The leaves crunched under her feet. The fall breeze bit through her pumpkin coloured coat and blew her hair around into a tangled mess, but Cammie didn't care. Fall was her favourite season and October was her favourite month. Her eyes looked over the field in front of her. The dark shades of earthy brown soil were dotted with orange and green pumpkins scattered around some still attached to the vines that crawled along the ground. Children screamed and laughed and shouted as they ran around trying to find the perfect one to take home. She smiled and took in a deep breath, before snuggling deeper into her purple, cashmere scarf that was wrapped around her neck.

"Cammie!" she turned her head at the sound of her friend's voice calling her.

"Coming!" she shouted over her shoulder as she took one last look at the pumpkin patch that seemed to stretch for miles. She turned and headed over to the two girls sat on a hay bale… both of them clutching a steaming cup of apple cider. Cammie's mouth watered just at the thought of the warm liquid coating her tongue and sliding down her throat to warm her from the inside out.

"Hey Macey." She said her voice catching in her for a moment as the wind blew coloured leaves around her ankles. Macey looked up from her drink and smiled at her friend.

"Hey Cam, Bex, give her the drink." Bex handed Cammie the warm cup and Cammie welcomed the heat with open arms.

"Thanks guys." The steam drifted up her nose and turned her pink cheeks an even brighter shade of pink.

"Ah, no problem, who doesn't need something to warm the soul this time of year?" Macey mumbled; she unlike Cammie wasn't really a fan of fall or Halloween of all the dead leaves that got caught in her hair and stuck to the heel of her shoes. The blonde girl sat down and with her friends. She smiled at the line of children all waiting to have their faces painted by a large woman in her late 40s. She was grinning widely as she showed a little girl her book of patterns and pictures that she offers to paint. Crows were the only birds that flew around crying for their lost loves sense they were the only feathered friend that hadn't flown south for the winter. A Ping-Pong ball rolled over to Cammie's feet from the stand where kids tried to toss them into bowls of water, hoping to win a goldfish that would only live for a week. Cammie picked it up and looked at intently with a smile on her face.

"Oh Cam, what is it that you like about these places?" Macey asked as she took the last sip of her cider. Cammie sighed

"Macey, it's just something that I can't explain. The colours and the smells…" her voice wandered off leaving the sentence unfinished.

"Candy." Bex said

"What?"

"Candy, I love the candy." She stated simply and the two other girls laughed loudly at their friend who eventually started laughing with them.

"Can I have that?" a small voice asked. Cammie stopped laughing and looked up and into the eyes of a small girl, her caramel hair in two little bunches and her cheeks a crimson colour. A small smile was present on her lips as she held out hand for the Ping-Pong ball that was still pinched between Cammie's index finger and thumb.

"Sure," she said slowly placing the ball into the girls gloved hand.

"Thank you!" she said closing her fingers around it and putting it into her coat pocket. Cammie smiled.

"I'm Lorie," she said putting her hand out again, but this time for Cammie to shake, which she did.

"And I'm Cammie," Macey and Bex shared a look wondering why this girl was bothering them.

"Hi Cammie," she smiled and shoved her hands into her pockets "nice to meet you," Lorie pressed her lips together

"Nice to meet you too," Cammie said with a giggle and Lorie giggled as well.

"Lorie? I don't think this beautiful girl needs you bothering her right now." a deep voice came from above Cammie and she sat up straight to see a boy with gorgeous green eyes staring down at her.

"I'm Zach, and this is my little sister Lorie." Cammie's mouth was hung open slightly as she struggled to find words. She seemed to be caught in a trance where her mind refused to tell her lips to form any words. He was one of the most handsome boys she had ever seen. His jaw was chiselled and his cheek bones were high his lips, oh his lips were soft and pink, but his eyes-

"I'm Macey and this is Bex." Macey said gesturing to herself and Rebecca Baxter. Zach nodded at them with a smirk before looking back to Cammie. Her blue orbs were looking up into his green ones. She had her blonde hair down and free around her shoulders and her soft pale cheeks had become a nice rosy colour from the cold air that nipped at her skin. She licked her lips and one of her pearly white teeth hooked onto her the bottom one and pulled it into her mouth.

"This is Cammie," Lorie said looking up at her brother whose eyes were still locked on Cammie's face.

"Yeah," Cammie and Zach said at the same time making them smile. Lorie let out a huff, knowing perfectly well what he was doing; flirting with another girl that was going to be dropped once she started to like her… Cammie was too nice anyway, she could tell from the way she smiled. She grabbed onto the sleeve of her brother's jacket, yanking it down,

"Zach! Zach!" she moaned

"Yes?"

