Calvin Solano didn't expect to find almost any taxis in the street. Calvin Solano didn't expect to be alone in the coldness of the morning the 26th of November. And he certainly didn't expect to find his neighbour in the same airport. And he absolutely didn't expect that she was going to solve his problems. After all, he had been a jerk to her the first day they met. But when she offered him to give him a ride and stay at her own home with her family, he was utterly surprised. The only thing he could try to do was being... polite. There's a first time for everything.
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"So, where do you live?"
"My family lives in Yorkshire and as you know, I moved to my apartment."
"I live there too."
"Were you visiting your family?"
"...Something like that."
"That's nice. Do you see them often?"
"Not so much."
"Oh."
"..."
"..."
"Why did you return to Yorkshire when you were starting a new life?"
"Because it's Christmas!! All my family reunites, it's super awesome. I believe you don't like Christmas so much, do you?"
"I despise it. It's so... ugh."
"You're hurting my feelings stranger."
"Am I a stranger now?"
"Yup."
"Well, I'm Calvin Solano, your neighbour, currently 19 years old and going to uni. You?"
"I'm Emma Dally, your happy neighbour, currently 18 years old and preparing myself to uni. And I love Christmas with all my heart."
"I don't see the point of Christmas, just a big old man giving gifts to kids. I don't believe in it, there's no magic."
"Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean you can't believe in it."
"Did you just quote Jack?"
"Yes, I did. We've arrived!"
"It was a short trip."
"Yup. Well, this is my home, just be silent. Probably everybody is asleep."
"Okay."
"Shit, everybody is asleep! My room is probably locked, we'll have to sleep in the main room."
"You cursed!"
"Shhh!"
"And I'll sleep on the floor."
"Are you kidding? I invited you here stranger, and I believe we're grown up for sharing the couch."
"You sure?"
"Totally."
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A/n: Bad idea.
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"There's children throwing snowballs instead of throwing heads! They're busy building toys and absolutely no one's dead!"
-Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
YOU ARE READING
A Christmas Story
Short Story❝What the heck is that?❞ ❝A ginger man! Duh!❞ ❝Looks like a black thing with a weird happy face.❞ ❝Oh shut up.❞ ❇❈❇ In which a guy who can't stand Christmas meets a girl who happens love it. ❇❈❇
