Chapter 8: Halloween Humbugs Part 1

"So I'm guessing our two favorite blonde friends are still down in the dumps about seeing their ex's?" Xander asked Angel and Willow.

The three friends were sitting in a restaurant having dinner and talking about Buffy and Spike.

"Pretty much…I was talking to them about what they were going to do for Halloween in few days and all I got was a glare from both of them." Angel said.

"They can't skip Halloween…I mean…its Halloween." Xander said as if he was child.

"They seem set on their schedule that evening." Angel said.

"What's that?" Willow asked.

"Chinese food and playing the game of Life." Angel said.

"Oh my god how depressing!" Willow exclaimed, "Well we have to do something."

"Leave them alone Will, if they want to do that let them." Angel said.

"See my resolved face." She pointed to her face and Xander and Angel looked at her, "That means we are going to do something…we should take them to a costume party or The Bronze, anywhere."

"How about that haunted house thing upstate?" Xander asked and took a sip of his milkshake.

"What haunted house?" Willow asked.

"It's in the middle of no where and you can run threw a maze were these guys with chain saws come and attack you" Xander said and held up his knife in a demonstration. A few people in the restaurant looked at Xander strangely so he slowly put his knife down, "Angel and I went a few years ago."

"Was it scary?" Willow asked.

"No not really." Xander said and went back to eat his meal.

Angel snorted, "You were running like a little girl. 'Get away from me! Get away from me!'" Angel mimicked Xander. Willow started to laugh.

"Hey, that one guy was crazy. I think he was a little too into playing his part as chain saw man." Xander said.

"Actually I paid the guy an extra ten bucks to chase you to the car." Angel laughed.

"That's why he did that!" Xander was shocked.

Willow started laughing harder.

"Yeah…" Angel nodded and laughed, "It was worth the whole ten bucks."

Willow, Xander, and Angel entered Buffy and Spike's apartment to find the two blondes sitting next to each other in silence watching television.

"Hey guys." Xander said.

Buffy and Spike didn't answer.

"What was that you said…how are we? Well were just fine, thanks for asking." Xander said sarcastically. Angel, Willow, and Xander moved around in front of Buffy and Spike, blocking their view of the TV.

"Hey…move." Spike said and tried to look around them to the TV.

"Yeah were watching this…" Buffy said and also tried to look around the three.

"Look at you guys…" Willow said and Buffy and Spike looked at each other and then back at Willow, "You guys are pathetic. Get up and come out with us."

"We are fine just where we are." Spike said.

"Yeah…we like being pathetic." Buffy said and reached up to grab the remote control that was sitting on the coffee table but Angel grabbed it before Buffy could, "Hey!"

"Give us the bloody remote Peaches." Spike said.

"If you want it so badly…get up and fight me for it." Angel challenged, seeing if he could get the two blondes off the couch.

Buffy and Spike exchanged a look and sat back in their sits, clearly not going to get up from their spots. They decided didn't care about the remote anymore.

"Look we all know both of you are all sad and moody about your ex's, but I thought guys said it was the right choice to make?" Xander said.

"Yeah it was the right choice but doesn't mean it didn't hurt or make this any easier." Spike said.

"Yeah." Buffy agreed.

"Okay, understandable…but don't you think a chain saw guy chasing you to your car will forget the pain and suffering you're going through?" Willow asked.

Everyone turned to Willow; they looked at her as if there were lobsters coming out of her ears.

"You know what…I'm going to stop talking." Willow mumbled, "Angel you explain."

"Halloween is in a few days…come with us to this haunted place upstate, it will be fun." Angel said to Buffy and Spike.

Buffy and Spike exchanged a look and looked back at Angel.

Off both Buffy and Spike's looks Angel rolled his eyes because he knew what they wanted. "Fine I'll pay you ten bucks each to go." Angel said.

"Twenty." Buffy and Spike said together at the same time.

"Fine." Angel mumbled.

Buffy and Spike smiled in triumph.

The gang rented a car on Halloween night and went all the way through with their plan on going to the haunted house upstate. Willow calculated before hand that they would reach their destination in two hours if they took a shortcut. However, the shortcut only got them lost.

"Where they bloody hell are we?" Spike complained in the back seat.

"Were lost aren't we?" Buffy leaned forward from the back seat and asked Xander because he was the one driving.

"No…no…lost is not the right word…were just…off course." Xander said while looking around off the road for a sign that said the nearest town.

"That means lost." Spike said.

"Blame Willow…she wanted to take this shortcut." Xander said, "I was perfectly happy on the highway."

"Hey! I'm just following the map…" Willow said and kept looking at her big map of the state of New York.

"Let me see that." Angel said and reached from his seat and grabbed the map from Willow.

"Maybe we can pull over and ask someone for directions…" Willow said.

"Yeah we could do that but I think we have a bigger problem Will…" Xander said as the car slowed down.

"What's that?" Willow asked, sort of afraid to ask why they were slowing down.

"We're out of gas…" Xander said and gave a fake smile as the car stopped dead on the road.

Everyone in the car was silent. They knew this situation was not looking wonderful. They were on a road in the middle of no where, at night, with no gas in the car.

"That game of Life and Chinese food seems like a good idea now doesn't it?" Buffy broke the silence.

TBC……