had tried to keep them apart, tried to reason with one or the other. There was no reason. If one felt something, so did the other. They shared a deep connection that would last forever, Loomis didn't want to think about what would happen if one of them died.

"Hi Michael", Erin said.

She put one of her hands on the table. Michael's eyes made a slight movement. He lifted one of his hands off his lap and placed his hand on hers. Erin had cut the top of her hand with a razor two days ago. When Loomis asked why she had done it, her exact response had been that Michael was having a bad day. So her punishment had been because he was having an off day. Loomis couldn't believe it. Michael's fingers scanned across the still visible scars.

"What happened to your hand?" He asked.

"I accidently cut myself", Erin muttered.

Loomis couldn't believe they didn't know what they did had consequences. He bit his tongue and said nothing. They wouldn't understand. He knew they wouldn't. Both looked like they hadn't slept in days. It was like some kind of horror movie in Loomis's opinion. Loomis put a hand on Erin's shoulder.

"Looks like it's time for me to go", Erin said pulling her hand away.

Michael just sat there as she stood up. She headed for the door and then turned to look at him one more time.

Do you still remember. How we used to together, believe in love has said to me. Both of us were love in the sun. Felt like my saviour, my spirit I gave ya,we'd only just begun. Hasta Manana, Always be mine. Viva forever, I'll be , like the forever, for the moment,ever searching for the one.

"I'll wait out in the car", Erin replied to Loomis.

Erin walked down the hallway, towards the exit. Her eyes gazed downwards. And they came. The warm droplets of tears. Her heart was breaking for both of them. She didn't want to say anything. Not about what she was going to do or about to do or what she did. Infidelity should be a word in her vocabulary. She wasn't a bad person nor would she do anything to hurt anyone but the choice had been oen, it had been tere, offered even and she had taken the offer. She stood by the exit listening to Michael's screams of protest. Apparently they were trying to take him back to his room without so much as a word of good-bye to her.

Erin held her breath and pushed open the door. Letting the warm October air hit her in the face, like the back of a hand. Loomis was at her side almost a minute later. His expression hadn't changed. He looked absolutley half awake in her opinion.

"I feel aweful. I don't think I could go back", Erin replied.

"You have to. For the both of us. There is no way he can escape from here", Loomis said, his hands in his pockets.

"And what if he does? I still care about him. I want to help him", Erin exclaimed.

"Going back to Haddonfield is the best thing you can do for him", Loomis answered, pushing the matter.

"It's you I'm worried about. What if your here one night and he does get out and he goes after you. He doesn't have to know", Erin replied.

"Fine. But you can't see him, talk to him, anything. You'll stay at home, find something to occupy yourself with", Loomis said.

"Reading seems to be the best medicine for that", Erin pointed out.

Loomis was beside himself. Letting her stay even after making a point of sending her back to Haddonfield. But then something crossed his mind. What if Michael did escape the sanitorium and did go to Haddonfield. Erin would be out of reach of anyone to help her. Loomis felt better if she was close by. In a way, he did care about her.

Author's Note: Sorry for the delay of this chapter. A little Erin/Loomis here but don't worry Erin and Michael do get together. Next chapter introduces Laurie Strode and her two friends, Annie and Lynda. Then of course the story sets the stage for HALLOWEEN. READ AND REVIEW!