Pumpkin Guts and Halloween Candy

I walked out of my room, carrying two carving knifes wrapped in a towel. Macey was coming back from Study Hall, and she raised her eyebrows at me. "I thought you were going to "hang out" with Zach today," she started saying, uncovering knifes and smirking. "What's with the knives? Oh, this is for that knife fight thing in P&E, right?"

"We're not having a knife fight," I said, rolling my eyes. She stared at me with her icy blue eyes, trying to read me.

"Well, then…" She gestured towards the weapons and crossed her arms.

"We're carving pumpkins," I said a bit excitedly. "For my mom. She's gonna put them in the front of the gates. Make us look a bit friendlier to the public." I explained with a wink.

"Aw, Jack O' Lanterns?" She said. "That's cute. Let me know if you need any help. But I think you two have got it covered," she said, grinning mischievously. "Have funnnn." She winked at me before walking into our dorm and closing the door.

"Zach?" I said as I walked into an empty room filled with tables and a chalkboard. An old science lab. I looked around and saw a pile of pumpkins and candles sitting on a table. There were plastic buckets next to them.

"Hey, Gallagher Girl," Zach said. He came in behind me, carrying another bucket of pumpkins. He set them down next to the rest. "Okay, that's all the pumpkins I got from Joe," he said as I set my knife down at the table.

"Whoa, whoa." He said as I was unwrapping the knifes.

"Hmm?" I mumbled.

"Not cool. I had to bring three buckets of pumpkins and a bag of candles down here, and you brought two knifes?" He pouted. I put my finger on my chin and thought about it. Five seconds later, I shrugged.

"Eh. Life isn't very fair, if you think about it."

I scrunched up my nose at the smell of the guts as Zach took his knife and carved open the top of his first pumpkin. He steadily cut, slowly but surely, cutting open the pumpkin and taking off the top as I took off my watch and pulled my hair into a messy ponytail. I grabbed my pumpkin and started carving when something sticky and wet and just plain disgusting hit my arm. It was orange and it was gross.

It was pumpkin guts.

I looked up, utterly disgusted. Zach was pretty much on the floor, laughing his cocky, egotistical head off.

"Oh yeah, Blackthorne Boy?" I smiled deviously before reaching into his pumpkin shell and grabbing some of the disgusting goo, and throwing it at his face. He quickly stopped laughing and narrowed his eyes at me. I was giggling so hard.

Soon enough, we were covered in the goo. And only one pumpkin had been emptied. As a handful of goo was escaping my hand and aiming toward Zach's shoulder, the door opened. We froze in panic.

"Cameron, dear!" Madame Dabney exclaimed in a shocked expression. "And you, Zachary! Why, you two are covered in filth! What on earth is going on here?" She asked sternly. "You've made such a mess of yourselves!"

"Oh, um, hello Madame." Zach said, scratching his pumpkin-covered head. "We're just, uh, carving pumpkins for Headmistress Morgan and Jo –uh, Mr. Solomon."

"Well. You two are a mess," She said, turning up her nose and adjusting her glasses. "But have fun, alright? You may give any leftover pumpkin seeds to Chef to roast." She said before playfully shaking her head, smiling at us, and closing the door.

"Well… one pumpkin down." I said to Zach.

"And eleven to go." He responded, throwing one last piece of junk in my hair and smirking.

Nine pumpkins later, Zach and I were cutting out the eyes of the last two pumpkins.

"Once we're done," he started, his knife making its way towards a place for the nose, "We can put candles in all of 'em."

"'Kay. Are you almost done?" I said, grabbing a peak at his pumpkin.

"Yup. And you?"

Well. He was halfway through with the mouth. And I was on my first eye.

"Uh, not really." I said honestly with a laugh.

"Well you're in luck, Gallagher Girl." He said, finishing off his Jack O' Lantern's mouth. "I happen to be an expert pumpkin carver."

"Really now?" I challenged.

"Really." He confirmed.

He wasn't lying, that's for sure. He finished the pumpkin in the next five minutes, and it came out perfect.

"Eh, it's alright." I lied.

"All I get is an "alright"?" he said with a smirk. His eyes were extra bright that day, and his hair was shiny… well, as shiny as hair can get when there's pumpkin guts in it.

"Here, you can have this too." I said. I moved close to him as to give him a kiss on the cheek, but threw a handful of guts on his face instead. He mumbled some unkind words but laughed.

Soon enough, we were both on the floor, laughing our heads off again.

Once the pumpkins were outside and lit, and Zach and I had both cleaned ourselves off, my mother led Zach and I into the library area with the fireplace.

"And here's your reward," she said, playfully tossing a bag of M&M's on my lap and a bag of Snickers' on Zach's.

"Yes!" We both cried in unison. My mom shook her head at us and laughed.

"Well, if candy is all it takes, I'll have to get you two to do more decorating for me. Thanksgiving is coming up soon, and I was thinking –"

"Mother. Please. No." I begged. She smiled and sighed.

"Well, I suppose I can save it for another time." She grabbed an M&M from my bag before I could protest and popped it in her mouth. "Happy Halloween. Enjoy your candy."

"Happy Halloween, Blackthorne Boy." I said to Zach after my mom left.

"And happy Halloween to you too, Gallagher Girl."

a/n: happy halloween everyone! (: I figured some Zammie would be a good thing. and if you don't celebrate halloween, i understand and i hope this didn't insult anyone.

I live on the East Coast, so i was hit by sandy, and i hope you all are safe and okay. i love you all, and try to enjoy this holiday, even if you may not be able to go trick-or-treating. i love you all :)

also, i hope you guys liked this. (: i haven't had school all week, and i won't have it for the rest of the week, so i was bored and missed you guys. probably more updates to come, loves.

bye for now, my lovely forget-me-nots(:

- Sol ;*