Ed and Sylvia stood at the bus stop in the costumes they wore to the Halloween Party. Ed's costume was quite simple, all he wore was a raincoat. He wanted his costume to be authentic even if it did mean he had to spend much of the party standing outside trying to cool down. He certainly couldn't take off his coat like most of the other costumed guests, not amid the snooty guests at that party.
Sylvia's costume was a bit more difficult. She had to go to several costume shops before she could find a Brownie's uniform that would fit her 35 year old buxom body. She could have easily found an adult size Girl Scout one, but she had only been a Brownie while growing up and wanted to dress up like one again. Of course the little brown uniform with sash was much more shocking as she stood next to Ed in his raincoat. The empty cookie box added just that much more to the look.
"Well, I'm glad we left early, the way they acted towards us, most of them were just so rude," Sylvia said, rocking back and forth on her flat soled shoes.
"Yeah, I knew our costumes were provocative but you'd have thought I grabbed one of their daughters," Ed replied.
"I always said you worked with a bunch of snobs."
"You know what I think it is, I think we exposed some of their real desires, you know... something burning inside them, fighting to get out."
"Oh come on Ed, not all republicans are pedophiles."
"I don't know Sylvia, the way some of them looked at you I knew they wanted more than your cookies."
"Ed, that's because my boobs were about to explode out of this costume."
"No, I think... there's the bus, you got enough change for the fare?"
"Here you go," Sylvia said, dropping some coins into his hand and then climbing up the steps in front of him. She pushed the coins into the slot and moved into the bus, starting to sit in the first seat she came to. Just as she was about to sit down she felt Ed grab her arm. Looking up she saw him nod to the back of the bus.
Sylvia followed him noticing that only two seats were taken, both near the front. She giggled a bit, knowing what he had in mind, just not sure exactly how he would play it out. When they reached the back seat she watched him slide in and then pat the seat beside him saying, "Sit here little girl."
"Okay," she replied, bouncing into the seat as innocently as she could.
The bus started up and they rode in silence to the next stop when one of the two other passengers stood up, looked back suspiciously at them and then limped off the bus. The last passenger was just a little old lady staring out the front windshield. The bus slowly pulled away.
"Hey little girl," Ed whispered softly. "Would you like a lollipop?"
