October Kiss Page #6

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just listening to music.

Oh, my, I do believe

they're playing our song.

What a coincidence.

What do you say,

one dance,

for old times sake?

How can I say no to that?

You can't.

You always keep me guessing

I never seem to know

what you are thinkin'...

And if a fella looks at you

for sure your little eye

will be a-winking...

Poppy!

Guess what?

Dad said he's gonna take us

trick-or-treating

on Halloween.

Nice try.

I said Poppy will take you

trick-or-treating,

and I'll try to get there

at the end.

What time is the end again?

Well, whenever you guys are done

and eating candy,

and by the way,

you'd better save me some.

Oh, we make no promises.

But we are making...

Our costumes!

We're going to finish them today.

Whoa. Impressive.

Poppy said she's going

to make these costumes

really special for us.

I figured they haven't really

done Halloween

in a couple years,

so it was time to do it right.

Go home or go big, right?

Is that right?

That's close enough.

All right, guys,

time for school.

Hey, why don't we,

uh, walk today?

But aren't you going

to be late for work?

Well, I'm confronting

my fears, too.

Go on, go get your bags.

Race you.

No fair.

You got a head start!

No, I didn't.

The people attending

are not tech-savvy,

so you're going to need

to keep your geek-speak

to a minimum.

Is this your coded way

of telling me to not

talk about coding?

It wasn't exactly coded.

I will minimize my inner geek

for the presentation.

Good.

Have you ever been to Tokyo?

Um, I barely have time

to come here.

Well, after the presentation,

which I know

Hagashimoto will love,

we should go.

- To Tokyo?

- Yeah.

We'll take the corporate jet,

meet everyone.

It's an amazing city.

It's just like New York,

no one ever sleeps.

You got something on your schedule

I don't know about?

Um, I promised the kids

I'd be home before dark.

Hmm.

Or you'll turn into a pumpkin.

There were pumpkins involved.

Hagashimoto-San.

Ohio Goziamas.

Mm-hmm.

Ooh!

Give it!

Bring it here, bring it here!

Stand at the street.

Poppy!

Yahoo! I caught it!

Whoo-hoo!

Oh, good catch.

This looks like a pretty

serious game you guys got.

Dad, you're here!

Well, listen,

it's not a real football game

till the quarterback shows up.

Yeah?

When does he get here?

Hey, enough outta you.

What do you think,

guys versus girls?

You are so on.

All right.

Hut!

Go, get open, get open!

Yes!

Touchdown!

Hike!

Now go get her.

Whoa!

Got it, got it, got it.

Yes, yes!

No, you...

- Poppy!

- No, no, no, no.

Oh!

Slam!

- Uh-oh.

- Oh, no!

Come on.

Touchdown!

You're kidding me, that's...

Dogpile!

Dogpile!

No way...

no, no, no, no!

What are you tackling me for?

We're on the same team.

Hello!

Oh.

Uh...

Everyone, this is, uh, Abigail.

Abigail, these are...

these are my kids.

Well, Zoe,

and Zach, right?

It is so lovely to meet you both.

And this is Poppy, my, uh...

I mean, our...

Uh...

Nanny.

Nanny.

Nice to meet you, Abigail.

Likewise.

Um, foreign analytics came in.

I thought you'd want them.

You didn't answer your phone.

Yeah, sorry.

I was going for

a two-point conversion.

Poppy scored

three touchdowns!

Uh, two touchdowns.

That last one does not count.

Of course, it counts.

No way, no.

We'll talk about it later.

Okay.

I gotta get back to work

anyway, so...

Um...

But you know, uh...

We could work here.

Oh.

I suppose.

Then we can have dinner,

and, you know, we're making, uh,

pumpkin pasta, pumpkin soup,

pumpkin pie.

Pretty much anything

pumpkin, right?

I mean...

Um...

I mean, if that's okay?

Oh!

The more the merrier.

Thank you, Poppy.

All right.

Great.

Good game, good game, guys...

Yeah. It was fun, dad.

Okay, so, what's the latest?

We'll be right there.

A little revision,

and that could work.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, sorry,

it's Zoe.

Yeah?

Now?

Everything okay?

Yeah, I'll just be a few minutes.

Okay.

Okay.

Ready!

All right then,

keep them closed.

Okay.

The suspense is killing us.

Completely!

Okay, you can open them.

You look amazing!

Beyond amazing.

I know.

I mean, thank you.

Now, introducing,

the spider from your

worst nightmares!

Oh, no!

Oh, my gosh...

I hate spiders!

Don't let that spider in here! No!

Get out of here! No!

No, no, no, no, no, no!

Hey, get in here.

Group selfie.

Okay.

Here we go.

Okay.

Silly.

Wow.

You kids look adorable.

So, how long have you

been a nanny, Poppy?

Oh, a couple weeks now.

Really?

Poppy's, uh, nephews

go to school with the kids.

Oh.

Poppy's the best nanny ever.

Nobody will ever replace her.

Zoe, flattery will

get you everywhere.

So, what did you do before this?

Poppy can do anything.

Again, that would be

an exaggeration.

Poppy made our Halloween costumes,

by hand.

That is very industrious.

I do have to admit,

that spider costume

was quite scary.

He's not afraid of spiders anymore.

Poppy taught us

how to face our fears.

You know, I had a costume

when I was a kid,

it was so cool,

I think I probably wore it

four halloweens in a row.

What were you?

A knight.

In shining armor?

More like tinfoil.

My favorite costume

was an astronaut.

- Really?

- Yeah.

What planets did you visit?

Well, I didn't

actually leave earth.

But you were an astronaut.

I think what Abigail's

trying to say is,

that she went to so many planets,

that she couldn't

keep track of all of them.

Thank you, Poppy.

Yeah.

So what was your favorite planet?

Pluto.

Pluto's not a planet anymore.

Actually,

that's inaccurate, Zoe.

Most experts say that pluto

is still a dwarf planet.

It's in the Kuiper Belt.

Are you going to be

an astronaut this year?

Mm.

Your father and I

have a presentation,

so we're going to be

wearing business clothes.

Yeah, it's a big day for us.

It's a big day for us, too.

It's Halloween.

That's right,

and I will be home

right after we're done.

Oh, I hate to bring this up,

but Hagashimoto has asked us

to be his dinner guests

after the presentation.

Oh. Um...

Is that... necessary?

It would be considered

an insult if we didn't.

Right.

Okay.

So now you're not even

going to be there at all.

Oh, hang on...

Both of you?

No, I got it, I got it.

Are you sure? Okay.

It's funny,

I talk with CEOs of companies.

In Japanese.

Talking with kids

is a whole different story.

Kids are like CEOs,

except they're shorter,

and smarter.

You're really good with them.

Oh, you should have seen

our first day together.

They barely spoke to me,

and I'm not even gonna mention

the hungry goat incident.

Goat?

The thing about kids is,

they're funny,

and sneaky,

and difficult,

goofy, clever, competitive.

I mean, they're kids,

so they're lots of things,

but they'll test you

before they trust you.

All right.

Crisis averted.

Oh, good.

I will get them ready for bed.

Thank you.

Well, I, um, should get going.

We can finish this up tomorrow.

I'll walk you out.

Okay, let's build a fort.

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