Unexpected

Halloween 2001

“I tell you, Janine, this Halloween really sucks. It’s not even dark yet, and I’ve already eaten over half this candy.” Roxanne moaned into the phone at her ear. Even as she spoke, Roxanne Franklin picked up another caramel out of the large bucket on the floor beside her and popped it into her mouth. She added the wrapper to the growing pile beside her.
“Want me to tell you how much fat you are getting from all that candy?” Janine asked from the other end.
“No, I don’t. I’m sure I can figure that out by myself. I just wish there was something fun to do tonight.” she continued. “Well anyway, you and Roger have fun at your party tonight. I’ll call you again when I actually have a life.”
Roxanne hung up the phone and laid on her back, feeling miserable. It certainly couldn’t have been all the candy. No, it must be because this was the first Halloween she was actually alone. She hadn’t even had the heart to really decorate her place like she normally did for the season.
Turning back over, Roxanne began to eat some more of the candy. The sun was starting to set in the sky, but the trick-or-treaters wouldn’t be coming for awhile yet. Getting up to her feet, she looked out the window to her next door neighbor. She was surprised to see his car sitting in the driveway. After all, he was rarely home.
She had known who he was, long before she had actually met him. Oded Fehr. One of the most handsome, sexy and talented actors that she knew of. Okay, so maybe his good looks clouded her judgement as far as some people were concerned, but Roxanne thought the man was wonderful. And she was living right next door!
Spying the Greek god outside now, Roxanne felt her heart speed up in triple time and her breath catch in her chest. “Wow, what a man.” she sighed, dreamily.
Oded was outside on his front porch, setting out some pumpkins and other decorations for tonight. She was slightly amused to see that he was actually getting into the Halloween spirit. He stood up, his short, black hair gleaming in the fading sunlight, then went back inside.
Disappointed, Roxanne went back to her candy and television. Maybe she could amuse herself with an Oded movie before the kids arrived.

A couple hours later, Roxanne woke up to the sound of her t.v. blaring and the rough carpet underneath her face. She moved slowly, still trying to realize just where she was, when a wave a nausea hit her. She moaned, sitting up, eyeing the pile of candy wrappers beside her and empty bucket.
“Oh no.” she moaned. “I ate the whole bucket!”
She tried to think of just how she managed that, when another thought hit. She had no candy for the kids! And they would be here any minute!
Trying to think fast, Roxanne paced in a small circle and then she looked out the window to see if anyone was coming.
Then she got an idea. Granted not the best one, but at least it would work in a pinch. She could just get some from her new neighbor! He had plenty of candy, and it wouldn’t hurt if she just “tricked” him right out of some! Rushing up the stairs, she knew just how she might accomplish that.

Oded had just sat down from handing out candy to a whole passel of kids when his doorbell rang again. “Geez, what the hell was I thinking?” he muttered, setting down his remote and going to the door again. Okay, so he thought that actually participating in this American tradition would be fun. Especially since he had never done it before. But having to jump up and answer the door every two minutes was starting to get on his nerves.
On his way, he grabbed up the bowl of candy from his table, hoping he got rid of most of it before the night was over. He opened the door and froze at what greeted him there.
A young woman with an incredible amount of blonde hair stood on his front porch in a French Maid’s costume. The short frilly skirt and low neckline, enhanced every bit of her curvaceous body. She smiled at him sweetly, holding out a brown paper bag.
“Trick or Treat.” she said, lifting one spiked heel enticingly.
Oded’s dark eyebrows raised at the picture before him. He was used to women throwing themselves at him, but never had one gone so far as to disguise herself as a trick-or-treater. Then he thought she looked a little familiar to him. Wasn’t this his next door neighbor? No, it couldn’t be.
A small smile tugged at his lips. “Is that so? What would you like?” he asked.
“Your candy.” she said, her blue eyes widening slightly, when began to chuckle.
“My candy?”
“Just candy.” she clarified, holding out her bag.
Oded reached into his bowl, grabbing a handful of candy and dropping it into her bag. She looked into the bag, a pout forming on her face.
“Is that all?” she asked, a slight frown marring her features.
Oded resisted the urge to laugh out loud. “You want more?”
She nodded, her face softening into another smile and held her bag out for more. Oded was intrigued. Did this woman really only want some candy? He was finding this a little hard to believe. Grown women did not go trick-or-treating.
“If I give you more, you should at least tell me your name.” he said, reaching in his bowl for some more candy.
She stepped closer to him, her red lips looking quite inviting. “Frenchie.” she murmured, her mouth not far from his.
“Frenchie, huh? And where are you from, Frenchie?” he asked, inhaling a light scent that was hers.
“It’s a secret.” she said, stepping away from him again.
He found he missed the closeness at once. She started to move away.
“Wait!”
Turning she gave him a startled look. “What is it?”
“W-would you like to come in for a drink or something?” Oded was surprised to find himself stumbling with this woman. Usually he wasn’t so inapt.
She laughed and shook her head. “Sorry, I have to go a clean house.”
Then with a flick of her feather duster, she was gone. Disappearing into the night.
Oded felt a stab of disappointment, wishing she would come back. He sighed and shook his head, turning to go back into the house when he looked down and realized he was holding an empty bowl. “What the hell?!”

