December Part 4:
"I'm starting to have second thoughts about this." said Vivs' mother as they started walking outside to go into they woods downtown. Vivs was very disappointed. It wasn't snowing, and clouds covered the shining stars. She hoped the plan would work. Bernard stayed in the woods when Vivs went to her mother's house. When she was gone, he secretly started to use some of his Elven magic. First he spread the clouds apart so he could see the stars, then he was just about to make it start snowing when a couple of the E.L.F.s came flying down.
"What is it? Did something go wrong?" he said anxiously, hurrying over to them.
"No. Santa just sent us down here to tell you everything is absolutely fine."
"What?!?!?"
The E.L.F.s just shrugged. "It's true. Curtis did excellent is beating all those toys!"
"But he made them in the first place!!!!" Bernard said angrily.
They shrugged again. "Well, he certainly fixed his mistake." the other E.L.F.s agreed. Bernard stared at them angrily.
"Well, what happened to Santa's watch I made him? Usually if he needs to contact me he just talks to me through there!"
"Curtis is fixing up a few things on it." replied to leader of the E.L.F.s.
"WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Curtis is NOT allowed to touch my watch."
"Well he already did. Well, we have to go. See you Bernard. Oh yeah, and Santa said now that everything is all right you don't need to come back right away. Now you can help Vivs and her family without worry! Oh, we better split. Here they come!"
They flew away just as Vivs and her mom appeared. Bernard also spotted Vivs father on the other side. He sighed in relief, thought it wasn't a happy relief. He decided to wait to make it snow and hurried behind a tree with the CD player.
"Oh wow the stars really show in here- Oh Viviane what is all this?" Her mother stared at all the decorations in awe.
"Just a small Christmas present." she said, grinning.
"You tricked me!" she said, but she was smiling as well. "Oh honey...."
"That's not all, mom." she said, as her father ran over to them.
"Viviane, did you do all this?" he said as he stopped in front of her. Then he noticed his ex-wife standing there. They stood, staring at each other for a long time.
"I can't believe you made me come here Viviane." her mother said angrily, and started to walk away, but Bernard had started playing "Sleigh Ride." She stopped in her tracks.
Vivs looked at them eagerly. "I know you guys still love eachother. I know you miss how it used to be as well." she said.
"How could you know such things?"
"I always had a feeling you two missed eachother because you still both have pictures of each other that you didn't rip up and I see both of you glance at them every once in a while. But I didn't think about it that much until a friend came and showed me." she smiled near the tree.
"It's not that Elf boy is it? How could he possibly know us?" said her father.
"Elf boy? What Elf boy?" her mother said suspiciously.
"Trust me, dad, he knows a lot of things. Mom, he's just..... a guy I met at the mall."
"I thought you said he was from school." said her father.
"Um. Oh yeah! Um..... nevermind. Just take a walk around......" Vivs stopped talking, seeing a pair of horses trotting into the clearing with all of the decorations. There wasn't a sleigh with them though. Bernard happened to know both of them liked Horse Back Riding.
"Or you can ride around!" she said cheerfully, yet in a confused voice. Her parents didn't smile though. But they were looking at each other.
"Vivs, I know what you're trying to do, and it's very thoughtful. I...I just can't do it." she said, then he turned around and shouted in surprise when she saw Bernard there, watching. Vivs gave him a look from behind. He was supposed to be behind the tree.
"Sorry," he began to say, walking towards the horses. "Ran out of sleighs." he started to put some riens with jingle bells on them onto the horses. Bernard winked at Vivs and tried to act like he was happy. Half of him was. Half of his was still bothered by what those E.L.F.s had said.
"Um, I'm sorry....We're not-"
"Nonsense. Get on top of him he's been waiting to pull someone all day. Of course, he won't be pulling anyone tonight but anything is good for him." He fed the horse a carrot. "If you feed his a carrot that is."
They all laughed and they had no choice but to get on top of the horse. Vivs saw her father lean to her mother and she was sure he was saying that was the Elf boy they were talking about.
