A/N: thank you so much for reading! Can I change the title?? Maybe something like, "Memories in Letters" or something. Pls comment!
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John's POV-

I woke up at the sound of my alarm. But not just any alarm. My special one. And that may or may not be Hercules.

"JOHN! WAKE! UP!" Hercules jumped up and down at me. Hercules would always wake me up every holiday.

I groaned. "Herc, I know you're excited. But you don't need to wake me up..." I said dozing off.

"COME ON JOHN! THE WHOLE GANG'S HERE!" he said pulling me up.

"Why didn't you wake me up earlier!?" I exclaimed.

"I dunno."

He was right. Everyone in the gang was here in the living room. Even Aaron and Theodosia. Well, except Peggy. She was stealing their food, as usual. They all tried to hold their laughter but failed.

"H-Hi..." I awkwardly wave. "Shit!" I forgot I was still on my pajamas and my hair was a mess. I quickly ran back to my room.

I picked an plain orange t-shirt and black sweatpants to match the theme. I put on my signature ponytail, brushed my teeth and headed back to where everyone else was. "There."

"Now", Liz clapped her hands. "Me and Herc finished your costumes!"

Every year, we annoy our neighbors, especially Jefferson, hang out at the Halloween Carnival, and get candy. At night we would get high at the Schuyler's dorm.

Hercules and Eliza went to get our costumes. Alexander, Peggy, Aaron, and I didn't choose since, uh, we were to lazy.

They came out a few minutes later carrying a bundle of clothes.

Lafayette was a revolutionary.

Hercules became a infected zombie from an apocalypse or something.

Theodosia was an elf. She liked the Christmas mood.

Angelica dressed up as a pirate.

Eliza chose to be the baker's wife from Into the Woods.

"Liz, that matches you perfectly!" I said.

"Thanks, John! You're gonna love your costume." she said, emphasizing 'love'.

Oh no. I have a very bad feeling about this.

Hercules handed me, Peggy, Aaron, and Alex our costumes. Each was wrapped to make it a surprise.

Peggy gladly opened hers first. To her delight, it was Belle's dress. "Thanks, Lizzie! Herc." She hugged both.

Aaron ripped his next. It was a burrito.
" How's your costume, Burr-ito?" Alex joked. In return, Aaron shoved him off the couch.

Alex and I opened ours at the very same time. We were shocked at the result.

"Really?" I pouted.

"Why?!" Alex whined. The rest of the group laughed.

It was ...

Matching.
Angel.
And.
Devil.
Costumes.

(like these...)

(for alex.)

(this is for john. Idc if it's a girl)

"You're more evil than me." I playfully shoved him the devil costume.

"Fine..."

For the next hour, we all got ready. Eliza and Angelica placed make up on all of us. Herc was painted a greyish color all over his body. Lafayette and Angie had a few fake bruises and cuts the looked absolutely real. Theodosia had simple blush and scarlet lipstick. Nothing too fancy.

I had a halo over my head and concealer to remove some dark spots. Alex also had concealer to lighten his very, very, very deep eye bags.

Speaking of the devil. He looked hot as hell. Ah frik- what? Haha! Nothing to hear here!

"Laf, ready to annoy your twin?" Angelica joked.

"He's not my fucking twin!" he whined. "But I am."

"Anyways, let's go." Eliza motioned.

Time for tradition.

-time skip-

"Did you see his face!?" Alex laughed, nearly tearing up.

"We were all there Alex." Peggy rolled her eyes.

"Yes! But it was priceless." Herc giggled.

"His hair though... I bet the egg with stick there forever." I said.

Yes. In fact, we cracked an egg in Jefferson and Madison's head. Madison, he's fine since he has short hair like Herc. Jefferson... Floof hair. That would be harder.

Next, we placed chocolate syrup all over Reynolds. Not Maria. She joined us halfway as a vampire.

We also dumped shaving cream on Mr. Adams while he was sleeping. Well...not we. Mostly Alex. And, boy, he was glad of that.

After being satisfied, well, except Angelica and Alexander, at our mess, we made our way to the Halloween Carnival. Off-campus, ten-minute drive.

We all split ourselves into pairs. Herc and Laf, Peggy and Maria, Liza and Angie, and me and Alex.

Alex and I were just walking when he pointed to a booth. "John, what's that?"

"YOU NEVER HAD A SLUSHIE BEFORE?!" I gasped.

