It was the week before Halloween and all the kids were excited because their class would bw throwing a Halloween the next day.

It was Sunday which meant Walking Dead would be coming on. Kai loved the show and stayed up an hour past bedtime every Sunday from October to Febuary. The adults in the house didn't know he watched the show. He would sneak in Alex and Jerwin's room to watch it with them. He didn't share a room with them anymore because his oldest cousin moved out.

When the show started the boys got really excited and watched the tv eagerly to see the zombies get killed or see if their favorite character got killed.

Kai wasn't scared of the show. He knew it wasn't real but this particular time he was sitting close to the tv and all of the sudden a zombie popped right up close to the screen making all three boys jump and Kai scream.

Hearing the screaming the adults ran to the room to see what was going on. When they opened the door they found Jerwin and Alex holding onto each other and Kai huddled under the blanket.

"Kai what are you doing in here? You're supposed to be in bed." Grace said unwrapping her son from the blanket and taking him to his room. She tucked Kai into bed and turned on his car nightlight.

"I don't need a nightlight anymore mommy." Kai whined. He was tired and scared but didn't want his mom to know because then he couldn't watch the show anymore.

Grace turned the nightlight off and switched off the big light leaving the room in complete darkness. Kai turned over and tried to sleep but he couldn't. He kept thinking about the zombies and the scary noises they made. He wasn't usually scared but being in the dark made him think of on the show when they go out in the forest at night and have to fight off zombies or walkers as their called on the show.

Kai lay there in his bed trying not to be scared when he soon saw lightning flash across the sky. He jumped out of bed and ran to turn on the light. Once the room was all lit he felt better.

He sat down and started to play with his cars. Soon he got thirsty so he went downstairs and got a drink. It was very dark and he was standing in the kitchen when he heard a noise. It was snoriing but in his imagination it was a zombie coming to get him.

He dropped his glass of water on the floor and ran upstairs to his mom's room.

"Mommy there's a walker downstairs." Kai exclaimed through his tears. Grace sat up in bed and looked at her son.

"Come here." She said patting the space on the bed next to her as thunder boomed. Kai jumped into the bed. Grace wrapped her arms around him and layed him down against her to calm him down.

"There's no such thing as zombies." She said after he had calmed down."That was just your uncle snoring." Kai laughed a little.

"You need to sleep. You don't want to be to tired for your party tomorrow." Kai nodded and soon fell asleep.

The next morning Alex and Jerwin were talking about the show. Kai was disapointed he couldn't watch it anymore but he figured he could always watch it when he was older.

When the got to school they saw everyone was dressed up. Kai was dressed up as Rick from The Walking dead. He wore a tan shirt with brown pants and a big brown sherif hat. Kya,who had recently seen a play called Wicked was dress as in a black dress and hat and even had painted green skin and carried a broom. Lil saw it with her so she decided to be Glinda mostly because she got to wear a sparkly dress.

"Wow Kya. I thought we would be the same thing cuz you like sparkly dresses like I do." Lil said noticing Kya out of character costume.

"I do but I like how the wicked witch sings in the play." Kya said.

"Ok class before we start the party we have some work to do so everybody take your seats." said walking into the classroom wearing a witch hat.

The kids obedientlly sat at their tables with frowns on their faces until they saw what was being handed out.

"Ok can anybody tell me what the number of the day is?" The teacher asked as she handed out the last of the pumkin candies.

Tommy raised his hand. Mrs. Mentzel pointed at him.

"Ten." He answered.

"Good now how many pumpkins did you get."She asked the class. They all looked at their candies and started counting out loud so all that was heard was a jumble of numbers. Finally they all yelled ten at the same time.

"Very good." She laughed at the enthusiasm of her students. After they counted the pumkins they were allowed to eat them. Next they colored in jack o lanterns, making their own faces.

They didn't have normal lunch as food would be served at the party. They read a few Halloween stories and then it was time for the party to start.

They bobbed for apples and played games. They even made their own haunted houses out of chocolate grahm crackers.

"I can't get a apple. My mouth is to small." Kya complained.

"I got one." Lil yelled.

"Look at my spooky ghost." Phil said placing some red candy on some white frosting.

"Um no thanks Phl. I'll stick to my cute ghost." Chuckie saiid putting orange frosting on the top of his ghosts head.

Kimi and Kya were making a haunted house togeather. They put grahm crackers for the walls and made a roof out of grahm crackers that was leaning off to make it look old and spooky. Kimi added some candy bones to make a graveyard and Kya added some pumpkin candy. Next they made ghost cookies covered in orange sparkly sprinkles.

"This is a great party huh guys." Tommy said happily taking a bite of his cheese pizza. Evertyone else agreed and began eating their pizza. When it was time to go home each kid had a small bag of treats to take home with them including their ghost cookies if they hadn't eaten them already.