So, I originally planned on having this up earlier today, but I babysat my cousin's daughter and I was exhausted. So I napped… ANYWAY. I had an urge to write another chapter of this, so I did. It's short, but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Chapter Fourteen

Mattie joined Kendall and Logan on the couch after he finished his homework. "Daddy, it's October now."

Kendall looked at him. "I know."

Mattie sighed. "We need to buy my Halloween costume. And on fro Professor Bear!"

Kendall chuckled. "OK. We'll go to Tar-"

"Not Target!" Mattie interrupted.

Logan laughed and Kendall shot him a look. To Mattie, he said, "Excuse me?"

"I wanna go to the Halloween store in the mall," Mattie said. "I know they have an Iron Man costume. And then we can go to Build-a-Bear and get a Captain America costume for Professor Bear."

"I need to go to the Halloween store too," Logan said to Kendall. "So I can get decorations for the party James, Jett, and I are throwing."

"Can I go to the party?" Mattie asked.

Logan looked at him and put a hand on his head. "Sorry, Big Guy. It's for adults only."

Mattie frowned. "OK…"

Logan ruffled Mattie's hair. "I'm gonna go Trick or Treating with you, though."

That got a smile out of Mattie. "OK."

"Logan," Kendall said, "Do you and James have to throw the party with Jett?"

Logan removed his hand from Mattie's head. "Well, we're across the hall from each other. We have the same group of friends. Our apartments alone aren't big enough for a party. It makes sense to combine."

"But that means you and Jett have to plan together." Kendall didn't like the idea of Logan being alone with Jett. Especially since Jett clearly wanted Logan.

"James is involved in the planning process too," Logan said. He smiled. "Are you worried that Jett's gonna try to make a move?"

Kendall frowned and looked at the TV. "No," he lied.

Logan leaned over Mattie to give Kendall a kiss. "Nothing is gonna happen with Jett."

"But what if you're drunk, and-"

"No amount of alcohol will cause me to get with Jett. Especially since I have you."

Kendall had to smile. "OK. I feel better now."

Mattie huffed, bringing the attention back to him. "Can we go to the mall to get my costume?"

Kendall rolled his eyes. "Sure. Logan and I can get our costumes too."

"What are you guys gonna be?" Mattie asked.

"Spider-Man, obviously," Kendall said.

"I'm gonna be Batman," Logan told Mattie. "And I think I'm gonna dress Snow up as Robin," he added, referring to his white tiger from Build-a-Bear.

Mattie smiled. "That's a good idea. Oh! Can we dress Fudge up for when we go Trick or Treating?" Hearing his name, Fudge ran over to Mattie.

"That's a wonderful idea!" Logan said with excitement.

Kendall grinned. "Alright. On Thursday, we'll go to the mall and pet store for Halloween stuff." He poked Mattie's forehead. "You wanted to ask Logan something?"

Mattie nodded and looked up at Logan with big eyes. "Parents night is next week at my school. Do you… wanna come with us?"

It appeared that Logan had tears in his eyes. "Of course I'll go."

Mattie squealed and gave Logan a hug. "Yay! I love you, Logan!"

Logan hugged him back. "I love you too, Big Guy."

Kendall smiled at them as a realization struck him. It didn't scare him like he thought it would. Everything felt right, actually. He loved Logan.

…

"You should buy some decorations for your house too," Logan told Kendall as they walked through the mall. Mattie was in between them, holding their hands. Kendall was holding Professor Bear because "he had to be there to pick out his costume."

"I want Halloween decorations!" Mattie said. "We can buy ghosts to hang in our tree. Those grave thingies. Some lights. Oh! Daddy, we need to get pumpkins!"

"Oh my god! We do!" Logan agreed. "We can have a little pumpkin carving party."

Kendall laughed. "You love Halloween, don't you, Logan?"

"It's my favorite holiday."

"Mine too!" Mattie informed Logan. "You get to dress up and get candy. It's fun!"

They reached the Halloween store. "OK," Kendall said. "We get our costumes then pick out decorations."

"OK," Mattie and Logan said. Logan picked Mattie up and ran off to the kids' section. Kendall chuckled and followed them. When he reached them, they had already found an Iron Man costume.

"What's his size?" Logan asked Kendall. Kendall told him and Logan grabbed the right one then handed it to Kendall. "Now let's get our costumes."

They quickly picked out their costumes then split up to get decorations. Logan wanted to get scary decorations for the party, and Kendall aimed to get kid-friendly stuff for his house. He got orange lights to line the outside of the house with, several ghosts to hang up in the small tree on their front yard, and some gravestones that had Halloween puns written on them. When they found Logan, his arms were filled with shit.

"You got enough stuff there?" Kendall asked.

"No. I'm gonna have to some back with James tomorrow."

"Aren't you going a little overboard, dear?"

"Not at all. Let's pay."

