SSF: I must admit this had to be the longest chapter ever. I wish to thank all of you who have been following, favoriting, and reviewing this fanfic, I would like to thank iiShuChan for being there with me, and HopeFaith2, and IiBeautifullyImperfectII as well!
Now then, This covers Christmas Eve. Christmas Day, and New Years will be in the same chapters
Secret Santa I will tell you who had who at the end, those I feel is important that is.
Disclaimer: I only Own Tori
Chapter 21
Dear Secret Santa,
This year, I ask for nothing. For I have found my gift, you may know him, his name is Arthur Kirkland. Ever since I came to this school,and met him we became really good friends so good we started going out. He got me the most wonderful birthday gift too.
A pause, Tori looked at the small letter in thought, he had to leave a note for his secret Santa for what he wanted for Christmas, he shook his head and wrote again,
However, if you are one to get something for me anyway, then I guess I'll take a book, not any book a series, see I have my eyes set on this book series; The Star Catcher series by Dave Berry and Ridely Pearson (The man who made the Kingdom Keepers), and I kind of want to read the first book out of curiosity. Thank you once again,
-Tori
The young boy sealed the letter in an envelope, he set it on the desk next to the laptop. He grabbed his Science book and notebook before going down to his Earth Science class with Mr. Beilschmidt, Ludwig and Gilbert's father, he pushed it aside and walked into the classroom, taking his seat in the middle row by the window, getting his notes out. As always he was the first one in next to the teacher,
"Early riser as usual Tori" Tori looked at the long haired German and smiled.
"What can I say, this class is farther away than my other ones. I'm so used to getting up early so I'm not late, Mr. Beilschmidt." he said rubbing his eyes.
"Even though after half of the second semester, I gave you permission to use my name, you never do" he said in a teasing sound. Tori laughed and shook his head, Adelwulf, like Evlyn Kirkland, had his fun side only to the students who actually put effort in their studying. Soon enough, a few other students filed in, sitting in their respective seats and conversing amongst themselves. Tori tune them out, doodling on a spare piece of paper, he was too focused on the picture he didn't noticed that one of the students behind him was poking his shoulder gently. Not getting any response from the silver-eyed teen, the person took a pen and slowly dragged the lid down the back of Tori's neck, subtly giggling all the while. Tori shivered and turned quickly to see who was bothering him, his scowl was replaced with a smile.
"Morning Mikhail, you have an odd way of getting people's attention" he said with a small laugh.
Mikhail cocked his head to the side while sporting his own bright smile, "I only do it to you, Alfred and Ivan" Tori smiled and shook his head, Mikhail was sort of shy but out going around his friends, having only talked to the Czech boy a few times in the past he felt like a good friend now. Though, he had some form of a crush on Ivan, which Tori never understood then again, he was with the Brit with the stick so far up his ass people would think that Arthur never smiled once in his life.
"So what did you ask your secret Santa, Mikhail?" The blond boy blinked a few times before another smile crept up,
"I wasn't really sure, so I just wrote down 'surprise me'...so hopefully it isn't Francis or I'll get an even bigger surprise than I'm wanting." Tori huffed in reply
"That's not far from the truth" Mikhail let out a light laugh,
"Well what about you? What did you ask?"
"Well" Tori started, "I asked for a book series. I've been wanting to read it out of pure curiosity!"
"I see, did you get anything from your family?" Mikhail asked as he tightened the hair tie in his hair, this time Tori let out a small laugh,
"Yes, But I'm not allowed to open them just yet for obvious reasons, you?"
Mikhail shook his head, "Just a card from my twin sestra Annessa" A dark shadow loomed over them, Adelwulf was beside them, the two froze and looked up with a small smile that said 'please don't be mad we lost track of time we love you so we're going to be kiss asses'. This didn't pass the German teacher.
"Seeing how you two are the chatter bugs, why don't you two come up to the front of the class and give the lecture on Volcanoes, here and now"
"V-Volcanoes?" Tori stammered with a slight squeak in his voice.
"Yes, Volcanoes"
"Wh-what if we promised not to talk from this moment on?" Mikhail asked, visibly shaken. The older man shook his head.
