Author's note: My apologises. School, work, and life. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Val put her key in the doorknob, opened the door, and was met with the sight of Avery lying on the couch watching a movie. She smiled because it was the 1940 version of Pride and Prejudice. Avery had gotten obsessed with Jane Austin when she was little, but her favorite book was, of course, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy being shy was what made her fall in love with the story. At least to her, Mr. Darcy was that way.

"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you," Lawrence Olivier said to Greer Garson on the TV.

"I thought you were getting ready for the trick or treaters?" Val asked while putting her bag and keys on the table by the door.

"I have everything ready," Avery said, not looking up.

Val smiled and left Avery to the movie. By the time the trick or treaters were walking everywhere, Avery was waiting for them. Last year she had a few of the kids at her door, this year she decided to sit outside to see if there would be more. There actually were more. So far there was a ballerina, a knight, a pirate, a turtle, a mickey mouse, an Indian, a North Star fan, a baseball player, a pumpkin, a fairy, a kid in a box, and a ghost that looked like how Charlie Brown wore his costume. The next few kids came up and once she gave the last kid candy she noticed this adult coming up in a hockey goalie mask.

"Aren't you a little old for candy?" Avery asked the stranger when he stopped in front of her.

"No," was the muffled reply.

"Ok," she replied slowly, lifting the bowl up.

He lifted his hands up, refusing. "No thanks."

Avery wasn't sure what her face looked like, but she knew she looked like the guy had two heads. "What?"

"What I really want is a kiss."

Avery let out a strangled 'huh', and gave the stranger a 'you-got-to-be-kidding-me' look. "Excuse me?"

"You know a kiss. Where two people…"

Avery let a chuckle. "No."

"Why not?"

"Ah… you're creeping me out."

"Is it because I'm dressed as a serial killer?"

"Yeah, one that has shamrocks on the side of the mask," Avery replied, while looking at the green leaf type symbols on the mask. "Kind of like an Irish killer."

The guy asked, "So you won't kiss me?"

Avery sighed. "What did I say? Will you please leave?" A few kids came up behind the guy.

"Not even for your boyfriend?"

Avery gave the stranger a look like 'why won't this person get a clue'. "My boyfriend? Yes. You? No." She was getting frustrated. Before she could even give the first kid candy, the guy lifted the mask up. Underneath the mask was Ralph. Avery gave him a look. "I should hit you for that."

"Hey," he said when he went to sit down.

Avery gave the kids candy before turning to Ralph. "You could have just come up as yourself."

Ralph smiled. "Where's the fun in that?"

Avery shook her head as she smiled. "Whatever."

Ralph put an arm around her shoulder. When she looked over, that was when they kissed. They heard an 'ew' a second later. Looking at the kid, they smiled, and he grabbed some candy.

"Where'd you get the mask?"

"Jimmy."

"Luck of the Irish," Avery said, looking at the three shamrocks on the mask.

Ralph nodded. "Jimmy is very Irish."

For the rest of the trick or treating, they talked, gave away candy. He even mentioned that Rizzo's party started early. They went back into the apartment when there were no more kid and hung out for thirty minutes talking to Val. By the time they got to the dorms, the normal party was already happening. They weren't even in the doors when Jannie and Silk came up. They were dressed up, Jannie in a Toga and Silk in a trench coat that was closed.

"Hey Avery, where's your costume?" Silk asked smiling before taking a drink of his beer.

"Yeah, I wanted to see you in something sexy," Jannie said.

"Do you wanna see me costume?" Silk slurred. "I'll let you on a little secret. I'm not wearing anything underneath the trench coat."

Despite what they were saying, Avery laughed. She was actually getting use to these guys. "I am wearing my costume."

"As what? A straight 'A' student?" Jannie asked.

Avery laughed. "No. A runaway, he's my pimp." She pointed to Ralph. She said it with a straight face too. Ralph smiled at the guys.

"Whoa," Silk uttered. "So wasn't expecting that response."

Avery nodded. "I know."

They moved further on after that. Jimmy got his mask back. They joked some, this time Avery said that she was his victim, but he hasn't gotten her yet. Jimmy did ask if Val was coming, which made them talk a little about that. Avery was scared about Jimmy's heart, she didn't want it to break when Val told him no. So she told him that what she could, that she wasn't sure, that he shouldn't take it as a bad thing if she did say no. Jimmy nodded and gave her a hug for the talk and advice.

The next person they came up to was Rizzo. He was hanging out with his date, and was having fun. After all it was his late 25th birthday party. After talking to Rizzo, they headed to the room that had the drinks. They passed a room that was showing Halloween. The movie was so loud that they could hear it through the door.

"That's coincidence," Avery said. The theme music for Halloween was playing through the hallway.

When they got into the room, there was a bucket with a keg in it. Emily and Pav were standing near it and when they came up both couples started talking.

"Rice went up to my mom the other day and asked her if she could go to summer camp," Avery told Emily after a while.

"That's cool that she wants to get away for the summer," Emily replied.

"I know. My mom didn't expect it. My mom asked her when she decided on this, because she never mentioned it before. Never said she wanted to go ever."

"Did she watch the Parent Trap?" Emily asked after thinking about it.

Avery nodded. She had taken a drink of her beer. "Yeah, maybe Rice thought if she went, she'd find her long lost twin."

"You never know, there could be another one of us out there," Emily said.

Avery laughed. "That would be either fun or sad."

They talked for a while. Then as Avery and Ralph went from one room to another, they kept talking to the guys. Avery had to go to the bathroom, so she went to one of the rooms that weren't being occupied at the moment. She didn't even knock before entering. She had the shock of the night. Christian was in there, and he was getting himself off. She said sorry, laughed after closing the door, and headed to a different room. She shook her head after the shock wore off.

When she went back to where she left Ralph, Christian was there. He couldn't even look at her, but after a few minutes he did. For Avery, she would have blushed head to toe, but she didn't, only a little. Now for Dave Christian, he was beet red. The guys asked him if he was ok. He said he was, but left after.

"That was strange," Neal Broten said.

"Wonder what that was about?" Ken Morrow asked. He turned to his wife, and she shrugged.

Avery wanted to laugh again, but she kept it in. Later on, everybody gathered into the room that was showing movies. Well, when Avery found out that it was Texas Chainsaw Massacre, she hid against Ralph's chest. Eventually, she came out of hiding because she told herself that there were a lot of people in the room and nobody was going to get her. The rest of the party was fun. With the event that happened with Christian, she didn't bring it up. It was better to forget about it, then bring the embarrassment.