Chapter Thirty Seven – Trapped Halloween Kiss

Saturday 31st October 2009
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My Bedroom – 6.30 pm

Damn!

I got back to Rae who didn't look concerned at all. She was leaning back, her eyebrow arched and arms crossed across her chest tightly. An uncertain smile greeting me as I sat opposite her.

"Sorry," I apologized for my accident. I noticed Vanessa Gomez had left; it made me feel less anxious. On my way back I noticed Adam serving at a table too. I didn't see Jesse.

"What's the scene between you and Jesse?" She asked leaning closer to me. "Come on. You can tell me right, I've told you some personal things too. Dave and Flaming Spaz,"

"Uh…Jesse's in my high school," I replied nervously feeling slightly embarrassed. I didn't know who I was to Jesse and I couldn't tell Rae about the deal between me and Jesse. She might judge me wrong and think of art as just an excuse, which it partly is.

"I know you like him," She giggled like a teenager which she very much looked like, being so young and all. "Aww that's so sweet! You can a crush on the high school heartthrob. Bet you a million dollars that he's a jock let me guess the captain of the football team,"

"Basketball ball," I corrected her and she laughed.

"So I'm right. Bet he's year president and the most popular guy. Typical high school years," She chuckled throwing her head back. "Who was Adam?"

"Uh…My friend Ceecee's boyfriend," I told her. "He's a jock too and a really close friend of Jesse's,"

"I must say the boys of your high school and delicious," She licked her lips making me chuckle. "Your crush on Jesse is such a cliché,"

"Isn't it a bit like you and Spaz?" I asked

"Well. Spaz was the most popular and hottest guy but I didn't have a crush on him. He had a crush on me," She said proudly, "Of course I fell in love with him later on but that's all old news,"

"You were in love with him?" I gasped, "Really? In love?"

"It was sinful. Unforgivable," She sighed playing with her napkin.

A waitress came over and put down our food. She had ordered while I was in the restroom. She asked if it was okay and I nodded.

"I had no right to fall in love with him," She shook her head, "It was wrong,"

"It's wrong for me to love Jesse too," I said aloud.

No! I wasn't supposed to say that aloud. It was meant to be only in my mind. I hate when things I'm thinking accidently blurt out. I clasped my mouth turning red.

"I knew it!" Rae exclaimed. "But what's wrong about that? Honey don't compare Spaz and me to you and Jesse. I was two years older than Spaz and he was already in a relationship to someone close to me. I can never explain my relationship to Spaz with you. I don't want you judging me in a wrong way,"

Did she just read my mind? See I knew we connected!

"I've only just met you so I'm not going to fill your mind up with my mistakes that I committed in the past. I can read your face clearly. I noticed it back in Malibu where you just zoomed out looking at drawing of him. Suze it's not a silly thing to fall for the school most wanted guy." She put a hand over my hand, "It is a silly thing to cover it up with a charade. Just try to be a little more confident,"

I felt so close to Rae that I spoke whatever came into my mind. I had never felt so connected to somebody as quickly as I felt at that moment with Rae Cyrus.

"I try," I sighed, "It's just I get put on the spot and...You know. Me? I'm a dork, dorks can't like popular people. I mean he has flocks and flocks of admired following him all the time. All I have is my brain and nothing else,"

"That's not true. You're beautiful," She said and I wanted to believe her. I really did. But like I said before I'm a walking, talking Halloween costume.

"This," Rae held up the key ring. "Go right now and give it to him! It's his birthday right, so I command you to go right this minute,"

"I…I can't," I shook my head.

"You can't do that much for me," She said with a frown and I didn't want to her upset but even more than that I didn't want to face Jesse. "I'll cry if you don't,"

She was kidding of course. And I took hold of the key ring. After much persuasion I finally got to my feet and Rae called forward a waitress and asked her to take me to Jesse.

He was in the staff room taking a break. The waitress dropped me to the stairs and instructed me to go down to the last door. I did as I was told; I walked slowly dragging my feet on the ground, feeling nervous with every step that I took.

