CHAPTER 7: Days of October

Sunday, October 10th, 2000

Carlin Street, 5:00pm

Carrie was in the living room reading some chapters from the bible, while her mother was in the kitchen making dinner. So far the first year of school isn't going well, but Carrie manages to stay positive no matter what. The pass few weeks haven't been as bad as before, mostly because the kids are getting ready for Halloween. There have been many activities in the school involving decorating the hallways and carving pumpkins. Carrie always found Halloween very interesting and she liked the idea of dressing up in different costumes and pretending to be somebody else. The best part she loved about the holiday was getting candy when you go trick or treating.

Margaret doesn't let Carrie do any of this stuff, because she thinks that kids who celebrate Halloween become sinners. Sometimes she judges other people mostly on how they raise their children. This has led to many arguments from the neighbors and its one of the reasons why the people on Carlin Street don't like Margaret. After Carrie finished reading a chapter from the bible she went upstairs to her room and played with her stuff lamb. Sometimes when she's bored she tries to talk to the toy and share secret with the object even though stuff animals can't talk. Carrie also pretends that her toy is her friend, someone who will never make fun of her. Even though she has tried to make friends with real people Carrie feels like her stuff lamb is the only thing that comes close to being a friend.

After an hour of cooking Margaret finally finished making dinner and told her daughter to come downstairs to eat. "Carrie dinners ready" Margaret said out loud for her daughter to hear. "Coming momma" Carrie said to her mother. The two sat together in the dining room and they said their prayers before they ate. Margaret made meatloaf and mash potatoes and this is one of their favorite meals to eat. Carrie started thinking about why she and her mother don't celebrate Halloween and after a few moments of how to bring up the question she finally manage to ask her mother. "Momma how come we don't celebrate Halloween" Carrie asked feeling nervous. "Because it's sinful," Margaret replied. "But all the other kids do it and they go out trick or treating and dress up in different costumes" Carrie explained to her mother. "Those children are being corrupted by their parents, and no daughter of mine will participate in anything that's sinful. Do you understand?" Margaret explained to her daughter. "Yes momma" Carrie said. "Good, now finish your dinner before it gets cold" Margaret said.

After that Margaret made some dessert, she mostly makes fresh chocolate chip cookies. Carrie loves cookies and she always got excited when her mother makes that after dinner. As the two sit together have cookies and milk Carrie begins to think of how she and her mother are bonding together. Even though things have been difficult the last few years Carrie feels that the bond with her mother is much better now than before. In the past things haven't always gone well between Carrie and her mother. Whenever Carrie did something wrong Margaret would lock her in the closet for hours and it led to a lot of crying or screaming most of the time. Even though Margaret eventually let her daughter out Carrie would still feel scared of her mother knowing that she put her in there in the first place. But aside from that Carrie remembers that no matter what her mother will always love her and she would never let anything bad happen to her.

After they finished eating dessert Margaret then took Carrie upstairs and gave her a bath and got her all ready for bed. She made sure that her daughter was tucked in under the covers and that she had her stuff lamb with her so she can sleep peacefully. She then gave Carrie a kiss on her forehead and said good night to her and then closed the door as she left her room.

Hey guys I hope you enjoyed this new chapter. There will be more as the summer goes by. I'll probably have another chapter updated either this weekend or next week whenever I have time. Anyways thank you for reading this and have a great day.