p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"strongspan style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px; font-family: Georgia;"A/N: /span/strongspan style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px; font-family: Georgia;"Okay, so this chapter is meant to make up for all the sad-sad in the last one. This one has quite a bit of funny, and I REALLY hope you guys love it as much as I loved writing it. Please please please review, and tell me what your favorite part of this chapter is! And don't forget, you can get updates on this story by following me on Twitter (tigger_mom023) and Instagram (tiggermom023). I will also have more fics posted on my Wattpad (StephanieKaleto) soon, including the "Face Down" songfic that used to be up on here. So! Definitely make sure you check that out too!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"strongspan style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px; font-family: Georgia;" /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"strongspan style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px; font-family: Georgia;"Chapter Eleven – Halloween in Charleston/span/strong/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"strongspan style="font-family: Georgia;"Kayla/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"Thankfully my two-week vacation request was approved, and before I knew it I was back on a plane to Charleston to see Jai. When I arrived, I shoved my MP3 player into my pocket and waited for my turn to get off the plane. When I got past the security checkpoint, I saw Jai standing around a group of people who were also waiting for people from the same flight I was on. Beyond happy to see him, I ran to him and he caught me in his arms, lifting me off the ground. He planted a strong but passionate kiss on my lips before setting me down and handed me a gorgeous bouquet of wildflowers he had in his hand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""These are for you," he grinned. "I remember you telling me once that if you were given flowers, you adored these." he looked so proud of himself, and my heart leapt seeing the look on his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You are amazing." I kissed him and we took off, hand in hand, toward the baggage claim. When we got there, he spotted my bag right away and grabbed it before returning his hand to mine and leading me out of the airport and to the car. As we pulled out of the airport parking lot, he started up a conversation./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""So, how's work?" he asked me. Given that I'd told Keleigh I was on my boss's shit-list, I certainly didn't want to tell Jai it was awesome… so I told the truth./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Less than fantastic," I replied simply as I looked out the window at the city life around us. "I'm on, 'the list'." I added as I used my hands to emphasize my saying "the list"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""The shit-list?" Jai asked, glancing over at me quickly before looking back at the road./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Yep, that'd be the one!" I sighed. "I just can't seem to do anything right to those people."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It'll get better, baby." he encouraged. I let out another sigh and lowered my head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I dunno babe," I said as I slid my hand through my hair. "At the rate I'm going they're gonna send me back down to the mailroom."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You'd look sexy in the mailroom," I saw a grin appear on Jai's face. "Throw in the idea of you wearing a sexy little dress and I'd be happy to watch emyou/em work emall/em day long." I can't hold back and end up bursting into a fit of giggles. "What?" he looks at me with a serious face and I continue laughing. "I'm serious!" he lets out a chuckle, making it even less believable than it was to begin with./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You're biased," I said simply. He laughed harder. "You know it's true!" I added as I looked at him. We pulled into the driveway of the cottage and Keleigh came running out of the house and to my side, opening the door for me and embracing me in a hug./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Ahh! I missed you so much!" she told me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I missed you too!" I felt so special. I felt like I belonged here. Like I was back home again. We got inside, and Miles helped Jai carry my stuff up to the bedroom while Keleigh lead me into the backyard./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Jai has been so sad since you left," she told me. In an instant, my heart broke. It killed me to know that he was so unhappy with me not being around./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Well, don't tell him but I'm pretty sure I'm getting fired soon," I told her, watching her eyes get wide as she processed my words./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""What the hell happened?" she asked in shock./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I just seem to piss them off left and right. They're actively trying to get me to quit, and I just keep doing my job and trying not to tell them to sit and twist." I was getting pretty mad just thinking about how big of assholes my coworkers and boss have been since I got back from my vacation./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Does Jai know?" I had a feeling that question was coming next and I immediately shook my head. "I didn't figure he did. If he did he'd probably be asking you to stay here with him full time." she reacted as if she wasn't supposed to say that, I noticed, as her eyes got wide and she looked at me in shock. "emDon't/em tell him I told you that!" she and I shared giggles. "Jai told Miles, and Miles didn't know I was listening when it was said. As the boys came out of the house, our conversation came to an abrupt halt about that topic and we started talking about other stuff./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Jai told me upstairs that you're on the shit-list at work." I looked at Jai and playfully stuck my tongue out, receiving the same gesture in return before answering Miles./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Yeah, they are acting like total assholes to me to boot. I seem to piss them off by simply breathing." I giggled as Jai put his hand on mine. "So, what's new with you guys? How's the movie coming along?" I asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It'd be better if Jai would stop being such a sour-puss." I saw Jai glare at Miles as he spoke and then whacked Miles in the arm. "Ow! What? It's true!" Miles exclaimed, his voice cracking as he let out a high pitched 'true'. I giggled and put my arms around Jai./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You