December Part 3:
Bernard sat at the table silently, staring at the others, who were staring back at him.
"Hi?" he said finally. Tim came up to him and started poking him.
"Are you from the mall?" he asked.
"No! I'm from the North Pole!" said Bernard in an annoyed voice as he poked him. "Stop poking me."
"Is this some sort of joke?" said Vivs' dad.
"Yes," she said quickly. "He's a friend of mine from..... from school. He's...... um..... one of the elves at the mall with that Santa guy. "
"Yeah. The FAKE Santas." added Bernard.
"Uh huh........" said her father in a slow voice.
"I..I was just telling him about the place where you and mom met. Yeah."
Her father looked at her sternly. 'Stop with that right now."
"But-"
"No."
"But I was talking to mom about it and she went on and on and on about it. She said it was her favorite Christmas memory." Vivs said quickly, and her father kept his mouth shut. He was staring at her, then at Bernard. The Elf shifted in his seat, then he started eating the toast again.
"Why is he still in his elf costume? And why was he so mad about something in the North Pole?" asked Tim, who poked him again.
"He likes to Role Play." said Vivs quickly. She looked at her father, who was looking down at the table, then she quickly pulled Bernard out of his chair. "We're gonna go now. He needs to get back to the mall.
*
"That was close." she said as they walked back outside.
"Yeah it was." he said, finishing the toast. He watched Vivs as she looked at her watch while walking at the same time.
"We have 6 hours to spare until the big moment. So, why don't you tell me your troubles at the North Pole?"
"Curtis made another army of living toys." said Bernard, rolling his eyes.
"Oh yeah I think you told me the story of last time he did that. Did you fix it?"
"The elves and Santa are working on it. Santa said when I'm done here I can come back and help them. If they need it."
"Well, of course they'll need it." said Vivs, smiling.
"How do you know?"
"I don't know. But I think they will need help from their best Number One Elf."
Bernard smiled.
[ok, I read the reviews and I saw that many of you are asking if this is a Vivs/Bernard story. at first it was, and it still might be. This next part is a little romance between them that I had an idea for, and if you think it doesn't go well with the story or whatever, just say so in the reviews and maybe I can make an alternative Ending kind of this for this scene. I think the scene is pretty cool though. I just wasn't sure about it since of the age differences and he's an Elf and all that lol! Oh well. I'll see what you guys think.]
They walked back to the woods, just to check on it, though they knew it was just fine. They walked around it for a while, talking about Curtis and his army of toys.
"You should really go and help them!" said Vivs. "What if they really need you?"
"I don't know. You need me too! I think they Elves and Santa could fix most of it."
"But what if it ruins Christmas?"
"Are you trying to get rid of me or something?" he said angrily.
Vivs looked shocked. "Of course not!"
"Then why are you trying to get me to leave?"
"I didn't mean it that way!" she said desperately.
"Well, it sounds like you do!"
"No it doesn't!"
"To me it does!"
"Well I'm sorry." said Vivs in an angry voice too, and she crossed her arms.
"Fine."
There was another silence until Vivs said, "I just thought it would be my fault if they needed you and you were down here."
Bernard sighed. 'I'm sorry for yelling at you."
"It's ok." she said, then she stopped and turned to Bernard. "I wouldn't want to get rid of you. Because I....I really like you."
Bernard looked a little surprised. "Really?"
"Why are you so surprised?"
"Well, we do kinda fight a lot..."
"Yeah.. I guess we do.." she looked up at him. She was at least two inches shorter than him, but it didn't look like a big difference. She then didn't know what she was doing, but then she kissed him. Thought afterwards she was totally terrified and started to stutter.
"I....I'm so sorry! I have no idea where that came from....."
Bernard only looked at her curiously.
"What? Did I do it wrong or something?" she asked, blushing.
"No...at least I don't think you did. It's just that you humans kisses are so...."
"So what?" she demanded.
"Well.......different from ours."
'"Well, is that so?" she said stomping her foot angrily. This wasn't really what she had in mind. "Well, what are elf kisses like then?"
"They're like this."
Now THIS was not what she expected either. He grabbed her and kissed her, though for much longer than she kissed him. She closed her eyes and inside her mind everything started to fog up. No, it wasn't fogging up. It was snowing. It started to look a lot like how Bernard described the snow globe he gave Charlie. Except instead of seeing reindeer and a sleigh fly over the houses, she saw visions of the North Pole, and how beautiful it was. Then it suddenly was over, and Bernard stopped kissing her. She opened her eyes and blinked at him, and her face must have looked amazed.
"Wow. You're right." she said. Then she suddenly snapped out of it. "Isn't this against the rules or something?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Elves and humans...."
"Oh." Bernard said, then he looked back at her. "I'm not sure, but does it really matter?"
Vivs looked back up at him. "How long do elves live?"
"A very long time." he replied. All of a sudden it started to get colder outside and Bernard hugged her close to him to keep her warm........
[ok, so that's the idea I had for the romance between Vivs and Bernard lol! I think I had it in a dream once. I dunno. ANYWAY, if you like this idea then I'll put more romance in it, but if you think it's too weird or gets beside the point in the story then I'll take it out......Please review!]
