A/N: Hey, cool, thanx Piper! I just LOVE that name! Like mine? Heehee, Pip
and Piper. Cool. You can give the name credit to my sister (storygirl).
Well, thanx a lot. I posted this at my Opa's house, and when I came home,
there was a review on my e-mail! I love my first reviewers. I will read any
Santa Claus fic out there, and any fic by a reviewer cuz I LOVE THEM!! Oh,
I am writing a novel, and the fairy that is modeled after David Krumholtz
(Bernard, if you didn't know, though you should) is named Pypërium. PIPER
for short!! His sis is Pypéa, or Pip. LOL, funny. OK, so here's the fic.
(PS: I can only do word documents and that deletes italics, so I'm using
caps, k? K.)
Chapter Two: Annoying Friends and Melody's Cookies
Melody walked down the snow filled streets. Wrapping would be very empty until the workshop was done with the first load of toys for next year. It had been three weeks since Christmas, and everything was going back to it's normal ways. Melody hadn't seen Santa since; she hadn't seen any of her friends since; she hadn't seen Bernard since Christmas. She was sick the first two weeks of the new year, and now she was looking for everyone. Her brother and sister, whom she lived with, were both working in the workshop already. She was really starting to get lonely.
She walked around a corner, felt a snowball hit her in the head, and fell face-first into the snow. Someone was laughing maniacally behind her.
"Katie!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mel. I just had to!" said Katie, Melody's friend from Wrapping. She was one of Melody's only friends, her only others being Danielle, Holly, and Jessica. Katie had shoulder length, unruly, brown, hair, and bright blue eyes. Most people mistook her and Melody for sisters. "The back of your head is just so tempting."
"Ha, very funny," teased Melody, standing up and brushing herself off.
"So, what to do today?" said Katie.
"I dunno. Where're the others?"
"No clue."
Danielle worked on Research and Development with Quinton. They shared the job of being in charge. Jessica was a sort of hand maid for Santa. She gave him cocoa and cookies a lot, so she wasn't always around. Holly worked with the hammers in the workshop. They all supposed it was because she liked to hit things.
"How 'bout ice skate?" suggested Katie.
"Nah. How 'bout just a walk? It's beautiful outside."
"All right." Said Katie, and with that, they set off for their walk. But just as they turned around, the doors to the workshop flew open, and a very angry elf stormed out, and jumped down the stairs.
Melody watched as Bernard stalked off to his house, and slammed the door on the way in.
"Hey, isn't that the Head Elf?" said Katie. But Melody wasn't paying attention. She was too busy staring at Bernard's door with a worried look in her eyes. She sped off towards the house, determined to find out what as wrong.
"What's wrong with her?" said Danielle, walking up behind Katie.
"No idea," muttered Katie, watching Melody's hand knocking on Bernard's door.
Melody had known it for a while. She really liked Bernard. She could see him walking around the workshop everyday, and she had noted that he had to spend a lot of time in Wrapping. There were a lot of problems in Wrapping, but most of his time there was spent laughing over her reports. She supposed that they were friends, but never really spent much time together. Soon her "friendship" grew to the point where she would stand outside of the door just to watch him walk away. She had never told any of her friends, for she supposed it was just a little crush, and it would go away soon. But, really, she didn't want it to go away.
"Bernard!" Yelled Melody, hitting her fists up against the door. No one came to answer.
"Bernard! Let me in! Please!"
The door creaked open, and Bernard's curls could be seen through the small crack behind the redwood. Melody pushed the door open, and Bernard turned around.
"Bernard, are OK?" whispered Melody, putting her hand on Bernard's shoulder. He turned around, and Melody drew back.
There were tears streaming from his brown eyes.
"Oh my gosh, Bernard, What's wrong?"
Bernard shook his head, and ran his hand threw his dark curls.
"Bernard?" whispered Melody. She took hold of him around the shoulders and gave him a warm hug.
He put his arms around her and squeezed as if all he had to hold on to life with was her. He sunk is head into her shoulder, knowing that he could not control his crying. He hadn't known it before, but he did now. He really liked Melody. They always had such a good time talking together. It just took looking into her eyes that Christmas Eve to realize what he truly felt. And on top of all of his feelings, Curtis had made him so mad.
"Bernard," said Melody, pulling away from the embrace "Are you all right?"
"No, but, it, it's nothing."
"No," said Melody "The big, strong, brave Head Elf doesn't cry for 'nothing'"
Bernard looked down at her face, now smiling a little smile.
