New chapter!! Wow, I'm writing a lot in a short time! Only four prompts left! But when I'm done with this, I'll continue with "I Got You' and I gotta get my Ryan story up still! And I gotta work on Things We've Learned. Wow, I'm going to be busy! Thanks soo much to xxxPrincessJololaxxx, fallinrain, Penny, digigirl02, Dramione x3, and IckleHanz!! You guys rock! And I got the idea for catching 'Santa' on video from my cousins, who did that once! Well, done ranting. Enjoy this chapter!!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own HSM or Forrest Gump for that matter.

"There's just no Christmas Spirit Anymore!"

Ryan Evans was depressed.

And it was a hard thing to do, depress him. He was normally a pretty cheerful, friendly person. But right now, he wasn't in a very good mood. It was a few weeks before Christmas, but no one was really talking about Christmas. No one was comparing wish lists, the choir was still working on songs for the latest musical, none that were Christmassy at all, the school still had decorations from the basketball championship up, not Christmas decorations. All everyone could talk about was the skiing trip coming up. Now Ryan liked skiing as much as the next person, but he was really missing the Christmas stuff.

He was sitting in the computer lab before school one day, trying to finish up a paper for his Composition class. He had forgotten to work on it the night before, and was now trying to finish it up that morning. Needless to say, he wasn't in the best mood, and was stabbing at the keys on the keyboard rather harder than necessary. He was also grumbling to himself, so that people around him were giving him a wide berth. Just then Kelsi Nielson came in and sat down next to him.

"Hey Forrest Grump, what's up?"

"Oh hey Kels," Ryan said, momentarily distracted from his work.

"Whatcha working on?"

"Stupid composition paper that's due today."

"That's due tomorrow, not today."

"Seriously?!" Ryan turned to Kelsi, his face lit up with glee. "All right!"

"So what's got you in such a bad mood anyways?" Kelsi asked him. "It's gotta be more than just a 'late' composition paper."

"It's just….I don't know. There's just no Christmas spirit anymore. All everyone cares about is the dumb ski trip," Ryan said.

"Are you kidding?" Kelsi asked in disbelief. "No Christmas spirit? Then why did the stores have Christmas stuff out in September? Why did all the radio stations start playing Christmas music on Halloween? Why is Ms. Darbus making me practice about 10 different Christmas songs for the upcoming Christmas concert? Why is- ?"

"Hey, you're right!" Ryan cut Kelsi off.

"Really?" Kelsi muttered under her breath, but grinning at Ryan.

"I guess I wasn't looking at the big picture," Ryan mused. "Thank you for that Kelsi!"

"Um, anytime Ryan," Kelsi said, slightly confused at how she had helped, but happy that she did.

Another lame ending! I suck at endings! Anywho, R&R Please!!