Chapter 24: A Minnesota Peppermint Winter

Me: I'm DONE! Yes!

Logan: Took ya pretty long.

Me: *glares at Logan* I will throw one of your textbooks at you.

Carlos: Wow...this took 2 years.

Me: Actually, a year and several months. Thank goodness it's not December of 2012.

Kendall: Well, you did a good job.

Me: Thanks!

Ok, I know you don't really want to hear me rant but I HAVE to tell you this. I got to go to...*dramatic drumroll*...A BIG TIME RUSH CONCERT!

They performed at Mardi Gras at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL (I live in Apopka, FL) and I saved up my money to buy a pass to see them. IT WAS AWESOME!

Plus, it was my first concert, so YEAHH! THOSE GUYS ARE HOTTER W/O THE CAMERAS!

And I waved hi during a song (no one else had their hands up...don't know why) and Carlos waved hi back to me! AHHHHHHH! XD XD

I just had to tell you that. And I did luv their spy movie...even though I felt bad for Logan, who seemed to be bad luck's target all day.

So, I don't own anything besides my OC's, plot and a picture of Logan and Kendall I took from the concert on my digital camera! Enjoy the final chapter of BFTP.

December 19, 2011

Normal POV

Logan smiled as he walked off the airplane, taking a deep breath to relax. Jazzmine followed behind, her face looking a bit pale.

"You gonna be okay?" Jazzy looked up to see her brother. She swallowed hard and nodded her head.

"I'm fine; it's just a little jet-lag." Logan held his little sister by her waist to help her keep balance.

"I guess you're still nervous about being home, huh?" Jazzy nodded.

After the other teens got off the plane, they grabbed their bags from the terminal; they took a cab to the Diamond home.

About 5am
At the Diamond Home

As James rang the doorbell, Hailey played with her gloves, nervous.

"What if your mom doesn't like me?" James smiled.

"I think she'll like you. And I'll still date you if she doesn't." Hailey blushed.

The door opened revealing Brooke Diamond on the other side.

"James! Thank goodness you all made it safe." She hugged her son, who was flustered with embarrassment.

She pulled away and examined Hailey, along with the other girls. "And who are these lovely girls?"

James smiled and introduced each of the girls. "This is Hailey, Samantha, Autumn and Jazzmine."

"Well, come on inside and make yourselves comfortable. You all must be freezing." Brooke opened the door and invited the 8 teenagers inside.

Jazzmine pulled her hood over her head, hiding her face.

"So, where are our parents?" Carlos asked, placing his suitcase next to the staircase.

"They're all working right now. But, they'll be home soon." Logan grabbed Jazzy's hand and they walked out the door.

"Where are we going?" Jazzy asked, clearly confused.

"I gotta show you something at the house. Don't worry, it's outside." Logan answered as the twins walked towards their house.

(About 5 minutes later)

Logan sighed as they made it to their house. Jazzmine's eyes grew wide at the forest that was settled behind their home.

She held her brother's arm tighter, frightened.

"Why are we here?" Logan said nothing, but led Jazzmine to their bedroom window.

Under it was a small memorial; little teddy bears, worn-out candles, cards, deflated balloons and a picture of the brunette sister. Over the memorial was a sign that said R.I.P. Jazzmine Dallas Mitchell, spray-painted in red.

Jazzmine's eyes filled up with tears as she hiccupped quietly. "H-How long has this been here?"

Logan sighed, picking up the lily flower he left for her. "10 years; ever since you were kidnapped."

Logan handed his sister the lily flower and her old bracelet. The broken girl started to sob on her brother's shoulder.

"I wish t-this didn't h-happen. I f-feel b-bad and I-I missed everyone." The siblings sat in the middle of the memorial while Jazzmine just sobbed.

"We missed you too little sis." Logan sighed.

The sound of a car door opening was heard and what sounded like footsteps in the snow.

"Logan, honey, why are you outside in the freezing cold, and who is this?" The twins looked up to see their mother, Bethany Mitchell.

Logan smiled. "Hi mom, I was just showing Jazzy's memorial to someone."

Jazzy looked up, her eyes red and puffy from crying and her nose bright red from the cold. "Mommy?"

Bethany looked at Jazzmine, her eyes growing wide. "Jazzmine?"

Jazzmine smiled slightly before her mother hugged her tightly, crying. "I've missed you so much. You both need to come inside. Quickly, before you get sick!"

