Happy Halloween

Songs of the chapter:

1. All Our Days by Jeff and Casey Lee Williams from RWBY soundtrack (attached)

2. Wrapped Up by Olly Murs ft. Travie McCoy (how Niall feels)

3. Sugar Sugar by The Archies (because why not)

Enjoy!

We were still in Pittsburgh for the next few days, so I finished up the Halloween costumes. I feel like Niall might protest about his, but there's no way he is getting out of it. I will paint his face, and hair, green. And today is Halloween after all.

I was sitting on the bed in Niall and my hotel room writing lyrics and poems like I usually do in my free time. Verona (my dog) was napping on the couch. Now I was particularly trying to figure out the chords to play on guitar for one of my songs. Getting frustrated, I let out an exasperated growl. Then it hit me. I grabbed my guitar and strummed a few times, getting the chords and I scribbled them down into the notebook. I started to play through the rest of the song, since that was the only rough spot. 

It was near the end when I heard slow clapping coming from the doorway. I looked up, surprised, to see Niall standing there, leaned against the frame. I blushed in embarrassment. He wasn't supposed to hear the song. 

"What song was that?" He asked me, walking over and sitting next to me. I slammed the notebook shut and hurriedly said, "It's nothing. Just something I was working on."

Moving on, I continued, "I have your costume for tonight."

Now it was Niall's turn to look surprised. "You made me a costume?"

I nodded, rummaging through a suitcase trying to find it. I saw the magenta fabric and held it up. "Wow, Rose. You made that?" He asked in disbelief.

"Yeah," I laughed awkwardly. "I like making clothes so... It's-"

"Beast Boy," we say in unison.

He took it gently from my hands and held it up to his body. "How'd you get my measurements?"

I shrugged, just replying, "I asked Kelsey and Lou."

"And what are you going to wear?"

I went back the suitcase and got the leotard and purple cape. He laughed, "No way! We are going as Beast Boy and Raven?!"

Grinning, I replied, "Yep. It was one of my favourite shows as a little kid. Plus this is an excuse to dye your hair and paint you green."

Niall groaned. "Do we have to?"

I wiggled my eyebrows, "You love me, right?"

He nodded. I concluded, "So you're going to do it."

I reached over and ruffled his hair, and he placed the clothes on the side table. Niall pulled me into his lap and kissed my cheek. "Louis wants to know if we are going to the ball thing tonight. Y'know, the one like Cinderella Ball last year but this year it's Halloween themed?"

I nodded,"Why not? We have nice costumes anyways." It sounded like a good idea. Louis and Liam organized the Cinderella Ball for charity and invited little kids with disabilities and diseases.

Then I saw what time it was, so I ranted, "Wait it's already four in the afternoon? We still need to dye your hair and get your paint done and get dressed and everything! Let's get to work!"

I tried to stand up, but Niall pulled me back down to his lap. I could feel his abs through the thin white t-shirt he was wearing. "Fine, relax first. Don't freak out. We have a couple of hours, that should be enough."

I sigh and lean back against his chest, and he rests his chin on my shoulder. Niall was right - this was pretty relaxing. At least, until Louis came barging in. "Hey, how do I tie a bow tie?" he asked, fiddling with a bow tie around his neck. I let out a small laugh and got up, going over to him.

"Why didn't you ask Lottie?" I asked him, tying it quickly. 

"She's out with Kelsey getting their hair done by Lou."

I raise an eyebrow taking in his attire - a suit. "And what are you dressed up as? Since it is a costume ball after all this year," I inform him. 

He nods, "Yeah, I know. You'll have to see me save the day," Louis winked at the end, heading out. He yelled a quick thanks from the hallway.

Niall is still sitting on the bed, chuckling. I motion for him to get up, "C'mon, we need to get you ready."

I grab the bottle of temporary hair dye from the table and lead Niall to the bathroom. I asked Niall, "Alright so if you don't want to stain your shirt, take it off."

He smirked at me, "Oh, I will." I rolled my eyes at his witty remark as he pulled his shirt over his head. 

Halfway through the dying process, I heard the door click and in walked Harry with his face painted expertly like a skull. He was also wearing an x-ray costume, or however you call it. 

He laughed, seeing me washing Niall's hair green, and took out his phone taking a picture of it. 

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Niall was wriggling into his costume, trying to figure out the easiest way to get into it. Of course, I stood by watching, laughing. What? It's fun to see my boyfriend falling over trying to put clothes on. "Would ya help me?" He asked. 

Grinning, I replied, "Nope. Have fun figuring it out."

Picking up my costume, I headed into the bathroom to put it on. I finished pretty quickly - the tights, then leotard, then the cape, and finally getting the wig right. To make it more realistic I applied some pale white makeup to my face and hands to match the tights. Going back to Niall, I was pleased to see he had figured out how to put on a freaking costume. I checked Twitter and saw that Harry had posted the photo he took of me dying Niall's hair green with the caption: What is Niall going to the Ball as?

Here is a pic of their cosplay:

After I finished painting Niall's face green, everyone piled into the limo. Harry in his skeleton costume, Louis wearing his suit (which I still am confused about), and Liam in a Batman costume. I was not very surprised by the last one. I was happy when Taylor slid into the limo as well, wearing her tutu from the Shake it Off video.

We arrived shortly at the venue, only to be greeted by flashing lights and a red carpet. Niall held out his hand and helped me out, and I stood there, taking it in. It felt amazing. From the constant pictures being taken, to the posters that fans were holding up, and Niall holding my hand and whispering, "Y'alright?"

In a bit of shock by this feeling, I whispered back, "This is brilliant."

