Christmas miracle

I awoke to the sound of my roommate throwing a bag on the floor of our dorm. She was packing to see her family for the week. I, however, was stuck in the dorms over break because my flight home was cancelled. I went to college in Sydney, Australia, but my home was in the Midwestern United States. There was going to be blizzards all week so all flights have been cancelled. I was spending Christmas alone. I rolled over and look at my alarm clock. Why did my roommate flight have to be so early? I decided I might as well get up and get dressed as there was no way I would be getting anymore sleep with the sounds of my roommate throwing her belongings into her bags.

I got dressed and did my hair and makeup, taking all the time I pleased since nothing would be open.

After finishing getting ready i saw that it was almost 7 so I decided to get breakfast at my favorite diner. I grabbed my purse and checked how much money I had, since I had decided to do more Christmas shopping for my friends and family. I left and made my way to my favorite diner.

I walked in and noticed I was the only person in the diner other than a curly - haired boy in a back booth. As I made my way to my favorite booth I noticed the boy was staring at me, not creepily, but curiously.  I stared back and realized he was in one of my writing classes. I gave him a small wave and pushed the corners of my mouth up to form a friendly smile. I sat down and the waitress came over to take my order. After she brought my food and I had taken a few bites the curly -haired boy shyly walked over and sat across from me.

"Aren't you in one of my classes?" He asked a bit nervously with a thick Australian accent.

"Yeah"

"Shouldn't you be on a flight home?" He asked, he must have noticed my American accent.

"Yes, but they've been cancelled this week because of the weather, so I'm spending break in my dorm", I replied with a bit of sadness in my voice.

"Me too, my family can't fly home this week so I'm alone over break too", his tone similar to mine.

We sat in silence for a few moments, not quite sure if the conversation should continue or not.

"What do you have planned to do then?" I asked.

"I was thinking about doing some Christmas shopping for my family and friends today", he said.

"Me too, do you want to ride together?"

"We haven't exchanged first names and your asking if you want to carpool with me?" He asked with a hint of amusement and a smirk on his lips. "Sounds good, my name is Ashton by the way." He said after a moment.

"Okay and my name is Jessica."

I paid my bill and got up at the same time as Ashton.

"I was planning on going to the nearest mall so I could shop a bit longer"

He nodded and we made our way to my car. I realized how weird it was that I had invited him to shop with me. It was just going to be a few hours and he could have declined.

We got in and before I had even started the car he he asked "May I", while gesturing to my cds?

"Of course", I replied.

Christina Perrie's voice began to fill my car as I pulled out of the diner parking lot and began driving to the nearest mall. On the way there we talked about who we were shopping for and what we were getting. I pulled into the mall parking lot after a while. The drive had seemed so short. We decided to shop together to get opinions. We went to store after store and got everything we wanted. After stopping to get lunch in the food court I asked, "what else do you need to get, I was just going to get myself a few things and then I'm done?"

"I was just going to get a few things for myself also."

"Meet back here in an hour then?"

"Yeah."

I made my way to my next store. I decided to get a few new shirts and some Aztec leggings. I bought a few movies as well to stay entertained in my dorm. After checking the time I decided to go into a music store to get more posters and cds. I paid and headed towards the food court to meet Ashton.

"Let me take your bags", Ashton said when I found him. "Okay, but you don't have to", I said handing him my bags.

We walked to the car and talked about what we bought. The ride home was full of pleasant chatter about music and plans for the rest of break.

"I bought a few movies to watch tomorrow", I said to answer his question about what I was doing tomorrow.

"Sounds nice, I'm not sure what I'm doing yet, mind if I join you."

I blushed and replied, "Yeah, I'd like that, but i didn't decorate my dorm for Christmas, so the most festive thing will be the movies."

"Then maybe we can decorate it, I have a tree in my dorm that I didn't bother putting up this year. I'll bring some of my favorite Christmas movies too."

By the time we were done discussing tomorrow's plans we had arrived back at the diner where Ashton's car was still parked.

"Meet me back here for breakfast tomorrow? "

"Yeah, 8 o'clock good?"

He nodded to reply and grabbed his bags and walked to his car.

As I drove back to my dorm I played back the day. I was pleased with how it turned out. I pulled into the parking lot and got my bags and as soon as I got into my room and my head hit the pillow I was asleep.

*beep* *beep*  my alarm clock blared. I was irritated, but then I remembered why I had it set in the first place. I jumped up and rushed to get ready so I wouldn't be late. After hurriedly getting ready and cleaning my room to the best of my ability(shoving everything under my bed) I went to go to the diner.

"Hi", Ashton greeted me as I sat in my favorite booth where he was also sitting.

"Hey", I said as I sat down. We ordered our food and talked about random things as we ate. Once we finished we went to our cars so he could follow me to my dorm.

I helped him unload the little tree he had and the other decorations so we could watch Christmas movies in a more festive room on Christmas Eve.

After decorating for a few hours so everything was perfect we sat at the end of my bed with my laptop on my dresser while watching Elf. It was both of ours favorite Christmas movie. We spent the rest of the day watching Christmas movies. After the last of my new one's was over Ashton sat up.

"I got a text from my mom and they got on a flight and will be home tomorrow. Thank you for the best Christmas Eve I've ever had." And he handed me a cd he must have got yesterday.  "For you", he said "I was miserable when I thought I would be alone all break, so I bought this as a thank you

."

I felt bad that I hadn't gotten him a thing so I decided I didn't really need one of my cds. I handed him the cd and we said our goodbyes.