As the guests either sat on the armchair, sofa or even didn't manage themselves to sit as they held their drinks, speaking to each one. The Halloween party was going perfectly well. Without any problems, without any conflicts! The ambience is more than astounding.

It was Howards family first time to organize such a party, regardless how big was it. Either with 5 guests or even 30. Despite the former secular faces of the church's prejudices of forthcoming apocalypstic party end, their stressful thoughts had just faded away once they spoke to the invited guests about variety of interesting topics, whose enthusiasm accelerated as soon as possible.

The party was basically drinking, eating, some personal conversations between certain guests and hosts themselves. 

For example when Jude opted to reassure Tristan and Ellie with shushing, as the siblings watched in uncertain, odd way the guests, Julia and Thomas walked up to the middle aged lady with her baby twins as they giggled, taking a seat next to her. Meantime Timothy was discussing something personal with Kit as the both adults chuckled, while Charlotte and Ramona sang songs to each one, in spite of their paucity of singing skills. 

"What are your names?" Julia asked the blonde's 1 month old kids with a soft, infant smile across her lips. 

As the both babies babbled, their lips not abiding motionless, at last Mrs.Howard responded the young girl's question. "Ellie and Tristan." Her response was so simple, quick, smiling to Kit's children.

"What pwetty names! How owd are they, auntie?" The young Thomas enquired as he praised the former nun for giving marvelous names to her baby twins.

"Thank you!" She said with grateful voice as she sipped of her apple juice as she was amongst the only adults, who didn't dare to sip a single sip of an alcoholic beverage. "They are 1 month old only."

"Whoa! They grow up so fast." Julia replied joyously as she held her glass of orange juice, sipping a handful of sips.

"They are actually!" Then they burst out laughing as the decibels were sufficiently bearable. "Just like the trees."

All of a sudden, Grace intervened as she joined them by sitting on the goth sofa, scolding at her children with composed voice, telling them to not annoy so much their aunt as otherwise Mrs.Howard's response was different.

"They don't actually annoy or disturb me, Grace! They are such fantastic company those children." The blonde didn't miss the opportunity to stroke each child's head with her fine, smooth fingers their small heads with sheer angelic smile.

"I know, Jude!" Sipping a few sips of the whiskey as Jude's nostrils got bewitchered by the whiskey's scent, as this alcoholic beverage was Martin's cure, besides it was midst her favorite drinks, having a pure weakness for, although her recent restricitions that cease her from tasting once from the alluring booze, especially as a nursing mother who should nurse her children with clean, pretty natural milk, instead of affecting them during the breastfeeding process after her alcohol or another hazard addiction consummation.

"But there are always borderlines as well." The French young lady contiued sternly as this time her blue eyes were rather pierced into the little mes of Mr. and Mrs.Howard, smiling to them broadly, aesthetically, as she laid eyes on the little angels, scarcely taking her eyes in awe from them.

"I know, Grace! But they are just children. Looking for friendships!" The blonde exclaimed serenely as she spotted the younger woman's eyes being irresisted by her rays of sunshine. In the meantime, Thomas and Julia listened to the both adults communicating to one another, helplessly wearing looming, gleaming smiles. 

"Yeah but..." Suddenly Tristan and Ellie started friendly to babble, looking up right at the French woman who dared to stroke timidly, gently their growing hairs, as she was lost in much different universe. "Judy, how did you named your fabulous twins?" Moreover Grace prefered to change the topic as her next phrase was evidential. Her unobstrusive inquisitiveness was visible.

"Ellie and Tristan!" The mother of 2 children proudly declared her children's names to the former Briarcliff patient as she kept on swaying them into her secure, loving arms.

"Ellie and Tristan? They have such beautiful names, besides they are so beautiful and they just resemble so much their parents." 

"Aren't they actually? How to not thank you!" The both adult women opened a bit their mouths as they escaped a faint but memorable cackle. Eventually their conversation hadn't a laconic end at all.

"Tristan... Ellie say hi to the wonderful aunt, Grace." The blonde's eyes fell upon her children, savoring every moment, spent in the gleeful climate, the spooky but entertaining Halloween atmosphere. 

