AuThOr: how every body doin? Good I hope. Well…another chapter is my new Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanza present to you. I gues I have to be politically correct now. Greaaatt….not a good thing for a person like me. I can tell you that right now. Well, I hope u guyz happy a happy holiday w/e yours maybe. So yea…and if your anti-religion, have a good break!

CourtneyL.

Jim waited anxiously, standing against a wall, for the clock to strike midnight. He looks up at his watch.

"11:59, might as well just head up there." He discreetly walks back up the stairs. The hallway was lined with doors that seemed that it stretched to miles.

"Damn-this is gonna take a while." He said to himself starring at the giant hall of doors.

"ok, she said be B14 and I'm at –" He looks at the first door.

"A00. Oh…my…fuc-goodness" He corrects himself.

"man she's just gotta live in a fucking castle! What ever happened to condos? Aparments? A freaking trailer for Christ sakes! A trailer would be great!" He complained. He bit his tongue and walked down the hall; passing door by door. None of them B14. A12, then A38, A99, B03, B10. He hits B14 after a 30 minute walk.

"Finally!" He opens the door and closes it not paying attention around him.

"Damn, you just gotta live in the big-" Hes cut off by the site of Kevin, the feminine man from before, laying on a bed with nothing on but a leopard print bikini bottoms and a pink boa wrapped around his neck.

"What the fuck is going on here?" Shouted Jim trieing to open the door. Just as he got the knob turned, Kevin pushed it shut and locked it.

"Oh come on. Don't act like that. " Kevin said in a sexy voice. He took off Jims jacket and pushed Jim on the bed and layed himself ontop of him.

"Get the hell off me you sick fuck!" He screamed trying to push him off.

"But I thought you wanted to-"

"No, no, no NO! What ever you thought I wanted, is the exact shit that would make me kill myself before I do ANY of that sick shit with a guy!"

"So you lied!"

"Lied? How in the hell did I lie? I didn't ask for this shit!"

"Then why did you come then?" Kevin yelled.

"Because I thought I was going to meet Katrina in here!"

"YOU WERE GONNA DO THIS SHIT WITH THE PRINCESS!" He screamed

"NO! no, no, no! She told me to come meet her so we could talk!"

"Well, she told me you had a crush on me and wanted to…you know."

"What? No! Fuck no! Dude, I'm sorry but I'm not gay, ok?"

Kevin frowned and sat on the bed. Jim slapped his forehead frustrated.

"Look dude, I'm sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen, ok? Katrina set us both up. That bitch. That fucking bitch."

"Please, you must understand. Katrina is not as cold hearted as she may seem. She is actually one of the nicest girls out there."

"Doesn't look it." Jim said sitting on the bed next to the guy.

"hey, Kevin right? Where is Katrina now?"

"I am not sure. But the party is over. If anywhere, she is to bed. I suggest you do the same."

"Yeah, maybe your right." Jim said upset.

"You know where your room is right?"

"Yeah, I'm sure I can get there. What about you man?"

"Oh, I don't know. I might go to my boyfriends house and see how he's doing."

Jim stopped and turned around.

'Wait. Hold up. You mean to tell me, you were gonna-and you have a-you are one crazy ass dude u know that?"

"Hey, what can I say, I'm P.I.M.P!"

"gross." Jim whispered under his breath and walked back to his room. As soon as he got back, he took off all of his tuxedo and slipped on a pair of jeans and laid on his bed with his face in his pillow.

It was silent in the room, then all of the sudden.

"WHAT IN BLOODY HELL WERE YOU THINKING TOSSING THAT EAR PIECE AWAY? THAT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE YOU KNOW!" Screamed Sara's voice from the celetron on his dresser.

"not now, Sara, I've had a hard-really hard day."

"Oh don't give me that crap! My husband says that everyday so don't think it effects me none! So what happened?"

Jim sets up in bed.

