People, I have to tell you something really important. I'm leaving this Monday that's coming to a camp for one week. And then after that I MIGHT go on vacation for 2 weeks. I'm not gonna be able to write in 3 weeks! Yes I know, you want to strangle me, don't you? I'm sorry. I'm gonna write as much as I can this week. Sooooo….don't forget to review, ok? Thank-u. Lol, enjoy XD!
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Two months passed and it was now about to be Christmas break. Cornelia didn't know what to do. She wasn't just gonna ask her friends to take her wherever they're going. That'd be so awkward and wrong. Mabye I'll call my parents to pick me up or something. I don't want to spend Christmas on my own, Cornelia thought.
It was Friday afternoon and she was writting in her journal in her room. The desk in her dorm felt like home for some reason…but with no Lillian. Cha-ching!, Cornelia rejoiced in her mind.
A knock came from the door.
"Hey, can you get that; I'm sorta busy", Caleb said from the open bathroom; he was desperatley trying to get blue paint out of his hair (don't think evil thoughts about him having the bathroom opened).
Today in art class, the class had to paint any type of flower and, unfortunatley, Alan threw blue paint into Caleb's hair because he was drawing the same flower as he was. It was a horrible class, but she ended up having no paint on her.
"Fine; I can see you're too busy trying to make your hair perfect", Cornelia smirked evily and got up from the desk to answer the door.
"Hey, let me just tell you something; I actually got in front of you and got blue paint on my hair. If it wasn't for me, you would've looked like you had cookie monster in your hair", Caleb argued.
"Whatever, Caleb", Cornelia replied and turned the doorknob. "Hey girls, what's up?"
Elyon, Will, and Hay Lin were at the door.
"Hey Cornelia. I hope we weren't interrupting anything between you and your roomate", Hay Lin grinned.
"I can hear from all the way over here, Hay Lin!", Caleb yelled from the bathroom.
"No, of course not. He's too busy getting paint out of his hair", Cornelia grinned.
"Caleb stop messing with your blue hair and get over here", Elyon called out.
Caleb came to the door and put his hands on his hair. "Is it that noticable?"
"No it's not, she's kidding", Cornelia gave him a 'duh!' look.
Caleb stuck out his tongue playfully and turned his attention to the girls.
"Ok, do you two have any plans for the Christmas break?", Will asked.
"Not me", Cornelia responded.
"Nope, me niether. Why?", Caleb asked.
"Well, my parents told me that I could invite all my friends to our gigantic vacation penthouse that's a few hours away from here in Lillysdale (my town, it's not real, people)", Elyon smiled widely.
Cornelia blinked. Whoa, 12 kids in a penthouse that's theirs? And it's only a vacation penthouse. It must be huge. Whoa.
"Yeah, Elyon's parents are filthy stinkin' rich", Will laughed at Cornelia's reaction. Cornelia smiled warmly.
"All the gang said that they didn't have any plans and they're coming with us. We just needed to ask you guys. So, can you come? My parents are going to take care of everything except shopping and transportation. We're going in 2 cars", Elyon said.
"I'll go…but only if Cornelia goes cause I don't want to leave her loner here, you know?", Caleb said.
Cornelia smiled slightly at his manners and respect for her. "Yeah, I'll go".
"Yay! Ok, I want you guys to pack by Sunday; that's when we're gonna leave. We'll all meet at the parking lot at 11 AM. Got it?", Elyon informed.
Cornelia and Caleb nodded.
"Yay! We're all going together! Woohoo! I'm gonna go jump around in my room!", Hay Lin squealed and ran off.
"Thanks Elyon; see ya later", Caleb said and ran to the bathroom to check on his hair.
"No problem, Caleb. Oh and Cornelia, you up for the movies with me, Irma, and Hay Lin?", Elyon asked.
"Ok, what are we gonna watch?", Cornelia asked.
"Pirates of the Carribean 2", Elyon said.
"Orlando Bloom and Johny Depp. AAAHH!", Cornelia and Elyon squealed.
"Keep it down! I'm trying to get this stupid paint off my hair!", Caleb yelled from the bathroom.
