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Warning!UNEDITED

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Warning!
UNEDITED

November 25, 2019

I picked up a red shiny ornament and placed it on the freshly cut pine tree. My mother, my sister and I, had started decorating the day after Thanksgiving. Christmas was no joke around here. Us harpers's took it seriously. In fact, my grandmother had been born on Christmas and my mother was born the day after. So i guess you could say were jam packed when Christmas comes around. But we don't mind.

"Lennon!" My mom called for me from the kitchen.

"Yes?" I called back, walking into the kitchen.

She was rolling some sort of dough into a thin slab. "So sweety" she started. "I got a call from The wolfhard's". She paused as if she was thinking of how to phrase the next sentance. And by the sound of it, it wasn't gonna be good. The name Wolfhard brought back bad memories. "Mike, has just passed away. It was an accident. A truck driver, he uh, crashed into him on the highway". Mike was the Wolfhards father. He always had a punchline or joke everytime I saw him.

I didn't know what to say. What could I say? "Mom, that's terrible. What can we do to help them?"

"Well, since Christmas is gonna be hard on them this year I was thinking they could spend Christmas with us". My face dropped. What the hell did she mean 'stay with us'. There are moments when the stars misalign and nothing feels right. This was one of these moments. I had no problem with Kathrine Wolfhard, Nick Wolfhard, or hell- I didn't even have a problem with Pruney the Wolfhards dog. But Finn Wolfhard, he wasn't as likeable as the rest. He despised me. I had no idea why.

"Stay with us?" I asked.

"Yes Lennon. I think they need a home where they can mourn and not be reminded of past memories" My mother was sad about it. I could tell. She never got this deep and sappy. And don't get me wrong I was upset for them too. I was more than upset. But my mom didn't get it. She never saw how Finn treated me. In front of her he was a little angel. Sweet and innocent. "Your sister will be staying in your bedroom when they come. I'm gonna take Jakie's room so that Kathrine gets mine. And the boys will stay in the guest bedroom"

I wasn't gonna argue. I didn't want to sound like a brat who wasn't up to letting a poor mourning family into her house. So instead all I said was "Does Jackie know?"

"She knows. She heard me over the phone with Kathrine. You know how she is. Always got her ears open" My mom chuckled and looked down.

"Yeah, a nosy rosy" I chuckled back.

"Well anyway, I'm gonna go finish decorating"
And as I continued to put shiny bulbs on the tree I couldn't help but think. What was Christmas going to be like this year? I wondered if Finn was going to be mellow when he saw me. Maybe the death of his father had softened him.

So...I just realized I forgot to put this in with the cast sooo...

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The Harpers Residence

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The Harpers Residence

The Harpers Livingroom

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The Harpers Livingroom

The Harpers Livingroom

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Lennon's Bedroom

Rockafeller Cafe

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Rockafeller Cafe

Other setting's include

《Maxwell Highschool
《The Skaterink
《The Record Store

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