"You're right." He said "but it's nothing you need to know about. It's just, well, everything."
"Oooh, everything, right...."
The two of them laughed, before going outside, completely unaware of how the other truly felt inside.
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The next day, Bernard found himself outside in the square, ice skating. He was having a splendid time gliding across the ice. He was very good, though he had never had much time to skate, what with being Number One and all. Many elves were looking at him, wondering why he wasn't inside overseeing production.
He knew why he decided to have a good time today. It was just after Christmas, everything was hectic, and he was stressed out. Now, with everything 'Melody' to add, he wanted to just be free. He just wanted to be him.
Melody sat on a bench with Danielle. She was watching Bernard jump and twist on the ice. Danielle was counting the amount of people wearing scarves.
"Forty-seven, forty-eight...."
"Danielle?" said Melody, not taking her eyes off of Bernard.
"Hm?"
"I think everyone is wearing a scarf."
Danielle's round face turned to Melody and stared at her with her blue eyes.
"No," she said "Quinton isn't, see?"
"Oh, yes, but did you count Bernard?"
"Who?"
"THE HEAD ELF, YOU NITWIT!"
"OK, OK. Number One is wearing a dark blue scarf. That's number fifty-six. Oh, oh, Judy, fifty-seven...."
Melody smiled. She loved those scarves. She wanted the scarves he wore, and she wanted his hat. She had her own style, and those things were just like her. She watched as Bernard skated off of the ice, took off his skates, put on his boots, and merrily walk back into the Workshop.
"Spill it," said Danielle suddenly, completely ignoring the fact that Quinton was now wearing a scarf.
"Spill what?"
"IT! What's up with you and Number One?"
"What do you mean? Me and BERNARD? He's just my friend."
"So, you stare at him all day?"
Melody said nothing. She couldn't think of anything to say. She did look at Bernard a lot. All day.
"I KNEW IT! You've got a thing for the Head Elf! What's his name again, Barney?"
"BERNARD!"
"OK, sorry. So, you've got a thing for Bernard. Melody and Bernard. Sounds good, no?"
"SHUT UP, DANIELLE!"
"What is going on?" came Katie's voice from behind. Her and Holly sat down on the bench. "Who has a thing for who, now?"
"Mel has a thing for Barnaby."
"BERNARD!"
"Wait, wait, wait," said Holly "I'm lost. Who is Bernard?"
"The Head Elf," said Danielle. Melody had her head buried in her lap.
"I KNEW IT!" Yelled Katie "I could tell by the way you RAN to his rescue yesterday! Oh, Mel, this is priceless."
"Just shut up," said Melody, head still on her knees.
"There's nothing wrong with it." Said Holly "It's just funny!"
"OK!" yelled Melody "I have a crush on Bernard. I've ALWAYS had a crush on Bernard. He's just paying more attention to me lately."
"Oooh, love," said Katie. Melody's friends just loved to make fun of her.
"Whatever," said Melody, fixating her attention on Jessica, who was walking up behind them with a cookie in her mouth. She looked around at Katie, Danielle, and Holly laughing.
"What did I miss this time?"
"N-nothing!" said Holly "Just a w-w-wonderful talk about, about Mel and ber- ber-whatever!"
"BERNARD!"
All three girls began to laugh even harder.
"Nothing, Jey," said Melody "They just found out that I have a crush on Bernard.
"Number One?" said Jessica "What's wrong with that, he's really nice. He loves your cookies, too. It's his favorite recipe, he said so. Thanks for letting me borrow it."
"Oh, great. That recipe took me almost two-hundred years to perfect, and he doesn't even know it's mine! EEK!"
"Sorry, Mel. I'll tell him next time, k? Kate? Kate!"
"What?" said Katie, trying to keep a straight face, but horribly not succeeding.
"I want you, Holly, and Danny to stop making fun of Mel. She really does deserve an elf like Bernard."
At this, all three of them fell off of the bench, laughing.
"Thanks, Jey, but I don't think they're gonna listen. They just have to make fun of me. Let 'em"
"OK, I'll tell Bernard about you're recipe, OK? I saw him going into the workshop. He seemed really happy, so I gave him some cookies to make him MORE happy! Is it you that made him that happy?" said Jessica, smiling. Her blond hair blew in the wind, and she lost her scarf to the sky.
"Oh, crud! Erm, bye Mel, GUYS!" Katie, Danielle, and Holly were still laughing. Jessica gave out a 'humph' and took off after her scarf, which had blown to her friend Larry's feet. She blushed as he picked up the scarf, gave it back to her, and they walked off, laughing, down the street. Melody laughed. Maybe Jessica was getting her guy.