Cornelia rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"I'll leave you to your troubles, hehe. Meet you at 4 in the parking lot. Irma's gonna take us in her new car", Elyon winked and waved goodbye.
Sunday… (Yeah, I know very quick. But this chapter has to focus on this)
"Caleb! I usually take longer to get ready, but you're taking way longer than me now!", Cornelia complained from the door.
It was 11:51 AM and Caleb still wasn't ready. Cornelia already had her bags with her and she was all set, but she couldn't leave Caleb. It's not very lady-like to leave.
"I didn't finish packing last night!", Caleb finally admit.
"We're gonna be so late. Here, I'll help you. What are you missing?", Cornelia asked.
"Can you get my shoes from the closet?", Caleb said, stuffing in shirts in his bag.
Cornelia grabbed his shoes and put them in his suit case.
"Ok, now I'm done. Let's go, Elyon's gonna get really mad if we're late", Caleb said and grabbed his stuff.
He and Cornelia ran out the door with their bags before Caleb locked the door with his keys and slamming them in his pocket.
Outside in the Parking Lot…"My god, Hay Lin, how many bags did you bring?", Will exclaimed as she watched Hay Lin cram her bags in the back of her car (they decided to go in her car because it has more seats, you know?).
"I'm already done. It was only 3 bags", Hay Lin laughed nervously.
"Yeah, three bags fit for a queen. I hope Cornelia's fits in here", Will laughed.
"Oh, here she comes now. Hi Cornelia!" Elyon smiled wide and waved at Cornelia.
"Sorry, I had to help Caleb finish packing. Does my bag still fit?", Cornelia asked, peering at the trunk.
"Yeah, as long as you only have one bag", Irma pointed at Hay Lin's bags.
Cornelia sighed in relief and put in her bag that luckily fit. She watched as Caleb laughed with the guys next to another car, putting in the luggages in the trunk.
"So, how are all of us gonna get to the penthouse?" Cornelia asked.
"Ok, well all the girls are coming in Will's car. Alex knows the way to the penthouse so he's gonna drive the guys. Elyon is gonna explain the way to Will and stuff. See, the guys have to wait for Matt; he had morning detention, but he should be here in a while. We'll only be like 5 minutes earlier", Irma explained.
"Whoa, what did he do?", Cornelia asked.
"He's a weirdo; he just had to bring his guitar in the halls and play a song for me. I told him not to, but he said that he wanted to and didn't care if he got caught. Well, Mr. Nolen caught him and gave him morning detention", Will laughed with a blush.
"That's so romantic", Cornelia smiled, seeing Will's embarrasment.
"Yeah, you must've been so embarrased. But hey, he's your boyfriend", Irma pat her head and went to talk to Hay Lin, who was talking with Taranee.
"Hey girls" Caleb greeted and walked up to them.
"Hey Caleb…shouldn't you be with the guys?", Will asked.
The other girls got into the conversation and listened.
"Yeah…um, you see…we had to put some bags in the front with us and we were already squished. The guys said that it was gonna be way to squished if they're gonna have one more person in there. They kicked me out cause I was the last one to get here and told me to ride with you guys…can I?" Caleb begged, a little embarrased.
"No big; just don't complain if we start talking about girl stuff", Will said.
"Thanks guys! But do me a favor and don't start to gossip like you always do. 'Oh my god! I felt so sorry for Kate cause she couldn't go swimming. Everyone was staring at her, she should've gotten a tampon. I felt so sorry for her", Caleb mocked.
"Shut up, you pervert! Why would we talk about that with you in the car?" Irma punched him playfully.
"Why do you guys call me a pervert! That's the second time already", Caleb complained.
"Because you are, you dope", Cornelia said.
"Gee thanks, Cornelia. That helps my self-esteeme", Caleb said sarcastically.
"Any time", Cornelia smiled victoriously.
In the car, Will of course was the driver and Elyon was the navigator to explain to her the way. In the back, Caleb was in the edge, Cornelia in the middle, and Hay Lin in the other edge. In the seats behind them, it was Taranee and Irma. There was no space for another one because they had to put some of the bags in the vacant seat next to Taranee, who was in the middle.
