Whoa, this is a record for my stories! People, I am happy to announce that this is my most successful story! Almost 80 reviews! You know, I've always wondered what it was like to get 100 reviews…Meh, whatever, lol. As long as I don't lose any readers and you all enjoy it, that's good enough to me. But still, a friendly review wouldn't hurt. Ok, well enjoy buddies!
Also, I decided to give a better description of Caleb's skateboard. It's mostly an azure blue on one half, and a light grey and yellow on the other. It had splashes of dark grey dots and lines in the background with three graffiti-type X's. And you already know that it has his name in the middle and stuff.
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Today was the 24th of December-Christmas Eve. It was the most peaceful and happy day of the whole vacation. All twelve of them planned since yesterday what they were going to do for Christmas. It was 6:30 PM and the gang decided to go to their rooms and get ready for their fancy Christmas dinner at an Italian restaurant.
And it was also a wonderful day because today in the morning, Cornelia and Caleb made an agreement to keep all arguments to themselves and be friendlier to each other. It was working perfectly. If you didn't know better, you would've thought that Cornelia and Caleb were friends since forever! But of course, they were only friends.
All the girls were in Elyon and Cornelia's room putting on their dresses. Everyone was already in their dress except for Cornelia, who was changing in the bathroom right now.
"You know, I still can't believe we all picked the same dresses in different colors", Taranee exclaimed.
"It's totally weird! And they're all in different colors, but it's totally awesome!" Hay Lin giggled hysterically.
The dress was strapless, a little higher than the knee, and it had a big beautiful bow on the side of the waist. Will's dress was green (her hair is red and her dress is green, holiday. Lol), Irma's dress was aqua, Taranee's dress was orange, Cornelia's was red, Hay Lin's was pink, and Elyon's was purple.
"Calm down, Hay Lin. We're going to a fancy restaurant; please do not be like last time that you got on top of the chair and started to sing the National Anthem", Taranee shook her head as she remembered the memory.
"Yeah, and Irma, don't help her out. Why would you make a paper flag and get on top of another chair and wave it with your hand over your heart? Do that at school not a fancy restaurant", Will laughed slightly at the memory.
"What? It was Independence Day, I wanted to get into the holiday", Hay Lin laughed nervously.
"Yeah and I was just helping the spirit, right?" Irma asked nervously.
"Or was it because Hay Lin ate one of every dessert on the menu?" Will asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Ahehehehe?"
Then, Cornelia came out of the bathroom. She had her hair down with a few curls, she wore beautiful hanging red earrings (remember that she collected them),a silver necklace with a crystal in the middle, and high heeled shoes that matched her red dress.
"Do I look ok?"
"Oh my god! You have to teach me how you did your hair!" Elyon squealed and went to go touch her curls.
"You look so pretty!" Taranee exclaimed.
"Caleb is so going to drool over you now", Hay Lin clapped rapidly and squealed.
"Shut up!" Cornelia blushed.
The girls looked at each other for the last final touches and then went downstairs. They were greeted by the guys, who were all wearing tuxedoes with ties. Their shirts were different colors.
"Wow! You know, I really should stop complaining that they take too long cause it's always worth it", Alex grinned as he scanned the girls (cough, Elyon).
"Shut up, you pervert!" Irma yelled and hit his head with her small purse.
"Fine, geez!" Alex covered his head from her handy weapon. "You can't blame a guy for saying that you girls look pretty. But fine, if you want us to say that you're the hideous creatures that you really are, no problem here", he crossed his arms.
"We are NOT hideous creatures! That's you in the morning when you don't get your daily pill", Elyon argued.
"I didn't mean you, babe. You're not a hideous creature", Alex put his arm around her, causing Elyon to blush madly. The girls started to giggle softly. "It's this one!", Alex pointed with his other hand at Irma with a look of disgust.
"Why you-", Irma cracked her knuckles and grinned evilly.
"Oh god!" Alex yelled and started to run around the house with Irma right behind him with the purse above her head.
"You are so lucky I am wearing heels, you dope!" Irma yelled.
Everyone started laughing their heads off when Alex started to yell like a little girl when Irma took off her heels and threw her heels at him.
"Guys guys! Mr. Brown is coming! Behave yourselves now!" Nigel exclaimed.
Alex fixed his eyebrows coolly with one finger and smirked. The guys groaned at hit him. Irma ran to her heels, put them on quickly and went back with her friends. Cornelia and Elyon went to fix Irma's hair quickly and then smiled at her.
