Chapter 34

The rest of the beach trip was eventful. The night that Zach proposed was spent in celebration and congratulations while the rest of the trip was slightly toned down. On Sunday, Carson and I had some alone time and we went out for lunch before returning to the beach house and lazing around the beach the rest of the day with our friends.

When the trip was over and done with, everybody was happy and the mood was light and fun. We all drove home Monday afternoon, successfully skipping another day of school.

The week after the beach house passed quickly and before I knew it, it was Saturday… Halloween.

I know what you’re thinking, why would we care about such a childish holiday? Well, for one thing, Carson and I were going trick or treating for an hour or so after supper tonight, and secondly, after getting all the candy we could imagine, we were going to a party at one of Carson’s friend’s house. Everybody was invited and since Carson agreed that he wouldn’t drink, I decided to go with him. Hell, I hadn’t been to a party since school started and I wanted to dance and show off my man.

Kylie and I had gone shopping for costumes on Thursday of this week and I had a really tough time finding a costume that I liked. One that wasn’t too reserved, but not too slutty at the same time. After about an hour of Kylie throwing costumes at me, anything from a house bunny to an Easter bunny, I finally found a suitable costume - a cute ladybug.

Said costume was currently hanging up in my room while I was currently at the dinner table surrounded by my brother and my mom.

“So what are your plans for the night kids?” my mom asked us.

Jaxon swallowed the food he was eating before answering. “Well, I’m going to Cassidy’s soon and we’re taking her little brother out trick or treating around that area. Then maybe if there’s time, we’ll head to the party at Shane’s but I doubt it. We’ll probably end up sorting out candy with Elliot.”

I smiled at my brother’s answer. Him and Cassidy really were the perfect couple. They were adorable together and I knew that Jaxon getting along with her little brother meant a lot to her.

“Well that’s sweet. I hope you two are still going strong.” my mom stated.

He nodded with a slight blush on his face. “Yeah ma, she’s great.”

My mother chuckled at Jaxon’s flustered form before turning to me. “What about you honey, what are you and Carson up to tonight?”

“He’s going to be here in about half an hour so we can go trick or treating, then around eight or nine we’re heading over to the Halloween party at Shane’s. I’ll probably be home around midnight.” I replied with a smile on my face, finishing the last over my dinner.

“Have fun honey.” she replied, before getting up and heading to the kitchen while I bounded up the steps to get ready.

Half an hour later, my hair was straightened to perfection then braided into two French braids, one on either side of my head. I had a bit of red eye shadow on and a bit of mascara, as well as a light red lipstick.

I looked at my costume that was currently hanging on my closet door. It consisted of a red dress with black polka dots that went to about mid-thigh and a pair of black antenna that had red glowing circles on the top.

When I slipped out of my sweats and put on the costume, I turned around to look in the mirror. Wow! I looked good. The dress was tight, but not too tight, my make-up and hair made me look like a kid on Halloween and I had even decided to put a couple black freckles on my cheeks with eyeliner to make me look childish. What can I say? I loved Halloween.

After I was done admiring myself in the mirror, I quickly grabbed a pair of black flats to complete my outfit and I heard the doorbell ring.

I looked in the mirror one more time before running down the stairs to answer the door, knowing Carson would be behind it. He wouldn’t tell me what his costume was and I was seriously curious as to what he was dressed up as.

When I opened the door my jaw dropped to the floor. After a minute of shock I burst out laughing at my boyfriend’s outfit.

“Oh… my… god…what… are you… wearing?” I asked while laughing.

He just crossed his arms across his chest and raised an eyebrow at me. “Well, I am just wearing the best costume known to mankind.” he replied, defending the ridiculous red and blue outfit he was wearing.

Oh, if you haven’t guessed it yet, my boyfriend was dressed as Spiderman with the mask in his hand.

My laughing died down and I stepped forward to put my arms around him and look up at him. “Well, if you think that Spiderman is the best superhero, I’ll have to agree with you. Plus in a weird, nerdy way, you look kind of hot.” I said, going up on my tiptoes to peck his lips, before backing away slightly.

He just smirked in response.  “Well you see, I’m always hot but this is a fun night and I’ll have to say,” he said, looking me up and down, “Halloween is my favourite holiday if I get to see you dressed up in that sexy getup.”

I just rolled my eyes and slapped his nylon covered stomach. “Cocky little perv.” I said. “By the way, I never thought I’d see a boyfriend of mine in a nylon one-piece costume…. ever.”

“Well thank god I gave you this wonderful experience before you were deprived of a nylon covered muscle man.” he replied cockily.

I rolled my eyes again. “Anyways, I just have to get a pillow case for our candy before we’re ready to go, do you need one?” I asked, walking towards the closet in the hall.

