Story. :)

Author's note:
Hello :) I was in the mall on the day before Halloween and this story came to mind. I wrote this about 2 days ago in the spirit of Halloween. Hope you enjoy :)
Feedback would be great!

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“Hey! Dylan! Come back here!” a voice yelled.

Wearing a black baseball-styled hat, jock-style jacket, jeans, and a black t-shirt was Julius Mendoza. He was running across the mall with his fly Nike shoes after his surprisingly fast 4 year old little brother.

He had turned away for only 5 seconds to pay for his little brother’s ice cream cone, and when he turned back Dylan had vanished.
Or was just running towards the toystore. Again.

“Hey there little fella!” a girl cooed.

Marie Cruz bent down to say hi to the little boy clinging to her leg in a batman costume holding a pistachio ice cream cone. A small orange pumpkin halfway filled with candy was on his other hand.

The little boy looked up at her with big cute asian eyes smiling.
He was an adorable little child.

“What’s your name?” she asked grinning. She couldn’t help it, he was probably the cutest Filipino child she’d ever seen in a batman costume.

“Batman,” he said pointing to the Batman logo on his chest.

Marie looked around and saw a guy about her age running towards her.

“Is that your brother?” she pointed to the guy running.

Dylan nodded a yes, as she stood up straight, still clutching on to her leg.

Julius finally saw Dylan, and there he was, right by the toystore… holding onto some stranger’s leg. Again. Not the first time this has happened.

“Dyl,” said Julius approaching him, lightly rubbing Dylan’s head, “Don’t run again okay?”

“Yeah, listen to your brother,” Marie agreed.

Julius looked up at her, still bent down on the ground. The first thing he noticed was her pretty dark brown eyes. Then her long layered curled brown hair. She was smiling at him, “Hey.”

Julius stood back up, this time facing Marie, “Hey.”

They made eye contact for about 2 seconds.

“Hey!” exclaimed Dylan.

They both laughed.

“So this is your little brother?” Marie asked.

“Yep, Dylan,” he replied, “Thanks by the way, for you know, not letting him run off again. Haha.”

“It’s no prob,he sort of just held on to my leg.”

“Yeah he does that a lot,” Julius said with his hand behind his head, “So what’s your name?”

“Marie,” she smiled, “Yours?”

“Nice name, Julius.” He held out his hand. They both shook.

“Thanks, nice hat by the way, I like the Batman symbol on it, it’s cute,” she said pointing to it, “And the shirt, batman again, matches your brother’s. That’s nice of you to take him out trick or treating.”

Julius adjusted his hat slightly, “It’s no big deal, I’m taking Dyl out today then my bro’s taking him out tomorrow again on Halloween.”

There was a Halloween event today at the mall, Sunday, even though it wasn’t really Halloween. Julius made a deal with Mark, his 15 year old brother, a year younger than him, that he was going to take him out on Sunday at the mall while Mark was going to take Dylan on Halloween Trick or Treating.

“Still, not many older brothers take their adorable little brother out while they can hang with their friends on a weekend.”

“I’m not like most older brothers,” he took Dylan’s hand and smiled at Marie.

She was wearing light blue jeans with a black simply designed belt. Plain white tank top, long-sleeved black cardigan over it. A 2 tagged necklace on a silver chain, and black flats. She had a black bag slung over her shoulder. Somewhere around maybe 5”4, only a few inches shorter than Julius. She’s pretty, thought Julius.

She bit her lip lightly then released it into a curved smile, “I figured.”

“Trick or treat!” Dylan squealed, tugging Julius’ hand. This meant it was time for them to go.

“Alright, we’ll go, but thank the nice pretty girl first, “he looked at Marie.

“Tank You!” Dylan reached out for her for a hug.

“Anytime, Batman,” she crouched down to his small height giving him a small kiss on the cheek.
“You’re as cute as a button, stay that way!”

Dylan nodded, his ice cream cone melting away.

“You know, your kuya’s cute too,” Marie looked Dylan then at Julius who looked surprised.

Winking at Julius, she walked away.