"Please, Hay Lin? Switch seats with me. I don't want to sit next to this jerk", Cornelia begged. Caleb heard this and shot her a quick glare.
"Sorry, girl, but I feel uncomfortable in the middle. Besides, I bet deep down you really want to stay there", Hay Lin winked.
"Whatever", Cornelia sighed and sat back.
A few minutes later…Through the ride, Cornelia and Caleb were silent. Hay Lin just kept babbling on with Irma and Taranee because Will and Elyon were too busy in the front trying to get them to their destination.
I'm so tired. I wish I could go to sleep, but I can't sleep comfortably unless I'm lying down, Cornelia thought with a mental groan.
Caleb was fast asleep, leaning on the window.
How can he sleep like that? I am so jealous right now, Cornelia thought.
Will made a sudden turn, causing Caleb to fall on his side on Cornelia's shoulders.
"Eek!", Cornelia began blushing madly.
"Oh my god, now this is a picture moment", Hay Lin squealed.
"Yeah, I bet Caleb isn't really asleep and he did that on purpose", Irma grinned from behind.
"Shut up", Cornelia glared at them.
Caleb slowly opened his eyes and looked at Cornelia's. She had a look of patience but also one that told him to lean back on the window. Caleb leaned back on the window and went into a deep sleep again.
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"Amy, wait!" Caleb begged as he ran after the blonde girl through the park.
She suddenly stopped with her back still facing him.
"Just leave me alone, Caleb…", Amy said quietly.
"Amy, just tell me what's wrong. I feel like I did something wrong when I watched you run off like that…"
"Go away!" she yelled.
"No, Amy, I love you. And I just can't watch you continue to sulk around like that…", Caleb put his hand on her shoulder.
Amy turned around from his gesture and stared at his evergreen eyes with mad eyes. When she did, Caleb could see her emerald-green eyes shining with tears as they fell down her cheek. He felt so much guilt to see her cry.
"You liar!" she exclaimed, "You're such a big liar, you know that? You don't love me. I'm just a replacement for that girl and you know it! You keep denying it, but it's true!"
Caleb was shocked, "Amy! W-what are you talking about?"
"Don't act like that! Caleb…I've always loved you…but I know now that you don't even care about me like you say you do", Amy put her head down, the tears continuing to fall.
"How can you say that? I love you more than her! She's in the past now!"
"Don't give me that! I see the way you are when you talk about her. And when you smile at me, it's not even for me…it's for the girl that looks like me…I know you still think about her, and you're still waiting for her to come back!"
Caleb just stood there…what could he say to her? He realized that everything she said was actually true. How could he ever forget that little girl in his childhood?
More tears fell down her cheeks from his reaction. She gave him the hardest smile she could give him, "I hope you find her again someday". She dashed off, leaving Caleb alone in the park.
"Amy…I can't believe I lost you too", Caleb breathed, his eyes still in the direction to where she went off to. He fell to his knees and a few tears fell down his face.
"I'm so stupid! I've lost two of the girls I've ever truly loved! What's wrong with me?"
"Caleb, don't cry", a small girl's voice said.
"Huh?" he lifted his head and scanned his surroundings.
"Here I am!" a little girl with straight blonde hair and innocent blue-green eyes in front of him.
"Hey, aren't you that girl I made the promise to?"
She nodded, "Are you still gonna keep it?"
"I don't think I can…I mean, it's been, what, 11 years? And I broke Amy's heart because of this…"
"Aw, don't worry about it! You'll find me soon enough. Try harder, and you'll find me", she smiled the smile he always remembered.
Then suddenly everything turned white.
"W-wha-", Caleb stood up in the emptiness.
"Caleb", a girl's voice rang through.
"Huh? Who are you?"
"Caleb…hello?", the voice called again.
"Amy? No it can't be…it must be-"
"For goodness sake! WAKE UP, CALEB!", someone started to shake him.
Caleb jolted from his slumber and turned his head to see Cornelia's face closer than usual. Cornelia blushed at Caleb's sudden reactions, but quickly snapped out of it.
"How can you sleep so comfortably like that? Everyone's already probably inside. I've been trying to wake you up for the last 20 minutes. I thought you were in a transe or something", Cornelia crossed her arms.
