Love is the Best Medicine
Summary: This is a Santa Clause 2 fanfic. Erin's heart has been shattered by the deaths of most of the people she loves a year prior to the events in this story. She believes anyone she loves will get hurt so she refuses to show any feelings of affection, developing a case of the melancholies. It's time for someone to supply her with the best kind of medicine, which isn't laughter. Bernard/OC
Disclaimer: I don't own SC2. Disney does. So there! I only own Erin, who's based on me, by the way -.
Notes: Since I don't think the movies ever say where Charlie and his family live, I've put them in New York. Scott and Santa are the same person. I might include some song lyrics in latter chapters. I based the title on the saying laughter is the best medicine.
' Words ' thought, " Words " speech, Words song lyrics, " Words " more than one person speaking, Words emphasis
This chapters dedicatedto Lady D for being the first revewer! You get ramen and pocky eventually! YAY!
Chapter 4: Kiss the Girl
After being introduced to the council Erin had gone to her room. She would've stayed but meetings (even when they were at the North Pole) bored her. Right next door was Bernard's room, but he wasn't in right now. She was a little upset since she wanted to talk to him about, well, everything. So, until he returned, she decided to download music videos from the Internet (with permission, of course).
Right now she'd found a really good one for Hermione and Draco. She always liked the idea of a doomed romance, so H/D was one of her favorite parings. This one was set to 'My Immortal' by Evanescence. She'd downloaded it completely and had begun watching it.
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
She quickly turned it off and looked for another video. That song reminded her of her mom and all the good times they'd had. She knew she'd have to talk about it soon. If she didn't, the pain would continue to eat away at her. She just wasn't ready yet. She hadn't even talked to Neil and Charlie. After awhile, she found another video she liked and hit the download button.
As she waited for it to finish, she thought about Bernard. He didn't look like he'd changed much (except for his clothes, but her style had changed, too), but was he the same old (no pun intended) bossy head elf she knew and loved? Her thoughts were interrupted by a small beep signaling the download was complete. She hit play and waited. This video was for Harry Potter in general. The song was 'Crash and burn' by Savage Garden. As she listened to the words she wondered if she would ever have a friend like that.
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild, wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief when people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
A sudden knock on her door brought her back to reality. "Come in." She turned to see Bernard walk in. "How's your room?" "Fine. Are things running smoothly?" "Pretty much. What've you been doing lately?" "Nothing much. I'm in choir, art, and drama now. I'm also one of the most talked about popular girls in school." This made Bernard smile a bit. It probably had something to do with the fact that she still believed in Santa Claus. "Does it have to do with Santa?" "No, actually it doesn't. It's because I always turn down any guy who asks me out on a date."
This shocked Bernard a bit. She didn't have a boyfriend yet? "You don't have a boyfriend?" "Nope." There was an awkward silence. "Don't get me wrong, I mean, they were all great guys, but none of them seemed to match me." The music video reached its end and she began to look for another one. "If I don't feel drawn to a guy, then I don't think their right for me." "So you weren't drawn to any of them?" "Nope." He didn't know why, but the thought of her being with another guy made Bernard so angry.
"So, how's Charlie?" "Fine." As she surfed the net, she felt a small pain in her chest near her heart. How could he ask about Charlie and not about her, or Nathan, or something about the towers or her mother? How could he be so heartless? She found a video for the pairing Ron and Hermione and, without looking at the song, pushed play.
There you see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got a lot to say but there's something about her
And you don't know why but your dying to try
You want to kiss the girl
Bernard couldn't understand what was wrong. Then, suddenly, it hit him like a ton of bricks. He'd forgotten all the tragedy that had happened last year. That was probably why she was so quiet now, because he'd forgotten about her mother's death! Franticly, he tried to fix his mistake. "How have you been lately?" 'Stupid idiot! That doesn't have anything to do with her mother!' She gave him a small smile, though, so she took it the right way. "It's still a little hard for the mind to process, even after a year. The fact that Nathan stopped writing to me doesn't help much. He's probably busy, though, so I don't blame him."
Yes you want her
Look at her you know you do
Possible she wants you too there is one way to ask her
It don't take a word not a single word
Go on and kiss the girl
Erin suddenly got this really weird feeling in the pit of her stomach. It was very confusing. 'What's going on? I haven't had this feeling since the third grade when I . . . no, that's not possible. I must be sick or something. It must be an ulcer! Yeah, that's what it is, an ulcer.' She wasn't the only one feeling this way. Bernard had the sudden urge to just hold her, not to talk about anything, just hold her. It was starting to scare him. 'I've got to get out of here, just until I calm down. I can't be sick, elves are immune to sickness. Then what is it?'
Sha - la - la - la - la - la my oh my
Looks like the boy's to shy
Aint gonna kiss the girl
Sha - la - la - la - la - la aint that sad
Aint it a shame too bad
He's gonna miss the girl
Bernard chose that moment to leave. He had to help Santa, anyway. "Well, I promised Santa and Curtis I'd meet them in the Universal Pantograph room. I'll, um, see you later, I guess." Now he knew something was wrong. He never said 'um' or anything related to it. What washappeningto him? At the same time, Erin didn't want him to leave. "Oh, okay. See ya." He all but sprinted for the door. Once outside, he noticed that his face had been burning up in there. 'Spirit of Christmas, what's wrong with me?' He hurried down the hall, planning to tell Santa as soon as they were alone.
AN: Just in case you forgot, Nathan isErin's older brother and he's in the Army.
Review, people! I don't want this to die on me! See? There preparing it's grave! points to some men digging a ditch
Don't let them kill it!