Once inside, Bethany made some hot chocolate while Logan called the guys over. Jazzmine just sat quietly on the couch.

Why do I feel like a stranger in my own home?
Because you haven't been here since your 6th birthday.

Jazzmine threw a paper ball at her twin. "Stay outta my head!"

"Hmm...nah." Logan smirked.

The doorbell rang as a knock came from the door. Jazzmine got up and opened the door to see her friends.

"Wow, you're house is really pretty." Sam looked in awe.

"Well, are you guys gonna come inside or stand out there and become ice-cubes? Jazzy asked, a smile on her face.

The teens walked into the warm home, the girls shivering from the snow.

"I don't think my friends are gonna get used to the cold." Jazzy helped Hailey, Sam and Autumn by leading them to the fireplace to keep them warm.

Bethany Mitchell came out with eight cups of hot chocolate with whipped cream. She handed each of the boys and girls a warm cup.

"So, who are these very pretty girls?" Ms. Mitchell asked Logan, who was blushing.

"This is Autumn, Hailey and Samantha." Logan introduced each of the girls. "Girls, this is my mother."

Jazzmine giggled at her flustered brother. Kendall took a sip of his hot chocolate before he got an idea.

"Jazz, you remember the lake behind our old high school?" The brunette nodded, drinking her hot chocolate.

"We're headed over there later, so do you and the girls wanna come?" The girls glanced at each other.

Hailey answered. "Yea, so we can kick your butts in ice hockey again!"

Kendall stood up, almost spilling his hot chocolate. "You are SO ON!"

"What's the bet this time?" James asked. Samantha's eyes lit up with an idea.

"Losing team has to stick their tounge on a metal pole for 5 minutes. No if's and's or but's." Logan shook Sam's hand.

"It's a bet. Now, let's go." As the eight teens finished their hot chocolate and prepared to leave, Bethany smiled as she heard Logan and Jazzmine yell "Bye mom."

(At Lake Superior)

The sun seemed to rise perfectly over the Great Lake Superior. Most of the lake was frozen solid this year.

"Wow. I kinda forgot how pretty a winter sunrise is here." Jazzmine swooned from behind her video camera.

Suddenly, a snowball hit Jazzmine on the back of her neck. Turning off the camera, she turned around and looked at her friends, who were putting on their skates.

"Who threw the snowball?" Everyone pointed at each other. The brunette rolled her eyes and walked over, trying not to fall on her ice skates.

She picked up some snow and carefully created a snowball.

"Are you guys gonna tell me who threw the snowball or do I have to stuff snow down all of your pants?" Eyes growing wide, they all pointed at Logan.

Jazzmine threw the snowball at her brother, who fell back into the snow from the impact. "We gonna skate or snowball fight?"

"SKATING SNOWBALL FIGHT!" Carlos, James and Kendall yelled while Logan wiped the snow off his face.

Hailey looked at Jazzmine. "Skating snowball fight?"

"It's this thing we made up when we were five. We ended up making snowballs while ice skating. It was hard, but a lot of fun." Jazzmine explained to her friends.

"Boys verses Girls. The losers have to be the winners' slave for the rest of the day. Deal?" Kendall asked.

Hailey smirked and shook Kendall's hand. "Deal."

The competition began as snowballs flew from different sides of the ice rink.

(One hour later)

The teens fell onto the snow, exausted and worn out from the competiton. The boys had won, but they all had some fun.

After taking off their skates, the 2 bands began to walk home. (They don't live far from the school)

"So, since we won, you guys gotta work for us, right?" Carlos smirked as Hailey rolled her eyes.

"Yes, but no human labor kinda stuff. We got Christmas in a few days and I'm not spending it in pain." Hailey gently smacked Carlos on the back of his head.

Carlos laughed before realizing something. He placed both his hands on the top of his head to realize that his beloved helmet was gone.

"Do one of you guys have my helmet?" The teens looked at each other.

"No. I thought I saw you put- Wait. Is that it?" Samantha pointed in the direction of the road, which had a black helmet sitting right in the middle.

Carlos nodded. "Yea, but how'd it get there?"

"Maybe it rolled over there when we were taking off our skates or something." James said as he headed towards the road.

Suddenly, a speeding semi truck flew down the road and crushed the black hockey helmet into pieces. The two band members looked at the crushed helmet in pure shock.

"Umm...I think we should...head back." Kendall pulled Carlos away as the others followed behind them.