I turned the corner and stopped. I saw the mass amount of messy hair first. It was Vanessa Gomez. She had her hands on some bodies shoulder and was smiling up at him with her red-lipsticked lips. I cocked my head to the side and saw Jesse gasping I turned to leave when I heard shouting.

I turned back and saw the lips that were smiling a second ago where then stretched and she was shouting.

"Jesse what is wrong with me? What haven't I done for you? I've left my husband and everyone else. What is that is so bad that you have so much hatred for me? "She demanded standing upright in her long thick heels.

"What haven't you done isn't the question senorita. It is what you have done," He leaned back against a closed locker looking calm and patient. "You've fallen in love with me,"

"I'm your boss. You can't treat me like this." She complained waving her index finger in his face.

"Exactly you're my boss so stay in your limits," He shrugged crossing his arms across his chest coolly not giving a damn about the woman standing in front of him demanding for attention.

She screamed slapping his arm and she was going to go in for another one when suddenly he held onto her arm and slammed her back against the lockers. Holding her body against his he grabbed hold of her jaw bringing her eyes to his deadly ones.

"I have told you numerous times senorita. Do not come here and disturb me. It wouldn't be good for you the next time I see you," He said in a low scary whisper.

I gulped taking a step backward.

He pecked her lips and pulled back away from her. Tears rolled down her cheeks as fell down onto her knees. It was a trapped kiss. Which she longed for and he fulfilled it as her last wish.

"What's going on?" I said

Dammit! Meant to be inside my head! Not out loud!

Before Jesse had a chance to turn around I ran for the stairs and hurried downstairs. Carter's right he really is dangerous. I wonder what's going on between them.

"Wow look at this," Rae chuckled holding up my cell phone. "35! Miss calls,"

"Daddy!" I grabbed hold of my phone.

"Did you see Jesse?" She asked

"Uh…He said he's a little busy so I should talk to him in school," I lied wiping sweat of my face. Something in the look she showed me, gave me the expression she didn't quite believe me.

"Okay! Well done. You'll get there soon," She smiled after a while and I called my dad.

He panicked over the phone and I laughed telling him Rae didn't kidnap me.

"You never know," Rae winked at me from across the table.

We finished lunch and I was glad Jesse didn't come down. But neither did Vanessa Gomez. I was really anxious and when Rae asked me why, I told her it was because of my dad.

I said bye to Adam before leaving and felt relieved to finally be out. Rae got off at the Plaza because of her tight schedule; she had to make an appearance in three parties tonight. So her driver dropped me off to my house where I caught Daddy trying to scare a little boy. The boy ran off and Daddy closed the door without noticing me.

I trooped up to the front door and pushed the doorbell. The front door swung open and there stood an old man in a black cape. Pale make-up face and bulging green eyes. He squinted through thick glasses.

"Trick or treat!" I exclaimed

"Oh young lady." He turned back to the house. "Mathew. You've got to see this young woman. Bring the candy will you son,"

I heard slow, heavy footsteps approaching the door.

"Please come in!" He insisted leading the way into the house. I stepped into the dimply, lit living room. There were glowing, creepy pumpkins everywhere.

The old man shut the door behind me.

"Oh no! " I cried shrilly, "What are you going to do to me?"

"Muhahahaha!"

I turned to see a vampire. He was dressed in a tuxedo and long red cape draped behind me. It looked as though he had flour on his face. Face pale with again the same green bulging eyes.

"Hiss," The vampire hissed. Gina came from behind him holding a tray of candy apples. "Ooh Candy apples!"

Seriously? What other vampire would do that? My daddy of course.

"I will bite you and drink your blood," Grandpa crept behind Grandma Emily and hissed behind her. She looked back at raising an eyebrow. It turned him from the fearless vamp into a little puppy.

"Honey how was your day?" Daddy laughed softly,

"It was good. Rae is the best!" I exclaimed

I boasted about Rae and he pouted. The house decorations were pretty good. And since its winter it was already dark, so the glowing jack-o-lanterns seemed pretty spooky.