Mr. Brown came through the door and smiled at them (people, they do not come from Merridean and all that jazz. This is another universe AU).
"Hello kids"
"Hi Mr. Brown"
"Ok, your limo is outside. It will take you to the Italian restaurant and then back here. The adults and I (Elyon's parents and relatives who are celebrating Christmas) will be at a separate table", Mr. Brown said.
"Thanks dad", Elyon kissed his cheek as the gang went outside to the limo.
The limo took the 12 kids to the Italian restaurant. They got a large round table for all of them. This is the order they were in: Alex, Elyon, Cornelia, Caleb, Martin, Irma, Taranee, Hay Lin, Eric, Nigel, Matt, and Will. They brought the appetizers and entrees and the group started to talk away as they ate.
Cornelia's blue eyes glanced once at Caleb and then back at her food, her cheeks pink. Whoa, Caleb looks hot in a tux! No, Cornelia, no! Bad thoughts…evil thoughts!...
Next to her, Caleb was having the same mental arguments. Wow, she looks really prettyl. That dress makes her eyes stand out more…wait no! She's just a friend, dammit! She doesn't think of me that way…
Everyone finished their meals and went back to the penthouse.
"Ok, now it's time for the Secret Santa! But, since Cornelia is new, we'll explain the rules", Elyon said.
"There's rules?" Cornelia asked.
"Yuppers. Look, this is how we do it. Instead of just giving it to the person, we hide the present somewhere in the house and you have to go find it", Hay Lin said.
"Yeah, but you can't help anyone and you can't ask for help. You have to find it on your own", Martin finished.
"Ok, that sounds easy", Cornelia smiled.
"So everyone go get your presents and hide them anywhere but outside, ok? Then meet here when you already hid your gift" Elyon laughed as she ran upstairs.
Everyone followed. Cornelia went into the room after Elyon left it with something under her jacket. She ran to her closet and took out the skateboard she had customized for Caleb. It had a big red bow in the middle.
"Ok, I have to hide it somewhere close cause it's too big to hide under my jacket", Cornelia said to herself and looked around.
Cornelia's eyes shined as she ran out of the room with caution that she didn't see Caleb around. At the end of the hallway, there were two big and wide plants that were facing each other. She looked side to side before running to the right plant and placing the skateboard leaning on the wall behind the plant.
"Great, I can't see anything", Cornelia smirked and ran down to the living room.
She found Elyon, Will, Eric, Martin, and Caleb were already downstairs.
"Hey Cornelia, did you hide it good?" Will asked.
"Yeah…well at least I hope I did", Cornelia said.
"Who'd you get?" Elyon asked, joining the conversation.
"I'm not going to tell you!" Cornelia smirked.
"Is it one of us?" Will asked.
"Nope"
"Is it one of the guys?" Elyon asked.
"Yeah"
Soon everyone came downstairs. They were all laughing and talking away in excitement.
"Ok, we go find our gifts in 3…2…1…NOW!" Elyon exclaimed and everyone went running everywhere.
Cornelia decided to check in the plant that was next to the one where she hid Caleb's gift. She didn't notice that Caleb was actually running next to her as she ran down the hall towards the plants. Cornelia bent down and found her name on the small box. She got up to see Caleb walking towards the other plant (must've gotten tired).
"Oh…Caleb…hi", Cornelia waved slightly as she picked up the small box.
"Darn, you found it already", Caleb smirked.
"You got me?"
"Yeah...oh hey, that's a cool skateboard", Caleb said and grabbed it.
Ugh, that's it! A cool skateboard! Oh my god, that bastard!, Cornelia thought angrily, but didn't show any emotion.
"I bet whoever's this is won't mind me seeing-OH MY GOD! It's mine! Who's it from!" Caleb exclaimed and looked at the back of the skateboard to see who it was from.
Hehe, ok never mind, Cornelia thought with a satisfied smirk.
"Oh my friggin god! Cornelia, are you serious?" Caleb asked in awe as he stared at the design.
"Do you like it? I made the design especially for you…it's the least I could do to thank you for giving me my lucky charm back and all…", Cornelia couldn't help but blush a little.
"Like it? I've wanted a skateboard since forever. But this is much more than what I would ever have dreamed for. Thanks Cornelia!" Caleb smiled wide.