Roxanne ran around to her back door and slipped inside, relieved that he hadn’t been able to see her go inside. She certainly didn’t want him to think the worst of her from now on. Living next door to Oded was definitely a highlight of her life! He had looked so good in that black turtleneck and jeans. Wow! Pulling off the blonde wig, Roxanne was thankful that she had all those costumes from Halloweens before still in her closet. She was even more thankful she was able to still fit in them after eating all that candy. Her doorbell rang and Roxanne hurried over to her bucket still on the floor, pouring Oded’s candy in it, before she opened the door for the kids.

An hour later, Oded was sitting on his couch, brooding about how in the world that woman had managed to swipe all his candy. True, he wasn’t exactly paying that much attention to what she had been doing while he had been studying her lips, but still...surely he would have noticed her dumping the whole bowl in her bag. He was lucky that he had managed to have some more bags of candy stowed away, but it still rankled. Why did she steal his candy?! And who the hell was she?!
His doorbell rang out, breaking into his train of thought, and signaling more kids. Shaking off the irritable mood, Oded got up with his new bowl of candy and answered the door.
For the second time that night he was taken by surprise when he didn’t find kids on his doorstep, but another woman. Or should he say, the same woman. At least he thought so anyway.
This time she was clad in a harem outfit, complete with a veil covering her lower face. She was barefoot this time, her toenails painted a bright red. Her hair was different. It was long and black, not blonde, but her eyes were the same color of blue as before. That’s how he knew it was her. She was definitely his neighbor.
Leaning against the doorjamb, Oded clutched the bowl of candy tightly to his side. “Can I help you?” he asked, his voice not as friendly as before.
“Trick or treat.” she said, holding out the same paper bag.
Oded looked at it a moment then back up to her covered face. She had guts he had to give her that, but she wasn’t getting anymore of his candy this time. Setting the bowl on the table inside the door, he crossed his arms and leaned against the doorway again.
“Trick.” he said with a finality.

