Chapter 18-Spooky Scary Skeletons

Third Person:

"Buckybuckybuckybuckybuckybuckybucky guess what day it is!" Beni said, hobbling into the room excitedly and bouncing up and down the best he could without falling over. He raised and eyebrow as he took a sip of coffee, putting down the newspaper he had been skimming through. It had been Steve who always read the damned things all the way through, and how he knew that, he had no freaking clue.

It had been a week since their 'Fun Night,' and Beni and Bucky had been hanging out a lot more ever since. They went for ice cream, the mall, movie theaters, and a whole crap load of other stuff that they found either fun or calming. They've also been catching up on movies from the fifties and up. A part of Bucky was fascinated by the fact that they were in color, but that part always disappeared quickly because then he remembered that he was in the twenty-first century, not the forties. It felt weird having to remind himself of that every now and then.

But Bucky was also growing super nervous. Should he tell Beni that he's really from the forties that is now an ex-assassin? What would her reaction be? Would she be mad and kick him out? Or would she be furious and try to kill him? Would she be chill? Understanding? And if he did, what if she called anyone that was S.H.I.E.L.D. or HYDRA related. Anyone who wants his head on a silver platter would come for him, and he couldn't risk that. If they did ever come, he and Beni both would be in some serious trouble.

"Uh... October 31st?" he answered.

"And what's on October 31st?" she urged him on.

"Uhh..."

"Please tell me you know what Halloween is," she sighed. Her bouncing had stopped long enough for Bucky to shrug. "Well, it's fixable. I need you to help me put up decorations."

"What kind?"

"Spooky stuff. Halloween is a scary holiday and stuff. Kids come and knock on the door for free candy and we get to carve pumpkins and put up super creepy decorations while we either play scary sounds or my favorite Halloween song."

"What's you favorite Halloween song?"

"Spooky Scary Skeletons, of course."

Bucky sighed and ran his hands down his face.

"Of course it is," he stood up. "Where are the decorations?"

"In the garage. While you do that, I'm gonna go candy shopping. I have to get enough for us and them. See you later, Chewwy!"

And with that she was out the door and on her way to Walt-Mart or some party store, leaving Bucky to do the decorations by himself.

He sighed and went down to the garage and got the boxes labeled 'Halloween' in Beni's twisty hand writing and brought them up to the living room. When he opened one of them a whole crap load of orange and black spilled out of the box. That would explain the duct tape on the other four.

This box was full of fuzzy steamer thingies and fake human bones, and Bucky suddenly wondered if killing a HYDRA agent and putting him up for decoration on a night like this was socially acceptable.

Beni was excited and stayed excited on her way to and into the store. But she was also a bit worried on what Bucky's childhood was like. And it made sense considering he didn't know what Halloween was. But she was determined to fix that tonight. She was buying double than what was needed, and some tiny head bands. On with bumblebee antennas and one with wolf ears, along with some Halloween movies she would make him watch with her. She also got a pumpkin carving kit for Bucky.

Thankfully she was able to get a good spot in line, in front of a very silent man and behind a little girl and her dad. The little girl was staring at her in awe, and Beni gave her a warm smile.

"Were you in the army?" she asked. Her dad turned around, looked at his little girl, then at Beni, and quickly apologized. Beni waved him off, still smiling.

"Yeah, I was. What about you?"

"I'm a general!" she said excitedly.

"She has these little plastic army men at home," the dad said sheepishly.

"It's an honor to be in the presence of such a strong general like yourself," Beni played along, snapping at attention. The girl did the same, puffing out her chest a little bit, and Beni quickly switched the girl's salute from a left handed to a right handed with a laugh. The father was chuckling a little bit as well.

"If you don't mind me asking, what was your rank?" he asked.

"I was a captain for almost ten years, but then got promoted to colonel after losing a leg and bring a crap ton of our injured people back to base."

The dad whistled while the girl jumped around excitedly, and the line moved forward and checked out.

"So what are you gonna be for Halloween ?" Beni asked as they got their bags together. She put her back pack on the counter and emptied it out so the clerk could scan her items.

"I'm gonna be Thor!" the little girl replied, taking out a plastic hammer and swinging it around like a baseball bat. Beni laughed and ruffled her hair.

"I bet you can beat him with one hand tied behind your back. I hear he's a sucker for kids as adorable as you."

The girl jumped around excitedly and waved to Beni, who waved back. Then she turned to the cashier, paid, thanked her, and left with her bag full of candy and a giant smile on her face.

When Beni opened the front door she honestly didn't know what to expect. But the front lawn poked really badass.

But the inside was... Still in progress.

There were decorations spread out on the floor and tangled around everything in one big mess. The fake spiders and web was in random places (she found some in the microwave) and there was a pumpkin something in the oven. The pumpkins she picked out for carving were on the table, untouched. Long story short, it was utter chaos.

"Rupunzel, let down your hair!" she called, setting her bag on the table.

"You walked right past me," he replied, stepping out of the living room and into the kitchen, covered head to toes in the decorations that had been on the floor.

She didn't know if that was sad or to be expected. But she just smiled and sighed, shaking her head slightly.

"Come here, let me help," she made the 'come here' move with her hands and be hesitantly obliged. Once Bucky's face was uncovered, she stuck the antennas on him, and gave Beni a quizzical look at her wolf headband, but said nothing as she was getting him untangled. When she was done he stood up a little straighter and touched the striped balls connected to his head.

"Why couldn't I get the wolf ones?" he asked.

"Because I look bad in stripes," Beni relied smoothly, taking out a howl for the candy.

"But-"

"-No buts. Now go put this next to the door."

Bucky huffed, putting on his mean face as he took the bowl, which just made Beni laugh as she grabbed a knife from the kit and started cutting off the top of one of the pumpkins.

Later that evening, after the pumpkin carving and the trick or theaters (though they still stayed up in case there were any teens or something), Beni settled down on the couch next to Bucky, yawning as she did so. They were watching a Halloween themed Scooby-Door movie, and it was almost midnight, but not quite. Before Beni could get any more settled, Bucky got up, shut the screen door, and shut off the porch light (which was the universal sign saying 'hey, come get candy!') Then he sat back down in the same exact position he had been in, and let Beni rest her head on his shoulder. A few minutes later she was fast asleep. He could tell by her steady breathing and slight snoring. But he was able to clarify it completely when she shifted and her head fell in his lap.

Bucky rolled his eyes and got comfy. If he got up he would wake Beni, an she when she first wakes up her moods are always different.

He soon fell asleep as well, in the comfort Beni gave him.