jenna turned her alarm off and got out of bed. after getting dressed and brushing her teeth, she slowly made her way to her bedroom door. she opened it and looked both ways, she smiled when she didn't see anybody there. she didn't have time for her siblings shit today. she made her way downstairs and saw her siblings eating breakfast.

she said a 'hey' to them and opened the refrigerator. she grabbed one of the many containers of blueberries and closed the door. she was never a breakfast person, but her parents insisted she at least had something small every day. jenna heard jason laughing but she shrugged it off and sat down at the table. the older boy was always laughing at something. after having a few she put them away and still heard jason laughing.

"dude, what the hell is so funny?" she questioned. he put up one finger and burst out laughing.

"check the m-mirror!" he managed to get out in between his chuckles. jenna rolled her eyes and looked in the mirror by the front door. her eyes went wide when she saw her whole mouth blue. jason had put blue fucking food dye in the blueberries.

"you motherfuc-," she started before she was interrupted with a yell.

"jj, jason, you guys are gonna be late to school!" her mother yelled from upstairs.

"i can't go to school like this!"

"guess you have to," jason shrugged before he grabbed his backpack along with his skateboard and ran out the door.

♫♫♫

"hey guys," jenna said to the party after stepping off her skateboard.

"finally, you're he-," mike started when dustin cut him off.

"what the hell happened to your teeth?" dustin questioned with wide eyes which led the party to look at her too.

"take a wild guess," she mumbled with an eye roll.

"it's the beginning of prank month," will reminded them.

"we won't be coming over for a while," lucas informed jenna and the party nodded in agreement.

"i think i still have glitter in my hair from last year!," dustin said while shaking his head causing the party to laugh.

"whoa! whoa!" mike interrupted while looking at lucas.

"what?" he questioned in confusion.

"why are you venkman?" mike asked.

"because i'm venkman,"

"no, i'm venkman."

"why can't there just be two venkman's?" will asked, trying to stop a fight from happening.

"because there's only one venkman in real life. we planned this months ago."

"i'm venkman, dustin's stantz, you're egon, and you're winston," mike finished. jenna tapped her foot and rolled her eyes. she had already informed the party that she would be staying home with the twins, considering their mothers weren't letting the two go out this year, especially after the incident.

"i specifically didn't agree to winston," lucas corrected.

"yes, you did!" mike said in a louder tone.

"i don't think he did,"

"no one wants to be winston, man,"

"what's wrong with winston?" mike shot back. jenna shook her head no at him, knowing where this argument was going.

"what's wrong with winston? he joined the team super late, he's not funny and he's not even a real scientist!" lucas argued.

"yeah, but he's still cool." mike tried again.

"if he's cool, then you be winston,"

"i can't,"

"why not?"

"b-because..." mike stuttered.

"b-because you're not black?"

"i didn't say that!" mike defended.

"you thought it."

the two continued arguing but dustin turned around. jenna furrowed her eyebrows in confusion but when she saw what dustin was looking at she burst out laughing.

"guys! why is no one else wearing costumes?" dustin wondered.

"crap."

♫♫♫

student's laughter filled the hallways as the party walked in.

"when do people make these decisions?" dustin mumbled.

"everyone dressed up last year," will added.

"it's a conspiracy, i'm telling you."

"guys, just try to be cool," jenna reassured them.

"easy for you to say," lucas told her.

"who you gonna call? the nerds!" a boy mocked.

"you're gonna need to call the ambulance when i shove my foot up your ass!" jenna yelled back causing lucas and will to laugh.

"we gonna do this?" dustin asked lucas while looking at max.

"do what?" jenna chimed in.

"not right now. we look like morons," lucas said as he ignored jenna's question.

"you always look like morons," jenna joked which got her glares in return.

"maybe she likes ghostbusters?"

"of course she likes ghostbusters, but that's not the point."

"the point is we're dressed up and she isn't," lucas told dustin.

"just ask her whatever you're gonna ask her!" jenna told them as she walked off.

♫♫♫

jenna was riding through the hallways when she saw the boys at a certain redhead's locker. the girl didn't look too pleased. being the great friend she is, she decided to go over so she could tease them about it later. she walked over and furrowed her eyebrow when max had tinted cheeks while looking at her.

"hi, max. i'm dustin, and this is-"

"lucas," the other boy interrupted with a smile.

"yeah, i know. the stalkers." max said with a bored expression.

"uh, no. we weren't stalking you," lucas stuttered.

"no, we were just concerned because you know, you're new and all." dustin lied.

"yeah, for your safety," lucas cut in.

"there are a lot of bullies here,"

"so many bullies, it's crazy."

"is that why you're wearing proton packs?" the redhead questioned.

"well, these don't function. but, i do have this handy-dandy little trap here," dustin informed her.

"and look, it even opens and closes. voilà!" the curly-haired boy chuckled as he clicked a button causing the trap to open.

"cool right?" he asked. the redhead only stared at him with an unamusing look while jenna stared at him, impressed.

"no? okay. but, um.." he trailed off.

"so, we were talking last night, and you're new here, so you probably don't have any friends to take you trick-or-treating, and you're scared of bullies, so we were thinking that it would be okay if you come with us."

"it'd be okay?" max repeated.

"yeah. our party's a democracy, and the majority voted you could come," dustin continued. jenna grimaced at his poor choice of words and walked away, not seeing the frown that appeared on the freckled girl's face. the conversation continued and the two boys continued to make things worse.

"i didn't know it was such an honor to go trick or treating with you,"

"we know where to get the full-sized candy bars. we figured you want in," dustin said, obviously not catching onto the sarcasm laced in the redhead's voice.

"that's presumptuous of you, but maybe i'd consider going if your friend was going," max told them.

"jenna?" lucas questioned to which max nodded.

"yeah! jenna is s-so c-coming this year," he lied. max rolled her eyes at the very obvious lie.

"yeah, so you'll come?" dustin tried once more. max shut her locker and walked away while dustin still tried to figure out what presumptuous meant.

ELARA RANTS
new chapter who dis???