Hey everyone. Here's my new chapter!

It was two days before Christmas! All year long children and adults had been waiting for it. Snow was falling, presents were being packaged, and Christmas trees were decorated. But for Sally and her father it meant he'd go to another convention and take home first place again.

"I'll miss you daddy." Sally said as she placed a scarf around her father's neck.

"Oh Sally, I'll be back by tomorrow." He said placing his hat on his head. "The convention shouldn't take that long."

"I just can't believe another year has gone by." She said.

"Me neither. Well I'm off. Be safe Sally. I'll be home soon." He opened the door, and a huge gust of wind blew into the house. The neighborhood was covered in a blanket of snow. The doctor and Sally shivered.

"Ooh it's cold." He said. "Make sure you bundle up when you go out Sally."

"I will daddy." She said as she smiled at her father's protectiveness.

"Bye Sally."

"Bye Daddy!" She waved good bye as her father got into the cab. It drove off, so she closed the door so that no more cold air would come in. She sat on her living room sofa and sighed. She had nothing to do. She would go and see Jet, but he was put in detention for chewing gum in the hallways. The cat came around and rubbed its head against her leg. She picked it up and gently placed it in her lap. She gently stroked its black fur and it purred at the wonderful feeling.

"What do you think I should do?" Sally asked the black cat. The only reply it gave was a meow. Sally sat and thought for a moment, and suddenly got an idea.

"I'll go see Jack!" She said. She quickly stood up gently placing the cat on the sofa. Grabbed her coat and scarf and headed up the hill. She opened the huge door expecting to see decorations, but found only a large cold castle.

"Jack?" She called. The tall skeleton man walked into the living room a bit surprised to see Sally.

"Oh, hello S-Sally." Jack said.

"Hello Jack." She said in her cheery voice. "Where are all your decorations?" Sally asked as she looked around the room.

"What decorations?" Jack asked. Sally stood there for a moment with a puzzled look on her face.

"Jack don't you know what today is?" Sally asked.

"Is this a trick question?" Jack asked

"Jack, its two day's before Christmas!"

"Sally, I…I haven't celebrated Christmas in almost 20 years. I don't have decorations or anything." He said.

"I'm…I'm sorry Jack."

"Don't be sorry about anything Sally. I-I just don't celebrate a lot of things." Sally felt bad about assuming that Jack celebrated Christmas. If only there was someway she could get him into the Christmas spirit. Suddenly she had an idea.

"Jack may I borrow Beauty?"

"My horse?"

"Yeah."

"Why?"

"I'll come back tomorrow and you'll see, and don't worry I have garage that's heated where she can stay." Jack thought for a moment, but he couldn't say no to Sally.

"I guess it would be okay." He said.

"Oh, thank you Jack." She said as she hugged him. "I'll be back tomorrow." She quickly ran out the castle to go get Beauty. Jack watched her leave. He leaned against the wall and sighed.

"If only you knew how I feel about you." He whispered to himself. Suddenly Shock rolled into the room.

"Jack, are you alright?" Shock asked. Jack looked up to see Shock coming towards him.

"I'm fine." He said

"Okay." Shock and Jack hadn't really talked much since Jack told Shock how he felt about Sally. But he needed to ask Shock a question.

"Shock, I…I want to give Sally something for Christmas." He said. Shock stopped rolling away and turned around to hear Jack.

"What do you think I should give her?"

"Jack to be honest, I really don't know." She said. "You should just give her something special. Something from the heart." She said, and with that she rolled away. Jack stood there for a moment, with an idea in his skull. Something from the heart. He thought to himself. The heart. That's it!

Meanwhile Sally went to the stables where Beauty and Zero were.

"Come on Beauty." She said. She opened the door to let Beauty out. The horse hesitated at first, but when Sally petted her she knew she could be trusted. She slowly came out of the stable. Sally and she slowly walked down the hill. It seemed like the snow was coming down a bit harder, but eventually they made it back to Sally's house.

Sally took the large black horse into the garage. She also put some towels and a bowl of water out. The horse seemed comfortable.

"Get some wrest Beauty. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow." The horse neighed, and Sally laughed as she closed the door.

The next day…

Sally led Beauty through town the next day. Many people starred at the horse. It wasn't every day that a horse was brought through town. Sally walked over to the Christmas tree selling stand.

"Stay here Beauty." Sally said. She tied her reigns to a gate, and ran to the stand.