Bernard sat at the table silently, staring at the others, who were staring back at him.
"Hi?" he said finally. Tim came up to him and started poking him.
"Are you from the mall?" he asked.
"No! I'm from the North Pole!" said Bernard in an annoyed voice as he poked him. "Stop poking me."
"Is this some sort of joke?" said Vivs' dad.
"Yes," she said quickly. "He's a friend of mine from..... from school. He's...... um..... one of the elves at the mall with that Santa guy. "
"Yeah. The FAKE Santas." added Bernard.
"Uh huh........" said her father in a slow voice.
"I..I was just telling him about the place where you and mom met. Yeah."
Her father looked at her sternly. 'Stop with that right now."
"But-"
"No."
"But I was talking to mom about it and she went on and on and on about it. She said it was her favorite Christmas memory." Vivs said quickly, and her father kept his mouth shut. He was staring at her, then at Bernard. The Elf shifted in his seat, then he started eating the toast again.
"Why is he still in his elf costume? And why was he so mad about something in the North Pole?" asked Tim, who poked him again.
"He likes to Role Play." said Vivs quickly. She looked at her father, who was looking down at the table, then she quickly pulled Bernard out of his chair. "We're gonna go now. He needs to get back to the mall.
*
"That was close." she said as they walked back outside.
"Yeah it was." he said, finishing the toast. He watched Vivs as she looked at her watch while walking at the same time.
"We have 6 hours to spare until the big moment. So, why don't you tell me your troubles at the North Pole?"
"Curtis made another army of living toys." said Bernard, rolling his eyes.
"Oh yeah I think you told me the story of last time he did that. Did you fix it?"
"The elves and Santa are working on it. Santa said when I'm done here I can come back and help them. If they need it."
"Well, of course they'll need it." said Vivs, smiling.
"How do you know?"
"I don't know. But I think they will need help from their best Number One Elf."
Bernard smiled.
[ok, I read the reviews and I saw that many of you are asking if this is a Vivs/Bernard story. at first it was, and it still might be. This next part is a little romance between them that I had an idea for, and if you think it doesn't go well with the story or whatever, just say so in the reviews and maybe I can make an alternative Ending kind of this for this scene. I think the scene is pretty cool though. I just wasn't sure about it since of the age differences and he's an Elf and all that lol! Oh well. I'll see what you guys think.]
They walked back to the woods, just to check on it, though they knew it was just fine. They walked around it for a while, talking about Curtis and his army of toys.
"You should really go and help them!" said Vivs. "What if they really need you?"
"I don't know. You need me too! I think they Elves and Santa could fix most of it."
"But what if it ruins Christmas?"
"Are you trying to get rid of me or something?" he said angrily.
Vivs looked shocked. "Of course not!"
"Then why are you trying to get me to leave?"
"I didn't mean it that way!" she said desperately.
"Well, it sounds like you do!"
"No it doesn't!"
"To me it does!"
"Well I'm sorry." said Vivs in an angry voice too, and she crossed her arms.
"Fine."
There was another silence until Vivs said, "I just thought it would be my fault if they needed you and you were down here."
Bernard sighed. 'I'm sorry for yelling at you."
"It's ok." she said, then she stopped and turned to Bernard. "I wouldn't want to get rid of you. Because I....I really like you."
Bernard looked a little surprised. "Really?"
"Why are you so surprised?"
"Well, we do kinda fight a lot..."
"Yeah.. I guess we do.." she looked up at him. She was at least two inches shorter than him, but it didn't look like a big difference. She then didn't know what she was doing, but then she kissed him. Thought afterwards she was totally terrified and started to stutter.
"I....I'm so sorry! I have no idea where that came from....."
Bernard only looked at her curiously.
"What? Did I do it wrong or something?" she asked, blushing.
"No...at least I don't think you did. It's just that you humans kisses are so...."
"So what?" she demanded.
"Well.......different from ours."
'"Well, is that so?" she said stomping her foot angrily. This wasn't really what she had in mind. "Well, what are elf kisses like then?"
"They're like this."
Now THIS was not what she expected either. He grabbed her and kissed her, though for much longer than she kissed him. She closed her eyes and inside her mind everything started to fog up. No, it wasn't fogging up. It was snowing. It started to look a lot like how Bernard described the snow globe he gave Charlie. Except instead of seeing reindeer and a sleigh fly over the houses, she saw visions of the North Pole, and how beautiful it was. Then it suddenly was over, and Bernard stopped kissing her. She opened her eyes and blinked at him, and her face must have looked amazed.
"Wow. You're right." she said. Then she suddenly snapped out of it. "Isn't this against the rules or something?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Elves and humans...."
"Oh." Bernard said, then he looked back at her. "I'm not sure, but does it really matter?"
Vivs looked back up at him. "How long do elves live?"
"A very long time." he replied. All of a sudden it started to get colder outside and Bernard hugged her close to him to keep her warm........
[ok, so that's the idea I had for the romance between Vivs and Bernard lol! I think I had it in a dream once. I dunno. ANYWAY, if you like this idea then I'll put more romance in it, but if you think it's too weird or gets beside the point in the story then I'll take it out......Please review!]