"It was not too long ago that a young girl has been brutally killed along with her mother. We have no suspects at the moment but investigators are still looking into this. This is--"

"You should not be watching that, especially on Halloween night." Marilyn's mother kindly spoke as she turned off the TV while Marilyn watched. "Well... it is nice to know what to watch out for while I'm out there." Marilyn said as she applied more red lipstick on her lips. "This happened two cities away Marilyn, you will be fine." her mother said as she laid a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Wow mother. That's really comforting." Marilyn said sarcastically as she shrugged her mom's hand off her shoulder. "You do have Tom, he can protect you." her mother said. Marilyn stood in front of the mirror smiling like an idiot while thinking about Tom. It's been three months now that she has been dating the famous actor, Tom Hiddleston. She couldn't believe that she was dating someone famous. She met Tom at club, at first she didn't know that it was the Tom Hiddleston dancing with her but once she knew it was Tom she couldn't feel any luckier. Ever since then they have been together.

Suddenly Marilyn's younger sister, Asha, came down the stairs. "I think Tom is bad news." she said but Marilyn just stuck out her tongue and said "You're just jealous." "Asha? Where is your Vampire costume that I bought you?" their mother asked. "I'm not going out tonight." Asha said as she sat down at the bottom of the stairs. Their mother groaned and asked "Did you watch the news and got scared?" "Of course mom! We should be scared! A killer is on the loose and here we are getting ready for a costume party!" Asha exclaimed with wild gestures.

"Just admit that you don't want me going out with Tom." Marilyn said to Asha. "Lyn! I am worried about you... it's about Tom." she said not making eye contact with her sister. Marilyn sighed as she leaned on the door, "What about Tom?" "He seems... off. I mean, he was suppose to pick you up at 9:00 but now look at the time." Asha said, "Asha... it is only 9:30.. so what if he is late 30 minutes? He must've gotten caught up with his fans or traffic." Marilyn said, not believing a word her sister says. "Mom!! You must not let Marilyn out!!" Asha whined "Honey, your sister is 24. She can take care of herself and besides you shouldn't be worried because Tom is with her." their mom said from the kitchen.

"That's my point, we are have to try to keep her away from Tom!!" Asha now yelled as she stood up from where she sat. "Asha!! Don't you dare raise your voice! If Marilyn wants to go out with Tom then she can!!" mother yelled back. "Don't come running to me when things start to get weird!!" Asha screeched as she ran back up the stairs. Their mom came out of the kitchen and sighed as she looked up the stairs "I'm gonna go see what's wrong with your sister, just let yourself out dear and lock the door-- and don't forget that the spare key is under the door mat." her mom informed her as she climbed the stairs. "Ok!" Marilyn called out. She looked into the mirror to check if her red-riding hood outfit was perfect.

"Tonight is gonna be a good night." Marilyn whispered to herself, after 5 more minutes there was a knock at the door. Marilyn smiled widely at the mirror then dashed for the door, her heart beating viciously against her rib-cage. She swung the door open to see.... nobody. Just the cold night with children passing by in their costumes and pumpkin full of candies. Marilyn stuck her head out and looked side to side but no one was there, when all of a sudden a figure jumped out of nowhere and yelled "Boo!" which made Marilyn scream out loud. Then the figure started laughing.

"Oh my Gosh! You should have seen your face!" the British accent person said and usually Marilyn would get pissed if someone tried to scare her but when it came to Tom she couldn't even have the heart to get mad at him. "Tom! You scared me!" Marilyn said as she put her hand over her heart. "I'm sorry love." Tom apologized as he hugged Marilyn and kissed her cheek which made her stomach swarm with butterflies. "Sorry I'm late love but a group of people asked for my autographs and some pictures." he explained his tardiness. "It's fine Tom, I totally understand." she said as she latched her arm with Toms'. Tom was wearing the outfit he wore in the movie 'guillermo del toro' which made him look handsome.

"You look absolutely gorgeous Marilyn." Tom commented as he took in what Marilyn was wearing. "Hmm.. Thank you! You look drop dead gorgeous!" Marilyn accidentally blurted out making her cover her mouth. Tom let out a 'hehehe' as his eyes stared at Marilyn with so much adoration. "Why thank you love, so are you ready for the party?" Tom asked as they started walking slowly out the door, Marilyn turned around and locked the door. "Yes!" Marilyn chirped.

