The Halloween Party Or Carly Meets A Stranger
The room glowed, bathed by the light from the full moon above and the candles sparkling, strategically strewn about, a table full of good thing to heat acted as incense. The mood was set perfectly.
The room was buzzing with music and activity. Ghosts and Witches, Monsters and Mobsters mingled. Laughter filled the air. People were making plates of assorted appetizers and ladling out portions of a smoking punch.
The doorbell rang, and the last guest arrived.
"Happy Halloween" Carly cried.
Sue and Bob returned the greeting and welcomed her in.
"Make yourself at home," Bob said as he hurried to replenish a platter of snacks.
"Just mingle Carly," said Sue with a wink "maybe you'll meet someone interesting."
Carly looked around the room full of strangers and felt suddenly self-conscious. She was all too aware of how low cut the neckline was of her Renaissance gown. She wished that she hadn't come. But Sue was her boss and she didn't know how she could've gotten out of it.
Carly stepped outside into the moonlit night. "I'll just get a bit of fresh air," she muttered to herself, "and then I'll go back in."
Ten minutes later however still found her walking Sue and Bob's gorgeous grounds and wandering into the woods that bordered them. She felt strangely at ease considering she was wandering an unfamiliar wood on Halloween night under a full moon. But she almost welcomed the thought that perhaps tonight anything could happen, it was she mused, a night of magic.
Her feet found their way to a almost perfectly circular clearing. The moon shone directly above and Carly gazed upward in awe of the beauty of the night. Suddenly a voice whispered from behind
"Hello, lovely one"
Turning with a gasp Carly's gaze fell upon a tall handsome man dressed as a vampire.
"Oh my Gosh you frightened me." Her words tripping out jumpily "You must be here for the party too."
"Party?" he said "Oh no I'm not here for the party. I'm here for you"
With that he grabbed her to him and kissed her deeply. She tried to pull away but his grip was too strong. And then she didn't want to pull away. His mouth moving on her, his tongue caressing her own was stripping her of her will.
Despite herself she began to respond. Sensing this the stranger closed his mouth more firmly on hers, sucking the breath out of her lungs, as if her were trying to take in her very essence. And then breathing his own back into her.