Halloween night {Third Person POV}
The night was going well so far, Laura had convinced Andy to let Chandler go to a party with her, Zay, and Parker.
Autumn was going to meet them there.
Chandler wasn't really in the mood, they had already forced him to wear a black and purple jacket and dark eye-makeup to look like his character.
Don't know why I need eye-makeup. I already have bags under my eyes. Chandler thought.
After the party, the kids planned to meet back up with Andy and Payton and trick or treat a little bit.
"This is gonna be so much fun." Parker said, adjusting his fake glasses as they headed down the street to where the party was being held.
"I guess." Chandler muttered.
"Ya know, Virgil absolutely loves Halloween. And you want to be an actor. So how about, be your character for tonight. We showed you more than enough videos to know how he acts." Parker suggested, slightly agitated.
"Virgil's creepy." Chandler muttered.
"Well then be creepy!" Laura smiled. "I-I can try." Chandler mumbled.
"Have you guys ever been to a Halloween party? Because this is a first for me." Zay said.
"What do you think?" Chandler asked in response.
Zay scoffed and smiled. "I haven't either. Going to parties in general is something I just started doing." Parker answered.
"Okay, good. I'm not alone." Zay nodded.
"You already know I've been to quite a few. First one was when I was ten. It was...interesting." Laura said.
"Interesting how?" Chandler asked.
"Well, I was a ten year old at a party with a bunch of high school drunks. The cousin that brought me was nowhere to be found, I ended up in the treehouse in the backyard. I don't even know who's house that was to this day." Laura shrugged.
"And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why you wait until high school to attend parties." Parker said, earning laughs from his friends.
"Hey, we're here." Zay said and nodded his head towards the house in front of them.
"Alright. Come on guys." Laura says and leads them to the front porch.
"Hey, wait. This is the street I used to live on.My old house is down that way. " Chandler said, pointing down the street.
"Huh, I see it. Still has caution tape around it...shouldn't they take it down and try to sell it? They act like someone got killed in there." Parker pointed out.
"That's true. Maybe it's because all our stuff is still in there." Chandler shrugged.
"Which reminds me, you guys go in and I'll come a little later. I'll be right back." He added.
"Why? You're going to the house? For what?" Laura questioned and Chandler grinned. "You worry a lot. I'm just going to get something and I'll be right back." He answered.
"The door is probably locked and you probably shouldn't go alone..." Zay said warily.
"I'll be alright, guys. Just gooooo." Chandler said, drawing out to 'O'.
They reluctantly went inside and Chandler made his way to his old house. He hoped the lights still worked, but probably not.
When he got to the end of the street, he walked into his yard with grass up to his knees and carefully walked up the broken porch.
He twisted the doorknob, and to Chandler's surprise it wasn't locked.
He walked in and looked around. It was exactly how left it. There were empty beer bottles, holes in the walls, and stains in the carpet.
He tried to turn on the light, but it didn't come on.
He could see okay, though.
He made his way down the hallway to his old little bedroom, also exactly how he left it. Old toys underneath the bed, a large trash bag full of hand-me-downs from his cousin in the corner, and a chest beside his bed.
The chest is what he came for.
Chandler walked over and kneeled beside it and unlocked it carefully. He opened it to reveal pictures, so many pictures, and a book full of photo albums and more pictures.
Mom loved pictures. Chandler thought.
He grabbed the book and shoved it into his Halloween candy bag, and took a picture too.
The picture was him, his mom, and his dad on Chandler's seventh birthday. Chandler was blowing out his candles and his parents were behind him, smiling.
Chandler smiled and tears pricked his eyes.
He thought of an old quote he'd heard somewhere once.
"I won't cry because it's over. I'll smile because it happened."
Chandler grabbed his candy bag and left the small room.
When he got outside, he noticed it had started drizzling. He hoped it would go away soon, so Payton could keep trick-or-treating.
When he got to the party, he saw his friends over talking to some upperclassmen.
Chandler awkwardly made his way over there and stood by Laura.
"This your little brother?" One of the upperclassmen asked Laura, a few of them snickered.
Chandler, not getting that they were making fun of him, decided to answer.
"No, I'm her boyfriend." He corrected. The boys laughed some more.
"Ignore him, kid. That's Devin. He's just giving you a hard time. You guys had anything to drink yet?" One of the boys asked.
"Uh...we don't drink." Laura said, shifting uncomfortably.
"You okay?" Chandler whispered.
"Yeah, these guys give me a weird feeling. I'll be right back. I need to go to the bathroom." Laura answered and walked down a hallway.
After a few minutes, Chandler began to get worried.
"Hey, I'll be right back." He muttered, not really caring if anyone heard him. He couldn't find the bathroom, and ended up in bedroom with a bunch of drunks.
Chandler backed away and tried to go out of the room when someone called his name. He turned back around to see Brianna.
"You." Chandler rolled his eyes and turned to leave again.
He couldn't though, because Brianna roughly grabbed him by the shoulder and shoved him against the wall.
"G-get off me! What's wrong with you?" Chandler yelled, both angry and afraid.
"I could make you so much happier than you are with her..." She whispered.
"Leave me alone!" Chandler yelled again, trying to push her off.
Brianna smashed her lips against Chandler's and kissed him for a good half-second until Chandler mustered up the strength to push her off.
He wiped his lips off furiously.
"What's wrong with you?! You will never be Laura, you'll never be as good as her! Why would you ever think that I would want you? You're pushy and annoying and you think you can have whatever you want but guess what! You're never gonna have me! Ever! I'm with Laura and I don't plan on leaving her so get that trough your head and leave me the hell alone!" Chandler stormed off angrily, seeing Laura come out of the bathroom on the way back to the living room.
"You okay?" She asked him, noticing his heavy breathing and red cheeks.
"I-I'm okay." Chandler assures, even though he's a mixture of angry and scared. He can't tell Laura, it would destroy her, and she would destroy Brianna.
"Let's just go have fun okay?" He added. Laura nodded and took Chandler's hand. Everything would be okay.
For now.
A/N: This was super late but hope you liked it 😂
Y'all pray for Chandler he got thrown off the horse again :(