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Author's Note: Hello everyone! How are you all? Hope you're doing well and had a fun filled Halloween last night! I'm so very sorry for not updating last night but I just couldn't. See along with having several things to turn in for school that night, and the trick or treaters coming to the door for candy, my computer stopped working and so I couldn't access the file that I had first type about this story on, meaning I had to retype it all over again and I don't know about you guys but I hate typing on other computers that are not mine, especially when it's something like fanfic. I don't know the keyboard every well and so I'll make tons more errors and it just gets very frustrating plus the computer I'm using now has one of the worst keyboards ever. So I apologize if there are even more errors that usual. There are several keys on here that you've got to slam on to get the letter to appear. But enough venting on that. Sorry. And so very sorry again for not updating sooner. I also want to say thank you once gain for all of your amazing support you all it means so very very much! Thank you! And some great big thank yous today going out to Eliza (Eliza Ghost), Lisa (MistyMountainHop), and Marla (Marla's Lost) who helped me come up with ideas for this RK Halloween story. Thank you ladies! I hope you all enjoy it! Thanks once more for everything, everyone please feel free to review even if you don't sign in! I'd love to hear from you! Hope you like, please review, thanks once more and please, Enjoy!
There was a quick flash of bright light as Kitty Forman snapped a photo with her handy camera and then another and another and another adding to the many, many other photos she'd already taken in the past few hours. It was Halloween which was enough of an excuse for Kitty's extensive photo taking as she usually did take several photos during the holiday seasons—however never as many as she was taking this Halloween But this Halloween was different, it was special. It was her and Red' first Halloween as parents, their first Halloween as a family, and most importantly their little girl's first Halloween.
"Laurie, sweetie. Look over here at Mommy." Kitty called to her daughter from behind the camera.
The four month old baby followed her mother's voice and began to smile and babble at the camera as she laid in her playpen that had been set up in the kitchen. She was wearing an orange pumpkin costume and green stem hat on her head. Kitty had been prepared for a few fussy moments with Laurie and her costume as many of her friends had warned her about baby's and Halloween costumes, but Laurie seemed to love her costume as much as her mother did. She never even made an attempt to pull off her green hat.
Kitty retuned the smile, "There's Mommy's little pumpkin."
Red watched his wife capture another picture and he shook his head a bit. He understood her wanting to capture some of these moments but what he didn't understand was why she had to take so many photos of the same moment.
"Kitty, don't you think you should take a break from the picture taking?" he suggested.
"No." came her swift reply before snapping another photo of a gurgling Laurie, she then turned back to her husband, "This is her first Halloween Red, her first major holiday, I have to take as many pictures as I can that way we can cherish this day forever. And maybe send some photos to the relatives so they can see how adorable she looked in her pumpkin costume. Oh look!" she exclaimed before capturing the moment of Laurie sucking on the top of her teddy bear's head.
She moved the camera down, revealing her smile, "Isn't that precious?" she waited for no answer though and her smile seemed to have dropped when she began to speak to her husband again, "And you cannot take this away from me, Red Forman. This is my God-given right as a mother."
"What is, blinding our daughter?" he asked scowling slightly as he watched Kitty bend down into the pen and retrieve Laurie.
"I am not blinding her, she loves it. Don't you sweetheart?" Baby Laurie cooed happily at her mother causing Kitty giggle and give a quick, "See?"
In response Red said nothing but happily took his daughter in his arms once his wife passed over to him.
"Besides it's good practice for her." Kitty continued as she straightened Laurie's hat.
He frowned, "Practice?"
"Mmm hmm." She nodded before explaining, "Look at her Red, she gorgeous and she'll only keep getting more beautiful. By the time she's a teenager, people will be stopping her in the streets wanting to take her picture." The proud mother gushed with laugh, "She'll have to fight the boys off with a stick."
Hearing that last part made Red's scowl deepen. No boys were going near his little girl. Not now when she was just a baby and not years from now either. Though he hadn't exactly talked to Kitty about it yet he had figured out a few ways to keep her away from boys until she was at least eighteen, one of the ways being home school and the second was sending Laurie to an all girls school.
Catching the protective way Red seemed to be holding Laurie closer to him made Kitty smile and she ran a comforting hand on his arm, "Oh honey don't worry, I'm sure no matter what boys come into her life you'll always be her number one."
"I think I can live with that." He said smiling a smile that only grew when Laurie reached out and grabbed fist full of his shirt and began to speak in her own baby language.
Kitty also found the moment to be a very sweet one and as her smile doubled in size she bought her camera back up, over her face and snapped another photo of father and daughter.
"Kitty, put the camera down for at least five minutes." He said, his words sounding more like an order than a suggestion and when he saw the glare Kitty was sending him he realized he'd used to the wrong down; clearing his throat he tried to fix his mistake, "I mean so you won't run out of film."
"Oh don't worry, I bought extra." She assured as she lifted up a bag that Red was sure consisted of only camera film.
