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Chapter 15
"Thanks, and have a
Merry Christmas," the store clerk said to me as she handed me my bag.
"Thanks, you
too," I said, smiling. I was Christmas shopping with Darren and Daniel and
sneaked off to buy their gifts. I got Daniel blue pager that I already paid for
a years worth bill, a pair of green sunglasses, and the new Alanis Morssette CD
he'd been begging for. I got his mom a basket of stuff from Bath and Body Works.
I walked out of the store, in thought of what to get Darren when someone bumped
into me.
"Augh, sorry about
tha...," I said, when I looked up to see who it was. It was Jason Archer.
"DELIA!" he
grinned. "Perfect timing," I thought.
"Umm...she's not
here right now," I said, trying to ignore him.
"Yeah
whatever," he said, as a girl popped up from behind him, "this is
Michelle."
"Oh great Jason,
you got another poor girl worshiping the ground you walk on," I said.
"Hey! It could be
you," he said, shrugging.
"I'd rather sleep
with freezing ice on my head while doing a headstand," I said,
sarcastically.
"You know you want
me," he said.
"Yeah, I want you
to fall in a lake and drown," I said, walking away before he could say
anything. I couldn't believe I saw him. I walked into the store where I saw
Darren and Daniel shopping.
Daniel held up a pink
nightgown and said, "Is it my color?!" in a girly voice.
"Well, it matches
your hair!" Darren said, as we started to laugh.
Daniel bought something
for his mom and we left the store. Darren took my hand and the three of us
walked to the exit we came in. We got to the car and Darren drove us home.
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A couple days flew by
and it was the day Daniel's mom was coming. Daniel was literally bouncing off
the walls. It was the day before Christmas Eve and I had all my shopping done.
My dad, me, Darren and Daniel piled into our jeep and drove to the airport. We
got there and walked to the gate. The plane landed and people started to pile
out of the plane. Daniel spotted his mom.
"MOM!!"
Daniel screamed. He ran toward her and she hugged him.
"My little
Danny!!" she called out. She picked up her 3 shopping bags that were filled
with presents. She looked at Darren.
"Darren!! You
shaved off your lil thing you called a goatee!" she cried out. He laughed
and hugged her.
"Hey Chris!"
he said. She looked at me.
"You must be Dee.
I have heard so much about you!!" she said. She hugged me. She looked at my
dad and said- "and you must be Joe."
"Hello
Chris," he said, as he put out his hand.
"None of that hand
shaking!" she said as she hugged him. I started to laugh.
"Now I know where
Daniel gets it," I whispered to Darren. He laughed. We walked to get her
luggage and we walked out to the car.
"I talked to the
guys back home and Lee is having Christmas with his family, and so are Karl and
Ben. But they did send presents!" she told us, holding up the shopping
bags. Daniel and his mom talked about Boston and caught up on stuff. They
obviously were best friends. They even looked alike. We got to their apartment
and she took in her bags. We all sat around and talked. We even found out how
good of a pool player she was.
My dad got excited and
said, "Hey Chris, I'll challenge you to a game," he said. She smiled
wickedly.
"Ok, you're
on," she said. Daniel, Darren, and I decided to tag along. We got into the
car and drove to the local billiard. We walked in and they claimed a pool table.
They played best out of 3 and my dad won by a lucky shot. We drove back to their
apartment and talked for a long time.
~~Christmas Eve~~
"Who wants some
egg nog?!?!" Chris screamed from the kitchen. Daniel made a gagging face
and we laughed. "Any one?!" she asked again. Daniel shook his arms to
us to tell us not too. "Daniel!!" she said, as she caught him.
"Um...I....was
waving my arms cause there was a fly on me. Sure! I'll have some!" Daniel
said, with a fake smile. She handed him a glass and he held it and smiled at
her. She folded her arms and waited for him to drink it. Daniel sighed and
scrunched up his nose and took a tiny sip. He swallowed and Chris smiled
triumphantly. Daniel waited for his mom to turn his back and he stuck his tongue
out and gagged.
