Edit: Here's a funfact about me. I HATE Christmas stuff when it's not Christmas, right? I don't know why, but it's like OCD bad. Red and green canNOT be next to each other when it's not December, no Christmas songs during the summer, ABSOLUTELY NO singing Christmas songs before Thanksgiving in general… I'm a real bitch about it. :P But for some reason, I'm okay editing this story. So enjoy I guess. XD
Okay, this was GOING to be a one-shot but it was getting WAY too long. xD So here's the first chapter, I guess. Enjoy!
Ding, went Stacy's phone. She took it out of her pocket.
Finn heard it, as well. "You know you shouldn't have the ringer on. What if you forget to turn it off?" Finn reminded her as he looked through his kitchen cabinets.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, 'what if I'm doing surveillance and it dings'..." She recited what Finn's told her before with a roll of her eyes.
"I just want you safe, Stacy." He murmured.
"You're always the one in more danger than I am." She chuckled as she read her text. She leaned up against Finn's kitchen counter and grinned. "Hey," she began without looking up. "Holley said Mater's invited us to Radiator Springs for Christmas."
"Figured he would." Finn smiled.
"Are we going? Holley, obviously, but about Sid and us?"
"What am I, your father?" Finn asked.
"Well, I'm not going if you're not." Stacy responded typing a reply to Holley. "Well, maybe I will. But are you?"
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is spying loud for all to hear, Stacy texted back while grinning.
"Well, we don't have any missions coming up." He thought for a moment. "I suppose we could go." He smiled.
"Yes!" Stacy exclaimed, hugging him from behind. "My first Christmas in Radiator Springs. Besides... I don't like spending Christmas in London. Too dangerous an idea."
Finn rolled his eyes and chuckled. "Christmas over there is almost as crazy as the Fourth of July over there..." he muttered.
Stacy looked back down at her phone.
That makes no sense whatsoever. At all. Where are you? Read Holley's text.
"Permission to tell her I'm at your place?" Stacy joked.
"Permission granted." Finn chuckled, going back to looking through his cabinets.
Finn's place. And I don't care it's fun to say. :3, Stacy replied to Holley.
"What are you looking for, anyway?" She asked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." He frowned, still rummaging through them.
"Is it because of Siddeley?" Stacy put her hands on her hips.
"Ye...ah." Finn admitted.
"I think I'll understand, then." She chuckled.
"He called me before you came over and told me he left a cookie in here a few years ago." Finn sighed.
"You're not serious." Stacy laughed.
"Siddeley." Finn stressed.
"Okay, you are." Stacy said as there was a knock on the door.
"Is that Holley?" Stacy wondered aloud. "She said she would be here soon, but that quick? I think she was stalking your apartment." Stacy opened the front door to reveal Holley's smiling face.
The two women exchanged a hug and hello. "So, were you stalking Finn's apartment?" Stacy crossed her arms—a normal pose for her.
"Maybe. So!" Holley clasped her hands together, choosing not to talk about the matter any further. "Time to go shopping." She beamed.
"Wait what." Stacy stopped her.
"Oh, dear." Finn sighed and went back to looking for Siddeley's supposedly moldy cookie.
"You need something to wear to the annual Christmas Eve party thing if you're going. Come on," she grinned and started leading Stacy by her hands to the door.
"Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah." She let go of Holley's hand and stopped walking. "Shopping? For clothes?"
"Yes. Come on." Holley urged.
"Uh... I gotta use the bathroom," Stacy said, trying to sprint away but Holley grabbed her arm.
"And the wrath of Holley begins..." Finn murmured.
"Come on," Holley started dragging Stacy towards the door.
"No! No, no, no, no, no, no!" Stacy exclaimed as Holley pulled her. When she was about to open the door, it was opened by a very confused Siddeley.
"Uh." Was all he said.
"Sid! Sid, you gotta help me!"
"Uh..." He repeated.
"Holley's taking me shopping! For clothes!"
Siddeley went to go stand by Finn saying, "I'm just gonna... You know... Stand over here..."
Finn and Siddeley watched with borderline horrified expressions on their faces as Holley dragged Stacy out the door while she yelled, "No-no-no-no-no-no-no-HA-A-A-A-A-A-ALP!"
"...well, that was disturbing." Finn finally said. "…bet a pound Holley's a dead woman."
"Five Stacy's a goner."
"Five it is." Finn agreed.
"…so, did you find my cookie, yet?"
...
"Would you cut it out?! We're just getting something nice to wear." Holley sighed.
Stacy sat in the passenger seat of Holley's Jaguar with her arms crossed. "Why can't I just wear my timey-wimey shirt?"
Holley took a quick glance over at her friend. "Your what shirt?"
"My shirt that says, "people assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff"." She recited without taking a breath.
"...wow." Holley rolled her eyes. "Here we are," she declared as she pulled into a parking space.
"I better come out of there alive." Stacy glared at Holley.
"Eh heh..." Holley chuckled nervously. "Right. 'Course you will. We're just looking at clothes."
"You're going to force me to get something sparkly, aren't you." Stacy asked dully.
"Maybe." Holley replied with a smile.
...
"I'm coming!" Siddeley called after he and Finn heard knocking on the door. Sid opened it and Stacy fell onto the floor.
"Stacy!" Siddeley exclaimed. "...Finn, I win the bet!"
"You did not." Finn rolled his eyes and helped Stacy up.
"Oh, Finn, it was horrible! Holley forced me to try on a dress! With sparkles!"