"Ok get this. I talk to her right? And she tells me 'meet me in B14' so I do! And whos there? Her friend. Her gay, MAN friend who treid to butt fuck-sorry, anal rape me!"

Sara trys to hold back laughs.

"AHAHAHAHAHAH! ARE U SERIOUS?"

"Yes I'm serisous and its not funny! That guy has problems man!"

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Shut up!"

"ahaha…ahh…ahaha….Ok, I'm ok. I'm ok." She laughed trying to contain herself.

snap crack Jim turned his head starring out the window.

"what the hell was that?"

"what was what?"

"shhh! I'm trying to hear."

A long silence fell over the room, followed by snap crack

"There it is again!" He runs over to the window and sees Katrina running up a grassy hill in a black cloak.

"I think our princess is going out for a midnight stroll." Said Sara on the small screen.

Jim puts on a shirt and his brown coat and opens the window.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm gonna follow this chick."

"What! Have you gone mad?"

"Sara, I don't have Jime for this! You hired me, so I'm gonna get this chick my way." He said and turns off the celetron.

He looks out the window, and jumps down, landing on his feet. He then ran as fast as he could, following her, but making sure he isn't seen. She walks up a giant hill and then just out of no where she runs. He tries to follow her but he lost her in a grave yard. He stumbles over tombs and is left alone in the cemetery in the dark.

"Where'd she go?" He whispered. Then, from a distance he heard singing.

"I pray, you'll be my eyes,

and watch me where I go…

And help me to be wise,

In Jimes when I don't know…..

Jim follows the beautiful voice. He walked through the cemetery as the song gets louder and louder. Finally, he sees Katrina knelt by a tomb stone in the shape of a cross, crying as she continued to sing. Jim leaned his back against a large tomb stone, watching her.

"Every child stays…

Every child knows…

Lead me to a place…

Guide me with your grace…
To a place where I'll….be….safe……" She stopped and bowed her head and prayed.

"Mother, please, be with me. I am so confused. I met this boy yesterday. He's a real jerk. But there's something about him. Some thing different about him shines more then the other guys. I like him, but I did something real stupid. I uhh…made Kevin, you know Kevin right? The gay guy? Yeah, well I told him a little white lie, and Jim a little white lie, and lets just say I think he might be on the next ship home." She said laughing. Jim couldn't help but giggle a little too.

"I uh..I miss you mom. In fact, I don't think I would be as sane as I am if I didn't have the necklace you gave me. I don't know why, but I feel your spirit in it mom."

Jim felt sorry for her. He felt like a real ass even though he did nothing. He frowned and tried to walk away, but he just stood there.

Katrina kissed a rose and put it on her mother's grave and just starred at it.

Jim knelt beside her. She didn't even turn her head she kept starring as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"How long have you been there?" She whispered.

"Not long. But long enough."

"I suppose you're here to yell at me for what I did huh?"

"Nah. It was kinda funny really. My friends never pranked me that good before."

She laughs a little.

"So where have you heard that song?"

"My mother use to sing it to me. She sang it right before she died. So I sing it every Jime I visit her grave."

"You have a beautiful voice." He whispered in her ear.

"oh..thank you." She said blushing.

Her cloak was nothing but see-through lace.

"You must be freezing in that." Said Jim wrapping his coat around her.

"Oh, thank you. You didn't have to do that."

"No it's ok. You need it more then I do."

It was silent between them. No one spoke for at least 3 minutes. Jim felt awkward.

"Hey, I'm really sorry about your mom…I uh…"

"Know what I'm going through?" She said trying to finish his sentence.

"No actually. You see, me telling you 'I know how you feel' would be the biggest sin of all since I really don't know what your going through. I don't in my right mind have a clue. Telling you 'I know how your feel' is doing nothing but showing off my arrogance towards you. And I don't want you to think I am arrogant."

She was distraught by his wisdom. This couldn't be the boy she met in the connection hall!

"Ok, who are you and what have you done with Prince Hawkins?"

He laughed.

"Oh, this is him. This is just a side you have never seen before."

