A Christmas To Remember
Chapter 4: A Fun Day Indoors
Tailor sat down in the main hall of the new leisure centre, her badminton racket in her hand. She was wearing a pair of light blue shorts, and a white vest, adidas top, completed with adidas trainers . . . her hair wrapped up in a ponytail on the top of her head. It was freezing outside, but inside it was incredibly warm. Tailor shifted up on the bench when a couple of boys sat down next to her. They looked her age, and were good looking, but she couldn't be sure. She ignored their whispers and pointing and turned away from them, flicking her long ponytail behind her head.
"Elliot!" She ran up to a boy with blue trousers on and a white vest top. She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a hug. The boys that were on the bench frowned, knowing he was her boyfriend.
Elliot smiled and hugged her back. "Great to see you, Tailor".
Tailor let him go and looked at him. He looked good. He was a little bit taller than her and his brown eyes glowed. His nice, brown, spiky gelled up hair was set on top of his head and his skinned was nicely tanned, his face broke into a smile, revealing cute dimples.
"You haven't changed a bit, just got taller", Elliot had been her best friend from high school, before she moved to India, but he still was.
Elliot laughed. "You've gotten prettier".
"Elliot!" She gave him a light punch. "Shall we play some badminton?"
Elliot nodded. "Totally".
Tailor walked over to the far end of the hall, where a court was set up for them, she ignored the other boy's sad faces and stood in position, waiting for Elliot to go on the other side of the court.
Elliot positioned himself and smiled at Tailor. "First to 14, I'm still as good as I was before, so be prepared".
Tailor laughed and held her badminton bat in front of her. "Bring it on, tough guy!" This made the two boys frown even more, they sat back to watch them.
Elliot held the shuttlecock in front of him and gave her a perfect serve. Tailor hit it perfectly and managed to whack it to the back of the court. She smiled at him and flicked her hair back. "I haven't got any worse, you know". But she didn't get the point because he served it.
"Ha, ha, cute", Elliot grabbed the shuttlecock and walked to the corner in the middle of the court. The game wasn't over yet.
//
Tailor wiped her face with her towel and smiled at Elliot. "How's Anna?" Anna was Elliot's other friend, and hers. Tailor looked out of the corner of her eye and saw the two boy's looking at her, smiling, thinking this 'Anna' was Elliot's girlfriend.
Elliot wiped his own face with his towel. "Fine, she told me to say 'hi', and asked me to ask you if you've got a boyfriend yet?"
"No way Elliot! You should know me, we've been best friends for 14 years . . . I don't want a boyfriend".
"Why?" Elliot frowned and sat on the bench next to her, slightly away from the boys.
"Because . . ." Tailor glanced at the boys. "Because boys just go for looks. I want someone who likes me for me, not what's on the outside".
"Who said we go for looks on the outside?"
Tailor leaned closer to him and lowered her voice to a whisper. "Well those boys have been staring at me for an hour!"
Elliot looked up at the boys then looked at Tailor. He ran a hand through his brown, spiky hair. "Well, can you blame them? You are pretty, Tailor".
Tailor frowned and looked at him with sad eyes. "Is that why you stayed hanging around with me in high school? Because of my looks?"
Elliot laughed and hugged his friend tightly, keeping one arm around her shoulder. "No way, I loved you for you, that's why we are best friends, still are right?"
Tailor smiled and nodded. "Right".
Elliot smiled. "Come on, I'll walk you home, and Tailor, it don't matter if you haven't got a boyfriend, look at me, I'm still cute and I haven't got a girlfriend".
Tailor laughed. "I never said you were cute!"
Elliot frowned and stuck out his lip. "Aww. That hurt".
Tailor smiled and grabbed her racket. She put her towel in her bag and put it on her back. She stood up. "Come on then". She waited while Elliot got his stuff together and joined her. She was about to walk off when he stopped her. "Wait, I have an idea". He put one arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer, he leaned his head towards her ear and whispered; "Pay back".
Tailor frowned, but went along with his game.
