November Part 3
"Where DID my parents meet anyway?" asked Vivs.
"You don't know?" said Bernard, then he held out his hand. "Come on. I'll show you. Take my hand and I'll take you there."
"Oh. ok." she did as he said, then everything seemed to swirl around, then they were suddenly in a woods that was covered in snow. It was a big woods that was only down town.
'This is where my parents met?" she said, surprised.
"Shhhh...." said Bernard, then suddenly two people emerged into the woods.
"It's my parents! But..... they're only sixteen!" she exclaimed. Bernard nodded.
"Are we back in time?"
"Yes. Now shhhhh!"
She didn't listen. "When are we?" then she grabbed his arm to look at his watch, which also had the date on it. "It's Christmas Eve!" she exclaimed.
"Yes. It's the day your parents met. don't you know anything about your parents?"
"I guess not." she said.
"Now shush!"
Vivs younger parents didn't notice they were both there until her mother suddenly looked in his direction and gasped.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." said her father, a little surprised.
"No, it's all right. I just thought I was the only one who still came here." she said. She had her favorite scarf around her neck. Vivaine was looking at it wonderingly. She leaned over to Bernard and whispered, "Can they see us?" Bernard shook his head.
"Really? I thought I was the only one to come here." they both walked up together and Vivs could see them staring at eachother curiously.
"It's my favorite spot to go to on Christmas Eve."
"Mine too!"
"Really?" her father nodded. Then her mother suddenly turned away. "I.....I used to come here every year when I younger, because I thought you could see Santa coming if you sat here all night." she laughed. "But I'd fall asleep." she turned back to him. "Don't tell me you used to do that too?"
Her father shook his head. "No, but I like to come here because I could see reindeer tracks. Or I used to THINK I did."
Her mother's eyes were so alight and happy, unlike how they looked now. Now they looked tired and lonely. "Hi. I'm Danielle." she said, reaching to shake his hand.
"I'm Danny."
And then they fell in love. Vivs sighed from beside Bernard. "That's so sweet! Why aren't they like that now?"
Bernard waited until her parents walked off in the distance and you couldn't hear them singing "Sleigh Ride" anymore.
"Who knows." he said.
"Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we.." Vivs started to sing. 'We used to sing that as loud as we could while we decorated the tree." she said sadly.
"Just hear those sleigh bells jingling ringting ringling too.." Bernard started to sing too.
"We all love that song." she said. "We don't sing it anymore."
Bernard didn't say anything, but then Vivs said, "Take us back to the present. We got to get my parents back to that place!"
*
"Dad?" Vivs said, running into the house when they got back.
"Vivs! Where have you been?" he said.
"I was with Bernard!"
"Who?"
"Bernard! He's- gone. Oh dang it."
"What?"
"Nevermind! Just listen to me! We need to go to the Wood on Christmas Eve!"
Her father looked at her gravely. "I see what's going on. NO."
"But dad-"
"No buts! Honey, I see what you're trying to do, but you just got to leave your mother and me alone. We're over." He looked at her.
"Oh fine." she said, then she ran away from him, pouting like she used to do when she was six.
"What a baby." said Tim.
Her father stood up, rubbing his neck worriedly. "How did she know about that place?" he wondered.
Vivs ran up to her room, and pulled open the door, expecting Bernard to be sitting in her room. but he wasn't there. "Oh where did he go?" She ran back outside, but he wasn't there either.
"Dad! Have you seen a boy named Bernard anywhere?" she said, coming back inside.
"Stomp the snow off your boots before you come inside, honey!" he said.
"Dad!" she said, tracking snow on the floor angrily. "Who's Bernard?" said Tim, saying Bernard as if it was a weird name.
"He's an elf, about this tall, he's got this really cool hat and he keeps disappearing on me."
Everyone stared at her. Then her two brothers started laughing.
"Now who told you anything about- your mother." he said, then he headed toward the phone.
"No, dad! Mom didn't tell me about Bernard!" she said, grabbing the phone out of his hand. "I'm telling you, I was just with him! Maybe Santa called him or something."
Her father put his hand on her forehead. "You aren't sick....." he said.
"DAD! AUGH!" she said, then she stomped away, leaving the kitchen full of snow. Then she backed up. 'He's the Head Elf of the North Pole. I'm not lying!"
Her father rubbed his face in annoyance. "It's the sixth grade all over again." he groaned. Tim handed his dad the phone back. "I suggest you ask mom about this. She might have had something to do with it."
'Thank you Tim." he said, taking the phone.
*
Vivs slammed onto her bed, looking mad. Bernard walked over from inside her closet. "I see you DO believe in me now?" he smirked. Viviane rolled her eyes.
"Where were you?"
"I was hungry." he said, holding up a sandwich he had in his hands.
*
"Tim? Did you eat my sandwich again?" Vivs father called into the other room angrily.
