Chapter 3- Enemy Post-Its, Secret Santas, and Christmas Spirit
Ash was drooling. Seriously. He had fallen asleep in homeroom during morning announcements (how is that possible?), and people were starting to notice.
Dawn got a post-it note, passed from her classmate, Iris.
"To let you know," she whispered in Dawn's ear, and stole a quick look at the sender. "It's from Ursula!"
Dawn opened it. It said:
Lol! Ash is drooling! And his hair looks like a rat's nest! Must look like you in the morning!
Best wishes,
Ursula
Dawn turned around, stuck her tongue out at Ursula, and said, "At least I don't always look like that, unlike some people! And I have the decency to give my insults face-to-face!
She and Misty high-fived, smiling. Even Iris, normally a little shy, was giggling. Misty was proud of Dawn. Lately she had come out of her shell, and Misty was glad for that, not only so Dawn could stand up for herself, but she could relate to Dawn more now that their personalities were more similar.
The loudspeaker stopped, signaling the end of morning announcements, and Professor Oak stood up.
"I have one additional thing to tell you about," Professor Oak smiled. "Today, we are going to begin Secret Santa assignments! You will receive who you are the Secret Santa for through your Indigo High email accounts. And remember, do not tell anyone who you are Secret Santa for!"
The bell rung, and students rushed out of homeroom. "Have a good day!" Professor Oak said.
On her way out, May said, "Oh, I wish I knew who I got!"
Gary cringed. "Well, I think I know who I got, knowing my uncle. I can't wait to check, just to be sure."
Dawn put a marshmallow in her hot chocolate. She sipped it.
"Woah, it's so good! Thanks, mom!"
"No problem!" her mom called from the kitchen.
"Oh!" Dawn said to herself. "I have to check my email!"
She sat by her desk, and surfed through her recent messages. She found one titled "Secret Santa Assignment: Dawn Berlitz" She clicked on it, and it, to her immediate horror, read:
Dawn Berlitz: Ursula _
"Oh, crap! What is it with Professor Oak?" she yelled, and spilled her drink on her clothes. "I gotta call May!"
May went to the computer room. Her dad was by the bookshelf…cleaning?
"I'm trying to find a gift for your mother for Christmas," he yawned. "I bought it a month ago, and put it in here. I did it so she wouldn't find it, but neither can I!"
He turned to her. "Oh, do you need the computer? Because I-"
"No, no…no, I don't, it's nothing." she went up to her room.
She realized that she had to get Gary a Christmas gift. "Oh, no…well, I hope I get him, but even if I don't, I should get him something!"
She blushed, and took out her cell phone. Immediately it was flooded with texts from Dawn.
May May! Look the assignments! I'm not gonna tell you who I got, but I HATE PROFESSOR OAK! (; ^;)
May cringed, and as fast as possible, her thumbs clicked through her messages, and she felt like screaming when she saw her assignment.
May Maple: Drew Hayden
"Ohmigod!" she yelled. "I can't believe this!"
She slammed her phone on her bed, then ran to it to text Dawn.
Let's go 2 Misty's and then invite the guys!
She waited a moment until May texted back, "Yes!", and gathered her things. She ran down the stairs, put on her coat and shoes, and ran to Misty's.
She ran a few blocks until a bike sped past her. She jumped into a bush, and recognized the silhouette of Misty. She was about to go after her, but the bike swerved around, stopped, and Misty got off and ran to her.
"I can't deal with this! The person I got is so-she-she's so-um, he's so-annoying!"
Misty was fuming, so May decided not to say anything, and merely put her hand on Misty's shoulder. Dawn came running up to them, panting.
"I ran all the way to Misty's house, and I saw *deep breath, pant, pant* that no one was there, so I *pant* ran *pant* to May's," Dawn sighed and, noticing the current situation, asked, "Whadimiss?"
Misty turned to her. "I GOT IR-I GOT THE MOST ANNOYING PERSON EVER!"
She stalked off, got her bike, and zoomed away, screaming, "I CANNOT TAKE THIS!"
"Wait, Misty!" Dawn sighed, then turned to May. "Well…ya wanna go to Gary's? He might be able to convince Professor Oak to change who we got…"
"Gary? Gary? Huh?...Oh, what, oh…Gary, yeah…let's go, I…I need to get my bike, not, we can walk, right? I'm pretty sure his house is only four blocks from here, I think."
"Oh, where is Ash's house?" Dawn said excitedly, but tried to cover it up. "I want to see if he's happy with who he got, so if he lived near here, I supposed that I could have asked him."
I hope he got me! she thought. I wonder what he would get me if he was my Secret Santa…
She was zoning out in Ash-related thoughts while May was tugging on her arm. "Dawn? Dawn! Come ON!" May yelled.
"What? Ash? Huh?!"
"Come on! Follow me, please!" May trudged forward, pulling Dawn along.
"Okay, Ash…"
When they arrived at Gary's, they noticed that professor Oak's car was there.
Immediately, Dawn snapped out of her daze, and May's face flushed with anger. She texted Misty:
Gary's house :) come over. professor Oak is there
She sent the message, and turned to Dawn. "Let's wait for Misty, I-"
"WHAT?!" Misty zoomed by, and the wheels on her bike screeched as they skidded to a halt. She ran off her bike, to the side of Gary's house, and climbed up the gutter.
