"Well, this evening is starting off great..." I said to myself in the shower. We are a couple months into the school year and a week or so into November. Our school didn't have a Halloween party but is having a "dress up" party after the fact? I'm sure it has something to do with adults being dumb and twisting the holiday to mean more than candy for kids...
Its Friday. Monday and Tuesday I was excited about the party but I kind of forgot about it until 10 minutes ago... meaning I just got yelled at by mom for not giving her any time to plan and mentioning that it is supposed to be a costume party didn't help... Mom and Dad went out on Halloween and I got to stay home, play video games with friends, and hand out candy... so I don't HAVE a costume.
I was sent to take a shower and could still hear mom complaining to dad through the closed bathroom door and running water. Stepping out of the shower Dad called "Jeremy! We figured out a costume for you and its on your bed."
Within a few minutes I was dressed and ready to go. Slacks, a dress shirt, tie, and a tan trench coat. "I'm that angel from that one show, right? Castelle?"
"Castiel? Oh, you could be I guess, I was aiming for John Constantine but their outfits are very close. You could be either. Who do you prefer?" dad said.
"I dunno, what's the difference?"
"John's a bit blunt, he fights evil using magic and has quite the mouth on him. Castiel is an angel, doesn't understand common phrases, and is a lot more innocent..." Dad pulled up a few pictures on his phone, "The big difference between the looks would probably be a few minutes with your mom in the bathroom to make it look like you have a beard coming in."
"That sounds like fun!" Within a few minutes I had some makeup on my face and well, from a block away you might confuse me for a man, lol.
Dad offered to take me to school and told me to look up John Constantine scenes to figure out the character... I did just to humor him but honestly, its a school dance not a role audition...
I got to the school and kids were everywhere. I filtered inside and was in awe of how the gym was transformed! Bright colored lights, sound system thumping, a few chairs and tables in the back along with a refreshment setup. Like many others I went to scope out the refreshments and grabbed some punch while I was there, getting a growl from some dude dressed as a werewolf.
I looked around to see if I could find any of my friends and didn't find anyone, or at least, couldn't recognize anyone. There were witches, vampires, werewolves, superheroes and even a supervillain or two, a mummy, a knight, one of the chaperones looked like Where's Waldo and despite the schools no mask policy, some of the costumes looked rather lifelike.
I exited the gym trying to see if I could find anyone to pal around with for the evening but was stopped at the door by a teacher being told no food or drinks allowed outside the gym. I sighed and chugged the punch I was carrying around, threw the plastic cup away and went into the hall.