"Is it too late to buy one?" Sally asked. The lady at the stand smiled.

"No. In fact we have a bunch of trees left over."

"Great." Sally looked at all the trees they had. She didn't think she'd find one until she came to the last one. It was almost one foot taller then Jack. It was still green, and it looked like a healthy tree. It was perfect.

"I'll take this one." She said.

"Great choice." The lady said. The lady wrapped up the tree for Sally so that it would stay fresh.

"So are you spending your Christmas with anyone special?" She asked. Sally looked up at her, and couldn't help but smile.

"Yes…yes I am." Sally said. "Have a merry Christmas."

"You too." Sally took the huge tree. She then attached a small sleigh to Beauty's reigns. She placed the tree on the sleigh.

"Come on Beauty, let's go see Jack!" So Sally led Beauty up the large hill. When they reached the top Sally placed the tree on the steps, and took Beauty back to the stables. She opened the door and let her.

"Thanks for your help Beauty." Sally said as she petted the horse one more time. She then ran back to the front door. She opened it and carefully pulled the tree inside.

"Jack…I'm here." He came out of the fire place room to see Sally with a huge tree. He stood there for a moment not really knowing what to say. He finally walked over and looked at the tree carefully.

"Sally how did you…I mean why did you…wow." He said. Sally giggled at his stuttering.

"I thought a tree might help you get into the Christmas spirit." She said. Jack smiled at Sally's kind gesture.

"Sally…thank you." He said.

"It was nothing Jack." They both just stood there for a moment not really knowing what to say to each other. Finally Sally spoke.

"Help me put it up Jack."

"A-Alright." So Jack, Sally and the kids help put the tree up.

"Nice tree." Shock said.

"Yeah, to bad we can't decorate the rest of the place." Jack said.

"Well your lucky I brought these." Sally said. She took two bags from behind her back. Jack looked inside to see many Christmas decorations. Jack laughed and smiled wondering why he was so surprised.

"Let's get started." Sally said. So for hours the kids, Jack, and Sally decorated. They hung up wreaths, stockings and even a few ornaments.

"Something is still missing." Sally said. Jack had an idea. He ran over to a drawer, and after a little searching pulled out a huge star.

"It's the only ornament I have." He said. He had to reach the very top of the tree with his long arms. He as carefully as he could placed the star at the top of the tree.

"There." He said. "Perfect." Sally chuckled. The two looked around the room. It was lit with beautiful candles, wreaths were everywhere and the tree looked wonderful. They stood and admired their were. Then Sally remembered something.

"Jack. You don't by chance have a phone do you?" She asked.

"A very old one. It's in the kitchen."

"Thank you." Sally ran into the kitchen. She remembered she was going to call her father and see if he was home yet. She looked at the phone and it was very old. The kind you had to spin the dial with your finger. Sally dialed her father's cell number. It rung twice before it was answered.

"Hello?" He answered.

"Daddy, it's me Sally. Are you home yet?" She asked.

"I'm sorry Sally, but I won't be home tonight."

"Why not?"

"Have you looked outside? The snow is really coming down. I'll try to get home as soon as I can, but chances are it won't be till tomorrow."

"Oh, uh okay daddy." She said with a disappointed voice.

"I'm sorry Sally. Try to have a nice Christmas Eve, okay?"

"Okay daddy. I'll try." She hung up the phone and walked back into the room very disappointed. Jack was still admiring the tree when he turned around to see Sally. She looked very sad,

"Sally, what's wrong?" He asked.

"Oh it's nothing Jack. My father just can't make it home tonight because of the bad weather." She said.

"Oh, Sally I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's not a big deal." She said, but Jack knew Sally better then that. He wanted so much to make her feel better. Then he remembered something.

"Uh, here maybe this will cheer you up." He reached to one of the shelves and grabbed a wrapped package.

"I was going to give it to you later, but I think now is better." He said. He handed the package to Sally.

"Oh Jack, I didn't get you anything." She said.

"Believe me Sally; you have given me so much already." He said with a smile. "Go on open it." Sally untied undid the wrapping, and came to a mall white box. She opened the box and gasped. There was a gold chain. It was shined, and it looked brand new.

"It's for you're heart necklace. You said you needed a new chain so….you know." Sally was astounded. She took her necklace off and carefully took off the old chain. She placed it next to her coat. She slipped the new one on, and placed it around her neck.

"It looks nice." Jack said. Suddenly Sally wrapped her arms around Jack.

