I'm not done with my ScriptFics, I'm just doing a Halloween one. Poor Bella!

Date: 31st October

Character: Bella

Stimulus Word: Vampires

The first time the doorbell rang, she jumped violently out of her skin. She hadn't exactly been expecting it. For a moment, she waited for her father to answer, listening from the relative comfort of her bedroom floor where she lay. But Charlie wasn't home yet.

Bella forced herself to stand up and go quickly downstairs. The doorbell rang again impatiently. She unlocked it quickly, pulling it wide and shuddering as a gust of cold wind caught her off-guard.

Two kids stood in the flickering light of the porch, their mother behind them. The small girl was dressed as a princess, complete with long, pretty dress and plastic tiara. But it was the boy who held her attention.

His black cloak was long, with an upright collar. His skin was chalky-white, thick with face paint. Blood-red plastic fangs stuck out from beneath his upper lip.

Bella saw all this in a moment, just long enough for the boy to cry, "Trick or Treat!", before she slammed the door violently on them.

She collapsed exactly where she was, sobbing.

The doorbell rang again, but she could not find the will to stand up and explain. She merely allowed herself to cry.