Disclaimer: I don't own anything! How crappy is that??????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, yeah....Hanson owns the songs, too. BUT HEY....I OWN THE WORDS TO THIS STORY.......HAHAHAHA!
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Okay..you got me. I'm obsessed with Christmas, and since my other story (I Can't Let Go) was getting like....less than 10 reviews...I need to know I still have support. Here's another Christmas story for ya. I'm trying to include all the Cliffhangers in this one. I have another Christmas fic........so PLEASE REVIEW ON THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am writing this off the top of my head. Right now I have NO CLUE what this will be about. Sorry. Let's hope it's good.
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It was Christmastime at Horizon. Less than a week until Christmas. Almost everyone had gone home to be with their families. Except the Cliffhangers. Peter thought it was strange, but none of the Cliffhangers had showed any interest in going home at all. They were the only group left at the school. Strange, the parents hadn't really put up a fight to get them home either.
They were all in the lodge, sprawled out in front of the fire, chatting, reading, or thinking. Peter stood on the opposite side of the room and watched them. Sophie came up beside him.
"Do you think we should be worried?" she asked him with a sigh.
"About what?" he asked and glanced at her.
"Well, for starters, none of them want to go home with their families for Christmas. We are supposed to be helping them work past that. Second of all....Scott and David haven't been at each other's throats later, and Shelby is bordering on nice to Juliet....."
"Soph....isn't that what we've been working for?" he asked her. She shrugged. "Maybe we are getting through to them. As for the family thing....maybe they just aren't ready yet. They've found family here." There was silence between them for a while. There was a ripple of laughter coming from where the cliffhangers were sitting around the fire. Someone had obviously said something funny. This snapped Peter and Sophie out of the silence.
"So, Peter, I was thinking....since the group is gonna be here for the holidays....why don't we give them an old fashioned Christmas. I mean something like...we go get a tree....decorate it together. Maybe we can even take them to town." Peter raised his eyebrows. "Oh, come on. They have money their parents sent. They might want to get gifts for each other."
"Sounds good." He said after a minute. Her face lit up with a big smile. "We can do the whole shebang....stockings....eggnog...no chores.... They deserve it. They're good kids, Sophie."
"I know they are." She said.
"Okay, guys! Listen up!" he said, clapping his hands and walking over to them. Shelby looked up from her book, and Juliet sat up on the couch. Everyone looked at him with pleading eyes. "It's almost Christmas, and there's a lot of stuff that needs to be done around here—"
"Oh, Peter! We're on vacation! No chores, PLEASE!" Juliet whined.
"Now hang on. It's nothing like that." He said. "Sophie and I have talked it over and...we want to give you guys a Christmas...Mt. Horizon Style." Their faces lit up.
"Like what? Extra chores? Merry Christmas." Daisy said dryly. Auggie chuckled.
"No." Peter smirked. ":If you guys are up for it....tomorrow...we'll go get a tree...some lights and ornaments..yah know.... Then, um, Sophie and I will take you in to town to buy gifts for each other...and maybe we'll even go get some dinner while we're at it." Juliet beamed and he even got a smile out of everyone else. They all muttered words of approval.
"So, like....we're gonna have a real Christmas?" Scott asked.
"Right down to the stockings and eggnog." Peter smiled.
"Cool." He said with his usual half smile.
"Okay, guys, get some rest. We'll leave at 9 a.m. tomorrow." Peter said and walked away, leaving the cliffhangers chatting excitedly.
NEXT: THE CLIFFHANGERS GO TO TOWN....DO ALL THAT JUNK PETER SAID. AND......THEY HAVE CHRISTMAS EVE...AND CHRISTMAS...BLAH BLAH BLAH. I PROMISE ITS MORE THAN THAT, BUT I'M TOO LAZY TO WRITE IT! LOL. YOU WANT MORE????? REVIEW. IF I GET 10 by 8 o'clock..EASTERN STANDARD TIME I WILL POST THE NEXT PART! IF I DON'T....you'll have to wait till at least tomorrow. Have fun this Christmas!