"Haha, your welcome. And now I'll see what you got me", Cornelia smiled as she opened the small box and gasped as she saw the most beautiful earrings she had ever seen. They were hanging earings with many small silver crystal balls falling. They looked like bubbles.
"I found out that you collected earrings so I thought it would be the perfect Christmas present. They reminded me a lot of you, don't know why", Caleb smirked.
"Caleb, how did you get to afford these! They look so expensive!" Cornelia breathed as she took off the earrings she had on and replaced them with her new ones.
"Nah, don't worry about it. I'm glad you like them, though. I wasn't sure you would", Caleb smiled in relief.
"Aw, don't make me sound so picky. I would've liked anything you gave me anyway. Thanks Caleb", Cornelia smiled. She didn't know why she was being so nice to him.
"Hehe, your welcome", Caleb blushed.
The two heard a lot of commotion downstairs so they went down and saw everyone with their presents.
"What'd you get, Cornelia?" Elyon exclaimed, running up to her.
Cornelia pointed at her earring with a huge smile. Elyon gasped and held one of them in her hand.
"They're so pretty! Who gave them to you?"
Cornelia cleared her throat and then blushed, "Caleb"
Caleb, who was next to her, blushed furiously and started to walk away to avoid Elyon's loud voice telling everyone.
"What did you get, Elyon?" Cornelia asked.
"Remember the super cute pink shoes we saw at the mall a few weeks ago that I couldn't get?" Elyon looked at her feet, which were wearing the pink shoes.
"Oh my god, they look so much cuter on you. Who gave them to you?" Cornelia asked.
"Irma. She reads minds", Elyon laughed.
"And what's that I see? You weren't wearing it before", Cornelia grinned at a silver ring with a few crystals.
"Oh, ahehehehehehe. Um…someone gave it…cause…", Elyon studdered.
"Alex gave it to you!" Cornelia exclaimed.
Elyon blushed and nodded.
"People, now that we got our gifts, let's party!" Hay Lin exclaimed and turned on the stereo that was next to the gigantic Christmas tree.
Everyone started to dance and talk and all of that. But after a little while, Cornelia got sorta bored. She plopped herself on one of the couches and sighed. She took out the small box from her pocket and examined it out of boredom. She opened the box and noticed a message on the top.
Hi Cornelia,
Hope you like your present! I looked through a few stores until I finally found one that I thought was good for you. Hehe…anyway, I know we started off on the wrong foot and some events have made it worse and worse…but I hope we can still be friends like we are now. You know, instead of being enemies all the time. You're a really great person, don't ever change. Merry Christmas!
Sincerely,
Caleb
Cornelia let out a small laugh as she noticed that he scratched out the word 'Love' before he put 'Sincerely'. If he didn't want me to see it, then he should've put a lot of lines over it instead of just one…haha, that just makes him cuter…wait…EW!
Cornelia shook out her thoughts and looked around. She finally noticed that Caleb was on the other couch with the same bored expression. He appeared to be looking through the pictures in his wallet. Cornelia took a deep breathe and decided to go and make a conversation instead of being all bored.
"Hey Caleb", the blonde greeted as she sat next to him on the couch.
"Hi Cornelia", Caleb greeted back as he put a picture back in his wallet.
He looked up and smiled. "You bored too?"
"Yeah, nothing very interesting", Cornelia nodded.
"You wanna go for a walk? I'm getting tired of sitting down anyway", Caleb suggested.
Cornelia nodded. Something about her expression reminded Caleb of someone he used to know…very familiar. The two got up and went outside.
"They want some alone time, huh?" Hay Lin grinned as she tiptoed towards the door.
"Hay Lin!" they all grabbed her and pushed her away from the door.
"Come on! Just a little peek!" Hay Lin whined.
Outside…
Cornelia smiled as light snow fell on the ground where Caleb and she were walking.
"Hey Caleb…" she spoke softly.
"Yeah?" Caleb looked down at the slightly shorter girl.
"Um…can I ask who the girl in your picture is? The one holding on to your arm?"
"Oh that…", Caleb stared down at his feet with a saddened expression.
"You don't have to answer…I was just curious"
"No it's ok; I'll tell you" Caleb assured with a slight smile.
"Ok", Cornelia listened.
"Ok, well it all started when I was 5. I had this best friend, a girl with blonde hair. We were super close, but one day she had to move away. I made her a promise that one day we'd meet each other again…but I feel sorta bad that I don't remember her name…", Caleb started.