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Bernard walked through the Workshop with Santa, smiling at all of the beautiful toys that the elves were making.
"Nice job, Porkchop!" he said, picking the beautifully made horse statue. The two moves on through the workshop, until Bernard suddenly turned around.
"Santa?" he said "Do you think Charlie could come over here and work with Quinton and his partner? He thinks up some pretty good things."
"Well," said Santa "That came out of nowhere."
"I was just thinking about it,"
"Well, I suppose, if you want his help. I can't exactly just go get him, now can I?"
"I'll go get him! Tomorrow, is that all right?"
"Yes, yes, that's all right."
"All right! All set!" At that Bernard took off down the aisle towards the doors.
"Fill out the paperwork!" Santa yelled after him.
"I did!" Bernard yelled back.
"And make sure it's OK with his mother!"
Bernard turned his head and laughed, and when he turned back around, he almost crashed straight into Jessica.
"Woah!" he yelled, falling back onto the floor. He, Jessica, and Larry looked at each other for a moment, and then began laughing incessently as Larry helped Bernard off of the floor.
"You've been unusually cheery today." said Larry.
"I know what's wrong with him." said Jessica, flashing a ha-ha smile.
"What? Nothing's wrong with me! I'm just being, happy!"
"Yeah, right. And their's no certain elf that has anything to do with it."
"I- I'm still confused," Bernard stuttered "There is absolutley nothing going on, Jey."
"Uh huh, and Liv Tyler isn't the most fake elf in history."
"Just, oh, just go away! And give me one of those cookies!" He grabbed a cookie from the little tray, passed Larry, and walked away down the hallway.
"Oh!" Jessica yelled after him "That's Melody's recipe! Just thought you should know!"
He stopped in the hallway. He looked down at the cookie, smiled, and headed back down the corridor, nearly eating the whole cookie in one bite.
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A/N: OK, that was really fun. Well, hope you guys like it, Happy Christmas to ya'll (British Cowgirl in me)! Just so you know, Liv Tyler plays Arwen in Lord of the Rings, and I'm not the biggest fan of her. SHE'S ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, so please R/R, I LOVE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look out for next chappie. Bye!!!!!!! PS to Piper: I want to be in your kitchen utensils club, I forgot exactly what you call it. But I want to beat up on Melody (CUZ SHE GETS BERNARD AND I DON'T), and I want to beat her up with a blender. Ah, the many wonders of the blender. Well, thanx, byezez.
Chapter Two: Annoying Friends and Melody's Cookies
Melody walked down the snow filled streets. Wrapping would be very empty until the workshop was done with the first load of toys for next year. It had been three weeks since Christmas, and everything was going back to it's normal ways. Melody hadn't seen Santa since; she hadn't seen any of her friends since; she hadn't seen Bernard since Christmas. She was sick the first two weeks of the new year, and now she was looking for everyone. Her brother and sister, whom she lived with, were both working in the workshop already. She was really starting to get lonely.
She walked around a corner, felt a snowball hit her in the head, and fell face-first into the snow. Someone was laughing maniacally behind her.
"Katie!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mel. I just had to!" said Katie, Melody's friend from Wrapping. She was one of Melody's only friends, her only others being Danielle, Holly, and Jessica. Katie had shoulder length, unruly, brown, hair, and bright blue eyes. Most people mistook her and Melody for sisters. "The back of your head is just so tempting."
"Ha, very funny," teased Melody, standing up and brushing herself off.
"So, what to do today?" said Katie.
"I dunno. Where're the others?"
"No clue."
Danielle worked on Research and Development with Quinton. They shared the job of being in charge. Jessica was a sort of hand maid for Santa. She gave him cocoa and cookies a lot, so she wasn't always around. Holly worked with the hammers in the workshop. They all supposed it was because she liked to hit things.
"How 'bout ice skate?" suggested Katie.
"Nah. How 'bout just a walk? It's beautiful outside."
"All right." Said Katie, and with that, they set off for their walk. But just as they turned around, the doors to the workshop flew open, and a very angry elf stormed out, and jumped down the stairs.
Melody watched as Bernard stalked off to his house, and slammed the door on the way in.
"Hey, isn't that the Head Elf?" said Katie. But Melody wasn't paying attention. She was too busy staring at Bernard's door with a worried look in her eyes. She sped off towards the house, determined to find out what as wrong.
