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A Halloween to Remember

By Roxanne Rhoads



Adena loved Halloween and had been preparing for tonight’s party for weeks. Halloween actually wasn’t until tomorrow, but tonight was Saturday and at midnight it would technically between Halloween and it was perfect.

Her friends Chrissy and Martin had been renovating an old Victorian house they bought. They weren’t finished and the house still had that aura of spookiness about it. Adena had not been there yet, so far she only had seen pictures and heard Chrissy’s crazy descriptions.

It was going to be a wild party. Chrissy and Martin always went all out for Halloween. That’s probably the main reason they bought that old house that was rumored to be haunted.

Adena shivered as she started to get dressed in the costume she had carefully selected. It was a sexy vampire costume that displayed as much of her cleavage and curves as possible. The dress was long, black velvet with a slit up to her thigh and a plunging neckline that laced up corset style to push her ample breasts up and out spilling over the top.

Black fishnet stockings covered her shapely legs and outrageous 4 inch stiletto heels finished her attire. Her long auburn hair was left hanging freely in wild waves and her pale skin glowed with an iridescent quality thanks to the glittery make up she found at the costume shop. Her dark, midnight blue eyes looked darker than usual thanks to all the dark eyeliner and charcoal shadow. She surveyed her appearance in the mirror as she applied blood red lipstick to her full, sensuous lips.

Damn, I make one hot vampire, she thought to herself, I’m sure to get laid tonight. She felt heat spread between her legs as she thought about what the evening might have in store. Not only did Chrissy and Martin love Halloween, they were sexually wild, adventurous and borderline swingers. Their parties usually ended up turning into wild orgies in addition to being spooky and fun. She didn’t like to participate in the group fun but if she could find the right guy to go one on one, well that was a different story.

Adena surveyed herself one more time in the mirror before heading out the door.


* * * *

She found the house after she drove past the driveway. You almost couldn’t see it. The house wasn’t even visible from the road. She turned around and pulled into the long winding driveway. Once she got around the trees she was greeted by howling, loud pumping music and a pathway of lighted jack-o-lanterns surrounded by an unnatural fog.

The house looked scary as hell, like something straight out of a horror movie. It was an old Victorian, but it didn’t even resemble the painted lady it had once been. Now it just looked old and ramshackle. Wood siding hung off one end of the house, shutters banged wildly in the wind, and in the moonlight Adena swore she saw bats circling a crooked tower that emitted an eerie glow from a tiny round window.

As she walked up the jack -o-lantern lit pathway she noticed it was a perfect fall evening. Cool air crisp mingled with the smell of fallen leaves and wood smoke. Somewhere there was a fire of leaves and wood filling the autumn air with its sweet, heady aroma. There was also a full moon basking the clear night in moonlight glow.

As Adena walked along the trail that led up to the house she caught a glimpse of what looked like gravestones way out in the back yard surrounded by a creepy iron fence. Of course during the day, especially any other day besides Halloween the fence probably wouldn’t look creepy. Around Halloween everything looks creepy. She knew Martin probably built the graveyard for the party but it looked like it belonged there. She hoped it wasn’t real. She shivered at the thought of living in a house with its very own graveyard. Way too creepy.

As she walked up to the door, Chrissy opened it before Adena had a chance to knock. As always Chrissy was dressed to tempt and tease. A long flowing black gown swirled around Chrissy’s feet and large black raven wings filled the doorway. Adena admired the iridescent shimmer of the dress’s material and the way it swirled and shimmered in the moonlight. The wings even glimmered. Adena moved closer to Chrissy and gasped when she realized that the gown was completely translucent. Adena could see Chrissy’s naked body through the gauzy material. Her nipples stood out hard and pointy against the thin material, dark and rosy next to her tan skin. Adena looked lower and could see everything Chrissy had to offer and nothing covered it except the see-through material of the dress, not underwear, not even hair. Chrissy was bare.

A blush threatened to stain Adena’s vampire pale complexion. It wasn’t the first time she had seen Chrissy’s private parts…and it probably wouldn’t be the last but Adena just wasn’t as comfortable with nudity and sex like Chrissy.

“You’ve really outdone yourself tonight, Chriss.” Adena said with a naughty grin as she continued to look her up and down. Chrissy was beautiful: tall, blond and tan. For a long time Adena had wanted to look like that, but was finally comfortable in her short, pale body. Though sometimes she wished she could get her hands on Chrissy’s beautiful curves. They were way too good of friends for that though. Even if they both leaned towards being bi. “What are you supposed to be?”

“I’m a dark angel. You’re looking pretty hot yourself tonight. What are you, a vampire?” Chrissy’s full lips parted into a come fuck me smile. God, everything that woman did just reeked of sex. Adena could feel the warmth spreading through her body just by being this close to Chrissy’s almost naked body. Time to stop staring and move along to the party.

“Yeah, a vampire. I couldn’t think of anything else that would be this dark and sexy.” Shit, still on the sex topic, time to change the subject. “That’s not a real graveyard behind your house is it?”


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