Chapter 19: Merry Christmas!
Lovely!
Than night everyone was running around trying to get last minute gifts.
"MASON!!! I NEED YOUR HELP!!!" cried Odd as he burst through the door.
"No reason to be dramatic..." commented Mason.
"There's this girl I want to get something for her....but I don't know what!" said Odd.
"Why are you asking me?" questioned Mason.
"Because you got Emily the perfect gift for Pete's sake!" said Odd.
"How'd ya know that?" asked Mason.
"She's been reading the book everywhere!" said Odd.
"....Tell me what she's into..." said Mason.
Meanwhile the others were in the gym placing presents under the large tree.
"This is going to be great this year!" smiled Yumi.
"Yeah!" smiled Aelita.
"Say do you know where Odd, Mason, and Cam went to?" asked Ulrich.
"No hardly saw them ." said Jeremy.
"Were baaack!" smiled Odd placing an extra present under the tree.
"What's this about?" asked Mason lifting one of the presents. He noticed that it didn't have name on the from part of the tag.
"We do this every year!" said Odd.
"Pray tell." said Cam.
"We have to find our surprise Santa!" smiled Yumi.
"Well that will be a obvious game!" smiled Mason slipping on a Santa hat. "Oh yeah these are for you!" said Mason handing everyone a hat.
"Oh oh!" said Cam.
"What's uh oh?" asked Odd.
"Mason has majored in ALL of his forensics classes...it won't take him long!" laughed Cam.
"Americans have the weirdest of Middle School classes huh?" said Jeremy.
Cam shrugged.
"I'm not American...I'm Norse/British." said Cam.
"Oh then...never mind." said Ulrich.
All the kids (that were still there) flooded the gym. The gang got into a small circle and
opened their presents.
"I got you all gifts early!" laughed Mason.
Ulrich opened his and had a set of Katanas.
"Were'd you get this?" asked Ulrich.
"It's amazing what you find in weapon stores!" joked Mason.
All of Yumi's gifts were in a corner due to tradition.
"How could afford all those nice gifts?" asked Odd.
"Well.....when your Uncle gets a yearly income of 300,000 bucks a year, not including stuff from finds.... you can afford stuff like this." smiled Mason.
All of them looked at Mason in a weird state.
"What?" asked Mason.
'N-nothing! Open your presents Mason." said Jeremy.
Mason ripped off the first present (which was from Jeremy) to reveal it as a new Windows 7 program.
"Thanks I've been meaning to upgrade my PC." smiled Mason.
Mason opened the other presents which included a new watch, a box a macaroons, a poster for his wall, and a subdigitals CD.
"Thanks guys." smiled Mason.
"Wait....you have another one?" said Odd getting the other present from under the tree.
"For me? I already got one from each of you....right?" asked Mason.
"No name...just says "To Mason", and nothing else." said Ulrich.
"Maybe...its from a girl!" teased Cam.
"Aw well better open it..." sighed Mason opening the gift.
He looked inside to find a gold pocket watch with a green tear on the chain. He lifted it up and opened it up to see THAT picture inside on slit, the watch part, and there were another two empty spaces to put photos in later. He looked at the bottom of the box to see the original picture.
"Who could have done this?" smiled Mason putting the pocket watch in his chest pocket on his sweat shirt.
"Your going to keep that old thing?" asked Odd.
Mason shot a death glare at Odd.
"Hell yeah I'm going to keep it.... I like it! It's something I can always carry around with me and not hide it in a little box." smiled Mason.
"That looks somewhat expensive!" gasped Aelita.
"It's about 40-karat gold and steel. Probably about 75$" said Cam.
"I don't care....it's the thought that counts." barked Mason.
"Aw well....to the partying!" smiled Odd.
Christmas music started playing and the lyoko gang started dancing. Odd tried to get a girl, but was slapped. After about a hour later the Christmas dancing was over and now they were just walking around talking.
"Hey....where's Emily?" asked Mason.
"I dunno." replied Odd.
"Hmmmm......" pondered Mason.
About an hour later when everyone was going back to their rooms. Odd had a bulge in his stomach and everyone was full.
"You sure you'll be fine by yourself Mason?" asked Ulrich.
"Yep!" grinned Mason.
"He has me also." said Cam.
"Okay..... watch out for XANA and contact us if ANYTHING happens!" whispered Yumi.
Mason stuck up his thumb up in approval and walked away.
"Weirdo." commented Cam.
Mason walked by Emily room and heard something from behind the door. He put his ear against the door and it gently opened.
"Emily......" whispered Mason softly.
"Come in." moaned Emily.
"Woah! What's wrong? "asked Mason.
"Ehhh.....I just tired." yawned Emily.
"You missed dinner you know..." mumbled Mason.
"I'm not hungry." said Emily.
"Your leaving tomorrow...you should eat. Trust me you'll fell horrible tomorrow when your trying to get ready if you don't eat." spoke Mason sitting on her bed.
"I told you i'm not hungry." barked Emily.
"Emily.......what's wrong?" asked Mason.
"Nothing is wrong Mason." denied Emily.
"You sure?" asked Mason.
"Dammit Mason leave me alone!" snarled Emily.
"It's this isn't it?" asked Mason holding up the watch.
Emily couldn't hold it in anymore. Tears started rolling down her eyes. Mason flew back in astonishment.
"N-no! Please do cry! I'll do anything.......just don't cry!" begged Mason.
"You idiot! I gave you the watch! I accidentally knocked down you box and it broke...so I went to a shop and put the picture in it. I was scared you would yell again so I didn't come down." cried Emily.
Mason just started laughing. Emily stopped crying, and now Mason WAS crying from laughter. Emily could now see the color in Mason eyes as she never did before.
"That box.....was only two bucks at the dollar store." laughed Mason.
"Not an antique?" asked Emily wiping off tears.
"No! Don't cry! I LOVE the watch you gave me honest!" laughed Mason.
Mason couldn't stop laughing.
"It's my fault for yelling at you the first time you saw the picture!" laughed Mason standing up.
Mason took a deep breath and then spoke again. Emily was now confused either he was being serious or eing happy about the present.
"Look.....if that was why you were in a bad mood......you should go eat now." mumbled Mason.
Emily smiled as she ran down the hall to get to the party.
"Girls confuse the hell out fo me." smiled Mason.