I thought I would write a Christmas fan fiction, because um…Christmas is coming up soon. So here it is and Toni's going to be in this one, but I didn't want to have it in A Whole New World, because I didn't want that story to go in that direction, I actually have no idea what I'm going to do with that story. I hope you like it!!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Outsiders, just the Ditellos.

Toni's POV:

December 5th

"Alright class, pull out your planners and write this down," said Mr. Simmes. The classroom was noisy with the sound of crinkling papers and shuffling for a second or two, and then quiet.

"This year all the English teachers came up with the idea of a whole school project where everyone has to write an essay, turn it in, and the top ten get put up around the school," the class groaned at the word "essay", but everyone was eager to hear more when "contest" was implied.

"Well, what's the essay supposed to be about?" One of the socs up front asked.

"Very good question Mr. Houser, I'm glad you asked. You are to write an essay on, are you ready? The essay is on, your idea of a perfect Christmas," the teacher announced with a smile. The class was an uproar of teens turning to share ideas.

"Now wait, you don't want to give your ideas away. The goal is to have 954, which is the student body count, 954 different papers. So don't go sharing your ideas. They need to be original and very detailed. That is why we, the teachers, are giving you from December 5th to the last day before Christmas break, which is the …22nd. On the 22nd you will hand in your essay and the winners will be announced next year on the 1st day of school after the break. That gives you about 18 days to complete it, any questions?"The class was silently writing all this information down. I could tell that people were excited. Even Pony was scribbling down his ideas. The bell rang and everyone left the room. We met up with Johnny and Two-bit so we could head down to the DX.

"So did you guys hear about the essay thing?" I asked, closing my locker.

"Yeah, and it sounds real stupid," Two-bit answered back, "You know the only thing in my essay is going to be, 'For Christmas I want a life supply of beer and blondes,' the end," he replied as we walked out to his car.

"Two-bit, you do realize that you're not just supposed to put what you want, but what your perfect Christmas would be," I said getting in the car.

"Yeah, well, it's still stupid," he replied.

The whole week everyone was talking about their ideas. I've never seen teenagers or any person in particular, so excited about an essay before. I really wanted to know what Pony and Johnny were writing about. So, on Friday when they came over to my house to hang out, I decided to ask them.

"Hey, guys, what are you two going to write about for the essay?"

"I don't know, I have an idea, but it's not exciting," Pony said.

"What about you Johnny? I'll tell you if you tell us."

"I'm not sure what to write about. I've never really had a fairy tale Christmas before, so I don't know," Johnny replied shyly.

"Well since Johnny doesn't know and neither do I, why don't you go ahead and share yours Toni?" Pony suggested.

"Alright, hmm, let's see, okay. The perfect Christmas for me would be me and my loved one cuddled up together the whole day in a small, cozy cottage out in the woods. It's lightly snowing adding more snow to the already foot and half covered ground. The fireplace is lit and the lights are glowing on the tree and outside. The cottage smells like cinnamon and hot cocoa. I and the one I love are on the couch, and we're both wearing jeans and a sweater or sweatshirt. We're curled up together under a blanket with cups of steaming hot chocolate," I paused for a second smiling at the boys' wowed expressions, "That's about it, but of course that was just a rough draft, I'm going to add a lot more details for the final copy. So, what did ya think?"

"Wow Toni, that was really good. Where do you get such a creative imagination?" Pony asked.

"Yeah, I would've been able to come up with the first sentence," Johnny added.

"I bet your essays are going to be really good. I mean once you get started the ideas just pop into your head."

When my parents got home they had an announcement for me, Pony, Johnny, and Michael.

"So kids, we have something to tell you. Every year, as Toni and Michael know, we go to Aspen, Colorado for about two weeks for Christmas vacation. We were thinking about it and we noticed that there is one extra guest room with one bunk bed and one full bed. So, Pony and Johnny, you are invited to come to with us if you'd like, Pony's brother's too," my father said with a hopeful look on his face.

"Are you serious?! They can come?! Oh my gosh, guys you have to come, we'll have so much fun, please!" I said jumping up from the couch and turning to the boys.

"Well, I'd have to ask Darry, but he should be fine with it, when would we be going?"

"We would be leaving for the airport on Saturday the 20th in the evening and we'd be leaving Aspen to come home on Friday morning the second of January, I know it sounds long, but it's worth it because there's a lot that we do, including a new year's party," my mom replied.

"I'm not sure, I don't want to be in the way, I mean won't it be expensive, because I don't have money to pay you," Johnny said.

"Oh, don't worry about that dear, the money is covered, we put money off to the side just in case you guys would be going."

"Can I use your phone to call my brothers to ask them now?"

"Yeah, dear can you show him where it is?"

"Johnny come on you should go. You'll have a fun time, we're always doing something, and you won't be bored and trust me it's worth it. We go ice skating, tree hunting, decorating, presents, baking…almost every Christmas related thing possible!" I said sitting down next to Johnny. His face lit up as I read off the list of our activities.

"Well, I guess my parents won't care, they probably won't even notice I'm gone, so yeah, I'll go."

"Yes! Now we just have to see what Darry and Soda say."

We waited for about five minutes when Pony and my dad finally came out.

"We can go! Darry's just worried about the money situation, but your dad said not to worry, so I guess I'm coming!"

We were all excited and surprisingly Michael didn't seem to mind. He was actually talking and hanging out with us the rest of the night. I later found out that the reason was because his girlfriend was cheating on him with his best friend, the bad part about it, everyone knew except for him. He didn't like the fact that his other friends didn't even bother to hint it at him. So he told me all this and it made me very happy inside, he would enjoy the company of the greasers.

This Christmas was going to be the best to date. I'm spending it with my family and friends, what more can you ask for?