25 days of Christmas writing prompts

Day 11, Naughty or Nice?

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It's been a long day, I woke up at 3 am for no reason and couldn't go back to sleep. I wasn't in the mood for people, let alone deal with my brother, so I didn't stick around for breakfast. I grabbed a plate and put a microwavable waffle on it and stuck it in the microwave for about a minute and a half. I leaned back on the counter and crossed my arms, signaling I wasn't in a good mood.

I gave my brother the meanest, dirtiest look for no reason, he smiled and started to giggle, I flipped him off and rolled my eyes. "That's a good way to get on Santa's naughty list." he said in a quiet mumble. I rolled my eyes again and grabbed the plate out of the microwave, slathered some butter and drizzled some maple syrup on it, grabbed a juice box from the fridge and went back to my room.

I ate my kinda soggy waffle while I watched a few makeup tutorials and snapchatted and texted my friends. Soon I ate most of my waffle and was now facetiming with Alex while I did my makeup. We talked about boys of course, even though I'm not really into the guys at our school...But we like to rate every guy's ass on a scale of one to ten. It's really funny seeing him go into extreme detail. "Ooh guurl you lookin like a snacc" he said as if I was dressed up in an expensive dress and had my makeup done professionally, "haha very funny," I said with a hint of sarcasm, it was really just me knowing that my makeup skills are very minimal and basic.

I went downstairs to get my brother and then leave. I pushed him off the chair and told him to get his jacket on and then we're leaving. He did as I asked, but very slowly, just to piss me off. I filled a coffee cup with still very hot coffee and put a lot of sugar in it, a little bit of milk, and a tiny bit of creamer. "Let's go freak," I said to my brother with an intended annoyance. We got in my car, it started right away, and the engine purred like a kitten.

It was a quiet ride to school, Simon was snap chatting his friends and giggling the entire time, which I got annoyed with and yelled at him to shut up...I feel a little bad now...I didn't mean to be mean to him. He was quiet, he faced his knees and basically his entire body to the door, showing that he was mad at me.

We got to school, he went with his friends, hugged his boyfriend who begged him for a kiss. Simon doesn't really like being kissed at school, said it makes him nervous and gives him anxiety, which Jerome doesn't always understand and does it anyway, and Simon just gets a little upset with him but eventually forgets about it. I went with my friends, who could tell that I was in a bad mood. "What's wrong now?" they asked me with a sigh, knowing that this week has just been problematic, "I woke up at 3 am for no reason," I started off "My brother was being annoying this morning and so I flipped him off and then he told me that I'm on Santa's naughty list now or whatever," I'm not done yet, "and then in the car Simon was laughing at whatever and I yelled at him and now he's upset with me and I feel bad about it but it's too late now to say anything cause he'll just cry like a big baby!" I said with so much anger and distress, trying to catch my breath after all that, "Well then," Gladis said with a hint of surprise and pity, "I'm sure things will get better and you know he'll get over it." Alex nodded in agreement with Gadis.

The rest of the day went on, I hadn't seen or gotten a text from Simon all day..and I'm a little worried that he really is mad at me. Soon the day ended, I met Simon in the music hall, he was giving Jerome a kiss and a hug, and he even hugged his friends, which personally, I'm sure that he'll be receiving an angry text from Jerome about that. We got into my car, he still faced away from me, clearly still upset with me. I lightly punched him in the shoulder, "Hey..I'm sorry that I upset you with whatever I did.." I said gently, hoping to make some bit of eye contact with him. He didn't look at me, just mumbled a "Leave me alone." I give up.

We got home, he went straight up to his room and I went to go talk to dad. "Hey, dad.." I sighed and sat down on the couch, he muted the tv, and turned to me "Whattsup sweet pea? Is Simon alright?" I had to think, what was I gonna tell him, that I yelled at my brother because he was happy? "This morning I..I yelled at him because he was laughing..and I didn't mean to, I've been having a really bad day and I..Now he's mad at me.." I said quietly, now that I said it out loud, I understand why he's upset. "Why don't you go talk to him?" he said with full confidence like it was the secret code to the world's largest bank. "Thanks, dad," I said as I hugged him, he smiled and turned the volume on the tv back up and went back to his show. I slowly went upstairs, giving myself a little bit of time to think of what I'm going to say.

I stood at his door, it was quiet. I knocked lightly and open the door a little, he looked at me, dropped his phone next to him and laid down, making some room for me. "Hey." I said quietly and sat on his bed, he just looked at me, "I'm really sorry..for yelling at you this morning..I shouldn't have done it..and you have all the right to be upset, and I really am sorry, I've just been having such a bad day and I shouldn't have taken it out on you." I said, now upset with myself, I looked at him, there was a wide smile, the brightest smile that I missed so much, "You are now back on Santa's nice list." he said with a giggle, he reached up and hugged me, I felt so much better, and now my day is better too, "Thanks Si, I really needed something to go right today." I said and hugged him tightly.

I left his room after we had our "Forgive and Forget" talk. I went to my room and did a little bit of homework, now I'm in a good mood, my brothers happy and that's what matters most. Eventually, I went to bed, put my phone on the charger, turned the light off and fell asleep.