The store was full of costumes, lights, attractions, and makeup. You would think since Halloween is almost here that they'd be out of everything.

A pair of long nails start to graze my skin; starting from my shoulder blade to mid back.

"I've come to take your soul!" someone says making a slurping sound.

"You already have my heart, is that not good enough? I pout slightly, even though I can't see them.

They rap their arms around my waist from behind. "It's more than enough."

I giggle and start strolling through the store, trying to find a perfect costume. It wouldn't be kiddish or too revealing, something in the middle, perhaps.

"Look at this!"

I stumble backwards from the jump scare and my heart starts to race. It felt the way you do when you just got done racing your friend down the street.

Tyler starts laughing and puts his hands on his knees. "Your face is priceless!"

The tips of my ears start to heat up. "You're not buying that."

"Why not?" Tyler says slowly, clearly out of breath. "Fine, fine. You're no fun."

A girl my age walks up to me. She has on the same blue, collared shirt like everyone else. "Need help finding something?"

I nod my head. "Uhm, yeah. That would be nice."

She smiles softly at me. "What are you looking for?"

"A deer costume. You know, the cute ones?"

The girl grin and motions for me to follow her. She takes me towards the back of the store where the wigs are.

"How's this?" she holds up the plastic bag so I can get a good look at it.

"I love it. I'll take it." I take the bag from her and put the hanger on my index finger.

She lifts up her thumb and jolts it towards the front of the store. "Makeup and accessories are up there. Have a good day!" She waves goodbye and continues with her job.

I walk over in the direction she told me the rest of the items were. I grab a bunch of face paint and a flower crown — perfect.

"I'm ready!" I look around my surroundings and try to find the two boys.

Tyler raises his hand in the air and waves. "Over here!"

Instead of them looking at costumes, they were looking at the assortment of different candies.

"C'mon, You'll get candy at the party."

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A/N: sorry for the short chapter. Like I said previously, I'm out of town for the weekend. I felt like I should give y'all a chapter, but it's not my standard word count. And it's not fully edited like the most chapters, it's almost 1:00 AM so I need to be heading to bed.

Good night my lovely's
-B