~One week before Christmas~

"It was a week before Christmas and all through the school. Not a student was stirring, not even Nicole."

Blink smiled at his paper. He had been thinking about her for the past few weeks, now. For some reason, he had been writting about her in the "journal" that she had given him.

The boys had been there for about a month in a hlaf now, and each of them had 'girlfriends'. Well, at least they thought of each other as girlfriends and boyfriends. All of the boys had gotten themselves a job and were saving up to buy the girls presents.

Blink sighed and put the paper in the back of his binder. He was supposed to be writting an essay about what the most important thing to him was. But, the only thing he could think about that was important to him was Nicole. She had finally told him her real name, but he was the only boy allowed to call her that.

He sighed and looked around the empty room. He had been invited to go Christmas Shopping with his new friends, but he had rejected it. He had to finish his paper before tomorrow, the due date.

He looked over at the clock that read, 3:30 pm. They had left an hour ago. Hopefully he would be able to finish before they got back.

~At the Mall~

"Ok," Becka said, "We'll go that way, and you guys go that way." The boys all agreed and left the girls to go shopping for them. Lisa sighed, "Ok, now what exactly are we supposed to get them?" Nicole began to walk away, deep in thought. "I'll be back later. I need to find the perfect gift for him..."

Abby sighed and waved her off. "Girl's got it bad." Vanessa giggled and looked into the window of one of the stores. "I'll be right back..." she went in and Erica decided to make her move. She slowly backed away, hoping not to be found out. She slowly made her way into one of the other stores, and hid behind one of the booths.

"Hey,guys..." Lisa said, looking around. "Were'd Tweek go?" Becka looked around and shrugged. "Probably too shy to admitt that she wans to buy something for Jaky-boy" Abby giggled and said that she had to go to the bathroom. Lisa raised her eyebrow and and giggled, getting the hint. After Abby turned the corner, Lisa siad, "See you in a few hours."

"Ok," Becka said, looking down the hall of people and shops. "I guess we're splitting up. See you later." She walked away and left Lisa standing there to think of what she should get her 'boyfriend'.

~With the boys~

They too had decided to split up into their own dirctions. Mush grinned and looked into the direction of the "Victoria's Secret" store. 'I wonder...' he thought as he slowly kreeped inside, trying not to attract to much attention.

Jack walked into the "Clair's" with a very confused face. 'Why do girls like this stuff?' he thought. He shrugged and looked around for the perfect gift for Erica that would change her mind about him.

Swifty casually walked into the pet store, hoping to find the perfect pet for Abby. he smiled when he found what he was looking for. How much is this one?" he asked the man standing behind him. He looked over at the animal and smiled. "He's $125. Would you like to hold him?" Swifty smiled and nodded.

Race looked into the glass window of the jewlery store. He smiled and was about to walk in, but was stopped. "So what you going to get her?" his friend asked. Race looked over at him and smiled. Spot grinned and followed him in.

They both looked down at the glass boxes and were mesmerized. "Wow..." Race said, pointing down at a gold necklace with a silver wrapping around it. "How much for that one?" he asked the lady behind the counter.

She looked down at it and then looked away. "$145...can you pay for it? Or are you just looking? I have a lot more customers who can actually pay." Race frowned and was about to say someting but Spot beat him to it.

"Hey listen lady, we have enough money to buy out this whole store. So why don't you get your little ass over to that cash register and ring him up." The lady frowned and leaned over the counter. "Oh really? Prove it."

Race and Spot looked at each other and grinned. Race pulled out a wad full of money from his pocket and looked back down at the necklace. "So how bout it?" The lady stared at the money and then back at the boys. "Ok sure..." She took the necklace out from the hlass box and put it in a small blue box.

~Two Hours Later~

The group of friends met in the middle of the mall, like they had planned. Each of them had a bag with them, except Swifty. Abby raised her eyebrow and he smiled. "I'm coming back later to pick it up." She smiled and took his arm.

Vanessa looked at the label on the bag that Mush had in his hand. "Excuse me, Mush?" He looked at her and saw what she was looking at. "Yes?" She pointed at the bag and he grinned. "You'll find out soon enough." She took his hand and said, "I'm not sure if I really want to know, now."

Lisa laughed and Race puthis arm around her. "Let's go home. it's getting late and I need to finish my report for Ms. Miller's class." Nicole gasped and looked at her watch. "Oh my gosh! I forgot all about Blink! I was supposed to help him with his essay after we were done!"

Becka giggled and they all ran out of the mall, towards the two vans. They hopped in and Becka and Nicole both started up the two vehicles, to ead back to the school/dorm.

~The Next Day After School-Monday~

Blink looked down at his graded paper with a frown. Nicole smiled and took his arm. "it's not that bad. I got a C...once...I think..." Blink sighed and crumbled the paper up, sticking it in his pocket. When they reached their rooms, Nicole kissed his cheek and let him be.

