So it's been a minute, sorry I had some life stuff that got in the way. Break ups do that haha :D But here it is, an update...and can we ALL GIVE A HELL YEAH to the filming of FIRE happening this very moment!? Very exciting! :D Thanks to the folks who keep reading, following, favoriting, and most importantly REVIEWING! It really makes this face smile XD Thanks a bunch to Crev, Audrey, ifrenzi, Valsy, Iainierb for your reviews! And of course lovely Sam :} you always get this girl smiling :P Okay, enjoy now...

Katie smiles as she looks out Effy's window, admiring the brilliant fall colors of the large tree's leaves in the courtyard. She shivers and snuggles into the oversized jumper she helped herself to from Effy's closet. She breathes in the fresh smell of fabric softener and detergent and smiles as her body automatically feels warmer.

Effy creeps up and breaks Katie from her thoughts, wrapping her arms around Katie's shoulders and plants a gentle kiss on Katie's left cheek, "Hey, what you thinking about?"

"Nothing really," Katie smiles into Effy's kiss and nuzzles her face to Effy's neck. "I was just appreciating the lovely colors of the leaves changing."

"They are lovely, but we have somewhere to be…so come on." Effy pats Katie on the butt and smirks as she pulls Katie up out of her chair.

"What? What are we doing?" Katie groans as Effy pulls her towards the door.

"We've got a busy day and night planned…and it's a double date so no whining." Effy smiles as she grabs her coat and pulls a charcoal beanie over her head. "It's chilly out babe; it may be time for the snow leopard coat." Effy bites her lip to stop the smirk forming on her face.

Katie rolls her eyes as she pulls her leopard printed, fur lined coat over her back and slips her arm into the sleeve. "Hey, just because it's cold doesn't mean one can't be fashionable." She smirks as she dons her head with a matching leopard furry headband.

Effy smiles, "I wasn't complaining…" She pulls her charcoal pea coat shut and buttons it. "Come on, they're waiting." Effy takes Katie's hand and they exit Effy's room.

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Emily smiles at Naomi, who is smiling at her. "What?" Emily says bashfully as she touches her face, paranoid that there is something on it.

"Nothing, you're beautiful…and you hair goes so nicely in this season." Naomi grins as she tilts her head and runs her fingers through Emily's silky locks.

Emily leans in and plants a kiss on Naomi's lips and smiles, "These are the kind of things that get you and I into trouble…" Emily smiles as she pulls Naomi's face closer to hers, kissing her more intensely. Naomi smiles and responds by wrapping her arms around Emily's neck, pressing her body against Emily's.

"Oh Jesus, do you two ever quit?" Katie's voice belts from the entrance of Naomi's room.

Emily and Naomi giggle and break away, "Always nice to see you too Katie." Naomi says over her shoulder.

Effy pops her head over Katie's shoulder and rests her chin upon the leopard fuzz. "You guys ready to go? It's cold today; you may want to bundle up."

Naomi smiles and nods, "I love when it gets cold, much nicer than bloody sweating my arse off!" She walks over to her closet and pulls out her gray, plaid pea coat and flips up the attached hood over her head. She grabs Emily's fitted black North Face jacket and hands it to her. Emily smiles as she puts it on.

Effy nods, "Let's go ladies…we're losing the light and we have a lot to do before dark."

Emily smiles curiously, "What are you two up to? Where are you taking us?"

Naomi smiles a cheesy grin, "One of my favorite places and all the fun things that come with it." She loops her arm through Emily's as they all exit Naomi's room.

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Naomi's truck tires crackle on the dirt road and some small rocks and pebbles kick up, hitting the underbelly of the vehicle. Effy holds Katie's hand in the back seat as they both watch the trees pass, each with its own individual color arrangement. Emily smiles as she makes the connection of where Naomi and Effy were taking them. In the front seat, Emily looks over at Naomi and grins. Naomi smiles back and announces, "Okay, we're here!"

Naomi parks and jumps out of the truck in excitement. Emily follows suit and scampers around the car towards Naomi and throws her arms around her and giggles. "Can we go on a hay ride!?"

"Hay ride? What the fuck is she going on about?" Katie mutters to herself as she exits the car and adjusts her furry headband around her ears.

"Yes, a hay ride babe." Effy smiles as she holds her arms out to their surroundings. "But that's after we go see the petting zoo."

