Tennis Shoes are my Glass Slippers

Chapter 26

Jullian left about an hour later, leaving me in my big house. I don't remeber when he left, i was sound asleep on my bed, i just remember waking up, and seeing him leave, and then me falling back asleep. According to my clock it's 5:30. Lucy should be coming over soon, she usually brings me dinner around 6ish. Then she either spends the night, or leaves after i eat. I groaned and reluctantly sat up on my wrinkled bed. There was a package on my chair, wrapped poorly, but looked pretty. I walked over to it, and smiled at the message written on it.

"Please wear this on Christmas eve." it said. It was from Jullian, it was so cute. I opened the gift so that i could get an idea of what to wear christmas eve, which BTW is tomorrow! In the package was a cute sweater/ponch! It was colorful, and pretty. I smiled and hugged the soft material to my chest. I took it to my closet and set aside a pair of warm legging, a longsleeve shirt to wear under it, and some of my cute Ugg boots to complete the outfit. I smiled and set those clothes aside. I heard a knock at the door. I turned off the light in my room and ran down the hall to the door. I opened it, and there was Lucy. She held up the bag of Chinease food and smiled.

"Come on in! Do you want to watch something with me in my room?" i asked her. I could tell by the other bag that she brought that she was spending the night, i wanted her to, becasue i wanted her to meet my Dad.

"Sure!" she yelped. She brushed away her turquoise, and brown hair out of her hat and followed me upstairs. She took off her shoes and sat on the bed and started to unpack the food. I grabbed my laptop and sat on the bed with her. I pulled up Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" and we started to watch and eat. We didn't talk much, we were both tired, so we finished eating and threw the garbage into the container and then layed on the bed and watched. Lucy fell asleep toward the end, so i turned off the movie and then fell asleep next to her. She slept like a little kitten, all curled up and peaceful. She was cute, even if she was older than me by a few months. I quickly fell asleep after her.

The next morning, i woke up groggily. I pushed away my messy hair from my face. Lucy, sleeping like a doll, was still sleeping. I quietly got up and went to my closet. I changed into a pair of leggings with a fuzzy sweater. I also brought out Lucy's christmas presant, because i wasn't going to see her tomorrow, Dad asked me to stay with my "new" family. It was an antique tea-set, she was obsessed with British tea parties and has been dieing to try and get her hands on one. Lucky for her, my Dad mailed me this one from one of the professional tea shops in the area where he was in. He picked the perfect one's for Lucy, it was white, with gold lining on the edges, and had pink and blue swirls all over it. I had kept it inside of its original package, but wrapped it in gold wrapping paper and tied it off with some pretty satin ribbon. I was really excited. I set the package down on the bed and walked downstairs. I started to make some buttercream pancakes when i heard a scream from upstairs. I smiled to myself and continued stirring the batter. Lucy came flying down the stairs and jumped to me.

"I LOVE YOU SO FREAKING MUCH!!!" she cried. I smiled and set her down in a chair.
"Well, i am glad that you like them." i said, pouring some batter into the saucepan. I made a tall stack of my special pancakes, with Strawberry syrup. We sat down, and chowed down on our Christmas Eve breakfast. We started to clean the house as best as we could (because i had already cleaned it continually everyday) since my Dad was coming home, with his new wife, i want to be able to make a good impression on them. I was really nervous to have new siblings, they looked nice, but they also looked completely different then what i thought they would be like. My Dad was obviously young and very handsome, but i have had a hard time believing that he went for a women of her standards. Don't get me wrong, the Mother looks nice, but you can tell what she is like based on the face that she made in the photo of her and my dad. They would be here any minute. Lucy went home, and told me that she would give me her gift the day after Christmas. I sat by the window and read "The Princess Bride" while i waited for Dad. After 30 minutes of waiting for them, i heard a car pull up. I jumped out of my seat and ran outside to greet my Father. He stepped out of the car, he was wearing a pair of blue-jeans with a nice button-up shirt. His black hair was sleeked back and his young face was smiling with joy to see me. I ran and hugged him with all my might.

When we finally pulled apart, Father ran around the car to open the door to his....wife. I turned around and faced to identical faces. They were wearing similar green skirts and tops, but there hats were different. One had a hat, and one had a large bow. They also had similar expressions on their faces.

"You two must be Elise and Elli." i said, forcing a smile to my face. They looked at each other, and then at me. The one with the bow in her hair stepped forward.

"I am Elise, you will know that i am because i always wear bows in my hair." she said, in her clear British accent. Then, the one i assume in Elli, came forward.

" And i am Elli, and i always wear hats, or barrets in my hair." she said, in the same tone as her twin. I smiled.

"Here, let me show you two to your room." I said, gesturing them to follow me inside. They took their suitcases and followed closely behind me. I walked up the stairs to the floor below mine. They had separate rooms to sleep in. One was a mustard yellow and the other had a dark green. Both rooms had leather..um...everything. They had an expensive taste. I left them and went to go meet my Dad and Amanda.