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Cross Country was over.

I can hardly believe it's over with.

I was gonna miss it.

I spent the last four years of my life trying to loose weight and instead I gained friends who I can call my family.

We made it through regionals , and I was so proud of them even if we didn't qualify higher.

They tried their best and that's all that matters.

I apologized to my coach for yelling at her the other day, then broke down crying because this was the last year I was gonna be with her, sure there was track later on, but it's not the same as Cross Country season.

It was scary thinking about leaving high school.

I really didn't know what I wanted to do with my life, and that scared the hell out of me.

What if I wasn't successful?

What if I end up working at a low paying job, struggling to pay rent every month, and being 4 sizes larger in jeans than I already am?

Even though real life scares me, there's nothing more scarier than a vampire on Halloween night right?

"Cryst. Where are my teeth?" I asked her looking through my vanity.

"Inside your mouth, duh." She says matter of factly, straightening her angel wings.

"Ha-ha." I say. "Very funny." I move stuff around and spotted them under a bunch of face paint, and eyeshadow palettes. "Found them!" I yelled satisfied.

"How do I look?" Crystal purrs, walking like a Victoria Secret model towards me.

I whistled impressed. "Damn girl, did it hurt when you fell out of the sky?"

"Yes. It did."

I laughed then showed her my outfit. "What about me?"

"You can suck my blood anytime girlie." She winks.

"Oh stop."

"I'm surprised you even agreed to come to this party with me."

"Well what can I say? Senior year is full of lasts, so why not enjoy them?"

"True." She agrees pointing a finger at me.

We walked towards her car and once we were seated inside she asked me, "So you're not still hung up on him, are you?"

Even though she didn't say his name, I knew exactly who she was talking about.

I was still mad at myself for falling for him,mad at him for embarrassing me like that, and just mad in general how I still looked back to memories before.

"No. Why?" I say in a cool, yeah I'm definitely not, tone.

"Just checking. I don't want to get there and see him there , and you being all embarrassed and not wanting to go anymore."

"I'm fine Crystal."

She glanced at me up and down then shrugged. "If you say so."

"It's Halloween night, you and I are gonna have a great night at that party."

"Well you're not lying there." She flipped her hair back. "But just remember, if you see him there, just remind yourself how hot you look and that you don't need no man."

"Amen." I say as we drove off.

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"This looks great!" I say looking around the haunted house.

"I know right, everything looks so spooky," Crystal tugged my arm and pressed it against her, "I'm honestly kinda scared, what if something pops up ?"

"Oh please-"

"Ladies!" Someone interrupts, making us jump. "Glad you could make it, everyone is outback drinking blood, and sucking on eyeballs." Caleb, the host of the party, exclaims.

"Um, ew." I say grossed out.

"Not literally, so don't throw up in my carpet."

Crystal and I stared at each other as we followed him outside.

My stomach was getting kinda nervous.

What if Crystal left me?

What if someone puts something in my drink again?

What if, I bump into him..?

I tried to cool down and hold onto Crystal for support.

I was not gonna loose her.

"Do you want to eat first or dance?" She asked me as we stopped by the coffin shaped table.

"Let's dance so I can get these nerves out of my system."

As she led me to the dance floor she asked, "You're still nervous Leen? We're already here, just enjoy it."

I shrugged.

I couldn't help it.

My worries were consuming me at the moment.

Crystal got hold of my hands ,and shook them around like noddles ,then twirled me around.

I smiled.

She was trying.

So I shook my hips ,and started getting with the beat too.

"There we go." She yells over the music.

I hated dancing, but when you're with your best friend, you forget that you do and just have fun.

I don't even know the lyrics to the song but I still sang along.

I was forgetting.

My worries, my concerns, my pain.

But it all soon came rushing back once I opened my eyes.

I froze, standing behind a group of people who were also dancing , was him.

He was laughing, showing his stunning smile, I could almost hear his cute laugh.

He looks so hot!

Stop it!

He was dressed as a vampire too ,I'm guessing since he had fake blood all over his suit.

His hair was purposely messy, and his makeup was exaggerated, I mean he always looked tired before, but now he looked dead tired.

It's not fair! I was dressed as a bloodsucker first!

I lived for that shit!

The Vampire Diaries is my life!

I should be the only one dressed!

Ok now I'm exaggerating.

"What is it?" Crystal asked once she realized I stopped dancing.

I didn't want her to know he was here, so I only shook my head, and mouthed tired.

"Ok let's go get something to drink. How 'bout blood?" She winked. "That will satisfy your thirst."

Right.

We headed into the kitchen of doom and poured some blood on a skull head cup.

It was only red juice, but it still looked gross.

"So, how cute is this party?" She says after taking a sip.

"Very horrific. This blood tastes pretty awesome too." I say.

"Why didn't you do football this year man? We could've used your skills on our last game." I hear Caleb say to someone ,coming in.

"I wasn't eligible, never really liked football anyways. Y'all still did good without my help though."

My eyes widened. I know that last voice.

Ugh first he was outside now he's coming in?

Panicked, I ran to the nearest restroom, Crystal following close behind confused.

"Leen where are you going?" She asks.

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