The Mother of All

Halloween Memory

Hey guys this is a bit of a random filler chapter of you want to read it you can. It's of a memory Chuck has of the family all happy and stuff so almost all flashback. If you don't want to read it, it won't really have a big impact on the story. It's just a little something I wrote for Halloween that I thought would be fun. Anyway enjoy or skip. :)

P.S. Sorry for the cliffhanger. Next chapter won't be out till next week.

Chucks POV

Talking to Rose had proven harder than I thought. I thought for some reason taking a walk would clear my head. All it did was remind me of her. The way her red hair watches the dying leaves on the ground ready to be blown away at any moment. Maybe it was because she was the one who made me keep this time of year. I thought it was morbid but she didn't.

I still remember the way she said it without a care in the world, "Why get rid of the dying leaves if you won't give immortality to humans? It's a fresh chance to grow back and be better. Just like how a human leaves their memories behind for others." She had been right, but if only I had just listened to her about immortality rather than convincing her that it wasn't needed that it was good. If only I had changed her mind about creating a way to end everything.

When I looked up I saw the bar a few blocks down from my street. If the pain won't go away sometimes you have to make it. I ordered drink after drink after awhile I just started to refill my shot glass. I couldn't tell you when it happened but at some point between shots I fell asleep.

Opening my eyes I saw the boys around Rose who was very visibly pregnant with the youngest archangel. Raphael was on Lucifer's shoulders and Michael was helping grab a pie out of the oven. Sometimes I think this is where Gabe gets his sweet tooth. Rose had just made a homemade pumpkin pie for tonight's dinner. It had been the sixth one in that month. I hated pie, but I was still eat it to make her happy.

"Hey babe can you set the table." Her voice rang out with excitement filling the air. It was almost Halloween and she was ecstatic to see the boy's costumes this year. They all chipped together with a bit of my help to make new outfits for themselves. Tonight they were going to show the final project. Lucifer and Michael had made Raphael's for him. There was silence at the dinner table that night as we all scarfed down our food for the fun to come later.

Raphael had come out first. He was a scarecrow and as we toddled around he would pull some of the hay out and give it to us. Next was Raphael he was a ghost he tried to move things around the room and make the lights flicker until Raphael started crying. After the crying stopped Lucifer came out. His costume very simple. Red horns, a red tail that came to a point, and a black metal pitchfork.

"Lu what are you?"

His grin was ear to ear as he told us, "I'm the evil version of myself Mom." He spun around letting us see the whole outfit. A pang of guilt ran through me remembering this. He was a boy and when he grew up, I wrote him the way he would have hated himself as.

It was my turn after Lucifer I had went as a writer. It wasn't too different from what I normally wore and Rose frowned at me knowing how much I didn't like dressing up for the holidays. Rose was the last one to get ready. I had to help her with something because of the baby, but after a while she went out to show the kids. She had dressed up as something I had never even thought of making before, but it did give me inspiration. She was a zombie. Someone who died and came back from the dead without a soul or well without much of anything, The boys loved it and the next year they had her help them dress up as zombies. Only a few months later she died. Gabe would never remember a holiday with her. Not even his favorite which just so happened to be Halloween. Maybe it has something to do with all those pies Rose used to eat and his sweet tooth, but then again maybe it had something to with the fact he was a copy of his mother. Rose isn't the only one misses the family. The picture of them faded and I was being shaken awake by a bartender trying to lock up. I threw some money down and walked out the doors not really caring if I over or underpaid. The only thing I could think about was them. The family I ruined and pushed away.

Hey also just wanted to say sorry this is so late today I've been busy cooking and stuff for the Halloween party I'm having at my house. Anyway I thought it would be cool if I could show you guys my reference pictures for the boy's costumes. I couldn't find a good one for Lucifer so there's just a picture of Mark being awesome.