"What's wrong with her?" said Danielle, walking up behind Katie.
"No idea," muttered Katie, watching Melody's hand knocking on Bernard's door.
Melody had known it for a while. She really liked Bernard. She could see him walking around the workshop everyday, and she had noted that he had to spend a lot of time in Wrapping. There were a lot of problems in Wrapping, but most of his time there was spent laughing over her reports. She supposed that they were friends, but never really spent much time together. Soon her "friendship" grew to the point where she would stand outside of the door just to watch him walk away. She had never told any of her friends, for she supposed it was just a little crush, and it would go away soon. But, really, she didn't want it to go away.
"Bernard!" Yelled Melody, hitting her fists up against the door. No one came to answer.
"Bernard! Let me in! Please!"
The door creaked open, and Bernard's curls could be seen through the small crack behind the redwood. Melody pushed the door open, and Bernard turned around.
"Bernard, are OK?" whispered Melody, putting her hand on Bernard's shoulder. He turned around, and Melody drew back.
There were tears streaming from his brown eyes.
"Oh my gosh, Bernard, What's wrong?"
Bernard shook his head, and ran his hand threw his dark curls.
"Bernard?" whispered Melody. She took hold of him around the shoulders and gave him a warm hug.
He put his arms around her and squeezed as if all he had to hold on to life with was her. He sunk is head into her shoulder, knowing that he could not control his crying. He hadn't known it before, but he did now. He really liked Melody. They always had such a good time talking together. It just took looking into her eyes that Christmas Eve to realize what he truly felt. And on top of all of his feelings, Curtis had made him so mad.
"Bernard," said Melody, pulling away from the embrace "Are you all right?"
"No, but, it, it's nothing."
"No," said Melody "The big, strong, brave Head Elf doesn't cry for 'nothing'"
Bernard looked down at her face, now smiling a little smile.
"You're right." He said "but it's nothing you need to know about. It's just, well, everything."
"Oooh, everything, right...."
The two of them laughed, before going outside, completely unaware of how the other truly felt inside.
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The next day, Bernard found himself outside in the square, ice skating. He was having a splendid time gliding across the ice. He was very good, though he had never had much time to skate, what with being Number One and all. Many elves were looking at him, wondering why he wasn't inside overseeing production.
He knew why he decided to have a good time today. It was just after Christmas, everything was hectic, and he was stressed out. Now, with everything 'Melody' to add, he wanted to just be free. He just wanted to be him.
Melody sat on a bench with Danielle. She was watching Bernard jump and twist on the ice. Danielle was counting the amount of people wearing scarves.
"Forty-seven, forty-eight...."
"Danielle?" said Melody, not taking her eyes off of Bernard.
"Hm?"
"I think everyone is wearing a scarf."
Danielle's round face turned to Melody and stared at her with her blue eyes.
"No," she said "Quinton isn't, see?"
"Oh, yes, but did you count Bernard?"
"Who?"
"THE HEAD ELF, YOU NITWIT!"
"OK, OK. Number One is wearing a dark blue scarf. That's number fifty-six. Oh, oh, Judy, fifty-seven...."
Melody smiled. She loved those scarves. She wanted the scarves he wore, and she wanted his hat. She had her own style, and those things were just like her. She watched as Bernard skated off of the ice, took off his skates, put on his boots, and merrily walk back into the Workshop.
"Spill it," said Danielle suddenly, completely ignoring the fact that Quinton was now wearing a scarf.
"Spill what?"
"IT! What's up with you and Number One?"
"What do you mean? Me and BERNARD? He's just my friend."
"So, you stare at him all day?"
Melody said nothing. She couldn't think of anything to say. She did look at Bernard a lot. All day.
"I KNEW IT! You've got a thing for the Head Elf! What's his name again, Barney?"
"BERNARD!"
"OK, sorry. So, you've got a thing for Bernard. Melody and Bernard. Sounds good, no?"
"SHUT UP, DANIELLE!"
"What is going on?" came Katie's voice from behind. Her and Holly sat down on the bench. "Who has a thing for who, now?"
"Mel has a thing for Barnaby."
"BERNARD!"
"Wait, wait, wait," said Holly "I'm lost. Who is Bernard?"
"The Head Elf," said Danielle. Melody had her head buried in her lap.
"I KNEW IT!" Yelled Katie "I could tell by the way you RAN to his rescue yesterday! Oh, Mel, this is priceless."
"Just shut up," said Melody, head still on her knees.