After they paid, they went off to Build-a-Bear. Mattie got Professor Bear a Captain America costume, and Logan got Snow a Robin costume. Next, they went to the pet store and looked at the animal costumes.

"THEY HAVE THOR!" Mattie screamed with joy. "Daddy, can we get it for Fudge?"

"Sure, kid. He'll look great in it."

During the drive back, Kendall said to Logan, "So I was thinking."

"About what?" Logan asked with a smile.

"A few things. Um. Maybe you, me, Mattie, Carlos, James, and your parents could go pick out pumpkins on Saturday. Then we can all carve them at my house."

"Sure," Logan said. "My parents will love that. I have to work at the library until one."

"So we can meet at one thirty?"

"OK. What else were you thinking about?"

Kendall bit his lip. "Maybe on the night of your party… Mattie could spend the night at your parents' house? If they wouldn't mind."

Logan gave Kendall a huge smile. "They'd love that."

Kendall nodded, relieved his idea wasn't stupid. "I'll ask them on Saturday."

"And they'll say yes."

…

On Saturday, they all met up at the pumpkin patch. Mattie was thrilled to see Logan's parents and James. He helped all three of them pick out pumpkins.

"Daddy, Granny's getting little pumpkins. Can I get some too?"

Kendall smiled at him. "Sure." As Mattie walked off, Kendall turned to Logan. "Your parents seem to love having Mattie around.

"They do," Logan said as he put a pumpkin into their little wagon. "I think when they realized I was gay, they gave up on the dream of having grandchildren. Then Mattie came along and the dream was real."

"We've only been together four months."

"So?"

"Mattie and I are like part of your family now. After such a short time."

"Is that a bad thing?" Logan asked.

Kendall shook his head. "I just never expected it. I never thought a significant other's family would accept me. And I didn't think they'd love Mattie so much. How did this happen?"

Logan stepped in front of Kendall and gave him a kiss. "You're lucky, I guess."

"I feel bad, though."

"Why?"

"My mom isn't too accepting of you."

Logan shrugged. "I'm still holding out hope that she'll come around when she realizes I'm not going anywhere. Because I'm sticking around, dear. You know that, right? You and Mattie will never lose us."

"Good," Kendall said softly. "Because we don't wanna lose you either."

"Daddy! Logan!" Mattie came running over to them. "One of the pumpkins I got is white!"

"That's so cool," Logan said.

"I know," Mattie said with a smile. "Granny said we can paint the little pumpkins."

"We did that when I was little," Logan told Mattie. He saw James and Carlos walking over with a huge ass pumpkin. "I take it everyone's ready to go?"

They paid for the pumpkins then headed back to the house.

"Mattie," Kendall said when they got inside. "Leave Fudge in his cage."

"Why?" Mattie asked with a pout.

"Because he might mess up the pumpkin carving. Now. Go help Uncle Carlos and Uncle James lay down newspapers."

"OK." Mattie grabbed Professor Bear and shuffled away.

"Can you go get the knives and such, Logan?" After Logan left, Kendall turned to the Mitchells. "Can I ask you guys something?"

"Sure," Mr. Mitchell said as he put some pumpkins on the floor.

"On the twenty-seventh, Logan and James are having a Halloween party. Um. Carlos and I are going. Could you guys, uh, watch Mattie for the night? Like, until the next morning?"

Mrs. Mitchell's eyes lit up. "We'd love to!"

"It'll be so fun," Mr. Mitchell said with a bright smile. "It's been a while since we've had a little guy sleep over."

Kendall was glad Logan's parents were so excited about Mattie staying over. "He'll be happy when I tell him."

"Daddy, Logan won't let me touch a knife."

Kendall walked up to Mattie's play area where they laid out the newspapers and pumpkins. "Good. You're too young to play with knives."

"But I wanna cut into a pumpkin!"

"Someone will do it for you."

"But-"

"You could hurt yourself. Look. You can draw the faces on your pumpkin and mine."

"OK…" Mattie sat down in front of a pumpkin he picked out. "Can we start?"

Everyone cut into their pumpkins and started to take out the seeds.

"You know," Mrs. Mitchell said, "I can cook the seeds so we can eat them."

"Oh! I've always wanted to do that," Carlos said.

"James and I can show you."

"We can watch Hocus Pocus while we eat the pumpkin seeds!" Logan suggested.

"Yeah!" Mattie agreed, flinging some pumpkin seeds a little. "I love that movie!"

"Then we'll watch it," Kendall said with a laugh. "And be careful with the pumpkin seeds, kid."

"OK," Mattie said as he continued to scoop out his pumpkin. "Are these the pumpkin's brains?"

Logan chuckled. "Not really. You can use them to grow more pumpkins. Or eat them."

"Can we grow our own pumpkin? Daddy, can we please grow our own pumpkin?"

"I'll think about it," Kendall said.

"Will we put all these pumpkins on our front porch?" Mattie asked.

"Sure," Logan and his parents said. They looked at James expectantly.

James looked at them too. "What? I wanted to keep my pumpkin."