“Yes please.” I heard him shout in response. I grabbed two blue and green striped pillow cases from the closet before shutting the door and returning to the entryway.

When I could see Carson again, he had put on his Spiderman mask. There were two holes cut out for his eyes, a hole for his mouth and two where his nostrils were so he could breathe. I know I laughed when I first saw his costume, but I meant it when I said he looked hot in that costume. Seriously sexy.

“Here.” I said, throwing him one of the pillow cases and walking towards the front door. “BYE MOM!” I yelled.

“HAVE FUN GUYS!” she replied, and that was our cue to head out. Carson grabbed my hand and we headed out, me closing the door behind us.

As we were walking down my driveway, I looked around the street. Some of my neighbours had really gone all out this year.  I saw a couple houses with cob webs and decorations, while one front yard was a complete graveyard scene. It had fog coming out of a hidden machine and a bunch of small tomb stones placed strategically around the yard. It was impressive, but not as impressive as the Johnson’s.

The Johnson’s always went all out for every holiday. On Christmas they had a bunch of lights synced to Christmas carols and glowing statues that welcomed Santa. However, every Halloween the Johnson’s would make their front yard in a scary but cute haunted house for all the little kids that lived on our street. I remember last year, Tazmin had come trick or treating with me and Kylie and she laughed and screamed her cute little head off in that yard. It was fun, but tiring.

I turned to my boyfriend when we reached the sidewalk at the end of my drive. “So, where to first?”

“Well the Johnson’s is certainly an inviting house, but I’m thinking that the graveyard will be our first stop.” Carson replied.

I rolled my eyes as he took my hand in his. “Then let’s get us some candy!”

After an hour and a half of trick or treating down street after street, Carson and I had finally returned to his house. We were carrying our almost overflowing pillow cases towards Carson’s house since that was the closest.

“Since when was a bunch of candy so heavy? I’m pretty sure when I bought two boxes of Halloween candy with my mom this week the boxes were easy to carry, so why is this pillow case so heavy?” I asked, struggling to move as I dragged my bag slowly up his driveway.

He just laughed at me. “Here, let me.” he said, after he stopped laughing at me, and took my bag in the same hand as his pillow case was in.

I stopped and put my hands on my hips. “Why are you so strong? Those look like they weigh nothing to you.” I said, stunned that I was so weak. It also may have had to do with the fact that my boyfriend’s arm muscles were very much on display through the nylon costume he was currently wearing.

Carson chuckled slightly as he continued up his drive. “Well Cutie, you may not believe this… but I happen to be athletic and I also work-out.” he said in a smug tone.

I just rolled my eyes. “I should stop giving you complements so often, your ego is going to grow too much.” I said.

Once Carson dropped off our pillow cases full of candy in his house, we hopped into his truck and started towards the party.

While on the way to Shane’s I got a text from my brother;

               Staying at Cass’s for a while, not going to Shane’s… tell Spiderman when you can

                                ~Jaxon

I laughed as I read the text and Carson turned to me, raising one of his eyebrows in confusion.

“Jaxon’s not coming tonight, just letting you know.” I told him and he nodded. “By the way, was there any chance that he was with you when you went and got that costume?”

He turned to me and smirked slightly. “Maybe.”

I just giggled a bit as we parked down the road from Shane’s house. As we got out of the truck, I could hear the music slightly coming from down the block and I could also see a couple teens in costumes on his front lawn.

When we actually arrived at the party, we went through the front door and I was surprised. I hadn’t thought that everyone would actually dress up all out but a lot of the costumes were really creative. There were superheroes, Harry Potter characters, fairies, mermaids, Disney characters and a bunch of classic Halloween outfits like witches and pirates.

As we entered the living room, I saw Shane heading towards Carson.

“Carson, my man.” he said and they did that man handshake hug thing. “And Lexi, you look hot as a ladybug.” I rolled my eyes.

“Get your own chick, she’s mine.” Carson said teasingly, pushing Shane slightly and throwing an arm around my shoulder.

“Do you want something to drink?” Carson asked me as we headed for the kitchen where a couple of his friends that I had met on occasion were hanging out.

I nodded. “Yea, a coke please.” I replied. “Carson, I have to go to the bathroom really quickly, I’ll be right back.” I said, giving him a quick kiss on the lips before heading to search for a bathroom.

I knew that I probably wouldn’t be able to find one down here, so I ventured upstairs in search of one. The first couple doors I tried were locked, and it didn’t take a genius to figure out that they were either being used for sex, or they were off-limit rooms like Shane’s parents room.

Before I could find a bathroom, I was slammed into a wall backwards and when I looked up at who the person was, it was a jock that I didn’t know.