Caleb stared at her dumbly with an arched eyebrow.
"Ugh! I give up! I'm going inside now", Cornelia shivered as she got out and grabbed her bags.
Caleb shook his head and quickly got out the car. He found his stuff outside the car already. The guys must've put it there. He grabbed the bags and walked along with Cornelia.
"Finally he woke up, how'd you do it, Cornelia?", Taranee asked as she wandered through the entrance hall.
The house was so beautiful AND very big. It seemed like you were in one of those movies or fairy tales. Cornelia was happy that she came with her friends here instead of with her family (I know cruel, but you guys would want to also, lol).
"Shaking him like crazy", Cornelia responded with an amuzed smile.
"How can you sleep like that Caleb?", Taranee asked.
Caleb stayed silent; he was staring at his feet.
"Ok, I'm guessing he's still asleep. Go to the second floor and you'll see your name on the door with…I think you're rooming with Elyon. Caleb, I don't know who you're rooming with, you should go check it out. And the cool part is that you go through the elevator", Taranee smiled wide.
"Yay!", Cornelia laughed and took her bags to the elevator (my cousin has an elevator in her house…I'm so jealous, lol).
Caleb snapped out of his thoughts and followed Cornelia to the elevator. Cornelia waited for Caleb and then clicked the number 2 on the elevator. There were 3 buttons (don't expect it to be a hotel, geez).
Caleb took a deep sigh. That little girl in my dream…it was so weird…it's like I was seeing her face and then I woke up and saw the little girl in an older version…Cornelia. Could my promise girl be Cornelia? Nah…it couldn't be. They may look alike, but she told me that she lives in Riona (my city)…but still.
Caleb kept glancing carefully at the blonde girl as the elevator went up. Cornelia noticed from the corner of her eyes and got a little ticked off.
"What is it?"
"N-Nothing…", Caleb blushed and looked at his shoes again.
"Right", Cornelia looked to the other side in annoyance. He's been acting so weird latley…
The elevator doors opened and the two walked out. It seemed that the girls' rooms were in the right part of the floor and the guys' room was on the left side. Cornelia and Caleb looked at each other and waved lazily before going their separate ways.
She looked at the doors with the names until she finally found hers with Elyon's name under hers. Cornelia smiled in relief, Finally no Caleb. Cornelia opened the door and saw Elyon sitting down on one of the twin beds. She was cutting pieces of papers and writing something on them. She looked up and smiled warmly.
"Hey Cornelia; you managed to wake Sleeping Beauty?", Elyon smiled, looking back at her work.
"Not really considered beauty, but yeah I did. Twenty minutes. Dang that boy can sleep", Cornelia dropped her bags next to her bed and fell down backwards.
"Haha! I can so agree with you on that one!", Elyon laughed and scrunched the pieces of papers in a red cap.
"Yeah, haha. Hey, what are you doing with those papers?", Cornelia asked, turning to Elyon.
"You'll find out in 30 minutes. I told everyone to meet me and Alex in the main living room. You know where that is, right? It's to the right of the entrance. You can't miss it", Elyon explained, getting up and walking to the door.
"Uh yeah…but where are you going?", Cornelia asked, sitting up.
"You'll find out in a while. I have to go meet Alex to discuss what we're gonna do for something. Come down to the main living room in 30 minutes and we'll explain everything to you guys, ok? Trust me, it'll be totally fun", Elyon said and walked out of the room.
Cornelia shrugged and layed back down.
30 minutes later in the main living room…
"Now then everyone…I know this is super late and all, but I'd like to officially welcome the newest member of our group, Cornelia", Elyon said as everyone clapped. She and Alex were standing in front of everyone, who were sitting down on the couches.
"Ok, now that we're 12 people in the group, we're even. So, me and Elyon decided to make a Secret Santa", Alex explained (For those of you who don't know what that is-which should be really weird, but it's ok, lol-it's when you put names in a hat and whichever name you pick out you get a present for them. And it's a secret, duh, until you give the person the present).
