Thanks to all those that commented or sent emails after my first post; they were very much appreciated. Some of the suggestions were quite interesting, and I may have to look into them. I haven't been writing this kind of thing long, normally doing fanfics for a forum I belong to, but I hope to keep doing this and getting better.
Any feedback is welcome, and thanks for reading :D
Halloween!
Tegan hated Halloween. It had to be one of the dumbest holidays going around. As if kids going from house to house to get candy from strangers wasn't bad enough, adults who were old enough to know better, got dressed up in lame costumes and then went to parties to get so blind, they would make out with anyone. Well, Tegan wouldn't be part of it. Not this year, or any other year.
It hadn't always been this way. As a kid, Tegan looked forward to this day every year, loving the whole dressing up bit and going to parties with her friends. Until the year she turned 17. That was the year she caught her supposed best friend Julia giving her boyfriend a blow-job under the stairs at the back of his house. Since then, Halloween has only ever meant bad things to her.
As she had for the past 5 years, Tegan planned on just locking the front door, turning off the lights and pretending she wasn't home. Sure, the kids of the neighbourhood would still knock and call out to her, but she would ignore them. If she couldn't have fun on this day, then why should they? No, let them get candy from someone else; this girl aint giving out squat!
When the phone rang Halloween morning, Tegan answered it. Had she known what was about to happen, she would have ignored that too.
"Teg's! I hope you're coming tonight. There is someone I want you to meet."
Her sister-in-law Karen. She liked her, and was glad that her brother had found someone, but if Karen thought she was going to come to her party, then she was going to be very disappointed. "No, I have to do something."
Karen shook her head, although Tegan couldn't see. "That excuse will not fly I'm afraid. I know this is not your favourite day of the year, but I promise; this year, you will want to come. Trust me."
For ten minutes, Tegan begged off. She promised to baby-sit free for six months, or to do their grocery shopping for six weeks, but Karen stood firm. She knew of Tegan's dislike of the day, and why she disliked it so, but this was going to fix everything. She had invited amongst others, one of the men from work. He was perfect for Tegan. Now, all she needed was to get her here.
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Checking her costume one final time in the mirror, Tegan left to go to her brother's house. She felt ridiculous, wrapped in nothing but a sheet, but it was all she had, given that she hadn't expected to be attending any party. When in doubt, toga! Thankfully there were other people out walking the streets in costume also, so she didn't look too out of place.