James stepped outside for a quick break, he had not been too much of a social person with his neighbors, in fact he did not even know their names, not one of them just as they did not know him. It was Halloween, most people had dressed up, the suburb was very much into the holidays and with so many children about it had grown into a tradition of sorts that pretty much everyone join in for the festivities for the sake of the children, or some bullshit along those lines. James had left a bowl of candy on the stairs of the porch, that was the extent of his participation. His lights had been turned off, adding a sort of creepy aspect to the house given that every other house had lights and pumpkins and so much decorations.
Exhaling his breath slowly, it was a sigh of relief and from effort. He had finally finished getting everything ready, it had been a long two weeks and yet incredibly fast at the same time. In his hand was a cup of tea, it was just what he needed to relax. Sipping on his cup of tea, he walked from the doorway, across the porch to the banister, leaning against the trimming, watching the street in action.
It was lively, hundreds of people of all ages, most of them dressed up. It would appear that even a shopping center on a weekend would seem to host less traffic. He was bemused by the public and how they all got into this holiday, not only that but he was bemused with the parents and how they allowed this sort of thing to continue. What ever happened to Stranger Danger, and that whole thing about not accepting candy from strangers. This was a direct violation of their preaching and yet here they were, letting their kids run around taking candy from strangers. He guessed that in some illogical and foolish view of things that neighbors were exempt from this.
Looking down to the bowl that had held the candy, it seemed that he had seen quite a number of kids coming to his door, the bowl was empty. Crap, that meant he would need to get more out. He had just finished packing too. Sighing to himself, he continued to drink his cup of tea instead of refilling the bowl, it was getting darker now so hopefully there would be less traffic coming his way, after all it was not like he was really advertising his candy in any shape or form.
Exhaling his breath slowly, it was a sigh of relief and from effort. He had finally finished getting everything ready, it had been a long two weeks and yet incredibly fast at the same time. In his hand was a cup of tea, it was just what he needed to relax. Sipping on his cup of tea, he walked from the doorway, across the porch to the banister, leaning against the trimming, watching the street in action.
It was lively, hundreds of people of all ages, most of them dressed up. It would appear that even a shopping center on a weekend would seem to host less traffic. He was bemused by the public and how they all got into this holiday, not only that but he was bemused with the parents and how they allowed this sort of thing to continue. What ever happened to Stranger Danger, and that whole thing about not accepting candy from strangers. This was a direct violation of their preaching and yet here they were, letting their kids run around taking candy from strangers. He guessed that in some illogical and foolish view of things that neighbors were exempt from this.
Looking down to the bowl that had held the candy, it seemed that he had seen quite a number of kids coming to his door, the bowl was empty. Crap, that meant he would need to get more out. He had just finished packing too. Sighing to himself, he continued to drink his cup of tea instead of refilling the bowl, it was getting darker now so hopefully there would be less traffic coming his way, after all it was not like he was really advertising his candy in any shape or form.