As the teens walked down Minnesota's main street, Jazzmine stopped in front of a pet store and an electronic store. Gears started turning in her head as her eyes lit up with an idea.

Christmas Day; Mitchell Home

The sun peeked over the cold 40 degree Minnesota weather as Logan yawned himself awake. He glanced at the clock, which read 8:43am.

As he started to fall back asleep, something started to shake him. He opened his eyes to see Jazzmine.

Logan yawned and rubbed his eyes. He looked to see that his sister was dressed as if she were going outside. "Jazz, it's too early. What do you want?"

Jazzmine half yawned, still a little tired. "I gotta get Carlos his present. I would've done it earlier but everyone was constantly pounding me with questions!"

Ever since the boys' parents and hockey friends found out that Jazzmine was okay, she almost never had a moment to herself. She was constantly asked if she remembered anything (which of course, she never told) or if she was mentally okay. Today was the only day she would sorta have to herself.

Logan groaned as he sat up. "What are you getting him?"

Jazzmine rolled her eyes. "You're gonna have to come with me to find out."

Christmas Day Pajamas

Kendall: An orange "Minnesota Wild" t-shirt and red plaid pajama pants.

Autumn: A white Rarity pajama set.

James: A plain white t-shirt and blue pajama pants.

Hailey: An orange Applejack t-shirt with blue Rainbow Dash pajama pants.

Carlos: A red "Pocket God" t-shirt with a black "Angry Birds" pajama pants.

Jazzmine: A pink Pinkie Pie pajama set, along with boot slippers.

Logan: A yellow "Angry Birds" t-shirt and black pajama pants.

Samantha: A purple Twilight Sparkle pajama set.

(2 Hours Later)

Carlos snuck downstairs, careful not to wake anyone. Once near the living room, he noticed the brunette girl quietly curled up in a ball, sleeping on the couch.

He carefully walked into the kitchen closet and pulled out a neon green pet carrier. After placing the carrier under the tree, the Latino tried to sneak outof the living room, he slipped on the carpet and yelped in pain.

Jazzmine jumped up and accidentally fell on Carlos, who groaned in pain.

"Oh my gosh, I'm sorry!" The brunette sat off Carlos' stomach and helped him sit up. Then, she lightly punched his right arm.

"Ow! What was that for?" The Latino asked.

Jazzmine smirked. "For scaring the daylights outta me!"

Carlos rubbed his arm as he handed the brunette the pet carrier.

She tilted her head slightly to the right before handing Carlos a small box wrapped in candy-cane wrapping paper.

Carlos ripped the wrapping paper and opened the box to see a dark blue Kodax 14MP digital camera. "How'd you know I wanted a camera?"

Jazzy shrugged. "I saw you taking a lot of pictures with your cell-phone."

"I WIN!" Samantha yelled as she raced down the stairs, the other band members right on her tail.

"You got a head start." Hailey sighed, trying to catch her breath.

"Umm, hello?" Sam hit Hailey's forehead. "Did you forget that I was captain of the track team last year?"

Hailey rolled her eyes. "Of course not. You wouldn't stop talking about it."

Kendall smirked as he grabbed Autumn's hat and placed it on his head. "MERRY CHRISTMAS! HO HO HO!"

Carlos took a picture of the six band members with the new camera while Jazzy was laughing her head off.

"Merry Christmas, guys." Carlos smiled as Jazzy caught her breath and the other band members took a seat on the living room couches.

"What's this?" Autumn asked, picking up the carrier.

"It's Jazzmine's gift, but she didn't open it." Carlos explained as Autumn handed Jazzmine the neon green pet carrier.

"Alright, I'll open it." The brunette opened the carrier and squealed as a bright tan kitten with black stripes and a bright red bow shyly walked out into the living room.

"Aww! It's so cute! What's its name?" Autumn asked as Jazzmine picked up the kitten. She noticed the name tag. She read the name, and then started laughing.

"His name's Blaine Warbler Mitchell!" The other girls started laughing while Kendall and James looked confused. Logan and Carlos just chuckled along. (My glee fans will probably get this.)

"That explains the bowtie." Hailey noticed, scratching the 8 week kitten,

"Blaine Warbler?" Kendall asked the Latino.

"Jazz is really into Glee and her favorite character's name is Blaine Anderson. He's on some choir team called the Warblers, so I thought that she'd like it." Carlos explained.

Kendall raised an eyebrow "…And you know this how?"

