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CH. 2 The Night Before Christmas
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…right Ray?" Kai teased stopping his story then continued when Ray glowered at him.
"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there," Kai stopped to let Tyson cheer "Santa" for the fifth time that night. "The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads," he peeked from the book to see Tyson begin to drool. Kai doubted he knew what a sugar-plum was, but he continued with the story. "And mama in her kerchief, and I in my cap, had settled our brains for a long winter's nap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow, gave away lustre of midday to objects below; when, what to my wondering eyes should appear, a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, with a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment, it must be..." Kai let Tyson finish.
"Santa!" he cheered again taking one of the gingerbread men and stuffed it in his mouth, letting Kai continue. Kenny was gone to bed already and didn't want to be waken too early the next day. Max sucked on a candy cane with a childish grin of amusement plastered on his face and Ray was now beginning to fall asleep with his…oh my God! Is that a teddy bear?! It is! It is a teddy bear!!! Kai couldn't believe what he was holding and he'd stopped reading to gaze at the adorable plushie. Ray opened his half-lidded eyes and wondered what he was staring at.
"Why did ya stop?" Tyson whined wanting to call out all the reindeer.
"Uh…time for bed" he excused getting up, but Tyson held his leg and pleaded with him.
"No! Finish the story Kai!" Tyson begged and soon Max was giving him puppy eyes. Ray was laughing as Kai gave in, finishing off the story back on the bean bag.
"You better let me sleep in tomorrow," he warned, but he knew that wasn't possible on Christmas day.
Soon he finished off the story and sent them off to bed. With a deep sigh, he was about to head to bed himself, but Ray just stood there, as if waiting for him. He raised a brow at the raven hair as he had to pass to get to his room, but realised as he got closer that he was standing under the mistletoe again.
"Oh, no," Kai said backing away. "You're not gonna get me this time," he said while Ray pouted.
"Well you aren't getting by without a kiss," he laughed, flashing his small fangs. Kai blushed a little.
"Is kissing me so important that you'd stay up all night till I get over there?" Kai asked crossing his arms, telling him he wasn't going to give in.
"Well I can just use this then," Ray said pulling out another bunch of mistletoe from his pocket, jingling it in front of him with a broad smile and got closer. As much as Kai was mature… he quickly dodged and ran for it! Ray chased after him down the hall and Kai ended up running right into Tyson.
"What's with all the running?!" he asked groggily. Before Kai could recover from the fall, Ray pinned him down and gave him a kiss then gave Tyson a small one on the cheek, saying "Goodnight to all and to all a good night," then escaped into his room.
Kai blushed once more making Tyson laugh.
"Why are you up?" Kai asked with his cold tone.
"Bathroom," was Tyson's simple reply as Kai and he got up from the floor.
"Well hurry up or 'Santa' won't show up," Kai hinted as Tyson raced to the bathroom. He hadn't expected Tyson to be so childish, but then again, this was Tyson. Kai sighed and headed to his room just to be pulled into Ray's. "What the…" he began, but Ray hushed him with a finger.
"You need to help me get all the presents under the tree," Ray explained as Kai gaped at the pile of presents in the corner of the room. He looked back at Ray in wonder. Ray laughed at his captain's confusion. "Mr. Dickenson is playing Santa this year, and our job is to be the little helpers and make sure that our little believers don't figure that out," Ray said handing Kai some boxes. "No peeking, eh Kai," Ray chuckled as Kai rolled his eyes.
"Like I'd peek," he grumbled. Ray made sure Kai held boxes up to his chin and laughed at Kai's strained face. "You better check on them before we get this done. Tyson's still in the bathroom," Kai informed, trying to balance the stuff. It was quite heavy despite his strength.
"Okay. I'll go tuck them in," he laughed. Kai watched Ray escape the room and was grateful Mr. Dickenson knew better than to ask him to do this. Ray was a better person for the job than him.
It wasn't long till Kai's eyes wondered over the gifts he wasn't holding; noticing each said "from Santa" and some had his own name on them. Suddenly, he was curious and inspected the boxes. They all seemed to be the same size, but you couldn't judge what was inside by the package so he gave up on them and then something else caught his eye. A small pile of gifts from Ray poked out from under his bed. Funny how 'under a bed' was their common hiding spot for their gifts, but a pink one had Mariah's name on it and that sort of bugged him. He completely disliked the pink haired freak, especially when she thought she knew everything. Everything on Ray! He'd love to put her in her place because when it came to come-backs he was the best and unfortunately she knew better. 'Come to think of it. Even Emily is a know-it-all, but she's a nerd. No wonder I saw them glowering at each other. And other than that I get a lot of fan girls,' he thought, letting out a sigh. "Ray, you're my complete opposite with your charms over everyone you meet. I just have looks," he whispered to himself, feeling his grip on the boxes begin to loosen. He shoved them back up with his knee and looked around once more, then back at Ray's gifts. He made his way over and used one foot to push away the pink box carefully, and saw one for Max. He shoved that one aside as well then saw Kenny. He bit his lip as he pushed aside that one too, finding one for Tyson. He let out a small growl and pushed away that one, hoping Ray had at least thought of him and found…
TBC
(A.N: Am I evil or what?! Will Kai get a present and can I get lots of reviews?! Stay tuned! ...I can tell you one thing. It's not what you think (wink) sorry there's no crazy mint chocolate power yet, but I promise to have a tiny one next chapter. Yes I already wrote it so review ppl! Me slow typer so it has to be typed. Encouragement needed)
