Jordan- 6
It was Fall once again and it was the month of October which meant one thing, Halloween. Hank let Jordan decorate the house every year and every years either he, Justin, or Erin would take her out. He didn't like his little girl being out on Halloween night because for many reason but as long as she was with him, his son or Erin it was fine.
It was Halloween day, houses were decorated, yards were decorated, lights were up. Kids were running down the street heading home to get ready. Jordan was holding her brother's hand as she happily skipped through on the sidewalk she then looked up at her brother.
"Justin can you dress up with me tonight please". Jordan says to her brother.
"I don't know Jo, that's for little kids". Justin replied.
"Please it'll be fun".
"I don't have a costume".
"We can go get one now. Please Justin please".
"Alright only for you though".
The siblings headed home to drop off Jordan's backpack then headed out to Target. Once there they were inside heading to the costume aisle. There were still many costumes and Jordan had a hard time choosing.
"What's it gonna be Jo". Justin said looking at the options.
"I don't know can I go look". Jordan replied.
"Stay where I can keep an eye on you".
"I will".
The six year old then went down the aisle from her brother but stayed in his sights she looked through all the costumes. She past the costumes and saw some of the mask they had, she seen one mask it scared her she ran back to her brother clutching onto his legs tightly. Justin was almost knocked down when he felt someone crash into his legs he looked down to see his sister scared.
"Jo Jo what's wrong". His voice got worried and concerned.
"The mask are scary".
"Jo they're suppose to be scary part of Halloween is being scary".
"I didn't like it".
"Let's find some costumes so we can head home and get ready".
After searching through many costumes Jordan picked out Robin and Justin got the last Batman costume. A half hour later the two arrived back home and changed, the elder Voight was in his room looking at himself as Batman.
"How did I get myself into this?" Justin asked himself.
"Justin! Come on!" Jordan called from downstairs.
"Coming!"
He then left his room heading downstairs once he was at the bottom of the stairs the front door was opened by Hank and Erin came in too. When the two seen Justin dressed up they had smiles on their faces.
"Hi daddy, hi Erin". Jordan greeted the two.
"Hey sweetheart". Hank says to his little girl.
"Hi Jo". Erin said next.
"Hey Pop, Erin". Justin said from the step.
The two look at him with smiles.
"Hey son". Hank greeted his son.
"Looking sharp". Erin commented.
"Jo's idea, I'm Batman and she's Robin".
The older father knew his son would do almost anything for Jordan to make her happy no matter what it was he would too.
"Justin said he'd dress up with me tonight". Jordan says happily.
"Well you two be careful out there tonight and be safe.". Hank told his children, he then looked to his little girl. "Jo stay where Justin can see you don't go off by yourself understand me".
"I understand".
He then looked to his son. "I want you to keep an eye on your sister tonight, don't let her out of your sights. She is to be in bed by 9:30".
"Got it Pop".
"Can I watch a scary movie after we trick or treat?" Jordan asked.
"Absolutely not". Hank says firmly.
"But why".
"You wouldn't be able to sleep tonight and you'd have nightmares".
"Ok no scary movies".
Hank and Erin headed back to work, it was 7 in the evening when the two siblings left the house. The sidewalks were filled with children, parents, and other people going house to house trick or treating. Jordan ran up to the house while Justin stayed back, he had felt no shame nor felt embarrassed about being dressed up. If it made his sister happy that's all that mattered.
"Justin?" A voice asked.
Justin turned to see his friend Mark. "Hey man".
"Why are you dressed like Batman? I didn't know you were into Halloween".
"Well I am".
"So trying to go out or something later?"
"Not really".
"So why are you out now?"
"I'm out with my sister".
Jordan came back and took a hold of her brother's hand and the two continued their way down the street. The six year old got a little scared by some of the decorations but she knew nothing would happen to her with Justin around. As the siblings were walking Justin made sure to keep his guard up around his sister, one thing his father taught him was to expect the unexpected.
The six year old was having fun trick or treating, she had half a bag of candy, she gave it to her brother because it was starting to get heavy. The air started to get colder which caused Jordan to shiver, Justin slid out of his jacket and wrapped it around his sister.
"Thank you Justin". Jordan says tiredly.
"No problem kiddo". Justin replied.
After walking for another half hour Justin saw his sister struggling to stay awake so he made sure the jacket was wrapped around her then lifted her up holding her in one arm and carried her sack of candy with the other. As he was walking home Justin got this uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach that something wasn't right. He turned around to see kids running on the sidewalk and in the streets. The elder man had the feeling someone was watching him he held onto his sleeping sister tightly and protectively. Nobody wasn't gonna do anything to his little sister.
Justin started to speed walk faster heading back to his house he heard something snap behind him which caused him to turn around again. No one was there he shook it off as a prank. Jordan was slowly waking up blindly she saw a figure walking towards her and her brother.
"Justin, I think someone's following us". Jordan tells her brother urgently.
He put his sister down and held an arm around her protectively, another thing his father taught him was to hide a weapon on him. He had a silver pocket knife in the waistband of his jeans. The two continued to walk again, Justin looked back to see no one behind them.
The six year old stopped as a figure stopped in front of her they wore a horrifying mask which scared her. "Justin!" She then ran and hid behind her brother gripping onto his legs.
"One wrong move and you're done". Justin warned the masked figure.
"Woah Justin it's me man". Mark said, taking off the mask.
"Damn you Mark, what the hell man".
"Sorry".
"Sorry doesn't cut it man".
Justin then tended to his scared little sister. "It's alright Jo Jo it was just my dumb friend Mark playing a prank on us".
"Sorry kiddo". Mark said to her.
"That was mean". Jordan scolded her brother's friend.
Picking his sister up again Jordan buried her face into her brother's shirt going to sleep again. Justin walked past his friend with a pissed off look Mark then chased after him.
"I'm sorry Justin, I didn't think it would actually scare her".
"She's six Mark! Of course it would scare her".
"It was only a prank".
"Well next time don't pick a mask like that or do a prank like that again, I was about to knock you on you're ass".
"I promise not to do it again".
"And if you do I will knock you out".
"Fair enough".
"Now if you don't mind I gotta get my sister home and put her to bed".
"Wanna hang out sometime?"
"Sure".
Justin then carried his sister home, once there he brought her up to her room and put her to bed. He left her in the Robin costume not wanting to change her he threw her blanket over her and kissed her head.
"Sleep tight Jo Jo". He whispered.
Going downstairs he made a bowl of popcorn and grabbed some candy from the bowl, he turned on the tv and began watching horror movies. Jordan awoke an hour later with a start she changed out of her costume and into a gray long sleeve shirt and black plaid pajama pants, she went downstairs to see her brother watching a movie and snacking on popcorn she ran down the stairs and curled up next to him.
Justin felt his sister beside him she was leaned into his side with her arms wrapped around his midsection. He looked down to see her struggling to stay awake so he cut the tv off.
"It's alright Jo you can go to sleep, I'm not going anywhere". Justin says soothingly.
"Will you keep the bad dreams away? Like daddy?" Jordan asked sleepily.
"Yeah I'll keep the bad dreams away. Afterall I'm Batman".
"No daddy's Batman you're Robin. Erin's Wonder Women".
Justin chuckled. "And who does that make you?"
"Supergirl".
The siblings fell asleep on the couch that night, Jordan remained curled into her brother's side and Justin had a protective arm around his baby sister.
A/N: Posted a one shot, check it out. Any request for this story feel free to send them in.