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Jack's human last name Llington, short for Skellington.
Description of what Aiden looks like- Brown hair, shoulder length that she keeps in a messy bun. Green eyes. She's about 5'5. And she prefers baggy clothes and usually wears her favorite hoodie.
Didn't really edit this chapter much Just made it easier to read.
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Chapter Four
October 31; 10:00am
Samantha and Aiden's home
Halloween day
*knock knock*
I woke as my mother knocked at my bedroom door,
"Aiden! Time to wake up dear! I'm going to the store to get some candy for tonight. Do you need anything while I'm out?"
I groaned, that's right. Today was Halloween. "Aiden?"
I looked up from under my covers when she entered my room.
"Come on sleepy head! At least pretend to enjoy today?"
I hmphed in response. "Sigh, okay. I'll be back later."
I hmphed again as she left the room. It has always confused me, how could she still love this holiday? The day dad died? I slowly got out of bed and went to prepare for today.
"Why is she always so happy on this day? I've never seen her cry on Halloween. Why?"
October 31; 11:00 am
Halloween Town
Halloween day
It was finally Halloween, and we only had hours to finish our preparations for the main event. I was trying to finish as fast as I could to make sure that everything would go by with out any sort of problems, so I could go look for Aiden that night and not be distracted by anything.
I would only have a few hours to look for her, because I would be busy with all the preparations until we started at 6:00pm, and then I would have until midnight, (when we would have our final celebration for this year, an event I, as the Pumpkin King, would have to attend,) to find her.
Why couldn't I go any other time of the year? Well...I could, but I had decided not to venter anywhere outside of this holiday, due to a Christmas fiasco that had almost ended in disaster, luckily for us, and all the humans, Mr. Santy Clause had been able to fix everything before it all went even further to hell.
"Jack! Where are the candy bombs? We can only find the bug and goo bombs!"
I look up from the plans I was looking over, to the Mayor
"Those are almost ready, in fact they should be now...try checking with Sally. She was in charge of those."
The Mayor quickly ran off to find Sally, and I turned back to the plans I was looking over. Before I could go find Aiden, I had to make sure this would be the best Halloween ever.
October 31; 12:00pm
Samantha and Aiden's home
Halloween day
"Mom?"
I walked into the kitchen were she was putting candy into little Halloween themed bags. She looked up,
"Yes dear?"
I thought for a second, should I really ask her this? She looked concerned when I paused.
"Mom...why are you never sad on Halloween? You always have this big smile on this day, why?"
She frowned, then turned her attention back to the little bags of candy. After a long pause she finally answered,
"It's because it was Jack's, your father's, favorite holiday. And I always feel like he's still here, somewhere, planing the best Halloween he possibly can. I'm always sad on this day, but I put on this big smile for him...and for you. And, because this holiday was his favorite...just celebrating it makes me feel close to him."
I was shocked...all these years and mom smiled and celebrated Halloween for dad? I then realized how much I had tried to push this holiday away because of dad. But maybe it had been the wrong approach to deal with it. The more I thought about it, the more I realized mom was right.
"Mom? do you think..."
"Think what dear?"
I smiled, yes. This was the best way. I would be somehow closer to dad this way.
"Is it to late to get a costume?"