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HALLOWEEN, A TIME OF GHOSTS, WITCHES, ZOMBIES AND GHOULS. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID WHEN I WAS YOUNG. STAY CLOSE TO HOME, DON'T GO FURTHER THAN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE TRICK OR TREATING. ITS WHEN THE VEIL IS THINNEST AND THEY WILL COME BACK TO TAKE YOUR YOUTH FROM YOU. YEAH RIGHT, I HEARD THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. OLD GHOST STORIES TOLD BY THEIR PARENTS. WELL IM 18 NOW AND I'M GOING OUT TO PARTY WITH MY FRIENDS, AND I'M SURE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THOSE OLD GHOST STORIES, IM YOUNG BEAUTIFUL AND NO ONE'S TELLING ME WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. WE WERE MEETING AT THE OLD BARN AT THE EDGE OF TOWN. TOMMY WAS THE CUTEST BOY IN SCHOOL AND HE ASKED ME ( YEAH ME) TO MEET HIM THERE. I WORE MY FAVORITE SHIRT AND TIGHTEST PAIR OF JEANS. NEITHER LEFT ANYTHING TO THE IMAGINATION. I WAS A VIRGIN AND I PLANNED ON GIVING TOMMY MY VIRGINITY TONIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. WHEN I GOT TO THE BARN THE PARTY WAS IN FULL SWING, CANDLES BURNING, WEIRD SYMBOLS WRITTEN ON THE BARN WALLS AND A STRANGE ODOR IN THE AIR. HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. ANYWAY EVERYONE STARED AT ME AS I ENTERED THE BARN. I STARTED TO BACK OUT WHEN TOMMY RUSHED UP TO ME AND TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND SAID THEY WERE STARING BECAUSE I LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL, THE WERE JUST JEALOUS. I REALLY DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS THE REASON BUT AS LONG AS TOMMY THOUGHT I WAS, WELL WHO CARED. THE MUSIC WAS BLASTING AND EVERYONE WAS GYRATING TO THE MUSIC, TOMMY LEAD ME TO THE BUFFET TABLE WERE THEY HAD A PUNCH BOWL OF RED LIQUID. HE GOT ME A GLASS AND TOOK OUT A LITTLE FLASK AND ADDED IT TOO MY CUP. HE SAID THIS IS SOME OF MY OWN SPECIAL STUFF, YOUR GOING TO LOVE IT. I ASKED WHAT IS IT. HE SAID DON'T YOU TRUST ME? YOUR GOING TO LOVE IT. WELL I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HIS FEELINGS SO I DRANK IT DOWN. HE FIXED ME ANOTHER ONE AND WE WENT TO SIT ON THE BALES OF HAY. THE MUSIC CONTINUED TO GET LOUDER AND LOUDER AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO DANCE CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ME AND TOMMY. I TOLD HIM I WASN'T FEELING SO WELL. HE JUST SMILED AND SAID JUST LAY BACK AND CLOSE YOUR EYES. EVERYTHING WILL BE OK. I DIDN'T WANT TO CLOSE MY EYES, I WANTED TO GO HOME, BUT I COULD HARDLY MOVE, LET ALONE GET UP. EVERYTHING WENT BLACK, IT FELT LIKE I WAS FLOATING, AND THEN I WAS LAYING FLAT ON SOMETHING HARD. I COULD HEAR CHANTING AND THE MUSIC WAS LOUD AND AND I DIDNT RECOGNIZE IT AT ALL. I KEPT FADING IN AN OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS. I COULD FEEL THE VIBRATION OF THE MUSIC AND PEOPLES HANDS ON ME, A SHARP EXCRUCIATING PAIN TO MY CHEST AND THEN THERE WAS (NOTHING BUT SILENCE.) I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I LAYED THERE BUT IT FELT LIKE FOREVER, WHERE WAS EVERYONE, WHERE WAS TOMMY. IT WAS HARD BUT I SAT UP AND NOTICED THE LIGHT COMING THRU THE CRACKS IN THE BARN WALLS. I KNEW I BETTER GET HOME OR MOM WOULD HAVE MY HEAD, SO I STOOD UP, MAN WHAT WAS IN THAT DRINK THAT TOMMY GAVE ME, MY HEAD WAS SPINNING AND I CAN BARELY WALK. SLOWLY I SHUFFLED TOWARD THE BARN DOOR AND HEADED HOME. I HAD TO DO THE WALK OF SHAME THREW TOWN BECAUSE I LIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE. LUCKLY IT'S SUNDAY AND EVERYONE'S IN CHURCH. I WALKED BY THE WINDOW OF THE DRESS SHOP AND NOTICED THIS CRAZY LOOKING MANNEQUIN IN THE WINDOW. HER SHIRT LOOKED LIKE MINE BUT ALL TORE UP AND DIRTY, SAME WITH THE JEANS. WHY WOULD SOMEONE DRESS A MANNEQUIN LIKE THAT. I LOOKED UP AT THE MANNEQUINS FACE. OMG OMG OMG THATS MEEEEEEEEEE. OH MY LORD. HELP ME, WHAT DID THEY DO TO ME, IM SCREAMING IN MY HEAD, HELP ME LORD, BUT THE ONLY THING COMMING OUT OF MY MOUTH IS A MOAN, THEY STOLE MY YOUTH, THE STORY WAS TRUE, OHHH MAMA I SOOO WISH I LISTENED TO YOU..................................................