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Lollie Parker

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Lollie Parker


Riley, Maya, and Lollie sat at Riley's bay window.

"The holidays are the best time to be a Riley." Riley smiled, "There's sleigh bells and cocoa, and it's time once again for Secret Santa."

Maya lightly pinched Riley on the arm.

"Yow!"

"Every time you say Secret Santa from here until the end of Christmas, I will be doing the small pinch." Maya said.

"The small pinch?" Riley questioned, "The one where you take the tiniest amount of skin between your nails and do the small pinch?"

"Every time you say... "

"Secret Santa? Yow!"

"Why?" Lollie asked.

"Because let me tell you a secret everyone's been keeping from Riley."

"What?"

"We hate Secret Santa."

Riley was flabbergasted as she shifted in her seat, "You hate Secret Santa? Yow! Impossible! Secret Santa... Yow! ...gives us all a chance to dig deep and think about someone else."

"Good. Let's think about what I got you this year." Maya said.

"Maya!" Riley smiled.

She grabbed the box from Maya and ripped the wrapping paper off of it.

"A suitcase? Where are we going? Somewhere?"

"Nowhere! I'm your present! I'm with you for the holidays!"

"Yes! What? Yes!"

Riley ran her bed jumping on it and running back to the two girls.

"Why?"

"So we can have an epic Christmas together."

"But you always start at home and then end up here. But, Maya, this is your first Christmas with your mom and Shawn. This one's going to be different."

"But what if it's not? But if I'm not there and something goes wrong, can it be my fault?"

"No."

"This Christmas we'll set the stage for what Christmas is going to be like. My mom and I only know how to do crazy, but if I'm not there and Shawn doesn't see the crazy, then maybe we have a chance." Maya said.

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