"There's nothing wrong with it." Said Holly "It's just funny!"
"OK!" yelled Melody "I have a crush on Bernard. I've ALWAYS had a crush on Bernard. He's just paying more attention to me lately."
"Oooh, love," said Katie. Melody's friends just loved to make fun of her.
"Whatever," said Melody, fixating her attention on Jessica, who was walking up behind them with a cookie in her mouth. She looked around at Katie, Danielle, and Holly laughing.
"What did I miss this time?"
"N-nothing!" said Holly "Just a w-w-wonderful talk about, about Mel and ber- ber-whatever!"
"BERNARD!"
All three girls began to laugh even harder.
"Nothing, Jey," said Melody "They just found out that I have a crush on Bernard.
"Number One?" said Jessica "What's wrong with that, he's really nice. He loves your cookies, too. It's his favorite recipe, he said so. Thanks for letting me borrow it."
"Oh, great. That recipe took me almost two-hundred years to perfect, and he doesn't even know it's mine! EEK!"
"Sorry, Mel. I'll tell him next time, k? Kate? Kate!"
"What?" said Katie, trying to keep a straight face, but horribly not succeeding.
"I want you, Holly, and Danny to stop making fun of Mel. She really does deserve an elf like Bernard."
At this, all three of them fell off of the bench, laughing.
"Thanks, Jey, but I don't think they're gonna listen. They just have to make fun of me. Let 'em"
"OK, I'll tell Bernard about you're recipe, OK? I saw him going into the workshop. He seemed really happy, so I gave him some cookies to make him MORE happy! Is it you that made him that happy?" said Jessica, smiling. Her blond hair blew in the wind, and she lost her scarf to the sky.
"Oh, crud! Erm, bye Mel, GUYS!" Katie, Danielle, and Holly were still laughing. Jessica gave out a 'humph' and took off after her scarf, which had blown to her friend Larry's feet. She blushed as he picked up the scarf, gave it back to her, and they walked off, laughing, down the street. Melody laughed. Maybe Jessica was getting her guy.
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Bernard walked through the Workshop with Santa, smiling at all of the beautiful toys that the elves were making.
"Nice job, Porkchop!" he said, picking the beautifully made horse statue. The two moves on through the workshop, until Bernard suddenly turned around.
"Santa?" he said "Do you think Charlie could come over here and work with Quinton and his partner? He thinks up some pretty good things."
"Well," said Santa "That came out of nowhere."
"I was just thinking about it,"
"Well, I suppose, if you want his help. I can't exactly just go get him, now can I?"
"I'll go get him! Tomorrow, is that all right?"
"Yes, yes, that's all right."
"All right! All set!" At that Bernard took off down the aisle towards the doors.
"Fill out the paperwork!" Santa yelled after him.
"I did!" Bernard yelled back.
"And make sure it's OK with his mother!"
Bernard turned his head and laughed, and when he turned back around, he almost crashed straight into Jessica.
"Woah!" he yelled, falling back onto the floor. He, Jessica, and Larry looked at each other for a moment, and then began laughing incessently as Larry helped Bernard off of the floor.
"You've been unusually cheery today." said Larry.
"I know what's wrong with him." said Jessica, flashing a ha-ha smile.
"What? Nothing's wrong with me! I'm just being, happy!"
"Yeah, right. And their's no certain elf that has anything to do with it."
"I- I'm still confused," Bernard stuttered "There is absolutley nothing going on, Jey."
"Uh huh, and Liv Tyler isn't the most fake elf in history."
"Just, oh, just go away! And give me one of those cookies!" He grabbed a cookie from the little tray, passed Larry, and walked away down the hallway.
"Oh!" Jessica yelled after him "That's Melody's recipe! Just thought you should know!"
He stopped in the hallway. He looked down at the cookie, smiled, and headed back down the corridor, nearly eating the whole cookie in one bite.
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A/N: OK, that was really fun. Well, hope you guys like it, Happy Christmas to ya'll (British Cowgirl in me)! Just so you know, Liv Tyler plays Arwen in Lord of the Rings, and I'm not the biggest fan of her. SHE'S ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, so please R/R, I LOVE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look out for next chappie. Bye!!!!!!! PS to Piper: I want to be in your kitchen utensils club, I forgot exactly what you call it. But I want to beat up on Melody (CUZ SHE GETS BERNARD AND I DON'T), and I want to beat her up with a blender. Ah, the many wonders of the blender. Well, thanx, byezez.