"Madison, it's almost Halloween! Come carve pumpkins with us!" My mom called from the backyard.
Usually, I would be all over this, but this year is different. I don't know why, but I know this Halloween is going to be different from any other Halloween yet. My iPhone 7s flashes on, I got a text.
Jen: the fam is making me carve pumpkins. u?
Maddi: same
Jen: u gonna do it?
Maddi: yeah
Jen: k. i'll do it 2
"Maddi! If you don't open this door now, I'm gonna scream!" My little brother Nick screamed.
"Too late! You're already screaming!" I yelled back.
"Touché," he said cooly.
Maddi: so where are we gonna go trick or treat?
Jen: idk, we can talk about it at school tomorrow cuz we have to ask the guys too
Maddi: ok
"The guys" are Matt, Jen's boyfriend, and Asher, my boyfriend. We're all going trick-or-treating together.
When I carve my pumpkin, I carve an intricate little ghost with the most amazing metropolitain background. Then I scrape the skin of the pumpkin to write Casper in the City.
"Wow Maddison, that's a beautiful ghost," my mom says.
"Thanks, mom. That's a nice..." I pause. My mom has never been the best artist. I stare at her little blob.
"It's supposed to be a pumpkin," she says.
"Well, points to you for effort!" I say encouragingly.
"Thanks."
"Hey do you mind if I take the car to Jenna's house?"
"Sure, after all, you are almost 17 already."
I run over to the hook by the door where the key to my mom's white mini cooper is. I snatch it off happily and then I text Jen again.
Maddi: mom lent me the mini cooper. coming by to work on costumes.
Jen: k. can u stop by the Michaels on the way here?
Maddi: wanna come? you know what to get more than I would
Jen: of course! pick me up in 5
Maddi: you bet
I grab my wallet, lip gloss, and a pack of gum and stick it into my new Coach purse. An "early birthday present" my parents said. I think they were just happy I got my license.
I drive around the corner, then four blocks over to Jen's house. Of course, it's already decked-out to their normal Halloween decor. The usual pumpkins, cobwebs and spiders, but this year they've added a little blow up vampire's coffin with a "hand" sticking out.
"Hey Mads!" Jen screams as she runs out the door.
"Hey Jen, you know we were just texting, right? Btw, you're not wearing shoes," I say.
"Whoops," she says as she runs back into her house. I love the girl, but sometimes she can be a handful.
She comes back out with her white purse and some strappy sandals.
"Ready," she says.
We get into the car and look at our phones for a bit.
"Whoa," I start "did you know it's only going to be around 42º on Halloween?"
"Wow, how many degrees is that above freezing?" she asks with a strained expression on her face. Sometimes I wonder if she's acting or if she really doesn't know.
"10," I say almost instantly.
"Well I guess that's why you've been on the honor roll since kindergarten," she says.
"First grade," I start "kindergarten was rough for me."
I start up the car and we head to Michaels.
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Brother- Who?
Teen FictionMadison "Maddi" Jones is your typical average 17 year-old girl. She plays softball, loves doing art, but she doesn't like her 11 year-old brother, Nick. On Halloween morning she does something that could change her life forever, and has until midnig...