Surprises
AN: This chapter has a few. Also, I wish to finish this story soon, because I want to start my next one soon.
Previously:
Kat's parents were given a hamper of NZ treats from the Stone family, movie passes from Kat's uncle, and t-shirts from their daughter.
Kat's uncle had been given Pinot Noir from the Stone's, fine cheeses and biscuits from Katja, and a photo album from his sister and brother-in-law.
Kat and Sapphire smiled at the mess of paper, ribbons, and tape strewn all over the living room floor, and offered to help clean it up.
"That's kind of you girls, but something tells me that we've missed a couple of presents." Ariana said, smiling at their offering to help, and looking in confusion at a couple of envelopes right at the back of the tree.
Sapphire got down on all fours, and slid her way under the tree, causing Katja to laugh at her movements. A moment later, Sapphire wiggled her way out from under the tree, holding the envelopes in her hand.
When she looked more closely at them, one of them had her name on it, the other had the names of her parents.
Handing the one with her parents name on it to her parents, she opened the one with her name on it. It was a Christmas present of sorts from Katja's parents, a note saying that they were going to get new next-door neighbors soon.
"New next-door neighbors?" Sapphire asked, raising an eyebrow. "How did you know?"
"Well, we know your new next-door neighbors." Katja's mum said, sharing a wink with her husband and daughter.
"Really?" Sapphire's mum asked, then inquired, with her daughter obviously on her mind, "Do they have children?"
"Oh, yes, they certainly do." Katja said, smiling like an idiot.
"Who are they?" Sapphire asked, at the same time her father asked, "Do we know them?"
"Yes, you do know them, because they are us." All three Kyparissia's chorused as one.
None of the Stone's had been quite expecting that response, and while her parents could only gape, Sapphire stuttered, "Why?"
"Well, my uncle is the only one in our family living in New Zealand, but even the rest of our family are residing in certain parts of Australia." Katja's tone had taken on a harsh note when she had said Australia, and Sapphire, remembering from their conversations that she wasn't overly keen on the idea of the continent, nodded in understanding.
"Makes sense, I suppose," Sapphire said, before suddenly hugging her friend, and said jovially, "Welcome to New Zealand."
Kat thought for a moment, before she said, "Cheers, mate," causing Sapphire to laugh.
"Well, if one is to live in New Zealand, one may as well use it's colloquialisms." Kat said, and as they tied up, Sapphire asked, "So, when do your things arrive?"
"In three days, the 28th." She said, gathering all her things together, and asked, "In the meantime, can I put my things in your room?"
"Sure thing, and just so you know, I still go to the same school as I did when I met you for the first time." Sapphire said.
"But the building in which you performed that play didn't look like your school." Kat said, as they ascended the stairs.
"No, because that was the town hall." Sapphire explained as they walked into her room, before she stopped suddenly, causing Katja to nearly crash into her.
"What's the matter, Sapphy?"
"My wall's swirling, in the same way it did when we went to the 39 Clues world." Sapphire said, walking further in, allowing Katja to come into the room and see that her friend was right.
"Well," she said, putting down all of her Christmas presents by the bookcase on the eastern wall, "aren't we blessed with fandom magic this Christmas season."
Sapphire looked a little perplexed, and raised her eyebrow again. Then she let out a cry of astonishment as two envelopes came hurtling out of the wall, one a navy blue, the other a blood red.
The two friends looked at each other in astonishment, and then looked with perplexity at the envelopes and the wall from which they had just emerged from.
"Well, I wonder where we will end up this time," Sapphire said, picking up the envelopes with one hand, and looped her free arm through Katja's as they stepped through the portal once again.