It's been two days since I've come back to Jay and to be honest it helps me sleep better at night knowing he's in the same room. It was lonely being by myself, but I was afraid something might have happened if I stayed with Aunt Edna. Me and Jay are still trying to break the damn code for the safe but so far no joy.

For now though, we'll just try and enjoy Christmas as best as we can when it comes. Not too sure what we'll actually do but I guess we'll spend the day listening to songs and maybe watch some movies on the tv. They usually had good movies on around Christmas anyway.

But right now me and Jay were just sleeping in our room and seperate beds. I actually fell asleep a lot quicker now. Well, maybe not compared to normal standerds but in our situation it felt quick for me.

Then something woke me up. It sounded like thumps. I froze, almost afraid to get up and move. The light turned on and I slowly rolled over a little to see Jay get out of his bed.

"You heard it too". I stated it more then questioned as I sat up, about to pull the bed sheets off of myself.

"Yeah, you stay there. I think it's comming from next door", Jay went to grab his camera, for a reason I'll probably never fully understand. He opened our half of the pass through door and knocked on our next door neighbor's Jessica's half. I just laid back in bed and closed my eyes, trying to go back to sleep while listening in on the conversation when Jessica opened her door.

"What is it?". It was a little hard to make out exactly what she was saying, but Jessica sounded a little tired.

"Umm, are you okay in there?", Jay asked

"Yeah", Jessica replied. I think from her tone she sounded a little confused. If she had actually just been sleeping, I guess her confusion would be understandable.

"I just heard some… uh noises. I thought they were coming from your room".

"I just woke up".

"Really?" Jay was probably getting a little embarrassed now, and I could'nt blame him. I was glad that he told me to stay in bed now.

"Why's there a camera in my face?" I wondered how Jay was going to respond to that.

"Oh, I just, shooting some stuff in here, and thought that I heard these noises coming from your room". I may have forgotten to mention this earlier, but Jay told Jessica that we were shooting a documentry on hotels, or something like that. ...Yeah, I know. I'm more shocked that she still believes it.

"While your girlfriend is asleep?", Jessica asked, and I was sure I sensed her raising an eyebrow at Jay. To be honest I stifled a laugh at that question.

"N-no. Rebecca's just a friend, we just share a room because, well err...we did'nt have enough money with us for seperate rooms", Jay corrected, a little quickly. Deciding to save him I sat up and said,

"Jay, stop annoying Jessica and go to bed. We can countinue the project in the morning".

"Yeah, I'm going to go to bed now anyway", Jessica said before closing her door. Jay sighed a little and went back to his bed after putting the camera back in it's original place.

"I think she's hiding something", Jay said as he sat on the edge of his bed. I sat up on my knees and looked at him.

"You think?"

"Just...just trust me on this", Jay sighed. "Besides, the noises clearly came from her room and she's acting like nothing was happening".

"Maybe that is the case. Something may have been happening and she was'nt aware of it", I suggested and Jay seemed to think about it.

"Maybe", he admitted. He then gave a small smile. "It was kinda funny that she thought we were dating though". I smiled back a little.

"It was actually. I guess you can't blame her too much though. Two people of the opposite sex sharing a room? The first thing to think of is that their dating", I joked a little.

"Yeah. No offense to you Rebecca, but I would'nt ever see us dating", Jay said with a sheepish look.

"Same here", I agreed as I laid back in my bed. "So, what now? We still sticking to the original plan and waiting till after Christmas to look for that place in 'Entry #29'?"

"Yeah. It's all we can do at the moment", Jay mumbled as he laid back in his own bed. "Then we'll enjoy another year of this".

"Well. Night then Jay".

The couple of days leading up to Christmas were nothing special imparticular. The only difference between this Christmas and last was that we were cooped up in his apartment, afraid something was going to come out for us every few seconds. We also wanted to at least have some Christmas cheer so we bought a couple of two litre bottles of pepsi (I don't really like the taste of alcohol too much and Jay was'nt much of a drinker), some snacks and popcorn. Ready to spend Christmas Day watching Christmas movies and specials and just being thankfull we had company in each other.

"Well, happy Christmas", I said with a half smile to Jay when we woke up on Christmas Day.

