Friday Night
Flynn and Andrea were volunteering at the haunted house. Flynn was a zombie and Andrea was giving out snacks. The house was a safe place for kids to play on halloween, a night known for mischief, particularly in the seedier neighborhoods. The kids were having a blast, running, jumping spooking each other and eating cookies. The parents wandered about, some of them watching their kids, many of them not. They had plenty of monitors to make sure the kids played safely.
Flynn snuck up behind this one woman and spooked her. She responded by hitting him with her purse, chasing him throughout the house. Andrea saw him and started cracking up.
Brenda and Fritz arrived with Marcus. The grandparents were hanging out in the lounge. Marcus snuck up behind this little girl and spooked her. She thought it was funny. He tickled her, and then he went on to play with some of the older kids. He was having lots of fun. He hadn't played with any kids since he came to LA. He hadn't been enrolled in school yet.
Fritz tried to sneak up on Brenda, but she knew it was him. She turned around, and they shared a quick kiss.
"We need to get Marcus into a school," Brenda told him.
"I know. I looked up Andrea's house. It's in a good school district."
"Is that a yes?"
"It's a maybe. I want to see more about the proposed terms."
"Speaking of the devil." ANdrea walked by with cookies.
Brenda took one and bit down. "Pumpkin, yummy!"
"Those are for the kids," Andrea laughed. "Any treats for grownups?" Brenda asked.
"You didn't hear it from me, but there's rum punch in the staff's tent."
Brenda was off. Fritz laughed and shook his head. "Why would you tell her that?"
"Cause I'm just plain no good."
"Good to know."
"Brenda asked about the house. Did you want to talk about it on Monday?"
"Sure. Lunch."
"I can do that."
"Good."
Brenda came back and stole another cookie.
Sharon's House
Sharon was cooking dinner. Bobby would be coming over soon. Rusty fell asleep in his chair. He woke up and stumbled into the kitchen. He came into the kitchen, mumbled something, and went to get some milk.
He drank his milk. Whatever she was cooking smelled really good. She probably has a date with her cowboy lover. "Bobby coming over tonight?"
"Yes."
"I can skedaddle if you want."
"No need. You're welcome to dinner."
"I don't want to be a third wheel, and I assume Bobby would rather just eat with you."
"Oh Stop! I hardly see you as it is anyway."
"What?"
"If you're not in school or in your room, your with Kyle."
"We've have been seeing a lot of each other," Rusty admitted.
"How is that going?"
"It's going great." Rusty wanted to spare her the details.
"How come you're not with him now?"
"I think he's asleep."
"Do you want to help cook?"
"Sure, what do I do?"
Can you cut up these potatoes? I'm going to roast them.
"Sure."
They got to work.
Eliza's Loft
She and Gabriel were watching The Nightmare Before Christmas. Well, Eliza was watching. David fell asleep. At least, he didn't snore. Eliza ate popcorn and enjoyed the show.
The park
Bobby took Hunter for a walk. She loved to sniff the grass and bark at passers by. Hr took her home and gave her some water. Then, he took a shower and shaved his face. He got dressed and drove to Sharon's house.
He knocked on the door. Rusty opened it and Bobby could instantly smell steak. "That smells great."
"It's Calvin Klein. Also, Sharon's in the next room." Rusty ribbed.
"I meant the steak."
"Sure you did."
Bobby came inside. His girlfriend was plating the food. She was wearing an apron that said "Kiss the Chef." He did just that.
"Hey, Bobby."
"Dinner's ready."
"Great." He kissed her again. Rusty shook his head.
They ate rib-eye, roasted potatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, and onions. Sharon had a glass of wine, Bobby a beer and Rusty had soda.
"So how's school champ?"
"It goes, oh so slowly."
"That's high school for you. I couldn't wait to leave."
"Really, I bet you were popular."
"I was. The popular thing to do was ditch and smoke cigarettes in the back. I was getting written up every week. My senior year, they ran out of detentions for me, so I had to do extra work."
Rusty laughed. "I haven't had that kind of trouble."
"Brenda was worse. She didn't go to her afternoon classes every day for a month. One day, the principal called Mama. She followed Brenda after lunch to see where she went. She had this high school dropout boyfriend, and she would ride around on the back of his motorcycle. Mama was so mad."
"She ditched for a whole month." Rusty couldn't believe it.
"She still was summa cum laude. That's how bad out high school was."
Rusty and Sharon laughed at that. "I can't see know it all Brenda skipping school."
"She was a good girl who liked bad boys."
"I could see that," Sharon stated.
"Anyway, Mama made Brenda go to summer school, even though she didn't actually fail anything. Brenda hated it. She had to spend her summer with all the dumb kids, and the teachers who were too boring to go away for the summer."
"Sharon," Rusty started. "How was your high school experience?"