really miss me, huh?" I asked him. He looked at me and nodded. I smiled warmly before kissing him. "You need to cheer up so you guys can finish the movie and you can come back to LA." I teased a little. He let out a light chuckle before embracing me and kissing the top of my head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You are something else, my little firecracker." he grinned at me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Firecracker, huh?" I asked, returning his grin. I felt a little flutter in my belly and a small shiver up my spine. This is the kind of love I want to be in. Right here, with him. It never gets old./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Yep. You manage to make people's shit lists, you fight off psycho roommates, and the only time you ever need rescuing is when you get knocked over by an Australian wave." Keleigh let out a snicker and Miles joined in shortly thereafter./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Which one? You or the one you rescued me from?" I fired back, trying to hold back my giggle. Keleigh and Miles burst into laughter and Jai grinned at me, letting out a little chuckle himself./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Both?" he and I shared the laughter Keleigh and Miles were already in and I gave him another kiss./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You are too cute for your own good," I told him and he sent me a Cheshire cat grin. This was how I wanted my life to be. Here, with him. And I knew deep down in my heart that if I wasn't with him I wouldn't be truly happy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"After a week of being here, things had gotten so routine for me. I went with Jai to the set, Keleigh and I sat and talked while our men worked, and on days off the four of us spent our time hanging out together. We spent so much time together on and off set that Keleigh and Miles came and stayed with us for the remainder of filming. It was so awesome to have them around, and we all got along fantastically./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"One morning I'd gotten up to use the bathroom, and then took a shower immediately after. When I got out I dried my hair, brushed my teeth, threw on deodorant, and left the room to go get dressed. As I'm looking through the closet I hear Jai come running out of the bathroom./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Okay who didn't flush?!" he yelled, laughing and making a disgusted face. Keleigh and Miles appear in the doorway and we're all glancing at each other, not saying a word./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Don't look at me," Keleigh says as our eyes focus on her. "I don't use that bathroom," she added and it hit me that bathroom happened to be the one in the room Jai and I slept in. Meaning there was no way that it was anyone else but me or Jai, and since he was the one that found it, clearly it couldn't have been him. emOh no/em! I thought. Embarrassment flooded into me like a flowing river and I tried to keep it hidden from the three of them./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Wait, what was i- oh. OH!" Miles looked at me. "You shit and forgot to flush?" he asked, laughing. I nodded./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It was an accident! I took a shower right after and didn't want the water to get ice cold on me from flushing." I said in my defense as the three of them stood around in fits of laughter. Jai came over to me, putting his arm around me and kissing the top of my head./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Looks like another milestone for you two. Next thing you know, you will be ripping ass in front of one another," Miles said. Keleigh and I laughed, and Jai threw a pillow at Miles, hitting him right in the face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Oh hush!" I heard Jai and we all went our ways to get ready for the day. We were going to the pumpkin patch since Halloween was in a few days, and then a few days after Halloween I had to go back to LA. When we arrived at the pumpkin patch, we started searching for the four biggest pumpkins we could find. As we looked, Miles and Jai were both approached by fans, asking for pictures and autographs. I stood by Keleigh and smiled as we watched our guys oblige their fans./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""So, this is the life eh?" I asked Keleigh as I lightly hip-bumped her. She grinned at me before answering./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""That it is. Twenty-four seven." Keleigh replied with a small smile. After we picked our pumpkins, we paid for them, then went home to gut and carve them. Instead of throwing away the seeds, Keleigh and I rinsed them and left them out to dry on paper towels. Once they were dry, we salted them and put them in the oven to cook. After they were done and cooled enough, they were put into a little glass bowl in the middle of the dining room table so we could all just grab some as we passed through./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""So what's the plan tonight?" Keleigh asked as she sat down beside me on the living room floor with a handful of pumpkin seeds. Before I can answer her, I'm caught off guard by a very loud, girlish scream coming from upstairs. I quickly jump up and bound up the stairs, Kayla close behind me. Halfway down the hallway, I'm stopped by what felt like a wall, knocking me on my butt./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Kill it! Kill it! Fucking KILL IT!" I hear Jai. I look up to see a petrified look on his face, and I give him a 'what the fuck?' look in return./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""On the wall!" he yelled from the hallway, so I looked up on the wall and saw a pretty decent-sized daddy long legs spider. I chuckled for a few minutes before speaking again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It's a daddy long leg spider!" I told them. I heard chuckles in the hallway and Jai telling them it wasn't funny in an offended tone, but it was kind of funny. "Hey Miles, can you bring me a plastic container and a piece of paper?" I called out. After a few minutes, Miles brought me the two things I asked for and as Jai, Miles, and Keleigh stood in the bedroom, I put the container over the spider so it couldn't escape./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It will not. Chill out." I said through a chuckle as I maneuvered the piece of paper under the spider and he fell into the container. Keeping the paper over him so he couldn't escape, I took him downstairs and out the back door. I walked over to the edge of the fence and moved the paper so he could get out before setting the container on the ground and walking away. I would go back and get it later, but for now, I had a boyfriend I needed to check /"Okay," I noticed them all