TITLE: Christmas Wish
SUMMARY: Annie decides that she was going to make Silver's Christmas Wish come true.
CATEGORY: Friendship/ Family/ Hurt/Comfort/ Romance/ Tragedy/ Spiritual
RATINGS: T
Author's Note: I have decided to write a Christmas story for the Christmas season. I hope that you all enjoy my first attempt at a holiday story. This is SANNIE story – but I still don't know if they will end up being a couple or just good friends.
PROLOUG
"What is your Christmas wish?" Annie breathed against Silver's skin. Silver's head was against her own, her arms were wrapped around her best friend's waist. "Tell me your wish," She whispered in the slightly older girl's ear.
"It's foolish." Silver sadly softly said. She stared off at the wall across from Annie's bed, lost in thoughts. "Simply foolish. It will never happen." She didn't realize that her hands rose and gripped Annie's arms.
Annie eyes suddenly sparkled in tears, not due to the pain of Silver's grip. No, her tears was from the tone of Silver's voice. Such sadness, heartbreak, loneliness, all in one sentence. "Silver -" She had watched as Silver turned her eyes to the wall. "Silver-" She said once more as she sensed her best friend go deep into herself.
Tears rolled down Silver's checks, splashing Annie on the face. Annie reached up with her hand and cupped Silver's chin. She managed to slowly force it downward, so Silver was looking into her eyes. "Silver …. come back to me." She whispered.
"Annie," Silver whispered back, she leaned forward and rested her head on Annie's right shoulder and broke down. Annie just held onto her broken friend and allowed Silver to cry. Silver finally managed to get a hold of herself, pulling out of Annie's arms. She moved backwards on the bed. "I'm sorry Annie," She simply said wiping her eyes with the back of her long sleeved rose colored shirt. "I don't know what got into me."
Annie leaned forward and grabbed the Kleenex box from her bedside table, she pulled one out and moved the few inches that separated her from Silver. She gently began to wipe away the tears from Silver's face. "Did I ever tell you about the time when Dixon and I were six…."
"Please I don't need stories to comfort me, Annie." Silver said in a slightly annoyed voice. "I'm fine now." She tried to push Annie's hand away from her face, but her friend was just too stubborn to comply.
"Ok, no comfort story." Annie said with a nod and a soft smile. "I'll just quietly wipe your tears away from you." Her left hand rest on top of Silver's hands – which were in her lap. "There now that's better. Now I can see your beautiful baby blue eyes." She said lightly tracing Silver's right check bone before allowing her hand to leave Silver's face.
"Thanks." Silver whispered.
"Now, I want to know your Christmas Wish." Annie firmly said, "And I don't want to hear you say that it is foolish. No Christmas Wish is foolish, Erin Silver." Her right eye brow rose waiting for Silver to tell her.
Silver remained silent lowering her eyes.
"If you think that I'll give up with your being so silent, Silver, than you have another thing coming. I'm not going to let this go." Annie said in a soft firm voice – ducking her head trying to get in Silver's line of vision. She shook her head in small annoyance. God, Erin Silver could be so stubborn at times. But, usually Annie could break in. She just had a feeling that this one time would be difficult going. Unless, yes that might do the trick …..
"Erin." Annie said. She felt Silver's hands clench underneath her own. "Erin, Erin, Erin." She softly said. Still Silver's hands clenched and grew tight. She sighed, using Silver's Christian first name wasn't the tack to take. She moved closer so that their knees touched – seeing how they were sitting cross legged across from one another. She took her hands off of Silver's. Reaching out - she cupped Silver's chin in her hands – slowly lifting the other girl's head – brown eyes met blue eyes. "I will always be there for you." She softly said. "No matter what."
Silver blinked trying to fight the tears from falling, she opened her mouth, trying to get the words out – but nothing came out. She closed her mouth and lowered her eyes once more.
"Silver, you are safe now – you have Kelly, Sammy, Dixon, myself, my parents and my grandmother – we are here for you. You aren't alone anymore – you will never be alone ever again." Annie said lifting Silver's chin once more. "It's ok to tell me your Christmas Wish."
"I want my family back." Silver whispered. "But that will never happen. It's all destroyed." She pulled away and felt Annie's hands drop from her face. She quickly got off the bed, "I have to go. I promised Kelly that I would watch Sammy – so she can get some of Sammy's Christmas shopping done."
Annie just watched as her best friend rushed from her bedroom, she had a determined set to her face. She was going to make Silver's Christmas Wish come true. Come high or low water – she was going to get Jackie Taylor and Mel Silver to finally become civil to one another. She started to come up with plans on how to accomplish this. She was going to need Dixon's help – she wasn't too sure if her mom and dad would help – but she was sure that they would do anything for Silver. So she added their names to the list of help. She would ask Ethan – he would help because he does care for Silver. Navid, Adrianna, and perhaps Naomi. Naomi would agree to help out of guilt – after all Jackie found out about the truth due to Naomi's big mouth back in eight grade. She couldn't bring Kelly or David into the plan, because they were much too angry at Mel for his destroying his family.
This would work, she would make sure it worked. Silver deserved to have her family back. A firm smile on her mouth Annie could just picture Silver's joy when her parents showed up for Christmas ready to be a happy loving family once more.
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