Caitlyn kicked her locker hard and tried her combo again. She had the worst locker in the history of worst lockers. It was on the far right of the school and every single one of her classes was on the far left. Some years before someone had scratched "I'm gay" into the chipped black paint of it, and more often than not, it took Caitlyn more than three tries to open it.
"Hey, Cait!" Chirped her best friend Avery, as she leaned against the locker adjacent to Caitlyn's, her backpack already on her back. She had a good locker. "Why the pissed expression?"
Caitlyn rested from trying to get the locker open and faced Avery. "My locker is the BIGGEST piece of crap in the world!" She said through gritted teeth, pounding on it with her fist.
"Oh," Avery said sympathetically, shaking her white-blonde head of hair. "Do you want to come over to my house after you get your piece of crap open?"
All Caitlyn wanted to do was go home. It was the last day of school before Christmas break and in a few minutes she'd be free. She wanted to lie on the couch with a cup of hot cocoa and a piece of fudge and listen to Christmas music by the would seem way too cheesy if she tried to explain it to anyone, even her best friend, so she gave a stupid,general, lame-ass excuse.
"I have some stuff to do. Sorry."
Avery shrugged. That was one of her great traits; if you couldn't do something (or if you just lied and said you couldn't because you didn't want to) she didn't take it personally. She always had something else she could do, and didn't mind at all. In fact, she probably knew Caitlyn was lying. She didn't let it faze her.
When Caitlyn finally managed to yank her awful locker open, a small envelope fluttered to the ground next to her feet. Avery gasped. Mesmerized by this (no one ever put notes in her locker), Caitlyn picked it up and opened it, completely forgetting how much she wanted fudge and to sit on the couch. She stared at the neatly hand-written note in her hands for a few moments before she actually made sense of the words.
Caitlyn,
Today is your last day of school before Christmas break. You must be bubbling over with excitement on the inside. Don't hide it, I know you are.
I have a present for you. But you're going to have to be patient to get it.
I'm giving you clues, sending you on a journey. You'll be sent to different places, and eventually, you'll get to your final destination.
I hope you can handle it. You're intrigued now, aren't you? I knew you would be.
First, you'll need to catch the city bus. Head over to that little book store between the coffee shop and the DrugMart. Find the girl named Jennifer (she works there and wears a name tag- it shouldn't be hard to find her) and tell her that you ate gummy worms for breakfast. She'll give you what you need.
Have fun!
Good Luck,
Your Secret Santa-Like Admirer
Caitlyn's eyes stared in disbelief. No one ever wrote her notes. No one secretly Santa-like admired her.
Avery's jaw dropped. "You know, I would ask to come with you, but this must be personal, and I know you know your self-defense, and I would just be a nuisance, and I think this guy probably doesn't want me helping you with this…so…. I won't ask."
Caitlyn laughed. This was another good thing about Avery. She knew what to do in just about every situation. "Okay. Thanks."
Avery clapped and threw her arms around Caitlyn's neck. "Good luck! I hope he turns out to be a good guy!! Call me if you need anything!" And then she ran off down the hallway.
So, instead of practically running down the front steps of the school and all the way home, Caitlyn sent a quick text to her mom saying she would be out around town for the afternoon. She hopped on the bus and got ready for an adventure.
Ooo! The first chapter of my first Camp Rock Christmas story!! This is a chapter story, and it's really just a lot of fluff that I thought would be fun to write. I've always been fascinated by the whole secret admirer or lover-sends-you-on-a-hunt-to-something-wonderful-type thing. Usually that's for Valentine's Day, I guess, but what the hey. I say let's make it for Christmas!
Please review and tell me what you think! The next chapter should be up soon! Thank you for reading this! :)