"Make sure you have the keys." Tom reminded Marilyn, "Don't worry, there is a spare key under the door mat." Marilyn said as she grabbed Tom's arm and started walking down the sidewalk. "Where's the party?" Marilyn asked, "Just a few blocks from here. So I decided that we should walk to enjoy the lovely night." Marilyn laid her head on Tom's shoulder thinking how she got this lucky.

**

        They finally arrived at the party but Marilyn wasn't expecting it to be in a Graveyard. "You didn't tell me it was at the graveyard." Marilyn said as she looked at Tom amusingly. Tom narrowed his eyes at Marilyn and said "Surprise!" people were in different costumes everywhere, dancing, drinking and the usual stuff that happens during a crazy alcohol costume party. Music was blasting loudly out of the large speakers on each side of the graveyard. Marilyn smiled at Tom and both approached the party, ready to have fun.

They danced and drank for hours. Both lost in the music and lost in each other. Marilyn was having the time of her life, never in her life has she ever imagine being with Tom, acting like a couple and most of all giving each other kisses. Right in the middle of the dance Tom whispered in Marilyn's ear "Let's go to the woods" Marilyn heart skipped a beat. Even at the age of 24, Marilyn has never experience anything with boys. Tom was her first kiss, first date and maybe her first boyfriend. She nodded almost too excitedly. Tom smiled back and grabbed Marilyn's hand as he led them towards the dark woods.

"Tom... is it safe here?" Marilyn asked right as Tom was deep enough that he hid Marilyn behind a large tree. "Don't worry, I'm here." Tom replied as he crashed his lips to Marilyns'. He cupped her small face while Marilyn hands were clinging on the trunk of tree, keeping herself from falling because her knees became Jello as Tom deepened the kiss making Marilyn whimper. Tom pulled away making Marilyn take a deep breath, already missing the warmth of his lips. "You're amazing Marilyn." was all that Tom said as he laid his head against Marilyns'.

Marilyn swooned to Tom's words, never had they ever failed to make her melt. "Why me Tom?" Marilyn asked curiously. Marilyn often wondered, why her? because there are about a million beautiful women out there in the world and Tom chosed a simple average girl. Tom caressed her cheek as he stared into her blue eyes. "Marilyn... Marilyn... Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind," he quoted Shakespeare "And my mind is telling me you. For some reason when I see you the sun shines a little brighter and my life grows less colder."

Marilyn didn't say anything because Tom's words were enough to make her die and come back alive again. Marilyn pulled Tom in for another long and lingering kiss. When all of a sudden something in the bush started moving, Marilyn quickly pulled away and asked "What's that!?" startled. Tom's head snapped towards the direction and right as Marilyn was gonna say something, Tom put a finger to Marilyn's lips. "I'll check it out, stay here." Tom said but Marilyn said "Don't leave me!" as she grabbed Tom's hand, stopping him from leaving.

"You'll be safe... I promise." Tom assured her. Marilyn couldn't fight it, she trusted Tom with all of her being. Tom then disappeared in the dark leaving Marilyn all alone. She waited for a few minutes but there was no sign of Tom but just the dark cold night and the mist that made everything creepy. "Tom!?" she called out but was only met by silence. She wrapped her arms around herself to keep the cold from piercing her skin. "Tom!?" she called out even louder but was now only met by crickets and the hooting of an owl.

Suddenly she heard rustling of the leaves, she spun around quickly but nothing and no one was even near her. "T.. Tom?" she stuttered as fear started creeping into her heart. Her knees shook and her bottom lip quivered, "Tom!" she tried calling out bravely but then she heard a twig snapped and she spun around again only to see a glimpse of a shadow passing. "Tom! This isn't funny anymore!" she called out in hopes that it was only Tom playing a prank on her.

She then began to approach the place where the twig snapped but then she heard footsteps behind her in the distance, at first she thought it was Tom but that was until the footsteps began to pick up its pace. "Tom?" she called out without turning around but no one answered and when the footsteps were drawing closer, Marilyn bolted into a run. "Tooooooom!" she shrieked as she ran for her life with the footsteps still in hearing range. She tried running faster but her 5-inched heels were hurting her badly.

