Stand Your Ground

Chapter 25: Halloween

Chapter 25: Halloween

Three years later and they had all settled into some what of a routine. From the end of October to the end of December almost everyone stopped by Derek and Elizabeth's house and with the twins getting older they were more talkative. This year they'd asked their mother if Theo could take them Trick or Treating for Halloween after watching the video of Scott and her doing it.

Elizabeth and Theo were sitting in the living room, talking while she was mentally making notes on how to make it the best possible birthday for Theo after they had missed his twenty-first due to the twins being born the year before; and he'd told them he didn't want to do anything for his twenty-second. He'd also told them he didn't want to do anything for his twenty-third but he wasn't getting out of it.

"Theo, can you please take them trick or treating this year?" Elizabeth questioned, it was the day before Halloween and Theo was sitting opposite her while Derek and Scott had taken the twins to the park.

"Why me? Why not Scott or Derek?" Theo whined, he didn't want to take his little brother and sister trick or treating it was the last thing he wanted to do.

"Because, they'll love you forever," Elizabeth grinned at him, it was true Thalia and Caleb would love him if he took them. "Take Liam with you?"

"You trust me to take my boyfriend with me to take Tali and Caleb trick or treating?" Theo raised his eyebrow at her, the mention of Liam's name had made him smile.

"You didn't do so bad when we left them with you last week," Elizabeth shrugged as the two of them heard screeches of laughter coming from outside.

"Mommy! Theo!" Thalia screamed running in the front door and throwing herself dramatically at Theo. "Daddy's being mean!"

"All I said was that they couldn't have ice-cream for dinner!" Derek laughed as he walked in with Scott trailing behind holding Caleb upside-down.

"They're three years old. One bowl of ice-cream for dinner won't kill them Derek," Elizabeth laughed as Theo stood up with Thalia wrapped around his neck. "Theo's taking them tomorrow night,"

Scott and Derek shared a look and started laughing they knew that three year old Thalia would make her big brother dress up for the occasion. Elizabeth shook her head and took Caleb from Scott hugging him as he decided to cling to her. Theo tried to set Thalia on the ground and when he did the three year old firmly wrapped her arms around his leg.

"Theo come with me," Thalia grinned still not letting go of his leg but making him go towards her room. "My room,"

"What's she going to do to me?" Theo questioned as he made the slow journey towards his little sisters room. "Scott?"

"Just go along for the ride," Scott laughed, though he had to see what his baby cousin had planned.

"Scott!" Theo whined as they entered the bedroom and Thalia let go of his leg taking his hand and pulling him over to her dress up chest.

"Sit!" Thalia giggled as Scott, Derek, Elizabeth and her twin brother followed them in to the room. "Mommy, can Caleb help?"

"Down please mommy," Caleb grinned as he started to squirm before jumping from her arms and running over to the chest with Thalia.

"They know what tomorrow is, so they want him prepared," Elizabeth laughed watching as Thalia and Caleb threw open the chest.

Derek had to wonder exactly what his children were planning, Scott had an idea about it as he'd taken them with Elizabeth last year while Derek was out of town visiting Cora and Isaac. Thalia almost climbed into the chest so that she could dig right down to the bottom of it. Caleb giggled and pulled out a cowboy hat and thrust it on top of Theo's head.