I jumped from house to house adding last minute decorations. I would have comman ded my gargoyles to do the same but it w as day time and I didn't want anyone to see them flying around. Not yet at least . Standing on top of a roof I looked dow n and spotted a young girl fiddling with her costume. I could tell she was getti ng quite upset and aggravated. Her paren ts were too busy assisting her sister wi th her pop star costume. I jumped off th e roof. I used the webs to slow my decen t. I made my way over to the child. As I got there she ultimately gave up trying to fix whatever it was and through the Alice in Wonderland dress on the ground. She stomped off and sat at the thresh h old to the garage. I bent down and ginge rly looked at the dress. I spotted the i ssue immediately. The strap on the back had snapped.

I reached under a black piece of fabric on my own dress and pulled out a silk ca terpillar. I placed the caterpillar onto the broken strap and it set to work on mending it. About twenty seconds later a nd it was as good as new.

I saw that the parents were still oblivi ous and that the girl that stomped away had her head buried in her knees. I pick ed up the dress and walked over to her. I placed it gently on the ground beside her. As she lifted up her head her eyes opened in surprise. She reached over and examined the newly fixed dress. She gla nced over bewildered at her parents then smiled largely hopping onto her feet. S he set to work putting it on.

I smiled. Job well done Holly, I congratulated myself. I continued t hrough the town making sure everything l ooked good for tonight. My eyes rested o n Janie's Diner. It seemed to be lacking a certain Halloweeny something. I cross ed the road, oblivious to the cars cross ing through me.

The diner was pretty average. It had som e booths and counter seats. It was a lit tle less than halfway full. Each booth h ad a small pumpkin on the table top. The windows had skeletons and ghosts stuck to them.

A delicious smell wafted by and caught m y attention. The waitress walked by me b alancing a thing of coffee and two plate s. One plate had a salad and the other a cheese burger. The cheese burger was wh at caught my attention. That's one thing I missed about being human. Food. Of co urse I could still eat it, but I missed having to eat it.

I subconsciously followed the waitress t o one of the booths where two men sat. S he placed the salad in front of a man wh o was built like a moose. He smiled at h er then returned to looking at his lapto p. She placed the delicious smelling che ese burger in front of the other guy who resembled a male model.

"Enjoy" The waitress said before leaving to go serve her other customers. I just stood there and looked at the two. I li ked to take in people's characteristics. I found it interesting. Moose and Model just sat there giving each other awkwar d glances. Like they were non-verbally c ommunicating. Model sternly nodded to Mo ose and Moose pursed his lips and gave h im a look before turning my way.

"Can we help you?" Moose asked kindly.

I stayed silent and looked over my shoul der. There was no one there. Confused, I knitted my brow and turned back to them . They both raised their eyebrows expect antly. I looked between the two with one brow raised. They were looking right at me.

"You okay kid?" Model asked. My eyes wid ened as I realized that they were talkin g to me. My mouth hung open and I cocked my head. The two men glanced at each ot her quizzically.

H-how can they see me? I stumbled backward and then made a bee line for the door. I didn't look back a t the diner as I ran. I ran unsteadily u ntil I reached the park where I perched myself on top of the monkey bars.

I was hyperventilating as I replayed wha t had just happened. I don't understand how they saw me. It's a rare thing for kids to see me, never mind adults.

"WHAT THE HELL!" I screamed, slamming my palm into my face. "Why did I run away? ! They could see me!" I had been so surp rised that I ran away, but they could se e me. The one thing I wished for the mos t. I flung myself from the monkey bars a nd began to run back towards the diner.