in the living room. I took a seat beside Jai and put my hand on his leg. "Your big monster is no longer in the bathroom. Why don't you go get ready so we can go to the haunted house?" I suggested with a grin on my face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I still think you should have killed it," he said simply before going upstairs./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Okay, we need to get ready or we're going to have to hear about him being ready before us because we were too busy laughing about his arachnophobia for half an hour." I stood up and the three of us went upstairs to get ready ourselves./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"When we were all ready to go we loaded up in the car and Jai pulled out of the driveway, still going on about the spider until we got to the haunted house. When we got there, we went and bought our tickets and then got in line. They were taking people through the house ten to twelve at a time, so the line was moving pretty quickly. When it was our turn, we were grouped in with two couples and another group of four. As we made our way through a Victorian-era house, the 'hostess' – a woman who looked to be about my age in a dress that fit the time period of the house – spoke to us about each room she took us through. As she led us up the stairs, she spoke about the different rooms. After one of the rooms, we heard a loud slam from behind Keleigh and she screamed, jumping on Miles. The entire group laughed and the hostess continued to the last few rooms before leading us to what looked like an old-fashioned study. She pulled on one side of the bookcase to reveal a secret passageway. She explained that we'd be on our own from then on, and to be safe. Jai had a grin on his face as he encouraged me to go first since I was so brave killing the spider, and I playfully nudged him before going first. Coming down a small number of stairs, I led the group by a weird-looking monster thing sitting in a plastic chair. I hesitated for a moment to see if it would move before I made my way towards the next set of stairs and it lunged at me. I jumped and screamed, so startled I probably would have wet myself if I hadn't gone to the bathroom before we left. Jai, Miles, and Keleigh all laughed at me and I stuck my tongue out at them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Okay Miles, you think it's so funny – you lead." I encouraged him. He and Keleigh moved in front of me and Jai and led us down the stairs. When we got down them all, we came to a room that had a dirt floor. I looked at Jai confused before the lights went out and it got dark. After a few minutes, the room started lighting up with a white light flickering on and off. I realized it was a strobe light. A few moments later, carnival music began to play and clowns started coming through parts of the wall that I didn't realize were doors. Suddenly I heard girlish screams again, and as I strained my eyes to see who it was, I could barely make out Miles with help from the strobe lights. Jai must have seen it too because he started laughing when I did. After what felt like eight or nine minutes of the clowns trying to torment us, they opened one of the walls to let us move on to the next area./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""And you were laughing at us. Looks like you need to join the club." I flashed Miles an evil grin and he stuck his tongue out at me as we advanced to the next part. It was a very small room, barely big enough for all of us to fit into. It was dark and smelled slightly of mold and fresh rain on wood. The more we looked around, the more all of us realized we couldn't see anything. Suddenly I felt something touch my head and I screamed. Soon after, I heard a few other screams – two of them being Keleigh and Miles. Quickly some light was around the room and I heard Jai yelling. I looked over to see a decent sized spider mere inches from his face. It looked as though it was staring at him and moving its legs. Miles nudged me and pointed to its back legs as they moved./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Watch," I heard him say. After a moment, I caught a faint glimpse of the string that held part of the spider and I realized it was fake. This, of course, made me laugh rather hard. Jai jumped when it moved closer to him and touched him, pushing his hands away from his body in hopes of shoving the spider away from him before running over to me and hiding behind me, making me laugh even harder. After a few more minutes I felt pounding coming from under my feet. I looked down when the light was suddenly shining right above me, and saw a person pounding on what looked like plastic flooring at our feet and I jumped. I heard the person screaming, and then registered them to be female. It was hard to tell before that because they were covered in dirt. It wasn't long before we were given an open passage to the next place, and we quickly got out of there. I heard booming loud music and registered the song as Dragula by Rob Zombie. Once all of us were in the room, the music descended in volume and a tall man with an athletic build approached our group in an intimidating fashion. His hair was short, brown, and spiked in all directions./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Hello!" I caught a glimpse of his fangs. He was supposed to be a vampire. I assumed everyone else was as well, minus the girl in the corner wearing tattered clothes and her hair in a mess. No, she looked intimidated. She was definitely supposed to be human. "Welcome to my dominion!" his voice snapped me back to what was going on and away from the girl. "As you no doubt can tell, we are vampires. Whether you stay or not is up to you, but if you do don't expect to remain alive for long." he grinned evilly as he stared us down, moving his eyes to meet different pairs of eyes in our group and then locking his on mine. Before I knew what was going on, the girl in the corner of the room was screaming bloody murder as two of the guys grabbed her, bringing her to her feet. I knew it wasn't real, that it was all for show, but it emlooked/em real. They must have been trained actors, I'd guessed. I watched as the guy who had spoken to us upon entry bit the girl's neck until her body went weak, making it look as though he was changing her into a vampire. One of the girls in the back of our group screamed in fear. Before I could do anything else, the door to leave opened and a bouncer-looking guy motioned for us to exit and go on to the next part of the haunted house. I led the group; not so much because I wasn't afraid, but because I was showing courage in the face of intimidation. Jai had grabbed my hand as we were getting close to the door of the next area and I held on to his all the same, feeling even stronger and braver than before. I loved haunted houses – they were frightening, but I loved them