She stopped, and looked into one room. "No, it's Daisy's, and she's reading a book in there."
Misty continued climbing, until she reached another window. "No one's in here…" She opened the window and climbed in. "Ooh, it's Gary's room! May, you know you want to! Come on!"
May considered it, but Dawn noticed, and pulled her arm towards the front entrance, and May followed. They rang the doorbell, and Professor Oak answered it.
"Yes? Oh, hello, what-"
"We're here to talk about our Secret Santa assignments." a voice came from behind. They looked to find Misty and Gary standing on the stairs. Ash and Brock came running up to the front door, followed by Zoey, Iris, Ursula, Paul, Barry, Conway, and Drew.
Ash said, "Misty texted me and Brock that you were here, and then I texted Iris, who I guess texted Zoey." he shrugged, then gestured to Paul, Ursula, Barry, Drew, and Conway. "I don't know how they found out."
Dawn sighed. "This is a bit much, I just want to know why you gave us the assignments, because…" she looked around at the others. "Frankly, they, they're not that good. Well…we don't like who we got."
"Yes! We just want to get different people," Ursula walked up to the front of the group, pushing Dawn aside in the process. "Don't we have the right to change who we get?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't change them," Professor Oak sighed, "You can buy gifts for people that you want to get gifts for, but you will have to get gifts for who you are Secret Santa for as well. That's it. Right, Gary?"
Everyone's eyes fixed on Gary, including the professor's. "Um, yes…yeah."
He turned to May with a look that said, Sorry! He's like that, you know how hard it can get when he's your grandpa as well as teacher.
Everyone exchanged glances and came up with one answer. "But-"
"I'm sorry. That's my final answer." Professor Oak turned to Misty, then stared up at the ceiling. "*sigh* How did you get in here? I didn't see you come behind me, it-"
He stopped when he noticed none of the kids were there. "Kids," he sighed. "Always the same."
A few days later, it was time to give the gifts out, and everyone was moaning and sighing.
"Class!" Professor Oak said. 'Class! I have you for first and second period, so you are allowed to give your Secret Santa gifts."
Dawn leaned over and tossed her gifts to Ursula, cringing. Ash got up, and gave his gift to Trip, then pretended to barf in the wastebasket. Misty got up and, forcing a smile, gave her gift to Iris. Iris put it on her desk, and slowly got up to give her gift to Zoey. She placed it on her desk, then ran-walked back to her seat.
Woah, May thought. Misty thinks Iris is annoying? She seems so nice, and quiet, and perfectly calm, and sweet from what I've- oh, that must be why Misty doesn't like her. They're total opposites!
May got up, and passed her gift to Drew, smiling a genuine smile. He stuck his tongue out at her, and gave his gift to Ash. She cringed as he gave another gift to her.
A gift from Drew? she thought. Oh, this is gonna suck!
Ash got up, gave his gift to Dawn, and Brock, blushing, gave his gift to Misty, then ran back to his seat, and heaved a sigh of relief. Harley tossed his gifts to May, Dawn, Zoey, Iris, Misty and Ursula.
She cursed. Dumb ladies' man.
May's eyes widened as Conway's head appeared over her right shoulder, his hands clamped onto her shoulders, and he whispered in her ear, "I give a gift to a flower, known as May Maple. Enjoy." He gave her his gift, but seemed as if he was waiting for her to open it, because he didn't leave.
"Geez, go, man! Leave her alone!" Gary came over, and unclamped Conway's hands from her soldier. Conway left, and Gary said, "Sorry about that. Here, anyway."
He handed her his gift, and she handed him hers. For a few seconds, they stared into each other's eyes, smiling a little. It was so romantic!
Unfortunately, the moment was cut short when Professor Oak, once again, called his class to order. "Now, I all believe that, through Secret Santa gifts, we were all able to enjoy a bit of Christmas. Repeat after me: To Christmas Spirit!"
May noticed Dawn smiling at Ursula, and vice-versa. May looked at Drew from a different perspective, as she hoped the same with Gary and her. She realized that this truly did help everyone appreciate each other more, even enemies and frenemies.
The class smiled as they yelled, "To Christmas Spirit!".
Nozomi: The moment I needed to come up with an idea for the chapter, I actually came up with a stupid run-on one, but then I realized: it has to be about Christmas! I just started typing and it formed as a story, I was like, "No, I'm sorry, but if this is for Christmas, IT MUST BE DONE BY ME!" Flame did help a lot with the idea, though, so thanks! I'm in love with Christmas, it is my favorite holiday, I ate like 9 candy canes on Christmas-SUGAR HIGH! (~)
Sliver: She's hyper. Probably shouldn't let her write then next chapter. Well please R&R and all that stuff! Happy holidays (because we're off schedule...)
Nozomi: Yes, yes we are. :) Oh! I forgot to tell y'all, for those who have Google+ account, my name on it is Hope Stone, add me in your circles! (I have a picture of Hatsune Miku as my profile pic, I'll post something in relation to Pokémon, so you should know it's me) I had TONS of Soul Eater, Pokémon, SoRelatable, LolThatsMe, and anime posts. Excuse the fact that everything is erased, a certain family member deleted EVERYTHING! :( Well, other than that, everythings all good, sorry that I had to put this on Sat. rather than Fri.. but expect the updates to still be every Fri. Bye for now!
Sliver: Bye!