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Beep!

Beep!

Beep!

My had came plummeting down onto the snooze alarm.

Morning.

I rolled over and tried to catch a few more minutes of Z's but the interruptions came sooner than ever.

Beep!

Beep!

Crap…

"Raven!" I heard a squeaky little voice calling my name, coming from none other than nerd-boy. I cursed myself for forgetting to lock my door last night, because he came barreling into my room wearing a Scream mask. "Happy Halloween!"

I couldn't help but giggle. I mean, he was adorable! I wish he could have been this way always, but instead he preferred video games and books and techie stuff only the nerdish of the tween brothers had to offer.

I rubbed the tired sleep from my eyes. "Halloween?" I asked, befuddled. I glanced at my Corpse Bride calendar to see that it was, indeed, October 31st. Now I had a reason to get out of bed!

As soon as I stood and balanced my tired self, I gave Billy-boy a sister to brother hug and ruffled his messy hair. "Happy Halloween!"

He smiled. "Wow, you're actually up an hour before school starts." he gasped, making a mocking shocked face at me. I laughed.

* * *

I rode to school with Becky that morning. She was dressed as a witch. She looked breathtaking, for a friend, in a cheap black gown, looking like something I'd rather wear on a daily basis, flowing just before her knees, purple stockings, pointed heels and a purple hat. "You look great, Becky!" I complimented as we stepped out of her truck and into the school's parking lot.

"You too, Raven." she gave me a smile and ran off to the bleachers to find Matt. Surprisingly, I was quite early today. But it's Halloween. I certainly had an outfit that was going to 'wow' everybody. I scurried off to the cafeteria to grab a coke before class.

I smoothed my red skirt, short as ever. I stole this from the gym a few days back just for the occasion. I'd return the clothes eventually, not like I'd ever wear this again. I straightened out the red and white sweater, and leaned down to re-lace the stark white sneakers on my feet.

Imagine that! I was a cheerleader.

My hair was done up in a flirty-like bun, with red ribbon. I swapped out my black-on-black makeup for some bright shades…pink lips, sky blue covered eyes. I made my way over to the soda machine, but guess who just had to be there to stop me?

You've guessed it. Trevor.

"Hey, princess, what's your name?" he asked. I could see that Trevor, always the rich boy, was taking the cheap way out of Halloween and repeating last year's costume: A vampire.

"Still trying to impress me, eh Trev?" I snapped back. "By the way, I'm Patrice."

"Sexy ass name." he said, which left me confused as hell as I took my coke from the slot of the machine and headed to first period.

* * *

Lunch couldn't come soon enough. I joined Becky and Matt at our usually vacant table, away from the gossiping girls and obnoxious jocks. Matt was dressed as a soccer player, how original. Becky noticed my strange looks at him, so she piped in to answer my question I never asked, as if reading my mind.

"Matt is going to surprise me at the party tonight." she told me. Party?

"As in a Halloween party?" I asked, suddenly interested. I took a bite out of the crappy cafeteria slice on my plate, winced, then set it back down.

"Yeah, at Matt's place." she told me, smiling up at Matt, which he gladly returned. "You and Alexander are both invited."

I couldn't help but feel giddy inside. I was actually invited to a party! A Halloween party, to make that perfectly clear. My kind of party.

"It's at sunset." she said with a wink.

* * *

On my way out, Trevor stopped me dead in my tracks once again, flashing me fake plastic vampire fangs. Before I'd met Alexander, he'd seem somewhat cute…but they were nowhere as sexy as Alexander's fangs.

"Step aside, I couldn't afford to get bitten!" I said in a high tone, sarcastically flipping my hair back.

He was shocked by my sudden change. It was Halloween, he didn't have much of a reason to be all shocked. It was like playing charades. A game. A joke. A disguise.

Last year I went trick-or-treating. This year I was going to a more mature party on the arm of my vampire mate.

* * *

We arrived at the party at sunset, just as I promised Becky. Alexander was dressed as my hero: Phoenix. I stood with him next to Jameson's Mercedes, his arms around my waist and mine around his neck. We kissed each other long under the moonlight. We walked hand in hand up Matt's cookie cutter house porch and walked into the opened door.

The house was like a dream. Black streamers hung from the walls, cheap black roses, fake of course, sat in cheap crystal vases. A purple and black striped spider hung from the ceiling a few feet into the door, greeting us. We stepped on a mat that started screeching obnoxiously whenever something touched it. A long metal table with a black table cloth held all the refreshments and snacks one could stomach. Around the room danced people I typically ignored from school dressed as vampires, ghosts, fairies, witches, the like. Becky ran straight at me and knocked me to the floor with a barreling hug.

"Raven!" she squealed at the top of her lungs, hugging me tight. I was lying on her cold hardwood floor and she was on top of me, pinning me down. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Matt and Alexander chucking at us. I blushed as Alexander and Matt helped us to our feet.

"I am so glad you guys could make it." she finally said, giving Alexander a light and friendly hug. "Great costume, Alexander. Let me guess, did you get a bike, too?"

Alexander laughed. "I could only wish." he said, smiling his sexy smile at me and giving me a wink. I giggled.

"Well, what are you guys standing around for?" she asked. "Let's dance!"

The place was dark, and from the speakers on the wall played a Halloween soundtrack. We danced, slow and fast, until our legs were about to give out. Alexander and I took a seat on the sofa in the living room, where a few other ghouls sat with their dates, laughing, drinking, hanging out. Alexander gave me a quick peck on the lips. "Having fun?" he asked.

"Of course." I laughed. "I can't recall being invited to a party this cool before."

His arms went around me, pulling me close. He gave me a lip-lock that sent shivers down my spine to my tennis shoes. When we pulled away, he gazed down at me adoringly. "Did I tell you how amazing you look?"

"No. Did I tell you how sexy you look?" I said coyly, teasing him. He chuckled, pecking my neck.

I sighed, realizing that the liter of soda I drank was beginning to catch up with me. "I'll be back in a sec, okay baby?"

He nodded. "Hurry back." he smiled at me.

"Don't miss me too much." he laughed.

I made my way up the thin staircase, much thinner compared to Alexander's grand stairs. I found the bathroom, a porcelain brightness, everything white and gold. I almost fit in with this costume on. I shut the door, which sadly didn't have a lock on it. After I did my business, I went to the sink to wash my hands and fix my makeup. My back was turned toward the door as I cracked my small purse, black unlike the rest of my outfit, and pulled out the hardly ever used pink lipstick and blue eyeshadow. The rest of the contents of my makeup back spilled over and into the sink.

"Crap." I muttered, going to scoop my things up, when the lights went out. I felt a cool breeze, probably from the door being opened. It was the door, because it slammed shut afterwards. My heart was about to thump right out of my chest and splatter into the sink.

"A-Alexander?" I asked in a shaky voice, thinking Alexander might be teasing me. I heard footsteps coming closer. I thought back to all the scary movies I watched and a cold sweat dewed on the back of my neck. Freddy Krueger. Jigsaw. Samara. Dracula. Sweeney Todd.

Then the dimmest light in the room flickered on and I saw the horror.

Hello all! I just had to end it here…I know you hate my guts right now, but you can probably guess who's in the bathroom. Or can you? Anyway…I had a pretty boring idea for this chapter, but this morning, I woke up and it hit me. The party shall continue in the next chappie, so keep your butts tuned! And review, please. Yes, the cheerleader won. And I considered making Alexander a football player, but decided Phoenix would be much hotter. ;) Oh and the part where Trevor asks Raven her name and says 'sexy ass name' that actually happened to me. Love you guys, review please.