"Conner! Come on! Move that ass!"
Angelique adjusted her jean jacket over the orange sweater she was wearing.
"I'm coming. Calm down. I promise there will still be pumpkins left when we get there!" Conner jumped down the last three steps and landed by the front door.
"You're a smart ass. I love Halloween, and I want this party to be perfect. You know that. Now, cooperate please!"
Angelique was a little stressed. Halloween was only a few days away, and so was her party. Each year her family hosted a huge bonfire. Friends, family, and acquaintances all would attend. This year, it was her turn to be the hostess, and she wasn't sure she could handle the responsibility. Conner was her boyfriend of three years, and he knew how big of a deal this was.
"Yes Ma'am! Damn you're bossy!" Conner grinned.
"Don't you forget it." Angel adopted a mock glare.
"Come here." Conner opened his arms at the same time Angel stepped into his embrace.
"I just don't want this party to be a flop." She nuzzled his neck and buried her arms beneath his jacket.
"It won't be. You're a fun girl. You just need to relax. It'll all work out."
"You're right. I'll try." She gave him an impish grin. "How about a kiss, just for good luck?"
"You're so lucky I love you." Conner tipped his head down and gave her a gentle kiss.
"I know I am."
"Let's go. Where to first, your highness?"
"The pumpkin patch. Then to the Halloween store. I need props, decorations, and a costume."
"Let's go then. Quit draggin' your ass!" Connor bolted out the door, running to the car.
"You're a shmuck!"
"Last one there's a rotten egg!" Conner laughed as he stepped in front of the car.
"First one there's an asshole!" Angel giggled as she slammed the front door shut behind her.
~*~*~
"THAT ONE! I need that one!" Angel jumped up and down as she pointed at a huge pumpkin.
"What? I'll get a hernia lifting that fucker!"
"Come on! Conner, I need it. Please!?"
Conner huffed in frustration, then obediently bent to hoist the pumpkin. He swore it weighed three hundred pounds as he loaded it into the back of his pick up.
"I get a back rub when we get home."
"You'll get more than a back rub if you get that one too!" Angel giggled and clapped in excitement at the huge pumpkins she'd spotted. So early in the day there weren't many people there, and they pretty much had the run of the place.
"Damn right I will." Conner bent and scooped the second gigantic pumpkin she pointed at.
"Oh, just think how fun it'll be to get your beer out of that. You can say you picked it!"
"My beer out of it?"
"Yeah! Didn't I tell you? I saw an ad in a magazine where they had a pumpkin hollowed out, filled with ice, with beverages in it." Angel grinned, and it lit up her whole face.
"These people better drink every last goddamn beer out of these bastard pumpkins." Conner groaned as he hoisted the second monstrosity into his truck.
"Such language. OH! That one too!" Angel ran forward, pointing and laughing.
"Holy god." Conner rolled his eyes, and followed in Angel's wake.
~*~*~
"Honey, will you grab a cart?" Angel grinned at an exhausted Conner.
"I'd love to." He replied sarcastically.
"I figured you would."
Angel stripped off her jean jacket and laid it in the cart Conner brought forward, and headed off to shop.
"What about these cauldrons? They'll be good to hold the over flow of beer. I figure we can line the sides of the patio and alternate pumpkins and cauldrons. That'll be too cute!"
Angel placed six big plastic cauldrons in the cart, then moved ahead. She added window clings of ghosts, skulls, and bats. Next came wall clings of sewers and rats, dungeon bars, and bat border. Signs that read 'Morgue', 'Dungeon', and 'Haunted House' followed next.
A headless man holding a knife and it's own head followed next. When you bumped it, it moved. Angel added a cat that was voice activated next. It meowed, it's back arched, and its tail puffed out. Several other decorations were thrown haphazardly into the already overloaded cart.
"Okay! I need a costume." Angel rounded the corner, and picked out a few to try on.
"You're not going to try on all of them, are you?" Conner sighed, leaning onto the handle of the cart.
"Nope. Only half." Angel grinned as she headed off to the dressing rooms.
Conner rolled the cart forward, leaning against the wall for support as he waited.
Six costumes followed, some were a definite no, others were a possible maybe.
Conner was gazing off into no where, when a sharp thud brought his attention back to the dressing room. In the doorway stood Angel, in a thigh length plastic dress that zipped up. A police badge was on one side of the chest, a hat sat on her head, and an obscene amount of cleavage showed. As Conner's eyes drifted down, an obscene amount of leg and ass showed as well.
In one of her hands, a pair of handcuffs dangled, and in the other, a night stick rested, poised for a beating.
"Holy shit." Conner's eyes widened.
"Do you like this one?" Angel turned in a circle, then stopped at the side, sticking her ass out and wiggling it in an oh-so-tempting way.
"I... I.. Yes, I do."
"Good." Angel turned and disappeared behind the curtain.
Conner gulped and reached to adjust his hardening cock within the confines of his pants.
After a few more naughty costumes, Angel switched to normal, appropriate ones. She finally decided on the 'beauty pirate.'
"What about this? I like this one the best. Modest enough for the oldies that'll be there, but racy enough to be sexy." Angel stepped through the curtain, and Conner's jaw slackened.
"That one is perfect. You're absolutely right."
Conner's eyes slid the length of Angel's frame. One side of the black skirt ended at mid thigh, the other ended at her ankle. The edge was ragged and looked torn. Her shoulders were bare, with big white loose sleeves encompassing her arms. The main part of the shirt was black, and the front laced up over red and white striped material. A red and white striped sarong hung around her waist, and a matching strip of material was wrapped around her forehead.
"That is awesome. I love that."
"Good! I love it too!" Angel leapt out of the dressing room and landed at his side, snuggling up against him to kiss him on the cheek.
"See? Wasn't today worthwhile?" She batted her eyelashes.
"Definitely." Conner bent slightly and kissed the tip of her nose.
~*~*~
The crisp fall air snapped around the couple as they headed up the sidewalk to their house. Angel and Conner both had their arms full, carting in the goodies. They agreed that the pumpkins could stay in the truck, and he'd get them out later. Once he'd 'rested' his back.
"I forgot a few things. Dammit to hell. I'll go get it later though. I am beat."
Conner's head swiveled around in disbelief. Angel had a devilish grin on her face. Her sentence was meant to get his goat. And she succeeded.
"You're vicious lady. All the help I give you, and you're a mean ass." Conner shook his head sadly.
"Oh you big baby. I am not. Wait 'til later, and I'll show you some appreciation." Angel's smile promised a fun evening.
"Yay! I love helping you get ready for your Halloween party!" Conner turned obnoxious in his enthusiasm, and Angel rolled her eyes as she went to put things where they needed to go.
A couple hours later, Angel screamed. Conner tore down the stairs, frantically rushing to her side.
"What is it? Baby, what's wrong?" He panted, catching hold of her arms.
The newspaper slipped from her fingertips.
"Trick or Treat is tonight."
Conner's mouth dropped open, and his hands fell from Angel's arms.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me."
"NO! We have no candy! No nothing! The trickery is about to begin, and we're totally unprepared! This is ridiculous!" Angel huffed, arms crossing over her chest.
"You screamed bloody murder. I thought there was an intruder or something! You scared the shit out of me! So I'm sorry if I'm not totally concerned with the lack of sugar for the mongrel children." Conner was angry- he had really thought there was something wrong. His heart was still thudding wildly in his chest.