Heading to the Pumpkin Patch

"Avis it's time to go!"

Avis winced at her mom's tone, she looked at her white familiar. "Well, Cleo, it looks like I'm late, again," she sighed as she grabbed her bag off her desk.

As the sixteen year old witch left she casually threw over her shoulder, "I'll see you when I get back, Cleopatra."

Avis ran down the stairs and quickly made her way to the living room. She saw her mom, dad, brother, and sister all waiting for her. She pinched her face at their annoyed glances. "Sorry," she mumbled as she walked past her siblings to head out the door to her father's car.

The sixteen year quickly climbed into the back seat. She watched with watchful blue eyes as Enver moved towards his car, Lynx doing the same. Avis figured she was on her own with her parents, with a sigh she sank into the leather seat and looked out the window. As she studied the large pine trees that lined one side of their Victorian style home, her parents joined her in the car.

"Ready to find some awesome pumpkins, this year, Avis?"

Avis looked from the window to see her dad looking at her from the rear view mirror. She smiled at the familiarity of it all. "Yeah, I have a few ideas for my pumpkins already," she answered as they drove through the little town of Eden.

It was only nine thirty, but the town was bustling with business. Halloween was the season that everyone in Eden enjoyed the most. Avis smiled as they passed her godmother, Artemis St. Rose's office, the lights off. She hoped that Artemis would be at the Riker Orchards. She wanted to see her godmother and her best friend Athena St. Rose, and Venus and Calliope.

"Already?" her mom asked as she spun to look at Avis.

The honey blonde looked at her mom with a coy grin, "Yeah, but I'm not telling. You'll have to wait to see what I come up with."

Jack chuckled at the banter between his wife and youngest daughter. He enjoyed these peaceful moments with his children and spouse, they were quite rare now with Enver and Lynx in college and moved out of their home. But they always came together for holidays and he cherished these moments.

-fin

A/N: This is a semi-sequel to last year's Pumpkin Picking piece. You can find them in last years October blogs.