"I'm glad Benny and I had both aged out of it by then... But we would've understood, I think." Sloan said, thinking about it and trying to remember what she noticed that Halloween, but she had gone to her own party so missed most of it. Had she gone to the house, she'd have noticed there was a bowl of candy outside with a sign taped to the door expressing they had a new baby, promising to be back to normal next year, and requesting nobody knock. Being fresh out of the NICU at the time, it hadn't been put up by Dark or Daizi, but Cooger, knowing they weren't in the state to remember but would feel bad for forgetting, took it upon himself to set up something. It wasn't the usual multiple king-sized candybars, because Daizi went into labour before they had purchased the necessary candy and by the time Cooger thought about setting up a trick-or-treat bowl, the good stuff was gone, but it was something.
"They normally do a Halloween party," She said, "I wonder if they will this year. I always wished I could go, growing up. Maybe if they do it again, they'll let us come, since now they have teenagers at home."
