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British English spelling and grammar throughout. Cheating. Revenge. Superhero. Broomstick. Category police, leave now.
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Together
The witch stumbled into the room. It looked like the main bedroom as there were partygoers' coats draped across the bed. She dropped her broomstick and took her black panties off. Then kneeled on the edge of the bed and lifted her dress. As she reached back to pull her buttocks apart, her shoes dropped on the floor. Batman could see her black stockings, her white buttocks, and her tiny browneye winking at him.
"Come on, don't hang about! Where's your mate?"
"Robin's gone for a piss. He'll be here in a minute."
"OK, but don't forget the deal. I want both of you. One up the front and one up the back! You can have first choice."
Batman tugged off his mask, opened his costume and pulled his dick out.
"Got any lube?"
The highwayman was in the front room where it was quiet. He was slumped in an armchair, snoring. There was a blast of noise as the door opened and a mummy and a sexy nurse staggered in. It did not wake him. But the pint of lager the mummy spilled in his face did.
"What the ..?"
"Sorry mate; dropped me beer. Didn't know anyone was in here."
Awake now, the highwayman wobbled back to the party, wiping his face mask and looking for the witch. He couldn't find her and went upstairs. As he passed the bathroom, he could hear the unmistakeable sounds of vomiting. He tried the next bedroom door.
The light flooded in, throwing his sinister shadow to one side of the witch, who was sitting on Batman and facing the door. She had her heels up on his knees, revealing just how far the superhero had got his dick up her arse. Despite clearly identifying the highwayman in front of her, she shouted out the wrong name: "Jesus!".
Batman couldn't see him so he also got it wrong.
"Robin! Get it up her cunt before I shoot my load!"
The highwayman picked up the broomstick with one hand, quite heavy for a fancy dress prop, and pulled the witch off to one side with the other. He swung the stick and it connected with Batman's left ear, which started to leak blood. Tough, he should have kept his mask on. Batman started to moan, and the highwayman hit him once more, and all was quiet.
***
"My firm's having a Halloween party, the last Friday of the month. Can we go?" asked Monique, cautiously.
Sean muted the tv and turned to stare at her.
"You've got some nerve, I'll give you that. I hardly need remind you what happened at the last one."
"I know, but that was a year ago. And I've said sorry, lots of times."
"You have. But I'm not sure I trust you yet."
"But we've been through all this. I always wanted to try anal sex."
"So you did, with Batman!"
"Yes, but only because you wouldn't do it with me. Why do you think it's so dirty?"
"I refuse to go through all this again. I don't like the idea of it, and double penetration is worse! End of story."
"OK, OK. But it was a lapse. I was drunk, and so were you. I've apologised and you've forgiven me ... I think. Surely this party is a chance for us to mend some fences?"
"But Batman still works at your company."
"Yes. But he never comes near me. His name is Colin but everyone calls him Collie now; because of his cauliflower ear! His left one has a funny lump on it. You're lucky he didn't go to the police!"
"Am I? He's lucky I didn't give him cauliflower balls, and a broomstick up his arse!"
"Enough! Please! I don't want an argument. This time it's not a private party. It's my company's do in the Royal Stewart Hotel, and partners are invited. You and I are moving to London the following Monday with your promotion, so it'll be my last chance to say goodbye to everyone. I promise not to drink too much, and nor should you. Please!"
Sean thought for a moment.
"OK, we'll go. But I have two conditions. First, you will not wear that witch costume. I know you still have it up on top of the wardrobe and I don't want any of your friends remembering it. In fact, I really think you ought to throw it away. Second, Collie does not attend."
"OK I will. But don't worry about Collie. When he finds out you're going, he'll leave town! I've found a site on the internet that does cool outfits. Come and look."
A week went by; their outfits were in the post. To make things more interesting, neither of them revealed their costume choice to the other.
On the Monday, Sean's boss called him into the office.
"I know you only have a couple more days with us Sean, but I need you to go up to Coventry branch on Wednesday and sort out a few problems."
