Becka,Lisa,Abby,Nicole,Erica,and Vanessa all awoke early Christmas Morning,hoping that they would be able to sneek off to across the hall before their parents woke up,too.BUt as usual,their parents woke up almost imediatly after they did.

Becka looked over at her clock and sighed.It was 7:15am now,at noon all the parents were finally going to meet their boyfriends and she wasn't quite sure if her mother and father were ready for that.

Her parents had been devorced for the past six years and they were still getting used to seeing each other every once in a while in the same room.

She had recieved a silver watch,a stack of clothes which she wasn't allowed to wear until summer(a/n:they have to wear uniforms,remember?),and a new CD player from her father and a nail kit,a bottle of perfum,and a $20 gift card for any store in the mall from her mother.

Lisa got the new No Doubt CD,the Newsies DVD(a/n:she was the only one of her friends who didn't have it already),a portable DVD player,and a new jacket from her family.

Abby got a black shirt that said,"Anime Freak",a black beanie,a black sweatshirt,black pants(a/n:truely,she got all black clothes),and $200 cash from her father.

Erica got a bib(a/n:inside joke),a frog CD holder,a "Jack Skelington" tie,a bunch of pins and a teddy bear.

Nicole got new socks,an new boombox,a green beanie with a frog on it,a "Gir" doll,a soccer ball,and a bag of candy.

Vanessa got a stack of clothes,a hair brush,a box of make-up,some new earings,a book called,"Cooking for Dummies",and a photo album.

The girls were all happy with their gifts,but they were still a little nervous about that afternoon.

The phone rang,making everyone jump.All the girls raced for it,but Lisa's father picked it up before they could get there.

"Hello?"

"Uh...Is Lisa there?"a voice said on the other end,making a slight chill go down Lisa's spine.They all knew who it was.

"Who may I ask is calling?"

"Um...Racetrack,from across the hall."

Lisa's father raised his eyebrow and turned to face his daughter.He put his hand over the phone and said to her,"Who's Racerack,Lisa?"Her face grew hot as she looked down and held out her hand for the phone."He's...a good friend?"

Her father slowly handed the phone to her,still a little confused,but slowly getting the picture.She took the phone and walked over to one of the top bunks.The rest of the girls began to talk rather loudly,that way no one would be able to hear their conversation.

"Hello?"

"Merry Christmas,Kisses!"

"Merry Christmas..."

"What's wrong?"

"What makes you think anything's wrong?"

"Was that your father who answered?" Silence filled the phone for a few seconds before Lisa answered him.

"Yes..." There was another moment of silence before they picked up again.

"Did I blow it?"

"Sort of...But don't worry,they were going to meet you anyways..."

"Ok,well we're still going over there at noon,right?"

"Right."

"Ok,see you later."

"Bye." Lisa sighed as she hung up the phone and her friends lowered their voices.She threw the phone at Abby,who caught it without looking and put it back in it's slot.

Lisa laid her headon her pillow and closed her eyes as she listened to her parents try and whisper to eachother about what they thought about a boy calling their daughter.

~On the Other Side of the Dorm~

(a/n:ok,I haven't put these guys in the story for a while,so forgive me,please!)

Cory,Erik,Jeovani,Chris,Alfrado and Aaron all sneaked out of their room,hoping not to awake their parents,who had arrvied the same time as all the others.They went down the hall towards the only room that they of without any adults in it at the time.

None of them had girlfriends,yet.At least,they didn't think of them as girlfriends,but Shakes,Shamrock,Lucky,and CB had been hanging around them for quite awhile.No matter how much they tried to push it away,they all knew that the only girls that they had been thinking about were Becka,Lisa,Abby,Nicole,Erica and Vanessa.

They had known them the longest,so why were they not hanging out with them?Why were they only paying attention to those other boys from New York?The six friends still had no clue whatsoever about their sitution,so they hadn't mentioned it to anyone.

Anyway,they headed down the hall towards the only room that they of without any adults.Shane,Greg,Boots,Specs,Jakeand Pie Eater didn't have parents,so they had just bought presents for each other.

Cory knocked on the door,silently praying that no one would wake up and find them.The door slowly opened to reviel a half awake,ahlf asleep Shane.He yawned and said in a groggy voice,"What do you want,Kicks?"Cory smiled at his new name.They had long ago started to call him Kicks,dew his love of Soccer.

"Blue,can we hang with you guys until our parents wake up?We left them a note saying that we were going out,but the truth is,we don't really want to be there when they wake up."Shane nodded and let them in.

They had started calling Shane Blue,because he had died his hair hlaf black,half blue the second week that he was there.