Roxanne felt her heart skip a beat. “Trick?” she repeated.
“Yeah, trick. No treat.”
“Okay.” she said slowly. “We’ll have to go inside.” she said, smiling behind the veil.
His brow furrowed. “Inside?”
“Yes, unless of course you want it out here.”
Oded faltered. Was she coming on to him?
“Okay.” he said, stepping back to let her in.
He wasn’t quite sure what she was up to when she stepped inside his house. Of course, he couldn’t quite figure out what in the world she had been up to all night long. Oded shut the door behind him, following her slowly as she walked to his living room. She turned, the filmy material of her outfit swirling in the air, facing him with a shy look.
“You have a beautiful home.”
“Thank you.” he replied cautiously.
“Sit.” she said, gesturing to the couch as she walked toward his stereo.
Oded reluctantly sat down, not quite sure of this whole situation. “What is your name?”
“Bathsheba.” she laughed softly, looking at him over her shoulder.
That irritated him. Why was she still playing this insane game? He would find out sooner or later anyway. She flipped the stereo on. The music was slow with a heavy beat to it, perfect for bellydancing, she thought.
Roxanne turned toward him again, her hips beginning to flow with the beat of the music as she walked to him. His eyes instantly focused on the movements of her body with a hot stare. Roxanne could feel her insides shaking at the heat from his eyes, but she didn’t stop with her dance. She was in this far, she certainly couldn’t stop now. Besides, it was kind of fun torturing him.
As she swayed to him, Roxanne began to pull some of the scarves poking in her bodice out. Oded felt his eyes nearly bulge out of his head at the sight of her creamy skin. Her neckline dropped dramatically when she pulled another one out. He felt his mouth grow dry when he got a clear view of the top of her breasts. He smiled slowly, realizing she was trying to seduce him with the scarf dance. Of course, he had seen this before, but it certainly hadn’t affected him this much, he thought as he shifted to adjust the fit of his pants.
She moved closer, letting the scarves drift over his face, making him even harder. Oded bit back the moan rising in his throat, as she twirled around him. He reached out to take her down on his lap, but she backed away from him.
“No touching.” she taunted.
Gripping the edges of the couch with his hands, Oded obeyed, but he didn’t like it. Roxanne let the other scarves float around her as she approached him, taking a midnight blue scarf and looped it around his head.
“What are you doing?” he asked, as she proceeded to tie it around his eyes.
“It’s a surprise.” she whispered near his ear.
Unable to stop himself, Oded grabbed her hips and pulled her down onto his lap until she was straddling him. Roxanne gasped, feeling every inch of him against her, especially where his erection was straining against his pants. She smiled, which he couldn’t see, delighted to see that she was having an effect on him. Taking his hands from her hips, she took another scarf and bound them tightly. Once he was efficiently tied, Roxanne started to get up, but then she saw how close his mouth was. She couldn’t resist brushing her lips against his fuller, softer ones. Roxanne gasped at the jolt that went straight to her toes, making them curl in response.
Just as she couldn’t resist the first kiss, she also couldn’t resist the second one. This time she gripped his head in her hands, opening his lips over his and waiting him to part his own. Oded responded just as she hoped he would. His tongue swept into her mouth, tasting her, touching his with hers. They both moaned in unison, neither unable to stop the next one or the next. Finally Roxanne pulled away to breathe air into her starved lungs.
“Untie me.” he said.
Roxanne looked at him in surprise, then remembered that she was there to get more candy, not seduce the poor man. “You just wait right here. I’ll go get your surprise.” she said, climbing off his lap.
She walked over and turned the stereo up some more, the music blasting out into the room. Roxanne then walked over to the front door quietly, and grabbed the bowl of candy still sitting on the side table. She took one last look at him sitting on the couch with his head resting on the back of the couch. Laughing softly, she slipped out the door with her bounty in hand.
Oded raised his head up when he heard the door slam. Reaching up to pull the blindfold down, he saw that he was alone. “Damnit.” he muttered, struggling to get to his feet. As he ran to the front door, he saw that his bowl of candy was gone. The whole bowl!
Ripping the scarf off his wrists, Oded flung the door open just in time to see her escape through the back door to the house next door.
“I’ll be damned.” he mumbled to himself. “She’s a sly, little thing.”
As he stood there on the porch, contemplating on what to do, a car load of kids came up the walkway. “Sorry guys, I was just cleaned out of all my candy.” he said, amid a round of groans. “Why don’t you try the lady next door? I bet she has all kinds of good candy.”
The group of kids cheered and ran for her house. Oded stayed where he was, intent on seeing her again. Sure enough, when the kids rang the doorbell, there she came, still dressed in the harem outfit, giving them his candy out of his bowl.
He waited there, watching, hoping she would look over and see him.
When the last kid had left, Roxanne turned to go back inside, but she caught sight of Oded, standing on his front porch, watching her. Roxanne’s face burned with embarrassment. She quickly ducked back inside, pulling off her costume as she went.
“Busted.” Oded chuckled, as he watched her duck back inside of her house. He went inside his own, deciding it was time to pay his neighbor back.