"What?! We're going on a hay ride? Plus going into a barn to pet the animals? Fuck's sake! I wouldn't have worn my Ugs!" Katie moans as she shuffles her feet over the rocks and dirt in the parking lot.

"Oh come on Katie, we'll get you some cider and doughnuts too okay?" Naomi smiles as she throws her free arm around Katie, keeping the other around Emily's waist. "It's all about the cider mill experience!"

Katie smiles at the sound of doughnuts and huffs, "Okay, but I'm sitting on Effy's lap during the hay ride! I don't want hay poking me in the arse!" Effy laughs and shakes her head as she pulls out her wallet from her coat pocket.

Effy steps off to a ticket booth and stands in front of a teller. Emily bounces with excitement and pulls at Naomi's arm, "What are we going to do first?!"

Naomi laughs and shrugs, "Anything you want Ems. There is a lot to do: the hay ride, petting zoo, pumpkin picking, haunted house, cider and doughnuts…what sounds good?!"

Effy returns with several little pink tickets in her hand and gives them to the rest of the girls. "I say let's get our pumpkins first, that way we can put them in the car before it gets too dark. Then we can go to the petting zoo. The hay ride will be more fun in the dark and well obviously the haunted house is best when dark out."

Emily reads a sign posted on the ticket booth from which Effy just came from. "Haunted corn maze? What's that?"

"Sounds like a nightmare, that's what." Katie shivers in the breeze and adjusts her headband again. "My nose is starting to run, can we start moving?"

Effy nods, "Come on, I'm pretty sure the pumpkin patch is this way."

"Oooh, it's time to watch Garfield's Halloween Adventure and The Great Pumpkin!" Naomi giggles childishly. "I love Halloween!"

Emily tightens her grip on Naomi's arm and snuggles close to her in the chilly breeze. "Can we carve our pumpkins Naoms?"

"That's the plan." Naomi smiles and nuzzles her hooded head into Emily's to block the wind.

They enter the giant field of pumpkins. "Jesus, there's so many…how do you choose?" Katie says as she scans the field of oranges, whites, greens, and yellows.

"That is a lot of gourds." Effy smirks as she lights a cigarette.

They disperse, perusing the variety of pumpkins. Emily finds the largest one and picks it up effortlessly and walks over to Naomi smiling with her arms wrapped around it, patting it with her palm, "I want this one!"

Naomi snorts at the sheer size of the pumpkin and shakes her head, "Well, I'd say that one has your name all over it." Emily smiles brightly and looks down at her pumpkin proudly.

"Which one are you going to choose?" Emily asks as she brings her eyes back up off her pumpkin and at Naomi.

Naomi bends down and brings up a wide and short pumpkin. "Yep, I think this one will be mine."

"GROSS! What is wrong with these ones?" Katie shouts at the pumpkins with large bumps on the surface, "Ew! They're like warts or growths of some sort! They look like peanut shells!" Katie sneers at them in disgust.

"It's okay Katie, they're called Sugar Warts because it's actually sugar deposits under the skin creating those bumps. They're French, and called Galeux d'Eysines." Naomi laughs and smiles an all knowing smile. "Ef have you found one yet?" Effy holds up a modest, perfectly round pumpkin and smiles with her cigarette hanging from her lips. "Okay Katie, everyone has chosen one except you…just pick one yeah?"

Katie huffs, "But there's so many to choose from!" She stumbles in her Ugs over the uneven ground and manages to regain her balance before doing a face plant into a pile of white pumpkins. Effy snorts and catches up to her to help just in case she trips again.

After a few more minutes of searching, Katie finds the best pumpkin for her. She happily walks with a baby pumpkin in the palm of her hand. She smiles at Emily and squeaks, "It's just so little and cute! Like me!" Emily rolls her eyes and smiles at Katie's choice as she walks with her massive pumpkin in her arms.

They pay for their pumpkins and walk them back to the car. "Jesus Ems, you're pumpkin is taking up my entire trunk!" Naomi laughs as she tries to fit all the pumpkins in the tiny area.

Emily smiles as she shoves her pumpkin over with ease and makes room for the others, "There! Now, let's go see the animals!" She giggles and skips off as Naomi shuts her trunk and jogs after her.

They meet up with Effy and Katie, whom are already peering over at some pigs. Effy giggles at them while Katie practically is holding her nose from the smell. "Aren't they cute Katie?" Effy smiles as she tosses some grain and feed from a little bag into the pin.