She walked into her room and locked the door. Her friends had already started wrapping their 'boyfriend's' presents. She threw her backpack on her bed and pulled the shopping bag out of their closet.

Nicole had bought Blink a book to help him with his writting called, "Essays for Dummies". Lisa had bought Race a new deck of cards. Vanessa got Mush a "chocolate covered condom", just to see what he would say. Abby had gotten Swifty a silver chain necklace with the letter A with a hart around it at the end. Becka bought Spot a video camra. Erica, even though she wouldn't admitt that she got him a present because she liked him, got Jack the movie, "Lord of the Rings".

The girls were pleased with their gifts for the boys. They sat there for about a half an hour, talking and wrapping presents, before Becka looked at the clock and realized that she was late for her dance class.

She hurried and got dressed, hoping that her teacher wouldn't be too mad at her. Lisa laughed and Becka frowned. "Don't you have drama?" Lisa gasped and looked at the clock, too. She scurried to her feet and ran to the door, leaving it open for Becka. They all laughed as Becka changed into her dance outfit and hurried outside.

~With the boys~

Blink took his essay out of his pocket and tossed it into the trash can. "And the crowd goes wild!" he said as it spun in. Race laughed and took the little blue box out of his pocket. He stared at in wonder.

"What'cha got there, Race?" Jack said, walking over to him and taking the box. he grinned when he opened it, making Race mad. "How sweet. A pretty necklace for a pretty girl." Race took the box back and hit Jack in the shoulder, sticking the necklace back into his pocket.

"At least I got someone to get something for!" Jack frowned and pulled a small box out from under his bed. "What'cha mean? I got something." All the boys became suddenly interested. They all knew that 'Tweek' didn't really like Jack, so why would he buy her something?

Jack smiled and stuck it back under his bed. "It's a secret." Mush frowned and said, "Hey, How bout if I tell you what I got Vanessa, then you tell me what you got...Tweek?" Jack thought about it for a moment before sighing. "Mush, we've all seen that 'Victoria's Secret' bag and we all know what kind of things you bought her."

Mush frowned and stuck out his tounge. "But you still don't know what I got her..." Blink grinned and looked over at Swifty, who was sitting in the corner, being very quiet. "Hey, Swifty!" The taller boy looked over at them and made a weak smiled. "Yeah?" Spot walked over to him and said, "So uh, what you get 'Weirdo'? You said that you were going to go pick it up later."

Swifty smiled and turned back to the book he was reading. "You'll see..." They all frowned and started complaining about how no one wanted to tell what they had gotten the grils. "Hey, Spot?" Blink said, suddenly remembering someting. "What did YOU get Hot Shot?" Spot looked up at the cieling and then back at all the starring eyes. He coughed something out and Jack's eyes widened.

"You mean you're going to give her-" Spot looked him in the eye, warning him not to speak another word. jack got the hint and grinned. "You're actually going to give her THAT?" Spot grinned. "What's it to ya?" Jack started to burst out laughing as all the other boys stared at them, not really sure of what they were talking about.

Jack had known Spot the longest, so he knew exactly what Spot meant. Even though he didn't he even say anything.

Blink sighed and left the room, saying that he was going to take a walk. 'I wonder what I should get Nicole..." he hought as he walked down the unusual quiet hallway. He put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes, trying to think of the perfect gift.

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Sorry if there's any mistakes. I had to write this chapter at my father's house and he doesn't have spell check! . Oh,and sorry for being a little late in updating.My father's on vaction,again and that means that I only have a limited amount of time to write.

!Muses!

I thought that I might give this a try.If no one likes them,then please tell me and I'll take them out.

MUSH!Muse: *hypervenilates* We actually get to do this!? Wow! *faints*

SPOT!Muse: *stares at Mush lynig on the floor and decides to ignore him* Don't worry,HotShot! They'll like them! *evil glare* I'll make'em like them...

BLINK!Muse: *backs away* uh...Spot,you shouldn't force them to like things that they don't like...

RACE!Muse: Shouldn't have done that.it's not healthy. *laugh*

SPOT!Muse: *evil glare* You need to really learn how to keep your mouth shut.

BLINK!Muse: *cries* I'm sorry! I'll b e quiet now...

JACK!Muse: *walks into the room* What's going on in here? Why is Mush on the floor? and why is Blink crying?

SPOT!Muse: *looks away* I don't know...*slowly backs away*

RACE!Muse: *points at Spot* He made Blink cry! and Mush...uh...were is he? *looks around*

BLINK!Muse: hey, that's right. Were is he?

ALL: *looks around for the missing Mush*

*cough* Well, until they can find him...That's all! ^_^

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