Roxanne began to feel guilty about snatching Oded’s candy and leaving him tied up on his couch. He was going to hate her now. Sighing, she looked longingly at the bowl of candy still sitting beside her on the couch and picked up another caramel to put in her mouth. She really ought to return his bowl.
Just then her doorbell rang. She froze, not sure if she should even open the door. After all, what if he had called the police on her?
Still clad in the harem outfit, Roxanne slowly made her way to the door and opened it. A scream lodged in her throat when she saw a man standing on her doorstep swathed in black from head to toe. He looked like a Medjai warrior from “The Mummy”. Then she realized it was Oded. He was the only one she knew of that would actually show up dressed like that on her front porch.
“Trick or treat.” he said, in a deep voice from behind the face cloth.
Roxanne bit her bottom lip, not sure if this was a joke or not, especially since he didn’t have a bag in his hand. “Uh, sorry, but I just ate the last piece.” she said reluctantly.
“That’s okay.” he said, stepping closer to her. “I’d rather have you anyway.”
Oded bent low at his waist and swung her over his shoulder. Roxanne did scream this time, as her body flew through the air.
“What are you doing?!” she shrieked. “Put me down!”
“Where’s my candy?” he asked, stepping inside her house.
“I told you, I ate the last piece.”
Growling low in his throat, Oded spied his bowl and grabbed it up in his other hand, as he continued on out the door. He slammed her door behind him and headed for his house.
“Are you insane? This is just nuts!”
“You started it, and I intend to finish it!”
“Oded, please! I won’t do it again, just let me down! You know how I hate being carried like this.”
Oded laughed, knowing she was right, but also liking the feel of her slung over his shoulder, as he marched across the yard. It made him feel macho. “Tough! You shouldn’t have asked for it.”
He bust through his front door, making sure the door slammed shut behind them, before setting his bowl down and heading for his bedroom upstairs.
“Oded, this is going too far! I’m going to be sick!”
“You’ll clean it up!” he replied, knowing she wouldn’t actually vomit on him. “Besides, you shouldn’t have eaten all that candy.”
When he reached the massive king sized bed in his room, Oded dipped his shoulder and let her fall off and onto the bed. Roxanne bounced several times before her head quite spinning enough to see where she was. Before she could scramble off the bed, Oded lay on top of her, effectively pinning her there.
“Now, tell me what all this was about, Roxie.”
She smiled softly, loving the way he shortened her name. “I was just having a little fun.” she mumbled, her hands coming up to caress his face.
“I should have known you couldn’t stand spending Halloween by yourself.” he murmured, pressing a soft kiss to her lips.
Roxanne knew he was right. She couldn’t stand to spend one minute away from him, much less a whole night. Six months ago, Oded had moved next door and into her life. They started out as friends and now they were something more. Much more.
“Do you want to let me in on why you were stealing my candy?” he asked, interrupting her thoughts.
“Well, I ate all mine, so I had to get some more for the kids.”
“And didn’t it occur to you to actually go to the store?” he asked, his eyes narrowing at her in mock anger.
“Yesss, but stealing yours was much more fun. Didn’t you like it?”
“Until you left me tied up and with the biggest hard-on I’ve ever had.” he grumbled.
Roxanne laughed, pulling his head closer for a deep kiss. She moaned when his tongue swept into her mouth swiftly, teasing her unmercifully. “Why don’t we do something about that?” she whispered, her lips tingling from the touch of his.
“Yes, why don’t we?”
Roxanne pushed against his hard chest till he was laying on his back. She stood to her feet, quickly stripping away her harem outfit, which didn’t take long at all. Then she returned her attention to Oded. His dark eyes were burning into her with a sharp intensity that made her ache. He didn’t miss one inch of her body, as his gaze swept over her. Her high, firm breasts, the dark curls resting between her thighs...it all was bored into the memory of his mind, even though he had seen her bare before.
“I believe, sir, you are way overdressed for this adventure.” she laughed, leaning forward to grab the dark boots encasing his feet.
Oded was amazed at the swiftness of which she stripped him, laughing at her eagerness.
As soon as Roxanne had all of his clothes off, she climbed back onto the bed, straddling his hips. She leaned down, her dark hair brushing his chest, making him inhale sharply.
“Now, Medjai, we shall see who is the stronger one.” she whispered, her hands sliding over his chest.
He didn’t bother hiding his pleasure when she raked her nails over his nipples, making them contract sharply. “You are asking for trouble, Roxie.”
“Good, I like trouble.” Roxanne growled, her lips closing over one nipple to suck.
Breaking the last of his control, Oded flipped Roxanne over onto her back and plunged into her deeply. Roxanne sighed in satisfaction, as he continued to thrust into her, taking her on a high. It didn’t take long for her to feel the sensations soar inside her, building her up to that peak only Oded could take her. When she reached her climax, Roxanne screamed his name, her nails digging into his back. Oded thrust one last time, his head thrown back, groaning her name over and over, as he poured into her. He lay back down on top of her, his body exhausted and content. Roxanne stroked his back slowly, a very satisfied smile on her face, as their heartbeats began to slow.
When he was finally able to move, Oded raised up on his elbows to look down at her dreamy expression. “Is this something I can expect from you every Halloween?” he teased.
“Maybe.” she sighed. “Thank you for indulging me.”
“Well, the night isn’t over yet.” he murmured against her skin, feeling himself harden in her once again.
Roxanne didn’t say a word. She was just thankful she had eaten all that candy. Now she would be able to keep up with Oded.