Vivs stood smiling as she watched her mother and father riding and chatting around the decorated woods with Sleigh Ride blaring. Then she turned to Bernard, who was heading sadly back to the tree.
"Bernard, what's wrong?" she said, walking after him.
"I KNEW I was going to loose my job." he was muttering to himself.
"You lost your job?" she gasped.
"Well, not really. But I'm sure I'll get bumped down."
"Oh I'm so sorry! What happened?"
Bernard told her about the E.L.F.s flying down.
"Dang it I wish I saw them." she said, then he shook her head and said, "I'm so sorry! But maybe it's not as great as they make it seem as. Maybe....Maybe Curtis will mess up again and they'll beg you to come back!"
Bernard smiled a bit. Vivs tried to think of what to say. "Maybe you can go back right now! It does seem like out plan worked. Unless they start fighting again." Vivs looked back at her parents.
"Well, I guess I could stop by......" he said slowly, looking at her.
"They need you to help with the presents! I'm sure Curtis can't do EVERYTHING by himself." she said, smiling.
"Allright. Hopefully I can get there before they hire another Number Two after Curtis claims himself Number One." Bernard looked at his watch, which Vivs took a peep at when he wasn't looking, and then he looked back at her.
"I'll be back later." he said, then he kissed her again, though it was much more powerful that time, and he quickly disappeared into snow and left her standing there, dazed.
*
Vivs helped clean up the woods later that night when they all got tired and just wanted to go to sleep. She was petting the horse when he made a sound at her that sounded like he was trying to talk. She made sure her parents weren't looking and said, "Did you just talk to me?" he made the sound again. Then she realized that slowly antlers were started to magically appear above him head, and she drew in a breath as she was standing before a reindeer.
"Well, which one of Santa's reindeer are you?" she said, knowing what Bernard did.
He tried to talk again, but he couldn't really understand. She looked to see if he had a tag, and discovering his name was "Cannon."
"What if Santa needs you to drive his sleigh?" Cannon made another sound and started to shake, as if scared.
"You're afraid of heights, aren't you?" Cannon nodded.
[sorry I haven't updated I've been at my grandma's house. Please review!]
"I'm starting to have second thoughts about this." said Vivs' mother as they started walking outside to go into they woods downtown. Vivs was very disappointed. It wasn't snowing, and clouds covered the shining stars. She hoped the plan would work. Bernard stayed in the woods when Vivs went to her mother's house. When she was gone, he secretly started to use some of his Elven magic. First he spread the clouds apart so he could see the stars, then he was just about to make it start snowing when a couple of the E.L.F.s came flying down.
"What is it? Did something go wrong?" he said anxiously, hurrying over to them.
"No. Santa just sent us down here to tell you everything is absolutely fine."
"What?!?!?"
The E.L.F.s just shrugged. "It's true. Curtis did excellent is beating all those toys!"
"But he made them in the first place!!!!" Bernard said angrily.
They shrugged again. "Well, he certainly fixed his mistake." the other E.L.F.s agreed. Bernard stared at them angrily.
"Well, what happened to Santa's watch I made him? Usually if he needs to contact me he just talks to me through there!"
"Curtis is fixing up a few things on it." replied to leader of the E.L.F.s.
"WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Curtis is NOT allowed to touch my watch."
"Well he already did. Well, we have to go. See you Bernard. Oh yeah, and Santa said now that everything is all right you don't need to come back right away. Now you can help Vivs and her family without worry! Oh, we better split. Here they come!"
They flew away just as Vivs and her mom appeared. Bernard also spotted Vivs father on the other side. He sighed in relief, thought it wasn't a happy relief. He decided to wait to make it snow and hurried behind a tree with the CD player.
"Oh wow the stars really show in here- Oh Viviane what is all this?" Her mother stared at all the decorations in awe.
"Just a small Christmas present." she said, grinning.
"You tricked me!" she said, but she was smiling as well. "Oh honey...."
"That's not all, mom." she said, as her father ran over to them.
"Viviane, did you do all this?" he said as he stopped in front of her. Then he noticed his ex-wife standing there. They stood, staring at each other for a long time.