Red looked at his daughter and gave her an apologetic look, "I tried, kitten."
While the sounds of Laurie's little giggles filled her ears Kitty looked down at her watch and the time it read surprised her.
"Oh my, it's already six o'clock. The trick-or-treaters should be here soon, we better get out there. Come here, sweetie." Kitty said opening her arms towards her daughter who was soon handed to her, "Honey, could you get the candy?"
Kitty then grabbed the baby blanket off the kitchen chair with her free hand and headed out the sliding glass doors with Laurie in her arms and Red right behind them with the bowl of candy. This year they had decided to skip out on the Halloween parties of their friends or co-workers, they even scratched out the idea of having another Halloween party at their own house because they'd wanted Laurie's first Halloween to be with only the three of them. However since she wasn't even six months they'd decided to hold off on taking her trick or treating and instead help her pass out candies to the neighborhood kid.
"Now remember Red, only two pieces each." She reminded as she slung the blanket over the back of the red plastic patio chair before taking a piece.
"Two pieces?" Red asked with a frown, looking down into the bowl at the candy pieces, "Kitty, there aren't that many kids in the neighborhood."
That was true. The neighborhood was a newer one and so there were still houses bring built around the area and the houses that did have owners were mostly owned by young married couple liked Red and Kitty who were just starting their families or hadn't even started them yet.
"I know but we have to think about the kids from the other neighborhoods too." she said but when she saw the puzzled expression her husband's face she knew she needed more of an explanation, "The neighbors will see how adorable Laurie looks, tell their friends, and soon we'll have people from all over Point Place coming over just to see our precious little pumpkin!" she ended with a giggle as she held Laurie close to where their cheeks were touching.
Watching the scene Red couldn't help but smile. Laurie's pumpkin costume had been one that had even picked out since July. It was also the reason that neither or Kitty dressed up in any Halloween costumes this year, they (Kitty) didn't want any of the costume focus to be taken off Laurie but Red was just fine with skipping out on the costumes this year. And he had to agree with his wife, their daughter did make a cute pumpkin.
"Oh look Laurie, look at the pretty little angel and a pumpkin just like you." Kitty pointed out the two little trick-or-treaters who were making their way up the Forman driveway as she shifted Baby Laurie onto her lap.
"Trick or treat!" the little girl angel and little boy pumpkin simultaneously shouted.
"Don't you two look, cute?" Kitty said with a little laugh before moving Laurie closer to the bowl of candy that Red had placed on the small table between the two of them before he'd sat himself down, "Okay Laurie, let's give the trick-or-treaters some candy."
The blonde haired baby looked at the bowl in front of her and then back at her mother who gave a encouraging 'Go on.' And caused her to look back at the collection of candy. Her big eyes stared at the colorfully wrapped treats for several second before at last moving her pudgy little hand into the pile, she grabbed a hold of a chocolate bar but instead of placing it into one of the other children's' buckets as she was supposed to, she brought the candy up to her mouth and began to chew on it with the wrap still on.
"Eww!" both the little boy and girl exclaimed in disgust.
Kitty released a nervous giggle, "Okay, okay how about we just let her have that one and….Red, why don't you give them their candy?"
"There you go." Red said after giving them each two pieces of candy.
Both children gave a quick 'thank you' and then ran off to meet with their parents who were waiting for them a few feet back. As she watched them run off and saw the four smiling face, Kitty too had to smile and her smile only grew when she turned her attention to her little girl who was literally drooling over the candy.
"Oh Red, I can't wait till when we get to take Laurie trick-or-treating in a few years." Kitty happily shared out loud, "It's going to be so much fun!"
He too grinned at the thought, "Yeah."
"I used to love going trick-or-treating when I was little. I remember Paula and I would complete over who could get the best candy and of course I would always win." She ended with her trademark laugh.
"Yeah, I had some good times trick-or-treating too." Red reminisced, "It was the only time of year when Marty acted like normal kid."
Kitty laughed along with her husband and his shot at his brother. She knew that despite Red and Marty's very, very different personalities they did love each other. They were brothers. It was just like her own relationship with Paula. They didn't always get along and could at times be competitive against the other but they did love each other. It was that special love, that special one that one only had with their siblings. At these thoughts Kitty looked over Laurie who had finally taken the wrapped candy out of her mouth but kept it in her hands as she examined it closely. She laughed lightly, smiling at her daughter for several second before turning to Red.
"Red," she called soon getting his attention, "I don't want Laurie to grow up alone."
Confused by her words and how randomly they had come up, Red only new one way to respond, "What?"
"Well I don't mean alone because she'll have us but I mean…Red, what if we had another baby?" she asked sounding a it nervous which she had every right to be, after all when she told him they were going to have Laurie he hadn't been the happiest camper, she had no idea how he would react to her saying she wanted another child. When she saw that frown of his remaining in place she began to panic and ramble on.