"Where DID my parents meet anyway?" asked Vivs.
"You don't know?" said Bernard, then he held out his hand. "Come on. I'll show you. Take my hand and I'll take you there."
"Oh. ok." she did as he said, then everything seemed to swirl around, then they were suddenly in a woods that was covered in snow. It was a big woods that was only down town.
'This is where my parents met?" she said, surprised.
"Shhhh...." said Bernard, then suddenly two people emerged into the woods.
"It's my parents! But..... they're only sixteen!" she exclaimed. Bernard nodded.
"Are we back in time?"
"Yes. Now shhhhh!"
She didn't listen. "When are we?" then she grabbed his arm to look at his watch, which also had the date on it. "It's Christmas Eve!" she exclaimed.
"Yes. It's the day your parents met. don't you know anything about your parents?"
"I guess not." she said.
"Now shush!"
Vivs younger parents didn't notice they were both there until her mother suddenly looked in his direction and gasped.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." said her father, a little surprised.
"No, it's all right. I just thought I was the only one who still came here." she said. She had her favorite scarf around her neck. Vivaine was looking at it wonderingly. She leaned over to Bernard and whispered, "Can they see us?" Bernard shook his head.
"Really? I thought I was the only one to come here." they both walked up together and Vivs could see them staring at eachother curiously.
"It's my favorite spot to go to on Christmas Eve."
"Mine too!"
"Really?" her father nodded. Then her mother suddenly turned away. "I.....I used to come here every year when I younger, because I thought you could see Santa coming if you sat here all night." she laughed. "But I'd fall asleep." she turned back to him. "Don't tell me you used to do that too?"
Her father shook his head. "No, but I like to come here because I could see reindeer tracks. Or I used to THINK I did."
Her mother's eyes were so alight and happy, unlike how they looked now. Now they looked tired and lonely. "Hi. I'm Danielle." she said, reaching to shake his hand.
"I'm Danny."
And then they fell in love. Vivs sighed from beside Bernard. "That's so sweet! Why aren't they like that now?"
Bernard waited until her parents walked off in the distance and you couldn't hear them singing "Sleigh Ride" anymore.
"Who knows." he said.
"Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we.." Vivs started to sing. 'We used to sing that as loud as we could while we decorated the tree." she said sadly.
"Just hear those sleigh bells jingling ringting ringling too.." Bernard started to sing too.
"We all love that song." she said. "We don't sing it anymore."
Bernard didn't say anything, but then Vivs said, "Take us back to the present. We got to get my parents back to that place!"
*
"Dad?" Vivs said, running into the house when they got back.
"Vivs! Where have you been?" he said.
"I was with Bernard!"
"Who?"
"Bernard! He's- gone. Oh dang it."
"What?"
"Nevermind! Just listen to me! We need to go to the Wood on Christmas Eve!"
Her father looked at her gravely. "I see what's going on. NO."
"But dad-"
"No buts! Honey, I see what you're trying to do, but you just got to leave your mother and me alone. We're over." He looked at her.
"Oh fine." she said, then she ran away from him, pouting like she used to do when she was six.
"What a baby." said Tim.
Her father stood up, rubbing his neck worriedly. "How did she know about that place?" he wondered.
Vivs ran up to her room, and pulled open the door, expecting Bernard to be sitting in her room. but he wasn't there. "Oh where did he go?" She ran back outside, but he wasn't there either.
"Dad! Have you seen a boy named Bernard anywhere?" she said, coming back inside.
"Stomp the snow off your boots before you come inside, honey!" he said.
"Dad!" she said, tracking snow on the floor angrily. "Who's Bernard?" said Tim, saying Bernard as if it was a weird name.
"He's an elf, about this tall, he's got this really cool hat and he keeps disappearing on me."
Everyone stared at her. Then her two brothers started laughing.
"Now who told you anything about- your mother." he said, then he headed toward the phone.
"No, dad! Mom didn't tell me about Bernard!" she said, grabbing the phone out of his hand. "I'm telling you, I was just with him! Maybe Santa called him or something."
Her father put his hand on her forehead. "You aren't sick....." he said.
"DAD! AUGH!" she said, then she stomped away, leaving the kitchen full of snow. Then she backed up. 'He's the Head Elf of the North Pole. I'm not lying!"
Her father rubbed his face in annoyance. "It's the sixth grade all over again." he groaned. Tim handed his dad the phone back. "I suggest you ask mom about this. She might have had something to do with it."
'Thank you Tim." he said, taking the phone.
*
Vivs slammed onto her bed, looking mad. Bernard walked over from inside her closet. "I see you DO believe in me now?" he smirked. Viviane rolled her eyes.
"Where were you?"
"I was hungry." he said, holding up a sandwich he had in his hands.
*
"Tim? Did you eat my sandwich again?" Vivs father called into the other room angrily.