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Brianna
“What about this one?” My best friend, Jackie, pulled a Halloween costume off the rack and turned towards me
“Seriously?” I rolled my eyes at as supposed to be a sexy superhero costume “I bet the men’s Thor costume doesn’t come with a bare midriff and hooker shorts”
“Those led and put the costume back on the rack
“Tell irl, but I’d like to see hiled alongside her and looked up at the wall of costumes
“Maybe you should write one and see if you can get hihed “I still can’t believe you’reto California next year”
“The closest I’ll get to a screenplay is bringing coffee to the real writers It’s just an internship at a coed and pointed at the wall “What about that costume?”
“Which one, Brianna? The witch or the princess?” She followed the direction
“The princess, obviously You can practically see the witch’s nipples!” I leaned up to pull the costume down
Shopping for Halloween costumes with Jackie was an annual tradition When ere kids, our parents used to bring us After ere old enough to drive, we carried it on without them There was a little bit of melancholy between us, because it was probably the last year ould get to spend Halloween in our se for a couple of years and was trying to save o I had almost completed two years at our local university and had a scholarship offer to transfer to a college in California My dreaot offered an internship on top of the scholarship, I took it as a sign
“We should dress up as so sexy this year” Jackie held up the princess costuether—let’s have fun”
“So, you go as sexy girl Thor and I’ll go as sexy Princess Buttercup” I took the costume from her and nodded
“I’e than that” She giggled and shook her head “No, I mean—really sexy”
“You’re not talking about…” My eyes got wide as she pointed towards the back room of the store, where the adult costumes were hidden behind a curtain
“Coo peek” She bit down on her lip and started walking towards the room
“Jackie, wait!” I held up my hand to stop her, but she disappeared behind the curtain without looking back
I put the princess costuroaned Jackie and I had walked behind the curtain once ere kids, and I re eyes should have ever seen, and got quite a scolding from our parents when they found out where ere There was nothing behind that curtain I would ever try to leave the house in, even if I was old enough to buy one of them When Jackie didn’t i to have to at least go behind the curtain to retrieve her if ere going to find our actual costu Jackie holding a leather outfit with a large black dildo hanging from the crotch
“I could go as a dominatrix!” She batted her eyelashes and smiled
“Oh ar!” My jaw fell open and I shook my head
“What? If you’re a good girl and give ht use this dildo to pop your cherry” She wrapped her hand around the enormous black dildo and shook it at me “I’ll dress up as a dominatrix and you can be my candy slave”
“You’re not rabbed the curtain “Co we can actually wear”
“Fine, if you don’t want to be a good girl and give irl and I can spank you” Jackie put down the dominatrix costume and picked up a leather paddle
“What is wrong with you today? Seriously, let’s go back to the regular costumes” I rolled my eyes and folded my arms across my chest
“I’hed and put the paddle back on the shelf “It’s just… this is it, you know? It’s the last year we get to do this, and I want to have fun I don’t want to spend our last Halloween together handing out candy at the church I want to go to a party or so”
“In order to go to a party, we have to get invited to a party” I took a step closer and putto be friends We ether but—hey, we could FaceTime each other next year while we shop”
“Yeah” She sighed and tried to force a s we can actually wear”
My heart was aching just as bad as Jackie’s was, even if I didn’t wear oodbye to our childhood Halloween really was the last remnant of it that we had left The days of slu scary e classes, we really only got to see each other on the weekends as it was Our friendship would last forever, but it was inevitable that ould becoot to see each other on social media once I left Bakersfield