Curtis Richards by Halloween

Author:Halloween [Halloween]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-17T06:17:02+00:00

“Oh, goody, can I get a student discount on a ticket to Alexandria?”

“Be serious, Annie, you're the one who started this conversation.”

“Sorry. But see, that's just what I mean. The idea of not being responsible for anything I do because I'm wearing a mask – it's kind of arousing.”

“For you, maybe. But then, you find everything arousing.”

“Oh, well, that's the kind of girl I am. Maybe you ought to put on a mask and let some of your inhibitions out, do something mad. It's Halloween, what better time to raise a little hell? I'll bet that deep down in you there's a fiend who'd push little old ladies in front of cars if you thought you could get away with it.”

“Never!” Laurie gasped. Then, pausing a beat as a sly smile spread over her face, “Little old men, maybe, but never little old ladies.”

They burst into gales of laughter.

“What's the pumpkin for?” Annie said, tapping the object in her friend's lap.

“I brought it for Tommy. I figured that making a jack-o'-lantern would keep him occupied.”

“I always said you'd make a fabulous girl scout.”

“Thanks.”

“For that matter, I might as well be a girl scout myself tonight,” she sighed.

“Because you got shot down, you mean,” Laurie said.

“Yeah. I guess we'll make popcorn and watch Doctor Dementia. Six straight hours of horror movies. Little Lindsey Wallace won't know what hit her.”

“Better horror movies than the real thing.” said Laurie wistfully.

Annie's brows furrowed. “Now, what is that supposed to mean?”

“Nothing, just some morbid thoughts I've been having today.”

Annie offered her friend the half-smoked joint. “You'd better take a great big hit of this thing, honey. It's a sure cure for the morbids.”

Laurie pushed it away. “Annie, do you ever think about, well, evil?”

“Uh-oh, it's serious time.”

Laurie held her peace, forcing Annie to reflect.

“Well, you know, daddy's a cop, and he's told me some things. I don't know if you could call them evil, exactly. We don't get much of it around here. We don't get much of anything around here! But when he worked in Columbus? He saw some pretty heavy things go down: beatings, rapes, murders. Sounded evil enough to me. Anyway, I try not to think about stuff like that. Whenever I do, I switch the channel...”

“I wish I could turn my mind off as easily as you,” Laurie lamented.

“It's easy when you don't have that much of a mind to begin with. Hey, talk about my father!” As the car bore around a gentle curving approach to town, they saw the sheriff's car parked outside Nichols's Hardware Store. The car's revolving red and blue lights and flashers illuminated the hardware, candy, and liquor stores adjoining it as darkness began to descend on Haddonfield. An alarm bell rang shrilly, and a knot of onlookers stared at Annie's father as he stood in front of the broken plate glass window examining the damage.

Annie and Laurie hastily rolled their windows down and waved their hands like frightened birds to chase the cloying smoke smell out of the car.

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