#the spiderman meme wouldn't leave my head so.

[ardenrosegarden]

[invisibleraven]

"what happened to normal halloween costumes? like spiderman or something?" for Ray Molina and his horde of children

Ray grunted as the knife sunk into the pumpkin, sawing away as he cut a hole in the bottom. Finally the circle fells away, allowing Ray to start scooping the innards of the gourd. Pumpkin carving wasn't high on his list of favourite activities but he did it every year, so this year was no different.

A knock sounded on the door while he had a handful of pumpkin guts, so he called out for whoever it was to come in. Most of the teenagers who frequented his house had a standing invitation to come in whenever they wanted anyways.

It was Willie, hair in a ponytail, and dressed in a generic black t-shirt and cargo pants, not his usual colourful garb. But his familiar skateboard was under his arm, and he grinned at Ray. "Hi Mr. M! Am I the first to arrive before we report for Carrie's bash?"

"Yup. The girls are upstairs getting ready, and the guys are all in the studio." Ray looked Willie over. "Wait, I thought it was a costume party?"

"It is! I'm Tony Hawk!" At Ray's look of confusion, Willie gave him a shrug. "He's a pro skateboarder, no one ever recognizes him, it's a whole meme."

"Okay then. You look... Just like him?" Ray said before going back to his pumpkin while Willie laughed and sat himself on the couch, turning on the television to The Great Pumpkin.

Ray had the gourd hallowed out by the time the door opened to the members of Sunset Curve. Bobby was in a paint splattered worksite. "I'm a Jackson Pollock," he explained with a shrug.

Alex was in an all black attire, complete with a head covering and mask. But this one Ray at least knew. "Dread Pirate Roberts?"

Alex bowed, his fake sword swinging wildly behind him. "At your service." He then almost pranced over to Willie, sliding under his arm just as Charlie Brown had gotten yet another rock.

Ray didn't know who Luke was supposed to be in a mangy blonde wig and oversized green sweater, but he smiled at the boy, telling he looked nice. "Thanks Ray!" he chirped, then went to the bottom of the stairs. "Come on girls, let's get a wiggle on!"

Julie and Flynn were in a duo set of costumes, with Flynn as Cinderella and Julie as her fairy godmother, though their outfits were styled like those from that Brandy movie Julie had forced the family to watch at least a hundred times during her childhood. "Wait, where's Reggie?" she asked, turning around looking for him everywhere and Ray mourned the time he was going to have to sped vacuuming glitter and sparkles off his floor.

"here I am!" Reggie said as he dashed up the steps, grinning ear to ear. He was wearing a blue shirt and shorts, and had a white hat over his head with what looked like bear ears. "It's Adventure Time!" he proclaimed. Julie tittered with a giggle, and Ray noted how Reggie blushed at the sound.

Well he would just have to keep an eye on that, now wouldn't he?

He took in the motley crew, and he shook his head. "What happened to normal Halloween costumes? Like Spiderman or something?" he lamented.

"Oh papi, that's no fun!" Julie said. "We dressed up as superheroes last year anyways."

Ray could recall the group of Avengers from the year prior, back when they were still on the cusp of being allowed to trick or treat. Carlos was almost to that age himself, only a few more good years left. "Fine, I suppose these costumes are a bit too out there for me, but you do all look great. Come on, we'll get a group photo before you go."

One photo was never really just one photo with Ray, but after a dozen different shots, the kids begged off, heading out to Carrie's party, leaving Ray with his pumpkin. He still shook his head at their retreating figures, and grabbed his knife once more.

"So what do you say buddy? Simple triangle face or drag out my stencils?" The gourd of course, did not answer, but Ray hummed. "Triangles it is. Can't go wrong with a classic after all." Then went about making his simple, old fashioned pumpkin, though he was definitely going to get a Spiderman mask to answer the door with this year, just to tease his kids with.