Promise? Cornelia thought
"So then a few years later, I met a girl named Amy…", Caleb sighed.
"And you fell in love with her?" Cornelia felt that same stab of jealousy in her for a moment.
"I guess you can say that…well anyway, after a while she became my girlfriend. And one day she suddenly came up with this thing. She said that she wanted no secrets between us and all of that. So I told her everything about the girl and the promise I made to her. Then after a while, she began to complain that I was becoming more distant. She claimed that it was because of the promise I made to the girl. She couldn't take it anymore, she said. I never thought I'd see anyone cry so much…"
"I am so sorry Caleb…", Cornelia felt horrible that she made Caleb relive the whole thing again by telling her.
"It was a long time ago, don't worry", Caleb assured, "So we broke up. And Alan found this as an opportunity. So he asked her out and the two flirt with each other in front of my face. I would get jealous because of the fact that I lost her to him. After a while, though, she left school. I don't know what happened between her and Alan, but I know that I never saw her again after that", Caleb finished.
"So that's why you hate him so much, right?" Cornelia asked.
"That and because he's an idiot", Caleb grinned.
"I beg to differ, he's really good at math. He helped me once because you were too rude to help anyone", Cornelia smirked.
"And this proves another point; after you came along, my life actually became interesting…", Caleb laughed.
"Hey!" Cornelia glared.
"Ok ok, I'm sorry", Caleb's laugh died down a little.
"Right…hey the little girl in the picture is the one you made the promise to, right?"
"Yeah, the blonde one with green eyes", Caleb nodded.
Cornelia and Caleb stopped at a frozen fountain to take a small breath.
"Hey Cornelia, do you believe in fate?" Caleb asked.
"Yeah", Cornelia nodded curiously
"How come?"
"Because I've been through fate"
"When?" Caleb asked.
"At the Halloween Dance, that's when", Cornelia smiled.
"You know, now that I think about it, I had fate that night too…", Caleb sighed dreamily (not like a girl, you know what I mean).
"Really? Haha, why?" Cornelia asked.
"I met a girl there. She looked like a real princess…", Caleb sighed again.
"P-Princess? Wait, hold up. What did you dress up as?" Corneila asked, getting nervous.
"A prince, why?" Caleb snapped out of his dreamy state.
"I was a…and then you were…" Cornelia couldn't help but laugh, "No wonder I never saw you there! You were him. You were my prince!". She was used to these weird coincidences with him, she wasn't surprised.
"What, you were my princess? I almost kissed you!" Caleb exclaimed.
"I know!" Cornelia exclaimed too and the two started to laugh their heads off. Usually, they would be yelling at each other like crazy, but they couldn't help it. After a while, their laughter died out a little.
"I still can't believe that was you", Caleb smiled at her.
"Yeah, me neither", Cornelia smiled back.
As Caleb stared at her, it reminded him of that same night. Her crystal blue eyes, her soft blonde hair, her sweet smile, it was all her; she was the princess he had been looking for. Caleb couldn't control himself. He suddenly grabbed her with his two strong arms and pulled her in for a soft kiss.
Cornelia's eyes widened in shock; usually she would push him away and slap him, never to be forgiven. But…she couldn't help but give into the kiss. She slowly closed her eyes and fully felt the warmth of his lips.
Caleb suddenly pulled away blushing, shortening the passionate kiss.
"I-I'm so sorry, Cornelia. I don't know what-"
Cornelia didn't care anymore. She pulled him in for another kiss and deepened it as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Caleb reacted and firmly rested his hands on her petite waist. The two soon pulled away slightly to catch their breath. Their foreheads leaned against each other as they panted softly for breath, keeping the same position with Caleb's hands on her waist and Cornelia's arms around his neck. The blushing teens smiled as they looked into each others eyes.
"What was that about?" Caleb asked with a small laugh.
"I dunno", Cornelia's small smile grew wider, "Merry Christmas, Caleb"
"Merry Christmas, Cornelia" Caleb smiled back as he leaned in to kiss her once more.
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Yay! Cornelia and Caleb kissed! Woohoo! Let's go partay! Lol, I hope you liked this chappie. Took me a while to make, but I did it. Yay me (clap clap). Haha, just kidding. Now let's just hope that nothing gets in their way…dun dun DUN. You'll just have to see what happens next. Send in reviews, no flames! Later taters!
