Wahoo!!! My second one-shot!
2. The Christmas gifts and the duckies
It was Christmas Eve and he was just as excited as every year. He was lucky, even though he's been through a lot of things he could always smile sincerely. It was a good thing that he was like that, he's always been a help to all of his family and friends and now it was his turn to enjoy it. He ran down the stairs humming a happy tone and he saw his mom sitting on the couch with his dad.
"Hey mom, hey dad!" He said giving them a hug and spreading the Christmas cheer.
"Hey dear, are you excited?" His mom asked smiling.
"Are you kidding? This Christmas is going to be great! I'll get all of the gifts that I want!" He said jumping from excitement.
"How can you be so sure?" His dad asked with one eyebrow raised.
There was a long pause as he thought of a good excuse. He knows that he wasn't the perfect kid but hey, he was always getting into trouble to save them. His mind was racing and suddenly an idea popped into his head.
"I've kept my room clean all of this week!" He said proudly.
"Yeah, because you're never home." His mom pointed out.
"Uh huh. You're always hanging out with your friends so you're room must be on an excellent condition." His dad said chuckling at his face.
"Does this mean that I won't get a gift?" He asked getting a little disappointed.
"You will if you can come up with a good excuse!" They yelled in unison.
He ran from the living room to the front door and decided to see his friends for any excuse.
"Tucker? Come back before dark okay?" His dad called.
He nodded and ran into Danny's house since it as the closest house nearby. He knocked on the door and smiled at the young girl that answered the door.
"Uh… hey Jazz. Is Danny home?" He asked smiling.
"Yup! He's upstairs with Sam." She answered opening the door enough for him to get in.
He walked pass the living room and climbed the stairs thinking about an excuse to give. He knocked on the door and waited for an answer. Instead of opening the door when they told him that he could he stayed there thinking about what they could be doing in there all alone. His thoughts got interrupted by Sam who opened the door and hugged him saying in a happy tone "Merry Christmas!"
"Thanks! Merry Christmas to you too!" He said hugging back. He looked at Danny who was on the floor with a dazed look on his face. He looked spaced out with a stupid smile on his face.
"Dude? You okay?" He asked placing a hand on his shoulder.
"What? Oh yeah… hi Tuck!" He said looking at Sam and blushing.
"What happened here?" He said wiggling his eyebrows mockingly.
"Uh… I gave Danny my Christmas gift." Sam said shyly.
He looked at her confusedly and then at Danny who simply said "I couldn't have wished for a better one."
He thought for a minute, what could she have given him that made him act like this? He thought about what she had told him a few hours ago through the phone.
"I think you should tell him." He said seriously.
"But what if I mess up?" She asked sadly.
"Trust me, you won't." He assured.
"How do you know?"
"You'll find out when you tell him" He said as he hung up.
"Oh my God! Sam, did you do what I think you did?" He asked happily.
She just nodded and blushed looking at Danny dream fully. He was looking at her lovingly.
"Well, I came here to get some help but I guess that you guys are busy. Besides, I found out what I was looking for anyway." He said smiling as he closed the door behind him and ran to his house.
When he reached his house he blasted he door open and started calling for his parents.
"I played cupid and made two people happy! That has to be enough to get presents this year!" He said out of breath.
They just looked at him confused and asked who he got together. When he said who it was they just smiled widely knowing, like everyone else in Amity Park that they would end up together.
"Fine, here's your gift. You can open it early if you want." His dad said smiling.
He threw the gift wrap over his shoulder and gasped. It was a picture of his aunt on a bathing suit. His eye twitched as he held back the need to barf.
"This isn't my real gift!" He yelled.
"Of course not. You have to wait until tomorrow dear." His mom said with a sly laugh.
He climbed the stairs to his room and went to bed, his eyes still burned from his 'gift'. The next day he opened his eyes but found out that it was all dark.
"I'm blind!" He yelled to the top of his lungs.
He put a hand to his eyes and found out that he was wearing a blindfold. He sighed in relief and took it out only to wish that he didn't. On his floor on a mattress laid his aunt snoring loudly.
"NO!!!!!" He yelled only to figure out that it was only a nightmare. "Man, this is the thanks I get for helping everyone?"
He fell asleep and dreamt the horrible sight of his last summer vacation when all of his family where dancing on the beach and he was getting congratulated by his aunt Clara, on that horrible, disgusting and breath taking ducky bathing suit. How he hated duckies.