p class="p1"It is October 31span class="s1"supst/sup/span, Halloween. Lucas looked around. Everyone around him was in uniform. Even Ben Krieg, who could usually be counted upon for a laugh, was wearing his uniform. He sighed. Sure, Halloween was largely for children, but, well, he was still a child, wasn't he? Maybe, if he were still at home, he'd find a small child to take trick or treating, and collect candy, too. His friends were planning Trick Or Treat escapades. He was jealous. Maybe if people at least dressed up here he'd feel better. But no. He tracked down Ben and asked him if he had any slasher flicks he could class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Sorry, really only family films," Ben admitted. "But I hear they're playing Scream in the community theater tonight," he added, seeing Lucas' face class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Like, older than me, Scream?" Lucas class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Geeze you're young," Ben class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""I'm 16," Lucas defended class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""I'm twice your age," Ben class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Geeze you're old," Lucas class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Work now, boys," Katie interjected. Both men looked down momentarily, and then got back to class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p2" /p
p class="p1"At dinner, Lucas found cupcakes with orange frosting. At least someone was making some effort to celebrate the holiday, even if there were no costumes. He helped himself to two of them, and ate them before his pizza, getting orange frosting on his nose. "You like Halloween, eh?" Tim asked class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Love it." He class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Are you going to come watch Scream with us tonight?"span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""I think so," Lucas class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p2" /p
p class="p1"After dinner, Lucas decided to go downstairs and watch Scream, despite it being older than he was. It wasn't the scary movie he wanted; in fact he laughed through most of it. Nonetheless, it was better than class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Sorry, really only family films," Ben admitted. "But I hear they're playing Scream in the community theater tonight," he added, seeing Lucas' face class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Like, older than me, Scream?" Lucas class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Geeze you're young," Ben class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""I'm 16," Lucas defended class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""I'm twice your age," Ben class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Geeze you're old," Lucas class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Work now, boys," Katie interjected. Both men looked down momentarily, and then got back to class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p2" /p
p class="p1"At dinner, Lucas found cupcakes with orange frosting. At least someone was making some effort to celebrate the holiday, even if there were no costumes. He helped himself to two of them, and ate them before his pizza, getting orange frosting on his nose. "You like Halloween, eh?" Tim asked class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Love it." He class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Are you going to come watch Scream with us tonight?"span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""I think so," Lucas class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p2" /p
p class="p1"After dinner, Lucas decided to go downstairs and watch Scream, despite it being older than he was. It wasn't the scary movie he wanted; in fact he laughed through most of it. Nonetheless, it was better than class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p