Marilyn ran deeper and deeper into the forest, taking a few turns in hopes to lose the person who was chasing her but the person chasing her had no sign in stopping from coming after her. She screamed through the forest as she yelled "Help!" she kept running, sometimes stumbling on the roots of the tree. "Anybody out there!! Help!!" she yelled once more, she took a right turn but didn't notice the big hole in the ground. She let out a yelp as she fell into the hole. Ignoring the dirt that got onto her costume that she worked on for the whole week, she started climbing out only to be grabbed by someone on the leg. She let out a piercing scream and as she turned around to look at the person, the person was wearing all black and was wearing a hood and a mask to cover the face.

"Let me go!" she yelled as she clawed the earth to get away from this creep, but the person did not let her go but he kept a good grip on her leg. She started kicking the person but right as she kicked the person in the stomach, the person grunted as he let her go and in a second Marilyn was out of the hole and sprinting once again. She arrived at a large tree and decided to stop running and hide. She put her right hand over her heart, hoping to stop the fast beating of her heart. She was scared beyond belief. Tears and mascara ran down her face, her hair was in tangles, and dirt was all over her body and costume.

Suddenly she felt a hand touched her shoulder she shrieked as she spun around only to calm her heart at the sight of Tom. "Marilyn? Are you alright?" he asked as he looked at her with so much concern. "I.. I thought... you *whimpers* but it ran and... *whimpers* I fell... but it grab." she tried saying through her sobs but Tom couldn't understand her. "Shhh.." Tom cooed as he enveloped her into a hug, Marilyn let out her tears and started sobbing loudly. "I'm here now... I'm here." Tom tried assuring her with all that he can. She pulled away and looked into Tom's eyes and said "We have to call the cops."

Tom sighed and said "We can't do anything Marilyn, this person was chasing you. You don't know if he had a knife or if he was a real threat... maybe he was just some stupid teenager playing a prank on you." Marilyn knew Tom was right, it could be some sick teenager playing a prank. Marilyn laughed at herself as she wiped her tears with her fingers. Tom chuckled along with her as he wiped her tears with his thumb.

What Marilyn loved about Tom aside from his charming personality, dashing smile and mesmerizing eyes is the way he looked at her. Tom looked at Marilyn as if she was the most beautiful woman on the planet.

"I'm sorry.. Tom." she sniffled but Tom just kissed her head and said "Don't be sorry Marilyn. It is Halloween night and it is pretty scary especially with the teenager's new pranks... How about we go to a party, it's a friend of mine, just down the road and it is indoors. It's safe there." as he gave her a warm smile. Marilyn smiled and replied "That would be lovely."

**

        Once they arrived at the party, Marilyn felt small. The large white house loomed over her, it even loomed over Tom and she thought Tom was tall. The house was surrounded by expensive cars, Greek stoned fountains and cupid shaped bushes. Heck, they even had a large gate with two large men in a formal looking suit with badges on their breasts. "Is this friend of yours famous?" Marilyn asked because in all of her years living here she never knew a famous person living here let alone this house. "Nah! This friend of mine is quite wealthy but has nothing to do with showbiz." Tom said as he led Marilyn through the large green oak doors.

"Hey Tom!!" "Hello Tom!" "What up bro Tom!?" People greeted Tom as they passed by while Tom greeted them with a smile and a small wave. At that moment Marilyn wanted the ground to open up and swallow her. People around her were wearing expensive costumes with great looking make up while Marilyn was only in her hand made flee market costume. "I'll introduce you to my friend, you will love him, he is the most friendliest man on earth." Tom said happily as he tried leading Marilyn through the crowd but that's when Marilyn noticed how dirty her costume was. She cleared her throat and said "Tom... uhh.. I'll go to the restroom to uhhh... clean up." as she pointed to her dirty dress.

Tom's mouth formed an 'O' as he realized that she wasn't cleaned yet. "Tom!! Can't believe you made it!!" a person in the distance called out to Tom. "Go to yours friends and I'll go to the restroom." Marilyn said not wanting to keep Tom to herself even though that's all that she really wants. She knew she was safe even though she felt so small here with all these fancy people but it was way much better than the woods. Tom smiled as he kissed Marilyn's cheek and whispered "You are truly amazing Marilyn. May I suggest to take the restroom upstairs because a couple might be making out in the ground floor restroom." Marilyn smiled and walked to find the restroom.