The both baby twins just looked up at the younger woman's radiant crystal blue eyes as they babbled amiably to her, which rendered her to sniggered inwardly. As a result, Jude joined her sniggering either too as the both female adults had so much fun to speak to each other. Their friendship is much better than their nun-patient relationship back in Briarcliff, where the former nun didn't truly belong.

"It seems they said hi to me in secret way."

"They had actually though they are slightly young to be taught how to speak."

Once Grace got from the sofa, leaving Jude with her little angels as Julia and Thomas went up to the fireplace, examining studiously the authentic furniture with their mesmerised, striving for knowledge eyes. 

In the meantime, Charlotte and Ramona sat on the couch as they eventually noticed that their older colleague has twins as they were definitely enthralled, smiling softly to the blonde as they striked a conversation.

"I am so sorry for not noticing your children, Judy!" Charlotte sensed her guilty conscience as she candidly apologised to the middle aged adult as Mrs.Howard hand stroke gently each child's tender, ivory face. 

Her smile could articulate many things. As an example, it could signify the former nun's serenity, scarcely being offended and act like an offended prey, embarrassing herself. It abided like an unsolved, arcane mystery with its abysmally, barely being solved even in the merest way. Generally Jude wasn't huffed at all. 

"No, everything is fine, Charlotte!" 

"How old are those little angels?" Ramona asked.

"They marked 1 month anniversary either today or the day before, in fact Ellie came on this world a couple of hours before her younger brother."

"Wow! They had grown enough within a month." The both colleagues of the blonde were in awe once they heard how old are actually the baby twins. 

"Yes, it's true!" The proud mother of twins replied as she sighed merrily, wearing a broad, complacent smile across her painted lips. "Tristan and Ellie are such special children, so lucky to have them with my husband."

The both young women cannot shield themselves from their mother-like colleague's monologue, however, with blissful, charming smiles. Further they really enjoyed to listen to her speaking, besides delivering speech. They couldn't be luckier for having such an amicable colleague and friend, who collaborates with them at work.

During the party, Timothy peeped at his wife, who usually communicated or hanged out with females rather than males. Nevertheless since the party had 2 adult men, whilst 2 younger males who were actually a child and a baby, it was unconditionally indisputable. There were times during the Halloween party, when Mr.Howard's eyes weren't just looking at his gorgeous wife. His chocolate eyes were actually staring at her as he yearned to spend some time with her and their children, whilst, on other hand, a ferocity, constantly blazing flame of passion, immense desire to touch her still magnificent for her age body and be intimate how they were a several weeks ago, even probably months. By the way, his heart told him that he should be intimate with her but not being rough with her, since she is a mother of newborns, who should nurse her babies with relieved pain instead of already builded anguishing, double pain. His mind echoed a message to the former priest either to wait for her consent or just to be wiser, if their intimacy is going to be accomplished, revived back to life very soon. Little did he know how apparently confused is he, hardly acknowledging his side which to follow more: either his heart or his mind. As an addition, he was mildly intoxicated, although his self-control over his body's equilibrium, adjusting the angle that his body posed and stood.  He could see everything around him in dimly dizzy, blurry way. 

Around an hour and half an hour, the party was over as the Howards family determined themselves to go outside, trick or treating nigh the nearest houses which can be possibly found in the Boston's countryside, where the couple are currently residing. 

A little before to leave their house for trick or treating, they said goodbye to every guest, leaving the mess for cleaning after they are back at home. As soon as they picked up the trick or treat basket, they went outside in the morbidly gloomy, mystic nearest sides of their current location as the family was careful enough to not get in trouble by themselves. 

During their trick or treating as they walked to each house, collecting candies for the entire family, suddenly Jude could recognize her mildly inebriated husband slightly swinging though she restrained herself from dramas and embarrassing him about his current condition in public. 

She found it for adorable to behold Mr.Howard in this condition, whilst in the contrary, it made her even more concerned about him as she didn't want he to do anything inadequate or to do a hogwash for which he might regret for the rest of his life. Luckily, they didn't need to go somewhere farer away with a car especially if the former monsignor should take the driver's role. The former nun has almost never seen Timothy either too or moderately intoxicated.

Anyway Ellie and Tristan weren't bothered from their father's condition, despite every time he does anything weirder than the usual during the trick or treat, they looked oddly at him with their huge, sympathetic dark eyes as their babbling didn't stop, constantly expressing what do they feel, see and so forth in unknown language.

To be continued...