Elliot smiled and walked pass the two boys, ignoring their envious looks. In one movement he kissed Tailor on the cheek, giving the two boys a smile, and walked out of the sports hall with her.
//
Tailor laughed when they got outside. "Thanks", still in her shorts and vest she shivered, she should have brought a sweater; it was winter after all!
"Here", Elliot opened his bag and handed her a dark blue sweater. Tailor smiled and took it off him. She put her bag on the floor and put on his sweater, feeling the warmth of it . . . and the bagginess of it covering up her shorts. She said 'thank you' again and lifted her bag back up.
Elliot put an arm back round her shoulder and smiled. "Come on, let's get you home before you catch a cold".
//
They reached April's apartment and Tailor turned to her best friend. "Thanks Elliot, I had a great time, next time next week before I go back to India?"
Elliot hugged her. "Sure, sounds great".
Tailor smiled. "I have my mobile, ring me if anything comes up and you can't make it, ok?"
Elliot nodded. "Yeah, ok".
Tailor gave her friend one last hug. "Oh, here, let me give you your sweater back".
"No, it's ok, keep it, you can give me it back next week, it looks better on you than it does on me".
Tailor smiled. "When I said you wasn't cute, you know I didn't mean it".
Elliot smiled back at her, revealing his dimples. "I know, and when I said you was pretty, you know I meant it, I'll ring you in the week", he gave her a kiss on the cheek and a hug. With one last wave, he ran round the corner to his home two blocks away.
//
April was washing the pots when the door slammed. She looked up and smiled at Tailor. "Good game at badminton?"
Tailor put her bag down and collapsed on the sofa. "Yeah".
April dried her hands with a towel and sat down next to her niece. "Who won?"
"Elliot, by one mark!!"
April laughed. "Maybe you'll get lucky next week . . . whoa -." She looked at the long sweater Tailor was wearing. " - You have got shorts on, haven't you?"
Tailor smiled. "Yeah, of course, I was cold so Elliot leant me his sweater, he's so sweet!"
April smiled and tucked a loose piece of hair behind her niece's ear. "Maybe you should go out with him?"
Tailor laughed. "Elliot doesn't want a girlfriend, he may joke about it but I know he doesn't, and we are really cool together as best friends".
April nodded. "Want to see the guys today?"
Tailor smiled. She didn't forget about the guys, even if she did go to badminton. "Sure".
April patted Tailor's leg. "Get ready then and we'll go".
//
Tailor came out of her room five minutes later. She smiled at April who was sitting on the sofa. "Ok, let's go".
April looked at her niece. She had blue, faded jeans on and Elliot's blue sweater, which was baggy on her but looked nice, and brought out her eyes. Her long, blonde hair was tied back in a neat ponytail, high on her head. "Ok", April got up and grabbed her keys to the apartment. "Let's go".
//
Michelangelo was sitting playing cards against Donnie. They were playing 'Black Jack' and Mikey wasn't doing so well.
Donnie had his singing sleigh besides him on the floor and was humming to the tune, but his face concentrated on the game. He only had one card left, and was waiting for Mikey to take his go.
Leo and Raph were on the sofa watching them and Splinter sat in his armchair, smiling at Mikey's confused face.
Mikey's face broke into a grin and he put down an eight of clubs, then a black jack on top of that. "Hah! Pick up six Donnie!"
Donnie smiled and placed a red jack of hearts on top of the jack of clubs. "Pick up ten Mikey, but then again . . . no need . . . 'cause I won!"
Raph and Leo laughed at Mikey's shocked face and Splinter grinned. "Another time Michelangelo, maybe you'll get lucky".
Mikey's shocked face broke into another smile. "Maybe I don't need luck, I'll just have Tailor's help".
Raph stopped laughing and frowned at his brother. "Tailor's not here"
Mikey smiled at his brother. "Yeah she is", he pointed to the ladder and everyone looked up, to where April was watching Tailor climb down the ladder, with some difficulty.
Mikey got up and walked over to April. He gave her a hug and watched Tailor climbed down the last three steps, but she tripped and landed on her butt. "Ow!"
Mikey laughed slightly and grabbed Tailor's hands, helping her up. "Hey, you ok?"
