xX... ok, due to the 'overwhelming' response to my first chapter i decided that what the hell, i like this story. i'll finish it! ...xX

Kathryn Brown runs downstairs, the heat on full blast. He long boxer pants and loose fitting white shirt, whipping around behind her. There it is, she tells herself, there are gifts underneath the Christmas Tree! She yelps and runs to the tree. Her parents, sensing movement downstairs groggily get up. The trudge down the stairs and wipe sleep out of their eyes.

"I'm turning my back on this life,

for as long as i can."

"Ladies and Gentleman. Let's slow things down a bit. Here is Billy Elliot...

"Someone make me a star,

'cuze I sure as hell can't be a man"

Kathryn leans back on her bed, nothing that she had hoped for at all. A couple of videos, a cd, and a gift certificate to a store she doesn't like. She takes her left over, wasted Christmas Spirit and hauls it out the window. She slips into some jeans and a snug sweater, before putting on a scarf and trudging outside. Hoping it will make her feel better, make a snowman or two.

"I'm to frigile and clever you see,

and this universe just leaves me cold."

Billy Elliot pulls on a t-shirt over his messy chestnut hair and the jeans he wore yesturday. He dones his hoodie and sighs, coming home for Christmas is a bore. He is carefull not to wake the sleeping Tony as he slides open the partition. He grabs some break laying about and heads outside. Someone has peed on the snowman he made the night before. He grimices and begins creating a new one on the street. Too narrow for any car to fit down. He finishes the head and looks around. Michael is no where to be found and Debbie is away at boarding school. He relaces his shoes and begins walking into town to look at the giant Christmas tree.

"I'm just hanging around, here,

i'm longing for someone to hold!"

He moves to center stage, the blue spotlight on him, not letting go.

Kathryn reaches the town center and stares up at the large Christmas tree. Decorated with ornaments and lights. It's pretty, enough. She thinks. The town square is practiclly deserted. A free people here and there. She goes to the barrier and stares at the snow. It's hard packed and dirty. Someone must've peed on it. Hearing footsteps, she looks up. It's that boy from the party last night, she groans inwardly. The last thing she wants now is to have to be sociable. His hair is uncombed, messy and unruly. He's wearing the same jeans and hoodie. Hopefully a new shirt and boxers she thinks. He notices her and begins to casually make his way over. Kathryn stiffins up.

"What you doing her, posh woman?" he asks, casually.

"Naught. What's a boy like you doing here?" she counters.

"Like me!?" he asks.

"Ya, like you."

"No! Naught did 'nothing bad!" he defends himself.

Kathryn laughs.

"What's your name, poor boy?" she asks.

"Billy. You?"

"Kathryn, but you can call me Katie."

"Oh. Katie. Happy Christmas, no?"

Kate looks up at the boy. His face is boyish and sweet.

"You Billy Elliot?" she asks. Suddenly realizing.

"Ya, what about it?" he becomes harsh and defensive.

"Oh, naught. You at the dancing 'cademy in London?"

"Uh... er... Ya" He decides to answer.

"Oh, well, that's cool enough, i guess."

"Ya, i guess."

"You always knew, didn't you mother!?

You always knew, as mothers always do.

You always knew mother didn't you!?

I was a stranger in this world"

Katie and Billy sit up against Hellmans Drugstore. Hot cocoa in hand. An hour since they met.

"Well, I better be going. Me mum'll go crazy if shefinds out I been hanging with a poof," Katie laughs. Billy doesn't. He grabs her arm.

"I'm not a poof, just 'cuze someone dances doesn't mean that they're poofs. What about that Wayne Sleep fellow?"

Katie laughs off the suggestion,

"S'ok, Billy. I believe you, don't worry." Not, she thinks. Billy sighs and lets her arm go. She raises an eyebrow in good-bye and leaves.

"Saw you with that poof from London today, Kate," Katie's best friend Summer says. Coming up to heron the walk home.

"Naught, never with no poof" Katie bluffs.

"Oh,come Kate, we all know."

"We?"

"Ya, the whole grade. We was at the drugstore. Rumors are spreading Kate."

Theres an eery silence.

"You a dyke Katie?" Summer asks. Breaking the silence.

"NO! 'Course not!" Katie looks at her best friend.

"Kay, cuze meuncle Dewey's coming intown. You wanna come hang, the grade'll be there. He's from London, a rocker."

Summer allows it to sink in.

"Sure, right," Katie says after a while. The split and say good bye.

"This dumb education was never quite part of my plan,

so you left me to ruin but i'll always know who I am.

I'm to frigile and clever you see,

and this universe just leaves me cold.

I'm just hanging around here,

i'm longing for someone to hold."

Billy looks up, two boys are standing infront of him. He doesn't recognize them, they must go to the school here, he thinks.

"You, poof, what you doing!?" The large one says.

"What!? No, naught to notin!" he says, preparing to run.

"What you doing, hanging around with Katie. You keep away from her, poof."

Suddenly it dawns on him, the ZaCk boy from the party last night.

"I know you're kind, poof. Ya can't hide." The ZaCk boy snears and punches him in the stomach. Clutching his gut he falls to the ground, gasping. The large one, who the ZaCk boy identifies as "Frankie" proceed to kick him and punch him some more. As soon as they started the stop, and scat. Billy can taste the blood in his mouth, it's pungent. He stays head-first in the snow and there he stays. Not able to move. The cold beating down on him. A tear slips out of his eye and is frozen when it hits the ground.

"You always knew, didn't you mother!?

You always knew, as mothers always do.

You always knew mother didn't you!?

I was a stranger in this world

Who ever told you that these were these were the days of our lives?

The good boys, they crumble,

the wicked ones thrive and survive.

And they're running our lives.

Oh, Yeah."

"You always knew, didn't you mother!?

You always knew, as mothers always do.

You always knew mother didn't you!?

I was a stranger in this world"

xX... what happens with Uncle Dewey!? What happens with Billy!? What happens with Katie!? Stay tune!