Here it was, Halloween. The dreaded holiday. Our school had this thing where all of the elementary students dress up in their Halloween costumes and wear them to school. I saw kids dressed as princesses, ghosts, superheroes, and other... interesting characters. What sincerely irked me, though, was the fact that some teenagers dressed up as well. One of which was Melody.

As soon as I saw her walking towards me this morning dressed as a black cat, I groaned in agony. Jonas did the opposite. He found it amusing, and most likely arousing. This made me want to puke. The day was almost over, and I had no encounters with Charlotte. Who knows, maybe she had a change of heart? It's always possible. All I knew was that I couldn't wait to go home and just relax for a little while.

Lately, I had just been so tired. I was tired of trying so hard, and being so nice, I just wanted to sleep and not have to deal with anybody. Just me, my couch, some popcorn, and my Netflix account. That was all I needed in life right now. Maybe a few sodas. Who knows, maybe I'll go crazy.

I was finally going home. I had just shut my locker and was heading towards that glorious door that was going to be my way out when an arm sloppily draped across my shoulders. I jumped slightly, pulling my books tighter towards my chest. My frightened state diminished quickly as I realized it was only Adam Clifton.

"Heya PeniPie," he sounded as if he was going to ask me for a favor. I sighed, continuing to walk. I didn't want to talk to him. To my dismay, though, he continued with me. I wasn't mad at him or anything, I just wasn't on the mood at the moment. And ever since Charlotte gave me her little "talk" I had been a little on the outs about talking to Adam at all.

"What is it Adam?" I realized my question sounded a bit more angry than I had wanted it to originally. He slowly pulled his arm away and raised his eyebrow. "You okay?" We were out of the building now, walking towards my bike. I could see her, clear as day... "I'm fine. What do you need?" My voice sounded emotionless, like there was really nothing there.

Adam moved in front of me to stop me from walking away, and put his hand on my shoulder quickly, but swiftly put it down. "Okay, well I was just wondering if you might want to come over and hang out tonight since you aren't going to that party? I mean, it's fine if you don't. I just thought since we'd both be home alone we could just kind of watch a movie or something. I was thinking about giving out candy, but all I'd really be doing is disappointing kids. The neighbors give out full-size candy bars, so really what's the point of getting small ones from me, ya know?"

I stood silently, staring at Adam. That was the most words I think I had ever heard come out of Adam Clifton's mouth at one time. He had just ranted... he can't do that. He's Adam. Ranting is my thing, he can't just go and take my thing like that. I could sense that he was going to continue this rant, so I quickly interrupted, "Clifton. I'm really sorry, but I was kind of counting on being able to go home and just be by myself for a bit. I mean, any other time, sure."

He rubbed his neck and laughed a little, "Ah, okay. That's cool. But the offer still stands if you get bored or anything. Just give me a call." I smiled shyly, feeling my cheeks warm up. QUIT THAT PENELOPE. Get yourself together woman. I adjusted my glasses. "Thanks. I'll see you later Adam." I waved and walked past him towards my bike. He said goodbye and walked to his car. I felt a small amount of guilt for telling Adam I couldn't come over. But, he'd most likely just want me to help him with homework or something stupid.

It felt amazing outside as I rode home. It felt like every time I took a breath, my lungs were getting a deep clean. I rode home as fast as I could. The excitement of being home alone was getting to me. Of course, I would have to wait a couple of hours... trick or treating doesn't start until about five. But that's fine, I would just stay in my room and listen to music and study.

When I got home, Sarah was laying out her Halloween costume. She was going as Donatello, both of our favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I have to say I'm proud of her. Mom was plugging up the camera to let it charge. This was so she could take about 500 photos and only save about 12 of them. I never understood this about moms. Was this a universal mom thing? Who knows?

"I'm home guys. Gonna start on my homework!! Tell me when you leave!" I immediately went for my room, throwing my bag down and changing into sweatpants and an old tee shirt that was probably two sizes too small. After a little while, it was finally time. Mom popped her head into my room and grinned, "We're off PeniPie. Please lock the doors behind us, call me if you need anything. I love you!"

I hurled myself off of my bed, forcing my mother towards the front door. "I love you guys too. Oh, Sarah you look so cute. Goodbye, have a good time!" Door shut. Lights off. Popcorn popped. Netflix logged into. Butt on Couch. "THANK YOU GOD!" My screech of happiness was a bit louder than I had anticipated. But that was okay because I was finally. Home. Alone.

This was it. This was the big moment I had been waiting for all day. I dug my hand into my popcorn, ate a few bites and started scrolling through shows and movies to watch. At the moment, "10 Things I Hate About You" seemed to reach out to me. So I decided that's what I would begin with. I absolutely adored that movie. Heath Ledger is a beautiful human being.

I think my favorite part about the movie is that it was basically just Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." By far, my favorite Shakespeare play. I watched, I laughed, I grimaced, I smiled, I cried, man did I cry. That movie always made me cry. It's just so amazing.

I wiped my tears and looked at my phone, it was only seven o'clock. Now what was I supposed to do? Sarah and mom would be late because they'll probably eat with some of Sarah's friends. So I still had a while. I continued scrolling and failed to find anything that seemed to pop out at me at all. I sighed, boredom consuming me. I reached for my phone again.

I scrolled through my contacts, over and over. "I can't believe I'm going to do this." I mumbled to myself. I tapped the contact anyway. Well dang.
"Hello?" I shut my eyes as the voice softly spoke through my phone. "Hey... Can you come pick me up?"