Tailor rubbed her butt, and smiled. "Ouch, my butt", she looked at the other guys who were smiling at her, trying not to laugh. "It's not funny!"
Donnie giggled but kept quiet. Leo and Raph smiled, and so did Splinter. "Come and sit down, my child".
Tailor smiled and walked over to Splinter. Leo moved up on the sofa, letting her sit next to him. "Thanks Leo".
Mikey walked over with April, and they both sat down on the floor.
Tailor was glad she was here. She was scared of them at first but then she realised that they were cool, and they didn't want to hurt her, why would Raph save her if he wanted to hurt her? She smiled at Splinter and told him about her day, since he asked her.
Splinter laughed when she told them what Elliot did for her. "This Elliot seems like a nice boy".
"Yeah, he is".
"And he gave you that sweater?"
Tailor smiled. "Can tell by the bagginess huh? He didn't give me it exactly, just leant me it till next week".
Mikey frowned at Tailor. "But Tailor, I wanted to be your boyfriend!"
Tailor laughed, along with everyone else. "Cute Mikey, but Elliot isn't my boyfriend, we've been best friends for years".
Everyone shared jokes and stories for the rest of the day. Tailor played 'Black Jack' with Mikey and won. They also played Rummy, Go Fish, Crash, Pack-a-way, 7-up, and Donnie played some card tricks on them. Tailor had never laughed so much, she enjoyed badminton with Elliot and now she was having fun with the guys. She had never had this much fun, the last time she did was last Christmas, but that had gone downhill, with what happened to her mum . . .
Her smile disappeared and her bright, blue eyes faded. Maybe Tailor didn't show her emotions strongly like some people, but when sadness touched her heart, it haunted her like a ghost from the past.
//
(Ok, my fourth chapter is done! Yay! I wanted Elliot to be in it to show Tailor's friendship between them. Hope you enjoy! xXx. Thank you so-o-o much for the reviews! Love ya all! Thanks for reviewing this story as well, Lenniluvsbrian! And the rest of you! XXx).
Chapter 4: A Fun Day Indoors
Tailor sat down in the main hall of the new leisure centre, her badminton racket in her hand. She was wearing a pair of light blue shorts, and a white vest, adidas top, completed with adidas trainers . . . her hair wrapped up in a ponytail on the top of her head. It was freezing outside, but inside it was incredibly warm. Tailor shifted up on the bench when a couple of boys sat down next to her. They looked her age, and were good looking, but she couldn't be sure. She ignored their whispers and pointing and turned away from them, flicking her long ponytail behind her head.
"Elliot!" She ran up to a boy with blue trousers on and a white vest top. She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a hug. The boys that were on the bench frowned, knowing he was her boyfriend.
Elliot smiled and hugged her back. "Great to see you, Tailor".
Tailor let him go and looked at him. He looked good. He was a little bit taller than her and his brown eyes glowed. His nice, brown, spiky gelled up hair was set on top of his head and his skinned was nicely tanned, his face broke into a smile, revealing cute dimples.
"You haven't changed a bit, just got taller", Elliot had been her best friend from high school, before she moved to India, but he still was.
Elliot laughed. "You've gotten prettier".
"Elliot!" She gave him a light punch. "Shall we play some badminton?"
Elliot nodded. "Totally".
Tailor walked over to the far end of the hall, where a court was set up for them, she ignored the other boy's sad faces and stood in position, waiting for Elliot to go on the other side of the court.
Elliot positioned himself and smiled at Tailor. "First to 14, I'm still as good as I was before, so be prepared".
Tailor laughed and held her badminton bat in front of her. "Bring it on, tough guy!" This made the two boys frown even more, they sat back to watch them.
Elliot held the shuttlecock in front of him and gave her a perfect serve. Tailor hit it perfectly and managed to whack it to the back of the court. She smiled at him and flicked her hair back. "I haven't got any worse, you know". But she didn't get the point because he served it.
"Ha, ha, cute", Elliot grabbed the shuttlecock and walked to the corner in the middle of the court. The game wasn't over yet.
