Harry Baby

Chapter 15

"Who wants to go first?" I ask my hyper sisters who have gathered around the Christmas tree. Each one is in a state of awe due to the amount of presents for them.

"I do!" the twins say at the same time.

"No I do," Jessica pouts.

"I never get to go first," Ally complains.

"Ally, you got the first present last year," Maria states crossing her arms arose her chest.

"No I didn't. Cassy did," Ally says.

"Cassy hasn't gotten the first present since Maria was born," I say in third person.

"I want the first present," Ally whines.

"You got it last year," Maria says.

"Guys stop it. That first present goes too..." my voice trials off as I randomly grab a present from under the tree. "To: Mom. From: Dad," I say looking at the label. "Here you go," I say handing the small box to her. Her face lights up like the tree Christmas tree when she unwraps the gift and opens the velvet box.

"Oh my God, Mike. Thank you so much," my mom says hugging my dad.

"What'd you get?" Nicole asks.

"An absolutely beautiful Pandora bracelet," my mom says showing it off. I pick up the next gift.

"To: Nicole. From: Santa," I read as hand Nicole her gift. She doesn't seem too excited when she opens the cheap charm bracelet I got her.

"Don't you like it?" I ask her.

"I do, but it's not the dolly I wanted," she pouts. I don't what to say so I grab the next gift.

"To Ally. From Mom and Dad," I say giving her the gift.

They got her a Little Mix throw pillow. The next two gifts are for Maria and Georgia. Maria got a denim jacket from me as Georgia got new ballet shoes from 'Santa.' The next gift I pull out from under the tree is for me, from Santa. It's a small box, and inside is a set of car keys. I press a button and hear a honk from outside. My sisters and I crowd the window.

"Holy, crap," I say starring at the light blue 54 convertible.

"Wow!" Georgia says in awe.

"You must have really good this year," Jessica says.

"Yeah, no kidding," I say.

"What's next," my mom says pulling all of our attention away from the new car out front.

"To Jessica. From Santa," I say handing out the next gift. It's a very thin box that contains nothing but an envelope.

"Oh my God!" she exclaims opening it. "Santa got we ten guitar lessons, and ten piano lessons. Oh my God!" she yells.

"My God, Cassy, how did you afford all this," my mom whispers in my ear.

"Don't look at me," I mumble.

"If wasn't you, then who was it?" she asks.

"Santa," I say.

"Can I open this one next?" Ally says standing by a very big present.

"Sure," I say. She rips off the wrapping paper faster then our pitbull could run.

"AAAHHH! It's my karaoke machine!" she yells.

Next up is Maria. She gets an iPad mini from this mysterious Santa Clause. "Maybe Santa is real," she says smiling at the device.

"Nicole and Georgia, why don't you open these next?" my mom says grabbing two identical boxes.

"Ok," they say in unison. The unwrap the Barbie dolls they wanted for their birthday back in March.

"Mom, Dad, here are some for you," I say giving the presents from Ally and Maria. They got one of those rubber band bracelets everyone's been making.

"Thank you girls," my mom smiles.

"These are great," my dad says picking Ally up.

"Who's next?" I ask.

The rest of gifts consist of small things from my sisters. My parents got each of us charm bracelets with two charms. We all had a charm that read "Sisters Forever" and another that numbered us oldest to youngest. I thought they were kind of cute.

"Stockings next?" my says.

"Yes!" Ally, Jessica, Nicole, and Goergia say. My parents and I grab all the stockings.

For the most part, they're filled with candy that I won't eat. Inside mine, however, there's an envelope. All it says on the front is CASSY. I open it and pull out a check for a thousand dollars. With it is a short note that reads 'Chase your dreams. You'll never catch them if you never try. -Santa.'

"Wow, Santa gave you money. I want money," Ally says very hyper. She already had two marshmallow Santas.

"I money from Santa to but looks like he only cares about Cassy," my mom says.

"Hey Santa got something special for each of us," I point out.

"Then how come your father and I didn't get anything?" she snaps.

"You did," Nicole says.

"What?" she asks turning to the twins.

"He gave you guys coal," Georgia says pulling black rocks out of both my parents stocking. I can't help chuckle a bit.

"Why did he give us coal?" my mom asks taking them from Georgia's hands.

"There's a note in here," Jessica says taking a folded sheet of paper out of my dads stocking.

"There's one here, too," Maria says taking another from my moms.

"This is explaining why we got coal," my mom says in monotone. She and my dad open the letters.

"Well?" Ally asks.

"What do they say?" Maria asks.

"Mine says learn to cook," my chuckles.

"Mine says 'get a job'," my mom says angrily folding it.

"What do you know, Santa is always watching," I laugh.

"This isn't funny, Cassy," my mom snaps.

"It's hilarious," Jessica responds. My mom whips her head around and looks at Jessica.

"High five," I mouth to Jessica.

"Because you got coal, and we didn't," Nicole answers.

"Usually kids get coal," Georgia says. 'Merry Christmas' I mumble to myself.

"Hey, there's still one more present," Maria says. She on her stomach reaching for something under the tree.

"It's for Cassy," Ally says reading the tag.

"It's from Santa," she says smiling widely. Maria hands it to me. I take the wrapping paper off to find a small velvet box.

"Maybe you got a Panda Bracelet, too," Nicole says.

"It's Pandora, not Panda," Jessica corrects her. I chuckle my sisters.

I open the box. My jaw drops. Inside it is a 10K white gold, heart shaped diamond ring. It has to be worth at least $1500 dollars.

"I really must have been a good girl," I say still staring at the ring.

"No kidding," Maria says looking over my shoulder at the beautiful gift.

This had been the greatest Christmas I've had in a long time.