"Front and center, now" Mikhail whimpered and looked at Tori, said teen just slowly shrugged and stood up, he didn't particularly want to stand in front of everyone and give a half ass lecture about something he didn't really know about, and he knew Mikhail most certainly felt the same way. They turned and faced the class once they made it to the front, Mikhail looked as if he were going to pass out at any moment, and Tori himself wasn't fair much better. The young teens wished to god by some miracle that someone, anyone would come in and rescue them from
RING
"The fire alarm?" Mikhail looked at Tori with confusion burning in his eyes.
"Santa answered my prayers, it really is a Christmas miracle!" he laughed happily. The class was ushered out of the building, into the courtyard waiting for the okay to go back inside while the teachers went to get everything settled. Tori took this advantaged and grabbed a snowball, eh grinned and saw Ivan talking to the Baltic siblings before chucking the snowball at the back of his head, he turned away to put on the innocent air, this was bound to start a snow ball fight to pass the time, and that is just what Tori was aiming for.
Ivan turned around to see if he could find the culprit, when he found Alfred laughing, he threw a snowball right at his face,
"What the hell Commie! I didn't do it," he said throwing one at him "Now I did." And like a chain reaction, one person or another got involved in a snowball fight, all without their winter coats on. But it didn't matter, they just wanted to have some fun before they were ushered inside to get to their next class. The entire group was laughing and flinging snow, even the serious ones like Ludwig was laughing. Eventually people started forming groups and making forts to have a full out war of snow. Tori was teamed with Mikhail and Arthur aiming for Alfred, Ivan and Francis. When the battle neared it's end, the teachers came out to get everyone inside, everyone was still laughing and talking about it, some were trying to figure out who started the flame, others just said that whoever it was, they did them a favor, and the rest were concerned about who tripped the fire alarm. On their way back to get their books; Tori, Arthur and Mikhail were stopped by a very livid Ivan (though he hid it with that child-like smile of his). They each stared at him dumbfounded, Tori took a tiny step back to avoid him.
"I would very much like to know who threw that first snowball at me" He practically purred. Arthur laughed nervously stepping back with Tori. Tori for one wasn't going to tell, Ivan was a good ten inches taller than he was and he knew Arthur and Mikhail wouldn't tell.
Mikhail smiled innocently, cocking his head to the side, "I did" Tori looked at the Czech and slightly paled, what was he doing?! Ivan looked at Mikhail and placed a hand on his head like a petting motion,
"I see, it was one of your 'get attention' ways da?" Mikhail gave a light laugh and nodded
"Yes, it was...I didn't think it would escalate in a snowball fight though"
"I see" Smiled the Russian.
Arthur let out a nervous laugh, "Y-You're not mad?"
"Not at all! He always does odd things to get my attention!" Ivan exclaimed with a smile. The blond boy in question gave the Russian a small glare as a pink tint spread across his pale cheek.
"Don't word it like that! You just made me sound like a...'whore' you osel!" The group laughed and went on their way, collecting their books and moving on down to their next class, Tori looked to Mikhail and questioned him why he took the blame, only to get the answer 'Ivan likes me, I'm cute and I can get away with things'. The two parted at a fork in the hallway and agreed to meet up for lunch later on, or break. Tori watched as his friend left down one hallway before going down his own hall going to his class, he couldn't help but to wonder if his secret Santa had already got his note and is off buying his gift right now. Speaking of gift, he couldn't help but to wonder if Eduard, the Estonian boy from Literature class is going to enjoy the new tablet from the school store, more space, easier to work on and such, he already put a few of the free books on there for pleasure reading; Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, and Treasure Island, he knew the Estonian enjoyed a good book time to time.
After entering the class silently, Tori took his seat near the window, students started to file in slowly, taking their time in getting to their own seats. Tori shook his head, honestly, literature wasn't THAT bad. Soon enough their teacher arrived, a Persian named Arman, class was mostly to prep the students for the Finals that were coming up. Tori winced, this was starting to go downhill already. Arman turned to the class and handed them a book,
"Now then, we're going to travel into an author's mind," he said handing the big tome to a desk, "Each table is to read one of the works in here and do a report on it. I believe this will be your challenge yet. For the report, I want you to tell me what it's about, why you picked it, what it means to you and the author, and of course. I expect some form of project to go with it, Model, painting, whatever you feel comfortable with." He said going down the rows. Tori looked at the black and slightly red book in front of him and his table mates, The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. A small smile crept across his face, he turned to the other two in his group; Kaoru, a boy from Thailand and Eduard the Estonian. Somewhat of a good group. Eduard gave a small smile,
"Seems we got it easy hm?"