//
Tailor wiped her face with her towel and smiled at Elliot. "How's Anna?" Anna was Elliot's other friend, and hers. Tailor looked out of the corner of her eye and saw the two boy's looking at her, smiling, thinking this 'Anna' was Elliot's girlfriend.
Elliot wiped his own face with his towel. "Fine, she told me to say 'hi', and asked me to ask you if you've got a boyfriend yet?"
"No way Elliot! You should know me, we've been best friends for 14 years . . . I don't want a boyfriend".
"Why?" Elliot frowned and sat on the bench next to her, slightly away from the boys.
"Because . . ." Tailor glanced at the boys. "Because boys just go for looks. I want someone who likes me for me, not what's on the outside".
"Who said we go for looks on the outside?"
Tailor leaned closer to him and lowered her voice to a whisper. "Well those boys have been staring at me for an hour!"
Elliot looked up at the boys then looked at Tailor. He ran a hand through his brown, spiky hair. "Well, can you blame them? You are pretty, Tailor".
Tailor frowned and looked at him with sad eyes. "Is that why you stayed hanging around with me in high school? Because of my looks?"
Elliot laughed and hugged his friend tightly, keeping one arm around her shoulder. "No way, I loved you for you, that's why we are best friends, still are right?"
Tailor smiled and nodded. "Right".
Elliot smiled. "Come on, I'll walk you home, and Tailor, it don't matter if you haven't got a boyfriend, look at me, I'm still cute and I haven't got a girlfriend".
Tailor laughed. "I never said you were cute!"
Elliot frowned and stuck out his lip. "Aww. That hurt".
Tailor smiled and grabbed her racket. She put her towel in her bag and put it on her back. She stood up. "Come on then". She waited while Elliot got his stuff together and joined her. She was about to walk off when he stopped her. "Wait, I have an idea". He put one arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer, he leaned his head towards her ear and whispered; "Pay back".
Tailor frowned, but went along with his game.
Elliot smiled and walked pass the two boys, ignoring their envious looks. In one movement he kissed Tailor on the cheek, giving the two boys a smile, and walked out of the sports hall with her.
//
Tailor laughed when they got outside. "Thanks", still in her shorts and vest she shivered, she should have brought a sweater; it was winter after all!
"Here", Elliot opened his bag and handed her a dark blue sweater. Tailor smiled and took it off him. She put her bag on the floor and put on his sweater, feeling the warmth of it . . . and the bagginess of it covering up her shorts. She said 'thank you' again and lifted her bag back up.
Elliot put an arm back round her shoulder and smiled. "Come on, let's get you home before you catch a cold".
//
They reached April's apartment and Tailor turned to her best friend. "Thanks Elliot, I had a great time, next time next week before I go back to India?"
Elliot hugged her. "Sure, sounds great".
Tailor smiled. "I have my mobile, ring me if anything comes up and you can't make it, ok?"
Elliot nodded. "Yeah, ok".
Tailor gave her friend one last hug. "Oh, here, let me give you your sweater back".
"No, it's ok, keep it, you can give me it back next week, it looks better on you than it does on me".
Tailor smiled. "When I said you wasn't cute, you know I didn't mean it".
Elliot smiled back at her, revealing his dimples. "I know, and when I said you was pretty, you know I meant it, I'll ring you in the week", he gave her a kiss on the cheek and a hug. With one last wave, he ran round the corner to his home two blocks away.
//
April was washing the pots when the door slammed. She looked up and smiled at Tailor. "Good game at badminton?"
Tailor put her bag down and collapsed on the sofa. "Yeah".
April dried her hands with a towel and sat down next to her niece. "Who won?"
"Elliot, by one mark!!"
April laughed. "Maybe you'll get lucky next week . . . whoa -." She looked at the long sweater Tailor was wearing. " - You have got shorts on, haven't you?"
Tailor smiled. "Yeah, of course, I was cold so Elliot leant me his sweater, he's so sweet!"
April smiled and tucked a loose piece of hair behind her niece's ear. "Maybe you should go out with him?"
