DISCLAIMER: Lenore, Ragamuffin, and Mr. Gosh all b'long to Roman Dirge. Kinda forgot to mention that earlier. Anyway, sorry for the major shortness on this chapter… I'm having major writer's block. I denno if I'll be able to put up a new AtGUS chapter today either. Sorry, people.

Part VI: While We Wait…

Kris sighed. "So bored… When're people gonna get here?!"

"I'm sure they'll be here soon…" Squee said timidly.

"Yeah," Lenore agreed, still stuffing her face with cookies.

"Heeeey…" Kris said slowly as she looked at Lenore. "Why don't you and Ragamuffin go out and get s'more party supplies while we wait, since you ate most of them?"

"Okeedokee! C'mon, Ragamuffin!" Lenore grabbed the little vampire doll by his stuffed arm and hurried out the door, leaving her little dead kitty behind.

Once outside, Lenore paused as she let go of Ragamuffin, wondering where the nearest convenience store was.

The two walked down the sidewalk a ways and went through several crosswalks before they found a store that looked promising.

"The 24-7…" Ragamuffin read aloud as he and Lenore walked inside.

Lenore walked up to the counter and stared up at the man behind it. "Hey, Mister."

The man looked down at her. "Yeah?"

"Where's the party stuff?"

"The very back and to the right."

"Thanks!"

Lenore made her way to the back while Ragamuffin wandered over to the magazine rack and was about to pick up a bag of Señor Salsa chips when someone called her name.

"LENORE!"

She turned, only to find the absolute scariest thing she knew: Mr. Gosh.

"I've been looking for you all day!" cried the little beanbag man as he rushed towards her.

"AAAAH!" Lenore grabbed the chips, a bowl of cookies (yes, they have those at the 24-7, now shut up), and a twelve pack of soda, and ran for her life, ignoring the counter guy's protests that she pay for the stuff.

Ragamuffin sighed heavily and ran out after them.

* * *

Meanwhile, back at the house, Kris and Squee had decided to pull out the old chessboard.

"I'm not very good at chess…" Squee mumbled.

"Aw, that's okay," Kris replied, smiling. "I'm not either."

So they set the board up, Squee being the white and Kris being the black.

"Allrighty, Squee, you move first."

Squee moved his center pawn two spaces forward.

Kris frowned and began muttering and wringing her hands maniacally. "Good move, my friend, good move… So clever… So clever… YOU CAN'T BEAT ME! NO! I WILL WIN!"

Todd "squee"ed and backed up to the arm of the couch, staring at Kris with his big, frightened eyes.

It was at this moment that Lenore chose to burst through the front door, dropping all the stuff and slamming and locking the door as soon as Ragamuffin was inside.

She leaned back against the door, trying to catch her breath before she slid down to a sitting position.

Kris snapped out of her crazy, competitive, chess-playing personality and looked over at Lenore. "What happened?"

The little dead girl slowly got up and walked into the living room, plopping down in a large chair opposite the couch.

"Scary little beanbag man named Mr. Gosh…"

"What'd he do?"

"He loves me."

"Awww, isn't that cute!" Kris made one of those annoying kissy faces.

"Nooo…" Lenore shook her head. "He's scary and obsessive and.. scary."

*BZZZZRING!*

Everyone turned to look at the door.

"GUESTS!" Kris cried as she rushed to the door, unlocking it and throwing it open.

She frowned, then looked down at the little beanbag man on her doormat. "Um... hello."

He held out his hand. "I'm Mr. Gosh. Nice to meet you. Where's Lenore?"

Kris's frown deepened. "Lenore? I'm afraid I don't know any 'Lenore.' You must have the wrong house. Sorry!" She slammed the door in his face.

Lenore eeped as a loud rap sounded on the window behind her.

"LENORE! I know you're in there! I love you! I LOVE YOU!" Mr. Gosh's face was pressed against the glass.

Ragamuffin leapt up and pulled the curtains shut. "There."

"Man, this is kinda scary…" Kris said slowly.

"Hmm…" Lenore got up from her chair and ran into the kitchen, emerging a few minutes later with a six-inch blade.

"What're you gonna do?" Squee asked.

Lenore didn't answer, but went to the door, took a deep breath, and opened it.

"I knew you'd come to your senses! You can't deny your love for me any longer! You-"

*CHK, CHK, CHK, CHK!!!* *THUMP!* "AIEEEE!"

Lenore came back inside, sans the knife, and shut the door behind her before she came back to her chair.

"Okay, he's gone," she said smugly. "Now who wants some chips?"