Merry Christmas, Starlit! Well, actually Happy New Year. And 'Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeeeeeee!'
"I'll grab him, you guys get the box."
"Okay. Jen, are you sure this is going to work?"
"Mia, I'm positive."
"Jen…"
"Ayana, just help Maria hold the box."
"Fine."
We may sound like crazy people planning a kidnapping. Well, that's exactly what was happening. Except it could actually be classified as a wolfnapping.
I'll explain. Maria, Ayana, and I were trying to find a good birthday present for our good friend, Starlit. It was hard to figure out, considering we don't actually know her, but we kind of know what she likes.
We carefully walked down to La Push, when Ayana tripped and dropped the box. Smooth.
"Ouch!" Ayana exclaimed as she lay, sprawled out on the ground.
"Hurry up, Ayana," Maria snapped. "Let's go!"
"I think my leg is bleeding…" she trailed off.
"Well could you get the box out of the mud?" I asked her impatiently.
"What if Jasper shows up?" Ayana whispered, ignoring my question.
Maria smiled, eager to explain. "Well, we'll run away screaming, and leave him to eat yo--"
"Shut up, Mia," I told her quickly. Now our plan was ruined.
"But… my leg really, really hurts!" Ayana complained.
"Well build a bridge, and get over it," I told her.
Maria laughed.
"What's so funny?" I asked her.
"It's a nice day, isn't it?"
"Um… I guess so…" I replied awkwardly. That was a weird question… I looked over at Ayana, and she was… gathering sticks? "What are you doing?" I asked her.
Ayana looked up at me, frowning. "Building a bridge. Isn't that what you told me to do…?"
"No Ayana… it's an expression…" I trailed off.
Maria sighed. "Can we get going? It's rainy."
"Rain!" I exclaimed. "I love rain!" I picked up the box, and we all started running down to La Push; we were already in Forks because of Timmy, Maria's imaginary cat. He had free tickets for a plane ride.
Long story, don't ask.
We finally arrived at our destination, and Ayana and Maria carefully opened the box. I stood in front of his door, watching Maria and Ayana to see if they were ready.
"Maria, you ready?" I asked in a whisper.
"Sort of," she replied quietly.
"Why are we whispering?" Ayana asked…loudly.
Crap.
"Ayana!" Maria and I exclaimed in a whisper.
"Oops."
A set of footsteps came up to the door, and we watched as the doorknob turned. Embry stepped into the frame of the doorway. "Um… hi," he said. "Who are you guys and why are you holding a box…?"
"You're tall," I stated, pointing out the obvious.
Maria looked at me like I was crazy. I guess it was probable.
Ayana smiled at Embry. "Hi. Could you get in this box? Our friend from Scotland completely adores you, and we want to get her the awesome-est present ever, so we wanted to send you to her for Christmas. Is that okay?"
He stared at us for a few seconds then sighed. "Oh, what the heck."
"Starlit's gonna be so happy!" I cheered, and we managed to fit Embry into the box. We really had to curl him into a ball though, and there were a few times when something snapped and Embry said he was in pain. I don't know why though…
* * *
"Excuse me, ma'am," the security dude asked.
"Yes?" I asked impatiently. Why was he taking so long?
"Why is there a person inside of this box?"
Ayana rolled her eyes. "It's not a person. He shape-shifts into a giant wolf."
The security dude rolled his eyes. "Sure. But why is the--" he looked at Ayana, "--'shape-shifter' inside a box?"
"Because he won't fit inside our carry on. Duh," I pointed out.
"Oh, whatever," the security guy mumbled, letting us through.
* * *
Our flight only had two seats per row, and of course Ayana and Maria sat together, so I was stuck sitting next to a freaky guy with a muffin.
After we had climbed to 10,000 feet, the guy pulled out out a laptop, and so did I. We both went on FanFiction. I logged in as, of course, JenLovesTwilight. I soon saw that my good friend Reid, a.k.a. Team Tyler's Van, was on, too.
Reeeeeeeeeeeeid! I typed.
After a few moments, Reid replied.
Muffin! Muffin was his nickname for me. Odd, I know. Oddly enough, I'm eating a muffin right now.
I laughed. So is the guy sitting next to me on this plane.
You're on a plane? Reid asked.
I replied with a yes.
NICE TO MEET YOU, JEN!
What? I asked.
"Nice to meet you, Jen!" the dude who was sitting next to me said.
"REID!" I exclaimed. "Why are you on a plane, flying out of Seattle?"
Reid looked at me oddly. "No reason…"
"What, it's not like you're following me or something?"
Reid didn't reply.
Freak-y.
* * *
We had been standing in the airport for ten minutes, trying to figure out where we should go to eat.
"Dunkin' Donuts!" Maria argued.
"Subway!" Ayana disagreed.
"Dunkin' Donuts!"
"Sub--"
"CAN WE PLEASE JUST GO SOMEWHERE?!?!" I exclaimed. Annoying people…
"Okay, fine. Dunkin' Donuts," Ayana sighed.
"No, we can go to Subway," Maria compromised.
"Maria, it's okay, I know how badly you wanted to go to Dunkin' Donuts."
"Ayana, you're too kind. We can go to Subway."
"Mia, it's fi--"
"Oh, my God. Can we please just go somewhere?"
"We're choosing, Jen. Calm down."
"I'll choose," I snapped. "Dunkin' Donuts."
"Jen, we were getting there. You don't have to be so pushy and disagreeable," Maria said.
Ugh.
We made our way to Dunkin' Donuts, only to see someone with a nametag that read 'Miranda'.
"I once had an imaginary plant named Miranda," Ayana started. "It was a nice plant. She would tell me stories, and we'd play tag, and…"
I managed to tune Ayana and her stories about Miranda the plant out.
