With two hours left until the judging began for the annual Halloween dorm decorating contest, Olivia was putting the finishing touches on the decor with her roommate, Abbie. The contest was supposed to be an immersive experience for the judges and, instead of merely decorating their dorm rooms, those who participated in the contest were expected to create a storyline to act out in three minutes or less that also included opportunities for the judges to participate.
Abbie and Olivia's theme was The Purge. They had set up screens to project their backdrop as city streets on Purge night as well as integrated audio clips of the Purge siren and announcement. Their characters were two heavily-armed girls who went out on Purge night, risking their lives to protect those who couldn't protect themselves. Their chosen ensembles were simple: black Soffe shorts and white t-shirts that they ripped holes in and splattered with fake blood. Olivia's shoulder-length hair was wavy and unkempt and she and Abbie had splashed fake blood on their arms and legs for good measure.
Meanwhile, across the hall and four doors down, Alex and Serena were in PSL Hell. They had decorated their dorm room with every autumn blog stereotype, complete with Hocus Pocus playing in the background. Their storyline was the judges were Serena's party guests and, as a dare, they were to stand in front of a mirror and say 'Pumpkin Spice Latte' three times to see if Autumn Girl would appear. Those unlucky enough to summon her would be transported to PSL Hell, an abode of the damned where it was always October and Autumn Girl would continuously tell you everything she liked about the season with no end in sight.
Although there were two hours left, Alex and Serena were already prepared for the judges. Alex was clad in her Autumn Girl attire: a cream colored sweater, jeggings tucked into a pair of brown knee-high boots, and a chunky plaid flannel scarf. There was a pumpkin spice latte, a jack-o-lantern cookie, and an uncarved pumpkin readily available for her to use as props. Her plan was to say "Leggings and lattes!" while holding up her pumpkin spice latte, get out her phone and take autumn aesthetic pictures of the jack-o-lantern cookie, and even ask one of the judges to take a picture of her tossing fake leaves in the air. "Did you get my good side?" she was going to ask them, along with, "Is it good enough to post?" Autumn Girl was probably going to be the most obnoxious character in the contest but with the stress of midterms now behind them, Alex was ready to fully immerse herself in the character and have some fun.
...even if some of that fun was going to come at the expense of her girlfriend.
"I'm going to say hi to our girls," Serena told Alex now that they were all prepared. "Don't you want to see Liv?"
"I could use some time with my girlfriend," Alex agreed. "And you should definitely see Abbie. There's still two hours left. Why don't you take her somewhere secluded and exciting if you get my drift."
Serena grabbed her key card and her phone. "I know exactly what you're getting at and I have no qualms with using a makeout session to distract my girlfriend."
Abbie immediately kissed Serena when she arrived, but Olivia was hesitant to even hug her girlfriend. "You shouldn't be here, Alex. We agreed not to see each other before the contest."
"Is that how you greet the love of your life?" Alex smirked.
"Serena and I are heading out," Abbie said to the two of them, her arm now wrapped around her girl. "We'll be back in an hour."
"An hour?" Olivia asked in disbelief. "Abigail, we still have to do a sound check. We have to make sure our lighting is okay. You're not even in your costume."
Serena whispered something in Abbie's ear and Olivia knew her roommate was a goner. "Chill, Liv," Abbie told her. "You're really going to do all this for a gift card?"
"This is not about the gift card. Gift cards get spent," Olivia insisted. "This is about the glory of winning. Glory is forever."
Abbie and Serena left the dorm room without any care for Olivia's quest for glory. It was now just the two of them and Alex had every intention of seducing her girlfriend to make her forget about the contest.
"I love when your hair is like this," Alex said as she ran her fingers through Olivia's hair. "The tousled look reminds me of when I'm on top of you and－"
"I'm going to stop you right there," Olivia interrupted. "I know you told Serena to go make out with Abbie and I know you want to do the same in hopes of distracting me but, need I remind you, you made the mistake of having sex with me last night. I'm not sexually frustrated right now no matter how beautiful you look and how much those jeans hug you in the right places."
Alex took off her sweater so as not to get it stained with fake blood and laid down on her girlfriend's bed. "Okay, I am responsible for making Serena distract Abbie, but it serves you right. I thought you'd be a good girlfriend and sign up for me when I was in class so all the good themes didn't get taken. I told you to sign me up for Stranger Things because Serena and I wanted something '80s and you intentionally signed us up for PSL Hell because you thought it was the worst theme."
Olivia laid down next to her, hoping she could resist any temptation to go any further with Alex. "Well, that serves you right for eating the last serving of brownie goo in the dining hall and not just the last serving of the day. That was the last serving of brownie goo for the whole week. It's only served on weekends. You took it from my plate when I went to get ice cream to put on top of it. That was my goo, Alex."
"I only ate the last serving of brownie goo to get back at you for－nevermind," Alex laughed, thinking about how obsessed her girlfriend had become with the gooey brownies that were served in the dining hall. "This could go on forever. I love you, Olivia."
Olivia kissed her girlfriend's hand. "I love you, too, and I only chose PSL Hell for you and Serena because I know you two are gonna kill it with that theme. You're the cutest Autumn Girl."
Alex wrapped her arms around her girlfriend, holding her as close as she could. "Let's make a bet. If I win, I get to shower with you tonight while you wash off all this fake blood."
"I'll take that bet." Olivia pretended to be deep in thought about what she should suggest if she won. "And how about if I win, you still shower with me while I wash this fake blood off. Plus, you spend the night with me."
A/N: Thank you for reading! If you have any College Cabenson requests, just let me know and I'll write it for you. :)