nonetheless./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"When we got to the next area, the door remained closed. I tried to open it and it wouldn't open. I knocked. Nothing. emWhat the hell/em? I asked myself. I took a step back as the door slowly slid open on its own and we were granted entry. When we got in, I began looking around. There was very little light, making it almost impossible to see, but from the little light, I was able to make out that we were in a barn of some sort./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It's a barn!" I called out to the silence. I had no idea what was ahead of us in this place, but fear of the unknown was never high up on my list so it didn't worry me that much. Behind us, I heard a scratching sound./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""What is that?" one of the girls asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I have no idea." I heard a boy reply. Suddenly, I heard one of the girls closer to me let out a scream and I looked up. I heard Keleigh gasp and Miles yell, "Oh my God!" as I caught a glimpse of what they saw – a person hanging from the ceiling of the barn. They looked dead. Jai put his arms around me protectively, but I took a braver stance despite his arms being around me. I happened to glance at a far corner and saw a person pulling their body with their arms, heading in our direction./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It's zombies!" I yelled, making the connection. I heard a few mumbles, but nothing audible. I used my left arm to point and my right arm to tap Jai's leg, which he'd conveniently placed within my reach. He jumped a little and I said, "Look!" so he could see what I was seeing on the floor./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Back up guys!" he called to the rest of the group that was behind us. We all took a few steps back before the girl from earlier screamed again. I whipped my body around to look at what she was screaming at and saw another one coming towards her. Within moments I heard screams coming from other directions as well. They had surrounded us. The zombie on the floor had grabbed my foot and I jumped. Once they were inches from us, someone opened a door on the side of the barn that the zombie on the floor came from./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Hey! Unless you have a desire to be zombie food, you might wanna come with me!" I heard the guy. I nudged one of the zombies just enough to get them out of the way before making my way towards the guy in the doorway. The rest of the group followed me and we all got out of /"That was close, wasn't it?" he asked, sounding relieved. I nodded. Judging by his glance at other people in the group, I wasn't the only one /"Follow me," he said and started walking. We followed him until we reached a /"You have to make it through this to get to the end." I watched him gesture to the cornfield. It turned out to be a maze. "Good luck, I hope you make it out alive." and with that, he was gone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Alright guys, let's go." I started easing my way into the maze, assuming they were behind me. As we got a good part of the way into it, we thought we were almost out when I heard a yell. The voice hollered, "oh my God!" and a few of the other girls screamed. I looked over to see a guy in what looked like a sweater, fedora hat, dark pants, and what looked like knives on one hand. To his right was another guy in dark clothes and a light-colored hockey mask, his left a wolfman. They began coming after us, and we ran another direction. When we thought they'd stopped chasing us we slowed down, quite a few of us out of breath from running – except for Miles and Jai anyway – but that didn't surprise me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Do you think they're still chasing us?" the same voice I heard yell 'oh my God' earlier asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Probably not," I replied, still doubled over trying to catch my breath. I looked up and happened to see a man holding a sign that said 'this way to get out' and I stood up straight and pointed to it. "Hey guys, look! We found the way out." I watched as they all looked over in the direction I was looking and heard a few cheers before we started walking towards the man with the sign. After we passed him, I heard a chainsaw. I looked behind us and the guy that was holding a sign no longer had the sign. Instead, he was holding the chainsaw. Screaming, I started running and the rest of the group followed suit again. Once we got around near the front and I saw the line of people getting ready to go in, I knew that we were not being chased anymore and I slowed to a stop to catch my breath once again. The group of twelve of us broke apart into the groups we originally came in and Miles, Keleigh, Jai, and myself all started walking towards the car. Jai put his arm around me and kissed my cheek./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Did you have fun?" he asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I had a blast." I beamed. "That was a lot of fun."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Good. I'm glad." he grinned at me. "Can I talk to you for a minute alone?" I stopped just a foot or two away from the car as Keleigh and Miles kept walking. Jai got Miles' attention and tossed him the keys so he and Keleigh could get in while we talked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""What's up?" I asked him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I know normally I'm this big tough guy," he rolled his eyes at his own words before continuing, "but I really miss you when you're not around." he looked me in the eye as he confessed. "I hate it when you're not here, and it makes my heart hurt." I didn't know what to say to that, so instead of saying anything I just kissed him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I miss you when I'm not here too," I told him. "I feel more at home here than I ever did before in LA." I smiled at him. He smiled back, pulled me into his arms, and kissed the top of my head before we walked the rest of the way to the car and got in. Tonight was great. Great friends, a great life, great emlove/em. What? Love? Oh, right. I still have to tell Jai how I feel…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"strongspan style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px; font-family: Georgia;" /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"strongspan style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px; font-family: Georgia;"Chapter Eleven – Halloween in Charleston/span/strong/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"strongspan style="font-family: Georgia;"Kayla/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"Thankfully my two-week vacation request was approved, and before I knew it I was back on a plane to Charleston to see Jai. When I arrived, I shoved my MP3 