Tailor laughed. "Elliot doesn't want a girlfriend, he may joke about it but I know he doesn't, and we are really cool together as best friends".
April nodded. "Want to see the guys today?"
Tailor smiled. She didn't forget about the guys, even if she did go to badminton. "Sure".
April patted Tailor's leg. "Get ready then and we'll go".
//
Tailor came out of her room five minutes later. She smiled at April who was sitting on the sofa. "Ok, let's go".
April looked at her niece. She had blue, faded jeans on and Elliot's blue sweater, which was baggy on her but looked nice, and brought out her eyes. Her long, blonde hair was tied back in a neat ponytail, high on her head. "Ok", April got up and grabbed her keys to the apartment. "Let's go".
//
Michelangelo was sitting playing cards against Donnie. They were playing 'Black Jack' and Mikey wasn't doing so well.
Donnie had his singing sleigh besides him on the floor and was humming to the tune, but his face concentrated on the game. He only had one card left, and was waiting for Mikey to take his go.
Leo and Raph were on the sofa watching them and Splinter sat in his armchair, smiling at Mikey's confused face.
Mikey's face broke into a grin and he put down an eight of clubs, then a black jack on top of that. "Hah! Pick up six Donnie!"
Donnie smiled and placed a red jack of hearts on top of the jack of clubs. "Pick up ten Mikey, but then again . . . no need . . . 'cause I won!"
Raph and Leo laughed at Mikey's shocked face and Splinter grinned. "Another time Michelangelo, maybe you'll get lucky".
Mikey's shocked face broke into another smile. "Maybe I don't need luck, I'll just have Tailor's help".
Raph stopped laughing and frowned at his brother. "Tailor's not here"
Mikey smiled at his brother. "Yeah she is", he pointed to the ladder and everyone looked up, to where April was watching Tailor climb down the ladder, with some difficulty.
Mikey got up and walked over to April. He gave her a hug and watched Tailor climbed down the last three steps, but she tripped and landed on her butt. "Ow!"
Mikey laughed slightly and grabbed Tailor's hands, helping her up. "Hey, you ok?"
Tailor rubbed her butt, and smiled. "Ouch, my butt", she looked at the other guys who were smiling at her, trying not to laugh. "It's not funny!"
Donnie giggled but kept quiet. Leo and Raph smiled, and so did Splinter. "Come and sit down, my child".
Tailor smiled and walked over to Splinter. Leo moved up on the sofa, letting her sit next to him. "Thanks Leo".
Mikey walked over with April, and they both sat down on the floor.
Tailor was glad she was here. She was scared of them at first but then she realised that they were cool, and they didn't want to hurt her, why would Raph save her if he wanted to hurt her? She smiled at Splinter and told him about her day, since he asked her.
Splinter laughed when she told them what Elliot did for her. "This Elliot seems like a nice boy".
"Yeah, he is".
"And he gave you that sweater?"
Tailor smiled. "Can tell by the bagginess huh? He didn't give me it exactly, just leant me it till next week".
Mikey frowned at Tailor. "But Tailor, I wanted to be your boyfriend!"
Tailor laughed, along with everyone else. "Cute Mikey, but Elliot isn't my boyfriend, we've been best friends for years".
Everyone shared jokes and stories for the rest of the day. Tailor played 'Black Jack' with Mikey and won. They also played Rummy, Go Fish, Crash, Pack-a-way, 7-up, and Donnie played some card tricks on them. Tailor had never laughed so much, she enjoyed badminton with Elliot and now she was having fun with the guys. She had never had this much fun, the last time she did was last Christmas, but that had gone downhill, with what happened to her mum . . .
Her smile disappeared and her bright, blue eyes faded. Maybe Tailor didn't show her emotions strongly like some people, but when sadness touched her heart, it haunted her like a ghost from the past.
//
(Ok, my fourth chapter is done! Yay! I wanted Elliot to be in it to show Tailor's friendship between them. Hope you enjoy! xXx. Thank you so-o-o much for the reviews! Love ya all! Thanks for reviewing this story as well, Lenniluvsbrian! And the rest of you! XXx).