Chapter 17: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
What a nice chapter nothing else to say!
Finally it was the 16th! The opening day of the mall opening and the beginning of the Christmas Shopping sprees! This mall might get some sales!
Emily woke up that morning to see a gentle snow fall out the window. She looked around the room until her eyes caught something...the present Mason gave her three days ago...she didn't open it yet!
"Hmm...I forgot to open it due to all the Christmas excitement!" laughed Emily gently cutting the ribbon and lifting the lid.
She saw the book...that one book she was looking for
I suck at letters so to cut things short...I heard you were looking for this book...so I ordered it for you.....ehhhhh this isn't that short I made sure you wouldn't miss another of this Ouran stuff you like....see what I mean when I stink at letters? ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````-Mason
P.S. It's okay if you don't like it....just return it and buy what you would like......
Emily heard thumping up the stairs and Cam burst through the door.
"Whats wrong?" asked Emily.
"Okay....Mason really help!" said Cam rushing Emily out the door.
Emily followed Cam into the forest where Mason was sitting by a tree withCam, with a snowboard over on the other side.
"What's wrong?" asked Emily.
"I was snowboarding down some small hills and now I'm kinda stuck...and no one can pull me out." smiled Mason.
"Maybe if you weren't so fat it would be easier!" laughed Cam.
"Nobody asked you!" glared Mason.
"Larry!" smiled Cam.
"YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T SPEAK OF THAT HORRIFIC NAME!!!!" said Mason.
"Larry?" asked Emily.
"Larry......is my nickname back at home...it makes fun of my last name "Laird" because when I was little I accidently said Larry instead of Laird....." shuddered Mason.
"That's all?" laughed Emily.
"You don't think it's funny?" asked Mason.
"No.....it's adorable!" smiled Emily.
"Ehhhh....I would LOVE to be pulled out of this hell-hole." said Mason.
She and Cam heaved until Mason's body slowly came out ans fell right into the snow.
"You really need to stay out of danger cousin!" smiled Cam.
Mason shot a death glare at Chamael.
"Chamael...stay out of this..." glared Mason.
Cam knew when Mason said his name the right way he knew he was serious.
"I'll be over...there..by the gym!" said Cam trudging away.
"Thanks..." sighed Mason.
"Your..welcome?" said Emily.
"Cam's no help at all, and if you weren't there I would have froze my leg stif." admitted Mason.
"Oh shoot! I have to go Christmas shopping still!" sighed Emily.
"CAN I COME TOO?" smiled Mason.
"Is this some kind of joke...or is he asking me out on a date?" thought Emily to herself.
"Sure why not." smiled Emily.
".....Bye!" smiled Mason running away.
Emily went into the gym where several other girls were doing the finishing touches on the gym.
"What took so long?" asked one girl.
"Something.....had me caught up." said Emily.
"Was it a boy?" smiled another girl.
"No it wasn't!" blushed Emily.
"I bet it was..who was it?" asked another girl.
"Fine...Mason Laird." said Emily.
"Oooooooo! He's very...special!" smiled the girls.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Emily.
"I mean he has those soft eyes of his...hiding a secret no one wants to know...no Christmas plans with any family or anything!" said the girls.
"You can't say that about him he's very kind!" defended Emily.
"At least he's cute..what he do? Ask you on a date? "smiled a girl.
"Whatever...just leave me alone!" said Emily leaving the building.
"Okay Mason...the lights start at 6 so you have to stall like at the Talent Show!" smiled Ulrich.
"They're going on a date!" danced Odd.
"It's not a date....I'm just helping with her shopping..and NO TELLING CHAMAEL ABOUT THIS EITHER!" said Mason.
"What do we tell him? "asked Aelita.
"Tell him I went on some more errands and keep him busy! He has the tendency to go undercover." said Mason.
"Bye-bye Mason!" said Jeremy.
Mason walked to the end of the street where he meet Emily. Emily was dressed in a light tan snow jacket.
"Hi....I saw this new outside mall and I think we should go there!" suggested Mason.
"Sure......whatever!" said Emily.
"You sound cross!" said Mason.
"I just was talking with some friends..." said Emily.
"I see.....did you like the present I gave you?" asked Mason smiling.