player into my pocket and waited for my turn to get off the plane. When I got past the security checkpoint, I saw Jai standing around a group of people who were also waiting for people from the same flight I was on. Beyond happy to see him, I ran to him and he caught me in his arms, lifting me off the ground. He planted a strong but passionate kiss on my lips before setting me down and handed me a gorgeous bouquet of wildflowers he had in his hand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""These are for you," he grinned. "I remember you telling me once that if you were given flowers, you adored these." he looked so proud of himself, and my heart leapt seeing the look on his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You are amazing." I kissed him and we took off, hand in hand, toward the baggage claim. When we got there, he spotted my bag right away and grabbed it before returning his hand to mine and leading me out of the airport and to the car. As we pulled out of the airport parking lot, he started up a conversation./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""So, how's work?" he asked me. Given that I'd told Keleigh I was on my boss's shit-list, I certainly didn't want to tell Jai it was awesome… so I told the truth./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Less than fantastic," I replied simply as I looked out the window at the city life around us. "I'm on, 'the list'." I added as I used my hands to emphasize my saying "the list"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""The shit-list?" Jai asked, glancing over at me quickly before looking back at the road./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Yep, that'd be the one!" I sighed. "I just can't seem to do anything right to those people."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It'll get better, baby." he encouraged. I let out another sigh and lowered my head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I dunno babe," I said as I slid my hand through my hair. "At the rate I'm going they're gonna send me back down to the mailroom."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You'd look sexy in the mailroom," I saw a grin appear on Jai's face. "Throw in the idea of you wearing a sexy little dress and I'd be happy to watch emyou/em work emall/em day long." I can't hold back and end up bursting into a fit of giggles. "What?" he looks at me with a serious face and I continue laughing. "I'm serious!" he lets out a chuckle, making it even less believable than it was to begin with./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You're biased," I said simply. He laughed harder. "You know it's true!" I added as I looked at him. We pulled into the driveway of the cottage and Keleigh came running out of the house and to my side, opening the door for me and embracing me in a hug./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Ahh! I missed you so much!" she told me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I missed you too!" I felt so special. I felt like I belonged here. Like I was back home again. We got inside, and Miles helped Jai carry my stuff up to the bedroom while Keleigh lead me into the backyard./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Jai has been so sad since you left," she told me. In an instant, my heart broke. It killed me to know that he was so unhappy with me not being around./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Well, don't tell him but I'm pretty sure I'm getting fired soon," I told her, watching her eyes get wide as she processed my words./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""What the hell happened?" she asked in shock./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I just seem to piss them off left and right. They're actively trying to get me to quit, and I just keep doing my job and trying not to tell them to sit and twist." I was getting pretty mad just thinking about how big of assholes my coworkers and boss have been since I got back from my vacation./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Does Jai know?" I had a feeling that question was coming next and I immediately shook my head. "I didn't figure he did. If he did he'd probably be asking you to stay here with him full time." she reacted as if she wasn't supposed to say that, I noticed, as her eyes got wide and she looked at me in shock. "emDon't/em tell him I told you that!" she and I shared giggles. "Jai told Miles, and Miles didn't know I was listening when it was said. As the boys came out of the house, our conversation came to an abrupt halt about that topic and we started talking about other stuff./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Jai told me upstairs that you're on the shit-list at work." I looked at Jai and playfully stuck my tongue out, receiving the same gesture in return before answering Miles./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Yeah, they are acting like total assholes to me to boot. I seem to piss them off by simply breathing." I giggled as Jai put his hand on mine. "So, what's new with you guys? How's the movie coming along?" I asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It'd be better if Jai would stop being such a sour-puss." I saw Jai glare at Miles as he spoke and then whacked Miles in the arm. "Ow! What? It's true!" Miles exclaimed, his voice cracking as he let out a high pitched 'true'. I giggled and put my arms around Jai./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You really miss me, huh?" I asked him. He looked at me and nodded. I smiled warmly before kissing him. "You need to cheer up so you guys can finish the movie and you can come back to LA." I teased a little. He let out a light chuckle before embracing me and kissing the top of my head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You are something else, my little firecracker." he grinned at me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Firecracker, huh?" I asked, returning his grin. I felt a little flutter in my belly and a small shiver up my spine. This is the kind of love I want to be in. Right here, with him. It never gets old./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Yep. You manage to make people's shit lists, you fight off psycho roommates, and the only time you ever need rescuing is when you get knocked over by an Australian wave." Keleigh let out a snicker and Miles joined in shortly thereafter./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Which one? You or the one you rescued me from?" I fired back, trying to hold back my giggle. Keleigh and Miles burst into laughter and Jai grinned at me, letting out a little chuckle himself./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Both?" he and I shared the laughter Keleigh and Miles were already in and I gave him another kiss./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You are too cute for your own good," I told him and he sent me a Cheshire