"I watch Glee. It's not that bad." Carlos smiled.

30 minutes later

Hailey and Jazzmine were staring at the tv, singing along to "I Feel Pretty/Unpretty" with Hailey's new Glee Karaoke 2 Wii Game while little Blaine just sat, watching the two girls and occasionally cleaning his face.

Carlos was petting his new Yorkshire Terrier, named "Stella Hummel Garcia."

Logan was examining his dog tag with his new microscope. He glanced at Jazzmine, who was wearing her new dog tag, and smiled.

James was outside having a snowball war against Autumn, Samantha and Kendall. He tackled Kendall, who threw a snowball at his new sneakers.

Kendall playfully fought back, his new red beanie somewhere behind him. Samantha and Autumn just laughed, their new friendship bracelets jingling.

New Years' Eve; The Garcia Home

The eight band members and their families sat around the widescreen tv as the 10 second mark lit in the New York City New Year's Eve Ball, which was slowly starting to descend.

Logan took a sip of his sparkling apple juice, relieved that the year was almost over. (I really wanna try sparkling apple juice.)

He glanced at his sister, who was watching the ball drop with Carlos. I'm glad we found her. He thought to himself. It's been way too long living without her.

Samantha called all the band members into a small circle in the middle of the living room.

"Now that this odd year is almost over, any last minute resolutions you didn't do?" Carlos ran into kitchen. Not even a minute later, he came back with a chocolate-covered pickle.

"...Do I want to know?" Jazzmine asked, curiousity peaking at her mind.

"Yep!" Carlos said as he took a big bite out of the pickle. "This...is...AWESOME!"

Kendall suddenly remembered. "Oh yeah! Your chocolate pickle resolution!" The girls looked at him, confused.

"He swore he would eat a chocolate covered pickle during the last 10 seconds on New Years' Eve." Logan filled them in.

5

The girls nodded in understanding before grabbing their New Years' blow-horns.

4

Logan hugged Jazzmine. "I missed you so much and I'm really glad we found you."

3

Jazzmine pulled away, tears in her brown eyes. "I missed you too. All of you guys."

2

The 2 bands formed a group hug while Carlos set up his camera.

1

The camera set, Carlos joined in the picture right before the flash went off.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!

The girls blew their blow-horns as 2012 officially began. Carlos grabbed Jazzmine and pulled her into the hallway.

She looked around. "...Didn't we keep cookies hidden in this hallway closet?"

Carlos nodded, a smirk on his face. "Happy New Years'."

Before she could ask, Jazzmine felt Carlos' lips on hers, and didn't hesistate to kiss him back.

A small flash went off and the couple pulled away to see Logan, holding Carlos' new camera and a huge smile on his face.

Jazzmine ran over and hugged her brother. "Happy New Years'...Hortense." She laughed.

Logan rolled his eyes, the smile still on his face. "Happy New Years' to you too...Lillian."

Me: *bangs head repeatively on laptop* THANK *bang* FREAKIN *bang* GOODNESS!

Carlos:...You ok, Flameheart?

Me: Just relieved. I had writers block for 2 whole months and then my laptop kept logging me off when I was writing this. I'm just glad it's finally over!

Kendall: Yeah...it's not done.

Me: Say wha?

Logan: A lot of reviewers are hoping for a sequel.

Me:...Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention. This is gonna be part of a "book series" called "Time Of Our Lives." And I came up with this before Elevate came out.

James: So...we're not done?

Me: You're done until December 26th. That's when the sequel, called "Twisting The Present."

Kendall: What about the whole "Red is Revenge" thing?

Me: That's gonna be the third book, so everyone accidentally got a sneak peak of something that might not come out 'til the end of 2013. And, it's got a different title.

Logan:...And it's called.

Me: Hold your horses; I'm trying to remember...Ah-HA! A Blow To Our Future. Same plot as "Red Is Revenge."

Carlos: *throws confetti around* It's over!

Me: 'til around Christmas.

I want to thank all of you who have taken the time to read, review, alert and favorite my story. I didn't know that it was going to take this long. But, thanks for putting up with my craziness. I'll see you guys again in December and I will miss you.

Oh, and if you're a Glee Fan, especially a Blaine Anderson fan, I'm posting a story over summer break (Early June). It's called "A Little 2 Optimistic" with my OC, Jazzmine Alena Anderson, who will be Blaine's year younger sister.

*Flameheart2013 Approved*