"Stand still; otherwise you will ruin your costume!" Pj exclaimed, trying to stop the jumping bundle of joy that was his daughter so he could finish dressing her up.

"Thank you. All done." She stepped away from him and he stood up straight, smiling as she twirled in her pink fairy costume.

"How do I look?" She asked, her big brown eyes staring at him.

"Beautiful. Go show Dad." She ran off, giggling and yelling for Chris.

"Daddy, could you help me now?"

"Of course I can, Alex, what do you need help with?"

"My costume keeps coming undone."

"We can't have that. I might have to take the role of mummy to help you."

"That was really lame."

"No, it wasn't! I'm cool, I'm hip!"

"Sometimes. But that wasn't."

"There, now you can be terrifying. Show me your best scary face." I said, in an attempt to change the subject.

"RAAAAAAA!"

"AAAGGHH!" I pretended to be scared, jumping back. She smiled, laughing, as Chris walked into the room with Elizabeth.

"Who are you, and what have you done with my Gen?" He asked. Gen ran over to him and hugged him, her arms wrapping around his legs.

"It's me Dad! This is my costume."

"Are you sure?"

She nodded, and Chris scooped her up into his arms.

"It's very scary."

Liz walked over to me.

"What are you doing?"

"Gen scared me."

"You're silly. She isn't scary."

"You're just braver than me then, aren't you?"

"I am." I picked her up and twirled her around, her shrieks of delight filling the room.

"Are we all ready to go now?" Chris asked.

"Yes!"

I put Liz down and Gen and herself ran to the door, waiting for us as we caught up.

"I like your costume, very spooky." Chris told me. I looked down at my costume; I was dressed as my old character, Wiggles the Clown.

"Yours is better." I replied, nodding at his attire, which consisted off a batman costume.

"Yours is original."

"Yours is classic."

"Hurry up, we're going to miss out on all the treats!" The girls yelled from the front door. I reached for Chris' hand, and we walked to the door, shutting it on the way out as the girls skipped ahead of us.

We went from house to house, greeting neighbours and receiving candy. Some people pretended to be scared, others really were. It was a fun night, and the decorations on the houses were astounding. It really reminded me why I love Halloween so much. We got home after a few hours, and pooled all the candy onto the dining room table.

"Whoa, that's a lot of sweets." I said, and it was. A gigantic pile was on the table, it would take us all months, maybe even years to eat it all.

"Sure is. I can't wait to eat some!" Liz said, an ecstatic grin spread on her face.

"You can have one each, but then it's bedtime, okay?"

"Okay." They chorused, choosing a piece of candy each.

"Once you've eaten them, go get your pyjama's on and we'll tuck you in."

"Will you read us a bedtime story?" Gen asked.

"Of course. Off you go." They ran off to their rooms, and I turned to Chris.

"Where are we going to put all of this?"

"I think there's an empty plastic container in the pantry, we can put it all in there."

"Okay, do you want to do that while I tuck the girls in?"

"Leave me with all the hard work then."

"Yep." I kissed him on the cheek, before going to the girl's room. They were in their beds, and I tucked them in.

"What shall we read tonight?"

"Peter Pan!" Liz said. I looked over at Gen and she nodded.

"Peter Pan it is then." I grabbed the book of the bookshelf and sat down on the rocking chair in the corner of their room.

I read the book, putting on different voices for each character. By the time I was finished, both girls were asleep. I kissed them both on the forehead. Chris was standing in the doorway when I turned around. He kissed them both goodnight, before walking over to me. He held my hand and we went to our room. We got undressed and crawled into bed, lying next to each other, Chris' arm around me. I turned over to face him.

"Did you put all the candy away?"

"Yep. They're in the container in the back of the pantry."

"Thank you."

"My pleasure."

We kissed, and I melted into it, sighing quietly when we broke away.

"We've got the rest of our lives to kiss love, but I'm tired, and I know you are."

"You're right. I hate it when you're right."

"I know you do." He kissed me lightly again, and I cuddled into him, laying my head on his chest.

"Goodnight. I love you."

"Night." I said, yawning, my head rising and lowering with Chris's chest as he breathed.

"Love you more."

"Impossible." Chris whispered, before I drifted deep into the land of sleep and dreams.

That was my kickthestickz Halloween special! I really hope you liked it. The next one will be Johnlock.

Thank you for reading! I'll see you Little Malteasers next part.

Xoxo Malteser4