"Adorable…can we move outside to the rabbits now?" Katie says practically gagging. Effy rolls her eyes and gives the piggies one last wave and smile.

Katie starts cooing over the floppy eared bunnies. Effy smiles and joins Katie at the fence of the rabbit area. She hands Katie some rabbit chow and Katie kneels down and lowers her hand to the rabbits. She tips the food out of her hand and giggles at the little bunny noses twitch while they nibble on her food.

Emily and Naomi move from the pigs to the rabbits, also throwing some feed into the pins. Emily bounces over to the goats and digs into the bag of feed and holds out her palm to the goat. She chirps with delight as the goat sucks the pellets right off her palm. Naomi laughs and does the same with equal giggles.

Effy looks around and smiles, "It's getting dark. We should take a break and get our cider and doughnuts before hitting the hay ride." Everyone nods in agreement and they make their way to the farm house looking building.

Naomi holds the door for the rest and they all pile into the delicious smelling room. The warm doughnuts baking and the fresh apple products filling the room, Emily's mouth is watering and she is the first in line. She stares at the menu and is already adding up all the items she wants to get in her head. Naomi smiles and shakes her head as she joins her in line. "So what are you thinking of getting?"

Emily bites her lip, "Everything sounds and smells so good in here! I want everything!" Emily laughs.

They decide on a dozen of doughnuts and a gallon of cider. Before they can even take their seats, two doughnuts disappear into Emily's mouth with a giggle of cinnamon and sugar.

"Oi!" Katie snatches the doughnuts from Emily's grasp and looks in the bag. "Fuck's sake Emily, did you even chew!?"

Effy laughs as she opens the jug of cider and dispenses the cups for all. They enjoy their cider and doughnuts and sit for a few minutes before Effy urges them all up and onto the hay ride. She hands everyone their ticket and they march over to the hay ride pick up spot.

The tractor pulls up pulling the wagon with bales of hay piled along the sides. The wagon wobbles to and fro over the uneven earth and Katie's eyes go wide. "Fuck's sake, is this even safe? I don't want to fall out!"

Effy smiles and takes her hand, "I'll make sure you stay in the wagon."

Emily smiles at Effy and Katie and then back at Naomi, who gives Emily's hand a squeeze in hers. "Ready for this Ems?" Emily smiles and nods cutely. "It may get pretty wild…these hay rides are haunted!"

Emily looks around at the people in line to get on board and smirks, "Can't be that scary if there are kids riding." Naomi just shrugs playfully and pats Emily on the bum as the line begins to move and people load onto the wagon.

The wagon is fully loaded and Katie gets cozy on Effy's lap. Effy wraps her arms securely around Katie and nuzzles her head into Katie's fuzzy coat. With a jolt, the tractor starts up and the wagon jerks causing Katie it wriggle. Effy just tightens her grip and giggles as Katie swears under her breath.

Naomi laughs at Katie and snuggles closer to Emily as the ride heads down the worn path. The cold breeze makes the trees sway and creek. The corny decorations of not so spooky looking ghosts and witches are set up along the path. Emily smiles at Naomi and jokes, "Ooooh I'm so scared right now." Naomi snorts and wraps her arm around Emily. She takes a strand of hay and gently rakes it across Emily's bare hand, startling her. Emily jumps and smacks her hand with her other and squeaks. "Jesus! I don't like spiders!" Naomi snorts again and does it again so Emily can see it was only her.

The hay ride doesn't last long, and before they know it they are back at the loading area. Emily jumps off and helps Naomi down from the wagon. Effy does the same and helps Katie down. Katie keeps the complaining to a minimum about her Ugs, but has to let a few moans out.

Effy digs into her pocket once more and reveals more pink tickets. "Okay, haunted house time!" Naomi smiles and grabs two tickets from Effy's hand.

Katie nervously plays with her headband and pulls it over her eyes. "Can I just go in there like this? I hate those things! They can't touch me can they? I don't want them to touch me!" Katie starts ranting.

Effy takes her hand, "You'll be fine babe. I'll protect you from the strobe lights." Effy laughs at Katie's nervousness.

