What Christmas Means To Me (Part 4)

"Tell me the Christmas story, Emperor Lloyd," Jay said

"Ok," he replied, "when I was in Darkley's School for Bad Boys there was one day every year when we were nice to each other. That's why I believe Christmas is about forgiveness."

(Past)

When Lloyd was eight years old he and his best friend Brad were enjoying Christmas.

"What do we do here on Christmas?" Lloyd asked him.

"It's the one day everyone is nice to each other," Brad said, "it's so dumb."

"I know, right."

When it was time for the How to Be Mean and Hate Everyone class they went to class and the teacher was teaching them how to make a friendship with regular nice people.

"How does this teach us how to be evil masterminds?" a kid in the back asked.

"It's something special to do for Christmas," the teacher said sounding upset.

"Are you sure," the kid said again.

"I was forced to teach you this!" the teacher yelled.

This scared Lloyd. He's never seen him this mad before.

"We'll start by writing forgiveness notes to random people at this school," the teacher continued, "I think it's called "Secret Santa" or something like that. You'll all pick a name out of this hat and write a note saying you forgive them in their locker."

"What if we don't actually forgive them?" Lloyd asked.

"I don't care if it's a lie or not, because you're supposed to lie no matter what."

"And if we don't that's disobedience," Lloyd said proudly.

"Exactly," the teacher replied.

When Lloyd went to the front of the class he picked a name out of the hat.

"Gabriel?" Lloyd said surprised.

"You got Gabe?" Brad asked.

"How could I forgive him for anything he's done?" Lloyd asked.

"Well I got Charlotte"

"The 'Terror Queen'?"

"Why don't you forgive her for that time she threw all of your clothes in the wood chipper," Lloyd suggested.

"Do I have to?" Brad asked.

"If you don't I will put you in the 'Closet of Doom' for an hour," the teacher replied.

"A full hour?" Lloyd and Brad asked in surprised unison.

"Yep," the teacher then walked away and Lloyd tried to figure out what he could forgive Gabe for.

He remembered that Gabe once rode his bike on a muddy rode for three hours than put it on his bed.

"I can forgive him for that," Lloyd thought, "I hope."

"Forgive who?" Gabe asked.

"No one," Lloyd lied.

He then went to his room to write the note.

On his way to Gabe's locker he decided to check his locker for a note.

"Dear, Lloyd I forgive you for lieing to everyone at this entire school about being an evil overlord like your dad," he read.

"They're all jealous," Lloyd reminded himself for the a millionth that weak. It was Sunday.

He put the note in Gabe's locker than went to see how his friend was doing.

"I'm going to be in so much trouble," Brad said.

"What happened?" Lloyd asked.

"I can't forgive her of what she did to me," Brad replied.

"Should I leave or help since it's Christmas?" Lloyd asked.

"It's Christmas, man."

"Did she do anything else to you?"

"She framed me for saying 'I love you' to someone."

"That's harsh."

"You're talking about me aren't you," a raspy female voice said.

"Charlotte?" Brad asked.

"Is there something you want to tell me?" Charlotte asked.

"I forgive you for framing me last year," Brad told her quickly.

"K," she said before walking away.

"That's the nicest thing she's ever said to anyone," Lloyd mentioned.

"Merry Christmas, I guess," Brad told Lloyd.

"Ok," Lloyd replied before going back to their room where Lloyd found another bike on his bed.