"Zoe called saying she can't get through to your cell. She told me to tell you to meet her at the party 8pm sharp," Heidi informed me when I was done checking out the house.

"Ok," I smiled at Heidi then my gaze turned to the elderly woman sitting on the couch sipping white wine. "Grandma,"

I hugged her and told everyone about my day with Rae.

"I would have been a much better chauffer one," Daddy crossed his arms across his chest. "What do you see in her anyway? Her stupid red her and leather jackets. Okay she's hot but-

He stopped at the raised eyebrow from Heidi.

"Not as much you," He gave her a full mouthed grin and she shook her head turning to me.

"Honey do you want to rest for a bit before we go shopping?" She asked me.

I had forgotten all about the plan I made with Heidi in the morning. I had last minute costume shopping to do. I didn't want to rest because I wasn't tired at all so I and Heidi went shopping leaving Daddy behind with his parents.

"No…I'm Doomed!" He cried reaching his hands out to god, "You can't do this to me. I'm too young to be eaten up by a witch!"

"I'm a witch!" Grandma Emily exclaimed

"Come on mom! It's Halloween. Let's play game. I'll be the little vamp who cries witch and you'll be the…You know…Witch," He shrugged

I laughed kissing his cheek before leaving to go with Heidi to a store. Heidi and I bonded whilst we played around with costumes. We both dressed up and had a right laugh. It made me forget about the incident with Jesse.

I found the perfect things and Heidi bought them. She's ever so nice to me. I hope she never turns into the evil step-mothers from the fairy tales daddy read to me when I was a kid.

I like Heidi and I'm sure daddy does too.

We got home and I was really tired. I sat on the sofa with Grandma Emily, Grandpa Harold and Daddy whilst Heidi got changed upstairs.

"I do not like dressing up into creatures. It is not appealing to me," Grandma said

She was dressed in a pencil skirt supported by a loose cream coloured top. She's a very sophisticated woman. She's always neat and tidy. It what makes her who she is. Grandpa on the other hand, he likes to wear shorts even in the winter with loose short sleeved Hawaiian shirts, he never takes of his favourite fisherman hat.

Complete opposites they are but make a very cute couple.

"Are you wearing foundation?" I chuckled peering at daddy and Grandpa Harold's faces.

"Well I think you look charming," Heidi came into the room and kissed dad and I turned the other way. Heidi was dressed in a long white gown and had on a lot of make-up to look pale and had teeth marks on her neck. She called herself 'Mathew's mistress' she looked really pretty, especially with her blonde hair all messy and loose. A lot of her cleavage showed in her dress but I didn't point it out. It was meant to be like that.

Daddy looked pretty good. His jet black hair gelled back and his green eyes standing out because of the eyeliner he wore.

"Hiss," He showed me his fangs and I laughed.

I heard Brad come into the living room while I was trying to wrestle a candy apple away from daddy. "No. You can't have it," I laughed as he tickled me.

"And what are you supposed to be?" Brad asked Gina,

"Your governess," She laughed as she was dressed in her normal monkish black robe.

"Wow Suze really love your costume. Nearly got me have a heart attack here," He clasped his chest in his hands.

I frowned as I was in my casual clothes not dressed up at all. Heidi slapped his arm. "Don't be so mean Brad," She told him.

"Mom? You are not opening the door if any of my mates show up," He complained looking at the dress. "Let me warn them now,"

"Oh Brad!" She chuckled

"Alright I'm off to pick up Debbie. Suze see ya later," He said and left.

Huh?

He didn't dress up at all…"Probably would change at Debbie's." I thought.

Okay…I'll write later. I better start getting ready.

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Saturday 31st October 2009
Jesse's Condo
Jesse's Bedroom – 11.59 pm

The music stopped.

"Why is everyone staring at me?" I asked Carter as I stood near the doorway of the huge house owned by Guy.

I stood there awkwardly and everybody stared at me with bulging eyes until Sophia burst out laughing giving everybody else the cue to laugh as well.

