When Trouble Meets Trouble -S01 E57

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When Trouble Meets Trouble -S01 E57

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 57

“Race you down the stairs!” he shouted and I glared

at him. I walked to the bathroom and washed my

face. I brushed my teeth and my hair and then put

on some deodorant. Changing into some warm

clothes, I walked downstairs.

I noticed that my mom already set up for the

Christmas party although it was only 10 in the

morning and the party wasn’t until 7 at night. My

mom and dad were sitting on the couch. I ran over

and hugged my dad. “You’re home!”

“Of course I am, darling. I promised that I’d be,

didn’t I?” He asked, smiling down at me. I nodded

before sitting on the couch between them. I felt like a

kid again. My brother was already digging under the

Christmas tree, splitting the gifts into four piles based

on names. My mother has three gifts like my father

while Jer and I had a few more.

“Open mine first!” Jeremiah told me as I dug through

my gifts. I looked at the box where Jeremiah

wrapped it in bright pink wrapping paper. How

manly. I looked at him nervously. He looked at me

with a serious expression on his face. “Open it or it’ll

die.”

I quickly started unwrapping the gift in fear of it being

an animal and knowing Jer, he’d forget to poke holes

in the box and feed it. I smiled at the gift before I

became confused. “Ice packs?”

“For when you blush around Jonah!” my brother

grinned at me as if his gift was a great idea. I stared

at him, horrified. Not only did he waste money on

ice packs; he said that in front of my father!

“Who’s Jonah?” my father asked.

“He’s Jeremiah’s friend, you see,” I smiled nervously

at my father and kicked Jeremiah in the process.

My father rolled his eyes but let it go. “Open my gift,

Jeremiah,” I told him.

Recently Jeremiah has found out that he has an

obsession with bow ties. He has a collection of them,

including twelve already. He opened the small box

and saw the bow tie I’d given him. He smiled at me.

“I love it!” he exclaimed, throwing the empty box

behind him. It hit a vase and my mother looked at

Jer with a glare.

Merry Christmas from the Harp family.

~~~

Opening gifts is tiring, I can tell you that. To me, it’s

better when we’re finished and enjoying Christmas

breakfast. “What’s the theme of this year’s Christmas

party?”

My mother stared at me for a moment before glaring

at Jeremiah. He looked at the table. “You didn’t tell

her?”

“Well, I forgot,” Jeremiah replied sheepishly as he

glanced up.

“You were supposed to buy a gift for someone.

We’re doing secret santa this year. He was supposed

to give you an index card with someone’s name on it

and you were supposed to buy them a gift,” my

mother explained.

I frowned and stared at Jeremiah. “Did you even get

a gift for your secret santa?” my mother asked him.

“I barely know the girl!” he exclaimed.

“Who is she?” I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.

“Since we both invited someone a bit later than we

should have, mom thought I should get your friend

a gift and you get mine one,” he told me as he

soaked his pancakes in syrup.

“Who’d you invite?” I asked him cautiously. He

smiled at me nervously.

“Who’d you invite?” he copied me.

“I think you know who I invited!” I slammed my

hands down on the table. “Seriously? I told you not

to, Jer; it’s going to be awkward.” I still don’t know

who kissed me and my brother is, inviting Jonah

over willy-nilly.