Ashley
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"Ash! You home?" l hear Sam's voice echo through the house and try to quiet down my sobbing as I hear her footsteps come closer, but I still let out a whimper. "Ash? Is that you?" I hear her soothing voice as she opens the door. I move over to sit against the wall and she joins me, putting her arm around me and leaning against me. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm just being stupid." I wipe my face and stand up, brushing off my clothes before taking off my jacket, gloves and shoes. "I just need some sleep."

"Alright… Well, don't forget about the party tomorrow." She says, standing up.

"The what?" Oh shit, I forgot.

"The Halloween party? Don't tell me you forgot. We are hosting it after all. Plus, Chris will be there." She says, winking at me.

"Ugh, please. As if I care if he's there." I say, causing Sam to laugh a bit as she leaves.

"Whatever you say. Get some sleep, okay? I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, good night." I wave at her as she leaves and closes the door. I change into my pajamas as soon as I hear the television in the living room turn on and climb into bed, curling up under the covers. Finally, I drift to sleep to the sound of the terrible acting from the horror movie Sam is watching.

- 2:30 pm, October 30th

"Are you seriously still asleep? WAKE UP!" I get shaken awake by Sam, halfway dressed as a witch.

"You must have cast a sleeping spell on me." I say, turning over and putting my face in the pillow. Suddenly, I hear a low chuckle that I recognize as Sam huffs in annoyance and leaves my room. "Chris?" I mutter as I open my eyes slowly, seeing the blonde boy in the corner dressed as a… what is that? "Um… What are you dressed as?"

"I've found my true calling." He says, making a cross in the air with his fingers and putting hands together, doing a slight bow. "Bam, you've been monked!"

"Incredible, Chris. Help me up, will you?" I reach out and he grabs my hands, pulling me up hard, causing me to bump into him, our faces an inch apart. We stand there for a few seconds, looking into each other's eyes. I swear for a second, he started to lean in to kiss me. But then, I pull away and walk over to my costume that Sam made for me and laid down on my vanity.

"Do you mind? I kinda gotta change into this or else Sam will kill me." I ask Chris, looking at him as he leans against the wall. He blushes before smiling, embarrassed.

"Oh. Yeah, sorry. I'll go watch something." He walks out of my room and closes my door. Again, I wait until the television turns on before I get into the costume. Once I get the black, fullbody suit on, I look into the mirror. "Ugh, seriously?"

I open my door and run into Sam's room as she's applying makeup. "Seriously, Sam? Black Widow? That's what you made me?"

"Well, I thought you'd look good. Which you do." She says, turning around and smiling at me. "Why don't you go show Chris? See what he thinks about it." I blush and turn away, walking out to the living room.

As I pass Chris, he wolf whistles at me. "Lookin' good Ash." I glare at him before laughing a bit and shoving his arm.

"Yeah, whatever. So, what are we watching?"