A/N: Merry fricken Christmas! Here's the beginning of my main Christmas fic and yes! there will be more! Enjoy!

"Sorry everyone, Santa is going on a quick break!" the female elf announced, roping off the line. "You're welcome to stay and wait, he should be back in about fifteen minutes."

A lot of parents groaned and pulled their children out of the line (much to the dismay of the kids). Zed's sister looked up at him and asked, "Are you gonna make me leave the line too?" with her big green eyes all sad and begging him not to.

"Of course not," Zed said. "We're at the front and we've been waiting for an hour. I am not leaving this mall without a picture of you and Santa."

Zoey broke out in a grin and cheered happily. The elf next to them laughed and Zed looked at her with a curious smile. "Is it actually fifteen minutes or whenever he wants to come back?"

The elf shrugged with an adorable smile. She had to be around his age (sixteen), but had such a childish demeanor. She had blonde pigtails and bright blue eyes and such a cute grin. Zed glanced at her name tag—'Addy the Elf'.

Addy the Elf leaned in and whispered, "He's a wild card. If you had been here earlier you would've gotten the best Santa."

"I'll take that into consideration next time," Zed noted.

"Is she your little sister?" Addy the Elf asked.

Zoey nodded enthusiastically. "It's my first time meeting Santa!"

"We'll have you been a good little girl?"

"Yep! I do all my chores and my homework and I haven't pinched Zed in three months!"

Addy the Elf giggled again and Zed couldn't help but smile. She had such an adorable giggle. Addy the Elf looked at him and asked, "And have you been a good boy?"

"No!" Zoey exclaimed. "He gets detention and doesn't do his homework—"

"Zoey," Zed said in a warning tone. He then turned his attention to Addy the Elf and said, "I had detention once and it was in August and I have been mostly on time with my work."

Addy the Elf smiled. "What school do you go to? I feel like I've seen you before."

"Zechariah Olsen Mullins Baker Institution of Excellence," Zed said. "You?"

"Seabrook High," Addy the Elf answered. She bit her cheek, then said teasingly, "Private school kid, huh? A Zombie?"

Zed chuckled and held his hands up in surrender. "I literally got a scholarship. I would probably be at Seabrook High with you."

"What a shame," Addy the Elf said, shaking her head. "I'm still trying to figure out where I've seen you. Do you play a sport or something?"

"I play football."

"I'm a cheerleader," Addy the Elf said in explanation. "I'm guessing I've seen you at games then."

"I think we're playing you guys Friday," Zed said. "So you cheer and are an elf?"

"I love all the kids," Addy the Elf said with a smile. She grinned at Zoey and offered her a candy cane.

"I was going to say you seem really good with them but Zoey is an angel so it's a very easy to get along with her."

"She is an angel," Addy the Elf said. Then, to Zoey, she said, "I'm sure Santa will bring you lots of presents this year."

Zoey smiled at her and asked her brother to unwrap her candy cane. "How old are you Zoey?"

"Seven."

"And you?"

"Sixteen," Zed said. "I've got nine years on this little munchkin."

"Well that's good,"Addy the Elf said. "Now you've got someone to protect always, Zoey. I don't have any siblings."

"So who protects you?" Zoey asked.

"I am capable of protecting myself," she said. "I did gymnastics and karate growing up, so all my cheer moves double as self defense tactics."

"That is literally the coolest thing I've ever heard," the two siblings said in wonder.

Addy the Elf laughed and Zed felt like he was melting. She was so cute and her laugh was like the best music he'd ever heard. "Do you mind if I ask for your name?" Zed asked. "I mean, 'Addy the Elf' is amazing, but your actual name."

"Addison."

"That's a beautiful name."

Addison blushed and smiled and looked down at the ground. "Thank you," she said shyly.

"Um, would you mind if I got your number? In case I ever need a hand in defending myself or have Santa related questions?"

Addison looked up at him and nodded with a big smile. "Of course. As an elf it's my job to answer any Santa related questions you may have." Zed smiled and pulled out his phone, passing it to her. "I also left my phone in my locker, so just send me a text."

"Yeah, that's cool."

Addison smiled to herself as she put in her phone number, even taking a selfie and making it her contact picture.

"You did a chore and got a cute girl's number in the process? How!"

Zed laughed at his friend's antics. "I volunteered to take Zoey to the mall, firstly."

Eliza folded her arms defiantly and asked, "Secondly?"

