Locker 305 n.h. (closed)

Chapter 18

My alarm beeps, and the light glow of the numbers reads 6:45. It's Christmas. The first thing I do before I get out of bed each Christmas, I check for snow. Today was a white Christmas! I instantly smile to myself and slip on my Rudolph slippers then race down the stairs, almost falling.

My mouth opens as to the sight I see. All the presents under the tree are big or small with bows, ribbons and festive wrapping paper. I hear my parents coming in and I run up to hug them.

"Merry Christmas!" I say embracing my parents. Today is the only day I'm a morning person.

"Merry Christmas sweetie," they say.

I skip down to the fireplace and look through my stocking first. It contains of chocolates, lip balms, lotions, a gift card, mascaras, face masks and makeup remover wipes. I smile and thank my parents as I head over to the tree.

The first gift that catches my eye is a medium sized box. As I'm about to open the lid, my dad interrupts me.

"Now, before you open it, make sure you choose wisely on who to take," he winks.

No way.... Could it be.... Oh my god. My fingers rip the paper open and I remove the box lid and sits two tickets... But not just tickets, passes... Backstage passes... Ed Sheeran.

"OH MY GOSH! I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU! WHAT IS THIS LIFE?" I scream and jump up and down. Yes, I was a bit Hazely.

"They were hard to get, so make sure you thank us missy," my mom says and laughs.

My face literally hurts so much for smiling and I just sit there for a few minutes to comprehend what just happened. I got backstage passes and tickets to Ed Sheeran... Oh my god...

I finally pull myself together and open up the next gift. Inside was a few phone cases, from Makenna. I silently thank her and go to the next gift; It's from Nina. I gasp at the sight! I've always wanted one of these! I take out the sweatshirt from FreshTops and hold it to my chest. It was black and said Teenage Dirtbag on the front. I remind myself to where this to the Ed Sheeran concert.

"Hey Mom," I ask her while unwrapping another gift.

"Yah," she responds stirring her coffee.

"When is the day of the concert?"

"Oh, check the tickets," Mom says smiling.

I check back down on the ticket and it's on March 17th, wait, March 17th!That's my birthday!

"Oh my gosh, that's my birthday!" I say as I prance around.

"Yup, you better thank us, because that's what your gift happens to be." Dad says.

After about another 15 minutes, I'm done with opening my presents. My parents thank me for their gift cards, from me, of course. I look around the whole room just smiling at everything, I love Christmas so much!

After I finish cleaning up the wrapping paper, my mom and I head over to the food pantry. We do this every year, feeding the ones who need it the most. I just slipped on a a new sweatshirt I got and yoga capris.

"Ya know Kadence, I'm gonna really miss Oregon when we move," she says as her hand lands on my knee.

"Mom, will I miss Prom? I mean, I still have to apply to colleges!" Oh no, I haven't really thought about that yet, I need to do that next week.

"Well, you'll most likely miss prom,"

"Can we move after graduation?" I beg.

"I'll talk with your father," Mom sighs while turning into the parking lot of the food pantry.

We get inside as Mrs. Grey, the head manager, tells us to go put on our aprons and wash our hands. After I do that, my job is to unload the canned goods and put them on the shelves. The only problem is the boxes of food are on the very top of the tall storage unit. Ugh. This is one reason why being only 5'2 hurts. I get a small but wobbly ladder and climb to the top step. I grab the box but lose balance, shoot. I fall back towards the ground but a hand grabs me by the wrist and I balance myself. I look up to the tall figure and he just smiles at me.

"Oh, thank you," I say as I brush myself off.

"No problem, I'm Dean," the boy kindly flashes a smile. He had light brown, shaggy hair and bright blue eyes, similar to Louis Tomlinson...

"I'm uh Kadence," I cough and pick the box back up.

And right on queue like it was supposed to happen, Louis walks in carrying boxes.

"Hi Louis, what are you doing here?" I ask him.

"Oh, just helping," he tells me while setting the boxes down on a table.

"I see you already know my cousin," Dean chuckles.

"Y'all are cousins? I'd never guess," I sarcastically remark as they stand next to each other displaying their similar features.

Louis, Dean and I end up working on the same shelves along with Louis's younger sister Fizzy.

"So, what'd you get for Christmas?" I ask Louis while I put up a can of green beans on a shelf.

"Nerf guns," he says with a completely blank face.

"You've gotta be kidding me. That's like my 9 year old cousin!" I reply causing me to laugh. "So you're an 18 year old guy who enjoys that stuff,"

"Hey! You're never to old to be a kid," he defends himself as I agree with him. "Plus, I just turned 19 yesterday,"

Before I ask him why he's 19, Louis explains to me that he started kindergarten late.

We continue working while belting out All I Want for Christmas is You, giving us a few looks from other people. We just laugh it off.

Before our shift is over, all of us exchange numbers and tell each other Merry Christmas while we make our way back to our homes. I decide to call Niall to ask him to go to the concert with me.

"Hello," Niall chirps through the phone.

"Oh hi, Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas!" he says back.

"So, did ya get those Ed Sheeran tickets?" I ask him.

"Uh, I actually didn't," Niall sadly says and coughs.

"Well luckily for you, I did! I want you to come with me!"

"Really! I'd love to go!" He nearly shouts, wow I've got a fanboy on my hands.

"Plus, they're backstage passes too!"

"You've gotta be freaking kidding me, Kadence!" Niall squeals happily.

"Nope! We'll talk later!"

"Okay bye!" He says. Before he hangs up I can hear a slight scream from the other line. Oh what a fanboy. Maura was right, we are like the same person. I laugh at the thought.

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I HAVEN'T BEEN HE-UH IN AGES! SORRY LOVES. I've been sick and really busy :( Well on a brighter note, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LOUIS, WHO I CAN'T BELIEVE IS 23! OH AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS! (Yes I know this before XD) I hope y'all have a great holiday and break! Oh and btw, I'm making up the concert thing... So if you're looking for it on March 17th, it won't come up ! NO editing

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