AN: I know I haven't posted a chapter in ages and I'm sorry but I have a lot to do so if I don't post for ages after this, I'm sorry. On with the story!

"Come on Mom! I want to go in here!" It was Saturday, one week before Halloween. The girls and I were at the mall with our daughters, Miley just came along with us for a break from her boys, looking for costumes.

"Okay, Lily. Let's go in!" She grabbed my hand and we all walked into the store. Once entering, I thought that we would definitely find costumes here. The store was two stories and packed with almost every single costume imaginable. Lily, Sara, Allison, Emma, and Hannah all ran for the princess costumes. They had decided to be Disney princesses for Halloween. They had most of what they needed from the costumes they had gotten previously but the girls had grown a bit and the gowns were a bit short.

"Oh, Mama, look at this one!" Lily exclaimed, grabbing a golden dress off the rack; she would be Belle, her favorite princess.

"That's gorgeous, honey! Why don't you go try it on?" And she raced towards the changing rooms, her friends not far behind. The girls and I laughed at their excitement and followed. Soon they emerged from the rooms.

Lily had on the golden dress, a perfect match to the movie. Sara was dressed as Jasmine, her blue Arabian outfit on, but with her stomach covered. Allison was dressed as Aurora, Sleeping Beauty, in a fancy blue gown. Emma, with Kelsi's red hair, had on a mermaid tail, making her Ariel. Finally, Hannah was Cinderella, in a sparkling dress. They all looked adorable in their dresses.

"You all look so cute!" Miley exclaimed, taking a picture of them with her phone.

Lily and her friends were done but now we had Rose, Alice and Nancy to take care of.

These three girls had something else in mind. They had decided to go the Disney route as well, but with a different approach. The girls were going to be Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck and Clarabelle Cow. So we headed back over to the racks. These costumes took slightly longer to find but when each costume was found, the three girls races off to the changing rooms to try on their costumes. They came out with big smiles and I knew they had found the perfect costumes. Rose wore Minnie's traditional red and white dress, yellow shoes and mouse ears. Alice, being Daisy, had on a purple dress, yellow shoes and duck bile. Lastly, Nancy had on a blue frilly dress, cow ears and a bell around her neck. It was perfect.

Miley took several more pictures while Taylor helped Kim pick out a costume. She ended up being a bunny and looking very cute. At long last it was our turn for costumes. The gang had decided, after the girls had chosen their costumes that we should do Disney as well. So this is what we decided:

Troy and I would be Belle and Beast (after he was human again)

Chad and Taylor would be Aladdin and Jasmine

Zeke and Sharpay would be Aurora and Phillip

Jason and Kelsi would be Ariel and Eric

Ryan and Heather would be Cinderella and Prince Charming

Jake and Miley would be Snow White and Prince Charming

All we had to do was find our costumes and try them on, the boys were all getting costumes tomorrow. We found them, along with all the accessories, with no problems and after another half-hour, we were out the door, heading home.

I said good-bye to the girls in the parking lot, got in the car and headed home.

"Honey, we're home!" I yelled as Rose, Lily and I entered the house. The girls giggled at me as Troy came in the back door, followed by Zac.

"Hi", he said, greeting me with a kiss. "How was shopping?"

"It was great, wasn't it girls? We've got everything we need for next week. You're still going out with the guys tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah, we're leaving around ten thirty. Can you recommend a shop?" Troy asked as the girls ran upstairs to put away their costumes.

"Yeah, there was this one that Lily saw and it had hundreds of costumes. We bought all ours there. I think it was "The Costume Corner" (made it up) or something like that."

"Thanks for the tip." I gave him one last kiss before going up into my room to hang up my costume before it wrinkled.

After that I made supper and then the family decided to play a game of basketball. Soon after we came in, Lily went to bed and Rose and I curled up on the couch in the library and began to read "The Little Princess". This was something the two of us did every night. Sometimes I would read her chapter books and others she would read me a small story. It was our time alone, something I enjoyed. As promised, I was also beginning to teach Rose math one night a week. It always amazes me how much alike we were. During this time, Zac and Troy would do something as well.

Before I knew it, it was October 30th, the day of our annual Halloween party. This year, it would be held at our home. I spent the whole day decorating, adding to our already decorated home. Troy and I loved holidays and we went all out for them. Our house was like the Haunted Mansion this year, gravestones decorating the yard with fake overgrown plants. The inside was covered in cobwebs and electronic bats were flying around the main floor. We also had paintings of monsters with moving eyes decorating the walls. That was what it had been like for a few weeks but tonight, The house was to be transformed into the Beast's Castle. The decorator came in with a few men and by two o'clock that afternoon; they had packed up and gone.

At five o'clock, I heard the doorbell ring. I was just putting the finishing touches on my outfit. I looked in the mirror, putting on my earrings, replicas of those in the movie. I had everything the same, from my hair to my shoes. Troy also looked exactly like the Beast, he had even gotten a little extension to put on his hair for the ponytail. This party was going to be great, I thought. The kids were at my mom's for the night as they didn't have school tomorrow and this was the grownup party.

Finally, at 5:30pm, Troy poked his head in.

"Are you ready?" He asked. Taking one last look in the mirror I nodded. He offered me his arm and we made our way to the top of the stairs. As we reached the end of the hall, the DJ switched the song. I placed my hand on Troy's as the crowd faced us and we made our way down the carpeted staircase to the melody of "Tale as Old as Time". As we reached the main floor, Troy spun me onto the dance floor and we danced to the song, the other couples joining soon after.

I smiled as we waltz around the floor until the song ended. I clapped along with everyone else. After that song a slew of Disney songs followed, one corresponding with each of the costumes worn by my close circle of friends. Troy and I went to greet our guests after "So This Is Love" came to a close. I walked over to greet some of my other co-workers from the school. Troy and I mingled with the guests, talked with our friends and danced a bit more before dinner was served at 7:30pm.

We made our way to the dinning room and Troy sat at the head of the table, me on his right side. The meal was served, with Halloween twists in every course, and ending with a huge Halloween cake, looking like a graveyard. After dinner, everyone made their way back to the main room where the party continued until 2:00am. When Chad and Taylor had said good-bye, Troy and I took one look at the empty house before crawling upstairs and falling into bed, and drifting off the minute our heads hit the pillows.

Halloween night arrived without a hitch. I set out the candy and helped the kids into their costumes. Zac, and all the other boys, had decided to be basketball players. He had on a jersey, shorts and basketball sneakers. I looked at Troy's picture when he was Zac's age and they could have been twins.

As 7:00pm approached, Chad, Zeke, Jason, Ryan, and Jake showed up at the door along with their kids. They, along with Troy, were taking the kids out, as they have done every year. At 7:00 I waved good-bye as they left. I talked on the phone with the girls and gave out candy until everyone came home 2 hours later. The kids had some candy and went to bed soon after. Troy and I slipped into bed with some popcorn at 10:00pm and popped in a movie. At twelve, we turned off the TV and went to sleep, preparing for the next day.