"No secondly, everything else is true," Zed said with a grin.

Zed smiled down at his phone as he typed out another reply. Bonzo looked over his shoulder and rolled his eyes. "This will get old very fast."

"Why do you even fraternize with public school kids? They're…wild."

"Addison is cool." Zed stated. "Are you guys coming to the game today? It's at Seabrook High."

"Those public school kids will jump us," Bonzo stated.

"Don't go in uniform," Zed suggested. He looked up and slung an arm over Bonzo's shoulder. "Support your best friend. You never come to my games!"

Bonzo looked at Eliza, who sighed reluctantly and nodded. "Fine," she resigned. Zed grinned and went back to texting Addison.

"Zed!"

Zed—and his teammates—turned at the sound of his name. A Seabrook cheerleader which Zed soon realized was Addison walked over to them. She smiled at his teammates, then even harder when her eyes landed on Zed.

"I'll be right back," Zed said to no one in particular. He made his way toward Addison and they both stopped when they were inches apart.

"Hey," Zed greeted.

"Hi," Addison said with a grin. "Number zero."

"They let me pick."

"I'm not even surprised," she said. "Always trying to stand out. Like your hair, which was brown the last time I saw you and is now green."

"That's actually a team thing," Zed explained. "We wear our colors with pride so we can destroy the Mighty Shrimp."

Addison giggled. "I would cheer for you if I could, because your team is so much better. I'm deprived we're even in the playoffs."

"You guys are pretty good too."

"You're just saying that to be nice."

"No I'm being honest. You—"

"Addison!" They both looked behind Addison to see the cheer captain impatiently motioning her over.

"You guys wouldn't be in the playoffs if you were bad," Zed said. "We don't just dye our hair for easy games. It's a good luck thing."

"Addison!"

"I need to go," Addison said a little sadly. "Good luck!"

"Thanks," Zed said with a smile.

Addison turned and jogged back to her cheer squad and Zed watched her for a second longer before going back to his own team.

"Who was that?" Zephyr asked.

"A girl,"

"No shit Sherlock. Who?"

"Not important," Zed said. "We've got a game to win."

"Who was that?" Addison's cousin and cheer captain Bucky asked.

"Zed," Addison said. "I met him at the mall on Monday."

Bucky narrowed his eyes at her. "No fraternizing with the enemy!"

"He plays football and I'm a cheerleader! We aren't enemies!" Addison argued. "Plus he's really cute! And funny and nice! I happen to like him."

Bucky rolled his eyes. "The minute that this boy distracts you from cheer is the minute you end this."

Addison rolled her eyes at him. She nodded because there was no use in arguing with him. She knew he couldn't stop her and her parents were fine with her texting and flirting with Zed. She'd asked them after meeting Zed and before she had started texting with him.

The game had gone fairly well. Not in the Shrimp's favor, naturally. The Zombies were much better than the Shrimp and everyone knew it. Bucky was upset when Addison involuntarily cheered for Zed but she didn't care. He was really good and he looked really good playing.

Addison intercepted Zed before he could go into the locker room. He was sweaty and red faced and all around exhausted, br smiled brightly as Addison ran up to him. "Great game," she said with a grin. "You were amazing."

"Thanks," Zed breathed out. "Awesome cheers."

"Thanks." Addison then rushed forward and threw her arms around him in a tight and spontaneous hug.

After a second, Zed wrapped his arms around her. Addison smiled and looked up at him. "Let's go out this weekend," she suggested.

"Tomorrow?"

"Um…" After a second, Addison nodded. She pulled away from him and said, "Yeah. I'll text you later details."

"Okay," Zed said with a smile. "I gotta get back to my team."

"Me too." Addison turned and jogged off, then turned back to him and waved. "Bye!"

Addison: I have work until six tomorrow. Wanna see a movie at the mall? Grab some dinner?

Zed: Sounds great. I'll meet you at the theater at say 6:15?

Addison: Yeah that works!

"I have a tiny problem," Addison told Zed. "My clothes got soaked in the rain so I was planning on going to some store and buying something to change into. But we'd miss the beginning of the movie."

Zed shrugged. "You don't have to change. You make a very cute elf."

Addison curtsied. "Thank you."

Zed laughed, then said, "You don't have to get all dressy for my anyway."

"Bold of you to assume I was dressing up for you."

He laughed again, then offered her his hand. "Shall we, Addy the Elf?"

Addison smiled and took his hand. "We shall!"