I'm not too dumb! I realised why I was laughing stock.

I was dressed in a white floor length gown that looked like rags. My hair looked electrocuted and was really messy blown up into the air. I had white foundation all over my face and dark black eyeliner. I used green face paint to make veins on my hands and face. I also used face paint to make cracked, dry lips.

"Oh!" Heidi nearly let out a shrill scream when I spooked up behind her. "You scared,"

"Yes!" I laughed softly,

"Well. You are going to a SM Beverly elite party…I'm not sure it's a scary costume party," She examined me carefully.

"Oh it is," I nodded certainly. But the truth was I had no idea how an SM Beverly elite party is like. Ceecee's party was a chaotic popular's party and there I was heading out to an Elite party dressed as a vampires dead bride.

I promised daddy I would call in an emergency and would stay away from alcohol and would be on my best behaviour. Then I followed the instructions Zoe had given me to direct me to Guy's house. It looked huge from outside. I parked my car and stepped out of it.

The music from inside the house was so loud that I could hear standing from afar. The place had a spooky, electric atmosphere. Dark corners everywhere. The hair on the back of my head stood up as I approached the party.

I heard the whole of SM Beverly were invited. From the elite group Guy was chosen to be the host of the Halloween night.

The dark window eyes stared at me as though warning me to not enter. Everything was dark. Couldn't even see a peep of light coming from inside the house. Could only hear loud banging speakers.

Chills. Cold air blowing in my face. Dark shadows lurking in the still cold air, along with a faint smell of death hanging in the chilling darkness of the night. Whoa…How did Guy manage that?

Guy had the view of his house designed so that everything was covered up by black cardboard. It made everything look dark and spooky. I approached the door which looked like a cavernous mouth.

I gulped looking down at the Goosebumps on my arms. There was a feeling of being watched. Doors opening and closing, lights turning on and off. Things being moved from one place to another, feelings of unease and foreboding.

Here I was for the first. Too my pressure and I was nervous by the turning of my stomach.

"Suze!"

"Ah!" I gasped tripping even though I was standing still.

I turned back and looked at an amused Carter,

"You scared me!" I slapped his arm and he chuckled. He was dressed ordinary. In his formal trousers and sweater. I was just about the ask him why, when the door opened ready to swallow us in.

I guess I didn't have to ask him why. It was obvious wasn't it? We're seniors not kids who need to dress us spookily on Halloween. Nearly everybody was dressed up, just not in the way I had imagined.

"Oh so that's what Zoe meant when she said, Halloween is one night when girls can dress up as sluts and no one can say anything to them," I thought to myself looking around.

All the girls were wearing really short dresses and a lot of them already looked drunk and wasted.

The music went blaring into my eyes and nobody paid any attention to me anymore. Everyone was having fun.

The house was decorated with cobwebs hanging and glaring jack-o-lanterns.

"Suze!" Hands grabbed me and pulled me back. I turned around to see cat woman looking as sexy as ever.

"Wow Zoe, so this is your dress. Ooh a tail too," I chuckled, "A little too much cleavage don't you think?"

"I like it," She grinned looking down at her exposed chest. She looked great and so this was the costume that dragged me from the warmth of my house and into this SM Beverly party. "You look really scary!"

She screamed it over the loud music making me laugh. She looked really pretty. Her cat suit boasted of her slim but big-chest figure. Her hair was messy and backcombed to make it look really big. She looked amazing!

"Carter baby, why are you dressed as dork for Halloween?" She complained pulling him into a hug. She looked slightly drunk the reason why she groped Carter right there in the middle of the dance floor. Carter pulled away from her embrace and his eyes searched the crowd as she laughed telling him how cute he is.

Carter's eyes stopped at Brad who sat there on the sofa, his eyes in our direction. I couldn't read his expression but there was something in his face. In a sudden he turned his head away and focused his attention to Debbie and her teeny tiny skirt.

Zoe was trying to tell me something but I couldn't hear her so she turned my face to the opposite direction. There she was Kelly Prescott.