"Can I go apple bobbing now? You said you would let me go apple bobbing." She continued to pull down on the jacket.

"Okay, okay." She grinned victoriously and started to pull him away from the three girls and towards the large wooden bucket filled with cold water and fresh Macintosh apples.

"It was nice meeting you Cammie," he shouted over his shoulder and nodding at the other two whose names he had forgotten already. Cammie smiled and waved. The apple cider was now cold and so she just decided to dump it out and toss the cup over her shoulder.

"What was that?!" Macey asked raising a perfectly shaped eyebrow.

"Oh Cam, he was totally into you!" Bex squealed happy that her friend might finally be able to move on from that jerk Josh who had cheated on her with some cheerleader.

"He was not!" Cammie squeaked defensively before smiling slightly "Was he?" she whispered to herself, but not quite enough for her friends not to hear her.

"Yes he was!" Macey said clapping her hands together, partly because she was excited and partly because she was cold. Cammie rolled her eyes and looked down at her watch.

She got up and started to stroll in the opposite direction of Zach and Lorie. Macey and Bex shared another look before jumping up and joining their dazed friend. They walked in a conferrable silence, understanding that Cammie had closed the conversation, but that didn't stop them from sharing excited look after excited look.

"Macey! Bex! Cammie!" they glance around "Over here!" Cammie's eyes landed on a small blonde jumping up and down. Her hair tucked up under a red beret with matching scarf and gloves. She had on thick black glasses and fuzzy grey coat that Macey had gotten her for her birthday last year. Cammie assumed it had to be at least 500 dollars, but that didn't stop Liz from wearing to a hayride. She had her arm linked through a slim boy's. Jonas's dirty blonde hair was brushed to the side and peeking out from under a red kitted hat pulled down over his ears. He was smiling shyly looking down at Liz with admiration.

"Hey Liz!" Cammie shouted walking over to them; Macey and Bex on her heal.

"It's about time you guys showed up." Macey said crossing her arms in an attempt to be annoyed at the couple. Both seemed to be glowing. Jonas had finally plucked up the courage to ask out little Lizzie a few weeks ago after years of them both trying to avoid their feelings. Liz had been over the moon and the two have been practically inseparable… and Macey had to admit they were so cute together.

"Sorry," Liz blushed furiously and Jonas looked down at his feet and kicked at some of the brown and gold leaves at his feet. Bex snorted a laugh

"Hey!" Liz squeaked trying to defend herself from Bex's assumptions, trouble was… Bex was pretty good at assumptions.

"Where is Grant?" she asked ignoring Liz's comment and glancing over her shoulder trying to catch a glimpse of Cammie's brother. "I thought you said he was coming Cammie?" she asked impatiently shaking her head.

"Calm down Bex, he said he would be here." Cammie sated exasperated, Bex had checked and double checked and triple checked that Grant was coming.

"Are you sure-" Bex stopped talking and smiled a contagious smile "Oh! There he is!" Grant was coming through the metal gates. His hands were in his pockets and his blonde hair was messy and he was wearing a crooked smile that made all girl weak at the knees. His blue eyes were sparkling in the fading light. Nick was beside him. The others watched as Bex tried to wipe the excitement off her face and try to act 'casual' as she whispered to the others. Macey rolled her eyes and Cammie tried not to giggle.

"Hello ladies and Jonas." He said bowing slightly; Jonas frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

"What should we do?" Liz asked, tightening her grip one Jonas's arm

"Well we have about an hour until the hayride…" Bex said taking quick glances at Grant along the way. Cammie was trying not to laugh at her friend's expression when her brother winked at her.

"We could always just wander." Macey piped up as she scanned her cuticles before leaning down and pulling a few leaves off the bottom of her shoe. The group had grown rather large and were walking in pairs. Liz was with Jonas, Macey had her hair twisted around her finger as she smiled up at Nick who was talking about football practice, and Grant was next to Bex who couldn't seem to look him in the eye, but found her sneakers very interesting. Cammie was the only one alone; she walked at the back, her eyes on the sky as she breathed in the fresh fall air and listened to nature's song. Halloween was tomorrow night and Cammie was lost in her own thoughts, like she so often was this time of year.

The sun was almost down over the horizon and the Jackal lanterns were starting to be light by the stall holders. Parents walked around pulling red waggons filled with pumpkins, while their children ran through the crowds of people holding flash lights and small lanterns.

Cammie kicked a pebble on the ground and it disappeared under a pile of leaves. She failed to notice the boy that was stood only a few feet in front of her. He smiled when he saw her, but he failed to move out of her way. She walked away right into him.

