A/N: Ah, yes. A piece of written-at-school material, just like the latest chappie of "Tori". But this came first, during study. Some people watched me for a few seconds, me scribbling like crazy on some paper, having to get up and sharpen my pencil every five minutes. Yeah…
The Last Days
Pebbles made an angry sound, stomped back up to the girls' room, and plopped down on her sleeping bag, annoyed.
Amanda nodded in sympathy. "He can be a real pain in the ass sometimes."
Pebbles responded with a sigh as she accepted an offered Wonka bar from Willy.
"Holli and Victor have gone missing, Jack is being an idiot, and his Christmas is going to be a disaster," she said, taking a bite out of the chocolate. "And I don't even know how to get home."
"None of us know how," Erik called from the piano, which he had moved from the boys' room.
Finally Cricked wiggled out of bed, her eyes barely open. She blinked a few times, rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, and yawned. "What's up?"
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For the next few weeks, everyone stood their ground. Jack and Pebbles exchanged very few words during the time, and Holli and Victor were still nowhere to be found.
Meanwhile, Jack's Christmas ideas were growing into reality. Toys bounced and squeaked everywhere people went, and during one of Jack's late nights, Erik even threw one full-force at the wall and smashed it.
'It had what was coming to it," he explained, satisfied that he had finally let his anger out. (A/N: My friend Caroline actually laughed hysterically when I showed her this part!)
The last few days before Christmas came and went. On the night before Christmas Eve, Pebbles went out for a walk in search of some exercise and fresh air. What she found was Jack sitting on the swirly hill, skull in hands as he looked out into space.
Pebbles walked up the hill and sat next to him. "Hi."
He looked at her blankly. "Hello."
"You nervous?"
He sighed and turned his gaze to the moon. "Yeah."
"Don't worry, Jack, you'll be fine. It was your idea in the first place." She smiled at him, hoping to cheer him up, and to her surprise, he grinned back.
"Yeah, I guess so." He gave her a quick squeeze before heading back down the hill.
"Jack, wait!"
He looked back to her. "What is it now?"
"I know how we can make you less nervous."
"How?"
Pebbles smiled evilly as she whipped out a small machine. "Walkie-Talkies."
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A/N: NEVER underestimate the power of Walkie-Talkies. o.0