Erik took a seat on the floor,leaning his back against Boots and Pie Eater's bunk.They were still asleep,so their wasn't that much to do.Shane woke up Greg,who was now known as Studda,because of his studder that he got when he talked to girls.

Erik yawned and stretched out his arms saying,"So Taps,what do you think about those boy that the girls keep hanging out with?"Jeovani(Taps,because he had a bad habbit of tapping his fingers against...stuff...when he was bored...and he was ALWAYS bored)looked up and raised his eyebrow.

This was the first time that anyone had mentioned what they thought about the New York boys."What do you mean,Romeo?"Erik(Romeo,because he carried a different gril's books every week...he didn't think of any of them as girlfriends,though)grinned and continued,"Well,everyone knows that we know Becka and them,so they've been wondering why they're not with us.What do you think?"

Jeovani looked away and didn't say anything,making Erik turn his question to Alfrado(Corn-Chip,because Frado was short for Alfrado,and Frado sounded like Fredo,and Fredo was a type of chip)."How about you,Corn-Chip?"Alfrado shrugged and sat down at the table in the middle of the room.

"Vanessa has a new boyfriend.We've been through for a long time now.Why should I care?"Aaron raised his eyebrow and patted him on the shoulder."Now,what was her new boysfriend's name,again?"Alfrado's eyes shot open as he automatically said,"Mush "Aarom" Myers.Born and raised in Manhatten,New York.Plays on a collage football team,even though he's only in elevanth grade."

The boys laughed as Alfrado turned his head away with a frown."Shut-up,Poocho!"Aaron's smile went away as he stuck his tounge out at his friend.Cory laughed and turned to Chris."You have anything to say,Nickel?"Chris(Nickel,because of his first impression on CB when he shouted "Hey look!A nickel!")smiled and leaned back in the cahir that he was sitting in.

"I think that they should be with us,and not with them.Those boys don't know a single thing about them.Why should we be kicked aside and they get all the glory?"Cory laughed and sat down on one of the beds,thinking that it was empty."Hey!"Cory imediatly stoof up and looked down at a very angry Boots."I'm trying to sleep here!"Cory raised his eyebrow and leaned down a little.

"Well,I'm tring to sit.It's time that you woke up,Boots."Shane and Greg laughed as Boots looked over at the clock and gasped at what time it was (10:15am).

~On the Other Side of the Dorm~

Itey yawned and as his eyes fluttered open.He smiled as he looked down at Sunshine,who was still alseep in his arms.Itey looked around at the people around him.Sunshine's aun had taken her bed,so she had fallen alseep in Itey's lap on an old sofa chair that night.He figured that she hadn't told her aunt about the "No Boys in the Birls Rooms" rule,so he didn't mention anything.After all,he was spending Christmas with the one thing that he loved most the world,at that moment.

He heard a rusle of carpet and saw that Snitch was wakingup,too.Swinger had made him come over the night before to meet her father,and they had ended up falling asleep on the floor together,wrapped in a blanket.

In the corner of the room,Bumlets and Cutie sat back to back,a bright red blanket wrapped around htem.They were still asleep,so the two boys who had just gotten up,didn't bother to wake them.

Itey looked over at a lump on one of the beds.Ershey was still asleep,too.She had sent Skittery hom across the hall before she fell asleep.

"Hey Snitch?"he asked his friend.Snitch looked up and raised his chin,saying a silent,"What?"."What did you get Swinger?"Snitch grinned and looked down at the sleeping girl in his lap.

He put a finger to hos lips and whispered,"I got her some tickets to Six Flags.Well,actually I got all of us some,but don't tell her that until she opens it."Itey smiled and nodded.

A slight movement from the corner grabbed their attention as they hear Bumlets yawn."G'morning."Itey and Snitch smiled at him and Snicth asked,"Hey,what you get for Cutie?"Bumlets raised his eyebrow and said,"I got her a bag of 50 tokens for the ice skating rink...Why?"

The two boys shrugged and said,"Just wondering."

~Down the Hall~

Skittery leaned back in his chair that he had been sitting in all night.He had gotten very little sleep,but it didn't really bother him at the moment.He was too buisy thinking weather or not Ershey would like the movies that he had gotten her,"Freaky Friday" and "Pirates of the Carribean:Curse of the Black Pearl".

He knew that the only other boy who had come home that night was David,and that the others had stayed down the hall with their girlfriends,but he didn't say anything about it.

He heard David wake up,but made no reaction about it whatsoever.David hurridly got dressed and "tried" to brush through his curly hair.

David walked infront of Skittery and said,"How do I look?" to the daized boy.He was wearing a plain white dress shirt and dark blue slacks.He had a red box under his arm,too.Skittery waved him off and said,"Yeah...yeah...You look fine..."

