October Kiss Page #3

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I know, but it's still scary.

How about now?

Hard to look spooky

when you've got a wig

on your head, huh?

Although you've never met

my Aunt Eleanor.

All right, what else do we need?

Everything!

Next stop, zombie aisle.

I love zombies! Yay!

Wait, spiders, no,

but zombies he loves?

He's complicated.

Miss Morwell's on her way up.

Thank you, Jean.

Mm-hmm.

Do you ever stop working?

Says the woman who sent me 30 emails

on her flight back from Tokyo.

Says the man who answered

all of those emails

in the middle of the night.

Well, I'm efficient.

Just one of your many attributes.

So, good news.

Hagashimoto loved the app.

If we nail this presentation,

they are all in.

And you, my friend,

are giving the presentation.

Me? No.

No, not...

Look, you're the one

who brokered the deal.

It should be you.

No, Ryan, you found

an amazing way connect people,

and you need to be

up front on this one.

Yeah, I...

I think you should be

the one who...

Oh... so cute.

It's Zoe and Zach, right?

Good memory.

Must be challenging,

trying to raise them alone.

You have no idea.

And now, for the first phase

of "operation decoration."

Zoe, please take all of this candy

into the kitchen.

No dipping

into the stash, please.

All right, guys,

organization is key.

We need to take everything out,

and then decide

which decorations go where.

Bats, rats, and cats to the left.

Ghosts and ghouls to the right.

This should go here.

Put some leaves around that one.

It'd look spookier.

Okay, brain trust,

your thoughts?

Drape those like icing on a cake.

A Halloween cake!

Yeah.

Okay, bag of bones coming in.

This lawn needs more skeleton.

That's how mom used to do the lights.

Sounds like your mom

was really good at Halloween.

She was.

You were too young to remember, Zach.

I saw a picture of her

dressed like chair at the Oscars.

"Chair"?

Wait, do you mean "Cher"?

That is such a good idea

for a costume.

Are you dressing up

for Halloween?

Of course, I am.

As what?

I'm not gonna tell you.

I can't promise it'll be

as cool as "Chair,"

but I'm gonna try.

Okay.

Snack time.

Who here likes eyeballs?

Me.

They aren't real eyeballs,

are they?

Maybe they are,

why don't you taste them and tell me.

Does it taste like an eyeball?

Yeah.

So, you like eyeballs, huh?

- Are they your favorite food?

- Yeah.

Yeah, you like 'em?

What? Ah!

Thanks for drying.

Even though I know it's a ploy

to stay up later.

How do you know?

Because you have

a dishwasher, smarty pants.

Hey.

I just want to see my dad's face

when he sees

all the decorations.

I know. Me too.

What face do you think

he's gonna make?

I think he's gonna be like...

"uh..."

No, no, I think he's gonna be like...

hey.

I had a bad dream.

Spiders?

All right.

Come on, kiddo.

Back up.

Okay, hop in.

Do you see how it's darker

on that side of the room?

I do.

I dreamed that I fell asleep

looking at the dark,

and spiders came

crawling out and ate me.

Phewf, that does sound scary.

But that was just a dream.

There are no spiders here.

See?

Can I sleep with the light on?

Why don't you sleep

with the door open

so that you can see

the hall light?

But I can't see that light.

Why not?

I always sleep on my left arm.

I have an idea.

Hop out.

Head here, toes here.

I'm going to wrap you up

like a burrito.

There you go.

There.

Now you can see the light,

all night.

You'll leave

the light on all night?

All night.

Sleep well.

Hey.

Hey...

What are you still doing up?

Oh, that's on me.

I needed her help cleaning.

Oh.

Didn't you see the stuff outside?

Oh, uh... yeah.

Okay, so,

what was your favorite?

The goblins,

the Jack-o-lanterns,

or the cats?

Were you scared?

You scared your dad speechless.

He didn't even notice.

He never notices anything!

Zoe...

I guess I'd better

go talk with her.

I'll hold on to your phone.

Oh.

Thanks.

So, how'd it go?

She's pretty mad at me.

Just wait till she's a teenager.

Don't say that.

That's...

Coffee.

Unless you need something stronger?

No. Thank you.

Thanks for decorating with them.

It sounds like you guys

had a lot of fun.

We did.

Not that it's any of my business,

but, um, is that phone

glued to your hand?

Like, do you need to see a doctor?

I just have to make it

through this presentation.

If I can get through that,

if it goes well,

it'll free me up

so I can spend more time

with the kids.

You know, quality time.

You know, my sister said

that there's a halloweek party

at the kids school.

"Halloweek"?

Halloween week.

"Halloweek." It's a thing.

Okay.

Anyway, they have to

bring homemade cookies,

so maybe tomorrow night,

after work,

you could help us bake them.

I won't be home until late.

I've got this dinner

with a colleague.

I guess you could call her that.

Her, huh?

Yeah, to be honest,

I'm not sure whether

it's "food with friends"

or an actual date.

Hmm, who suggested the dinner?

She did.

And what kind of food?

Italian?

Italian's probably a date.

Really?

Eh, I've had my share

of Italian restaurant dates.

Most of them start with antipasti

and end with me anti-everything.

But all of this is research

for this app that I've been working on.

Which would be...?

"Bad dates and broccolini."

I think I can get you

financing for that.

Great!

All right, bye.

Thanks again.

Do you think my dad's in love

with that Abigail Person?

Abigail?

I saw her name in his phone.

Leslie Mintz said that

when her parents got divorced,

her dad went out for dinner

with a woman,

and then six months later,

they were married.

Cream, sugar,

mush the two together.

All right.

No. No measuring cups.

I don't believe in measuring.

How do people know

when they're in love?

You're asking me?

I'm single.

Yeah, but you're,

like, 40, right?

Last time, you said I was 50.

You look younger

the more I get to know you.

Let me know when I get to my 20s,

we'll have a party.

Yeah.

Do you think my dad's

gonna fall in love with Abigail?

I wouldn't worry about that.

I'm not worried.

I just...

I don't get how people know.

Hmm.

I think you know

you're in love when...

You see something

really beautiful,

and your first thought is,

"I want them to see it, too."

Or when they make you laugh.

Or when you love what they love

because they love it.

Have you ever been in love?

Like that?

Not really.

Not yet.

Okay,

let's crack some eggs.

Pick one.

I choose you.

Not that one.

Just yolking.

Well, they offered me

an executive position

with a full benefit package...

health plan, housing,

expense account,

all the perks,

but I said no.

I mean, it's a great promotion.

I just, I can't see myself

living in Tokyo.

Well, it sounds like

a tempting offer.

I'm kind of hoping

I'll get a better offer here.

Um...

Listen, um,

about the presentation,

I-I feel like

you should probably...

how about we don't

talk about business tonight?

Okay.

Actually, I wasn't really sure

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