The following year changed a bit for Kevin and Chelsea. Everyone was nicer to them, but it seemed to die down as the holidays were roaming. Everyone was just as angst and jerkish as they were before to Kevin and Chelsea. Hopefully this year they would be all together though, but Chelsea and Kevin were protesting about going to Florida for Christmas. They both agreed that celebrating on a beach wouldn't be a good family holiday, they were upstairs watching Celebrity Ding Dang Dong after they packed their suitcases.

Chelsea was still the same height as she was last year but her hair was slightly shorter due to being a little curlier than before. "Kev, I'm not looking forward to this holiday in Florida..." she said, quietly.

"I know, I love seeing snow outside on Christmas," Kevin replied, his voice slightly lower than it used to be. He was also dressed in fancy clothes for tonight's school occasion before Christmas vacation. "We're not even gonna have a real tree?"

Kate came upstairs to her children. "Kevin, Chelsea, are your suitcases packed?"

"Yes," Kevin said, recorded his voice on his recorder he got last year. "Yes." the recorder repeated.

"Yes, Mom." Chelsea nodded, pointing to her packed suitcase. Kevin wore a suit for tonight's school occasion while she wore a purple and burgundy ensemble that was modest, but also made her a bit noticeable.

"Are you both ready to go?" Kate asked.

"Yes!" Kevin slightly exclaimed and did what he did earlier to answer. "Yes!"

"Me too." Chelsea agreed, amused with Kevin's joke.

Kate looked not amused with her son's joke. She regrets buying him that tape recorder for Christmas last year.

"Mom, why do we have to celebrate Christmas in Florida anyway?" Kevin asked. "There won't be any tree or snow..."

"Kevin, what is it with you and Christmas trees?" Kate sighed. "Besides, maybe you can decorate a little palm tree."

"Why couldn't we just go to New York like Max and her family?"

"Just go with it, okay? And here," Kate held out a little plastic bag with a colorful clown face pressed against it. "A little clown to play with in the pool!"

"EVIL CLOWN!" Chelsea exclaimed, punching it away to make it deflate, though it did not burst.

Kate murmured a bit, looking at her children. "Well, let's get going then." she went downstairs with the rest of the everyone else.

Kevin looked at the TV as the game show ended and the reward was to New York's Plaza Hotel. "I'd rather spend Christmas there... It'd be a real vacation to me. don't you think so, Chels?"

"Yeah, New York is cool and we could go see Max." Chelsea smiled.

"Max is a cool girl."

"Oh, and Kevin, you're sharing your room with cousin Fuller!" Kate called from downstairs to remind him.

Kevin cringed at that. "He wets the bed!"

"Kev, you can share my room again," Chelsea frowned in sympathy. "But we'll keep the door open a little."

"Thanks, Chels, you're the best." Kevin got up to go downstairs to get to the school.


Tonight was an all grade concert for the students to sing carols for the visiting parents and guardians. Chelsea smiled as she sat with her family and couldn't wait to hear Kevin sing, he had an important solo in the concert this year. Chelsea always thought Kevin had a very lovely voice to hear. Kevin hoped he wouldn't mess up once he was dressed up and gripping his candle like the other students instructed. Chelsea watched and saw Buzz behind Kevin, hoping that Buzz wouldn't do anything to make Kevin mess up or look miserable.

"Kevin's big solo!" Kate beamed once the other students finished and the spotlight was on Kevin.

Kevin sang his angelic part of the song. Buzz decided to have a little fun though, he used his candles to make a fool out of Kevin. For some reason, everyone thought it was hilarious. Chelsea didn't find anything funny about it. It was even funny enough to wake up Uncle Frank and make him laugh at Kevin's misery and embarrassment. Kevin kept singing, unaware of what was going on behind his back, but felt self-conscious once he knew everyone was laughing at him. Kevin turned to see Buzz was up to his old tricks again and charged him down, making them fight. The other students backed up off the stage in fright as Kevin and Buzz were fighting and the Christmas tree fell on the music teacher, making her fall off her piano bench.

"KEVIN!" Kate exclaimed in horror and slight anger.

Kevin was alone on stage, feeling singled out and busted.

Chelsea looked worried. She hoped Kevin wouldn't get hurt, and was upset with Buzz for doing such a nasty trick.


That night, it felt like Kevin was on trial. Buzz was planning to make Kevin and Chelsea look bad so they would have a rotten holiday once they would all wake up in the morning and leave for Florida. Buzz came forward and apologized sweetly to his family, taking the blame. Kevin and Chelsea were shocked and horrified for him doing that. It wasn't even mature of him. Yes, Buzz blamed himself, but that didn't give him the right.

"Beat that, you trout sniffers." Buzz hissed to his siblings, turning his back to the rest of the family.

"Shut it, Buzz and stuff your fake apology." Chelsea scowled.

"Well, what do you have to say for yourselves, Kevin and Chelsea?" Kate asked, strictly.

Kevin thought for a moment of what he wanted to say and glared at his uncle for laughing. He found Buzz's prank very immature, but pretty darn hilarious. "Alright, I did what I did! He's been blaming us for years and Chelsea didn't even do anything! And I'd do it again! You guys always pick on us and we don't even do anything!"

Chelsea looked at Kevin in surprise. She then gave him a sweet smile before looking at the family. She stood up and took a defensive look on her face, also determined. "I'm also sick of being treated like a black sheep of the family, and the way you treat me and Kev..." she started. She then set a look on her mother "And I'm sick of how everyone else is treated better than us..." She didn't even want to have quality time with her mother.

Buzz looked slightly shocked at hearing Chelsea speak out like this.

"That's it, you two!" Kate rose for her seat, glaring at them. "Kevin, Chelsea, you had better not misbehave like this on our trip to Florida tomorrow!"

"I wish all of you but Chelsea would go away!" Kevin sneered. "I want you all gone but her!"

"Well you got your Christmas wish last year, maybe it'll come true again." Kate sounded careless and gathered the family, ignoring the two of them.

Fuller glanced at Kevin, sipping extra soda.

Chelsea frowned, clenching her fists. "Kevin, sweetie, I'm going to be upstairs..." her voice was slightly strained. She was obviously upset with how she and Kevin were treated by their family.

"Thanks again." Kevin smiled at her and went upstairs to change.

"I just don't know what to do with them, honey." Kate sighed at her husband, shaking her head at their children.

"Well maybe we can work something out," Peter told her. "A holiday actually together might work."

"I hope you're right darling."


Kevin and Chelsea went upstairs to Chelsea's bedroom. Chelsea screamed into her pillow, very frustrated and upset. Once it was safe, Kevin came inside in his pajamas to be with her instead of bed wetter Fuller. The families slept through the night okay, but it was becoming to feel a lot like last year. The power had shorted out in the house while everyone slumbered. There was going to be a change this year though.