She was dressed in a tiny silver skirt and a shiny red bra top. She had a diamond tiara sitting on curled blonde hair, she looked really pretty. Slutty, but pretty. A lot of the boys gawped at her looking excitedly by the queen of SM Beverly High.

Zoe dragged Carter to dance with her and I stood in the corner. My eyes searched the crowd for Jesse but I couldn't find him. I began thinking he didn't come. Ceecee definitely didn't come because of the baby and because she had a gathering at her house.

"I doubt Adams going to make an appearance. No Ceecee. No Adam," I thought because he was working earlier and I'm certain that Ceecee's parents didn't invite him to their small house party.

My eyes stopped at brad a little while later making out intensively with Debbie on the sofa looked like they'll do it there on the sofa. EW! Gross. And it wasn't only him and Debbie there was another girl with him and Debbie. Ugh!

I had nothing to do. I just stood there in the corner awkwardly not knowing what to do or where to do. It was a huge house so I didn't want to wander around in case I managed to get lost. And knowing me I knew I would.

There was something about this night that I knew was waiting to come out. I didn't expect a certain somebody to pop up but I did know something was bound to happen.

I cocked my head, squinting my eyes at a familiar yet unfamiliar face batting his eyes at me. "Is there something in your eyes?" I asked over the music,

"No. That's how vampires flirt. They bat their eyes," He joked and I recognized the voice at one. I frowned slightly crossing my arms. I turned on my heel away from him. "What do you call a guy turned on by a witch?"

I didn't reply neither did I look at him.

"Scared stiff," He chuckled, "But you are a witch right?"

The more I turned away from him the more he made up stupid jokes following me around wherever I went. Everyone was really starting to get drunk now.

"Hey. You like baseball? I like baseball. You know how you can tell a vampire likes baseball? Every night he turns into a bat," He made a hissing sound at me and I stepped back staring hard at him.

"I don't like baseball," I pouted

"Oh. But you wanna know why Dracula's wife can't get to sleep?" He asked leaned down closer to me.

"Why not?" I asked

"Because of his coffin." He whispered in my ear. "Now I have a bed, I'm sure you'd be able to get a really good night sleep,"

My eyes widened and I blushed. I hurried to go away from him but he laughed running after me into the grand kitchen which thankfully was a little peaceful.

"I'm kidding!" He laughed pulling me back. "Tell me why did the headless horseman go into business?"

"I don't know," I shook my head. Embarrassed.

"Because he wanted to get ahead in life," He chuckled but I blinked showing him it wasn't funny and it really wasn't.

I recognized his blonde hair, his sparkling blue eyes.

"My name. Hunter," He trapped me with a kiss on my hand, just like the other time.

I turned red and two boys came into the kitchen making me blush harder. They looked like skeletons. Oh so I wasn't the only one is costume.

"Hey guys why aren't there any famous skeletons?" Hunter asked them not letting go of my hand.

They shrugged and he waved for them to leave, "They're a bunch of no bodies. Scoot!" The boys left at his command and I pulled my hand away from him.

"You're mean!" I shouted at him, "You're giving me a headache!" I tried to run away from him again but my gown got caught. I pulled it free and turned to leave.

"A headache! That's right that is exactly what you can't give the headless horseman!" He laughed calling out to me.

What's up with that guy? Really!

"Suze!"

I looked at Sophia. She was dressed up as a monk and hippie. She had a cigarette in her hand and the look she gave me told me exactly that she wasn't drunk yet.

"Hunter. Really," She raised an eyebrow. "Jesse wouldn't like that,"

"No I-

"You're in SM Beverly," She said to me as Paul Slater showed up. She glanced at him and then left. She looked odd. Didn't look happy at all and I'm sure seeing me with hunter wasn't the only reason for that.

Surely there was something wrong with her.

"Paul my man!" Hunter high-fived Paul, "Why don't mummies take vacations?"

"I don't know," Paul laughed softly,

"They're afraid they'll and unwind," Hunter laughed looking over to me. I glared at him. A girl and pulled him away from us.