"Whoa!" she yelled as she toppled backwards. A pair of strong arms wrapped around her and pulled her in.

"Zach!" she blushed as she felt the warmth from his body seeping into her's. He smirked down at her.

"Cammie, glad I caught you." He said not letting her go. His green eyes glowing in the flickering light of a torch. She just smiled shyly and nodded her head lightly. Her hands were tingling as they rested on his chest.

"Thanks," she pulled herself out of his grasp and took a step back "Though you wouldn't have had to if you hadn't gotten in my way." she said smirking herself. Zach scoffed

"You were the one who walked into Me." he said, pulling Cammie closer to himself and looking down into her eyes. His heart was racing and his breathing was heavy. Zach's blood rushed with the urge to crash his lips down on hers', but something made him stop and wait. He didn't want Cammie to be like the others, there was such a long list that he wanted to keep her off of, her name was too sweet and her face too innocent to look at to be forgotten on a list.

"Because you didn't move." she stated not realising that their bodies were as close as she narrowed her eyes playfully.

"You weren't looking," he countered, Cammie's warmth seeping into him

"But you were." Zach opened to his mouth, but couldn't come up with a good comeback so he just closed it again. Cammie smiled triumphantly knowing she had won. The two just stood there, one increasingly aware of the others closeness and the other completely oblivious.

"Well I better go," Cammie said trying to pull away, but Zach didn't release her.

"Yeah," a voice came from over her shoulder, the voice of her brother Grant made her cheeks flame up. She immediately pushed herself away from Zach and turned around to see the entire group stood there watching her, all had some kind of smile on their face except Grant. Cammie's mouth opened and closed a few times, but she could barely breathe let alone speak.

"The hayride is starting in few minutes; we wanted to get on first, so we could sit together…" Liz said breaking the awkward silence that was threatening to fall upon them all. Cammie nodded vigorously and took a step towards her friends and away from Zach.

"Sure, I mean yeah, I mean let's go." Cammie tripped over her words, and her cheeks only grew redder and redder the more she stuttered. Zach just smirked liking the effect he was having on her whether he wanted her on his list or not. He watched he step backwards again and bump into her brother. She looked discretely up at him; his eyes were still on Zach though.

"Grant this is Zach, Zach this Grant." She gestured from one boy to another.

"Yeah I know Zachary," she smiled brightly and stood up straighter all of a sudden.

"Yu guys know each other?" she looked at from Grant to Zach who nodded, his black hair being pushed against his forehead as a gust of wind blew at Cammie's back.

"Actually yes, we do."

"Well then maybe you could join us!" she resisted the urge not to jump up and down, for some reason she wanted to spend more time with the green eyed stranger; his smirk, his deep sexy voice, his dimple, his eyes, his hands that disappeared into his pockets.

"That is a great idea, Zach should defiantly join us!" Macey piped in, she desperately wanted Cammie to be happy and finding a guy that would cherish her was a good place to start, beside she had a good feeling about Zach.

"I don't know-"

"We'd love to!" came a small voice. All eyes fell on Lorie, she was licking a caramel apple he mouth at chocolate around it, but she didn't seem to mind. Her eyes sparkled and she nudged Zach lightly with her elbow so only he noticed.

"Yeah, we'd love to." He repeated looking at Cammie, who was biting her lip and twisting a lock of her hair nervously.

"Sounds good! Let's go!" Macey said grabbing hold of the little girl and dragging her away from the others so she wouldn't get in the way of Cammie and Zach.

"My brother is trouble." She said her voice trying desperately to sound sophisticated and older, like she had heard do many times before. Macey just looked over her shoulder to see the others following a few feet behind her.

"What?" she huffed not really wanting to talk to the girl.

"He's no good, bad, trouble…" she paused trying to find another word to call her brother, one more grown up and cool "a play'a." she said exaggerating the word 'player' and pursing her lips.

"That's nice kid, but I'm not really interested." Macey mumbled not yet processing what Lorie was saying.

"Fine, I'm only trying to warn you. I mean yeah he is the best brother I could ask for, but I can't even count the number of girls he has brought to the house this month." Macy raised her eyebrows and looked down at the little girl. She was looking straight ahead now, pretending to have lost interest.

"How older are?" she asked

"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers." She said deciding to be difficult to make the pretty girl listen to her.

"Yeah right kid, I haven't been able to shut you up sense we started this walk." She was smirking, suddenly liking the attitude she had.

