Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Santa Clause trilogy and never will, even Bernard. The credit goes to Disney. This is purely for fun.

Summery- Lucy is a not so average girl, but even unaverage people make mistakes and wish to be liked. So what if Lucy brought something for show and tell, and some how broke her promise to her Uncle Scott.

Note- This is a work in progress, and further chapters won't be posted until the story is complete (at the moment, 3.5 chapters left) or if there is a high demand (which I doubt).

Time frame- Right after The Santa Clause 2

Thank you Anna, my proof reader, for your time and energy.

Twas' the night before school, which was the last day of Winter's Break, and someone was moaning, disturbing a mouse.

"Dad!" A small red headed girl yelled out from her room.

A man walked through the hall and stopping at the ajar door. He popped his head inside and his eyes widened in surprise. The room looked as if a hurricane had swept through. The closet's contents were spewed onto the floor and toys from the toy chest were thrown around the room. Her desk and her bookshelf were not even spared. Amidst all it, the girl was looking underneath her bed.

"Lucy Miller! What are you doing?" the man asked Lucy, as she slid out from underneath her bed and looked up at her father.

"I'm looking for something for show and tell tomorrow, and I don't know what to bring," Lucy explained, with a sigh, as she sat on the floor. "Do you know what I can bring?" Neil opened the door and walked into her room. He then cleared a spot on the floor from toys, and sat on the floor beside her.

"Why don't you bring one of your teddy bears?" he asked.

"I took one to school the day before vacation."

"How about one of your ponies?"

"That was in November, Dad!" Lucy whined.

"What's the matter with bringing a different pony or teddy?"

"Mrs. Engle wants us to show something different each month that shows things that are about ourselves. So we know each other better," Lucy explained. "I thought you knew that."

"I'm sorry, I forgot about that, Lucy," Neil said. "Why don't we clean your room and we can talk about what you can bring for tomorrow?" He glanced at his watch and said to her, "It's almost your bedtime, so we should hurry." They stood up and started putting away the tossed toys and items back to their places. They cleaned up on opposite sides of the room for a while until Neil disrupted the silence.

"Hey Lucy, how about if you bring your seahorse doll?" Neil asked with excitement, as he picked up the long and skinny doll from the floor and showed Lucy. "Charlie won this for you at the summer festival. This would be a great show and tell."

"It's too big. How can I carry it to the bus without tripping?" Lucy pondered.

"I can take you to school tomorrow," Neil offered as he put it on a chair.

"But I promised my friend I'd sit with her on the bus. I think I'll take it to show and tell another time," Lucy said as she put her books back onto the shelf.

"How about one of your Christmas presents?" Neil asked, putting crayons and makers back into a box and onto the higher shelves of the desk. "Maybe your stuffed reindeer you named Comet that you got from Santa?" he thought aloud, as he took her clothes from the floor and hung them in the closet. The room was starting to look cleaner, little by little.

"Maybe," Lucy said quietly, until she looked up with what she was doing with a look of realization on her face. Neil noticed this and said, "So Comet is a good idea! I should have known that!"

"No, that's not it, but something better for show and tell than anything that anyone can show for show and tell!" Lucy said with much vigor, and all in one breath.

"And what's that?"

"A snow globe! Charlie's snow globe that he has in his room! No one has any like his!"

"I don't think that would be the best for show and tell," Neil said with a hint of anxiety.

"Why not?"she said with a frown. Lucy was confused, as she did not understand the value, meaning, and use of the snow globe. Neil sat on her bed and she sat across from him.

"Well, you see Lucy," Neil tried to explain to the six year old in simple terms, "Charlie received that snow globe from his father . . . "

"You mean Uncle Scott?"

"Yes, Uncle Scott, when he became Santa Claus and it helped him to be able to be with Scott whenever he wanted. It's a very special gift." Neil was beginning to be at loss for words on how to describe it's importance, at least not as well as Charlie. As Charlie was her age when he received it for Christmas, and can go back to the memory to explain it to his sister. "I don't think he would like it very much if it were to break," he added, thinking of the consequences of doing so.

"Okay. I guess I'll bring Comet for tomorrow," Lucy said with sadness, looking down into the sheets.

"I'm sorry Lucy, but you also have to remember that the snow globe isn't you, but Charlie. Your teacher wanted something that was important to you, and describes you, too. Comet would be the best since it can show how you enjoy Christmas, and it's your favorite toy right now," Neil offered in comfort. He looked at his watch, and it read 9:30. "Wow, how the time flies, you should have gone to bed a half an hour ago. It's time to go to bed, Lucy."

Lucy then went under the covers and laid down, as she felt tired from searching for a show and tell item. Her mom opened the door and came in to give her a goodnight kiss and bid her sweet dreams. Neil stayed behind and told Lucy, "If you're afraid you'll be laughed at, try to ignore them. They'll forget soon enough if they do laugh. Remember, I love you and you can tell me, or your mom, anything." He gave her a goodnight kiss, and turned off the light on his way out the door.

As Lucy laid there, she thought of what may happen in school tomorrow and began thinking of plans.

Please feel free to tell me if something doesn't add up, make sense, or if Lucy is very out of character.