2006 Home Improvement Special

Chapter 1: Halloween I 1983

Brad's First Halloween

A/N: Here's the first special I'll be writing for Home Improvement, 2006. Brad's first Halloween. Jill thinks he's too young, but Tim doesn't.

Characters in this chapter: Brad Taylor- 3

Randy Taylor- 2

Jill Taylor- 26

Tim Taylor- 29

Wilson Wilson Jr. – 41

Enjoy the chapter. One will come up each year. Isn't that great?

"Hey honey, you'll never guess what I picked up after tool-selling!" Tim called from the front door.

Jill ran to her husband, "How was it?"

"I sold Binford's 6100 Power Drill 5 times, made a lot of money in months," Tim said. "But I also got this!"

Tim pulled from his bag a mask with a brain coming out.

"Honey, don't you think you're a bit too old for trick-or-treating?" Jill remarked.

"Not for me, it's for Brad," Tim said.

"Oh, Tim, we've talked about this, not till he's five!"

"C'mon honey, stop being fun's nemesis," Tim joked. "Brad can do this, I know I did!"

"Yeah, and started your reputation as a walking dynamite when you blew up your pumpkin candy holder!"

"Brad won't blow anything up," Tim assured her. "Just give him one chance, please. I trick-or-treated when I was three."

"Tim, Brad is not going out till next year, or the year after," Jill demanded.

"Jill, if Brad's not going, Randy is," Tim said, and actually started to the baby's room.

"TIM, NO!" Jill yelled.

Tim changed direction to Brad's room instead.

"Dad, are we going out?" Brad asked squeakily.

"Mom won't let you," Tim said sadly.

"Aw, man," Brad complained.

"It's alright son, we'll show her. We'll go out, and she'll never know. Just stay in your pin, and leave everything to me. I'm an expert at luring her out."

"Yeah, and on talking loudly too…"

"HEY!" Tim yelled in surprise. There was Jill standing in the doorway.

"Tim, there is no force that's making me letting you take Brad out tonight," Jill said firmly. "Forget about it!"

"Yeah, well maybe you just ruined our son's NIGHT!" Tim yelled as she turned and went back downstairs.

Later that day, before kids started going round houses, Jill went out to put the trash out.

"Is that you neighborette?"

"Hi Wilson," Jill said lowly.

"Something wrong Jill?"

"Well, Tim is arguing about taking Brad out," Jill explained.

"No," Wilson said disbelievingly. "Well I must say I agree with you completely."

"You do?"

"Yes, I think Brad's too young," Wilson began.

"That's what I tell Tim, but…"

"Plus, that makes the Salesman gay," Wilson continued.

Jill looked startled, and then laughed, "No Wilson, I mean trick-or-treating. Tim wants to take Brad trick-or-treating because he went when he was three."

"Then that's understandable," Wilson calmly. "See Jill I believe it was Bill Cosby who said 'If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.'

"Wait a sec, Bill Cosby said that?"

"Yes indeedy Jill," Wilson said. "Even though Tim has a fifty percent chance of being right, my own opinion states that if he went out at three, it's natural to want his son to have the same. Men take after their fathers on almost everything on the inside. He wants to take Brad out to carry on the tradition."

"So, maybe I should let him take Brad out," Jill said quietly. "Thanks Wilson." She left inside, and up to Tim.

"Tim, I've been doing some thinking," Jill said. "Maybe I can let you take Brad out, as long as you stay in the neighborhood."

"And, you're not gonna change your mind?"

"No, I won't," Jill shook her head.

"So, you'd be wrong?" Tim added, grinning.

"It's those kinds of comments that make me change my mind," Jill said sternly. "Just stay in the area for this year, because he's very young."

"You know this means I'm taking Randy next year too," Tim stated.

"Tim, you know my rules, stick to them, and I'll stick to the deal we're making now!" Jill said warningly.

"Deal," Tim said.