A Lonely Christmas

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After our little 'shopping trip' yesterday - where mom lost her mind trying to find a flamingo pool floaty, we- they decided to go home and clean the entire house.

After we cleaned we sat on the couch and watched Christmas movies half the night until we each got tired and decided to go and lay in our own bed since we have a big day tomorrow.

I got to my room and managed to get myself out of my day clothes and change into my fuzzy penguin pajama before slumping down on my comfy mattress and letting sleep take over my body.

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Ring! Ring! Ring!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

"You have got to be kidding me." I mumbled.

I reached my arm out of my warm blanket -feeling the cold air making me get goosebumps- just to turn off my alarm.

I flipped over my phone button and clicked on the 'snooze' button, before snuggling back up with my blanket and going back to sleep- only to hear:

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Once again, several minutes later.

"Your kidding."

Only this time, when I went to turn it off, I was greeted by pounding at my room door.

"Aubrey! Are you up?!"

I groaned, "No!"

I heard my doorknob start to jiggle and knew I had no choice but to get up out of my comfy bed and open the door.

"I said no." I muffled to my mom.

"Today's the day Aubrey!" She squealed, "We finally leave this town today-for the next two weeks- but still! We leave!"

My moms never really liked small towns like ours. She enjoys the city, and the hot weather. Our town isn't like that.

Riverview is a fairly small town- like the ones you see in movies. Where everyone knows everyone. Those towns where people go to hangout in Cafés or coffee shops that are scattered everywhere with Christmas lights up and Christmas trees for this time of year.

I don't have much in common with my mom. She likes the city, the warmth, the feeling of the grainy sand in between her toes- and well, I like small towns, the cool autumn breeze and the crunching of the multicolored leaves under my boots.

"Aubrey honey?" She whispered.

"Aubrey?" She waved her hands in my face and I felt the cool breeze as I shot my eyes open.

"Yeah. No- uhm I-yeah. Going now mother." I muttered.

I slowly closed the door and locked it behind me and I dragged my feet across the cold wooden floor and sat on my bed. I pulled out my phone and saw the time, "Five forty five?" I mumbled.

I decided to set an alarm for six fifteen and cuddle back up under my warm blankets...

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Knock! Knock!

Ring! Ring!

Is what I woke up to. Pounding on my door and my alarm going off nonstop.

"Aubrey! Aubrey!" They called from outside.

"Wake up!" They screamed, their muffled screams music to my ears.

I groaned as I got up from my bed and made my way to the door...again.