"James, we have nowhere to put it," Logan told him.

Mattie scooted closer to James. "I'll take real good care of your pumpkin for you."

James sighed in defeat. "Fine. You can put my pumpkin on your front porch."

Mattie hugged James. "Thank you, Uncle James! I love you!"

Kendall watched James' face soften as he hugged Mattie back. "Love you too, Little Dude."

Kendall smiled. He had figured James would be a tough nut to crack. Yet there he was, falling for Mattie's charms. It was hard to not love Mattie, after all.

Mattie watched Logan, James, and Carlos draw faces on their pumpkins before he did his own. Then he observed closely as Kendall cut it for him. "Is it scary?"

"Very," Kendall said. "Now let's do my pumpkin."

Once they finished carving, they all helped clean up. Then Carlos, James, and Mrs. Mitchell went into the kitchen to cook the pumpkin seeds.

"Can we put our Halloween decorations?" Mattie asked. "Pumpkins too?"

"We have to keep Logan and Grampy entertained."

"We'll help," Mr. Mitchell said.

Logan nodded. "And I'm sure it'll be very entertaining."

It was actually. Mattie naturally picked out where the gravestones and ghosts went. Kendall even let him climb the tree once to put a ghost up. As Kendall and Logan hung the lights up, Mr. Mitchell and Mattie directed them so they'd hang the lights straight. They arranged the pumpkins—now Jack-o'-lanterns—on the front porch last. Mattie wanted to light them, but Kendall had forgotten to get candles. So that had to wait.

When they got inside, Fudge greeted them. Carlos obviously let him out of his cage.

"Just in time!" Carlos called from the kitchen. "The pumpkin seeds are ready!"

"Sweet!" Kendall called back. "Mattie, go get Hocus Pocus."

"OK!" Mattie nodded and darted off, Fudge following.

As they watched the movie, Logan snuggled up against Kendall. Mattie sat in Mrs. Mitchell's lap, and Mr. Mitchell held Professor Bear. Carlos and James sat on the floor, eating most of the pumpkin seeds as Fudge watched them with hope.

Kendall couldn't stop himself from feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. It was such a lovely picture. A happy family. The kind of family he always wanted Mattie to have. And Logan had brought it all to them.

Kendall kissed the top of Logan's head and whispered, "Thank you."

Logan looked up at him. "For what?"

"Everything."

Logan laughed and gave Kendall a kiss. "You're welcome, I guess."

James and the Mitchells got ready to leave after the movie.

Mattie frowned at Logan's parents. "We never got to paint to little pumpkins."

"Tell you what," Mrs. Mitchell said. "One day you can come over to out house and we can paint the little pumpkins."

Mattie smiled. "When?"

"In three weeks," Kendall said. "And you can spend the night at their house."

Mattie's entire face lit up. "Can Fudge come too?"

"Sure," Mr. Mitchell said with a laugh. "He can play with our doggies."

Mattie did a weird little happy dance. "I can't wait. How long is three weeks?"

"Twenty-one days," Logan answered.

"Can we go count it on the calendar?"

"After you hug Granny, Grampy, and Uncle James good-bye."

Mattie did so, and once they were gone, he pulled Logan to the kitchen. "We can write it on the calendar too. Orange is my color."

"You look happy," Carlos commented to Kendall.

"I am," Kendall said. He grinned as he listened to Mattie and Logan count. "And Mattie seems happy too, doesn't he?"

"Oh, he's very happy," Carlos said. "I didn't think it was possible for him to be happier than he already was. But I was proven wrong."

"Logan is the best person I've ever dated."

"He sure as fuck is," Carlos agreed.

Kendall laughed. "He's brought good things, right?"

"He had. You're happier with him around, man. There's a light in your eyes these days that I've never seen before. Not until Logan."

"I love him."

Carlos smiled. "I know. When are you gonna tell him?"

"Not sure."

Logan and Mattie walked back into the room. Logan picked Mattie up and sniffed him. "Yuck! Someone's starting to smell. I think it's bath time."

"But I wanna be smelly," Mattie insisted.

"Girls won't like you if you stink," Carlos said. "Trust me."

"Emmy will still like me."

Logan laughed. "I'm sure she'd rather you smell good."

Mattie sighed. "Fine. Let's take a bath."

Later, when they settled in bed, Kendall asked Logan, "Do you like all this?"

"Like what?"

"All this family shit."

Logan smiled. "I do. James actually says I'm like a mom these days."

Kendall laughed. "You totally are!"

Logan smacked him lightly. "Ass. But… I do kinda dig being a dude mom. And I like being a part of your family. It feels right, being with you and Mattie."

Kendall took Logan's hand and kissed it. "Having you around feels right. We're lucky to have you. I always want you around. I…" Kendall was about to say it. He was so close, but he chickened out. "You're great."

Logan snuggled closer to Kendall. "You're pretty great yourself, dear. And I'm not going anywhere. I promise."