Everyone thought it was a good idea. And, even after they spent most of their money on Irma's present, they still had some left and agreed to save some money. They all agreed on the idea.
"Okay that's good. So, two weeks from now is Christmas. And obviously that's your dead line, now line up in front of me and get your names then go to Elyon so she can record it" Alex stated.
Instead of listening to Alex and getting in a line, they all stomped up to him and grabbed the papers from the cap sloppily. They each took their time to read the paper before going to Elyon so she can record it (I'll put in the bottom of the chapter who got who if you wanna know, lol).
When Cornelia unfolded her paper, she began to glare at it.
Why did I just know this was going to happen? she thought as she stared at the paper that read 'Caleb'.
On the other side of the room, Caleb was doing the same thing to his paper. Why am I cursed? It's always her.
Soon everyone showed Elyon their papers and started to chat in the living room.
"Hey Elyon, you got any munchies? I have a craving for-" Hay Lin started but was finished by everyone.
"Something with sugar, we know"
"I was gonna say chips, but whatever. So you got anything?" Hay Lin smiled hyperly.
"Yeah, let's go get some chips. We can eat it outside. There's this awsome view of Heatherfield. That's right, Heatherfield. We're that high", Elyon said.
"How awsome! Let's go get the chips", Eric laughed like a maniac and ran towards the kitchen with everyone behind.
"Oh great, I hate hights. Now I have to sleep worring about the house falling", Taranee whimpered.
"Aw come on, relax", Irma told her and ran with everyone.
The gang went for all kinds of chips; Doritos, Flaming Cheetos, Cheetos Puffs, Lays, Lemon Lays, Ruffles, Fritos, and they added some dip on the side (duh people, I WISH I could own those chips; waah!). The sky outside was already dark and you could see all the lights from Heatherfield radiating with the moon and all the stars.
"This is really pretty", Cornelia sighed as they layed down in the grass in a circle, their heads together and the chips in the middle; to grab when they wanted to.
"Yeah, and I'm not much of a nature dude, but this is something you don't see in the city, you know?" Nigel added.
"I wish it was always like this…well, not so cold, but whatever", Will held on to the jacket tighter.
Matt blushed and reached for her hand in the grass and entertwined her fingers with his. Will leaned her head to his and smiled as well as they looked at the stars.
"Hey-crunch-so Lillysdale is-crunch-farther up or what?", Eric asked.
"Uh-huh. About 10 minutes away, but-crunch- you can't see it from here", Elyon replied.
The group of friends stayed in the grass eating chips for about 2 hours until they felt extremely full and it got too dark, which brought the wind.
"I hope you guys like waffles, cause my uncle makes the best waffles in the world. He's gonna make 'em for us. We can wake up at whatever time we want", Elyon said as they stood in the hall between the girls' rooms and the guys' rooms.
"Sweet, so I can wake up at 1PM?" Alex smiled.
"We're going shopping tomorrow…actually, yeah you can stay asleep. Please", Taranee laughed with the rest of the girls.
"Who said we want to go shopping with you girls anyway?", Eric asked. All the guys crossed their arms and glared at them.
"This city is known for having a lot of models from all over the world and-" Elyon started.
"WE'RE WAKING UP AT 8 AM, GUYS!", Eric stated as all the guys drooled, imagining.
"In your dreams. Like they're ever notice you. Now come on, let's go to sleep", Cornelia yawned.
"Yeah, I'm so with Cornelia. Mwahahaha. G'night", Hay Lin put her arm around Cornelia playfully as the girls walked to their rooms.
"G'night", the guys said and went their separate ways.
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Phew, sorry it took a while. Um, the next chapter will probably come out in about a week or 2. Sorry, I have to go to camp on Monday. I don't even wanna go! Waah! But I gotta do what I gotta do. Send in reviews, no flames and hope that I don't die of boredom. LoL, until next time!
Oh, and here's what they got for the Secret Santa thing:
Will-Martin
Irma-Elyon
Taranee-Alex
Cornelia-Caleb
Hay Lin-Will
Elyon-Nigel
Matt-Hay Lin
Martin-Taranee
Nigel-Eric
Caleb-Cornelia
Eric-Matt
Alex-Irma