'Twas the night of Halloween and all through the house, half naked people gyrated and thrusted to the beat. The annual party was well underway. Paradoxically it had also not begun. How could it? The party never truly began until Libby arrived.
"Libby?" Taylor asked as he sipped on his drink, "Pharmacy Libby?"
He was having trouble picturing it. True, he had only worked at the store for a few months now. Still, it felt ridiculous to think of the quiet little tech being the life of any party.
"Halloween is her night," Jacob explained.
The cart pusher mussed with his greying hair, smiling at the memory.
"You should have been here when we both started. That was a Halloween to remember."
"What happened?"
He chuckled.
"She came dressed as Elvira," called Carli from the punch table. "Low cut little number. She lounged on the couch as she talked about the old movies playing on tv. She had them eating out of the palm of her hands."
"Oh, that's nothing," Jacob countered, "how about the year she came as Lady Godiva."
"Who?"
"Doesn't matter. For this story all that matters is she rode in on a horse, buck ass naked."
Taylor spit out the drink.
"WHAT?!"
"Told ya, she goes all out."
The music died down. The conversation stopped.
"She's here," someone whispered.
"Oh, my god," another added.
The sea of people parted to reveal the one and only Libbie. The forty-year-old Egyptian American BBW sauntered in dressed as the pharaoh she was always meant to be. She wore nothing but a loincloth, gold necklace and gold crown. By her side were her handservants.
That's all they could be. The two Latino boys could be no more than nineteen. They wore nothing but the same loincloths. Well, those and the metal shackles chained together with a longer linking, a leash, clutched tightly in her hands.
She led them proudly through the room. It was as if she were showing off her prize.
"Who do we have here?" Jacob asked.
"Meet Cole and Juan, my cute little sex slaves."
"Where did you find them?" Carli asked.
"Go ahead, boys."
Cole took a deep breath and addressed the room.
We work... worked at Halloween Depot. at the mall. That's where we first met Queen Libbie last Thursday. We had no idea what we were in for when she walked in. She had just come from work and totally looked the part. Lab coat, polo, the works. She perked right up when she saw us.
"Well, hello there, cuties."
I blushed at her compliment.
"Can...can we help you?" Juan asked.
"I certainly hope so. You see, I'm looking for a costume. Not just any old costume will do, you know. It has to have just the right... fit."