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Chapter three

"But Joe, we were gonna be Steve and Robin!!" Ryan whined at her brother, chasing him around the dinning room as he picked up random chlothing items he hsd lying around.

"You can be Steve and Robin with Ben" he shrugged, throwing a pair of sweatpants over his shoulder

"No, Ben is gonna go as Mc. Fly from back to the future. He already has the costume" the girl justified.

"Then throw on a lab coat, spray paint your hair white and go as Doc. Brown" he told her.

"You made a commitment with me, you have to commit. You're abandoning me for a random girl, it's not fair!" She whined.

It was the week before Halloween, in the Evans house October was always planned out perfectly even within four months prior. All along the years all six siblings had established their traditions with each other, one being pairing up for their costumes. Tradition that was being broken by Joe right this second.

"We're old for costumes Ry, get over it. It's not like Santa won't bring you anything if you don't dress up for Halloween" he said nonchalantly, waving his sister off.

"It's not about that, it's a tradition and you're breaking it" she said standing in front of him so he wouldn't walk away from her "but it's fine, do as you please. I'll see what other costume I can get" she told him before stomping back to her room.

As she walked in she could hear her phone buzzing on the bed, a few seconds after se closed the door "the real Slim Shady" started blaring through her phone. Matt was calling.

She plopped down on the bed and put on her best 'I was just chilling' face before answering the call.

"Ayo, ayo! One missed call Ryan, you have to answer right away when I call, I need immediacy bitch" the boy joked snapping his fingers to which she laughed softly. "Hey, what's wrong?" He asked, concern washing over his expression.

"Nothing" she said quickly, looking away. The man was extremely good at reading eyes.

"No no, tell me. You know I'm not gonna stop until you do, you lack of patience and I'm abundant in annoyance skills so spill it" he said, his face turning serious, he didn't like it when Ryan wasn't her usual cheery self.

"How do you even know something's wrong?" She huffed before sitting up, getting ready to talk.

"Because you're my 'start of something new' " he sang "and it's my job as a potential boyfriend to know when you're not feeling good, cause you're my potential girlfriend. Plus you usually fight back when I call you bitch" he said with a silly toothy grin, making her chuckle. "Now, who do I have to punch?" He flexed standing up after having placed his phone on the desk.

"It's just a stupid sibling thing, you won't care" she waved him off.

"No, no I do care" he sat back down, desperate to hear the tea "...I mean..." he cleared his throat "...no sibling thing is stupid when it involves you... babe.....did I say it right?" He pretended to be reading the words out of his hand.

The girl giggled at his antics and moved to sit on the floating chair before starting to explain.

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"But, I don't understand...why can't you still go as Robin?" Matt asked, trying to get a good grasp in his girl's problem.

"Cause he's going to that party with a girl, who stole my costume! ....well not MY costume but my idea, keep up Matt come on!" She finished with a joke so the boy wouldn't think she was mad at him

"Okay, okay...you could be Sabrina..?" He suggested squinting his eyed and looking at the ceiling.

"The teenage witch?" She asked getting a nod from the boy. "Where would I get a wig a week before Halloween in a small town in the middle of Austin? You've been he- mhhh" she cut herself as an idea/solution sparked in her mind.