Sorry it's taking me a long time for these chapters, it's just i'm VERY busy this week! Sorry...it's just dance class, religion, chores...it sucks. :-/ Now, let's see who called Sally. (unless you're stupid, you should know it's Ethan :-D)

The two left the freezing snow and went inside the Cozy Cone. Sally looked at the caller ID on her phone. It said Ethan. Sally went her room and closed the door. Lightning for some reason had a questioning look on his face.

She answered the phone. "Hi Ethan!" she said in a bubbly tone.

"Hey beautiful," he said in a manly tone. "I see you haven't forgot about me." he added laughing.

She laughed also. "Of course not! I missed you so much."

"Yeah, I just called to tell you that I have a surprise." Ethan said. Sally was politely waiting eagerly for Ethan to say it.

"I'm skipping school a little early so I can spend the month with you!"

Sally's eyebrows raised and her mouth was in a shocking way. She took a pillow and squealed into it.

"Oh Ethan, thats great!" Sally said happily. "When are you coming?"

"Actually, is it ok if I come tomorrow?" Ethan asked. "Yea, that's fine!" Sally said without thinking. "See you then."

"Love you. Ciao." he said hanging up. Sally hung up too. She jumped yelling "YAY!!!".

Lightning didn't mean to eavesdrop, but Sally was talking so loud, he couldn't resist! His heart felt a little disappointed when he heard Ethan was coming. He really felt like he shouldn't be jealous...he wanted to be happy for her. He really did, and he tried. I think Selfish Lightning pushed sensitive Lightning out of the way again. :-/

Lightning heard a door open and close. He opened his door a little without Sally noticing. She had her coat on and put a sign on the building saying "Be Back Later" and left. She didn't leave the town though.

Lightning sighed and plopped himself on his bed. On his back, he stared at the ceiling. Then he looked at the clock. 5:16
Then he looked at the window. The sun was going down faster than he thought.

He sighed again. "Guess I'll turn in early." he mumbled to himself.

Why does he sound depressed? Who knows? He himself doesn't even know why. He just turned off the light, went under the covers (without changing) and waited for the sun to go all the way down.

-------------------------------------------------------------------Sally's POV-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It felt kind of weird that Ethan hasn't seen me for all this time and that he just calls me saying he's coming. But I didn't really car at this moment :-D

After he called me, I left the hotel with my coat to go to Lizzie's. I wanted to get him something for his arrival.

I entered the little store. "Hey Lizzie."

"Hello there sweetie," she said. Lizzie reminds of a sweet little grandmother giving her grandchildren cookies. "What can I do for you?"

"Well, my boyfriend's coming to town to see me for Christmas. So I felt like getting him something Christmas-related."

"Aww, that's so sweet," she said happily. "Come follow me, I think there some Christmas things over here." She left the desk and went to her right. I followed her while she was reminincing.

"I remember when Stanley and I spent our first Christmas," she started while walking pass greeting cards.

"You see, Stanley was going through a tough time that month. His every day bills were very high and he was in debt. I found out he was saving a lot of money but wasn't using for the bills for some reason. I asked him why and he didn't tell me. I was very confused as this went on for the rest of the weeks of December. Finally, on the morning of Christmas day, Stanley came over to my house. He showed me a black rectangular box and opened it. I was very surprised & shocked too. He spent all his bill money to buy me a very expensive diamond necklace."

I widened my eyes. "He must've really loved you." I said smiling.

"Oh yes, he did" Lizzie said who stopped walking and faced me. "I thanked him for it, but also told him to follow me. And you know where I took him?"
I shook my head.

"The pawn shop." she said. I raised my eyebrow a little confused. "The necklace was very beautiful, it really was. It's just that I told Stanley that he shouldn't have to spend all that money just for little old me. So I traded it in for the money he spent on it. Although... somehow, Stanley knew I would be that kind. So when we got back to town and as I was walking to my house, Stanley stopped me in front of my door. He took my right hand, went down on one knee and proposed to me taking out a small black box. He told me to open the box. When I did, I found the most gorgeous emerald ring. 'Sorry,' he said. 'I didn't have enough money for a diamond one.'

