Finally, after years of waiting, enduring Chris' stares, and locking eyes with him in the car mirror, jeez we finally got to school, and yeah, the buzz was crazy.
Countless students in wonderful, and colorful costumes walking about.
"We'll need a picture of you guys in your full costume for the best costume stuff, so let's step out a bit." Chris said, and we stepped out, then took turns in taking the pictures.
" Val, why do you bother? You'll only win tears of laughter if you sign up." Mera said and we all laughed except Val.
" Chris, aren't you signing up?" Mera asked.
"Me? Nope… I've got better things to do.
We walked out towards the school gates, and almost immediately, some girls in Hogwarts costumes rushed up to Chris.
Almost all of them were Hermione Granger, but only one girl chose to be Ginny Weasley, they had all forgotten it was Ginny Weasley who got Harry Potter in the end.
But, I think they realized it as Chris walked towards the girl, and kissed her hand.
"Hey Pam… you're looking Ginny today" he said, and she laughed, then I remembered… Of course, his girlfriend would want to be the match for his costume.
Then, I looked at Mera who was laughing hysterically.
" What happened?" I asked, and she pointed to the car in which Val was trying to re-enter, but had difficulty due to the large pizza she called a costume.
"She… she doesn't want anyone to see her!" Mera said, amidst crazy laughter, and I joined in. We went to Val, and pushed her away from the car.
Immediately she was spotted, people started staring and laughing at her costume.
Then amidst the laughter, a crazily handsome guy stepped forward, walked up to us, took Val's hands and said…
" Nice costume… would you care to follow me?" He asked, leading her away.
I expected Val to blush, but instead she looked like she could cry.
"Why does she look like that?"
" Because it's her crush… her wonder guy." Mera replied, looking at them.
The guy was dressed as Romeo, and I wondered why she didn't dress as Juliet. Maybe she didn't know he was going to be Romeo.
"Come on, let's get going." she said.
" Uh… I'll come find you." I said, and she left while I walked towards our school to the empty class where Mike and I first met…
I'm going to name it, Umm….um, Primike? Nope, Prim should be okay, though it looks a little dull…
Wait, how about Prike? I like it, so Prike is its name.
I hoped to see Mike, but he wasn't there, so I sat down, and brought out my note pad, then began to write a song.
" Did I tell you I'm confused
Did I say I don't know whom to choose.
I'm all about everything
When I'm meant to pick only one thing.
I'm looooooooost in the twirl, it's going so fast…" I sang as I wrote, but stopped as I could hear screaming.
I put the note pad into my small bag, and gingerly opened the door.
I saw some girls screaming, and at the end of the hall, I saw the back of a boy turning round the corner of the hall. He had black hair, that seemed oddly familiar.
No, it couldn't be Green-eyed Boy?
I opened the door and dashed out of the class, trying to weave my way out of the crowd, but they were too much.
Some pushed me back, and I really wanted to know if my guess of the person I saw was right, but the girls were too thick and too stupid, aaaaah!
I hated that, I was going to see this guy and that was that! I started to push and pull.
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I gave up and let the crowd push me along.
Then we all entered into the largest hall in Archville junior high school, where everyone began to take seats…
The seats were arranged like a round stadium, though they were red and there was a ceiling on top.
The stage was draped in red, gee, anyone would think it was Valentine's.
Then there were two large chairs, also draped in red, with two large skulls on their head.
Everyone bustled to find seats, and I found one around the top seats.
I sat in between two boys who kept bending over me to discuss which girls were ugly or cute.
Large pumpkins were all around, and creepy drawings of clowns smiling evilly adorned the walls.
Okay, this was creepy and then there was the picture of the Nun on a large part of the wall looking at everyone, I looked around for Val but couldn't find her.
" Welcome Archville, to this year's Halloween which shall be spectacular, with a little touch of spookiness in it.
"Get ready for a bumpy ride in which two games will be played, then we'll have a dance competition, a song for Halloween, a spooky story, and then we'll have the final ones… the King and Queen Halloween, who own the best Halloween outfits.
"I'll give a hint for the winners, couple outfits are more likely to win, then they'll share the imported Halloween bracelets with their names inscribed on it… It's magic and a romantic dinner all alone!
" While the rest of us will be grouped in pairs and enjoy a romantic dinner right here in the hall!" He said, and there was cheering and screaming.
" I think I'd like that." I said to myself.
"Okay Hallowers! Let's get warmed up with a bashful game of embarrassing truths.
"If you can't answer… you'll suffer minutes in the dark room with the Nun!" He said and jeez, most of the girls gasped, including me, I bet Val wouldn't want to be in that situation.
"Okay, we have ten rows seating thirty students, which means right now in this very hall, we have 300 students on seats while some are watching from outside through the TV.
"So here's the deal, ten baskets will be passed around. One for each row, and when the song stops, whoever is in possession of the basket on their row has to pick a paper and answer the question within.
"Please, these questions are a breach of privacy, so if you are not in accordance with this game, kindly take a seat outside, and let a person from the outdoors come in." he said, but no one stood up, even if I wanted to stand up, the number of eyes would kill me…
Six hundred eyes on me? No way. But it was tolerable since I had no secrets.
