"Kids it's time to go!' Troy yelled up the stairs 'come on we don't have all night if you don't get your butts down here soon the neighbours are gonna run out of candy!"

"We're coming dad!" Micheal yelled back as he came downstairs in his Yoda costume.

"Where are your brothers?" coach Bolton asked as Troy yelled up the stairs to his three younger boys.

"Mom is making James and Sam take a time out and Dave is talking with grama"

"Why are they in a time out?"

"They couldn't agree on who should be batman or superman" he said sitting down on the two lower steps of the stairs.

"Alice, could you help James in to his batman costume and Sam in to his superman?"

"I'm on it! Why don't you go downstairs to your dad and grampa?" Alice said to David-

"Okay, dad!" he yelled as he left the playroom all the Bolton kids shared.

"What is it Dave" Troy said as he saw his second oldest son descend the stairs.

"Can we go soon I'm getting bored" he said plopping down next to Micheal on the stairs.

"We'll leave as soon as your brothers and sister are ready which I hope will be soon, cause if we don't get a move on we will miss all the candy"

"I remember your first trick or treating son' coach said laying his hand on Troy's shoulder 'you dressed up as a baseball player, bat, hat, you even chewed some gum as we went from house from house"

"I wanna be a baseball player next year!" Sam said as he, James and Alice all came down the stairs.

"No I wanna be a baseball player next year!"

"I said it first!"

"Boys you can both be a baseball player next year' Alice said as she separated the bickering brothers 'boy am I happy I never had twins" she mumbled.

"Mom, thank you for never having any more kids then me I don't think I would have been able to stand all the bickering" he said hugging his mother as she laughed.

"I think you would have coped just fine" she smiled and stroked his cheek, it wasn't very often Troy let her be very affectionate towards him especially in front of the boys so she was enjoying it as long as she could.

"Are everyone ready to go?" Taylor asked as she came down the stairs with Ella in her arms. Ella was dressed as a basketball player. She looked absolutely adorable in her tiny red and white basketball outfit with matching sweatbands around her wrists and red head band with her hair in two ponytails.

"Okay now that everyone is here it's picture time' all the boys grunted as they dragged their feet over to the living room where they stood in a line, first Micheal then James, Samuel and David. Taylor sat Ella down in front of James and Samuel 'say cheese" Alice said and snapped a photo of all the Bolton kids with big smiles on their faces.

"Can we go now?" Mike asked annoyed.

"Just a couple of more and then you can go alright honey?" Alice asked.

"Just a few and then we leave" he said as they all stood together before Taylor had the wonderful idea that all the kids would take individual photos too.

"Mom, I wanna go trick or treating" James whined with a puppy dog face.

"Just one photo each and then you can all go I promise" they all nodded and took their individual photos. As soon as they were done the boys quickly ran out of the house with coach close behind them while Troy picked Ella up and kissed Taylor goodbye and kissed his mothers cheek.

"Troy!" Taylor called after him as he was about to leave.

"Yeah, oh" he blinked as the flash took him by surprise. Taylor laughed putting the camera down.

"Have fun and don't let them eat anything that's not wrapped and if it's wrapped in tinfoil throw it away and don't let them eat to much candy on the way!" she yelled after him as he continued down the driveway to keep up with the boys and coach that were already a few houses down the road.

"I know what to do and what not to do!" he yelled back.

Taylor closed the door and turned to Alice who had a smirk on her face.

"He doesn't know what to do" she said as the two women made their way in to the living room where they were sipping wine and talking.

"My mom always dressed me up in a princess costume, I remember one year I was set on wearing a football player costume but she dragged me back up the stairs and changed my costume so I was once again a princess. The only thing that changed every year was the colour of the dress"

"Maybe you can get Ella to dress as a football player next year she would look so adorable with paint on her cheeks and the helmet and shoulder pads"

"The only way I will get her to wear that is if I convince Troy to suggest it to her. But Troy would never let one of his kids dress as a footballer 'this is a basketball playing family' he would never let them" she imitated Troy's deep voice.

"You know you can always go on a sex strike, that's what I used to do when I wanted Jack to do something he didn't want. Now he knows what will happen if he doesn't do what I tell him"

"I'll have to try that" Taylor said and the two women laughed as they continued to talk.

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"My, aren't you a cute little basketball player' old Mrs. Hannigan said as she dropped a chocolate bar in Ella's pumpkin bag 'and that is the best Yoda I have seen all night, my, my, my I will be sleeping safe tonight with two super heroes in the neighbourhood. Look at that Dracula, please don't bite me!" she said as she gave all the boys a chocolate bar each.

"What do you say?" Troy asked the kids that were all beaming up at Mrs. Hannigan.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome" the boys all ran down her drive way and to the last house they were gonna visit.

"Boys, no running!" Troy yelled after them as he grabbed Ella's hand and slowly followed them.

"Can I ring the doorbell daddy?" Ella asked looking up at Troy as they reached their destination.

"Sure princess" he said letting go of her hand and stood behind all the kids as Ella reached the doorbell and rang it. All the Bolton kids yelled trick or treat as the door creaked open and an afro haired Frankenstein came into view. Ella got scared and ran to her dad and cried into his chest. The boys all laughed in delight at seeing their uncle Chad dressed as Frankenstein with Gabriella behind him looking annoyed.

"It's okay sweetie it's just uncle Chad" Troy tried to sooth the hysterically crying Ella, rubbing her back and holding her close.

"Ella it's just me see the afro' he said pointing to his fro 'I'm your uncle afro puff, here you can have three pieces" Chad said as he approached Ella to give her their homemade fudge, Ella on the other hand wasn't convinced and tried to hug her dad closer.

"Chad I think it's best if you don't come any closer' Troy said stopping Chad who looked down hearted 'we'll see you tomorrow, come on boys I think it's best we get home before your mom starts to wonder if we ran away" Troy said leading the way to their house next door.

When they all walked in the door they were instantly greeted by laugher coming from the living room. Taylor and Alice both looked up as all the boys came running in to the room with coach.

"What did you boys get?" Taylor asked the excited boys as they all plopped down on a spot in the room.

"We got a lot of chocolate bars aaannd we got fudge!" Mike said excitedly as he showed Taylor all the candy they had got. Taylor looked at coach who shrugged and told her the fudge came from Chad and Gabriella.

"Where's Ella?" Taylor asked as she noticed that the hyper three year old girl was not with them.

"She got scared at uncle Chad's house" James said as he crawled into Alice lap and Samuel sat down next to them and started to eat one of his chocolate bars.

"Where are they now?"

"We're right here" Troy said coming in to the room with a softly crying Ella.

"My baby, come here sweetie" Taylor said as Troy sat down next to her and handed her Ella who buried her head into her mother's chest.

"I'm guessing she will be sleeping in your room tonight" coach said as he sat down next to his wife who handed him James and then sat Samuel in her own lap.

"I guess she will" Taylor said as she stroked her daughter's hair and leaned in to Troy who wrapped his arm around her shoulder.