"Looks like it! I know almost everything from the great Poe!" boasted the black-haired teen.
"Seems this project will go by faster than we thought then!" The Estonian beamed. Tori thought for a minute,
"But what of the project what will we do for it?" Eduard blinked thinking to himself. That was a rather good question, what could they do?
"If I could interject for a minute," smiled Kaoru, "I was thinking we could do a model of the heart from his Tell Tale Heart" Tori smiled,
"That would be cool, but difficult." The group thought in silence for a minute. What could they possibly do that would stand out from any other project? As they were thinking the teacher told the group the project was due after New Years day. Class was over and Tori turned to his group,
"Okay, How about this, we play around in the library on break, well, when we have a break, we find something in one of Poe's work, something, ANYTHING, that screams out to us, we meet up during breakfast, lunch and dinner and we tell what we have discovered. Once we find something the group agrees on, we spend the rest trying to figure out how to work the project into reality." The two nodded in agreement, Kaoru stepped forward to bring in an idea or to mention something;
"I only know a few of his works: The Raven, Murder in the Rue Morgue, The Masque of the Red Death, Black Cat, Tell Tale Heart, Gold Bug, Pit and the Pendulum, Murder of Marie Roget, and the Cask of Amontillado. So we should narrow our searches in those areas." Eduard nodded and so did Tori, at least now some parts of the project will be easy. The bell tolled and the group parted, it was break for all students so that meant more time to work in the library, and that's where they went.
Searching through book after book, the three kept this up for about five minutes. None of them spoke to the other, being caught up in reading to do anything more. As Tori skimmed through his current book, a very sly blonde eased up behind him with a small smile in place. As the person leaned over to see what the black-haired teen was doing he decided to make his presence known before he went ignored.
"The Raven, hm?"
Tori jumped, pratically throwing the book to the ground. Whirling around, Tori glared slightly at the person, "Arthur! You scared the crap out of me!"
Said blond let go of a small laugh, "I'm sorry, love. I couldn't resist! What are you doing anyhow?"
"Literature project" Eduard spoke up.
Tori nodded, "We have to do a book report and a project, like a painting or a model, and we're looking for things that would be unique and never done before
Arthur hummed in response, looking over the books they currently had sprawled out on the table, "Well, even though it seems you didn't pick it out, you could always do the coffin from Annabel Lee with Poe's hand coming from inside to close the top." The group smiled and nodded in agreement, thanking Arthur, they went to work on the project, each member had a job of their own, Kaoru and Eduard would build and design the coffin, And Tori would work on the body, and the hand. Fortunately, they had until the end of Christmas break to get the job done.
-Line Break-
It was already lunch break, as students filed in they saw the Dean getting ready for an assembly, Tori got his pasta dish and red velvet cake before taking his seat by the stained glass window of a rose, sitting next to Arthur who had a British dish and a cup of tea.
"How's your project coming along?" Arthur asked. Tori sighed a bit,
"It's going alright, I mean, I can find some things on Clarence for the hand, just for a bit though I mean I want to make it look authentic" Arthur nodded in approval, like it wasn't the first time he heard this.
"Most everything project wise, students do aim for authenticity" Tori nodded and took a bite of the lasagna and smiled,
"This is good!" Arthur chuckled, he still found it adorable that Tori's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree whenever he took a bite of the school's food. At least the Academy's food was more healthier than a regular high school. As the last of the students arrived, the Dean, Mr. Romulus took center stage and began the assembly.
"Welcome students! As we know the Holidays are around the corner, I know we have some students who celebrate a different Holiday rather than Christmas, but think of this way: You still get to be with your close friends no matter what you celebrate! And that's the main reason of this next event. In two days, is Christmas Eve, I want everyone to contribute something to the party, Christmas day is where we open our gifts from family and friends, in the Main hall, student lobby."
Alfred, who sat next to Arthur, was practically overflowing with joy from just hearing the dean utter the word 'Christmas'. Arthur rolled his eyes as Mikhail gave a small laugh. Most everyone who were currently sitting in the large cafeteria were excited, Christmas was the most favored time of year, whether it be through holiday or just the love for the wintery season.
"Now then, weather report: We're expecting heavy snow, so if you were planning on leaving for the holiday's you might want to call your parents and tell them you'll be late. The bus station will be closed and all out door classes are canceled."
As the speech ended, everyone went back to talking. The room was alight with Christmas concerned conversations. Alfred turned tot eh group sitting with him and finally eexploded.