"I'm eight." Lorie said looking up and smiling cheekily. She took another lip of her caramel apple before dropping it in a cardboard box full of garbage. The two then carried on in silence until they stopped by the hayride. The others quickly joined them.

"And would you look at that, there isn't room for us all." Grant muttered giving Macey a thanks-a-lot look. She just ignored him and looked around for Cammie and Zach.

"Nah, I think we can get on."

"Are you kidding? That would be physically impossible-" Jonas started stopping once ex and Macey glared at him.

"Why don't you two just squeeze up there and see if there are any good seats." Macey said to Cammie and Zach with a pleasant smile on her face.

"Macey, I'm pretty sure there is only room for two up here." Cammie said heading up the steps of the tractor and taking a seat on one of the hay bales.

Zach followed at sat down next to her, before realising no one was following them.

"Oh! Your right! We'll just get the next one." Macey shouted at the as the engine started up and the tractor pulled away from the steps.

"Macey!" Cammie yelled standing up again as her friend smiled and waved goodbye.

"Whoa there," Zach said grabbing Cammie's waist as she wobbled as the tractor hit a bump on the dirt road. He pulled her down to sit next to him.

"I can't believe she did that!" Cammie seethed sitting on the hay, she shook her head looking down at her lap, and "You know what… actually I can." The other people on the ride were chatting and laughing, but faces couldn't really be made out as it was almost pitch black out now. Zach laughed and lifted Cammie's chin up with his hand so she was looking at him.

"Well, we might as well make the most of it then." He said smirking at her. He wasn't really sure what exactly he meant by that, and neither did Cammie. He dropped his and from her face "So what school do you go to?" he asked trying to make casual conversation. Cammie just giggled, yeah casual conversation wasn't really his thing when it came to hot girls… most of his lines were pickup lines and he didn't want to use one on Cammie… they were a bit over used anyway.

"Gallagher High School, you?" she smiled and crossed her legs trying to relax a little.

"Blackthorn High," she gasped making Zach feel slightly nervous. Was it bad to go there?

"Are you on their football team?"

"Yeah, why…"

"That's how Grant knows you. You guys beat them last week". She giggled again and it made Zach smile, yes actual smilage. It was a forced laugh, or a light tinker bell laugh it was a soft, yet heavy laugh, it came from her stomach, deep inside her, and it was a real laugh.

"We did," he said. The two ducked as the ride went under a tree branch.

"So, do you have any other siblings beside Lorie?" she asked shivering and scotching closer to Zach to get warm. She may not have even noticed she did it, but Zach did.

"Um, no, only Lorie, but she's a handful."

"She seems like it, I wish I had a sister, I mean Grant is great, but he can be… um… well you know how big brothers can be too little sisters." She shrugged her shoulders and looked away from his steady gaze, trying to ignore the butterflies in her stomach.

Xxxxx

"You know I love Halloween too," Zach said running a hand through his hair, should he make a move? Should he kiss her?

"That's cool, my friends aren't really into it that much, but I love it…" they had been on the ride for about a half hour, they were driving through pumpkin patch that Cammie had been admiring earlier. Now it was completely deserted and you could see the faint flickering lights of the fair that was still going on across the field.

"My school is having a Halloween party tomorrow night," Cammie nodded not meeting Zach's eyes. She tucked her hair behind her ear. "I was wondering if you wanted to come?" he slid closer to the small girl so that their legs were touching.

"Come?" Cammie asked looking up flustered at the hot boy clos proximity

"With me?" Zach asked a smirk present on his face again. Their faces were inches apart and he could no longer stop himself. His lips crashed down onto hers and Cammie noticed how they moulded perfectly together. They were warm and soft.

Zach pulled him closer and deepened the kiss, Cammie's lips tasted like cinnamon. His hands ran through her thick hair wafting the scent of cherries and apples up his nose. When he pulled they were both out of breath and he immediately shivered feeling the lack of warmth from her body. She just looked up at him, not saying anything.

"So will you?"

"Will I what?"

"Go with me to the party?" she smiled and placed her hand on his jacket collar.

"Yes," then she pulled him I again and kissed him.

A/N- SO I WAS WRITING THIS FOR HALLOWEEN, I REALISE IT'S A LITTLE LATE, BUT I STILL WANTED TO PUT IT UP. DO YOU GUYS IKE IT? DO YOU THINK I SHOULD KEEP IT AS A ONE SHOT OR DO A BIT MORE WITH IT? I'M GOING TO BE DOING ONE SIMILAR FOR CHRISTMAS AND MAYBE OTHER HOLIDAYS THAT COME UP. ANY WAY, PLEASE REVIEW!