"Of course it wouldn't be right away because Laurie's still a baby and having another one so soon would deprive her of our time and attention but maybe in a year or two that way they would still be close in ages. Laurie could have someone to play with, and go trick-or-treating with, someone to tell secrets to, some to complain about us to, someone to grow up with…."
"I think it's a great idea." Red suddenly said.
Kitty rapidly blinked her eyes, trying to recall when it was that his frown had disappeared, "You do?"
"I do." He agreed with a nod, "It would be pretty nice if Laurie had a little sister."
"Or little brother." She added.
Red's smile seemed to deflate at the thought of that, "Or a little brother." He managed to say before softening his voice some, "And maybe it'll be a year, maybe it'll be five, whenever it is that you're ready know that I would love to have another child with you."
"Oh Red." Kitty said as she smiled a tight smile before she leaned over and gave him a much deserved kiss.
When the pulled away from each other they shared a smile and Kitty giggled a little, realizing how foolish she had been to think that her husband would be against them having another baby. He really did seem almost exited as she was. There was one person though who hadn't gotten a chance to give their opinion yet.
"Laurie, honey," Kitty cooed at her daughter, "what do you think of having a little brother or sister?"
Baby Laurie looked straight at her mother almost as if she knew exactly what she was being asked; it made Kitty smile at least until Laurie burst out into fit of tears.
"Well…she does still have time to get used to the idea." Kitty said to Red over Laurie's crying before she stood up and tried to quiet her down.
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"Think that's the last of them." Red commented as the large group of costume wearing children took off after getting their candy, he stood up and looked into the candy bowl, "We even got a few pieces left this time."
Red looked at his wife soon saw that she hadn't been paying attention to anything he'd said and was instead watching the trick-or-treaters as she cradled Laurie in her arms. He watched them, his smile slowly creeping onto his face; he really could watch them all day. Of course part him still found it funny that exactly a year ago Kitty had told him she was pregnant and he had acted like a complete dumbass saying 'Oh no' and 'Crap.' But now their little girl was here and Red's love for her seemed to grow more and more each day. Halloween 1957 he had been not upset but worried about becoming a father and now Halloween 1958 he has a precious daughter and had been discussing plans of having another. Life could be funny.
"Red look," Kitty spoke softly as she stared ahead at the group of seven happy children bouncing around and rambling on about their Halloween to the two adults who Kitty could only assume were their parents; she smiled, "That could be us one day."
Red frowned just a bit, "Kitty, you said you wanted to have another baby not a whole litter."
A burst of laughter came from Kitty and she shook her head before she was able to respond, "I know, I know. We might on lave two or three children but that doesn't mean we couldn't take their friends trick-or-treating too." she pointed out with a grin, "Oh, we could be the fun parents who the kids always want to be around. Wouldn't that be fun?"
Fun wouldn't be the exact word Red would use to describe that idea but instead of saying this he merely shrugged his shoulder, "As long s they go back to their own house afterwards."
Kitty giggled once again and the shifted her eyes down at her daughter, carefully pulling out her little fist from her little mouth, "Did you have good Halloween, baby girl?"
Laurie beamed up at her mother and shook herself happily she squealed and babbled on and on causing her parents to laugh.
"I think she did." said Red before asking, "Did you have a good Halloween?"
The young mother pulled her baby closer to her, she was after all the reason behind her answer, "I did. What about you? I know this ear must have been different from the ways you usually celebrate Halloween with scary stuff and getting plowed" she whispered the last word, "with Frank."
"Not having any scary did make this Halloween different from every other year." he began to say, "But spending it with my two favorite girls, I couldn't think of a better way to spend the holiday."
Happy with his answer Kitty stood up from her own seat and began to hand Laurie over to Red, 'Well if you're still looking for something a little scary, I think I might have something in mind."
"Oh?" he asked curiously as he took Laurie into his arms.
She nodded and smiled, "Our little pumpkin needs a diaper change."
Red scowled as he watched his wife disappear into the kitchen without another word. He looked back at his smiling daughter and lifted her up in the air to check if his wife had been right. Immediately he regretted that action.
"Whoa!" he exclaimed before moving Laurie as far as his arms would allow.
Laurie only giggled more as he father took her into the house, carrying her at arm's length, to change her diaper.
Author's Note: And there you go! Chapter 10 of '13 Fanfics of Halloween' What did you think? One star? Four stars? Somewhere in the middle? Please lemme know in a review!
So how was your Halloween? Did you go trick-or-treating? Pass out candy? Watch scary movies? Or were you like me and working on a paper?
BTW quick question. As I'm sure you all have figured out I did not reach the deadline I had set up fro myself but honestly, I got a lot farther than I did. I only need three more stories to go! And so my question to you is do you all still want me to post them? I'm pretty sure they'll all be up by next week. Or would you rather me wait till next Halloween to post and complete this collection. I'm honestly fine with which ever so you tell me, in the words of the Who's the Boss? Theme song, the choice is up to you my friend!
Until next time, thanks for reading, hope you liked, please review and lemme know what you think, stay tuned, take care, and have nice day!