The Diary of Nancy Drew

Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I only own Mark, the O'Brian's, Sue, Jon, Mitch, Maria, any later additional characters, and the plot.

December 24

The Morning

Well today isn't going to be as busy as I thought. I forgot I had got Jon to give me Christmas Eve, Christmas, and the day after Christmas off. So I'm going to spend the whole weekend at Dad's. So I gotta go do laundry and pack for a weekend then head back to my old house! It's about a 30-minute drive.

At the House

It is so nice to be home and see Dad and Hannah. To bad Hannah's leaving tonight to go visit her family. It's going to be lonely with out her for Christmas. And now I'm going to have to cook Christmas dinner! Though, I'm really not that bad of a cook. But atleast Hannah is going to make Christmas Eve dinner. We're doing presents with her tonight. You know what I think I forgot something. Oh my gosh! I forgot to get Frank and Joe a gift! I guess I'll run out now.

At the Mall

Okay Joe was easy I got him this new action movie that came out and a beanie. But Frank's a little harder to shop for. He's like a mix between Ned and me. But I don't want to get him something that reminds me of Ned, and I definitely don't want to get him something too girlie. So what do I get him?

I know I better call Bess; she is the gift-picker-outer-extraordinaire of all time! Ha, she'd like my use of words. So I call Bess and she says I should get him something personal, but not too deep. Like maybe I should make a scrapbook of stuff we've done together, but also buy him something. Hmm, sounds like a good idea and I can do scrap books in a second! Hannah and I used to do them all the time. So I head towards Hallmark and pick out a scrapbook and some art supplies. We already have a lot at home, but we can always use more. I also already have a bunch of pictures of Joe, Frank, and me.

Now for the bought present I ended up getting him a scarf and glove set. In Christmas colors too, red and green and white! So now that I'm finally done Christmas shopping, I'm gonna head home.

Back at Home

Hannah's already preparing dinner. It looks like she's preparing for 9 people instead of just 3. I guess that means lots of leftovers.

Christmas Food

-Mashed Potatoes

-Macaroni and Cheese

-Green Beans

-Sweet Potatoes

-Ham

-Turkey

-Gravy

-Rolls

-Apple Pie

-Peach Cobbler

-Homemade Vanilla Ice-cream

I better start working on Frank's gift if I want him to get it by the 27th.

Later

2 ½ hours, and now I'm done. Whew, that was a lot of work for a little bitty scrapbook. It's time for dinner I guess I'm gonna head downstairs. Was that the front door?

After Dinner

No way, no way. You won't believe who is here, at my house, on Christmas Eve! Frank, Joe, and Vanessa. I can't believe it. I walked downstairs to see them by the Christmas tree. I screamed, literally. I started jumping up and down and ran to hug Van and Joe, then Frank. I kind of held on a little longer with him, though he didn't seem to mind. I started nailing them with questions. How long would they be in River Heights, when had they got here? Frank told me Dad had picked them up at the airport the 22nd. So that was who he had been picking up! Then he said they would be staying until atleast New Year's!

I asked him where he had been when I was at home. He said they had left the house early in the morning and drove around River Heights. Then they had just come back in time for dinner. Well we decided to finish this conversation during dinner, so we all sat down to the food. I guess this is why Hannah made so much food. Joe and Frank ate enough for 2 people. I congratulated Van and Joe on the baby. Joe looked kind of embarrassed, it was pretty funny. I told him so too. Me and Joe had the sister/brother relationship going pretty well.

After dinner we decided to exchange presents with Hannah, then go ahead and head to bed because it had been a long night. We said bye to Hannah as she left for her family's house. Dad, Joe, and Van were the first to go to bed; me and Frank sat in the living room for awhile talking. Then when I was about to go to my room, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and looked up at Frank. Then inch by inch we moved towards each other into a kiss. Then he whispered goodnight and headed to the guest bedroom he was staying in. I just stood there a little shocked. I guess Frank thought of me as more than a sister too.

When I laid down for bed I could still feel the warmth of his lips on mine. Christmas was going to be interesting tomorrow!

Love,

Nancy Elizabeth Drew

nancy nickerson- Yeah, the yelling match just came to me. I can picture my dad doing that cause if that happened that's probably what would happen. I'm not sure if I'm going to go into who the girl with Ned was. I might after Christmas. But right now I'm going to focus on Nancy. And the mystery of course! Oh yeah, and the whole 'I Love You' thing between Nancy and her Dad was that he always say it but the last couple of times he was distracted and forgot to say it to her. So she was a little worried. But that's all over because he said it the last time he called. Nancy was just being paranoid.

xHotTemperedx- OK. Thanks for the support! I'll check it out when you start it!