It was Halloween time again. Ashley and I had been invited to an adult Halloween party, complete with costumes and whatnot. Never having been a big Halloween person, I declined. I really didn't want to get dressed in costume and hang out with a bunch of people I didn't know. Ashley tried to convince me but I put my foot down and said no. She tried pouting but I just laughed and told her it wouldn't work.
Things were about to turn into a small argument when Becca stuck her head in. "Can I go instead?" Ashley and I just looked at each other, the thought never occurring to either of us.
I started before Ashley could say anything. "Of course you can, Becks. That would be a great idea. The two of you will have a great time together." I patted Becca on the shoulder and walked past Ashley, winking at her and heading out the door down to the kitchen. I had some baking to do and chocolate brownies don't back themselves.
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Over the next few days, Ashley and Becca we constantly discussing their ideas for costumes. They were trying to come up with a pair of costumes that worked well together, like Batman and Robin or Daphne and Velma from Scooby Doo. None of the costumes ideas seemed to be working out for them. I threw in a couple of ideas, such as Robin Hood and Maid Marion (which, after saying it, even I thought was a bad idea) and Supergirl and Lois Lane, which sounded better but then an argument broke out about who would be who. I shook my head and left them to it. Even if they didn't come up with an idea, I heard plenty of 'making up' later on.
Finally, the day before the party, they told me they had come up with an idea. When I asked what it was, they told me I wasn't allowed to know but that they'd show me before they left. I shrugged and said okay, just going about my business. They needed to go shopping for their supplies.
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The next day, right around four o'clock, Ashley informed me that they were going to be changing into their costumes. I furrowed my brow, since the party wasn't until eight that night and it was twenty minutes away. She just smiled and said they might be a while. I shook my head and went back to getting candy ready for the trick-or-treaters.
They sauntered upstairs and I heard bags being opened and whatnot, but I couldn't hear anything specific. I took the bowls of candy and set them on the coffee table in the living room, wanting to be ready for the early kids. Granted, the actual official 'Trick-Or-Treating' didn't start until six, but there were always those few kids that showed up early.
I went back to the kitchen and started working on some desserts for around the house. Since I had taken a week of vacation, I was doing all the cooking. The girls loved it. What I loved was that it let me makes desserts. I make good desserts, too.
I had spices and ingredients sitting out on the counter, working on a loaf of cinnamon raisin bread. I had just set down the cinnamon and was in the middle of mixing eggs and vanilla into the flour and sugar when Ashley came into the kitchen and asked me to help her with something, her beautiful red hair falling around her shoulders. I turned and she was dressed in short shorts and a tank top, neither of which did any good in hiding her incredible body. It took me a second to peel my eyes away from her sexy flat stomach to see what she had in her hands.
At first, I took it to be a cape of some kind that fastened around the neck. After looking at it for a second, I realized it was long coat with a double snap at the throat. I looked at her sideways and she just smiled. "Sure. What did you need?"
"Well," she answered. "The bottom snap is loose and I don't have time to take it back. Can you fix it?"
I looked it over and figured I could, even though my ability to use tools was limited. Definite brain-dead gorilla on this issue. I went to my toolbox and grabbed a pair of pliers, squeezing the two halves of the button back together. I released the pliers, but the button came lose again. I looked at it and went back into the toolbox and grabbed a flathead screwdriver and some SuperglueΒ©. I pried the two pieces apart and put a dab of glue in between, going back into the toolbox to grab vise grips to hold it together.
I walked back into the kitchen to find Ashley leaning against the counter, swirling her finger into my cake batter and licking it off of her finger. I stood there for half a minute watching her, feeling a little twinge in my groin. I shifted slightly and she turned around, finger still in her mouth. She finished licking it slowly and then smiled.
"Okay, babe. This will have to stay this way for about ten minutes to make sure it's dry. You want to wait or do you want me to bring it to you?"
"Neither," she said haughtily. "I'll come down and get it." With that, she spun, her hair flying and went back upstairs, her hips swinging back and forth. I stood there for a moment, coat and pliers in hand, thinking about her behind. I shook my head and reminded myself about the cake batter. I have to say that I had a hard time concentrating on baking after that display. After she left, I realized something was missing but I couldn't place what it was. Hopefully, it wasn't something I needed.
Becca came downstairs to get Ashley's coat about fifteen minutes later, when I was adding drops of vanilla into the mix.
"Hey there, Becks," I said. "How are things going up there?"
She smiled at me and said things were going well. She asked if Ashley's coat was ready and I said it was, going to the kitchen table and picking up the coat, removing the vise grips. When I turned around, Becca was leaning against the counter, giving me a good look down her tank top, her breasts on top of her arms, pushing out of the top of her shirt.
"Uh," I started stupidly. "Here it is. I think it should work. Just tell her not to abuse it or it will come apart." She said she would pass on the message and walked away from me, shaking her hips, her shorts riding up so I could see the bottom of her thick behind. She looked over her shoulder at me and smiled and then disappeared upstairs.
I went back to the bread, noticing that the cinnamon had appeared on the counter. That was what was missing earlier. I couldn't figure out how I had missed it. I shrugged to myself and got back to work.
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I had finally gotten the bread in the oven and had it baking, at this point about five thirty since I had to run to the store for some expired ingredients. I was hurrying trying to get the kitchen cleaned up and out to the living room for the children to start showing up.