"Dudes! We should totally go outside tonight! If it's going to snow again, just think of all the fun we could have!"
"And all the colds we could get. I'm not putting Tori in that risk and you know how easily Mikhail catches thing" Arthur said with a scolding tone.
"But the snow is fun! Ve~ I agree with Alfred!" Feliciano piped up happily
"See? You're just a pussy, Artie" "I am not, you bloody prat!"
Ludwig cleared his throat to prevent a fight from breaking in, "We wouldn't have to stay outside for long."
"Someone's thinking romantically!"
"Romantically?" Mikhail questioned looking at Alfred as Ludwig gave a small blush and a glare in the American's direction.
"Yeah! Snowy kiss scenes are the best in movies" blushed Tori
"I'd have to agree there" Shrugged Arthur, giving Tori a smile.
"What, you've never had someone hang out with you in the snow like that?" Alfred finally asked.
Mikhail shook his head, "My sestra would scare them off. She became very over protective over the years." Tori took Mikhail's hand in a friendly gesture and gave him a reassuring smile,
"I'm sure you'll find someone, that your sister won't try to scare away. Maybe she might like him or her too,"
"Thanks Tori, but it's fine really" He smiled and pointed to the cake on Tori's tray, "So are you going to eat that?"
Tori gave a small laugh and handed over the tiny cake. Mikhail, smiling, nodded his thanks before picking up his fork and taking a small bite.
"What time are we going out in the bloody cold then?" Arthur groaned looking at Alfred.
"Right after our last class!"
"That soon?"
"Yeah!"
"What if someone has plans?"
"Ve~ I don't!"
"Ja, same" Tori looked over setting the glass of water down.
"My project can wait for one night."
"Ano, I've nothing planned either" Mikhail said finishing off the cake
Triumphantly, Alfred beamed, "Then it's settled!" Arthur sighed, this was going to be one hell of a long evening. But, at least he can have his time with a certain silver-eyed treasure.
-Line Break-
As the bell rang singling the end of the final class, Tori walked to the courtyard where he would be with the others. Seeing he was there before the others he took this time and began to play around in the snow on his own, making snow angels. Sound of laughter was heard, Tori lifted his head and saw Mikhail running over, jumping in the snowbank next to him. The two laughed and began pouncing and rolling around in the snow until the others show up.
"Havin' fun without us?" Laughed Alfred from his spot next to Arthur, the Brit let out a small laugh himself,
"You two are so cute"
Blushing, both boys hopped up as they brushed the powdery white snow off their cloths, they saw Ludwig and Feliciano walk up beside the four with their fingers intertwined.
"Let's play turf wars"
Eyebrow cocked, Arthur looked over at Alfred as he warmed Tori's hands in his own, "What the bloody hell is that?"
"Well, I've been playing Bioshock with Mikhail and there's an area on there called 'turfwars' where you take over each others 'turfs'! We should totally do it, dude!"
Tori blinked, "How do we pick teams then?"
Alfred gave a devilish grin, "Ukes VS Semes" This caused Tori to blush a bright crimson red, Arthur gave a glare to Alfred,
"You are so sodding stereotypical, Alfred!"
And thus began an all out snowball fight, no teams, everyone was on their own, eventually, the snow falling had started to get harder and bitter, Tori saw the signs and started towards the door, the group followed his example and came back inside to warm up. Mikhail looked outside for a bit looking worried,
"It's really snowing now, glad we got our playing in before it got worse" Tori nodded and went to the elevator
"Hey guys, let's go upstairs, I'll make us some cocoa." He offered. The group smiled and followed him to his room. Cocoa would make the evening feel right, a group of friends sharing a cup of cocoa while watching a Christmas movie, and then sleep over until morning graced them with the streams of sunlight.
-Line Break-
It was Christmas eve and the group awoke to the smell of fresh baked cookies, Tori smiled at them and motioned to five containers, he had a small smile,
"I made different cookies for us to bring, we are to contribute something to the Christmas party," He said while quoting the dean. He turned back and placed the new batch in another container and closed the lid, "Come on, I want to get there before the others do so we can sample the good stuff and find our presents first"
This caused the American to jump with joy,
"Yeah! Presents! I freakin' love Christmas" Arthur held his head at the loud American,
"You're so bloody loud...how can you have so much energy THIS early?"
