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ON THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, YOUR LOVED ONE GAVE TO YOU...

The two of them may be old, they may occasionally bicker, one derailing it to different subjects, but even then, these two still loved each other, no matter what.

That was what Arnold had learned when he was looking through a lot of old photographic books in the cellar. He smiled as he looked to see a young man and woman clearly in love with each other, having fun on a lot of dates. So, when he heard the door, he jolted up.

"Knock knock, Shortman!" Arnold's grandfather, known as Phil, gave a small laugh as he came up, carrying some orange juice and cookies. "Figured you needed a break from cleaning the cellar out..."

Arnold's grandfather then noticed the book in Arnold's hands. "Hey, what are you looking at here, Shortman?"

Phil joined Arnold as he looked over Arnold's shoulders... then laughed. "Oh, those old photographs, back when me and Pookie were still young and fresh!"

Arnold smiled. "I kinda got distracted and started looking through this book."

"And I can't say I blame you, Shortman. Looking at these old photographs brings me back to the past." Phil laughed. "Why, I can remember the old times by just looking at these photographs..."

Phil smiled as he took the photo book and flipped a few pages. Phil looked closer and laughed. "Oh, there's our first Christmas together as a couple."

Arnold looked closer to see that indeed, younger versions of his grandparents were spending Christmas together at what seemed to be the boarding house. About nine photos of that seemed to be taken with his two grandparents as a young couple. Phil explained, "Back then, me and Pookie weren't quite married yet, BUT I still remember what she gave me. Hang on, let me..."

Phil started to flip the pages over as he started to mutter. Unknown to either Arnold or Phil, Gertie, Arnold's grandmother, was upstairs and putting her ear near the door. Sure, some say it was part of the crazy routine she does, but she did have some form of sanity within her. Phil smiled as he got to the page. "Ah, there it is! The model plane I originally built, but broke apart, and then probably had it rebuilt a bit again."

Arnold squinted at the picture as he saw the young Phil holding what seemed to be half of a model plane. "Where's the other half of the plane?"

"You know, it's a funny story behind that. Similar to your fifth graders, my school had my own version of older bullies to worry about, though they didn't stuff us in trash cans on one Monday of the year or challenge us to games. It was mostly just lunch money or whatever, but anyway, one of them was interrupting me as I was making my model plane in front of the boarding house, back when my father used to own it. He took that model plane and broke it into a million pieces, and then sent it down a sewer grate, just for the humiliation." Phil explained as he laughed a bit, looking up.

"Grandpa, that's terrible!" Arnold said in shock.

"Maybe so, but they were all kids going through either awkward states or just haven't had a good home life, they just try making themselves feel better. I was clearly upset, but I didn't know at the time Pookie overlooked what happened. Now, you remember back then, I didn't really care for her bullying antics..."

"But that's only because she liked you... liked you, right?" Arnold asked.

"Yeah. You know what she did?" Phil asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Kick the person who tormented you down when you didn't know about it?" Arnold guessed.

"Knowing her back then, I wouldn't be surprised if she did... but actually, she decided to go down to the sewers herself and try to salvage the pieces of the model plane that had broken apart. By the end of the week, she managed to get at least half of the plane and the propeller, and so spent her time trying to clean up the pieces and glue them back together as best as she could." Phil smiled as he pointed towards the picture. "And since she couldn't find the half that contained the propeller... she just stuck it on the wing and glued it up."

"Wow, so even in her young age, my grandma can be pretty crazy... and I mean that in a good way. She actually went through all that trouble, just for you." Arnold said.

"Indeed, she did. When we became a... thing, she gave the broken half of the plane as a present and told me everything. She told me about the hours she spent, just trying to collect the pieces. When I told her she was crazy, I said..."

"Yeah, but I love you anyway."

Arnold and Phil jumped as they turned to see Gertie walking up. "Pookie! Have you been listening to the whole thing?"

"Maybe." Gertie gave a smirk. "But then again, maybe not. Memories can be good, but the best memories are the ones that last forever."

Arnold and Phil looked at Gertie in surprise as Arnold whispered to Phil, "That sounds normal, coming from Grandma..."

"Well, come on, enough reminiscing! We've got to prepare ourselves and get to the Florida Everglades before the sun goes down!" Gertie smiled as she motioned over and started going down.

"There she is." Arnold sighed in relief.

Phil gave a smile as he said, "Yeah, your grandmother may be a bit looney, but I don't regret being with her, not one bit."

Arnold gave a small smile as Phil started to get up to go downstairs. Arnold paused, then called, "Hey Grandpa!"

"Yes, Shortman?" Phil asked.

"...do you still have that half of the model plane, or is that long gone?" Arnold asked.

Phil paused... then smiled. "I still keep it in our bedroom... though half of me thinks Pookie may be crazy enough to actually go down to the sewers again to get the other half."

"Knowing Grandma... she probably would." Arnold said as he put the book away.

"...maybe so, Shortman... maybe so." Phil said as Arnold got up and started following his grandfather down the stairs.

...TEN PHOTO MEMORIES (Phil x Gertie),

NINE SHINY CRYSTALS (Ernie Potts x Lola),

EIGHT EXERCISES (Harold x Patty),

SEVEN BANDAGE APPLYINGS (Eugene x Sheena),

SIX FLOWER TRIBUTES (Lorenzo x Lila),

FIVE BANANAS (Monkeyman x Olga),

FOUR TRADING CARDS (Tucker x Nadine),

THREE CHOPSTICKS (Gerald x Phoebe),

TWO CHOCOLATE MILKS (Curly x Rhonda),

AND A LETTER DECLARING YOUR LOVE. (Arnold x Helga)

And with that, the tenth chapter is finally done! How did you like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!