"How long for?"
"You should finish Friday, but will need to go back in and test the system on Saturday morning. I'll pay you double for the whole day and you needn't come back to this office. Just let me know the job's done and you can be on your way."
Sean had already packed virtually everything of his, though Monique was leaving it till the last minute as usual.
"Sorry babe, but I have to go back on my word. No party for us on Friday night.
"Why?"
Sean told her.
"But I could still go."
"I don't think so. Collie could hear of my absence, and turn up. And you blamed it on drinking too much last year. If I'm not there, who's going to stop you drinking again?"
"I won't, I promise."
"Sorry, I don't trust you."
"Oh, thanks!"
"Don't act so hard done by. You've brought this on yourself. Do I have to remind you that you cheated on me? If I hadn't tried to get over this, you wouldn't have still been my girlfriend for the last twelve months."
"But I so wanted to try anal, and now I have. It's over."
But Sean knew she also wanted to try two men at once and, as far as he knew, she hadn't done that yet.
"Repairing trust takes time." he said.
"When will you trust me?"
"Once we're well into November, and living in London!"
Monique thought about it.
"OK. I won't go. Sadie doesn't work at my place, and isn't a guest. I'll ask her round for a few glasses of wine."
So, Wednesday morning, Sean watched as the removers took away his few boxes. They could get Monique's stuff later. He went in the office and said his goodbyes, then set off to Coventry, taking his suspicions with him. On the train, he pondered on the irony of the situation. Apart from his greater experience in the task ahead, he knew there was another reason he had been chosen to go. He'd spent the last month, bitching about Halloween, and how much he disliked it. But now, this trip might work in his favour, as he still didn't trust her. If he could discover Monique was cheating, he'd be off to London on his own.
The Coventry problem wasn't as serious as they'd first thought. He and Paul, the guy they'd given him to assist, were well into the solution by the end of Wednesday.
"How are you set for working late?" asked Sean.
"I was hoping you'd ask. Do you want to?" said Paul.
"Not really. But if we break the back of this tonight, we could finish tomorrow. Then test it Friday morning instead of Saturday. What do you think?"
"I've got a hot date lined up for Friday night! I'd love to get this out of the way early."
Sean grinned.
"Well, I have nothing to do but kick my heels in the hotel. So how about I give you some money, and you shoot off and get us a couple of pizzas and cokes? Get a receipt and I'll claim them on my expenses. Then we could work through till say, nine?"
"Great!"
They stayed on till ten thirty.
The job was completed in normal working hours on Thursday, much to the branch manager's delight. They shut down the system after work, and reset it Friday morning. There were a couple of minor glitches which were sorted by lunchtime, but no need to retest, so Sean got away. He just missed one train and waited over an hour for the next one.
He didn't even consider letting Monique know he was coming back early; and this subterfuge would work better if he arrived a little later tonight. If she was home, all well and good. If she wasn't, well, he wasn't sure what he'd do. If she had gone to the fancy dress party, he might have a problem finding her. He had no idea what costume she'd ordered. But as it turned out, the decision would be made for him.
It was getting dark as Sean emerged from the station, and his mobile phone rang. Perfect timing!
"Hi babe, are you being good?" he answered.
"Don't start, of course I am. What are you doing?"
"Having a beer. The job's finished so, after tomorrow's test, I'll come home; probably get in late afternoon."
"OK. I'm expecting Sadie in a few minutes, and my mobile's drained its battery for some reason. You know how the charging lead is playing up so it'll be ages before I can use it again. I thought I'd better call you now; Sadie and I will probably be too drunk later.
"OK, you have fun."
That phone problem was far too convenient.
Outside the station, Sean found a guy who was always hanging around there. He didn't deal with cocaine or hard stuff, but was the goto man for Ecstasy and similar.
"Got any roofies mate?"
"How many?"
"Four."
"Eight pounds."
Sean paid up, hailed a taxi and set off home. Then Lady Luck dealt a card from up her sleeve. They got a puncture and shimmied to a halt.