Effy takes Katie by the hand and pulls her towards the haunted house line and smiles over her shoulder at Naomi and Emily who are following right behind them. They find their spot in line and cluster in a huddle. The temperature has dropped in the night sky and it has begun to sprinkle. "Great, it's fucking raining now!?" Katie groans as she buries her head under Effy's coat.

Effy laughs, "It's just a little rain, you're not going to melt…are you?"

"Yeah Kay, it's classic October weather…what's your problem?" Emily pokes fun at Katie.

They hear blood curdling screams coming from the building and Katie jumps. Naomi laughs, "Katie, are you going to be okay? I mean, can you handle this?"

"I'm just cold okay?" Katie rolls her eyes.

"How are you cold with that cheetah keeping you warm?" Naomi snorts and smiles playfully.

"It's leopard okay? And beauty is pain…you should try it sometime." Katie snaps back as she fluffs her collar. Naomi rolls her eyes and snorts under her breath.

Emily's playful smile turns into a devilish smile when she sees a large, masked body appear behind Katie. By the build, it's most likely a man, and he's holding a chainsaw and stretching it out towards Katie's arm. With a flick, he turns the chainsaw on and touches Katie's arm, sending vibrations through her coat. Katie jumps and screams, "What the actual fuck!?" She runs around the group and hides behind Effy, who is dying of laughter.

"Babe, it's harmless! The blade has been removed!" Effy gets out in between cackles.

"Yeah well, you can't go around touching people like that!" Katie cowers as the man revs his chainsaw motor a few times and walks away.

Emily laughs, "Is this going to be like that one time when we were kids? Should we have brought your boxing gloves?"

"Shut up Emily! Well…that zombie clown scared me and quite frankly, it deserved it!" Katie rolls her eyes as the rest of the group laughs. "I swear it was going for my tits!"

Effy hugs her and smiles, "It's okay if you have anger management issues babe, I nearly burned a building down…" Effy smiles, but it fades because the guilt is still there.

"Hey, Ef…come on. Let's not go there okay? It's in the past, everyone and thing is okay now." Naomi reaches out and squeezes Effy's shoulder. Effy looks down at her shoes and kicks a rock off to the side. "You and I are all healed up and you have a shiny new room," Naomi smiles right in Effy's face. "See, everything's fine." She pulls Effy in for a hug.

Effy nods, "Linda says it's going to take some time for me to work through all the guilt I have…so sorry if I have these moments."

Naomi smiles, "Well it's good you're seeing someone to help you with all this."

Katie smiles, "My idea."

Emily rolls her eyes and smiles, "Of course it was."

Effy takes a breath and lets it out. "You know, you're always welcome to come to a session too you know."

"Good to know, thanks. But so far, now that I've lost those damned crutches, I'm doing good." Naomi smile, "Ah look, we're almost in!"

Rain starts to turn from a sprinkle to a drizzle and Effy looks up in annoyance. She sneers at the sky as a raindrop smacks her on the forehead and sighs, "Well…the corn maze may be out, the weather's shit." She smiles and rubs Katie's arms up and down to warm her up. "We'll just make this the last stop and head back to carve our pumpkins."

Emily grins as she remembers and leans over to Naomi's shoulder and whispers with excitement, "I almost forgot!" She nuzzles into Naomi's shoulder and kisses her on the cheek.

Naomi wraps her arms around Emily and squeezes her tightly, "My little pumpkin. Your beauty is an immense as the pumpkin you picked out." She smiles and kisses Emily on the forehead.

They are next in line to enter the house and Katie has a vice grip on Effy's hand, with Naomi and Emily giggling behind them. Naomi grimaces as they are waved in by a headless monster. It's waving with one arm and holding his hideous head with the other. "Jesus, that's just nasty…" She curls her lip as she inspects the monster closer when they pass.

The door slams shut behind the girls and the strobe lights flicker. Emily jumps and squeals, holding tightly to Naomi's coat. Katie is already panting and looking around like a frightened indoor cat that made it outside in the rain. Her eyes darting from side to side, the strobe lights making her second guess what she's seeing. She looks down and she's a figure crawl across the floor and look up at her. She screams because in the strobe light, it looks really freaky.

"YOU MAY ENTER THE HOUSE OF BLOOD!" a distorted voice roars from the walls and the creepy floor crawler opens a large door and motions them through.

"Fuck's sake…well, thank you!" Naomi snorts. "You look like me a few weeks ago when I had to get up to wee in the middle of the night…good luck with that!" Naomi and Emily giggle as they walk through the large opening.