"Well, how come I didn't see it?"

"You never gave me a chance! Which I'm am guessing I was not the first lucky contestant. To my knowledge this has happened before?"

She kept silent.

"You silence says it all!" He said jokingly pushing her on the arm. She laughs and holds this jacket tight to her body.

"I think you should be getting back to the castle. It's kinda late. Let's head down the hill." He said helping her up.

"Acutally," she started with pinked cheeks in a sheepish voice. "I was hoping we could take the long way around."

Jim smiled, and walked beside her on a dirt path towards the city. They walked in silence and then, he felt her arm slip around his when they got into the dark, empty, city.

"What's wrong? Scared?" He asked securing her arm firmly.

"Would I look stupid if I said yes?"

"Haha…No not really. I'm not really feeling comfortable."

They continued walking, and as they got further into the city, the more uncomfortable Jim felt. Suddenly, he felt that someone was behind him and Katrina. He took her arm and twirled her around holding her behind him. No one was there.

"What's wrong?" She asked franticly.

"Shh! Just stay behind me! Something isn't right" He listened to air. Nothing. Then, there was a crack Jim then pushed Katrina to the floor as Jim caught an arm coming down on him with a knife grasped in it. It became a fight as the man tried to plunge the dagger into Jim's chest. Jim helps the man's arm trying to avoid the contact with the blade. Jim frees his other hand and punches him right in the jaw and knocks him to the floor.

"Jim! Help!" When Jim turns around, another scruffy, dirty man has a hold of Katrina with a knife secured to her throat and her arms twisted behind her back.

"Come on man, I don't want trouble."Said Jim calmly backing away.

"Oh I bet you don't! Now what do ya got in your pockets?" They man yelled.

Jim goes through his pockets and throws down a 5 dollar bill and some change.

"That's all I have man. Now let her go."

The man kissed Katrina's cheek and smells her hair. Katrina begins to cry but being careful not to move or the blade would slice her skin.

"Stop that! You have my money! Now just give her to me!"

Then, the man then looks back up and Jim was no where to be found. He looked all around, but Jim had disappeared.

"Well, pretty, looks like your man has left you here to di-" He was interrupted when the point of a knife was placed on his back. Jim held a knife against the mans back and placed the side of his head against the mans.

"Let her go you poor piece of shit, or I'll run you through, and I won't loose a wink of sleep over it." He whispered violently into the man's ear.

The man dropped Katrina and tried to stab Jim but Jim stopped the blade once again and pushed him to the ground. Katrina tried to get away from the man as he grabbed her ankle. He pulled her to him and squeezed as hard as he could Jim grabbed the guy's collar and pulled him up but the man punched him right in the jaw. The impact pushed Jim back, giving the man time to grab Katrina's necklace and run as hard as he could. Jim grabbed a knife and gave it to Katrina.

"Here, the other guy is still knocked out, if he gets up, stab him. I don't care if her begs you to spare him you kill him ok? I'll be right back" Jim got up and ran after the man. Katrina waited as her ankle was swollen with a piercing pain. Two minutes passed and Jim still wasn't back. Then, Jim ran back to her and knelt at her side out of breath.

"Here, I got it back." He panted handing her, her necklace.

"Thank you, very much! I don't know what I would do if I had lost this! And…thank you for saving my life." She said scooting closer to him.

"Hey, what else was I suppose to do? Now lets get you back home." He took her hand and she stood on her feet but limped in pain.

"Ow, ow , ow! I can't walk."

"what happened? Oh, that's where he got your ankle. Here." He swipes her off her feet and carried her bridal style and finally got out of the empty city.

She looks in his eyes as he continues down a grassy hill, still carrying her.

"What?" he asked.

She smiles and pulled his neck to her and kissed him. He stopped and began kissing her back.

"What was that for?" He said blushing.

"For saving my life.". She said smiling. She placed her head on his chest and fell asleep.

MERRY CHRISTMACHANAKWANZA!