"I can't believe you made me come here Viviane." her mother said angrily, and started to walk away, but Bernard had started playing "Sleigh Ride." She stopped in her tracks.
Vivs looked at them eagerly. "I know you guys still love eachother. I know you miss how it used to be as well." she said.
"How could you know such things?"
"I always had a feeling you two missed eachother because you still both have pictures of each other that you didn't rip up and I see both of you glance at them every once in a while. But I didn't think about it that much until a friend came and showed me." she smiled near the tree.
"It's not that Elf boy is it? How could he possibly know us?" said her father.
"Elf boy? What Elf boy?" her mother said suspiciously.
"Trust me, dad, he knows a lot of things. Mom, he's just..... a guy I met at the mall."
"I thought you said he was from school." said her father.
"Um. Oh yeah! Um..... nevermind. Just take a walk around......" Vivs stopped talking, seeing a pair of horses trotting into the clearing with all of the decorations. There wasn't a sleigh with them though. Bernard happened to know both of them liked Horse Back Riding.
"Or you can ride around!" she said cheerfully, yet in a confused voice. Her parents didn't smile though. But they were looking at each other.
"Vivs, I know what you're trying to do, and it's very thoughtful. I...I just can't do it." she said, then he turned around and shouted in surprise when she saw Bernard there, watching. Vivs gave him a look from behind. He was supposed to be behind the tree.
"Sorry," he began to say, walking towards the horses. "Ran out of sleighs." he started to put some riens with jingle bells on them onto the horses. Bernard winked at Vivs and tried to act like he was happy. Half of him was. Half of his was still bothered by what those E.L.F.s had said.
"Um, I'm sorry....We're not-"
"Nonsense. Get on top of him he's been waiting to pull someone all day. Of course, he won't be pulling anyone tonight but anything is good for him." He fed the horse a carrot. "If you feed his a carrot that is."
They all laughed and they had no choice but to get on top of the horse. Vivs saw her father lean to her mother and she was sure he was saying that was the Elf boy they were talking about.
Vivs stood smiling as she watched her mother and father riding and chatting around the decorated woods with Sleigh Ride blaring. Then she turned to Bernard, who was heading sadly back to the tree.
"Bernard, what's wrong?" she said, walking after him.
"I KNEW I was going to loose my job." he was muttering to himself.
"You lost your job?" she gasped.
"Well, not really. But I'm sure I'll get bumped down."
"Oh I'm so sorry! What happened?"
Bernard told her about the E.L.F.s flying down.
"Dang it I wish I saw them." she said, then he shook her head and said, "I'm so sorry! But maybe it's not as great as they make it seem as. Maybe....Maybe Curtis will mess up again and they'll beg you to come back!"
Bernard smiled a bit. Vivs tried to think of what to say. "Maybe you can go back right now! It does seem like out plan worked. Unless they start fighting again." Vivs looked back at her parents.
"Well, I guess I could stop by......" he said slowly, looking at her.
"They need you to help with the presents! I'm sure Curtis can't do EVERYTHING by himself." she said, smiling.
"Allright. Hopefully I can get there before they hire another Number Two after Curtis claims himself Number One." Bernard looked at his watch, which Vivs took a peep at when he wasn't looking, and then he looked back at her.
"I'll be back later." he said, then he kissed her again, though it was much more powerful that time, and he quickly disappeared into snow and left her standing there, dazed.
*
Vivs helped clean up the woods later that night when they all got tired and just wanted to go to sleep. She was petting the horse when he made a sound at her that sounded like he was trying to talk. She made sure her parents weren't looking and said, "Did you just talk to me?" he made the sound again. Then she realized that slowly antlers were started to magically appear above him head, and she drew in a breath as she was standing before a reindeer.
"Well, which one of Santa's reindeer are you?" she said, knowing what Bernard did.
He tried to talk again, but he couldn't really understand. She looked to see if he had a tag, and discovering his name was "Cannon."
"What if Santa needs you to drive his sleigh?" Cannon made another sound and started to shake, as if scared.
"You're afraid of heights, aren't you?" Cannon nodded.
[sorry I haven't updated I've been at my grandma's house. Please review!]