Finn laughed as Stacy hugged him. "I'm sure it was." He chuckled.
"Oh, I'm such a monster." Holley agreed sarcastically.
"Anyway," Siddeley interrupted. "When are we leaving for Radiator Springs?"
"Well," Finn launched into thought. "It's the twenty-second, so in the next day or two?"
"Sounds good to me." Holley replied.
"The sooner we leave, the better." Stacy nodded.
"Why?" Siddeley asked.
"Christmas in London is never good." Stacy answered as if it was obvious.
Finn, Siddeley, and Holley all stared at her.
"Seriously, I'm the only one who believes that?" She asked.
"…okay, I do see where you're getting that from." Siddeley told her.
Finn and Holley rolled their eyes.
…
The next day, the four of them were packed and ready to board Siddeley's jet. Well, that is until Finn told him they should do otherwise.
"Siddeley, your jet is for missions only."
"Has that ever mattered before?" Siddeley argued. "Why the sudden rule change?"
"Well…" Finn began. "CHROME has its reasons, and..."
"You got yelled at, didn't you?" Siddeley grinned.
"No!" Finn protested.
"Yes, you did." Siddeley laughed.
Finn sighed. "No, I didn't. Check your messages."
Siddeley reluctantly took out his phone, read something on it, and looked up at Finn looking grumpy.
"Okay, I got cyber yelled at." He pouted.
"So, to the airport." Finn said.
"Oh, I hate the airport." Siddeley groaned.
"Give Holley a call, will you? Tell her to bring her things with her to here, then we'll all drive to the airport."
Siddeley grumbled something Finn couldn't hear while he dialed Holley's number while Finn called Stacy. He told her the same thing he told Siddeley to tell Holley.
Soon enough, the four of them were boarding a plane at the airport, while Finn, Holley, and Stacy tried to ignore Siddeley's grumbling about how he should be flying instead of random people.
Holley—against her will—sat by the window next to a creepy-looking man and an old woman. Siddeley reluctantly took his seat in between two strong and scary looking men, and Stacy and Finn sat on either side of a little girl.
"So... You guys... Like pilots?" Siddeley nervously laughed. "'Cause I'm a pilot."
"We don't like pilots." One of them replied.
"No?" Siddeley asked. He looked in front of him and through the crack between the seats, he could see the creepy guy Holley was sitting next to was trying to flirt with her. The plane hadn't taken off yet... Suddenly, an idea struck him.
"Excuse me," he tapped the creepy guy on the shoulder and whispered to him, "Could we switch? I'm sure my girlfriend would appreciate it."
The man grumbled something after agreeing. The two got up and switched.
"Hi." Siddeley grinned sitting next to Holley, then whispered, "Hold my hand."
"What?" Holley replied, obviously confused.
"I got that guy to switch with me by telling him you were my girlfriend, so pretend you are."
Holley reluctantly took Siddeley's hand.
Meanwhile, the little girl was staring at Stacy while she scrolled through her phone. She then turned to Finn, and in a hushed voice asked, "Do you know her?"
"Yes." Finn replied a bit confused.
The girl motioned with her hand for Finn to lean in so she could whisper something in his ear.
"Yes, she does." Finn answered.
"Watch this," she whispered back.
She turned to Stacy and waited for her to notice she was being stared at.
She did, and looked at the girl. "Can I help you?"
"Are you my mummy?" The girl asked.
Stacy's eyes widened and she scrambled in the seat to get as far away from the girl as possible leaning up against the plane window.
The girl was laughing and Finn was chuckling.
"Do-o-on't do that, please... You put her up to that, didn't you?" Stacy asked Finn, turning her attention to him.
"I swear I didn't." Finn laughed.
Stacy sighed. "I've gotta stop wearing my Doctor Who shirts in public." She decided, covering up David Tennant with her flannel.
The girl laughed and called over to a boy directly across the aisle from them sitting with two adults. "Michael! I told you I could do it!"
The little boy stuck his tongue out at the girl.
"What's your name?" Stacy asked.
"Bernadette. But I'm only called that when I'm in trouble." She added.
"What are you called when you're not in trouble, then?" Stacy laughed.
"Bernie. What's your name?"
"Stacy. That's Finn."
"Finn?" She repeated. "That's a funny name." She giggled.
"Why do all children think that?" Finn mumbled.
"Finn, I think it's a funny name." Stacy laughed.
"Of course you do…" Finn said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Stacy crossed her arms with a smile.
"That you're you." Finn chuckled.
The girl looked from Finn, to Stacy, to Finn again. "Are you two married?"
The two laughed and replied no.
"Are you dating?"
The two of them had various answers.
"Well"s, "sort of"s, "technically"s, "maybe"s, and pauses came of each of them. "Yeah." They finally decided.
The pre-flight announcements came over the speaker and the jet flew into the sky.
Edit: YEAH I'M FINN'S GIRLFRIEND AGAIN I LOVE WHEN I CAN DO THAT
AREN'T WE SO CUTE TOGETHER
IF HOLLEY AND MATER ARE TOGETHER FINN AND I CAN BE TOGETHER TOO HAH TRY APPLYING LOGIC TO THAT ARGUMENT
Or anything about my fics in general
I'd apologize for the Doctor Who references, but… You know. ;)
I promise this isn't gonna be like The Legend of Stalker Siddeley. XD I'll get this done BY or ON Christmas.
I hope.
Picture for this is goin' up soon.