Here's Day 12! I hope you enjoyed the twelve days of Christmas! It was super fun to write and I really enjoyed the experience. I hope each and everyone of you has a Merry Christmas! As always, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and feel free to leave any suggestions or reviews that you may have! Thank you and Happy Holidays!
Secret Santa
Lucy's POV
"Alright everyone, gather around!" Holly announced as she entered the kitchen with a smile.
I looked up from the newspaper that I was sharing with Lockwood and frowned at the hat in Holly's hands. It was the ugliest hat that I had ever seemed and I knew that Holly wasn't planning on wearing it.
"What's that in the hand?" Kipps asked with a mouthful of cereal. I shook my head in disgust.
"It's funny that you would ask, Kipps," Holly smiled and held the hat out. "Each of you will reach your hand into the cup-" she began, but was interrupted by the boy sitting across from me.
"Do we have to?" George asked.
"Yes!" Holly snapped and then returned to her announcement. "You will reach into the bag and pull out a piece of paper. Whoever's name that you pull out will be the person that you buy a gift for!"
I groaned. I hating shopping and buying gifts. I never knew what to get people and I didn't want to offended them by my choice of gift.
Holly went around the room and then came to me. I sighed and pulled out a name.
George
I groaned to myself and left the room. Out of everyone in the room, I had to pick George. What would I even him? Maybe I could get home a sense of dignity I thought as I passed his room.
Two hours later, I arrived at the store. "This will be fun," I muttered sarcastically to myself.
I spent about three hours looking for something that screamed George, but I had nothing. Why couldn't I have picked Holly? I would've been done in five minutes tops.
I wished we would have just given each other lists. That would have been way easier. Then I wouldn't be walking aimlessly like an idiot.
After some consideration, I came up with an idea. I walked into the bookstore and bought a few books that I knew he was interested in. As good as the books were, I felt like it wasn't enough.
Although, George doesn't really show it, he really values friendship more than anything. Despite the fact that I can't stand him half the time, I really wanted to get him something that would mean a lot to him and I knew exactly what to get.
~Christmas Morning~
After we finished opening random gifts that we had gotten for eachother, Holly decided that it was time for our secret Santa gift exchange.
Kipps got up and handed his gift Lockwood. It was a set of different kind of teas and a new mug.
"This is great Kipps! Now I don't have to use your mug anymore!" He replied to Kipps.
Lockwood had Holly. He handed her a small package. She opened it up and gasped at the small bottle that was inside of it.
"The perfume I wanted! Thanks Lockwood!" She gushed and got up and hugged him. I pushed away the slight feeling of jealousy away I felt when she hugged him. Besides, he wasn't her type.
Holly then have her gift to Kipps. It was a new set of winter gear. Kipps always complains about the cold when we're outside, so it was the perfect gift for him.
Kipps then handed me my gift. I opened it and smiled at the new pencils and sketch pad he bought me.
"Thanks Kipps," I replied sincerely. "I really needed this."
"Yeah, that's why I got it for you," he joked and I rolled my eyes.
Then it was my turn to give George his gift. He opened the books first and thanked me. He then grabbed the smaller package.
He frowned as he opened it up. "It's a watch," he commented.
"Yes it is!" I replied back. He lift up the latch on the side.
He did as I said and smiled when he saw that was inside. It was a picture of the five of us, taken right after we defeated the problem.
"Thanks Lucy! I love it!" He said and then gave me a very awkward hug.
"No problem! Merry Christmas!" I replied and everyone repeated it after me. We spent the rest of the day eating very good food and opening more presents. It was a very good Christmas.