"Seems like we have none, so ten people will answer questions each time the basket is passed and stopped."
Silence fell as the countdown for the song started.
" Now leggo!" He said, and Bobby Pickett's Monster Mash blasted from the speakers so loud that nothing else could be heard.
I saw the basket coming from the other side.
The seats were arranged in an arc, and I was somewhere in the middle, so I was relaxed.
*He did the monster mash
(the monster mash) it was a graveyard smash
(He did the mash)….* the lyrics of the song rolled, and I saw the basket speeding fast towards me.
But as my hands touched it, everything seemed to be in slo-mo, as I tried to pass the basket to the guy next to me.
Just then, the music stopped but thank my stars, he had grabbed it and in the flash of lightning, I had removed my hands.
"Please can our basket holders stand up?" The man said, and he gave the rows numbers.
My row was number seven.
" Okay, pick your papers but don't open yet… Row one, tell me what you got there."
Then the spotlight shone on a guy with glasses.
Everywhere was dark, so he stood out… on the large screen, and in normal sight.
"Your biggest secret." the guy said with a croaky voice.
"Okay let's hear it."
The guy gulped and looked around, and seeing nobody due to the intense darkness, he got the courage to speak even though he knew that countless people were staring at him.
" I had sex for the first time last night in the back seat of her car." he said, blinking rapidly and loud murmurs broke out, followed by laughter and excitement rang out through the air.
Even if it was my darkest secret, I would never say it!
"Wow… I bet it was good." the Host said and the glass guy blushed.
"Wow… It's exciting, and I'm really nervous!" I said to the other guy on my left.
" Jeez, I wonder what Cal's question would be." he replied, looking at the guy he had been chatting with, who was now standing with the paper in his hands.
Then the spotlight moved from the glass guy to the next.
The next was another guy.
This one had straw colored hair.
"Okay row two, tell me what you gat."
" What was the strangest and most stupid thing you did." the guy read.
"Loving my younger sis." he answered in an I-don't-care way.
"Wooooooh." the crowd bellowed, and more whispers could be heard louder than ever.
"Wow that's some nerve you've got there." the host said
" Row three, please." he continued.
This time it was a girl with blonde hair.
"Gosh! Um sorry its… hmm( she cleared her throat) who was the last person you had sex with?"
There was an eerie silence.
"Please answer the question." the host said gently and the girl, also consoled by the fact that she couldn't see anybody, continued.
" A guy named Sam, in my year." she said and as applause broke out, I couldn't help wondering if it was the Sam I knew or another Sam… plus, why were they applauding?
"Woah, you caught a nice guy." the host said, and some girls screamed, then I heard someone behind me say.
"Thank God it's not…"
"Prince charming or Guy Handsome." another girl completed.
Prince charming was Chris, and I couldn't help but wonder who among the girls in this hall had slept with Chris.
"Okay row four."
It was a guy.
"When last were you turned on, then pleased your body by yourself? Nah, I don't do that because I can get a girl whenever I want… anytime any day." the guy said and most of the girls screamed *aww* and started hitting themselves.
Now that was Sam, and I couldn't help but admire him, I smiled.
" I love that about you Sam, Row five please."
It was a girl with black hair.
" How do I enjoy sex? Hmm, that's a question, I'll choose in the shower." she said and smiled.
And the first thought that came to my mind was Whore.
Why were all the questions dirty?
Oh, it was cringing.
The girl in row six, was asked about the bad thing she couldn't stop doing, and she, closed her eyes.
"Loving my boy bestie."
"Woooaaah!" The audience exclaimed.
Then my row… row Seven.
" What happens when I get turned on?"
" I love that question." the Host said.
" I'm no longer the gentle guy I am, and I can't arrange my thoughts anymore, and heck I can sell my house, car, everything just for that moment." he said, and I don't have a reason why, but I shifted a bit, away from him.
" Woah." the host said, and loud murmurs broke out again.
Row Eight was a girl who was asked for her flaw, and she said it loud and proud that she liked girls.
I'm going to watch out for her.
Row Nine was a guy was asked his secret desire, and it was… wait for it!
"To get Valentine Diggs, on her back, on my bed, screaming with me on top of her." He said shamelessly.
I gasped, and everybody started murmuring louder than ever.
That was Val, my Val, yeah our Val, my cousin!
I felt like throwing my shoe across to him… what an idiot!
How dare he say something like that? And with a smirk, he sat down.
Row ten was a girl with brown hair who was asked for her biggest dream, and she said in her loudest voice.
" To date Guy handsome and Prince charming!"
Immediately, she said it, all the girls started screaming while some threw stuff at her until all the lights came on, and the girls stopped.
My eyes were dazzled because of their sudden exposure to bright light.
I looked at the angry girls, and while looking, I spotted Chris, his eyes were on me… I immediately took mine away.
" Don't you dare touch them!"
" They're not for you!"
"Back down idiot!" They screamed different things, but the girl didn't look one bit scared.
