As the night progressed everything stared lightened up, Mala came home and two large pizza’s were eating. Mostly by the two mini garbage bins, they never seemed to be full no matter how much they ate. Everything seemed like it was finally going to settle down and go back to normal.<br/><br/>That was until Mala asked to host a Halloween party for all of her classmates, claiming she wanted to make friends outside of school and fencing class she put all her effort into convincing her mother it was a good idea. Even going as far as to get Pearl on her side to show how good of an idea it was, after two weeks of constant begging and pleading and even bribery Jasper finally caved.<br/><br/>That was how Jasper found herself dressed up like a tiger, her entire body painted orange with her stripes colored in a deep red, her hair pulled up into a pony tail and large tiger paw slippers on her feet, her nose colored in black with fake cat eye contacts put in. The house was full with roughly twenty or thirty kids, both from school and fencing class. Each kid had their own bag of candy and were trading for their favorite candy bars. Jasper sat in the corner of her apartment with her fourth maybe fifth beer in her hand.<br/><br/>She had promised to stay on the side lines, Mala wanted people to like her not be afraid of her. An with Pearl busy keep the adults entertained and the snacks filled there wasn’t much left for Jasper to do but sit and watch. Her body would tense each time the kids started rough housing only to realize that was just how kids played around these days.<br/><br/>It had been a month since Jasper and Pearl had their little sit down, an many things had changed for Jasper. Now that she was aware Pearl was interested in her she started looking at the older woman in a completely different light. Which did not help Jasper in anyway, for the first time in years Jasper was fantasizing about someone. Someone who just needed time to figure herself out, someone who wanted to be good enough for Jasper. It made Pearl truly amazing in Jaspers eyes, but it frustrated her to no end that she couldn’t touch.<br/><br/>A scream pulled Jasper from her thoughts and caused her to scan the room, a young girl was on top of Mala pinning her to the ground. It looked like the girl was forcing Mala to submit. But the truth was Mala had tickled the girl first and the other girl was getting her revenge. Jasper tensed as she started to stalk forward intent on breaking up the so called fight.