cat grin. This was how I wanted my life to be. Here, with him. And I knew deep down in my heart that if I wasn't with him I wouldn't be truly happy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"After a week of being here, things had gotten so routine for me. I went with Jai to the set, Keleigh and I sat and talked while our men worked, and on days off the four of us spent our time hanging out together. We spent so much time together on and off set that Keleigh and Miles came and stayed with us for the remainder of filming. It was so awesome to have them around, and we all got along fantastically./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"One morning I'd gotten up to use the bathroom, and then took a shower immediately after. When I got out I dried my hair, brushed my teeth, threw on deodorant, and left the room to go get dressed. As I'm looking through the closet I hear Jai come running out of the bathroom./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Okay who didn't flush?!" he yelled, laughing and making a disgusted face. Keleigh and Miles appear in the doorway and we're all glancing at each other, not saying a word./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Don't look at me," Keleigh says as our eyes focus on her. "I don't use that bathroom," she added and it hit me that bathroom happened to be the one in the room Jai and I slept in. Meaning there was no way that it was anyone else but me or Jai, and since he was the one that found it, clearly it couldn't have been him. emOh no/em! I thought. Embarrassment flooded into me like a flowing river and I tried to keep it hidden from the three of them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It wasn't me." Miles snapped me back to reality. "Kayla?" Miles asked in disbelief. I shook my head no and tried to fight the smile that was forming at the corner of my mouth./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""LIAR!" Keleigh yelled in a giggle, and I hid my face in embarrassment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Oh my God, Kayla that was you?!" Jai asked in disbelief. "That thing was fucking huge!" he started laughing. I was in a fit of embarrassed giggles myself./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Wait, what was i- oh. OH!" Miles looked at me. "You shit and forgot to flush?" he asked, laughing. I nodded./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It was an accident! I took a shower right after and didn't want the water to get ice cold on me from flushing." I said in my defense as the three of them stood around in fits of laughter. Jai came over to me, putting his arm around me and kissing the top of my head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I think I'm going to have to nickname you shit-butt from now on." he grinned./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""You really are evil." I shook my head at him, a grin on my face. He hugged me and placed a kiss on my lips./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Looks like another milestone for you two. Next thing you know, you will be ripping ass in front of one another," Miles said. Keleigh and I laughed, and Jai threw a pillow at Miles, hitting him right in the face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Oh hush!" I heard Jai and we all went our ways to get ready for the day. We were going to the pumpkin patch since Halloween was in a few days, and then a few days after Halloween I had to go back to LA. When we arrived at the pumpkin patch, we started searching for the four biggest pumpkins we could find. As we looked, Miles and Jai were both approached by fans, asking for pictures and autographs. I stood by Keleigh and smiled as we watched our guys oblige their fans./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""So, this is the life eh?" I asked Keleigh as I lightly hip-bumped her. She grinned at me before answering./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""That it is. Twenty-four seven." Keleigh replied with a small smile. After we picked our pumpkins, we paid for them, then went home to gut and carve them. Instead of throwing away the seeds, Keleigh and I rinsed them and left them out to dry on paper towels. Once they were dry, we salted them and put them in the oven to cook. After they were done and cooled enough, they were put into a little glass bowl in the middle of the dining room table so we could all just grab some as we passed through./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""So what's the plan tonight?" Keleigh asked as she sat down beside me on the living room floor with a handful of pumpkin seeds. Before I can answer her, I'm caught off guard by a very loud, girlish scream coming from upstairs. I quickly jump up and bound up the stairs, Kayla close behind me. Halfway down the hallway, I'm stopped by what felt like a wall, knocking me on my butt./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Kill it! Kill it! Fucking KILL IT!" I hear Jai. I look up to see a petrified look on his face, and I give him a 'what the fuck?' look in return./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Kill what, Jai?" Keleigh asked, as clueless as I was./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""The huge fucking emmonster/em in the bathroom!" he exclaimed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""What's going on out here?" Miles asked, coming out of one of the rooms./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Something damn near scared the shit out of Jai in our bathroom," I explained, walking towards our room. When I reached the bathroom, I looked on the floor. "Jai, what the hell am I looking for?" I hollered./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""On the wall!" he yelled from the hallway, so I looked up on the wall and saw a pretty decent-sized daddy long legs spider. I chuckled for a few minutes before speaking again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It's a daddy long leg spider!" I told them. I heard chuckles in the hallway and Jai telling them it wasn't funny in an offended tone, but it was kind of funny. "Hey Miles, can you bring me a plastic container and a piece of paper?" I called out. After a few minutes, Miles brought me the two things I asked for and as Jai, Miles, and Keleigh stood in the bedroom, I put the container over the spider so it couldn't escape./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""What are you doing?" Jai asked me from the bedroom./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Letting it go in the back yard," I told him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It's gonna get back in if you do that!" I shook my head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It will not. Chill out." I said through a chuckle as I maneuvered the piece of paper under the spider and he fell into the container. Keeping the paper over him so he couldn't escape, I took him downstairs