p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;""It worked!" Henry said excitedly he following Monday morning as he got off the school bus and sprinted over to Alice. "My mom told me all about it. Your dad and my mom decided to emshare/em the storybook!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;""I know!" Alice said, smile wide and delighted. "My papa explained the situation to me. I could tell he felt bad that he didn't get the book, and I wanted to make him feel better, but then I thought maybe it would be better to act kinda disappointed."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;""Good thinking," Henry said with a nod as they reached their classroom and headed for their desks. "If they feel guilty, then they'll make emsure/em to always make the drop off, and then they'll have to meet every week. We'll be brother and sister by Easter!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;""I hope you're right," Alice said with a sigh. "I know my papa gets lonely sometimes, and it would be nice if he had someone besides me in his life."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;""Exactly," Henry agreed. "And my mom needs to know that not every guy's like my dad. Not every guy's gonna leave her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"Henry busied himself setting his backpack on the floor and getting out his books and then he looked back at Alice with a troubled look. "You don't think they'll be mad at us, do you? You know, for being sneaky and everything."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"Alice shook her head vehemently. "They'll be too happy together for that. Sometimes adults are just too busy to see what's right in front of them. That's when their kids have to step in and parent trap them."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"emspan style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"Notes:/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"emspan style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"–Merry Christmas Eve! I hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends!/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"emspan style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"–As you can probably tell, this story isn't finished. I had two CS Secret Santa stories to write, so I didn't have time to finish everything, but I promised you another part of this fic today, so I wanted to at least give you something! The rest of the story is all plotted out, so with any luck, you'll get the last part next Friday!/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"emspan style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"–Oh, also, as a bonus Christmas gift, I'm going to post a second story to this collection later tonight! (I might have 2 chapters for you next week too!)/span/em/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;""I know!" Alice said, smile wide and delighted. "My papa explained the situation to me. I could tell he felt bad that he didn't get the book, and I wanted to make him feel better, but then I thought maybe it would be better to act kinda disappointed."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;""Good thinking," Henry said with a nod as they reached their classroom and headed for their desks. "If they feel guilty, then they'll make emsure/em to always make the drop off, and then they'll have to meet every week. We'll be brother and sister by Easter!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;""I hope you're right," Alice said with a sigh. "I know my papa gets lonely sometimes, and it would be nice if he had someone besides me in his life."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;""Exactly," Henry agreed. "And my mom needs to know that not every guy's like my dad. Not every guy's gonna leave her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"Henry busied himself setting his backpack on the floor and getting out his books and then he looked back at Alice with a troubled look. "You don't think they'll be mad at us, do you? You know, for being sneaky and everything."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"Alice shook her head vehemently. "They'll be too happy together for that. Sometimes adults are just too busy to see what's right in front of them. That's when their kids have to step in and parent trap them."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"emspan style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"Notes:/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"emspan style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"–Merry Christmas Eve! I hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends!/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"emspan style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"–As you can probably tell, this story isn't finished. I had two CS Secret Santa stories to write, so I didn't have time to finish everything, but I promised you another part of this fic today, so I wanted to at least give you something! The rest of the story is all plotted out, so with any luck, you'll get the last part next Friday!/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: normal;"emspan style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"–Oh, also, as a bonus Christmas gift, I'm going to post a second story to this collection later tonight! (I might have 2 chapters for you next week too!)/span/em/p
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