" Chill, Girls… she's only saying the truth! Sit down and let the silence continue, or else you'll all be sent out so new people can come in!" The host said, and they all sat down angrily.
Then, like a blanket, darkness covered everyone once again.
"Let the basket go around."
The basket went around, and Monster Mash continued.
* The zombies were having fun (Wa hoo, tennis shoe)
*The party had just begun (Wa hoo, tennis shoe)
*The guests included Wolfman, Dracula, and his son.
(The basket was coming)
*The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds
*Igor on chains,
backed by his baying hounds
(The basket, for my row, fell from the hands of a girl and the papers scattered on the floor.
My heart beat accelerated… she picked them up quickly with trembling fingers, and passed it on)
*The coffin-bangers were about to arrive.
(The basket was getting closer to me)
*With their vocal group, 'The Crypt-Kicker Five'*
The music stopped, and it was in the hands of the guy next to me, who was about giving it to me.
I hurriedly pushed it away.
" Basket holders, on your feet please" the host said.
I excused myself from the rows of people, found the door, opened it and went out.
Jeez… I rushed to the toilet to relieve myself, and thought of everything from the beginning, then came to rest on the bold girl whose biggest dreams were to date Chris and the so-called Guy handsome.
I didn't know why, but it bothered me, what if she somehow found a way, and stole Chris from me?
Wait, was he mine?
I laughed out loud, and quickly covered my mouth when my laughter echoed around the walls.
I was still sitting on the toilet seat, and thought… what if Chris fell in love with her because of her boldness and craziness, (you know how it happens in movies!) and he saw me as a little sister??? Aaaaah!
Oh, don't think about it, please.
After some minutes… I went back to the hall.
And as I took my seat.
*They did the monster mash
(The monster mash)…*
The guy dropped the basket on my lap, and I freaked out because I didn't even see it coming!
I tried to pass it on, but the guy next to me had barely received it and just as I had known, THE MUSIC STOPPED.
"All basket holders, please stand up."
" You're going with me because we both had it in our hands."
" I had given you!" I said.
" I had not collected it."
Then, the spotlight came to rest on us.
"What is going on?" The host asked, and I went red because I knew every eye was on me.
"We both had the basket." The guy said.
" It's simple… you guys would answer the same question, please do the picking." The host said, and I started to sweat even under all the AC.
The guy picked, and gave it to me and throughout the questions and rows… I didn't listen to a thing, even though the crowd cheered and screamed… I was dying inside.
Not only that, but I was so shocked when the spotlight came on us.
"What you gat there, Row seven?" The host asked.
I opened the paper with shaking hands, saw the question, and quickly passed it to the guy beside me.
"What?" He asked.
" Read it out." I said.
"Who did you have the best sex with? Oh, that should be Maine Crimson." he said, and turned to me and everywhere went silent.
" I've… I've never had sex." I said, and my voice sounded so loud amidst the thick silence.
There were no shouts.
Then, gradually, there were whispers and then a girl with blonde hair stood up, and the spotlight came on her too.
"Oh we all know that's a flat lie! The innocent looking girls are the dirtiest girls, and a guy would probably have slept with you, wouldn't he?" She said accusingly, and I could feel tears announcing *I'm coming, I'm coming!*
" Can't say… she's not like you, Britney" Sam said coolly as another spotlight came on him.
I felt so grateful.
" Get to know her first before you accuse her Brits… she's really not like you, so shut that trap you call a mouth." Mike said, and the spotlight came on him too.
" Oh come on Mike, you know It's because every guy in this school has had her back on their bed screaming, ya know… that's why she thinks Pris is like her too." Sam said casually.
"Yeah she's not that good, I've had her before I started dating Whitney." Mike replied, and just like that. They turned the hall into their conversation room…
Even the host was so interested in listening, that he only regained his senses after they had embarrassed the whole of her in public.
For this… I LOVE SAM AND MIKE!
They're so cool!
I was so near to tears, because of them fighting for me.
"Okay kiddos relax." the host said.
" One last thing, Britney, stay away from Pris, and don't ever let disgusting things come out of your mouth about her, or you'll be having my trouble in its fullest package." Mike said, sat and as the spotlight went back to the Host and there was total darkness again, whispers broke out.
" Is he your boyfriend?" the guys on both side of me asked.
"Didn't you hear when he said he'd slept with her, before he dated Whitney?" I said, trying not to smile even though they couldn't see me.
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After Row Eight, Nine and, Ten had answered, the host announced the next game.
" Okay, we'll need ten volunteers first."
Reluctantly people stood up, one by one but no one stood again when it remained just one person.
The spotlight was on Nine people and I saw Mera among them.
Just then, I felt something climb on my back, stood up in alarm and turned to the two boys who were laughing, then as I looked so alarmed, Cal said innocently… " It's just my toy spider."
I felt embarrassed even though no one could see me, and then THE SPOTLIGHT CAME ON ME!
" Excellent! That's our 10th player! Please come down."
" No… no…" I was saying, but no one heard me through the applause.
And people passed me out of the arc seats, down the stairs and I joined the nine people, standing out on the stage.
The spotlight came on us and everything else was dark.
All eyes on me!