and out the back door. I walked over to the edge of the fence and moved the paper so he could get out before setting the container on the ground and walking away. I would go back and get it later, but for now, I had a boyfriend I needed to check /"Okay," I noticed them all in the living room. I took a seat beside Jai and put my hand on his leg. "Your big monster is no longer in the bathroom. Why don't you go get ready so we can go to the haunted house?" I suggested with a grin on my face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I still think you should have killed it," he said simply before going upstairs./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""He's afraid of spiders?" I asked. Miles nodded./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""There was a fake one on the set of Divergent that Ansel kept using to mess with him because it looked real. It was hilarious." we all giggled./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Okay, we need to get ready or we're going to have to hear about him being ready before us because we were too busy laughing about his arachnophobia for half an hour." I stood up and the three of us went upstairs to get ready ourselves./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"When we were all ready to go we loaded up in the car and Jai pulled out of the driveway, still going on about the spider until we got to the haunted house. When we got there, we went and bought our tickets and then got in line. They were taking people through the house ten to twelve at a time, so the line was moving pretty quickly. When it was our turn, we were grouped in with two couples and another group of four. As we made our way through a Victorian-era house, the 'hostess' – a woman who looked to be about my age in a dress that fit the time period of the house – spoke to us about each room she took us through. As she led us up the stairs, she spoke about the different rooms. After one of the rooms, we heard a loud slam from behind Keleigh and she screamed, jumping on Miles. The entire group laughed and the hostess continued to the last few rooms before leading us to what looked like an old-fashioned study. She pulled on one side of the bookcase to reveal a secret passageway. She explained that we'd be on our own from then on, and to be safe. Jai had a grin on his face as he encouraged me to go first since I was so brave killing the spider, and I playfully nudged him before going first. Coming down a small number of stairs, I led the group by a weird-looking monster thing sitting in a plastic chair. I hesitated for a moment to see if it would move before I made my way towards the next set of stairs and it lunged at me. I jumped and screamed, so startled I probably would have wet myself if I hadn't gone to the bathroom before we left. Jai, Miles, and Keleigh all laughed at me and I stuck my tongue out at them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Okay Miles, you think it's so funny – you lead." I encouraged him. He and Keleigh moved in front of me and Jai and led us down the stairs. When we got down them all, we came to a room that had a dirt floor. I looked at Jai confused before the lights went out and it got dark. After a few minutes, the room started lighting up with a white light flickering on and off. I realized it was a strobe light. A few moments later, carnival music began to play and clowns started coming through parts of the wall that I didn't realize were doors. Suddenly I heard girlish screams again, and as I strained my eyes to see who it was, I could barely make out Miles with help from the strobe lights. Jai must have seen it too because he started laughing when I did. After what felt like eight or nine minutes of the clowns trying to torment us, they opened one of the walls to let us move on to the next area./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""And you were laughing at us. Looks like you need to join the club." I flashed Miles an evil grin and he stuck his tongue out at me as we advanced to the next part. It was a very small room, barely big enough for all of us to fit into. It was dark and smelled slightly of mold and fresh rain on wood. The more we looked around, the more all of us realized we couldn't see anything. Suddenly I felt something touch my head and I screamed. Soon after, I heard a few other screams – two of them being Keleigh and Miles. Quickly some light was around the room and I heard Jai yelling. I looked over to see a decent sized spider mere inches from his face. It looked as though it was staring at him and moving its legs. Miles nudged me and pointed to its back legs as they moved./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Watch," I heard him say. After a moment, I caught a faint glimpse of the string that held part of the spider and I realized it was fake. This, of course, made me laugh rather hard. Jai jumped when it moved closer to him and touched him, pushing his hands away from his body in hopes of shoving the spider away from him before running over to me and hiding behind me, making me laugh even harder. After a few more minutes I felt pounding coming from under my feet. I looked down when the light was suddenly shining right above me, and saw a person pounding on what looked like plastic flooring at our feet and I jumped. I heard the person screaming, and then registered them to be female. It was hard to tell before that because they were covered in dirt. It wasn't long before we were given an open passage to the next place, and we quickly got out of there. I heard booming loud music and registered the song as Dragula by Rob Zombie. Once all of us were in the room, the music descended in volume and a tall man with an athletic build approached our group in an intimidating fashion. His hair was short, brown, and spiked in all directions./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Hello!" I caught a glimpse of his fangs. He was supposed to be a vampire. I assumed everyone else was as well, minus the girl in the corner wearing tattered clothes and her hair in a mess. No, she looked intimidated. She was definitely supposed to be human. "Welcome to my dominion!" his voice snapped me back to what was going on and away from the girl. "As you no doubt can tell, we are vampires. Whether you stay or not is up to you, but if you do don't expect to remain alive for long." he grinned evilly as he stared us down, moving his eyes to meet different pairs of eyes in our group and then locking his on mine. Before I knew what was going on, the girl in the corner of the room was screaming bloody murder as two of the guys grabbed her, bringing her to her feet. I knew it wasn't real, that it was all for show, but it emlooked/em real. They must have been trained actors, I'd guessed. I watched as the guy who had spoken to us upon entry bit the girl's neck until her body went weak, making it look as though he was changing her into a vampire. One of the