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019

October 30th

Skye thought it would be best to reduce the time she spent with Levi, but it was pretty hard to go through with that as they had four class periods together. When it came to after school though, it was all smooth sailing, but she simply couldn't keep her mouth shut around Levi forever.

Flash forward to Halloween being just a day away, Levi had hopes to fix things between them by inviting Skye to go trick or treating with him and his little brother. The two were currently working on a big end of the marking period project for English due in less than two weeks, so Skye had no choice but to work with him as they were partnered together.

Skye tried to keep things serious, refusing to crack a smile whenever Levi said something stupid, although almost everything he said was stupid. But despite that, they managed to work together as Skye pushed her feelings from the dance two weeks ago aside, and today Levi would make sure things would go back to normal completely.

With the class period close to being over, the students hurriedly saved their documents on their laptops and packed their things, which Levi had yet to do as he was trying to add one last thing. "Quick, don't forget to save the PowerPoint. I got the essay saved and closed already."

"How much time is left?" Levi asked as he was typing.

"Five minutes," Skye replied, looking down at her phone to check the time. If Levi was going to get this whole asking thing over with, he had no choice but to stop himself and shut down his laptop.

After making sure everything was saved, Levi closed his laptop and put it away, zipping up his backpack and putting his arms through the straps. "Hey, I wanted to ask you something before we go."

"Is it school-related?" She questioned.

"No, it's Halloween related." He said. Now, Skye loved Halloween, and it would definitely be different this year, so she couldn't help but be intrigued, which she most likely would curse at herself over later.

"I suppose I'll listen," Skye replied.

"Uh, I wanted to ask if you wanted to hang out on Halloween?" Levi asked. "I have to take my little brother trick or treating and everyone else cares more about partying, so."

Skye had no idea Levi had a brother. Actually, she didn't know much about his family at all. To be fair she had yet to meet them, so this was quite a surprise to hear that there was a mini Levi. "You have a brother?"

"Yeah, he's five." He chuckled.

"And you want me to go with you?" She raised an eyebrow. Surely Levi could go by himself with just him and his brother, but that's not what he wanted, he wanted to hang out with Skye, and he wanted so badly.

"Well, yeah." Levi shrugged.

Her heart said yes, but her mind said no. Skye couldn't forget no matter how much she wanted to, and she figured using school as an excuse would work. "I don't know, man. We still have a lot of work to do on the Macbeth project. I mean-"

"Come on, when's the last time you went out on Halloween?" Levi interrupted her. "I know we're too old to trick or treat, but it's for my brother."

God, he was so right. Skye hadn't been trick or treating since eighth grade, then once high school hit, she and Nikki would hand out candy for the kids and have a sleepover depending on what day of the week it was. She had never been to any sort of Halloween party or just a high school party in general, so it was either force herself to go with Levi and his brother or stay home with her dad, and Levi was shockingly the better option.