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Welp, pretty soon Christmas came around and the Curtis and Matthews house was all covered in phony lighting and fake Santas and all sorts of Christmas stuff. It was Christmas eve and everyone was so hyper, even Darry. I had finished the lights on my house with help from Chris and Linda and Mom and even Jennifer. Actually, me and her got pretty close the past five days. We don't really know how exactly it happened, but we did. I decided to go to the Curtis house to help out there anyway I can. I got there, walking of course(my car was dead, dead I say, dead!) and looked around. Not many lights were up. I went on in and looked around. The whole place was covered in lights: the couch had a string of lights on the back, the T.V. wore some too, the doorway to the kitchen had a string too, and even their rooms did too.

"Darry!" I called. He came out of the kitchen with a long cord trailing him. There were lights wrapped around his chest, neck, and head and ornaments on his ears. I laughed at the sight of him. "Darry, those go on the outside of the house, not the outside of you!" I laughed out. He was laughing too. "Golly, we need to get you out of the snow." I told him. He was now flashing. I circled him, chanting, "Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree!" cause he was wearing a green shirt. He caught me by the neck and had me in a headlock. I wailed and struggled against him. Soda came in and froze in place.

"Two-Bit, don't tease my Christmas tree! He bites back." he told me as Darry let me go. Darry was laughing non stop. I grinned. I saw Steve come in from the kitchen, also covered in lights. "Two-Bit, don't tease my dead Christmas tree either." Soda said, noting that Steve was dressed in black and covered in lights.

"Ha ha, very funny." Steve commented. Soda grinned. "C'mon, help me get these off. Darry had dropped the box on us and thus, the lights."

"Why are the lights plugged in?"

"Darry plugged them in for the hell of it."

"I see. Winter fever got to him." I said. Darry grinned. Soda was attacking Steve, trying to pull the lights off of him. I decided to get them off of Darry. I got to him and began pulling. I got them off of his neck and began working on the ones on his chest. He was taking the ornaments off of his ears.

"Thanks Two-Bit." he said. He was kicking the ones off of his legs.

"Anytime. Remember, those don't go on you, only on the house."

"I know I know."

Now that both Darry and Steve were clean, we took the lights outside and tried to figure out what to do with them. Darry went off to find a latter. A latter? I didn't need one. I reached up for a good grip to start climbing. I found one and made my climb. I was on the roof by the time Darry came back. I was out of breath too. Darry looked up at me.

"Two-Bit, how'd you get up there?"

"Climbed. Stevie, toss up the lights." Steve tossed me a cord and I grasped onto it. I strung it up along the edge of the house, making loops and random designs with it as I went. He kept feeding me some line until it was all up. I looked around. "Darry, ladder please." Darry propped up the ladder and held onto it so I could get down. I began to climb down, quickly finding that the ladder was cold and slippery. I slipped and fell forward, then down. I guessed I hit my head, cause I blacked out.

–x-X-x–

I woke up and I was on the Curtis couch. I guessed I did pass out, cause my head smarted and ached. I rubbed it gingerly and squinted an eye. I felt someone sitting on my legs so I looked up and saw Steve sitting there.

"You're on my legs Stevie."

"I know. You alright?"

"Yeah, my head hurts."

"I can tell. You slipped and banged it pretty hard, eh?"

"Yeap." I tried to sit up, but Steve kept me down. "Lemee up, Stevie." I told him. He shifted enough for me to move my legs. I got up. Is it just me, or am I always getting hurt? I was walking to the kitchen, on my route for a beer, and I heard footsteps behind me. I glanced back and saw Steve following me. He wasn't doin' nothin' so I went on. Darry, Soda, Johnny, Pony, and Dally were all there. They took a look at us and busted out laughing. I cocked an eyebrow, puzzled. I looked over my shoulder and saw Steve, ducked behind me and flexing so it looked like I was the one flexing. I chuckled and watched him straighten up and laugh as he backed up.

It was nice to have friends like this during Christmas.

Now that I think about it, it's Christmas eve!


REVIEW and also... His first kiss will be in the next chapter hopefully