girls in the back of our group screamed in fear. Before I could do anything else, the door to leave opened and a bouncer-looking guy motioned for us to exit and go on to the next part of the haunted house. I led the group; not so much because I wasn't afraid, but because I was showing courage in the face of intimidation. Jai had grabbed my hand as we were getting close to the door of the next area and I held on to his all the same, feeling even stronger and braver than before. I loved haunted houses – they were frightening, but I loved them nonetheless./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;"When we got to the next area, the door remained closed. I tried to open it and it wouldn't open. I knocked. Nothing. emWhat the hell/em? I asked myself. I took a step back as the door slowly slid open on its own and we were granted entry. When we got in, I began looking around. There was very little light, making it almost impossible to see, but from the little light, I was able to make out that we were in a barn of some sort./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It's a barn!" I called out to the silence. I had no idea what was ahead of us in this place, but fear of the unknown was never high up on my list so it didn't worry me that much. Behind us, I heard a scratching sound./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""What is that?" one of the girls asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I have no idea." I heard a boy reply. Suddenly, I heard one of the girls closer to me let out a scream and I looked up. I heard Keleigh gasp and Miles yell, "Oh my God!" as I caught a glimpse of what they saw – a person hanging from the ceiling of the barn. They looked dead. Jai put his arms around me protectively, but I took a braver stance despite his arms being around me. I happened to glance at a far corner and saw a person pulling their body with their arms, heading in our direction./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""It's zombies!" I yelled, making the connection. I heard a few mumbles, but nothing audible. I used my left arm to point and my right arm to tap Jai's leg, which he'd conveniently placed within my reach. He jumped a little and I said, "Look!" so he could see what I was seeing on the floor./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Back up guys!" he called to the rest of the group that was behind us. We all took a few steps back before the girl from earlier screamed again. I whipped my body around to look at what she was screaming at and saw another one coming towards her. Within moments I heard screams coming from other directions as well. They had surrounded us. The zombie on the floor had grabbed my foot and I jumped. Once they were inches from us, someone opened a door on the side of the barn that the zombie on the floor came from./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Hey! Unless you have a desire to be zombie food, you might wanna come with me!" I heard the guy. I nudged one of the zombies just enough to get them out of the way before making my way towards the guy in the doorway. The rest of the group followed me and we all got out of /"That was close, wasn't it?" he asked, sounding relieved. I nodded. Judging by his glance at other people in the group, I wasn't the only one /"Follow me," he said and started walking. We followed him until we reached a /"You have to make it through this to get to the end." I watched him gesture to the cornfield. It turned out to be a maze. "Good luck, I hope you make it out alive." and with that, he was gone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Alright guys, let's go." I started easing my way into the maze, assuming they were behind me. As we got a good part of the way into it, we thought we were almost out when I heard a yell. The voice hollered, "oh my God!" and a few of the other girls screamed. I looked over to see a guy in what looked like a sweater, fedora hat, dark pants, and what looked like knives on one hand. To his right was another guy in dark clothes and a light-colored hockey mask, his left a wolfman. They began coming after us, and we ran another direction. When we thought they'd stopped chasing us we slowed down, quite a few of us out of breath from running – except for Miles and Jai anyway – but that didn't surprise me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Do you think they're still chasing us?" the same voice I heard yell 'oh my God' earlier asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Probably not," I replied, still doubled over trying to catch my breath. I looked up and happened to see a man holding a sign that said 'this way to get out' and I stood up straight and pointed to it. "Hey guys, look! We found the way out." I watched as they all looked over in the direction I was looking and heard a few cheers before we started walking towards the man with the sign. After we passed him, I heard a chainsaw. I looked behind us and the guy that was holding a sign no longer had the sign. Instead, he was holding the chainsaw. Screaming, I started running and the rest of the group followed suit again. Once we got around near the front and I saw the line of people getting ready to go in, I knew that we were not being chased anymore and I slowed to a stop to catch my breath once again. The group of twelve of us broke apart into the groups we originally came in and Miles, Keleigh, Jai, and myself all started walking towards the car. Jai put his arm around me and kissed my cheek./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Did you have fun?" he asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I had a blast." I beamed. "That was a lot of fun."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""Good. I'm glad." he grinned at me. "Can I talk to you for a minute alone?" I stopped just a foot or two away from the car as Keleigh and Miles kept walking. Jai got Miles' attention and tossed him the keys so he and Keleigh could get in while we talked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""What's up?" I asked him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I know normally I'm this big tough guy," he rolled his eyes at his own words before continuing, "but I really miss you when you're not around." he looked me in the eye as he confessed. "I hate it when you're not here, and it makes my heart hurt." I didn't know what to say to that, so instead of saying anything I just kissed him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 16.8667px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Georgia;""I miss you when I'm not here too," I told him. "I feel more at home here than I ever did before in LA." I smiled at him. He smiled back, pulled me into his arms, and kissed the top of my head before we walked the rest of the way to the car and got in. Tonight was great. Great friends, a great life, great emlove/em. What? Love? Oh, right. I still have to tell Jai how I feel…/span/p