I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream on Halloween
Originally posted on October 31, 2008
Pete: I’m not a violent person, but if ONE more smart-ass tells me my mask is the scariest one he’s ever seen, I swear I’m gonna bust ‘im in the chops….
Lucy: Hush, Pete, you know how Stevie mimics all the wrong….
Stevie: Tricker Treat! Bust smart-ass in da shops!
Lucy: See? Now you’ve got her swearing again.
Pete: Oh, boo-hoo. I bet no one’s telling you your face is scary.
Lucy: *grimacing* Maybe not, but where I took Michaela around, some of them made other inappropriate comments.
Lucy: I wonder if it was this much “fun” when Mom and Dad accompanied us on our Trick of Treating rounds, when we were little?
Pete: Bet it was. Kinda makes you appreciate ‘em a little more, eh?
Lucy: Yes, we’re very lucky.
Pete: Zenny’s the lucky one today. Imagine having an important game on Halloween Night. She gets out of spook patrol, commandeers Mom and Dad to play fan club, and that sticks us with the job. So what have all the smart-a…. uh….. wise guys been saying to bother you, anyway?
Lucy: Mostly something along the lines of how “my daughter” might dress like an angel, but “her Mommy” looks like one without a costume.
Pete: So that’s a compliment, right? Why is that bugging you?
Lucy: You should see all the leering that accompanies those “compliments.” Let’s just say it’s pretty uncomfortable.
Lucy: Can we wrap this up soon, do you think?
Pete: I’m all for that. Just one more stop. Asher will never forgive me if we don’t bring the kids by the theater.
Lucy: Oh, yes, that’s right. They’re having their first annual Halloween party, aren’t they?
*Michaela joins them*
Lucy: Well, Michaela, what do you think? We’ll go by the theater and see everyone there, then head home, okay?
Michaela: Okay.
…a little later, at the theater….
Kohana: Hello there Michaela, Hi Stevie. Wow, your treat bag is really full, isn’t it?
Stevie: Yep, gonna get lotsa cabities!
Kohana: ?!?!?
Lucy: My Dad, he’s a bit of a kidder, and Stevie mimics everything he says. He told Steve if she ate her candy before she got home, she would get a lot of cavities and have to see a dentist.
Lucy: Somehow I don’t think it fazed her much!
Kohana: Apparently not.
Asher: And who have we here? Saw the tiger, now there’s an angel? Am I at the circus, or in heaven, or what?
Michaela: *giggles* No, the zoo.
Asher: Yeah, it is kind of a zoo around here tonight. Kohana tried to convince me trick or treating was a thing of the past, but you wouldn’t know it to see the hordes of little tikes coming by here for their candy!
Pete: You’ve had a lot then?
Asher: Yeah, pretty much a steady stream of…..
*his words are interrupted by a piercing scream from Stevie*
Lucy: Stevie, what is it?
Stevie: *runs and hides her face in Pete’s shoulder* ‘Nother giant, a real scary one.
Asher: You should know all the giants around here are friendly giants, Stevie.
Radley: I see I’ve arrived at an inopportune time. Perhaps tomorrow would be better.