I pressed the doorbell and waited for Jeremy to open the door. It was the night of Halloween and that year's party was held at one of my classmate, Jeremy's house. His house was at the end of the street while mine was at the beginning, hence, I walked to the party. It was pretty cold outside and I badly wanted to get in. To add to the list of inconveniences, I was experiencing a sudden and strange pain in my shoulders which I decided to ignore.

"Why is he taking so long to open?" I wondered as I started to get impatient.

His front yard was well decorated. There were around six bushes that were covered with white cloths and on each of them, there were two holes which made them look like ghosts. Some of the leaves were hanging out of the holes. Jeremy had also lit candles at the doorstep. Fake spider webs were scattered all over the windows. To make the atmosphere creepy, the lights were consecutively flickering.

Finally, the door opened. Jeremy was wearing a vampire costume. He had painted his lips red and he was also wearing his grey eye contacts. He was not looking scary at all. He wore a black shirt and black pants. He had a long black cape hanging at the back. Fake fangs would complete his get up.

As soon as Jeremy saw me, his eyes opened wider. I could see his pupils dilating. I stared at him.

"Nice costume bro!" He exclaimed.

However, I was not wearing a costume. I didn't have enough time to find myself a costume, so I went to that party with my casual clothes. I was wearing a white shirt that had blue collar with a pair of blue jeans.

I noticed a cup of drink in Jeremy's right hand.

"I think you got too high buddy." I replied as I tapped him on his shoulder. I walked inside his house to catch up with my other friends.

As I was walking, everyone in the party stopped what they were doing and they all started to focus on me. They had a strange look on their face. As if they were freaked out on seeing me. I found that weird, but, I decided to ignore them thinking that maybe they are just shocked because I wore no Halloween costumes. I saw my friends, Sara, Frank and Lucy, sitting on a couch. I walked towards them and took a seat next to Lucy.

She turned her face towards me and opened her eyes wide as she looked at me.

"Woah! Where did you get that?" She asked as she laughed.

I gave her a confusing look.

"Aren't your shoulders aching?" Frank asked.

All the three of them were staying at me. Literally every people were looking at me.

Frank was right tho. I was feeling a little shoulder pain. They would not stop staring.

"You look creepy." Lucy added.

"You guys are so drunk! You are keeping on blabbering." I scowled at them. I rolled my eyes. I felt like I was the centre of attraction in that night's party. I sat still, not talking to anyone.

"No honestly, that's a very nice costume. Very creative." Sara said.

"I'm not even wearing anything!" I exclaimed.

The squad was shocked at my reaction, but before she could tell me anything, a random guy who was wearing a batman outfit came in front of me with a camera. He was accompanied by Jeremy.

"Can I have your picture. Your costume is so lit." The batman guy requested.

I couldn't take it anymore. I was in my casual outfit, yet, they were acting so strangely. I stood up and took a deep breathe. I asked Jeremy the way to the bathroom and he guided me. I walked away from that atmosphere and went directly into the washroom.

Once I was inside, I closed the door behind me and walked towards the tap. I opened it and felt the cold water running on my hands. I felt relaxed, not until before I looked at my reflection in the mirror.

When I raised my head to look into the mirror, I screamed as loudly as my throat allowed me too. My heart beat increased as I watched the skinny woman who was sitting on my shoulders. Her legs were hanging around my neck and reached till my chest. She was very skinny and her skin was pale. She had red eyes and her dirty grey hair covered half of her face. Her lips were dark brown and her face was distorted. She had scars on her face and legs. She was wearing a white dirty dress and she had no arms. She didn't move. She was staring at the mirror with seriousness on her face.

The scariest part was that............................ SHE WAS SITTING ON MY SHOULDERS THE WHOLE TIME AND I HAD NO IDEA.

I turned my head to look behind my shoulders but I didn't see her. I threw my hands at the back of my hand. I could feel my skin, but not the woman. However, when I looked into the mirror, she was still there, sitting on my shoulders.

I couldn't control my mind. I started to hear ringing sounds and my head was aching terribly. Next, everything went black.

The End