“Hey girly, want to have some fun?” he asked and I could smell the alcohol on his breath.

This guy was drunk and really strong. “Get off asshole.” I whimpered as he pushed one of his hands that was on my stomach harder. I struggled a bit more as he came closer. I really didn’t want him to kiss me…

Before his drunken lips could touch mine, he was pushed off and thrown on the ground. I was about to turn to thank Carson when I realised something… it wasn’t Carson, it was Shane.

“Get downstairs Jack before you do something you regret , better yet, go home dude.” he threatened as the jock, apparently named Jack, got up and stumbled out of sight. Shane turned around to face me. “You okay?” he asked with slight concern.

I nodded. “Yea, thanks.” I breathed in relief. “I was just looking for a bathroom and he sort of attacked me from behind.”

Shane just nodded. “Okay, well bathroom’s right there,” he said as he pointed to a door at the end of the hall, “and I was just looking out for my buds girl. Come on, I’ll wait for you before going downstairs so you don’t get attacked again.”

I smiled slightly. “Thanks.” I replied before heading into the bathroom.

I flushed the toilet after using it and washed my hands. Before leaving the bathroom I checked my outfit and makeup in the mirror once and it still looked fresh. I smiled at myself before heading back out to the party. Shane was there waiting like he said he would be and we went back downstairs to find Carson.

We were heading for the kitchen when I saw Carson. He had my coke in his hand but he also had Stacy the slut on his arm. I stopped in place with Shane. “Don’t get upset, she’s drunk and trying to go after him, look he doesn’t look that happy.” Shane explained, defending his buddy.

However, when I actually looked at my boyfriend, I found that Carson was indeed not happy in the slightest. He had a slight frown on his face and was trying to inch away from Stacy slowly. A smile grew on my face, ‘well, I guess I have to go take a claim on my man’ I thought.

“I’ll be right back Shane, I’m going to go teach the slut a lesson.” I said with confidence.

Shane clapped me on the back. “Go gettem’ tiger.” he said chuckling slightly as he watched me walk towards them.

As I was walking towards them I heard Stacy’s pitiful attempts at working her body. “Well you see baby, I hit my thigh on the coffee table a while ago and I was wondering if you could come upstairs with me and check it out.” she purred into his ear.

“Umm, no thanks Stacy… go find someone else.” Carson replied, looking absolutely appalled at her flirting attempts. I smiled at that, my man was loyal.

“But baby…” she whined slightly trying to clutch his arm tighter.

I walked right up to Carson, grabbing his shoulders. Before he could utter a word to me, I pulled his mouth down onto mine in a hot and passionate kiss.

I guess we sort of forgot that we were in the middle of a party because we started downright making out against the wall. Carson had turned me around so my back was on the wall and he was feeling me up. I didn’t mind at all because he was special to me. As his hands were squeezing my ass, I started to hear whistles and cheers.

I pulled back slightly embarrassed and I saw that Stacy was stomping her way out of Shane’s house and there was a small crowd that had watched the scene unfold.

“Go Carson.”

“Get it in man.”

“Hot couple.”

“Yea Lex, get some!”

Those were just a few of the shouts that I heard from the crowd watching as I untangled myself from my boyfriend.

The crowd obviously saw that any drama was over and had dispersed.

“I’m sorry Lex, I was really trying to get her to leave but she just wouldn’t leave me alone. You have to know that I would never, ever cheat on you.” Carson explained.

I kissed him quickly to shut him up. “Carson, I heard you trying to get her off of you and I have to say that I was really proud to call you my boyfriend at that moment. You’re loyal, trustworthy and really sweet so don’t worry about it. Stacy’s an outright bitch and a major slut, she may never leave you alone but hopefully that showed her that you are definitely taken.” I told him, smiling up at him.

He didn’t reply, instead he kissed me softly for a couple seconds and pulled back with a smile on his face.

“Well, little miss hottie, would you like to dance?” Carson asked as the song ‘You Found Me’ by the Fray started to play on the sound speakers.

I blushed slightly and nodded. Carson took my hand and dragged me out towards the dance floor. I put my hand around his neck as he put his hands just below my waist. We started dancing slowly, but as the song went on we tightened our hold on each other and started grinding softly against each other.

I could feel him getting hard but I knew I wasn’t ready for sex yet. I pulled back slight to kiss him before resting my head on his shoulder.

It was at that party on Halloween that I realized that I was in love with Carson. I don’t know if it was the fact that he wasn’t a ladies man anymore or the fact that our kisses were becoming so passionate I could burst. However, I did know that I fell in love with him because he is truly one of the best guys I have ever met and I’m lucky to call him mine.

Now I just have to figure out how tell him how I feel…

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