I rubbed my ears and Paul chuckled grabbing hold of my arm. He pulled me out to the backyard which was jammed packed with students but it was slightly quieter.

Paul asked me about my day with Rae Cyrus and I bit my bottom because forgot to mention him to her. I apologised to him and promised that next week I will definitely introduce him to Rae.

Paul asked me if Sophia had something to me and I told her no she didn't. He told me she's not in a good mood today because Jesse didn't show and I nodded. I accidently asked him where Jesse was and he told me Jesse doesn't celebrate Halloween or his birthday so he was probably working late.

I watched Hunter come out; his arm around a sluttish looking girl that I don't think is from SM Beverly. They walked up to the apple bobbing basin.

It's a funny game that my dad loves. "He's probably bobbing apples right now," I thought, "Maybe having a competition with Grandpa Harold,"

The game is played by filling a tub or a large basin with water and putting apples in the water. Apples are less dense than the water so they float at the surface of it. Players then try to catch one with their teeth. Their hands are tied behind their backs to prevent cheating.

Hunter dug his face into the water and pulled out a apple howling when he spat it out onto the floor and attached his mouth with the girl that was with him.

Daddy told me that girls who place the apple they bobbed under their pillows are said to dream of their future lover. Even though daddy isn't a girl, I saw him many times on Halloween nights putting an apple under his pillow.

I knew every time it was so he dreamt about mom. I would see him get teary eyed and lay in bed silently and would stare blankly up at the ceiling, without noticing me peering in through the door holding a fairytale in my hands for him to come a read to me.

"I really like your costume. Don't remember the last time I ever dressed up and went trick-or-treating," He smiled looking up at the nearly full moon glowing in the sky.

"I thought it was fancy dress," I laughed softly watching a drunken senior vomit into a plant. "That's disgusting,"

"Uh…Yeah," Paul nodded

"Do you drink?" I asked him feeling slightly chilled by the winter wind. He offered me his jacket and I refused. He insisted so I took it. It was warm.

"Occasionally. I don't do it like the others, get drunk and manic. Just a little at clubs and that," He told me and I believed him. "You see Jesse when he's in the mood; he drinks and drinks and drinks but wanna know the fascinating part? He never gets under the influence. Damn him! He has one stable mind,"

Jesse.

"Ugh!"

I looked over at Kelly leaning one hand on the brick wall and with the other leaning down to take of her heels. She looked my way and gave me a dirty look before going back inside barefoot.

"I want to try it. The apple bobbing," I told Paul who got up to his feet and pulled me up to mine.

"Well your wish is my command," He joked

We went down to the large basin where everyone was laughing and cheering on the players. While we waited for our turn Zoe and Carter joined us.

"Zoe stop drinking," A sober Carter grabbed the glass out of a not so sober Zoe's hand as she leant on him. Soon it was my turn, me against Paul Slater.

In the minutes time I bobbed 18 apples whilst Paul who didn't know we were racing bobbed only 11. I laughed telling him I won and he shook his head laughing.

"Suze," Carter pulled at my arm when I stuffed one of the apples I bobbed into the pocket of Paul's jacket that I was wearing, "I'll have to take her to my place. I'm sure you wouldn't be able to handle her. You want to leave with us?"

"Uh…" I looked over to Paul talking to Adam who had just arrived. "No I'll leave in my car,"

"Alright I'll call you tomorrow," Carter struggled to hold onto Zoe who had passed out. "Bye,"

"Bye," I said

"You didn't leave with your friends?"

I turned around at frowned at Hunter. He laughed and started singing. "Hey what song does Dracula hate?" He asked me.

"You are really obsessed with Vampires aren't you?" I crossed my arms across my chest.

"No. And you are my sunshine! My only sunshine!" He sang laughing at the same time.

He started coughing and I had no choice but to help him. I sat him down on a bench and sat there glaring at the devil. He's not as much as Jesse but still a devil!

I started to give him lectures about touching people without their permission. Hunter surprisingly stayed quite. My voice trailed off when I realised he wasn't even listening to me. =

"Hunter?" I said thinking what was he staring at so intently?