David raised his eyebrow and shrugged."I'll be back later,ok?"Skittery slowly nodded as David closed the door behind him.

~Down the Hall and Around the Corner~

David took a deep breath as he debated weather or not to knock on the door infront of him.'What if one of her parents answer?or one of her friends?What will I say then?' he thought to himself.H closed his eyes and took another deep breath and knocked on the door.

He smiled when Misty opened the door.She gasped and was about to slam it shut,but he put his shoe in the door way to stop it."Wait!I just want...I umm...I wanted to say that I'm sorry for what I did and I hope that you forgive me..."

Misty slowly opened the door and stared him in the eyes.David held his breath as the door opened a little bit more to reviel what she was wearing.It was a silky black dress gown that was ALMOST revieling.'Wow...' he thought,but didn't say alound.

He shook his head and said,"Umm...So do you forgive me?"Misty laughed and shook her head,kicking his foot out of the way in the process.She slammed the door shut and leaned against the way to listen more carefully to what else he was going to say.

David saighed and sat down on the floor,leaning up against the door,too."I said that I was sorry...But even if you don't believe me...I want you to know that...well...I got you something that might change your mind...I'll go now."He stood up,set the present on the floor and slowly began to walk away.

Mity bit her lip and hit her head against the door.'I'm such a softy!'she mentally kicked herself and as she slowly opened the door and walked out.David slwoly turned around and just stared at her,not saying a word.

Misty bent down and picked up her present up and craddled it in her bare arms.She didn't look up at him,but quietly said,"I...forgive you...and I'm sorry,too..."David's eyes lit up as he made his way towards her with open arms.Before he could embrace her,she backed away and said,"Hey there!I said that I forgave you for the last time that you tried something!Do you want to blow your chances,again?"

David stopped and quickly shook his head.He brought back down his arms and put his hands in his pockets."I hope you like your gift.It took me forever to think of what to get you..."Misty looked down at the box and said,"You do know thatyou didn't have to get me anything,right?"Daivid smiled and said,"Well,I thought that..well,since you probably already got a bunch of gifts from your family,that I might as well get you something that way you can always remember me by."

Misty's face grew seldom as he finished his sentence.A small tear slid down her cheek as she said,"My parents are dead...My mother killed my father for trying to protect me,so I killed her and I lived all by myself for a while,until they sent me here..."David's smile faded as he looked down at the floor.

"I'm sorry...I didn't mean to-"Misty looked up and interupted,"No,it's not your fault."David shook his head and took a step closer to her,making her take a step back."Well,I hope you like the gift.We can still be friends,right?"Misty wipped away her tear and slowly nodded."Sure...I guess that'll be ok."

David waved goodbye,a huge smile covering his face as he left.Misty looked down at her gift again and smiled.She took the wrapping off and stared down at an envelope on top of an old radio.She raised her eyebrow as she slowly opened the envelope.She smiled down at the letter (a/n:the one that he had written before) and then down at the two tickets to Six Flags.(a/n:see a pattern?^_^)

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^_^I finally wrote it!Is it a bit long?Sorry bout that,I was trying to make up for the lost time that went by durring Christmas.

!SHOUT OUTS!

TheLoneReed: Did you like it,or was she too soft on him?

DAVID!Muse: ^_^You liked my present!You liked my present!You liked my present!

ME: *glare* You're scaring me...

DAVID!Muse: Who cares?She liked my present!

Nakaia Aidan-Sun: Hoped you liked your party and hoped you liked the chapter,too.

ITEY!Muse: I got to stay over and break the rules!I feel so...ALIVE!

ME: @_@

ITEY!Muse: ^_^You didn't leave me!YAY!

Thumbsucker Snicth: Well,I have spell check at my mom's house,but they cut off her internet connection until she pays the bill(which she REALLY doesn't want to do),so I was just going to copy all of the chapters that I wrote over here at my dad's house and then use spell check on it there.Confusing?Hopfully not.

SNITCH!Muse: We fell alseep together.Isn't that nice?I broke the rules,too!

ME: ...*backs away*

SNICTH!Muse: Did you like my present?

Fox of the Dark Sapphire: Is this you,Lisa?You changed your name,again?Wow...that's like the...what?5th time now?lol Did you like the chapter?I took you advice!^_^

RACE!Muse: I called up and your father answered...Is that a bad thing?

ME: =) Maybe.Maybe not.We'll never know...

RACE!Muse: Sure we will!^_^Lisa'll tell me in the next chapter,remember?

Matchin' Laces: ^_^Hope you liked the chapter!

BUMLETS!Muse: I got you skate tickets.Did you like'em?

ME: Of course she liked them!You'se been skating with her for too long for her not to like them!

BUMLETS!Muse: *backs away*