They continue slowly stepping through the dark corridor. The loud techno music pumping through the speakers don't cover up the screams from other house dwellers. This particular room has mostly smoke and some just creepy looking furniture, and looks like a room in a house. Effy reaches for the handle of the only door, unimpressed with the first room of the supposed "House of Blood" and rolls her eyes and looks back over her shoulder to the other girls as she pulls. Once the door is open a figure of huge fat, half naked man dressed only in tighty whities covered in blood. "What's your rush?" He burps out and steps towards them as he brings a piece of raw meat to his mouth and takes a bite, blood gushes down his chin and down his hairy chest. The girls all step back in surprise and disgust. "Won't you stay for dinner?" He asks with blood bubbling out of his mouth as he fully steps into the room, leaving the door free to run through.

Katie is the first to break through the door, "That is absolutely revolting!" Effy follows quickly with Emily and Naomi wriggling through the door. The new room is lit in red lights and there are 4 doors with numbers written on them in red, blood like paint. Katie looks back at Emily and curls her lip. Suddenly a girl with long black hair appears and just stands there. She slowly extends her arm out and has a large knife in her hand. The girls just stare at each other and look at the doors.

"Choooooose." The girl, who looks a bit too much like the little girl from The Ring, croaks.

Effy steps forward and opens door number one. It's dark and as Effy steps in, she drops through the floor with a scream. The door slams shut and an evil laugh bellows through the room. Katie flashes her head to Emily and Naomi, who are still in shock. Naomi stands with a grin of confusion and disbelief on her face. Katie smacks Naomi on the shoulder and glares at both of them. "This isn't funny anymore! Let's go!" Katie shouts over the evil laughter and runs towards door number one to follow Effy. The door will not open and she looks back. The creepy girl cocks her head to the side and points at door number two. Katie looks at the door and then back at Emily and Naomi and pulls the door. Emily and Naomi watch as Katie also falls through the floor with a horrendous scream.

Naomi busts out in laughter and covers her mouth as Emily looks at her in concern, "I'm sorry, I laugh in stressful situations!" Naomi runs towards door number three and pulls it open for Emily waves her through. Emily hesitantly follows and goes through the door and falls through a trap door. Naomi is about to follow her and the creepy girl walks towards her and shakes her head.

"One per doooooor…" She creeks out and points towards door number four. She holds the knife up and tilts her head to the side and opens her mouth to show her mangled fangs and gurgles at Naomi.

"Okay, that's quite enough of this!" Naomi wheels around and turns to door number 4. She goes to pull it and it won't open. The girl begins to walk closer and Naomi is pulling the door harder, starting to not feel so amused as the proximity of her and the creepster shortens. Finally the door opens and Naomi steps through. Naomi slides down a shoot and lands in a foam bin and more strobe lights. "Well it's certainly good that I don't have epilepsy…certainly get your use of the strobes up in this joint!" She struggles to get out of the foam pieces and trips a bit and falls. "Jesus!" She crawls out of the pit and gets up, hoping no one saw her ace moves and walks towards the only door available.

She hears her name being screamed and looks around. "NAOMI! HURRY UP FOR FUCK'S SAKE!" She realizes it's Katie calling and goes to the door and opens it. She walks into a room and sees Effy, Katie, and Emily all locked in a large cage with two silent figures in black standing guard. Katie has her arms crossed and Effy keeps trying to light a cigarette, but the figures keep shaking their heads and she just shrugs and laughs. Emily is just giggling and waves at Naomi when Katie yells, "Come on lezza! They won't let us out until you get in here!" Naomi shakes her head and walks over to the large cage and smiles. "What were you doing? Making out with Samara or something? Took you long enough…" Naomi smirks as the cage door is opened and the figures release Effy, Katie, and Emily. The figures walk over to a set of double doors and both pull a door open and motion the ladies through.

Effy mumbles, "This must be why we had to wait in line so damn long." She smiles and takes Katie's hand. They walk through a long, dark corridor filled with smoke. Effy clears her throat and keeps walking. The corridor begins to narrow and the girls are forced to walk single file. Effy is first, Katie second, Emily third, and Naomi forth. The temperature seems to be getting hotter and Effy dismisses it as she continues down the skinny hallway. She keeps walking until she slams into a wall. "What the fuck?" Effy says while rubbing her shoulder. She puts her palm to the wall and feels around and looks at the rest of the girls. Katie looks at Effy with unease and back at Emily and Naomi, who are just as confused as she.