"Uh...no. Never heard of it anyways." He flipped his hair. I laughed at it.

"Come on! You have to try it!"I dragged him to the booth. "So. What flavor would you like?"

"Uhm..." He stroked his chin as he looked at the variety of flavors. "Maybe...mango."

"Alright." I grabbed my wallet but Alexander was hesitant.

"John. You don't need to-"

"I insist." I smiled. He smiled back. I turned to face the vendor. "One strawberry, one mango slushie."

"Of course...that would be ten bucks." She replied.

I took out a ten-dollar bill. And I noticed something. "Alex, Lin looks like you!"

"Haha- oh, actually, I do." he realised.

"Here." the lady handed us our drinks.

"Thanks!" we said in unison. We walked to a bench and just...sat there.

I broke the silence. "Hey, do you want to try out that ride?" I pointed to the Vikings.

"Sure!" he stood up and grabbed my hand. I blushed at the sudden contact.

We made our way to the line. We saw Peggy and Maria. I waved, "Hi, Peggy! Maria!"

"John! You two coming to ride too?" She smirked. Ah- my innocent mind.

"Uh. Yeah!" I chuckled nervously. Maria and Peggy sat at the back and we sat in front of them.

The boat started rocking back and forth. Alex looked absolutely petrified.

"You okay?" I teased. He nodded his head. I held his hand so he could relax. He blushed. Is his blush contagious? Because my face seemed to grow hot.

He smiled. "Thanks."

The ride grew even more intense. "Haha!"I enjoyed. "I won't scream a single time. I'm born to do this."

"Oh really? Want a bet?" Alex smirked.

"Want a bet, John?" Pegs joined.

"Yeah?" Really, Maria?

"Sure!" I grinned, confidently.

"Yeah, right."

-after the ride-

"You lost the bet!" Alex laughed.

"Yeah! But Peggy and Maria also screamed!"

"That's not we placed the bet on!" Peggg shouted. "And, you screamed at least twenty times!"

I blushed in embarrassment. "Yeah, yeah. Welp, Alex is a pro."

"Ain't a pro. I experienced worse..." he muttered.

"Alright." I said. Seems like that conversation would be uncomfortable to him. I didn't push it.

I handed each of them $5. Peggy screamed like she doesn't have those. Like... Wha?

We came to find the others. Lafayette and Herc went out dishelved out of a roller coaster. Angie and Liza went out of a photo booth. Theodosia and Aaron were eating cotton candy. Cute.

A night curtain hit the sky. We probably lost track of time.

"Alright. Time for trick or treating!" Peggy blasted out of the carnival for trick or treating. We giggled. We never grow up.

We passed the first house, covered in tissue paper. Did I mention that we never grow up?

"Are you sure they're giving candy?" I chuckled. "Looks like some kids been pranking 'em..."

"See for yourself!" Peggy pushed me towards the door.

"Me?" I stood there in disbelief.

"Yeah!" she said. I shook my head. "You were the one that asked!"

"Do I look like someone who would trick or treat? Make Alex! He' s smol."

"WHAT?!" Alex yelped. Everyone looked at him. "Fine." he crossed his arm and walked over to the porch. We followed suit.

We heard a small ding! and the door opened.

"Trick or Treat...?" Alex asked shyly. An old lady came out.

"Aren't y'all to old for this?" she asked us. We chuckled. "I'll give these sma kids anyways." She handed Alex, Hercules and Peggy candies.

"Lucky." I pouted.

"That's what we get for being small!" Alex laughed.

-time skip-

After trick or treating, we came back to the Schuyler's dorm. It was at Building 4 and was pretty big. We counted our candy.

Alex shouted "I got twenty-seven!"

Peggy said "I have twenty-six."

"twenty-six also." Herc smiled.

"sixteen." Theodosia and Aaron said.

"fourteen." Eliza chuckled.

"ten." I laughed.

"seven." Angie pouted.

"three?!" Laf exclaimed.

"Too bad for being the tallest." I joked.

"ANYWAYS LET'S GET HIGH ON CANDY!" Peggy screamed

"If that's even possible." Alex rolled his eyes.

Well it was possible. For Peggy. She stole most of our candy.

I laughed. Peggy was being so hyper, it seems impossible for her to sleep.

"How's Halloween?" I asked Alex.

"It's great!" he smiled. "Especially with you..." he mumbled softly. I blushed. I'm really falling for this boy, aren't I?