Following his gaze, I saw what had grabbed his attention. He was staring at Adam disappearing into a broken down house across the street. I looked back at Hunter. He had the strangest expression on his face.

He got up without saying a word a jogged towards the house. I didn't know what I was doing but I got up too. I followed him to the house.

There was sign about demolishing the house and also had a keep out sign. I should have listened to the sign but I didn't. Instead I went it and the doors squeaked and floorboards creaked. I stepped forward wondering where Hunter had disappeared when the floorboard sighed like an old man wheezing.

I heard shouting. The wind swayed the curtains and it felt like they were laughing.

"Boo!"

"Oh-

"Shhh!" A hand grabbed my mouth and dragged me back behind a door. I held my breath looking into Hunters eyes that warned me to not make sound. I nodded and my stomach turned hearing the murderous moaning.

"What's happening?"I thought

Hunter pulled me closer to him so that my back was leaning against him and away from the dark shadows. The lights flickered on and off. Sometimes there was dim light but it would soon turn into murky darkness.

"Are you trying to scare me?" I heard who sound like Guy. "Dude this is not cool,"

I titled my head to the side to look at who was there but couldn't see anybody.

"Is this a prank?" I asked myself. "Halloween is a time to play pranks but is this one?"

Hunter placed a finger to his lip instructing me to not talk and to follow him. I followed him behind the closed door and with him went down onto my knees and we looked through a crack.

I gasped watching Guy sat on a broken settee with an anxious Adam pacing back and forth in front of him. There was somebody else there too, someone unconscious laying on the other settee, her hands and feet tied. Her face was covered. I knew it's a woman from her dressing.

"Dude would you chill out." Guy rolled his eyes and pulled Adams arm to make him stop, "It's cool,"

"Vanessa Gomez," Was all Adam said in a shrill nervous tone,

Is that tied up woman Vanessa Gomez?

Sophia came running in and she punched the unfamiliar guy who was flicking the lights on and off. "Stop it you jerk. Robby!"

"Robby," Hunter whispered beside me recognizing the middle-aged man who grinned hard at the SM Beverly High Elite.

"Where's your gang leader?" He snarled

I gulped at the mention of Jesse. Sophia and Guy argued with Robby whilst Adam sat nervously on the rusty settee.

"Couldn't you find a better hide-out?" Paul came running in, breathing hard. He was holding a suitcase which when he opened it up it was full of money.

"Look I didn't do anything," Adam stood up with the sudden boost of energy. "I really didn't. It was not me. Vanessa and me that was…Look I have a girl friend alright and I can't be stuck in a scandal like this. It'll break here,"

Him and Vanessa? Ceecee! Did Adam cheat on Ceecee?

"Dude no worries," Guy put his arm around Adam supportively and glared at Robby, "You are going to give me that video or else,"

"Hey I'm only interested in the money. What Jesse does to Vanessa and what happens to your friend doesn't concern me. Hand the money and take the phone," Robby held out the cell phone to Sophia who grabbed it instantly.

Is this anything to do with the threat that Jesse gave to Vanessa? What is he going to do to and how is Adam involved?

Paul handed over the hard cash to Robby who happily accepted it.

Hunter held my hand taking my attention. He had obviously been here before because he knew the back way out. He ushered me through back garden out onto the street and back to Guy's party.

The music still boomed from Guy's house but I didn't care about it. I was staring at Hunter waiting for a reaction from him. He sat down on the bench looking dazzled. I could guess by his expression that he was thinking hard about what had just happened.

"My car," He said a little while later and got up. I don't know why but I followed him again. I followed him to silver Porsche. "Imagine ghosts driving cars. Now where would a ghost refuel his Porsche?"

It was rhetorical. He was just calming himself and regretting not filling up his petrol beforehand. And even though he wasn't talking me I replied anyway.

"At a ghastly station?"

He looked at me for a sec then chuckled then stopped.

