Perhaps's next summer?

Family Time!

After a week of twirling and several, trips on Nic's feet, it was finally time for the ball. Christmas time.

Caroline would say she could feel it in the air, but all she felt was immense heat.

"So, what dress are you wearing?" Evie asked through the phone.

"I don't know, maybe a black one at the back of my closet somewhere."

"What!" Evie yelled. Caroline moved the phone from her ear, because she was so loud.

"A day before it all begins and you don't even have a dress!"

"I know, I know. But I just kept accidently putting it off." Will lay on her stomach sleeping. She gently rubbed he's ears.

"But, Caroline. Its Christmas Eve! We can't even go out to the shops to get one, it'll be too packed."

"I'm pretty sure I have something in my closet." She said looking up at the open doors of her closet.

"Uh huh. I can't deal with you Caroline."

"Do you have a present for Nic yet?"

Caroline rolled onto her side with her face in her pillow. Will protested with a fit of meows.

"What was that?" asked Evie.

"Oh, I just squished Will."

"Don't do that. How is Willy?" Evie started making funny noises.

Caroline rolled her eyes and Will rolled onto his belly wanting a belly rub. She rubbed it.

"Anyway," Evie finally said when she stopped making noises. "what did you get him?"

Caroline put her face in her pillow. "I hate Christmas."

"You didn't get him anything, did you?"

Caroline didn't reply.

"Well maybe you could make him something?" She giggled.

"He's not five."

"Well I don't know then. By the way, you know what Ben got me?"

"Yeah! You'll absolutely hate it." She said sarcastically.

"Hey! At least I got him something."

"I'm hanging up now."

"No!" But Evie was cut off as Caroline hung up.

Will was glaring at her from a corner of the room, obviously still annoyed at her for disturbing his nap.

She got out of her bed and went to bens room, she knocked twice before entering."

He had his head in his closet and poked it out when she came in.

"I need a tie. I don't have a tie." He said looking worried.

She blinked at him. "why didn't you bring one?"

"Well, firstly because I thought this was going to be a HOLIDAY. So I bought multiply shorts and flip flops." Ben glared at her.

"Borrow one of dads, then."

"Have you seen his ties? They are hideous!" He glanced back in the closet desperately.

"Well, maybe we could go out and look for one?" He looked at her like she was crazy.

"The shops will be packed!"

"What about a Vinnie's or salvo?" she said hopefully.

He glanced at her suspiously. "Why do you want to go out so badly?"