I looked at Lizzie's hand and saw the green sparkling ring on Lizzie's right hand. I laughed and smiled. "Wow." was all I could say.

"I had no idea why he said sorry," Lizzie said also looking at her ring. "'This ring is beautiful." She then put her hand on her heart.

My teeth formed into a showing smile. "Ok," Lizzie said. "These are all the Christmas things I have. Please, pick anything you want."

In this area, I saw many adorable things. There were Christmas postcards, key chains, cards, plush toys, flower vases, hats...I just didn't know what Ethan would like!

As I walked pass Christmas knickknacks, I started to wonder about something. Something I didn't know if it should be important or not.

"Lizzie," I asked. "Has Stanley ever been away from the town for a long time?" (Besides dying) I thought. It would be mean if I said it.

Lizzie thought about that for awhile. "Hmm," I heard her say quietly. "There was one time he had to go on a business trip in California before we were married. I haven't seen him in about..I don't know, 3 or 4 months." She laughed a little. "I remember there was this customer staying in a hotel. His name was Markus...I think, I really can't remember. He had such a crush on me."

For some reason I raised my eye brow...

"He once walked up to me and asked me out. I felt very bad that I had to tell him I was taken, he looked like he really liked me!"

I raised both of my brows, actually shocked. Sound familiar:)

"R-really?" I asked wide-eyed. "W-what did you about it?"

"Well, we decided just to be friends," Lizzie said. She formed her face into a frown. "Well, that is until we lost touch in our friendship. He left the town saying he had to for some reason he didn't tell me. The sad thing is that we really weren't acting friends...not even acquaintances. The even saddest thing is that I don't remember what he looks like."

I just stood there, not knowing how to react. I don't want that to happen to me.

Lizzie sighed. "Anyway," she said. "Why did you ask that?"

I blinked. "Uhh," I hesitated. "No reason, really. I"m just a curious person." I chuckled. So did Lizzie.

I looked at the shelves and saw something simply adorable. It looked like a Christmas ornament since it had a little looped string on the top of it.
It was a girl snowman plush toy kissing a boy snowman. There was a button that said 'Play'. I pressed it and it started singing the Mariah Carey "All I want for Christmas is you" song.

"Aww!" I said putting my hand on my chest. "It's adorable!" I showed it to Lizzie.

"Ah, that's a wonderful choice," she said smiling. She looked at the price tag. "And it's on sale too!" she added. "Only $2. I would be happy to put it in a box and wrap it if you want."

"No thanks." I said now looking at her. "Ok. Lizzie said taking the plush toy. "I'm sure your boyfriend would love it."

Wow, I'm pretty stupid. And for some reason, I keep getting distracted from Ethan. I totally lost thought of Ethan when I saw that adorable toy. I sighed silently, wondering if forgetting him is bad.

"Have a nice day sweeite." Lizzie said after I paid for the gift.
"Thanks Lizzie." I said taking the gift.

As I stepped outside, I felt something lightly hit my head and shoulders. I looked up and saw the clouds dropping snowflakes everywhere. Even walking back to the hotel, I saw the road, cafe tables and the buildings being coated with light snow. It was pretty cold and I shook a light shiver.

I wiped my shoes on the floor mat when I entered the hotel. I wasn't Sunday yet, so I couldn't close early and it was like 5:36. I sat at my desk and took out the plush toy from the bag Lizzie put it in. I pressed the button making the song start to play and the cheeks of the boy snowman turned red. In his right hand, he was shaking a bell at every beat of the song. I smiled adding a soft chuckle.

I felt stupid again. I keep FREAKING forgetting about Ethan at every second. I turned my face into a frown. I sighed looking up and putting my feet up on the desk.

Sometimes, I could be a pure procrastinator. I can remember something thats really important and think, Hmm, I'll think about it tomorrow. I really bug myself sometimes. But, I didn't know what to do. So yeah, I'm gonna leave it for tomorrow.

I'll try to make the next chapter as soon as possible...as soon as I see some REVIEWS PLZZ!!! Grassy-ass. :-)
(By the way, it won't be Sally's POV anymore)