We posed for shots and eventually were all ushered into the venue, taking our seats in the front row. Niall still hadn't let go of my hand. When it was time for Louis to give his speech, he ran up the stage, ripped his shirt open, revealing a Superman costume underneath, yelling, "Superman is here!"

He gave a heart-warming speech about making kids happier, and I couldn't wait to go see the children. Then a couple of other organizers gave speeches, and then everyone was free to mingle, eat, and do anything. Niall went to grab some food, as always, and I sauntered around, taking pictures with kids, talking to journalists.

Niall came up to me and wrapped me in a hug. "Hey, wanna go talk to th' little kids?" he asked.

"Yes! Let's go!" he intertwined our fingers and we got to a group of kids, a couple of which were bald, or very frail. Niall immediately started joking around with the lot. But there was one little girl who sat at the side of the group by herself, so I went over to her (I'm thinking like young Abigail Breslin). "Hi," I greeted her softly. "What's your name?"

"Lilly. I'm six years old." She holds up six fingers. "What's yours?" she asks innocently, looking up to me through her old style glasses. 

"My name is Rose. I'm eighteen. What are you dressed up as?" I asked her, motioning to her tattered brown dress. She picked at the hem of her dress, "Like Cinderella before she becomes beautiful." I sat down next to her on the carpeted floor.

I was genuinely surprised by this, so I asked Lilly, "Why?"

"Because I don't have anything else to wear," she simply replied.

Now I was a bit more than surprised - appalled. "Wait, Lilly, where are your Mummy and Daddy?"

She looked at my face and it was as if she was about to cry, her eyes brimming with tears. "Heaven," she whispered. I pulled her small body into my lap and asked, "How did you get here?"

"Timmy told me that here I could find someone to take me to a place where I can stay. I think he called it an orph- orpho- something," Lilly couldn't quite pronounce the word because she was missing her two front teeth. I looked around to see Niall staring at me. He blushed and smiled when I noticed, but I couldn't quite smile back because of the information I was processing just then.

"An orphanage?" I asked her. She nodded vigorously and said, "Yeah! Timmy said they could give me a real bed there."

"Who's Timmy?" I kept on pressing the questions. I need to figure out how this girl got here, and what will happen to her.

"Oh, he's real nice. You're nicer than him though. Sometimes he gives me food he gets from other people in cars driving by," she seemed really happy. But this little girl was homeless. I had to do something. 

I gave her the impossible idea, "Would you want me to find a place for you to stay?"

She smiled adorably and said, "You are nice. Yes."

"Let me see what I can do," I told her. I took her hand and went over to Niall, who was sitting on a big chair, and seemed to be taking a bit of a breather. "Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" He nods and I tell Lilly to stay in the chair while I talk to him. It seems that he washed off the green face paint - but at least he did it well. There were no smears or smudges of green.

I pull him over to the side of the room and say, "That little girl, Lilly, is homeless. What can we do?"

He seemed surprised. "I- I don't know. There's not much we can do, Rose," he tells me. I shake my head in disbelief.

"Why not? I can't just let her go back on the street! She's a little human who deserves to live nice. The least we can do is figure out a place for her to live. Like a nicer orphanage," I offer, trying to do something. 

He put his hands on his face, rubbing his temples. "I really have no idea. We can try to find a place since we are still here tomorrow."

I pull him into a hug and smile, "Thanks, Niall. I'm going to go talk to her. Maybe she can stay with us for tonight," not giving him time to respond.

I walked back over to Lilly and asked, "Do you want to stay with me tonight and we can find another place for you tomorrow?" 

She seems to think for a little bit. "Okay," she replies warily.

"Are you alright?" I ask carefully. She shrugs, "Timmy said not to go home with strangers."

"Timmy is a very smart man. Do you want me to talk to him?" I tell her. This guy must have been good at taking care of Teagan if he told her not to talk to strangers.

"I don't know where he is. He brought me here earlier. Do you think he's okay?" she asked me.

"He's probably fine," I offer her a sad smile. She continued, "Okay. Can I stay with you?"

I replied, "Yeah, let's get going." There were only a couple of people left, only the organizers. Niall came over and kneeled down next to the chair. "'Ello Lilly. I'm Niall," he greeted her with his classic smile.

She giggled and said, "You sound funny." That made me laugh too.

He pretended to be hurt, "Oh no! What has happened to me?!"

I told Lilly, "This is Niall. He's my boyfriend." I then turned to Niall and said, "We should go, it's getting late."

He nodded, and we looked back to Lilly to see that she had fallen asleep. So Niall picked her up and carried her off to one of the cars. There were some paparazzi, which was not good. They would probably get the wrong idea. 

We arrived back in the hotel room, and put her in the bed, tucking her in. Verona started to make a ruckus but I shut her up by giving her a treat, and soon enough she was asleep too. Niall motioned for me to follow him. 

We sat down on the couch in the living room, and he stated, "We can't just keep Lilly."

"I know," I replied monotonously. 

Niall extended his arm around me, pulling me into his side. He snaked his phone out of his pocket and took a picture of us, posting it on Twitter with the Caption: Thank you everyone who came 2nite ! Raven and Beast Boy had a great time :) Costumes made by @RoseWho !

I smiled and retweeted it. Niall got up and washed out his hair, managing to stain the white hotel towel green. Oops. I got changed, removed the makeup and wig, and climbed into bed and was shortly joined by Niall.

"Good night princess," he whispered, falling asleep, while I still stared at the ceiling,thinking of what to do with this adorable little girl.

Ayyyooo!

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All the love,

J.