Sorry it took me so long… I have a really big math test on Monday, so I am not even sure how I ended up being able to upload this but I did.
I hope you'll enjoy it! :)
Mitchie's POV
"Wait Caitlyn, you are Jewish?" I asked very surprised.
"Yes… Is there a problem? Please don't tell me you are like anti-Semitic or something, cause I am not so good in situations like these…" She said a bit taken aback.
"No, not at all, I am just surprised. I've never met anyone Jewish before. Well, I did, but I never had a Jewish friend, and I would really like it if you tell me about Judaism." I said truthfully, I've always been fascinated with different cultures and religions.
"Well, it's kinda simple. We believe in the old testimony, the Bible. We have different holidays, and we can't eat stuff like pork or seafood and mix dairy and meat together. I don't actually do all those things, cause I am not religious, but there are lots of rules that are pretty hard to explain, and I don't even know all of them…" She said while sitting on my bed.
"That's really cool! So you don't go to church, right?" I asked and sat next to her.
"We go to synagogue, which is a bit different. It is supposed to be divided into men and female apart, though I go to a more secular one that doesn't do that, also there are no paintings because we are not allowed to pray to anyone else but god. I could take you with me once if you want to…" She half said, half asked.
"I would like that. And can you tell me about your holidays?" I asked.
"It will take forever but I'll tell you about the once that is starting in two days..." She started.
"That's the same time as Christmas!" I interrupted her, "Sorry." I added.
"Yes, well, it has nothing to do with Christmas and well, it was about something that happened before Jesus even died so, yea. Anyway, it is called Hanukkah and it is celebrating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. It is celebrated for eight days in which we light a menorah, which I'll show you in two days, and eat some really yummy, fried, sweet food. Don't worry, you'll get to celebrate Hanukkah with me, you'll love it!" She smiled happily, and I could tell she really loved this holiday.
"Yayyy!" I said happily, "You seem to really like this holiday!"
"It's my favorite!" she grinned, "Now let's go downstairs and see what your mom and Mrs. Gray decided and when will you be seeing your beloved boyfriend!"
She ran down stairs before I could say, "He is not my boyfriend." So I followed her smiling.
"Connie!" I heard her screaming, "When are we going to the Gray's house?"
"Well, we are going for Christmas Eve!" my mom answered smiling.
"But when is that?" Caitlyn asked not sure.
"In two days! How come you don't know?" my mom asked a bit confused.
"Mom! Caitlyn doesn't celebrate Christmas, she is Jewish!" I said as if it was an obvious thing.
"Oh really?" She seemed surprised, "You know, one of my best friends is Jewish, you know, Rona." She looked at me and I nodded though I didn't know she was Jewish.
"So do you celebrate Hanukkah?" my mom asked Caitlyn and she nodded.
"I have a little dradle…" my mom starting singing a song I didn't know but Caitlyn obviously did because she joined her twirling around. I looked at my mother and friend embarrassed.
"What's a dradle?" I asked them and Caitlyn promised she'll show me.
My mom and Caitlyn kept talking about Hanukkah and I felt a bit like an outsider, which is weird sense Caitlyn in my friend, not my mom's, but I decided to leave and call Shane. Before I could even open my phone, it rang, it was Shane.
"I was just about to call you" I said the moment I picked up the phone.
"Oh really?" I could hear him smiling.
"Yes." I smiled as well.
"So I guess I'll be seeing you in two days." Shane said trying to hide his excitement, though it didn't work too well.
"I guess so." My smile just got wider.
"So what's up?" he asked me.
"Well, I just found out Caitlyn is Jewish, did you know that?" I asked him.
"Nope. So is she going to bring all the Hanukkah stuff to our house?" He asked me.
"I guess so." I said and Shane promised he'll tell his parents.
The conversation ended too soon when Shane had to leave for a band meeting, something that involved Disney world. I didn't mind that much though, cause I knew I'll see him soon.
"Mitchie! Come on! Wake up already!" I opened my eyes and jumped.
"Again Caitlyn?" I asked her, trying to breath normally again, just like the day she got here, Caitlyn decided to wake me up the same way by placing her nose on mine and looking deep into my eyes, "By the way, you have really pretty eyes." I commented on her deep green-gray eyes, "but your pupils are huge!"
"Yea I know" she said, smiling and blushing a bit. When she saw me smiling she covered her face with her hands. "Stop laughing at me! You know I am bad with compliments!" (A/N THAT'S EXACTLY ME)
"So why did you wake me up at…" I looked at my watch, "7 am?" I asked her.
"Because we are leaving for the Gray's house in like 5 hours, duh." She said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"No." I corrected her, "We are going to the Gray's house on the twenty forth which is…" I looked at my calendar and then screamed, "Why didn't you wake me up earlier?!" I jumped out of my bed, ran to my bathroom and took a shower. After getting dresses in some old clothes I went down stairs and saw Caitlyn already eating her third pancaked. I sat next to her and took two.
Caitlyn looked at me, "You are not wearing this tonight, are you?"
"Yes I am, why not?" I answered plainly and she looked at me as if I've gone mad. "I am kidding!" I laughed and my mom laughed too while Caitlyn seemed embarrassed but ended up joining us.
"So what are you going to wear?" Caitlyn asked me when we walked back to my room.
"Well, I was thinking you might help me choose…?" Before I could finish my sentence, Caitlyn was already putting all the clothes in my closet lined up on my bed.
"How about this dress?" Caitlyn pointed on a black dress with pink, red, and white flowers on it. Mitchie got it from her aunt and uncle for her sixteen's birthday but never wore it.
"I actually forgot I have this one! I got it for my birthday and really liked it, but never had the chance to wear it…" Mitchie commented picking it up and looking at herself in the mirror, "yea, it think it would do!" Caitlyn smiled, "Now what about you?" Mitchie asked her, "anything you like?"
I could see Caitlyn's eyes looking at one of my dresses. "You like this one, don't you?" I asked her pointing at a white dress with pink roses and some more pink flowers, and she nodded. "Well try it on!" I pushed her to my bathroom, and I'll try on the one I picked up!" I said and closed the door.
After about two minutes there was a knock on my door and I opened it. Caitlyn looked there with the dress and it looked perfect on her. She looked at me and smiled. "We both looked really good", I said and she nodded.
Caitlyn and I kept getting ready, it felt like this dance all over again besides the fact that it was with Caitlyn and not Sierra, and that I was going to be seeing Shane. Just the thought of it made my body shake. I was very nervous, I am not sure why, maybe because I was trying so hard to impress him… My mom called us downstairs and we walked to my dad's car. My mom put on music and Caitlyn and I sang and laughed the entire time. After a while the car stopped and I looked outside the window and saw a really nice looking house. It was white and beautiful. Not too big, but definitely not small. I started fidgeting and Caitlyn called me out on it. "Mitchie," she said, "Shane is really excited to see you, so stop being so nervous." Her words calmed me down a bit but I still couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. We knocked on the door and after a moment or so the door was opened by no other than Mr. Shane Gray. The moment I saw him and our eyes were locked I didn't feel nervous anymore and I couldn't help but smile and run to his welcoming hug.
Well, what do you think?
I feel like there is something off about this chapter but I really have to go study for my math test so you'll have to live with it.
If you want to know what Mitchie's and Caitlyn's dresses are, go to my profile, I have the pictures there.
Hope you liked it!