Spooky Sweet
by Megan Luebberman
Creative Works… 135
The three of us stared, wide-eyed, with our mouths hanging open, at the yellow lollipop that had made its way on top of our microwave. It sat silent and still. One harmless little candy held all of our attention. “I swear, I didn’t move it,” I stated, eyes still on the lollipop. “I haven’t been back in the dorm since this morning.” “Neither have I,” my roommate, Serena, said. “I haven’t, either,” my second roommate, Veronica, declared. “It was on my desk in that pen holder when I left. I’m sure of it.” “Well… if none of us moved it, then…” “I knew it was haunted!” shouted Veronica. “We should have never taken anything from the Haunted House. It’s cursed!” A few days ago, our University had hosted a Harvest Party, complete with a dance floor, a table for decorating Halloween cookies, and a daunting, inflatable haunted maze. We had waited in line patiently, listening to the shouts and screams inside the maze. Small groups of students were ushered in one end, and, after several minutes, came running out the other end with flushed, flustered faces. When it was finally our turn to enter, we glanced at each other nervously. The student worker at the entrance ushered us on eagerly with a hand gesture. It appeared nearly pitch dark inside. Both my roommates lightly pushed me in front of them. “Oh no– no way.” I slipped behind them and insisted