"Help me!" Maria whispered. I glanced back to see if Ayana had heard, but she hadn't. Good.
"Can I help you?" Miranda asked.
"I don't think that that is the proper grammar. The proper phrase is 'May I help you?', not 'Can I help you?'" Ayana corrected Miranda.
Miranda sighed. "May I help you, then?"
"We'll have three chocolate iced donuts, with three hot chocolates," I said.
Ayana frowned. "I don't want that, I want a--"
"Coming up!" Miranda said, going to the hot chocolate machine-thing.
"Case," Maria murmured.
"What?" Ayana asked, befuddled.
"Case!" Maria smiled.
"What are you talking about?" Ayana asked, leaning against the Embry-box.
"That's Case, from TTSoT!" Maria explained.
"COOL!" Ayana and I exclaimed. Weird. Everyone from the forums was showing up in reality…
After "Miranda" brought us our stuff. We talked and talked and talked and talked.
Then we missed our connection.
* * *
"I still blame Ayana," Maria said.
"I still blame you," Ayana muttered, glaring at Maria.
"I blame you," I mumbled, looking at the oversized box.
We were now stuck on a plane to Spain.
Spain! When we finally landed, everything went well until we got off the plane. We stood in the boarding area, looking at the other passengers who were waiting to board the flight we just got off of, when we noticed that the box was missing.
"I thought you had it!" I exclaimed, looking at Ayana.
"I told Mia to carry it," Ayana mumbled.
"Um… I thought you said Timmy-a. My cat?" Maria explained.
I sighed. "But… he's imagin--"
"Don't. Say it." Maria glared at me.
"Nevermind," I muttered. "We have to get Embry back."
We stood in silence, staring at the plane through the glass windows, when a random brunette and another guy popped up, holding the Embry box.
"Stella to the rescue!" the brunette cheered.
"What about me, preciosa?" the man asked.
"Shut up, you flirt," Stella teased.
"Stella!" Ayana said, running up and hugging Stella.
"Who…are you?" Stella asked slowly.
"I'm Ayana, from the forum," Ayana reminded her.
"Ayana?!?!?!" Stella asked, extremely surprised.
"I'm Jen!" I said happily.
"I'm Maria!!" Maria cheered.
"It's so nice to finally meet you guys!" Stella replied.
"Is everyone from the forum around? Seriously?" I whispered to Maria and Ayana, while Stella was hug-choking us.
"It seems so…" Maria answered in a hushed tone.
* * *
When we finally landed in Scotland, it was getting pretty late.
"Come on!" Maria exclaimed. "If we want to get this to Starlit in time, we have to hurry!"
"Starlit?" a chorus of four voices asked.
"Who are you people?" Maria asked.
"KARLIE!" I cheered, running over and giving her a hug.
"Let me guess," Ayana guessed, "you're all from Stella's forum."
The four heads nodded; even Karlie's, although I was choking her with a hug.
"Jackie," Jackie smiled.
"Victoria," Vicky glanced over at me. "Fer, right?"
I nodded as Tess went onto smile evilly. "Blood Countess," she waved.
"God, now all we need is Hannah, Heidi--"
"I'm here!" Heidi called from a random spot.
"Um… okay…" I mumbled. "All we need is Hannah…"
"We are in Scotland," Ayana pointed out, being logical for once.
Maria, Ayana, and I waved goodbye to our forum friends, still wondering why they were all randomly in Scotland. Everything was going well as we made our way to Starlit's until…
"I'm…getting…tired," Maria gasped, exhausted.
"Me…too," Ayana whined.
"Toughen up!" I demanded.
"Why aren't you carrying anything?" Maria asked.
"Obviously," I replied, "because I am coaching you."
Ayana and Maria glared.
"Do you guys need help?" a girl asked, walking over to our little group of whiners.
"Sure," Maria replied.
The girl smiled. "I'm Hannah, by the way." She picked up the box, and helped us to continue walking.
"Hi Hannah," Maria smiled. "I'm Maria, and this is Ayana and Jen."
Hannah paused. "Do you guys, by any chance, go on a forum called 'The Two Sides of Twilight'?"
"How did you know that?" I asked.
"You know me!" Hannah exclaimed. "I'm !"
"No. Way!" Maria smiled.
"Now all we need is Starlit!" Ayana cheered.
"What's in the box, by the way?" Hannah questioned, a bit afraid.
"Embry. We're delivering him to Starlit," Ayana explained.
Hannah frowned, but didn't reply.
After about 15 minutes, we finally arrived at Starlit's. Maria went and knocked on the door, and we finally set the box on the ground. When Starlit finally answered the door, she looked at us like we were insane.
"Who are you?" she asked warily.
"Open the box," Maria demanded.
Starlit sighed. "Is the box going to hurt me?"
"OPEN THE BOX!" Ayana screamed.
"No," Starlit said nervously.
We stood there in silence for about a minute, when I finally had enough. "Oh, my God!" I opened the box myself, and Embry popped out.
"EMBRY?!?!?!" Starlit screamed. "EMBRY CALL?!?!?!"
"Ow. My ear." Embry rubbed his ear.
Starlit ran over and gave him a bear hug. "WHO ARE YOU GUYS, AND WHY DID YOU GIVE ME THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS PRESENT?!?!?!"
"Jen," I raised my hand.
"Ayana," Ayana raised her hand.
"Maria," Maria raised her hand.
"Your virtual twin who helped them carry the box," Hannah said, raising her hand.
"OH MY EMBRY THANK YOU!!!!!!!" she smiled.
"Welcome," we chorused.
As Starlit had her complete freak-out fest, Hannah looked over at me, and frowned.
"What?" I inquired.
Hannah sighed. "Why didn't you bring Seth, too?"
R & R. =)
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