"Because it's Christmas Eve, AND it's Alfred" Mikhail said with a laugh. Ludwig sighed and sat up,
"Ja, that's the truth"
"Ve~ Let's go already!" Jumping up Feliciano grabbed a random container and darted out the door. After waking up fully, the others followed the over joyous Italian towards the elevator, grabbing the containers of cookies in the process. As they made it downstairs, Arthur took a glance outside, his eyes widened at the amount of snow that piled up blocking view from the window and possibly blocking off the door and the gates making it near impossible to walk outside and walk around.
"Good thing we came in when we did, chaps" Looking, Mikhail gave the same surprised expression as the Brit,
"Whoa!" Tori looked outside and paled slightly,
"Hopefully this won't affect anything, I mean if the power goes out we're practically screwed." the group agreed and went to the Student lounge seeing it empty save for the tree and presents. They set the cookies on the snack bar table and began to do some last minute decorating, adding tinsel to the walls, putting up a few wreaths on the doors and windows, and lighting up some candles before turning the tree on illuminating the dim room. With a smile, Alfred dove in for the present, ignoring the protests from Arthur, searching through present after present for his own.
"You know, you're supposed to WAIT for everyone to be here before opening gifts"
"Dude, I don't care I just want my present" Tori went over and slapped him upside the head stopping in.
"Alfred, You can find yours but you have to promise to at least wait for the others, if you do, I'll cook you treats for a week"
"Deal!"
"Thank you, love," Arthur sighed out, giving Tori a smile. The boy nodded, "Of course. Someone had to slap some sense into him. No pun intended!"
The Brit laughed lightly before pecking Tori on the lips and pulling a seat up to the tree. Mikhail sat in the floor next to Alfred as he found gifts for each and everyone one of them, taking it upon himself to hand them out while loudly yelling their names. After Alfred announced he found his and sat back closer to Mikhail, the room went silent as they awaited for everyone else to arrive. Alfred yawned loudly, looking around the silent room.
"Dudes, what if we get snowed in?" Mikhail paled, "I hope not..." "Bro, you're a wimp! I don't see how being snowed in could be a fear!" the American laughed. "You're afraid of ghosts, so I don't see why you have much room to talk, Alfred," Arthur said coolly, holding Tori in his lap.
Alfred glared, "Ghosts are scary! You don't know what I've seen!" "Video games don't count..." Ludwig butted in. "Shut up!"
"You children are so noisy you should do wake up calls" The room went silent, everyone looked over, and saw Ms. Genovefa Bonnefoy walk in. Arthur coughed a bit and straitened himself up.
"Pardon us Ms. Bonnefoy, Alfred was...being Alfred again, we were mainly scolding him for being loud in the morning." Arthur explained. Genovefa laughed a bit and took her seat,
"Ah but it is his hyper active self that keeps the school alive, you always nee that one person with the loud attitude to liven up the school no matter how annoying they are"
"Exactly, Artie!" said blonde called out, sticking his tongue out towards Arthur "Sod off and stick your bleeding tongue back in your mouth and pretend you've got manners," the Brit scolded.
Mikhail let out a laugh, "You two really need to stop fighting all the time."
"At least Annie isn't here, it'd be hella worse, dude!"
"...'Hella'?..."
"True, but that's only because Arthur rubbed off on her, Al," said Czech explained.
Giving a proud smile, Arthur pulled Tori closer, "Indeed I did. It was either I or...Alfred...
"Ve~ Why didn't Annessa come with you to the school anyhow?"
"Never asked, she didn't tell. But she said she'd visit over the break."
"Brilliant! Tori can meet her!" Arthur exclaimed.
As the group conversed more and more teachers and students walked in, once the room was full, the teachers began handing everyone their rightful gifts, this resulted in everyone opening without a second thought. Tori opened his book and saw Peter and the Star catchers, the first of the Star catcher series! His eyes lit up like a Christmas tree,
"Oh my god, Thank you whoever you are!"
"You're welcome!" an Icelandic sounding voice came, Tori turned and saw Erikur, an Icelandic boy with a small smile, "You did say you wanted that book, so I got it for you" So Erikur was Tori's secret Santa?
"Thanks again," he smiled, turning to see what his friends had recieved. Alfred tore the beautiful wrapping apart, practically jumping up when he saw what was hidden inside,
"Hell yeah! inFAMOUS 2!"