"You too Rebecca", Jay said as he sat up.

"Sooo...breakfast first then watch Christmas movies while eatting snacks and drinking soda?", I asked as I picked up a tv guide to see what would be on.

"Pretty much. It'd be better then last year for sure", Jay replied half jokenly as he went to the bags we had our food in and took out what we usually had for breakfast. A couple of bread rolls each.

"True that", I murmured before I remembered something and got out of bed and went to rummage through my bag. "Now where are-OH! Here, they are", I smiled as I took out the wrapped presents and handed them to Jay who was already sitting at the small table we shared. Jay looked surprised by this.

"Wow. Rebecca I did'nt expect-"

"I felt it was only right. You've been a great friend to me and it's only right you get something", I said as I put them in his hands and sat down to eat my share of the rolls. "You don't have to worry about getting me anything. I just hope I did'nt pick crappy presents for you", I said with a half grin.

"Well, thanks anyway. But I actually did get you something", Jay said as he pulled his bag over and took out a present for me. Now it was my turn to be surprised.

"Well, at least we have somewhat of a proper Christmas", I mused as I accepted my present and began to open it.

Inside there was a small, wooden picture frame with a stand on the back of it. There was a picture in it of my brother Alex with Brian and Jay, no doubt taken some time before the movie project. The picutre had a marking down the middle, like it had at one point been bent in half.

"I know it's not much. But I found the picture in my wallet and I figured it would mean more to you then me", Jay said. I however smiled happily and gave Jay a big hug. "Thanks", I murmured. "This really means a lot Jay. You have no idea how happy I am".

However I did worry that my presents would seem like I was trying to show off or something like that. I ate my rolls, having placed the picture frame on the table, feeling a little nervous as Jay opened my presents to him. I guess this was some sort of surprise someone with a hug contest or something because next thing I knew Jay gave me a one arm hug.

"Thanks Rebecca. These are pretty great", Jay said with a small grin.

After breakfast decided we might as well start watching movies. To decide who got to pick the first movie, we did rock, paper, scissors which I won so the first movie we watched was the live action version of 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas', after that was over Jay picked 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'.

"Hey Jay? I know this is kinda weird to ask, but how exactly did you meet Alex in college?", I had never asked Jay, and Alex never mentioned it but I was a little curious. Jay looked like he was thinking back and smiled a little.

"We met in class. I can't remember which one exactly but the seat next to Alex was the closest spare seat I could see so I sat there, and when class was finished we started talking a bit. I guess we officially became friends after about a week and a half".

I smiled a little at the story. I myself met Jay when Alex dropped by to visit me, mom and dad and brought Jay and Brian with him.

"Did he ever mention me before you met me?", I asked.

"He said you were his geeky little sister who tried to act smarter then him", Jay laughed a little, and to be honest I could'nt help but laugh along too. It did seem like something Alex would say.

"But, he did care for you", Jay said with a smile, clearly serious about that. I smiled back but frowned after a few seconds. "What's wrong?"

"Do you think things will ever be normal?" I knew it was a difficult question, but I wanted an answer, any answer. Jay was silent for a couple seconds before saying,

"I'm not too sure to be honest. But, we might as well enjoy now, right?"

"Yeah, your right. Sorry if I nearly made things awkward"

"Nah", Jay said before he grinned and grabbed a nearby pillow and hit me with it.

"Hey! I was going to do that!", I half laughed before grabbing another pillow to hit Jay back with. True we were both acting childish now, but I did'nt really care. We were having fun, and who knows when we were going to have another chance to have fun like this?

Needless to say, this was a pretty good Christmas.

Date: 12/25/10

Time: 21:57

Me and Jay had a pretty good Christmas this time. I guess it helps when you have company.

Jay liked the presents I gave him, and he gave me a picture frame with a picture of my brother in it. It's kinda comforting to see my brother's face again. Even if it is only a picture. It's good to see him smiling without a care.

Soon, we'll be looking for the location of 'Entry #29', but right now I'll be going to sleep. Might as well have a pleasent sleep, right?

Rebecca Kralie.

P.S

I really wish it could snow more often in Alabama. Not enough to stop traffic but just enough to call it a white Christmas.