Month: December
Day: Wednesday
Special event: Christmas

Benny:
''Breakfast everyone!'', Benny called out as he let the sausages slit onto the dishes, together with fresh baked eggs and bacon, and some apples, bananas and pears to finish it all off. ''Come on, won't call twice!''
''Well, I actually did, but it doesn't matter.'', he thought as he brought all the dishes with goods to the dining room, putting them on the table. ''Christmas morning… Why does it have to be Olivia's birthday? She could have made us a better breakfast if it wasn't her birthday today.''
''Guys, come on!'', he yelled again, angrily placing empty glasses and cups onto the table. ''Breakfast is getting cold!''
''Cold you say? What did you make?''
Benny looked up to see it was Brad, a huge grin spread across the boy's face. He stepped into the dining room, followed by Benjamin and little Yuki who was holding his cat plushy. Benny smiled at the boy, waving his hand. Yuki looked at him but hid his face behind his plushy, blushing. ''He's so adorable. Now I know why Anastasia loves spending time with him.''
Benny sat down at the table, staring at the still hot sausages on his dish. ''If only she wasn't afraid of boys and would spend time with me… But she's afraid of me…''
''Why the long face, man? You made great breakfast.'', Benjamin said, laughing as Brad almost suffocated onto a sausage. He quickly hit the boy on the back, patting it hard. '''Get it out man, I don't want your dying breath in my face.''

Benny watched as Brad spit out the half eaten sausage and he groaned, looking at Brad who was now coughing and stomping Benjamin's shoulder.
''Shut up you ass! I literally almost died! Don't laugh!'', he yelled angry, scaring little Yuki who was crying at the corner of the table. Benny looked worried at the boy, getting to his feet and moving over to him. Yuki however didn't really want anything to do with him, staring silently at him, shocked. ''Poor thing…''
Benny touched his shoulders lightly, kneeling down beside him at the table and looking at him, smiling brightly. ''There there, it's fine. Don't worry about him; he can be an ass but he will never hurt you. I promise.'', he said, patting Yuki's head. ''Don't be afraid, we're all family here.''
''We're not…'', Yuki whispered and Benny looked confused at him. ''We're all troubled children, from different families, we aren't brothers, we aren't real family… We shouldn't even been born, most of us…''
''Don't say that. we are family in this house, okay? We only have each other now and so we gotta stick together. Okay?'', Benny said but Yuki shook his head, holding his cat plushy Mr. Whiskers tighter.
''Brad doesn't stick together with others…'', Yuki mumbled and Benny chuckled, squeezing the boy's shoulders. He said in response: ''Because Brad is a lone wolf; he doesn't really care about others. But you can count on Anastasia, and me.''
Benny winked at Yuki, who smiled at him weakly, still holding his plushy way too tight. One of the cat's green eyes was hanging by a small thread, it looked like it would break and fall off soon. ''Why don't you ask Anastasia to help you fix Mr. Whiskers' eye? I'm sure she would love to help you.''

''Maybe…'', Yuki mumbled and Benny patted his shoulder one last time, still smiling at him, before returning to his own seat, grabbing his fork and eating his breakfast. It was still rather hot and he burned his tongue for a moment, but after a while he could take the burning feeling.
In the meantime the others had come to the dining room to eat as well, except for Olivia. ''Where is Olive?'', Benny asked and Anastasia shot a serious look at him, like she was telling him not to use that nickname. Benny knew Olivia hated the nickname Olive, and he knew she could kill anyone who called her it, but she wasn't here right now, so actually he didn't really care.
''She's still in her room. She can't choose the right outfit for today.'', Ellie said, taking a bite off her bacon. ''Guess she wants to show off it's her birthday today. Like every year.''
''Show off? Me? No way~'', a girl's voice suddenly said and everyone looked at the doorway; Olivia stood there, resting against the wall, wearing a too tight tank top like always, and a very short skirt and long boots leading up to just below her knees. ''Morning all, do I look good?''
''Yeah, you look fine.'', Benny said, looking away and staring at his breakfast.
''You look damn hawt gurl~'', Brad said and he grinned, Benny groaned in irritation and felt like saying something, but instead he kept his mouth shut.
''Thanks, babe.'', Olivia said, winking at Brad who's grin got bigger, and she came to the table and sat down on an empty seat, staring at her dish. ''Looking good, I shall dig in now. Oh by the way, don't you guys have anything to say to me right now?''
''Yes, merry Christmas.'', Brad said and Olivia threw a sausage at him, looking furious. Brad dodged it and laughed, slamming the table. ''Sorry missy; I meant happy birthday. You really thought we would forget? You kept on bragging about it all week!''
''If only they would remember my birthday… they never do…''