All of a sudden, a giant flash of red, yellow, and orange shoot out on the walls of the corridor. Flames roar all around them and the heat fills the room. A voice booms, "WELCOME TO HELL!" A roar of evil laughter follows as a figure appears in the flames.

Effy begins to panic, "This isn't funny!" Effy starts pushing the door and it won't budge.

Naomi looks back behind her, but the smoke is too thick and the flames on the walls are a bit much for her to take, "Effy, push harder! This is fucked up, and hitting too close to home right now!" Naomi touches the glass walls and winces at the heat. "This is real, that shit is hot! Move Ef! MOVE!" The figure holds out its arms and laughs harder, causing the flames to flair higher.

"Effy! Come on! This is really starting to freak me out!" Katie begs from behind Effy.

Effy struggles with the door, slamming her palms on the door. Effy begins to cry, searching for a handle or something she screams. "Fucking let us out you fucking freaks!"

"Yeah! This isn't funny psychos! They were recently in a fire! Let us the fuck out!" Katie shouts at the laughing figure.

The figure points at the door and lowers the flames, "Prooooceed then…" and the door suddenly lifts up. Effy lunges through and drops to the floor and kneels with her head between her knees, her hands over her head. Naomi and Emily practically scoop Katie up on their way out of the fire room and join Effy in the new room, equally shaken. The room is lit in blue and there is a sound of water running. The room is much colder than the previous and the girls begin to shiver.

"Ef? You okay?" Naomi kneels next to her and rubs her back.

Effy takes a breath and wipes her tears, "Yeah. Thanks, I'm okay. You?" Naomi nods and helps her up.

"Let's get out of this place yeah?" Naomi smiles and looks around.

They all walk through the room, waiting for whatever may be thrown at them. Katie walks up to a bathtub overflowing with water and peers in. She makes a face of disgust and looks back at the other girls, "This place is plain fucked." Just as she goes to turn towards the door, an arm shoots up from the bathtub. Katie jumps and screams as the hand attached to the arm plants onto the edge of the bathtub and a figure begins to levitate from the watery tub. Katie just flails past, "I'm so over this place!" She pulls open the door and runs through. Luckily for Naomi and Effy, this was just what they needed to lighten the mood. They all giggle and follow Katie into the next room as they hear her scream, "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDING ME?!"

They enter the room to see Katie jumping around in horror as snakes slither across the floor. She is jumping over them and avoiding them with her arms flailing. Emily grimaces as she steps over one and looks at Naomi is disgust, "What is wrong with these people? I thought haunted houses were like clowns and fake blood…this place is just sadistic!"

"Awe Ems, it's just snak…" Naomi says to comfort her when a spider lowers onto her shoulder. Naomi jumps and smacks the spider off her and circles with arms flailing. "That's it! I'm so out of here!" Naomi bolts for the door as more spiders lower Arachnophobia style. The rest of the girls follow Naomi and bust into the next room.

This room is full of balloons and Katie's eyes go wide. "Oh here we go…the zombie clown all over again." Balloons begin to pop, making the girls jump at the noise. Katie is already half way to the door when the large, evil clown reveals himself from behind the barricade of latex and helium. The clown begins to laugh in a high pitched voice, as if he was sucking on the helium tank all night. Effy, Emily, and Naomi follow giggling.

In the last room, they find themselves surrounded by a mix of spooky carved pumpkins and smashed pumpkins. They gingerly walk through the pathway, avoiding guts and seeds. A little old lady stands at the door with a fake knife going through her head and a basket hanging off her arm. She smiles and asks, "Did they scare you?" The girls walk closer and laugh when they see she isn't wearing a costume. "The snakes and spiders were remote controlled toys I got my grandchildren. That's where he gets his ideas from, my son who owns this place. Here, would you like a treat?" Katie smiles and takes a piece from the old woman's basket and the other girls follow suit and thank her as they make their exit.

They make it outside and the brisk air hits them with a refreshing sting. They walk far enough from the house to not be bothered by the roaming chainsaw dude and stop so Effy can light her much needed cigarette. She takes a hit and holds it in and shuts her eyes. She slowly releases the smoke and smiles, "What a fucked up family that is." They all laugh and Effy snorts, "I guess I should have paid more attention to the disclaimer." She points to a sign posted near the entrance of the house reading "WARNING: realistic dramatic scenarios and interactive situations!" They all look and begin to laugh hysterically.

