It was lunch. Rachel, Mike, Tina, Dianna, Adam, Mandy, Jessica, Lauren, Serena, Marie, Puck, Alexa, Tom, Chris, Rose, Lily, Louisa, Eric, Pansy, Nicole, Brittany, Santana, Brian, Ben and myself were all in the choir room for the dance committee meeting.
I knew Jessica and nicole from cheerleading. Jessica had blonde hair and brown eyes. Nicole had dark hair and eyes.
"Alrite, so how do we want to decorate?" Rachel asked.
"Uh, Halloween-like," Mike answered.
"Well we know that," Tina answered.
"We could have black and orange crepe paper streamers across the ceiling and balloons," Dianna answered.
"Ok, and giant paper cats, ghosts, witches, ravens, spiders and pumpkins," Adam said.
"Someone could be the..." Mandy leaned forward and pantomimed gazing into a crystal ball.
"Fortune teller," Jessica supplied.
"Yeah."
"Someone else could read tarot cards," Lauren said.
"Cool, and we could have another person do palmistry," Serena said.
"We could have a, um," Marie began.
She put her hands up, bringing them together and pulled them apart, then down and together again. She then made her right hand arc over the space, twice.
"Ouija board?" Puck guessed.
She looked at him and smiled; "yeah, that."
"Oh, and also...fog," Alexa said.
"Cool," Tom agreed.
"And we could have like, printed out Poe writings," Chris said.
Rose looked at him, confused; "like, on the wall?"
"Yeah, I think I get what he means," Lily put in.
"You mean, we'd print out writings of his, take 'em to Kinko's, have them enlarged-" Louisa began.
At which point Puck laughed.
"What?" Eric asked, looking at him.
"Enlarged."
"Shutit," Pansy told him.
"Ok, sorry."
"Mike, you were saying?" Nicole asked.
"And then put them on the walls."
"Ok sounds good," Brittany said.
"There could be dancing ghosts, cats, witches and ravens. Like, dancing lights in the shape of them," Santana said.
"Ok," Marie agreed.
"And there would be giant fake coffins in the corners," Puck added.
"What about lighting and music?" Alexa asked.
"Dark lighting," Tom said.
"Do you think they'd let us have candles?" Chris asked.
"No, not actual ones," Rose answered.
"But maybe those battery powered ones?" Lily suggested.
"Ok cool," I replied.
"We could play horror movies," Rachel said.
"Ok, and as for music..." Mike began.
"We definately need to have Monster Mash," Tina said.
"Yeah it's a classic," Dianna said.
"Something from Nightmare Before Christmas," Adam said.
"Something ethereal yet rock-like," Mandy said.
"Emilie Autumn?" Jessica suggested.
"Yeah that'd be awesome."
"The glee club'll be performing a number from Cats and one from Wicked also," Lauren said.
"So, we could have both of those soundtracks," Serena said.
"Ok," Marie said.
"What about pop?" Puck asked.
Alexa looked at him; "Pop?"
"Not like, Beach Boys, '50's kind of stuff. I mean, popular music nowadays."
"Oh."
"Yeah that'd work," Tom concurred.
"What about food and beverages?" Chris asked.
"The fruit punch could be 'bubbling' out of black plastic cauldrons," Rose said.
"Bubbling?" Lily asked.
"Yeah, someone could be underneath the tablecloths and be blowing bubbles through a straw."
"Oh."
Rachel, Mike, Tina, Dianna, Adam, Mandy, Jessica, Lauren, Serena, Marie, Puck, Alexa, Tom, Chris, Rose, Lily, Ashley, Louisa, Eric, Pansy, Nicole, Brittany, Santana, Brian, Ben, Oliver, Paul
"The food?" I asked.
"Sweets, strawberries, raisins, grapes and chocolate," Louisa said.
"Ok, yeah I get it," Eric said.
"Because of their colors," Pansy said.
"We could sell merchandise from the show Wicked," Nicole suggested.
"Yeah that's a great way to raise money for the club's trip," Brittany said.
"Ok, like brooms, mixed CDs, posters, the books, those little umbrella thingys," Santana said.
"Parasols," Brian supplied.
"Yeah those."
"Now who's doing what?" Ben asked.
"The club's taking care of the sweets," Oliver answered.
"I'll bring the strawberries, raisins and grapes," Paul added.
"Ok I'll bring the punch," Rachel put in.
"I'll take care of the music," Mike said.
"I'll get the lighting," Tina said.
"And the rest of us will shop for the decorations after club rehearsal tonight," Adam said.
"Ok sounds good," Mandy said.
"You're free to go," Jessica said.
We left.