Author's note: how's this for a cliffhanger? Next up-the gifts unwrapped
and the Santa's revealed. Prolly a epilogue too.
Many stocking stuffer gifts and a few late night clean ups for Lana and Pete later, the big reveal-your-identity-gift search was on.
*
So far Chloe had received new software for her computer, which Pete and Clark admitted to helping the Santa out with financially, and a new CD case that was so multicolored and wild that it seemed to fit Chloe's eclectic personality to the T.
Chloe was slightly curious to find out who this thoughtful gift giver was, but Clark and Pete were keeping their mouths shut tighter than ever. Chloe didn't mind too much, as she was trying to find a good gift for Whitney. She figured that he had been changing a lot lately, and he deserved something great. And, she maybe hoped in the back of her mind, that getting Whitney a good present might just get her that exclusive interview faster.
Now, if she could just FIND that gift!
*
Whitney internally cringed as he remembered what Lana had said when he asked her what to get Chloe for the show-stopping gift effect he was going for.
'Trust your instinct. The best gifts come from your heart, and I think Chloe will notice that an appreciate it.'
Whitney wasn't even totally sure why he wanted Chloe to like her gift so much. Maybe he liked the way her hair was always styled a bit differently every day, the way she let things just pan out and trusted fate. And if she was willing to overlook his past and try to see the man he had become since his father died, than she was worthy of the best gift he could find.
Now, if he could just FIND a gift that good!
~ end part five
Many stocking stuffer gifts and a few late night clean ups for Lana and Pete later, the big reveal-your-identity-gift search was on.
*
So far Chloe had received new software for her computer, which Pete and Clark admitted to helping the Santa out with financially, and a new CD case that was so multicolored and wild that it seemed to fit Chloe's eclectic personality to the T.
Chloe was slightly curious to find out who this thoughtful gift giver was, but Clark and Pete were keeping their mouths shut tighter than ever. Chloe didn't mind too much, as she was trying to find a good gift for Whitney. She figured that he had been changing a lot lately, and he deserved something great. And, she maybe hoped in the back of her mind, that getting Whitney a good present might just get her that exclusive interview faster.
Now, if she could just FIND that gift!
*
Whitney internally cringed as he remembered what Lana had said when he asked her what to get Chloe for the show-stopping gift effect he was going for.
'Trust your instinct. The best gifts come from your heart, and I think Chloe will notice that an appreciate it.'
Whitney wasn't even totally sure why he wanted Chloe to like her gift so much. Maybe he liked the way her hair was always styled a bit differently every day, the way she let things just pan out and trusted fate. And if she was willing to overlook his past and try to see the man he had become since his father died, than she was worthy of the best gift he could find.
Now, if he could just FIND a gift that good!
~ end part five