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Smoke began to fill the mall, a result of an experiment in the food court gone wrong.
Everyone rushed to the exit, and safely, everyone evacuated the mall.
Eyes were wide, filled with worry, excitement.
We threw our bags in the car, and raced out of the parking lot, waiting in a line, also wanting to exit the mall.
Adrenaline rushed through me as the line began to move a little faster, and I stepped on the gas.
We were out of the parking lot just as we heard sirens blaring nearby, and a huge fire engine passed us, directing traffic to halt.
It turned into the parking lot, an ambulance right behind it, in case it was needed.
We raced through the always terrible traffic in a rush to get home.
News spread pretty fast for a town this size.
Half an hour later, the story was all over the news.
They suspected it to be something a little more than an accident.
There were only two more weeks until Christmas, and we still hadn't put up our decorations.
Her mom and dad, and my parents, and brother were flying up for the holidays.
I walked unto our largest closet-where we stored our decorations for every year- and pulled out the largest boxes, the ones with the ornaments.
Then I reached up onto the second to top shelf, and locked my fingers around the handle of the big box that I was looking for.
It held our fake Christmas tree- we didn't have the time or space to get real one.
I brought all of the boxes, one by one into the living room, and called Selena.
She looked at me, and then the boxes, and smiled.
This was one of her favorite parts of the year.
We set everything up inside our house, and walked outside, pulling our jackets on.
In my hand was a smooth, colorful crystal ornament.
The local park had a tradition where every family who lived around it put one of their more special ornaments on it.
Selena and I did it every year, a tradition for us, as well.
This year the tree was bigger and more filled with ornaments.
I had to stretch on my toes to find a vacant branch to place our ornament.
We then tied a red ribbon on the same branch, with our names printed neatly on the side.
There was conveniently a Starbucks across the street.
We jogged over to the sidewalk, and waited for the light to turn red.
Cars rushed by, the velocity blowing cool wind in our faces, blowing our hair all over the place.
The light turned red after what seemed like a decade, and we walked across the street, and into the warm building.
We walked up to the counter, ordered what we wanted, and sat down at a table near the back corner, in front of a window.
The waiter brought us our drinks, and we continued talking while we sipped on the bitter coffee.
We tipped the waiter, and walked back out onto the crowded sidewalk.
Three days before Christmas, Selena's parents arrived.
My parents were flying in later on that day.
The doorbell chimed, and Selena jumped up to get it. Her mom and dad stood there, each carrying a little blue bag.
Selena hugged them each in turn, then walked down the hallway to show them the first guest room.
We let them get unpacked, and by then, my family had just arrived.
My parents would be sleeping in the other guest room, my brother in a sleeping bag on the floor.
Everyone woke up energetic and excited on Christmas morning.
We all immediately headed to the tree, and picked out the presents with our names printed on them.
Jacob tore into his presents first, and we followed after.
After each present was revealed, their eyes would go wide, and a smile would spread across their face.
After every present was unwrapped, we made breakfast.
My mom took over the kitchen with Selena's mom.
They made scrambled eggs and bacon for all of us.
After breakfast, we found nothing better to do, since all of the stores were closed, so we played endless games of Uno.
We sat in a circle, and couldn't stop laughing.
Selena's dad won the majority of the games, me the least.
I suck at Uno.
A couple days later, our families had to leave.
We helped them carry their bags down to their cars, then waved as they drove away.
Nothing exceptionally interesting happened from then to New Years Eve.
On New Years Eve, we were just walking out the door to go to Times Square.
We were thinking that we'd get lucky, and there wouldn't be any snow on New Years, but the minute that we walked out the door, a flurry of white powder rained down.
I laughed and stuck out my tongue, catching some of the flakes as they drifted towards the ground.
Selena rolled her eyes, but laughed also, as she dragged me towards the sidewalk.
We walked slowly, taking the scene, the white coating everything, the sun low in the sky, casting a bright orange shadow over the white snow.
The Square was packed, but we managed to get a pretty good view of the celebration from where we were standing.
A few people performed, then later on, the countdown to midnight began to ring from all around.
The noise was deafening, and Selena and I counted along with the rest of the crowd, then the crystal ball dropped over the square, and fireworks burst, welcoming in the New Year.
I felt someone tap my shoulder, so I automatically whirled around to see who it was.
I didn't expect anything like what I saw.
He was wearing a shocked expression, and his warm chocolate-brown eyes were so familiar.
I heard Selena gasp from behind me, and I realized who I'd been staring at.
He glanced around at the people standing around us, huddling against the cold, kissing, and then his lips crushed mine.
And I forgot everything who was not the guy in front of me.
Sorry this chapter sucks so much. I hope you like it though. I thought it was terrible.
They met, though! Finally!
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