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A/N: So I lied, this chapter is some Christmas fluff! But I did add some of the new characters Christmas to get a little peek of their story. Here's a little Christmas gift! Happy Christmas!
It was Christmas day and Connor's mum had to work which should have disappointed him but it did the exact opposite. Connor invited Abby over for the very first Christmas that he wouldn't be alone for. He managed to convince his mum, late at night after a couple glasses of wine, to give him a hundred pounds for Christmas.
Connor has always been excellent at finding discounts so he was able to make the most out of the hundred pounds. He was able to buy all the food for Christmas dinner, some lights for a Christmas tree, and a gift for Abby. He was able to get a small tree from outside with only a few, ok a lot, of scratches which were easily covered up with his fingerless gloves.
He told Abby to come over around one which meant Connor had to have everything ready by then. He got up at the crack of dawn to put the lights up on the Christmas tree. He then decided to wrap Abby's gift which was rather hard considering what it was. He then had to tackle the meal. Cooking the ham was the easy part since you basically just throw it in the oven; it was the sides that were difficult. He decided to go the easy route: a side of cooked carrots, some cheesy potatoes, and a broccoli dish he found in a recipe.
He finished the sides and just put the ham in the oven when Abby arrived.
"Happy Christmas Abs!"
Happy Christmas Con!" Abby said while handing him a gift with a bright red bow on top.
"I'll put this under the tree with your gift!" He said while leading her to the some tree.
"Where are the decorations? It's not really a Christmas tree without decorations!"
"I don't own any so I figured we could make our own."
"I'm sure they'll be festive characters from TV shows: the Doctor with a Christmas hat, Buffy in the snow, and some sort of Star Trek ornament!"
"That would be awesome Abs!"
They spent the next hour or so making ornaments and then placing them throughout the tree until the oven beeped.
"The ham must be done!"
"Connor you made a ham?"
"Yep me first true Christmas meal!"
The meal was amazing which shocked Connor more than Abby. After they finished eating and cleaning up it was time for dessert.
"What's for dessert Connor? Creme Brulee?"
"I figured we could make some sugar cookies!"
They spent a long time making sugar cookies mostly because they had to clean up their flour fight. After the cookies came the gift exchange. They both went to the tree to get their gift from the other. When Abby opened up her gift she was speechless and had tears in her eyes.
"Connor, thank you so much! What's his name?"
"The shopkeeper said that it's Rex but you can change it."
"No, I like it! Happy Christmas Rex." Abby said to her brand new pet lizard.
"My turn!" Connor said while quickly unwrapping his gift. Underneath the paper was a beautiful handmade ornament. It was a picture of Abby and him in the woods with the words: Best Friends.
"It's beautiful Abby! Thank you so much!" Connor said while bringing her into a huge hug.
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Sarah Page was an eighth grade student with straight A's. According to her parents she had no friends because they were a distraction but in fact she had two friends: Danny Quinn and Becker. Her parents don't approve of friends or boys so these friends are kept a complete secret from them.
In order to see them on Christmas she told her parents that she was going to help out at the soup kitchen. She went to Danny's house since Becker and herself her invited over for Christmas dinner. She arrived at their house and knocked on their door. His parents opened the door with their Santa hats on.
"Happy Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Quinn!"
"Happy Christmas Sarah! Danny and Becker are in the living room by the tree."
"Thanks!"
She walked over to her two best friends and sat in between them to avoid future fights. She handed the pair their presents and they in return handed her presents to her. She gave Becker some water guns and gave Danny a deck of cards to play poker and a how to stay out of trouble book.
Becker gave her a book on Egyptian Gods and Danny gave her the best gift: a brown leather jacket she saw in a store when she was shopping with them. Her parents disapprove of anything in fashion making her wardrobe rather dull except for what she buys in secret. If her parents ever saw her wearing this jacket she'd probably be grounded for life.
She put the jacket on and then kissed Danny on the cheek as a thank you.
A/N: So what do you think? I threw in three of the new characters coming in the next chapter or so. It was just a peek you'll soon learn a lot more about them once they head to High School.
