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Chapter 12

"Hark! The herald angels sing, glory to the newborn king!" Zoey sang, leaning on a too short step ladder, trying to place an angel on top of the Christmas tree at her house. Blaire and Alexis were helping her mother with baking cookies, something Zoey didn't want to do at the moment. Cyra, Ani, and Angel were all staying away from her at the moment, all fearing her wrath.

Her brother was coming home late, he was apparently having a hard time convincing one of his friends to stay with him this Christmas. Her father, well, her father was a different story.

"Peace on Earth, and mercy mild," Zoey continued to sing, angel almost on top of the tree. "God and sinners reconciled. Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies. With th' angelic host proclaim, Christ is born, in Bethlehem."

Her Dad was still at the marine base over in the US, and it was very likely that he wouldn't be home this Christmas. Yet, Zoey wouldn't let this damper her spirits. She still had her mother, her brother, and all of her friends.

"I'm home!" There was her brother. Zoey stopped singing, and finally got the angel on the top of the tree. She paused a moment to just straighten it a tad, then slid down the step ladder, leaving it up.

"Good!" Zoey called. "Then you get to put the step ladder back!" Her voice had a hint of teasing in it, and obviously her brother could tell it.

"Where's mom?" Her brother asked instead of commenting.

"In the kitchen!" Zoey called back. "Baking cookies with Alexis and Blaire. I just got the angel on the tree." Her brother laughed and Zoey left the den, where the tree was situated, to see her brother and catch a glimpse of her brother's friend.

"Those two are so dead." Zoey growled, furious of who her brother brought home.

Oh yes, the Rivera twins were going to pay.

And they were going to pay dearly.

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Anna laughed silently at her daughter's antics. Seriously, what could be so bad about her brother's guest?

"Zoey, be nice," Anna reminded her daughter. "Your brother is allowed to have guests too, and you have to treat his guest nicely as well." Zoey sighed, and nodded.

"I know," She responded. "It's just…" Anna gave her daughter a reprimanding glare.

"It's just what?" She asked, her tone giving a warning that she wasn't in the mood for this.

"Uh, nothing," Zoey responded. "I'm going up and playing the piano." And Zoey high tailed it out of there faster than you could blink. Anna sighed.

"I'm sorry boys," Anna told her son and his friend. "She's been acting weird for a while now. It's probably just a phase." Her son walked up and gave his mom a kiss on the cheek.

"It's alright mom," He told her. "I'm used to it." And he gestured for his friend to follow him, saying something about going to follow his sister to have his friend listen to her play the piano.

Too bad they could see the future, otherwise they would have stayed away from Zoey and her piano.

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"You two are so dead," Cyra commented, her arm latched around Aster's. They had just met up with the twins to go over to Zoey's house. It was Christmas Eve, and they always went over to Zoey's on Christmas Eve- it was tradition. They normally went over because it was usually just Zoey, her mother Anna, and her brother. But this year, there was Alexis, Blaire, as well as her brother's friend. It was a packed house this year.

"If she figures it out," Angel commented. Cyra sighed.

"You two really aren't that smart, are you?" She sighed, and turned her gaze to Aster. "Come on, if we're lucky, we'll be in time to watch Zoey murder these two." Aster just shook his head.

"You do realize that didn't make any sense, right?" He asked, and Cyra nodded. She just didn't care right then.

"Yeah," She murmured. "Come on, let's go." And the group of four started walking, Ani and Angel staying behind Cyra and Aster, as if they were shields.

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"I can't believe you! How could you do something like that!? You are so dead!"

"Zoey, calm down! We didn't even do that!"

"Mom!"

"Zoey, calm down. It's not that big of a deal."

"But mom!"

That's all that the group of four heard when they arrived at Zoey's house.

"I vote Angel goes in first." Cyra muttered to Aster as they approached the door.

"I heard that!" Angel yelped. "You are not sending me in there first! Not for a million dollars!" Aster sighed and discreetly rolled his eyes.

"Here," He said, opening the door, and walking inside the house, Cyra still clinging to his arm, Ani and Angel following behind them.

They entered just in time to see Anna holding her arms out between her two kids, keeping Zoey from mauling her brother.

"Children," Anna told them sternly. "Behave. We have more guests." Immediately, the two straightened up and Zoey turned away from her brother, arms crossed. Discreetly out of the corner of her eye, she examined the new arrivals.

"Cyra! Aster! Ani, Angel." Ani and Angel gulped they were found. Discreetly, they searched for something to change the subject with.

They didn't find anything, until Angel found the object of her attention for the rest of her life. Even if he didn't like it. Oh well, it still provided entertainment for the rest of the house.

Upon spotting him fully, Angel attached herself to Zoey's brother.

"Jesse!" She cooed. "Long time no see!"

Jesse gulped.

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Outside of the house, a figure laughed. He was enjoying this. Those kids were going to get one big surprise, and Zoey would be the most surprised of all.

The figure laughed.

It was time to set his plan into action.

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(Laughs maniacally at shocked faces) None of you saw that coming, did you? Jesse, Zoey's brother? Honestly, who would've thunk it? (continues laughing until hit with a cinder block) Oww! Okay, I'm done.

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