Chapter 11: Holidays With Friends and Family

Christopher's POV

I woke up and went downstairs to find that my sister wasn't in the living room.

"She must still be asleep." I told myself as I went back upstairs to find Aelita was indeed still sleeping. I noticed her covers didn't help keep her warm, so I decided to pull them over her gently so as not to wake her. She stirred and moaned a little but went back to sleep.

I then went back downstairs to start fixing breakfast. I got the pancake mix and the dough to make croissants, since she told me she loves croissants with her hot chocolate. The hot chocolate was brewing while I made the pancakes for us. I set hers and mine on the table and started making the croissants. I had just finished them when she came downstairs.

"Morning, sis." I said to her.

"Morning." She said back to me.

"As obvious as it is, I've started breakfast and you're just in time. The hot chocolate is finished along with the croissants."

"You know me so well."

"Well, we are twins."

"True." We had finished our breakfast when we received a knock at our door. I went to answer and greeted the person.

"Hey Odd. What's up?" I asked him as Aelita came to the door. We looked down and saw Kiwi was with him.

"I was wondering if you guys could watch Kiwi for the holidays." He said.

"Sure. It's no problem." She said. With that, Kiwi walked into the house as Odd gave us the things we needed for taking care of him. He told us not to feed him any cheese because it gives him gas, which Odd said was more powerful than our Energy Fields.

"Good to know." We both said.

"Also, we'll all be back after the holidays to give each other our presents." Odd informed us.

"Okay." She told him. After Odd left, Aelita went into town to pick up Christmas gifts for me and the others, even Kiwi. While she was doing that, I was reviewing Kiwi's feeding instructions Odd left us. I then got Kiwi his tofu kibbles.

"Hey, Kiwi. You hungry?" I asked him and he started barking which told me he was. I poured the kibbles into his doggy bowl and he ate contently.

"And Odd's the one with a big appetite." I said, amazed that Kiwi had finished his lunch pretty quick. I then led him into the back yard so he could do his business. He finished using the bathroom and I cleaned up after him because I could guess Aelita wouldn't want the backyard covered with number 2 as much as I didn't want that.

I then went upstairs to Aelita's room and looked around. Not snooping, just remembering how it looked before we were on Lyoko. I then heard Kiwi barking and assumed Aelita was home. I went downstairs and was right. She moved quick to hide what I presumed were my presents.

"You know you didn't have to get me anything. Just being here with you is gift enough." I told her but she insisted on buying them anyway.

"Well, then, I'll do the same for you. I just took Kiwi out so he should be fine right now." With that, I rode my bike to the mall to get her something. I made it to the mall and went looking around.

After a few hours, I saw a used book store and saw a book I thought she and I both would love. I pulled it off the shelf to see if the author was who I thought it was. My suspicions were confirmed and I opened it up and saw a picture of him. Then I looked at the dedication, allowed a tear to run down my eye, and then decided to buy it.

I then left the book store and kept looking around when I could swear I saw a too familiar Japanese girl with her family. It was who I thought it was.

"Hey, Yumi!" I called and got her attention. She looked at me and walked toward me. I also walked toward her and hugged her.

"So, how's life as day students?" She asked as we walked back to her family.

"Not bad. It's better than we thought it would be after we adjusted." I replied.

"That's good. Have you seen any of the others?"

"Actually, we saw Odd this morning. He asked if we would watch Kiwi for him. We said 'Of course'."

"Did he tell you we would stop by after the vacation?"

"Yeah. Speaking of which, I need a couple more gifts to get for her. I got a book here and need a couple more things. Could you help me?"

"Sure. Just let me let my folks know."

"Okay." With that, she went to ask her parents if she could help me. She came back with a smile on her face.

"You coming?" She asked me. I nodded my head and followed her to a jewelry store. I saw an incredible necklace with a pink heart-shaped gem on it. I called Yumi over and asked if Aelita would like it.

"She'll love it. Believe me."

With that, I bought the necklace and she took me to another store. There, I found a pink laptop I knew she would love. I ended up buying three things total for my sister. I thanked Yumi for her help and rode my bike back home. Luckily, when I got home, Aelita and Kiwi were in the backyard so I took the opportunity to wrap her gifts. I had just finished when she came inside with Kiwi.

"What took you so long?" She asked me.

"I ran into Yumi at the mall, and she helped me pick out a couple of the gifts I got for you." I told her. The holidays went by pretty quick and before we knew it, the others came by the house to give us our gifts. I went first and gave my sister her gifts from me. She opened the smallest first and realized it was the necklace.

"That was one of the two gifts Yumi helped me pick out for you." I told her as she began to open the biggest of my gifts. It was the laptop.

"I thought pink would suit you." I told her. I then handed her her third gift and she was surprised to find out it was a book titled The Amazing Potential of Quantum Computers.

"Thanks, Christopher. But you know we could write a book like this ourselves, right?"

"Yes, but look at who the author is." I told her. She did and a tear formed in her eyes. It was our father who wrote the book.

"I thought it'd be good if we had something to remember him by."

"Thank you so much." She said as she hugged me. The rest of the day, everyone else handed each other our gifts. After it was done, the guys left us and we took our gifts to our rooms.

That's chapter eleven. I apologize if it's short. I decided to not make this chapter the season three finale. That will be next chapter. I took the book from another fanfic. I'll work on the next chapter as soon as I can. I'm debating whether or not I want Franz Hopper to be rematerialized or not. If you guys think I should do that, PM me or post it in the reviews section. Review and I'll post more chapters.