As she made herself through the crowd she noticed some women giving her glares and staring at her up and down. Although Marilyn found the ground restroom but Tom was right, as she entered there was a couple making out and as she muttered "Sorry." the couple took no notice to Marilyn and continued sucking each other's faces. She made way through the crowd once more then she arrived at the marble white large stairs. She climbed it but once she was on the second floor, her heart skipped a beat. The whole second floor was empty and dark, the only light was coming from downstairs and the one light at the end of the hallway.

Marilyn took a brave breath of air and started walking down the hallway, hoping that it was the restroom. All she could hear through the hallway was the clicking of her heels and her small breathing. Scared of the echoes of her heels she rushed towards the door and swung the door open only to yelp and jump back as a black cat ran out of the restroom. Marilyn laughed to herself as she calmed her heart down. She entered the restroom and locked the door behind her as she started cleaning herself up. Making sure she was close to perfection, she exited the restroom and started walking down the long hallway once more. Marilyn was halfway down the hallway when she heard a creaking of a door behind her, she spun around, her heart already racing.

"Hello!" she called out but no one answered, she turned around and continued walking until she heard the creaking again but this time a bit louder. She spun around faster only to see no one. "Hello!? Anybody there!?" she called out once more but she got nothing the light at the end of the hallway suddenly turned off and she stared at the light that turned off for a bit but as she turned around to continue walking she froze. Her scream caught in her throat, her eyes widen and filled with fear, her mouth became dry, and she couldn't move. A tall figure, the same figure from the woods, stood before her. Blocking her way from the stairs.

But this time the figure had a vicious looking dagger in his hands.

"I-- if this is.. s..some kind of joke. P-please stop!" Marilyn stuttered but the figure started walking closer and closer, it took forever for Marilyn to figure out that this was not some kind of sick joke. Someone actually wanted to kill her. Marilyn spun as fast she could and bolted into a run once more shouting as loud as she could "Help!!" hoping people could hear her in this big house. She opened a random door and closed it in the killer's face as she locked it. She backed up afraid that he might the door down. Marilyn quickly turned on the lamps making the room more brighter.

Her breathing was unsteady and her heart was beating furiously. Marilyn didn't notice the door on the side leading to the room next to it because all of a sudden the door swung open and tackled Marilyn to the ground. Marilyn shrieked as she fell to the ground fighting the killer that was on top of her. The killer tried stabbing Marilyn but she was blocking him by holding his hands. The dagger just one inch away from Marilyn's cleavage but Marilyn kneed him where the sun doesn't shine and the killer doubled over as he let out a painful grunt. Marilyn took no time, as she quickly stood up and started running again but instead of running to the main door, she took the side door leading to various kinds of rooms. Taking no notice of the room she just ran for her life as she screamed "Help!! Anybody help me!!"

Marilyn then fell to the ground, as she looked down she saw the killer grab her by the ankle. "Get. away. from. me!!" she yelled with each kick she gave him but he had a tight grip on her ankle. The killer had long arms and was a lot stronger than Marilyn, he stood over her as he grabbed a fist full of her black hair and slammed her head against the wall. Marilyn moaned as she felt the throbbing pain sting through her head. The killer threw her to the ground knowing Marilyn wouldn't run anymore. The killer than spun his dagger in his hand as he made his way to Marilyn but Marilyn grabbed a pillow and swatted him, it might not be enough to knock him out or hurt him but enough to distract him. Marilyn tried getting away fast but the killer was too quick.

He then grabbed Marilyn and threw her through the glass doors that led to the balcony. Marilyn tried getting up but she was too weak now that glass was cut through her skin and she was beaten up. The killer started closing in on Marilyn but Marilyn didn't want to give up, she needed to see Tom even for a single glimpse of him. Marilyn grabbed a large broken glass ignoring how the glass sunk into her skin, she swung her arm making the glass come in contact with the killer's arm. The killer's screams of pain was muffled but he clutched his bleeding arm with the other and started backing away only to fall off the low railed balcony. Everything happened so fast, right as the killer fell off the balcony, people from the party started pouring in the room where she and the killer had a small fight, and right outside the house she saw the lighting of blue and red, police.

