The Price of Halloween

 

Have you eaten up your Halloween Candy yet?

Eli: Pretty much. We'll have to buy more, but I think it's my dad who eats it all up. He mixes it up in his popcorn when he's watching a football game on TV. (Eli smiles about it)

Amy: (she turns to him and then looks back at the camera.) He brings those little Snickers in his lunch. (She shows the length of them with her thumb and index finger).

Junie: We were going to go to the local pumpkin patch on Sunday but for the four of us, it would have been over two hundred dollars. They don't give student discounts on the weekends. (She sighs as she hugs herself about the matter.)

Darry: Well, you had to work anyway. (he nudges her with his elbow) I did some googling. I found a farm, Skinny Bones, and the prices weren't as bad. You can go on this huge slide. And we're going on Thursday night. They even had a turbo tornado you can see. It's in a silo. (he smiles with a nod as if it might a science experiment they'll get class credit on.)

Eli: I think we should brown bag it, though (Eli speaks up), we could make sandwiches from home and eat in the car.

Darry: (chuckles) You know we won't. It'll be a drive, and you know you always make room for pizza.

Eli: Pizza! (he looks at Darry as if he's ready to go now.)

Darry: Actually, they call it the Pizza Barn, and the prices aren't terribly expensive.

Amy: Oh, everything is expensive. (Amy shrugs)

Junie: Well, bring tip money then. (She looks at her as if she could afford it)

Amy: Tip money (she winces at Junie as if she'd never.

Junie: You never want to tip.

Amy: (squints back as if she doesn't know what Amy is talking about).