A Night Like This

Chapter 2: Christmas Shopping

Chapter 2: Christmas Shopping

As I woke up the next day I pulled on some clothes I piled all my stuff into the back of my jeep trying to put stuff in by the list in my head so I could check off that I had it. When I finally got into the jeep I remembered the ornaments I left on the counter. “Crap!” I shouted jumping out just to slip on ice and land on my butt. I bit my lip to keep myself from swearing. I had on my white supra high top shoes so I was shocked that I had slipped. Climbing back onto my feet I ran inside and grabbed the ornaments off the counter and ran back outside and hopped into the heat of the jeep.

As I arrived at the first store I quickly hopped out, locked the jeep, and ran into the store. I was at Wal-Mart picking up some food and drinks for the cabin I knew Niall would be upset with me if he got there and there wasn’t any food. Yes there was a little food there but not as much as I’d like for there to be since there was going to be seven teenagers in the same cabin for the whole holiday. Hurrying through the store I only noticed a couple of items I was grabbing: Hot Chocolate Mix, Sparkling Cider, Marshmallows, Chips, Cookies, and Soda. The rest was all a blur to me. I got to the check out when someone tapped my shoulder. I turned to look at the person standing behind me. My jaw dropped my step-father was standing behind me. “Hi.” I managed to say.

“Hello Jenna. How’re you?” I looked down at the ground. I hated being called Jenna because I knew a girl who was mean to me with the same name.

“I’m alright just grabbing some groceries for the holiday. I’m heading up to my cabin with some friends and the cabin is clean out of food. How bout you what’re you doing in Brigham City I thought you lived out of state?” I finally looked at him. He was shorter then me so I looked down at him.

“Oh just visiting some family and saw you. Far from home aren’t you? Well any way just wanted to say hi and see how you were.” He smiled and started walking away then turned around and held out an envelope to me. I looked at him curiously. “Was gonna send this in the mail to you but since you’re here I’ll just give it to you now. Feliz Navidad” he said and walked away. I was shocked! I never thought I would see him again in my life. An here he was in the same Wal-Mart as me states away from where he lived. I hadn’t even realized the cashier said the amount till she spoke up louder. “Sorry.” I spoke quickly. She looked really annoyed with me. I managed a smile and look at the amount paid and hurried out. My second stop was gonna take a little longer because I decided to get all the boys, Kavey and Amelia some sort of clothing for Christmas with some sort of treat with it. Niall was easy because he loved hats so I got him a flat brimmed hat with the RSL soccer symbol on it. It was my favorite team and I was trying to get him to like it also. Louis was difficult because I had no clue what he liked because he was so random! I thought about it and thought about it and ended up getting him another superman shirt this one was a fitted one though. Liam was pretty easy I got him a light blue plaid shirt that had small lines of lime green in it. I got to Harry’s gift and was again stumped I knew he liked designer clothes but wasn’t sure if he had a specific one he liked I picked out some colon for him and after about thirty minutes of trying to decide on a shirt just grabbed a scarf with a thicker Nike jacket and a bow tie. If he doesn’t like this he can always get a new one.I thought as I checked out from that store.  I walked down the outlet stores sidewalk to Maurice’s. I knew the girls would like whatever I chose for them here because we all loved Maurice’s. I went in and picked out the outfit Amelia had said she loved the last time we were in here. A pink cardigan with black outlining with a ruffle black shirt that looked like waves, a pair of white skinny jeans and to top it off a pair of boots that hit right before the knee. Kavey was easy to pick out too. I grabbed a looser fitting shirt that was bright blue with white flowers on it that got tight around the end of the arms and waist, I grabbed another pair of white skinny jeans but one that had bedazzled pockets and then I had already gotten some bright blue supra’s to match the outfit earlier. I finally checked out and the girl checking me out looked at me like I was on drugs because I had gotten so much. “I hope they like their gifts” I muttered to myself as I walked out. I finally had all the shopping done and now just needed to head up to the cabin. I looked at myself in the rearview mirror. “What have you gotten yourself into Enna?” I said as I started the engine and started my journey to the cabin.