"Freddy Krueger?" Henry asked.
"No, Valentine Maxwell," I replied.
"Who would dress up as him?" Billy asked.
"No one," I said. "He was at the Crypt."
"Valentine?" Billy and Stormy said in unison.
"He's here?" Henry asked.
"Yes," I replied. "He came in for Halloween."
"When can we see him?" Stormy asked.
"We'll have to go to the Crypt tomorrow," Billy insisted.
"We'll have to go to the Crypt tomorrow," Billy insisted.
There was one person I didn't want to go to the Crypt and that was my little brother. Not only didn't I want the responsibility of bringing him to a club filled with young adults, many of whom were vampires, but the Crypt was my place, not his, and I was territorial over it. "We'll see. Besides, it's getting late," I said.
"Here, Raven, I saved these for you," Stormy said, handing me spooky spider tattoos.
"I love these! Thanks so much, Stormy," I said.
"And I'm saving this for Luna," she said. She held out a pink plastic skeleton ring.
"I'm sure she'll love it," I said sincerely.
"I had a blast," Stormy said.
"How was the haunted house?" Billy asked.
"It was really cool," I said. "You would have loved it."
"Well, it's getting late," Alexander said. "We really should be getting home."
"But we just got back!" Stormy whined. "We were just going to watch Halloween!"
"It's okay," Billy said. "You guys can watch, too."
Stormy looked at Alexander with puppy-dog eyes.
"I love Halloween, too," I said. "Can we all just watch?" I nuzzled up to my swashbuckler.
"Sure," Alexander said. "How can I say no to such pretty girls?"
"Thanks, Alexander," Stormy said, and hopped on the couch with Billy and Henry.
I scooted close to Alexander on the loveseat. "I'm going to be scared," I said. "You'll have to protect me."
"I'll do my best."
We dimmed the lights and pigged out on candy as Michael Myers hunted Laurie Strode.
After the movie was over, Stormy grabbed her candy and she and Alexander headed for the front door.
"I had the best time ever!" Stormy squealed to Billy and Henry.