"Hunter," I said after a while of silence from his side and mine. The air was getting colder and I wanted to go home. But I needed to know what had just happened. How did Hunter know Robby? And what was he doing at the party on the first place.

"What rumours did you hear about me?" He laughed softly, "I'm sure everything you heard must have all been bad, right?"

"I haven't heard anything about you," I shook my head, "Only that you and Jesse used to be friends a couple of years ago,"

"I studied at SM Beverly before. Part of the elite clique," He shrugged leaning back against his car. "My dad was dating some college freshman. As disgusting as it sounds it was even more disgusting seeing it. She was just some got gold digger with sexy curves and –

"Ehem!" I cleared my throat.

"Oh right," He chuckled, "Even though she had all these assets I kept myself from her despite her advances but … there was this elite party and I was hosting it. My dad was in Singapore and she was here in Beverly Hill's. The thing is that I kept myself away from her so I wanted my friends to do the same,

"Jesse did he?" I looked the other way embarrassed. How could Jesse do that to a friend?

"No," Hunter saved my sanity. "It was Paul. So in return I messed about with his girl. That's when the fights started and I was banished. I joined the rival school just to get back at them,"

"But I heard it was Jesse's sister who you messed around with," I remembered clearly that is what I heard right Suze?

"Yeah I know," He nodded. "Selena. Jesse's crazy sister and Pauls younger girlfriend,"

Jesse has another sister! And she's dead!

"It's all old news. Jesse didn't give a damn about what happened between me and Selena. Jesse's only mad at me because I know his secret and I banged out Paul. Paul's like his brother so he was pretty mad at me. But I met up with Jesse last week; we're kind of getting there now. You know cool with each other," He told me.

What? But I've always heard Jesse and Paul are rivals.

"When did this happen?" I asked

"Oh," He laughed, "A long time ago. November 2005,"

November 2005!

I wanted to ask him about Jesse's secret but he just laughed and told me to stay away and not be so noisy. He told me he liked my outfit pulling me closer towards him. I waited patiently for his reply but what he gave me wasn't what I was looking for.

A grin appeared on his lips and he went back to his silly jokes.

"What does a vampire fear the most?" He asked me. First I thought sunshine but I replied saying "Tooth decay?"

"Wow…You're getting good at this game," He chuckled

"Why do you keep talking about vampires?" I asked him,

"Before you're the vampire bride aren't you. For tonight I'll be one too. What's it like to be kissed by a vampire?"

I shook my head and He leaned down to kiss me but I turned my head in time to the side so all he got was some hair.

"Its pain in the neck," He whispered into my neck and I felt something. Something weird!

A cars headlight flashed, blinding me. "No!" I pushed Hunter back.

"You came onto me," He laughed walking away proudly.

I put a hand to my neck where he had just kissed me. It was more sucking than kissing.A trapped kiss onHalloweens night. What was he thinking? He's not a real vampire; I should have told him that.

"Hunter's caught your sight now hasn't he?"

My feet melted into the ground. I couldn't turn back. I didn't want to turn back. I just wanted to run away and go home. "Daddy's probably waiting for my call," I thought

I took a deep breath and had no choice but to turn around and come face to face with none other than my perverted prince who didn't look like he was in usual playful mood at all.

He stood a little distant leaning back against one of his cars. "Oh! It was Jesse's car that shone the light. He saw me and Hunter!

I caught Drake at the corner of my eye heading towards the broken house. I hadn't seen him at the party; he must have come with Jesse at that horrific moment.

I put a hand on my neck nervously. Jesse's eyes dug into me, they looked at me from head to toe. I felt embarrassed and cold. I couldn't utter a word. Not a single sound. I had held my breath the whole time.

And he just stood there, in his cool posture. I was caught and ashamed. I didn't want him to see what had happened; I didn't even want it to happen on the first place.

"Samantha what is it called when a vampire bride is in trouble?" He asked me quietly in a deadly tone. It sounded a lot like the tone he had used when he was with Vanessa Gomez earlier this morning.

I couldn't say anything. I stiffly shrugged my shoulders and blinked.

"A grave problem,"

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