"You and your bloody heros...I better get a bloody thanks"
Mikhail opened his next, carefully removing the wrapping paper. Removing the lid, his dark blue eyes lit up as he stared back at the pure white stuffed animal inside.
"Cute wonder who got it for ya."
"No clue..."
"Well whoever gave it to you, is a softie" he said with a smile, "And likes Polar bears" Mikhail looked over and started laughing, Tori was already reading his new book, and from the looks of it, he was probably on chapter ten.
"Well Jesus Tori, why not go up to Erikur and ask for book number two?" he joked. Tori gave a playful glare at him as a response.
"I'm going to get a snack, come on" he said heading off to the snack bar, grabbing a double chocolate brownie with powdered sugar and gel design of snowmen and snowflakes. Mikhail followed, holding the bear close to his chest. Grabbing a small cookie, he gave Tori a curious look.
"So, what did you get Arthur?" "Secret!" the teen smiled. "Awh, not even I can know?" Mikhail whined. Tori shook his head, "Nope. You suck at secrets." "Indeed I do, smart choice."
"What are you two ladies talking about?" joked Alfred as he walked up. Tori laughed and smiled at Alfred,
"Nothing really, just about Arthur" Tori said with a small smile. Alfred saw the Polar bear and smiled at Mikhail,
"Okay, I have two guesses who gave that to you, My brother, and The commie Ivan" Tori rolled his eyes in annoyance, he gave a light punch to Alfred's shoulder.
"Alfred, Communism hasn't been around since 1992, lay off already!"
"Ivan?" Mikhail blinked, "I just assumed it was Mattie."
Alfred shrugged rubbing the spot Tori had punched, "I dunno, ask them. Damn you punch hard!"
"Serves you right for insulting people," he laughed, sticking his tongue out. "Blah, blah, blah. He's still a commie!"
"You're so mean to him," Mikhail finally spoke up. "And you need to find a new crush," Alfred stated. "Not this again..." the Czech sighed. Tori stepped up to separate the two before a fight escalated, however when he did, he got a set of laughter from the two, being confused he asked what was so funny, his response? A kiss on the lips from Arthur, Tori was taken aback from the gesture but kissed back anyway, he pulled away and asked what it was about, only to find he was under the mistletoe, this caused the teen to be bright red.
"Thank God, I was so afraid I'd be kissed by Alfred!" Mikhail laughed out.
Frowning, Alfred whined, "What's wrong with getting a kiss from me?" "You're like a brother, Al."
Arthur laughed, "They were trying to get you under the mistletoe from the beginning. Don't worry, love, their fights hardly ever last long anyhow," he said as he kissed Tori lightly again.
"Yup, regular old Cupid, I am, bro! Next up, Luddy and Feli and Mikhail and Ivan!" "I can handle my relationship just fine without your interference, Alfred..." Tori laughed if this is what a Christmas party was like here, even though it was the 24th, he couldn't wait to find out what New Years would be like.
The party soon drew to an end, everyone returned to their respectful dorms, Tori walked hand in hand with Arthur until they had to part at their floors. Giving one final kiss for good night Arthur took out a silver locket and smiled.
"Thank you for the gift love, I will treasure it always" Tori smiled and held onto the red heart necklace with a smile,
"And I will treasure this always too." He hugged Arthur again, "Thank you..." Arthur gave him a hug back and parted to his room. Tori had a light smile, as he went to his floor. So far, the year has been going in his favor, he had a handful of new friends, a lover, and a wonderful Christmas here.
Unlocking the door he laid face down on his bed asleep, he held onto the necklace and book, he couldn't wait until morning. Christmas Day.
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Notes:
Secret Santa are as followed: Tori Got Erikur, Eduard got Tori, Arthur Got Alfred, Alfred got Ivan, Ivan got Mikhail, Mikhail got Ludwig, Ludwig got Arthur and Arthur had Feliciano
Fire Alarm save: Face it, I know every high schooler or anyone in school reading this is probably dreading their presentations and are hoping a fire alarm goes off to keep presentation on holf. It's not rocket science
Turf war-Bioshock: I never played Bioshock but my co-writer has so she filled me in.
Snowed In?:I might or might not have them snowed in
Mistletoe: Believe it or not, but this tradition started in England
Sestra: Sister in Czech
Osel-Czech for Jack ass
Locket for Arthur: Tori bought one and slipped it in Arthur's stocking. Seeing how Arthur got that one necklace for Tori on his birthday