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Note: The cartoon characters the kids are for Halloween are some of my favorites. I don't own them either. ***************** "You're weak, Harm," Mac said with a smile as they watched their children run up to the next house. "She got that puppy dog look from you, Mac, and you know I can never refuse you." She nodded. "Exactly." Spongebob Sqarepants, aka Nicholas, rushed over to his parents. He was holding a Snickers bar. "Look! I got a big one!" he told them. "Yummy," Mac replied, licking her lips. Harm laughed. "You know, I should have dressed you up and given you a pillow case. You could probably pass for a child." Mac punched him the arm. "Stop being mean!" "Girls, you ready to go to the next house?" Harm asked. Rena glanced at her Sailor Scouts. She was Sailor Moon and Christiana and Trisha were Sailor Mars and Mercury. "Yeah, Mom." The three children made a mad dash for the next house. Harm wrapped an arm around Mac's shoulders as they followed at a slow pace, sidestepping other children. Mac sighed contentedly and lean her head on him. She didn't think anything could make her happier than this moment. She had a handsome and caring husband, five beautiful children, and one on the way. Thinking of Maddie, she put her hand on her stomach. The little one kicked back at her. "Maddie wants to go trick-or-treating too," she said with a laugh. "Does she?" Harm asked, placing his hand on top of hers. "Wow, she's got some kick. Doesn't that hurt you?" "I'm a Marine, Harm, not a wuss." "Well, excuse me!" "Mom, Dad!" Rena ran up to them, out of breath. "I can't find Nicholas or the twins. They disappeared after we got candy from that house." Mac's eyes widened in fear. "I'm sure they're all right," Harm told her. "You two stay right here. I'm going to look around." Mac nodded, and held Serena's hand as Harm ran off in search of their wayward children. "They couldn't have gone too far," she whispered to herself. ************** Harm ran around the back of the house they were just out. He thought he hand heard giggling. Sure enough, underneath a tree, he found them. He walked over to them, hands on his hips, and cleared his throat. They looked up at him. They were stuffing candy into their mouths. "What in the world is going on here?" "Um... we got... hungry?" Christiana said. "And you ran away from your sister." "Well, she wasn't looking," Trisha added. "We could have been kidnapped and she wouldn't have known." Harm sighed. "Please don't say things like that, Trisha. Your mother is worried sick. We've had problems in the past and we got scared." "But, Daddy, we were hungry," Nicholas whined. "I know, but you could have told us, Sport. I think you guys have had enough. We're going home now and you're all going to be punished. Get your things together, lets go." They slowly gathered their candy and headed over to where Mac and Serena were standing. She could tell Harm wasn't very happy so she didn't try to coddle them. They were all right, that was the important thing. "Rena, do you want to keep at it?" Harm asked. "No, it's okay," she replied. "I'm kind of tired anyway and I have enough candy." Harm nodded and looked at the solemn children in front of him. He pointed towards the direction of their house. "March." |
