Chapter 9:
Esme's POV:
The day before Christmas Eve...
Clara and I went to town today to do some Christmas shopping. I looked at my Christmas shopping list. On my list I had my mom, dad, siblings, my grandparents, Clara, and Olaf. I didn't know what I was going to get for Olaf. I really wanted to get him something special. I looked at Clara's list.
"Wow, you have a really long list," I said to her.
"Well, I want to give everyone in my family something for Christmas,"she said.
"You have a lot of people in your family," I said. "Are you sure you have enough money to buy all those presents?"
"I'm sure," she replied. "I've been saving my money since April."
"There's a clothes store over there," I said, pointing to the clothes store.
First we went to the clothes store. I bought my sister a white leather coat with fur cuffs on the sleeves. I also bought my dad a new shirt. After we were done shopping at the clothes store, we went to a shoe store. At the shoe store I bought my brother a pair of formal black shoes, and I bought my mother a pair of boots. When we were done shopping there, we went to a book store. I bought my 19 year old brother a couple of books, since he liked to read. We went to some other stores. I bought my grandma a sewing kit, and I bought my grandpa a new fishing pole. I went back to the clothes store without Clara and bought her a new dress. The only person left on my list was Olaf. I still didn't find the perfect present for him. I walked into a jewlry store. I was looking at the watches, when I found the perfect present for Olaf. It was a twelve karat gold watch.
"Excuse me sir, how much does this watch cost?" I asked the man at the cash register.
"Thirty dollars," he replied.
I took out my wallet. I only had twenty dollars. I didn't have enough money to get the watch. I sighed and walked towards the front door of the store. As I was opening the door, I noticed the emerald ring that my sister gave me for my bithday on my finger. Suddenly, I had an idea. I closed the door and walked up to the man at the register.
"Do you buy jewlry?" I asked him.
"Well, it depends on what kind of jewlry it is and in what condition it is in," he replied. "What do you want to sell?"
"I want to sell this emerald ring," I said, then handed him the ring. "How much money will you give me for it?"
He examined the ring, then answered my question. "Ten dollars."
"Okay," I said and smiled. After he gave me the money, I bought the watch. I knew my sister would be mad at me if she knew I sold the ring but it was worth it.
Olaf's POV:
I looked at my Christmas list. The only person left on the list was Esme. I didn't really know what to get her. I wanted to get her the perfect present. After two hours of looking, I finally found her the perfect present when I was looking in the jewlry shop window. It was a pair of diamond earrings. As I was about to walk into the jewlry shop, the shopkeeper walked out and started locking the door.
"Excuse me sir," I said to the shopkeeper. "Will this store be open tomarrow?"
"No," he replied. "Why do you ask?"
"Because I want to buy a pair of diamond earrings for my girlfriend for Christmas," I replied.
"Sorry," he said. "You're going to have to get her something else."
"Well, can't you unlock the store and let me buy the earrings?" I asked.
"Nope," he replied. "It's closing time.
"Please sir. I'll give you anything. I'll pay double for the earrings if you open the store," I said.
"Really?" he asked. "Do you have the money.
"Yes," I replied.
"Give me the money first," he said.
I gave him the money. He counted it, then unlocked the door and gave me the earrings. Even though I had the earrings, I was kinda upset the I had to pay double for them, because I was going to use some of that money to buy me a new watch.