Ellie:
''6pm… Dinner is almost ready. Gotta finish it quick.'', Ellie thought as she took the turkey out of the oven, cutting some more vegetables after putting it on the counter. She hurried herself across the kitchen, now and then checking the dining room to see how Anastasia, Yuki and Benny were doing with decorating the Christmas tree; as always the kids were too late with buying a Christmas tree and decorating it, but Ellie had gotten used to it because it happened almost every year.
''Hurry up everyone! Dinner is almost ready!'', she said as she grabbed the turkey and brought it to the dining room, placing it in the middle on the table.
Brad, Zeleb and Olivia entered the dining room now as well and while Brad stood there watching Ann, Yuki and Benny decorating the Christmas tree, Olivia sat down at the dining table, texting someone with a plain empty face.
Zeleb sat down too but still looked at how they decorated the tree together, smiling weakly. Ellie smiled as well; Zeleb barely smiled these days.
''Is everyone here?'', she asked and Zeleb nodded, while Brad put on a stupid-looking Christmas hat.
''Yes we all are! Let the party begin!'', he yelled and he ran to the table, sitting down. ''I want the chicken butt!''
''It's turkey…'', Ellie said and Brad chuckled, waving with his hand and saying: ''Yeah, that's what they want you to think.''
Ellie couldn't help but laugh and she poked Brad in his shoulder with her fist, giggling. Brad simply shrugged and stared at the turkey, like he couldn't wait to dig in, but was forcing himself to keep his hands off of it.

''Is the tree almost ready?'', she asked as she looked at the three others. Anastasia nodded as Benny picked up Yuki and pulled the boy on his shoulders, so they could put the big golden star on the top. After that Benny put the boy down on the ground again, smiling and patting his shoulder.
''Good work man, go sit down.'', he said and Yuki nodded, smiling brightly, and he ran towards the table, finding a seat.
Ellie looked at Benny, worried; something was off about him. He looked different, his eyes seemed distant. He seemed sad. She walked up to him as Anastasia passed her, finding a seat as well, and ended up near Benny, touching his back lightly and looking at him.
''You okay?'', she asked him and Benny looked at her, the smile fading off his face; he just shrugged. ''Don't lie to me, okay? Something's wrong.''
''It's nothing.'', Benny said simply and he walked passed her, pushing her hand away, ignoring her comfort. Instead of sitting down at the dining table like everyone else he left the dining room. Everyone now looked at Ellie who shrugged and started moving, following the boy.
She went after im till she saw him enter his bedroom and close the door. There wasn't the sound of a door being locked, so she knew he had kept the door opened for anyone to come on. She reached the door and knocked trice before entering, not waiting for a response from Benny.

''Hey, you wanna talk…?'', she asked, seeing Benny, sitting on his bed with his knees pulled up to his chin, his arms wrapped around his legs. He just stared, his brown eyes distant, he shook his head slightly. ''You sure? I wanna know what's bothering you. maybe talking might help you cheer up a little.''
She walked over to him, sitting down beside him on the bed. ''It's Christmas Benny, please smile.'', she said, touching his shoulder once, trying to look him in the eyes, but he looked away.
''I just miss my mother…'', he whispered and Ellie smiled comfortingly, squeezing his shoulder slightly.
''See, so that's up. I knew something was bothering you.'', she said and Benny shrugged again, not looking at her. ''Doesn't it make you feel better, talking about it?''
''Yeah, I guess…'', he said and he looked at Ellie, still this same distant look in his eyes. ''I guess you miss your parents, too, don't you?''
Ellie nodded, staring at the ground for a moment before looking back up at Benny, trying to forget the horrible thoughts about her parents' dead. She whispered: ''Yeah, I do… but that doesn't matter now. I'm here because right now all that matters is you. You seem sad and I want to help you.''
''Why?'', he asked and Ellie shrugged again, smiling.
''Because we're friends, and friends care for each other.'', she said, staring Benny in the eyes. ''You're coming for dinner?''
''I'm not hungry, you can go eat without me…'', he said but Ellie shook her head. ''I don't want to go eat without it him, that would be rude. I want to see him happy on Christmas Eve.''
Suddenly she kissed him on his lips. She didn't know why. She just did. They stared at each others, both deeply in shock
''Why…?''
''I'm sorry, I didn't mean it… I will go eat now. I hope you will come, too…'', Ellie said and she got up, ready to leave his bedroom. But Benny got up as well and grabbed her hand, stopping her from going away.
''M-merry Christmas Ellie…'', he said, kissing her on her cheek. Ellie looked at him with widened eyes but her expression softened, she smiled at him.
''Yeah, merry Christmas… Dingo.'', she said but Benny shook his head, squeezing her hand.
''No, call me Benny. Merry Christmas.''