"Wow Cody! You're really good at this." Bailey said while watching Cody slide gracefully in the ice.

"Well this is the only athletic thing I do good. But even at this Zack is better than me." Cody said still gliding through the ice.

"You always talk about Zack but I never met him." Bailey was curious.

"Well when mom and dad broke up my dad took Zack with him. And I lived with my mom." Cody said with a frown.

"Cody I'm sorry to hear that I didn't mean to. I was just curious of what-" Bailey was interrupted by Cody.

"It's fine Bailey none of it was your fault. Come into the ice! Let's play!"

"I can't really skate without falling down." Bailey said shyly.

"It's fine. Come on I'll teach you." Sliding to Bailey's direction.

"Thanks!"

"Tie your skates tightly so that your ankles won't be wobbly." Cody tied it for Bailey.

A few moments later...

"Wow Cody your a great teacher. This is really easy now." Bailey said.

"Thanks. Come on I'll race ya to that park bench!" Cody said getting a head start.

"Oh your on Martin!" skating as fast as she can.

Somewhere in the middle of the lake Bailey fell.

"Oh Bailey you are so gonna-" Cody turned around and saw Bailey was on her butt.

"Bailey are you alright?" Cody said with worrying eyes.

"Yeah I'm alright no broken bones. My butt just hurts that's all." Bailey said jokingly.

"Come let's rest for a while."

"I'll call ma and pa so that we can eat already."

They ate everything on the picnic basket.

"Whoo wee! I'm stuffed." Mr. Pickette said.

"Well did you kids have fun?" Mrs. pickette said.

Eveyone nodded.

"You have a few hours left before we head home. We're going caroling later." Mr. Pickette said.

And that they did. They went around the neighborhood and sang different christmas song.

From silent night to deck the halls.

The kids received a lot of treats.

When it was 30 minutes pass six Mr and Mrs. Pickette decided it's time to head home.

Around 9 o'clock the food was ready.

Everyone gathered around the table.

"As a tradition -" Mrs. Pickette got interrupted by a door bell.

"I'll go get it." Mr. Pickette said.

"Sorry if I'm interrupting anything, Can I still accept your invitation and join you for christmas?" Carey said.

"Well you just about time! Come on in" Mr. Pickette said.

As Cody saw Carey, he ran toward her mommy and hugged her.

"Mom! You came!" Cody said happily.

"Well, I told you I'd love to be with you this day. My show got cancelled somehow no one showed up." Carey said.

"I'm just happy your here." Cody said.

"Come on let's continue this over dinner." Mr. Pickette said.

They all went over at the dinner table.

"So as I was saying as tradition like thanksgiving we will all say what were thankful for before dinner." Mrs. Pickette said.

"I'll start. I'm thankful for everything god has given us. These wonderful children, they can be a handful sometimes but I love them. And I'm thankful that Clyde can make it this christmas here. Christmas wouldn't be the same without you." Mrs. Pickette said.

"I'm thankful for my loving wife and kids that gives me strength and courage to face each trials that come my way. And that I know they're always there for me." Mrs. Pickette said.

(I don't know each of Bailey's sister so I'm just gonna skip them.)

"Like all of you I'm thankful for having you as my family. I thank god for every blessing he gives us. I'm thankful that I have my bestfriend Cody, like you guys he's always there for me too. I love you guys" Bailey said.

"I am thankful that my mom is here today. She has always been the whose there for me. I'm thankful for this evening. I'm able to experience the greatest Christmas eve ever!" Cody said.

"First of all I would like to thank the Pickette family for inviting us today. Thank you for taking care of my son. And I'm thankful I have a wonderful son like you Cody." Carey said.

"Now our thanks has been said, Let's eat!" Mr. Pickette said.

At midnight it was time for the gifts.

"Bailey here's my gift to you. It's nothing compared to this gift you've given me." Cody said.

"What gift? I haven't given you anything yet." Bailey said while taking Cody's gift.

"You've given me this wonderful christmas."

"Well then. Your welcome."

Bailey opened Cody's gift. It was a pink scarf that has her name on it and hearts all over.

"Wow Cody this is just what I needed. I love it!" Bailey said while hugging Cody.

"Your welcome." Cody said letting go of the hug.

"Well now it's your turn to open my gift." Bailey said.

Cody opened it tearing through the green wrapper. It looked exactly like the mitten that Cody lost. Only there are two of it.

"And just what I needed too. But what am I gonna do with the extra one?" Cody said teasing Bailey.

"You don't like it?" Bailey said with a sad face on.

"No I love it. I was only teasing you. Thank you so much" Cody said with a grin on his face.

Cody then gave his mother her gift.

"Mom here's my gift to you" Cody said.

It was a heart shaped locket with Cody and Carey's picture inside of it.

"Aww. Cody how could you afford this? I love it!" Carey said with tears in her eyes.

"I got a lot of savings mom."

"Thank you so much honey. But I'm sorry I didn't get you anything. I didn't come prepared. All I have are these hug coupons." Carey said.

"It's okay mom as long as your always there for me. Mind if I use one coupon now?" Cody said.

"Aww. Honey come here." Carey hugged Cody.

Cody felt the security of her mom's hug. Like there was nothing that can hurt him as long as she is there. There was something about the warmth from his mother's hug that made him forget about all the worry he has. Right now, no matter what his worries are he knows he would face it.

"My little man is growing up." Carey said.

"But I'll always be your little man, mom."

I'm kinda upset because I accidentally deleted this story I just uploaded it again. I lost your reviews. But I saved them on my e-mail. I really do appreciate them. Sorry for the late post. But to make it up I tried to make it longer. I'm thankful for my readers.

Who has watched the graduation episode? Epic right? It was the best episode of SLOD. It made me laugh and cry at the same time. For those who haven't watch it you guys got to. They will live in our hearts forever.

And BTW if anyone would be interested in following me on twitter. Hazelyn08

Love you guys.