Naomi smiles and nods, "Come on, let's go back and carve those pumpkins."

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Katie sits in front of her little pumpkins, frowning she whines, "I don't think I can carve these? They're so small, they'll collapse!" Effy looks up as she pulls the freshly cut top off her pumpkin. Katie looks at the guts and seeds hanging down front Effy's tiny pumpkin top and cringes. "Actually, I think I'm okay with that. I'm going to paint a face on instead." Katie smiles victoriously and gets up to get some materials.

Effy laughs as she plunges her hand into the slimy nest of seeds and orange strings. "I think that's a great idea babe. I don't think your nerves could handle carving a pumpkin anyway. The insides may give you nightmares." Effy laughs and pulls out some guts and shows them to Katie, who shivers in disgust.

"God Katie, you're such a baby! It's just pumpkin!" Emily says as she struggles through the door to the kitchenette, her massive pumpkin in her arms. "She's always been like this. She used to make me gut her pumpkins when we were kids because she couldn't handle anything like that texture on her delicate fingers."

"Well, if you ever had a manicure… perhaps you'd understand where I was coming from!" Katie snaps from the table Naomi had set up with cutting tools and decorating materials.

Emily rolls her eyes, "Whatever Katie." She plops her pumpkin down and eyes it to decide the best line of attack.

"Okay sisters, to your corners!" Naomi smiles as she enters the kitchenette. Naomi flops down and crosses her legs as she spins her pumpkin around to find the best surface to carve.

Effy pops up, now finished gutting her pumpkin, and heads to the table to get a carving knife. She comes up behind Katie, leans over her shoulder, and kisses her on the cheek. "What are you going to paint on?"

Katie shurgs, "Dunno…maybe our names?" She smiles a cheesy grin and skips back to her little pumpkins.

Effy grabs a knife and a Sharpie before heading back to her pumpkin and smiles, "I'm just going with the basic pumpkin face…simple you know?"

"What are you going to carve babe?" Emily asks Naomi as she pulls out a handful of guts. "I think I'm going to try something new and fun, you know, being Halloween and all." Emily smiles as she wriggles her orange gut covered fingers. "And it's been so long since I've carved one of these things."

"Eeeh, that's nasty Ems!" Katie sneers. Emily laughs and flicks some guts over at Katie and some land on her forearm. "GROSS! Emily! What the fuck!?" Emily snorts with laughter and Effy tries to hold hers in, but is unsuccessful as her laughter blurts out. Effy smiles after controlling her giggles and removes the string of pumpkin from Katie's delicate arm. Katie smiles at Effy and rolls her eyes at Emily before returning to her pumpkin painting.

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Effy and Katie return to their room with their completed pumpkins in toe. Effy left three battery powered artificial candles for Naomi and Emily to use in their pumpkins, instead of real flame lit candles. Naomi washes off the carving knives and places them on a hand towel. She dries her hands and smiles at Emily before walking down the hall to her room to put them away. Naomi returns to the kitchenette and sits next to Emily, who is still working on her huge pumpkin. "That was a fun day yeah?" Naomi leans on Emily's shoulder and watches her cut into the pumpkin's flesh.

Emily smiles and nods, "Yeah it was great, I had a lovely time. It was really nice of Effy to pay and to leave the fire safe candles for us to use."

"Yeah, she may become the poster child for fire safety now." Naomi smiles as she puts the one candle into her pumpkin and admires the glow. "I really like your pussy Ems, it's lovely." Naomi grins at Emily, who is putting the final touches on her whiskers.

"Yeah? You can tell it's a kitty cat?" Emily smiles as she leans back to inspect her work. "Good, I really like your Jack Skellington, it looks really good."

Naomi smiles and admires their pumpkins, "Yeah, today was a good day. Let's go to bed now…I've had enough Trick or Treating, it's time for some good eating." Naomi winks and helps Emily up, and she picks up her pumpkin and looks at Emily over her shoulder with a seductive eye brow lift and walks out of the kitchenette. Emily scrambles to grab her knife and pumpkin before she follows Naomi back to her room.

Hope to have an update a little sooner next time :D Thanks for reading! Happy Halloween! x