Post by silent.lullaby on Oct 14, 2009 15:31:58 GMT -5
Just in case anyone was confused about the instructions of the prompt, I decided to make up a very quick example that will hopefully clear it all up.
I breathed in, the scent of beer and vomit laced the air in the basement. “Ah, Halloween.”
My fairy friend beside me grinned ear to ear. Her costume consisted of a green silk dress and wings she stole from her younger sisters dress up trunk. “Marissa, you pick the worst parties.” She says to me shaking her head as someone runs up beside her, drops to their knees and vomits into a pail. “Gross,” she scurries to my other side and looks up at me. Even though she’s in heels and I’m in flats, I’m taller. “Lets go somewhere else.”
“I have to say hello to Jayson at the very least,” I reply.
“Really?” She asks me pouting.
“Yes Abby, really.”
I lead her through the maze of people, the Monster Mash blaring from hidden speakers and people get up to dance. Through the people I fear I’ll never find Jayson, and then be stuck with an unhappy Abby, and when Abby’s unhappy, everyone is unhappy.
We make our way through the masks and fangs and enter the kitchen, a chill is in the air, probably from the window being open as someone lights up a joint with their head sticking outside. I shake my head, “hey you.” The young man brings his head back into look at me. “Have you seen Jayson?” He nods and points outside, I thank him quickly and head to the side door, stopping to grab a hand full of candy corn from a bowl.
The back yard is silent, and I look up at the moon. Jayson is sitting in his dopey ghost costume that’s only a white sheet with eye holes cut out, handing out candy to children. He turns as Abby and I come out, “hey, hows it going, enjoying my big brother’s party?”
“Nope, it’s lame,” Abby promptly says before I nudge her.
“Just came to see you,” I respond with a slight grin.
He pulls off the sheet and sets it on the banister as the children go back to the sidewalk where their parents are standing. “Well, I’m glad you guys came. Not really enjoying my brother’s friends.”
“It’s sweet though, that you’re giving out candy to kids.”
“Candy?” Jayson laughs, “I gave them all fire crackers.”
I promptly facepalm and we head off for a night of tricks rather than treats.
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I breathed in, the scent of beer and vomit laced the air in the basement. “Ah, Halloween.”
My fairy friend beside me grinned ear to ear. Her costume consisted of a green silk dress and wings she stole from her younger sisters dress up trunk. “Marissa, you pick the worst parties.” She says to me shaking her head as someone runs up beside her, drops to their knees and vomits into a pail. “Gross,” she scurries to my other side and looks up at me. Even though she’s in heels and I’m in flats, I’m taller. “Lets go somewhere else.”
“I have to say hello to Jayson at the very least,” I reply.
“Really?” She asks me pouting.
“Yes Abby, really.”
I lead her through the maze of people, the Monster Mash blaring from hidden speakers and people get up to dance. Through the people I fear I’ll never find Jayson, and then be stuck with an unhappy Abby, and when Abby’s unhappy, everyone is unhappy.
We make our way through the masks and fangs and enter the kitchen, a chill is in the air, probably from the window being open as someone lights up a joint with their head sticking outside. I shake my head, “hey you.” The young man brings his head back into look at me. “Have you seen Jayson?” He nods and points outside, I thank him quickly and head to the side door, stopping to grab a hand full of candy corn from a bowl.
The back yard is silent, and I look up at the moon. Jayson is sitting in his dopey ghost costume that’s only a white sheet with eye holes cut out, handing out candy to children. He turns as Abby and I come out, “hey, hows it going, enjoying my big brother’s party?”
“Nope, it’s lame,” Abby promptly says before I nudge her.
“Just came to see you,” I respond with a slight grin.
He pulls off the sheet and sets it on the banister as the children go back to the sidewalk where their parents are standing. “Well, I’m glad you guys came. Not really enjoying my brother’s friends.”
“It’s sweet though, that you’re giving out candy to kids.”
“Candy?” Jayson laughs, “I gave them all fire crackers.”
I promptly facepalm and we head off for a night of tricks rather than treats.