"It's the best gift ever." She said. "Thank you so much Jack." He returned her embrace enjoying every moment of it. Suddenly the three children rolled in the room. Only Jack saw them for Sally was facing the other way. They all started chuckling. Jack became very confused. Until all three of them pointed up. Jack looked up and saw mistletoe.

I'll kill you! He mouthed to them. They quickly rolled away, and Jack kept glancing up. Sally noticed this, and moved away from the hug.

"Jack is something wrong?"

"What? No. No nothings wrong." He said but he couldn't help but glance up again. To his horror, Sally looked up as well, and understood.

"Oh, mistletoe." She said.

"Y-Yeah. But it's just a plant. It's not like every time two people are under it they have to kiss. It's not like it has to hap…" He couldn't even finish his sentence, for Sally stood up and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. He stood there for a moment not really knowing what to say. Sally just stood there as well, and even blushed a little. They looked at each other for a moment, and Sally felt something inside of her stir. It was something she had never felt before, but the two quickly came back to reality.

"I…I should go." She said. She began to walk away.

"Sally wait." Jack said calmly as he gently grasped her arm. She couldn't help but shiver at his touch.

"I…I don't want you to spend Christmas Eve by yourself, and I don't want you at your house alone." He said. Sally turned around waiting for him to finish.

"W-we have plenty of guest rooms, and I if you wanted to you could stay in one." Sally's face suddenly lit up.

"Oh, Jack could I really."

"Yeah, if you wanted to."

"Of course I want to. Let me just run down the hill and get some things."

"Okay." She opened the door, and she felt the freezing cold air hit her. It was like a blizzard outside.

"Sally are you sure you'll be okay out there?" He asked very concerned.

"I'll be fine Jack. I'll be back in 20 minutes." So she ran down the hill. Jack closed the door, and leaned against it. He slowly sank to the floor, touching his lips. He felt happier then he had felt in a long time. He smiled remembering her lips on his. It had only happened for a second, but it had felt like an eternity.

Meanwhile Sally was trying to get through the snow. She had never seen a snow storm this bad before. She finally managed to reach her house. But when she got there something didn't feel right. The whole house was dark. She tried to switch the light on but it wouldn't go on.

"The power must be out." She said.

"I know." Said a voice. Sally turned around to see Jet sitting in the dark.

"J-Jet. You scared me."

"Good." He said. Sally was very confused. Suddenly she remembered why he was there.

"Oh, Jet I'm so sorry. I totally spaced. I was just up at the…the…"

"The castle." He finished in a harsh tone.

"I'm sorry I…I was just reading." He didn't buy it though

"Your were seeing 'him' again weren't you."

"Him?" Sally questioned.

"HIM! THE GUY YOU'VE CHOSEN OVER ME!" He yelled as he stood up. Sally shrank back in fear.

"TELL ME SALLY, WHAT"S HE LIKE! IS HE TALL DARK AND HANDSOME? IS HE ROMANTIC? IS HE?!" Jet was yelling now at the top of his lungs, but Sally found the courage to speak.

"Jet, you are putting this way out of proportion, and are loosing your temper for no reason! I'm not seeing anyone el…" Sally couldn't finish her sentence because of what happened next. Jet's hand came up and slapped her right across the face. Sally fell to the floor. She reached up and touched her sore face and felt a blood trickle down her cheek. She backed up against the wall completely terrified as Jet came down to her eye level. His eyes were dark and frightening. He grabbed her face to make sure she would look at him.

"Now if I hear that you EVER go back to that castle again bad things are going to happen Sally. Bad things. Understand?" Sally didn't do anything for a moment, for she was crying.

"UNDERSTAND?!" He yelled at her. She nodded her.

"Good." He said. He took his hand away, opened the door and walked out. Sally felt tears pouring down her face. She sat there backed against the wall, and just cried. Why Jet? She thought. Why? Suddenly she remembered Jack. She needed to go see him. He would help her.

She grabbed her coat and opened the door to find that the weather had gotten worse. She grabbed a long black cloak for extra warmth and headed out. It was very difficult to climb the large hill. The wind was blowing harder then Sally had ever seen it. She was half way up when she realized this wasn't safe. She would have to wait till tomorrow to see Jack. She turned around, but the ground was so slippery.

She slipped and hit her head. She became unconscious. She laid there in the snow; with know one to help her.

SALLY! OH NO! Wow long chapter. R & R.