"Yeah...I did." smiled Emily.
Mason reached into his jacket pocket and reached out an envelope.
"Ehhhhh....Merry Christmas...I might forget about it so here." said Mason giving her the sealed package.
They walked for about three miles when they reached the mall.
"It's pretty!" smiled Emily.
They walked down and they walked into the first store.
"I need to get a china dinner set for my Aunt." Emily said walking over to the antiques.
Emily grabbed a few plates to look at while an impatient man behind Emily shoved her out of the way and down went the plates with a crash.
"Oh no!" said Emily.
"Ma'am are you going to pay for that?" asked a clerk.
"How much? " asked Emily.
"300$" said the lady.
Emily regrettably grabbed some money when she realized she didn't have enough, she only had enoghto get everyone one gift. Then a hand shot through with three hundred dollars in it.
"Thank you sir." said the lady walking away.
"People can always be so impatient when it comes to shopping." smiled Mason.
"Where did you get 300$?" asked Emily.
"My spending money....being related to an scientist has it's perks." smiled Mason.
"Look I'll pay you back." said Emily.
"No....don't." said Mason.
"Look...I'll..." said Emily.
"DON'T.....It's okay!" shrugged Mason walking away.
"Huh?" asked Emily to herself.
"What else do you need to get? "asked Mason.
"Well we'll probably need to go to every store." said Emily.
"Fine with me." smiled Mason.
They went to every store and at 5:30 they were about to leave.
"No wait...I would like to stay a little longer." said Mason.
"Okay..sure I still need to repay those 300$. Not even including food." said Emily.
"I said not to worry about it..." said Mason.
Mason's eye color was a grayish blue as he told Emily again.
"What are you hiding Mason? "asked Emily.
Mason's eye color came back.
"This...was my parent's favorite holiday. I really do miss them. There your parents ya' know and no matter what they do you still love them. " said Mason.
"I'm sorry." said Emily.
"Actually I feel a lot better...what do you want to do I mean it IS a d......" said Mason.
Mason was thankful he stopped that one word from escaping his mouth........date...that one word....
"Day out for errands..." said Mason.
"How about the photo booth? "asked Emily.
"Fine with me!" said Mason.
They went into a photo booth and took some pictures and got out.
"That was fun.." said Mason looking at his watch.
It was 5:57 and the sun was almost gone.
"Sit down." said Mason sitting on the bench.
Emily sat down and patiently waited. Even though Emily wore a winter coat she was cold. Mason was thinking of other things at the time and he woke from his fantasy to hear the shivers of a friend.
"Here." said Mason giving Emily her scarf.
"Thanks." smiled Emily snuggling into the scarf.
Mason gave a weak smile and then went back to thinking. Mason looked at his watch and then quickly put his hands over Emily's eyes.
"5................4.............3............2........1......0!" smiled Mason lifting his hands off of Emily's eyes.
Emily's eyes filled with wonder as she looked at all the lights around her.
"This is why you wanted to stay huh?" smiled Emily.
Mason nodded.
"There's something else too...." smiled Mason's wool glove beckoning Emily.
He led her to the ice skating rink outside the Movie Theatre.
"I bought your ticket and skate rental early." said Mason handing her the ticket.
"Your not going?" asked Emily.
"No, no I hate ice." said Mason.
"Come on it'll be fun." said Emily.
"Fine I'll watch from inside the rink." said Mason.
Emily started skating as Mason watched with a smile on his face.
"Would you call this a date or what?" asked Mason to himself
"Come on Mason!" said Emily.
"If it is a date..I better make the best of it." said Mason.
"Sure I decided I will." said Mason.
Mason bought skates and crawled on the ice. After an hour of humiliation Mason and Emily walked back to Kadic.
"We were there all day instead of a few hours." laughed Mason.
"Thanks." said Emily.
"For what?" asked Mason.
"For the day.....with out you I wouldn't of gotten my family anything." said Emily.
"Now don't hold that against yourself now! It's all right!" laughed Mason.
"Goodnight." said Emily walking away.
"Night." said Mason.
That night Emily stared at the ceiling.
"Mason has lost and given so much,and he never gets in return..." said Emily falling asleep.