"I wasn't very popular. I did my homework, went to class, didn't help people cheat on my tests. I wasn't so unpopular, just kind of a wallflower."
"You've always loved rules."
"It's just easier to follow them."
"I hate rules," said Bobby. "I do what I want."
"I bet that runs in the family."
"So does having a sweet tooth." He kissed her.
Rusty shook his head.
Washington, DC
Charlie was a Victoria Secret's Angel for halloween. She wore angel wings and a lacy green bra and studded black jeans. She and her boyfriend went to a party. She and her girlfriends were dancing. A boy started a casual conversation. Her boyfriend was clearly annoyed. Charlie was polite, but she cut the conversation a short. She asked her boyfriend if he would get her a drink.
"Why, so you can flirt with that guy?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I saw the way he was looking at you."
"I wasn't looking at him that way, and he was just making conversation."
"Sure he was."
Charlie got her own drink. She was not in the mood.
She came back and her friends asked her if she was okay. "I'm fine. It's just, he's not normally like this."
"How do you expect this to work when you're in LA?"
"I don't know." She sipped her mediocre beer.
Dave's Fish and Chips
The family sat in a booth. Marcus was in between his grandparents and opposite his father and stepmother. Henry got a beer. Brenda a soda. She had plenty of rum at the haunted house. Molly got some wine. Fritz got cranberry juice and Marcus got a classic, chocolate milk.
They started with a basket of wings for their appetizer. They got mild. "Have you found a house yet?" Henry asked them.
"We have a meeting on Monday."
Brenda didn't know that. Maybe he told her, and she wasn't listening. SHe didn't think so.
"Marcus needs to go to school, sometime." Molly mentioned.
"No I don't." said Marcus.
"We'll get him settled soon," assured Brenda.
They started with wings. They were nice and juicy. They came with celery and blue cheese. Brenda punted on the cheese, so did Marcus
They continued to chat about the haunted house and life in LA. Molly had a lot of questions. She was more talkative today. She was slowly accepting that she and Henry would be flying home without their baby.
Their platters came. Marcus got the kid's portion, so did Molly. Everyone else got full platters. Brenda got the garlic aioli dipping sauce. "So good."
"What's aioli?" Marcus asked her.
"It's a mixture of mayonnaise, olive oil, lemon juice and whatever flavor you want to add."
"Can I try some?"
Brenda handed him the little cup.
"It's fatty. I like it."
Fritz was happy to see that they got along so well. He kissed his wife on the cheek.
Sharon's House
"Brenda and Fritz are looking for a house," Bobby mentioned.
"Really. What's wrong with their apartment?"
"No room for Marcus."
"Who?"
"Did I not tell you? Fritz has a son."
Sharon and Rusty both spit out their drinks. "What?"
"He came on a plane with his grandparents on Wednesday."
"Where has he been all this time?"
"Chicago. His ex never told him."
"You ever worry about that?" Rusty asked him.
"About what."
"About getting a mystery child one day."
"No, but you never know."
Rusty looked at Sharon. "I never had any secret children."
"Just wondering."
"I forgot where I was going with this. I need to figure out where I'm going to live."
"Why don't you live here?" suggested Rusty.
"What!" said Sharon.
"You practically live here anyway. Sharon doesn't sleep when you're not here."
"I do too."
"I can hear you in the living room watching late night tv."
"You can?"
"I have a dog." Sharon admitted.
"This sounds like a great idea," said Rusty.
"You don't think it's a little fast."
"It's really fast, but it might be fun."
"I might need some earplugs," said Rusty.
Sharon gave him a look.
Bobby laughed. "We could try foam padding the walls, or use a ball-gag.."
"Bobby!"
Rusty and Bobby gave each other high fives. "Just teasing."
"Men!"
Rene's Bistro
Mikki and Katie were eating dinner. Mikki was a little nervous. She hadn't been on a proper date in a while. She hoped that Katie liked this place. It was fancier than she was used to.
Mikki looked at the menu. She didn't recognize half of it. "What do you think?"
"It looks really nice, but honestly, I would have been fine with something simple like tacos."
"Really?"
"I'm not really into fancy stuff."
"But you work in a theater with a lot of famous people."
"And when I get home, I put on sweatpants, a t-shirt and watch crappy tv."
"Me too!"
"Wanna blow this popsicle joint."
"Hell yeah!" The two women promptly took off in search of some tacos.
They found a takeout place and brought home a bag full of tacos. Mikki promptly took off her dress and put on a t-shirt. She got one for Katie and they began to chow down as they watched E!
"I feel much better now," Mikki said.
"Me too. It was nice though, that you wanted to impress me, but I like you just as you are."
Mikki kissed her. It was a little crunchy. They both laughed.
"Maybe more of that after dinner."
Amanda Bynes got arrested again. What ever happened to her? She went from normal to Lindsay in like 1 week.
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