"I HEARD THAT
DANIEL JONES!!" she called out. He smiled wickedly. She came in with a
plate of cookies and we ate them in front of the fire. My dad and I were gonna
spend the night there so we could be there in the morning for the presents. The
phone rang and Daniel picked it up.
"MERRY
CHRISTMAS!" he screamed in it, "....Darren? Darren who?!" he
said, jokingly. "Yeah, he's right here. Its your mama," Daniel said,
handing the phone to Darren. Darren smiled and picked up the phone.
"Hello?.......hi
mom!....yeah....we're fine....she's much better......yeah, Chris is
here....yes....ok....tell them I love them....ok....love you too...Merry
Christmas.....bye mom," he said, hanging up the phone. We all sat around
and enjoyed the Christmas sprit.
~~Christmas morning~~
"WAKE UP!!!"
Daniel and Darren screamed, running in between rooms, making sure everyone was
up.
"WAAAAAKKKKEE UPP!!!!
I WANT MY PRESENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!" Daniel screamed. They blasted Christmas
music and ran into the living room where I was sleeping. Darren and Daniel shook
me and woke me up.
"AUGH! GO
AWAY!" I said, throwing the blanket over my head.
"We're gonna open
presents if you don't get up!!!" Darren said.
"Ok, have
fun," I said, sleepily.
"We're gonna open
YOUR presents," Daniel said. That got me.
"Ok, ok,
ok....what time is it?" I said, yawning.
"6," they
said.
"IN THE
MORNING?!?!" I screamed.
"YEP!! Hurry
up!!!!!" Daniel said. I got up and walked to the door to the family room
where the presents were.
"Aren't they a
pain?? Last year, they woke up at 5 and started to open LEE'S presents!!"
Chris said.
"Hey!! We warned
him!!" Darren defended himself. Chris smiled and shook her head.
"Ok...1....2....3!!!!!!"
they screamed as Daniel and Darren burst into the family room and ran under the
tree and demolished their gifts. My dad, Chris and I were slowly following.
"YES!!"
Daniel said, as he opened his presents. He got a lot of Tommy shirts from his
mom and other stuff, my dad got him a new pool stick with his name on it and a
new Discman, Darren got him a huge box of Dopey stuff and he opened what I got
him. He thanked everyone and started to program his new pager.
Darren ripped the paper
on his presents and got a lot of Tommy shirts from Chris also and 3 new Nike
hats, a new cell phone that was purple and said "Daz" on it from
Daniel, a gift certificate for $100 from my dad to any store he wanted, and a
picture frame with a picture of him and me and a new watch that had his name
embroidered in it from me.
My dad also got a lot
of Tommy shirts from Chris, a new briefcase and pager from me, and Darren and
Daniel chipped in together and bought him a new stereo with surround sound since
we blew out our old one.
It was my turn to open
my gifts and Chris got me 5 new outfits from the Gap, and my dad got me my own
computer that had all the programs I wanted and he also got me 5 new CD's I've
been begging for. Darren gave me
almost the exact same watch, by accident, and it had my name in it. Daniel got
me a real gold necklace that had a soccer ball on it that said 3D on it for my
nickname. I thought that was all I got when Daniel and Darren jumped up.
"We got you one
more thing....," Darren said.
"....something
you've wanted for a long time," my dad said, who must have been in on it
too. Daniel and Darren opened the door of the closet and a little puppy was
sound asleep in a doggie bed. They carried it out to me.
"Oh my God!"
I gasped. It was a cute little Dalmatian puppy. My smile grew so wide that my
cheeks hurt.
"Merry
Christmas," Darren whispered. I held it and it was so cute.
"I always wanted a
dog," I said.
"I know," he
smiled. I put it in its bed and jumped up and hugged Darren. He kissed me
lightly. "Whatcha gonna name it?" he asked me. I looked at the puppy
and it snored lightly as it slept.
"Gonzo," I
said, "I always wanted to name it that."
"That's
cute," Darren said, smiling. We walked outside on the deck and it was
snowing. I hugged Darren for warmth and he held me in his arms.
"Merry
Christmas," he whispered in my ear. His voice gave me chills. I turned and
faced him.
"Merry Christmas," I said, as our lips met.
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