Me again! Expect a lot of updates on Christmas Break, so be merry! Special thanks to the following people for reviewing:

Puzzle Solver,

BlueJay-01,

Seventh Sunset,

More special thanks to Puzzle Solver for an O.C. named Gabriella Flynn!

Disclaimer: See previous chapter.

A single black Cadillac pulled up to the house, if it could be called that. The place was huge; someone with lots of money must have lived there. The three occupants looked at it with awe. Christmas lights decorated the trees and roof edges, and a Nativity Scene decorated the front lawn.

The driver of the car got out and whistled. "Wow, now that's a house."

"You're my brother, Jeremy? That is clearly a Convention Center." Benjamin replied.

"You're both wrong; that is defiantly a school gymnasium." Jeremy's date, Kim Takahashi told the both of them. Jeremy could only stare at her in awe, with her long dark tresses swaying gently, her chocolate eyes reflecting the gentle light from the lights, her beautiful bod-

"Hello, Earth to Jeremy! You in there, buddy?" Benjamin almost yelled, waving his hand in front of Jeremy's face. "Mom was counting on you watching me, not the other way around."

"Huh, oh yeah. Sorry, I faded out there for a sec, let's get going." Jeremy replied. He then started to walk to the house, Kim and Benjamin right behind him.

Benjamin turned to Kim and asked her: "You know; I'm having a hard time telling what you see in him. He didn't even hold his arm out to you!"

"Hmm, I suppose you're right, but he does make Trigonometry look easy."

"You like him because he's good at math?"

"Yeah, I guess so. Why?"

"No reason, but if he didn't hold his arm out to you, then may I?"

Kim giggled. "Sure, if you don't mind. At least there is one true gentleman around here."

"Very well then, my lady. You're Ball awaits you!" He said as she wrapped her arm around his.

"Why thank you, my lord." She tried to say through her giggles.

"You're welcome. But we need to get inside before-"

'BANG!'

"Look out!"

Hearing this, Benjamin instinctively jumped in front of Kim, taking directly to the center of his chest… a snow ball. More exactly an ice ball. The force of the hard frozen water impacting him caused him to fall over, landing rear first into cold, and wet snow.

Three kids ran up to him; a blond girl and a boy wearing a blue cap, who Benjamin presumed to be around twelve, and another boy who was around thirteen years old. He was wearing a pair of round glasses and suspenders. He was wearing a tux not unlike his, minus the jacket. He held out a hand to Benjamin and said: "Sorry 'bout that, looks like my Snowzooka needs a little tweaking in the accuracy department. Oh, where are my manners? I'm Spencer Aptiva, first generation engineer."

It was then that Benjamin noticed a tube like thing in Spencer's right hand. "Ow, that hurt. Hey, that, Snowzooka of yours, how does it work? I'm Benjamin, by the way."

"Good to meet you, Benjamin. You know me already; this is Luke, and this adorable little thing here is Gabby. She helped design the combustion chamber." Spencer said as he put his arm around her. Gabby blushed and pulled out of his arm.

"Combustion chamber, like in a cannon? Isn't that a little dangerous for kids your age?" Kim asked.

"Not at all, miss. It only uses baking soda and vinegar. The only danger is gagging from the horrendous stench produced when it is fired." Gabby told her, as Spencer was too busy helping Benjamin up.

"Luke, Gabby! Are you three alright?" The five of them heard. They turned towards the building and say four people running to them. One was wearing a huge top hat, which seemed to be glued to his head, another, a female, was wearing a yellow ball gown. A third, who was Benjamin's age, was wearing a lavender dress, were running to them.

'How do you run I heels?' Benjamin couldn't help but think. He then got a good look at the girl's face. 'Huh? What is she doing here?'

Benjamin quickly started to brush snow out of his dark hair. Truth be told, he had a crush on her since his family moved here during the seventh grade. He turned around to face the newcomers, and he and the girl blurted out the same thing at the same time.

"What are you doing here?"

OH, cliff-y! Ok, so it's a terrible cliffhanger. I don't like cliffhangers, so hopefully there will not be another one. This is defiantly the chapter I'm the most proud of, so… Yay! And it is Christmas, so guess what will be updated a lot? Go on, guess! I will be putting up a poll on my profile, so don't forget to vote!

Until later,

Dalek Killer