"So you're coming for sure…That's great! I can't wait to see you. It's been too long. Alright, I'll see you then. Bye!" Gena carefully replaced the receiver back on the cradle.
"Hey Gavin, Zoe is coming too! Isn't that just awesome?," she gushed as she moved to sit on her boyfriend's lap.
"That's great. So, how many people does that make for this party?"
"Well, Stefan, Elena, Damon, Mere, and Bon make five. Zoe and her boyfriend make two more. Than there's Em and her guy…"
"And my friend from home," Gavin interrupted.
"Right, so that makes a grand total of…twelve, counting us but not counting any of the other neighbors that I invited."
She snuggled up next to Gavin while they watched television. Haunted History was on The History Channel and they never missed an episode.
Fall was in full swing outside her warm home. The air had chilled causing the once green leaves to explode into orange and red. Gena loved this time of year, especially spending it with Gavin. They had a ball jumping into the giant piles of foliage and taking long rides on the horses into the woods. It was beautiful. To make things even better, Halloween and her big party were only a few short days away.
'I have to go out and buy so much stuff for this party. I've got to buy food, and décor, and …,' she planned, her thoughts interrupted by the television program that returned from commercial.
"On today's show, we'll hear the story of Sally Townsend, the daughter of…"
Gena thought about that name. "Sally Townsend! I knew her! I met her a few times in Boston!"
"Wait, hold on…you knew her?" Gavin looked at her with a sort of astonished smile.
"Yeah, I met her in Boston. Her father was on business there. It was a crazy place during the Revolution."
"I forgot that you were around back then," he stopped to laugh. "It's weird to picture you in those stuffy corsets!"
Gena started to laugh but stopped. "You have no idea how painful they were."
He took hold of her hand and kissed it gently, leaving his lips a bit longer than usual.
"So, what happened back then? I'm really interested, being a history major and all," he grinned.
Gena looked at him with a smile. It would be fun to tease him with little tidbits here and there until he finally made her tell the whole story.
"So, Gav, do you want the short, blunt version or the long, complicated one?"
"Do I have a choice?"
"Ok, complicated it is!"