Marilyn crawled to the railing to see the killer running away but before he could get away, the police tackled him down. Marilyn let out a breath of relief as she lay her head on the ground. The medics came upstairs to collect Marilyn, now she was sitting at the back of the ambulance getting her wounds cleaned and watching the police take the killer away. Marilyn looked closely at the killer, he was tall and very thin but he had long black hair and a crooked nose. "It was only a prank!!" he called out but Marilyn just glared at him as the police scoffed. The police checked his bags and found the dagger that he used to almost kill Marilyn. The killer's eyes widen as he quickly blurted "That's not mine! I don't know how it got there!" but Marilyn only scowled at him.

"Marilyn!!" a soothing voice called out and Marilyn knew who exactly it was. Marilyn shrugged the blanket that was on her shoulders and sobbed out "Tom!!" as she met him halfway, both crashed together in an embrace. "I was so scared." Marilyn sobbed, while Tom rubbed her back. "I'm so sorry I wasn't there love, once I heard your scream me and my friend started looking for you but he had many rooms and you were nowhere to be seen... I was so scared." Tom said

Marilyn and Tom stood in an embrace for quite a while until Tom pulled away and said "How about I take you home?" as he smiled at Marilyn. Marilyn smiled and grabbed Tom's hand as both of them climbed in the back of the police car, both not wanting to walk again.

**

        Tom and Marilyn finally stood in front of Marilyn's front door. "I'm sorry about tonight love, everything didn't go according to plan." Tom apologized as he scratched the back of his neck. Marilyn put a hand on Tom's face and said "Tonight... you are my knight and shining armor. I couldn't ask for more." Tom leaned down and kissed Marilyn on the lips, both not wanting to pull away. "Whatever happened tonight stays between us both. I don't want to worry mom or Asha... just say that I was clumsy and I fell." Marilyn said to Tom. Tom let out another adorable 'hehehe' and brushed a strand of hair behind Marilyn's ear. "If that's what you truly want then consider my lips sealed. *sighs happily* I love you Marilyn  and nothing can stand between us." Tom said. those three words made Marilyn's head fill with fireworks. "I love you too Tom." she said happily, they leaned in once more to give a good night kiss.

"Good night Tom!" Marilyn said as she got the key under the mat and started unlocking the door.

"Good night Marilyn." Tom said as he started walking down the sidewalk.

Marilyn got in and noticed all the lights were on. "Mom! Asha! I'm home!" Marilyn called out but no one answered except the TV playing in the background. "Mom!! Mom!?" Marilyn called out as she walked into the kitchen but right as she did she let out a blood curling scream, she fell to the floor as she stared at the scene before her.

Blood.

Blood was everywhere and all she could see was her mother's body or what's left of it on the ground, her hand reaching out for Asha as Asha was also bloody and dead not far away from her mother's body. "MOM!!! ASHA!!" Marilyn cried out as loud as she could, her heart already aching and the tears wouldn't stop pouring. The door opened and closed. "Marilyn!?" Tom shouted as she came rushing through the kitchen door only to stop to stare wide eyed at the scene before him. "Marilyn," he called out as he grabbed her shoulders. Marilyn held onto Tom as if her life depended on it.

She was slowly breaking. How could so many bad things happen in one night. "Why!? Why!? Who could have done this!?" Marilyn cried out as Tom tried cheering her up. "Shhh.. It's alright now Marilyn. I'm here. No one can hurt y-- ow!" Tom complained right as Marilyn touched his arm. "I'm sorry." Marilyn apologized absentmindedly but then her head snapped to Tom's arm and in a blink of an eye she shoved Tom's sleeves up to reveal a deep cut and dry blood.

A picture of her slicing the killer's arm back at the balcony came back to her mind.

She gasped out loudly but it sounded more like a cry. She quickly stood up as she violently pushed Tom away. "It's you!" she whimpered as more tears flow down her cheeks, praying and hoping to God that what she was thinking at the moment wasn't true. She didn't want to believe it, she didn't want to hear the answer come out of Tom's mouth. She looked into Tom's eyes which were now murderous.

"Why?" she sobbed out, "I love you Marilyn and nothing... NOTHING can stand between us." he yelled

They both stared at each other and Marilyn hoped that it was just a nightmare when all of a sudden Tom said with a murderous look, "Good night Marilyn." and with that the air was filled with Marilyn's piercing screams, the whole town heard it.

And Tom smiled as he did it.