My Christmas Wishlist pt 4; “The more the merrier.”

There was a knock at the door and Fedora jumped up again, “I invited some friends, I hope that’s okay.”
Harriette shrugged as Fedora ran to the door. Really it was not okay with Harriette, she was hoping they could hang out with Collin and have fun. She did not like Fedora’s friends, especially Sacia.
Sacia hated Harriette for “kicking her and her friends out of the Populars,” which Harriette never did. They left on their own.
“Hey,” Sacia said, Fedora had just brought her into the living room.
“Hello,” Harriette’s mom said.
“I hope you don’t mind,” Fedora said.
“Of course not,” Harriette’s mom said, “the more the merrier.”
Sacia smiled at her and took a seat on the couch.
“Did you invite anyone else?” Harriette asked.
‘“Yeah, AeGuk,” Fedora said.
“Oh,” Harriette said. Fedora’s boyfriend was also coming, this meant that Harriette would get no time to hang out with Fedora. She had purposely not invited DaeRi so that they could hang out, DaeRi had no idea that they were secret friends.
Finn and Willow were staring at Sacia, but Sacia had not noticed she was too busy staring at the tree with a bitterly. What was wrong with her anyway?
“Hello,” Willow said hesitantly.
“What?” Sacia snapped.
Sacia did not reply, Harriette poked her.
“Willow said hello,” Harriette said.
“Who’s Willow?” Sacia asked.
“Her little sister,” Fedora said.
“Oh, her?” Sacia said staring at Willow.
“Yeah,” Fedora said.
“Hi,” Sacia said to Willow.
Willow smiled shyly, “what’s your name?”
“Sacia,” Sacia said.
“Pretty,” Finn said.
“You’re pretty,” Willow said.
“Thank you,” Sacia said, amused.
“Can I brush your hair?” Willow asked.
Sacia laughed, “you want to brush my hair?”
“Yeah,” Finn said.
“It’s long,” Willow said.
“And straight,” Finn said.
“Um, well...” Sacia said, looking at Fedora who just shrugged. “Okay?”
“Yay,” Willow said, she got up and ran upstairs to get a brush.
Harriette ran her hand through her hair, Finn and Willow had never asked to brush her hair. So what if it was curly, curly hair is fun too.
Harriette noticed Fedora looking at her, she looked like she wanted to tell her something. Harriette sighed and said she needed something to drink and Fedora quickly agreed. They both walked into the kitchen.
“What’s up?” Harriette asked.
“Please be nice to Sacia,” Fedora said.
Harriette crossed her arms, ”what do you mean?”
“Sacia having family problems,” Fedora said, “so be nice to her.”
“Was I not being nice to her?” Harriette asked, could Fedora read her mind?
“You were just in there giving her the evil eye,” Fedora said.
“I did not realise,” Harriette shrugged.
“Just be nice to her,” Fedora said. She opened the fridge and took out a can of coke. “Please?”
“Why would I not be?” Harriette said taking a can of diet coke.
“I don’t know,” Fedora said sarcastically, “because you guys hate each other.”
“Well, why’d you invite her then?” Harriette said.
“I thought it might cheer her up,” Fedora said, taking a peek into the living room, “and by the looks of it, it is.”
Harriette looked over Fedora’s shoulder, Willow was brushing Sacia’s hair and Finn was putting a bunch of clips in it and Sacia was laughing.
“Okay,” Harriette said, she didn’t want Fedora to be mad at her so she did not have a choice. Plus she knew what it felt like to have family problems, Harriette’s dad died last year and one of her brothers were pretty much throwing his life away and sometimes her mom could get stressed about that.
“Thanks,” Fedora said, leaving the kitchen. Harriette hung back and glanced out the window, it looked like Lizzie had just arrived.

My Christmas Wishlist pt 3; "Almost as good as the presents.”

Fedora was rummaging the fridge when the phone rang, she called someone to answer it, though she was in the same room as the phone.
Her mom came into the kitchen and glared at her before answering the phone.
“Hello,” she said.
“Ah, of course.”
“Tonight?”
“We’ll be there.”
“Who was it?” Fedora asked as her mom hung up the phone.
“Laura,” her mom said.
“Auntie?” Fedora asked, she never really called her by her real name.
“Yes,” her mom said.
“What did she want?” Fedora asked.
“She invited us over for a decorating party,” her mom said.
“Oh,” Fedora said, she had forgotten about their annual decorating party. “Are bentley and his dad invited too?”
“Of course,” her mom said.
Fedora shrugged, “can I bring someone?”
“I guess,” her mom said, “Laura never complains about more people, she would probably appreciate it.”
“Great,” Fedora said. She skipped out or the kitchen and up to her room thinking about who to invite, Bryan was probably already invited. Fedora’s aunt was really close with his mom, who was also Fedora’s aunt. She could invite Sacia though, Sacia was having family problems and Fedora really wanted to find something to cheer her up. Maybe this will. And she’ll invite AeGuk, she was just over at his house yesterday decorating his tree. She left them both chats, Sacia immediately replied yes and AeGuk replied yes after awhile.
--
Later the day Harriette went downstairs after getting ready for the party, she wanted to look more festive, she was now wearing one of her new holiday dresses. It was red with lace accents.
She saw that they had finally managed to get the tree up, they had got it a while ago but the decided to not put it up till the decorating party. Collin was sitting on the couch drawing something, by the way he kept looking up at the tree they figured he was drawing the tree. Tamarai and just left the kitchen, Harriette guessed she was helping her mom with the baking, they always had cookies at their decorating parties.
She walked up to Collin and poked him, “what are you doing?”
Collin looked up at her, ”drawing,”
“What are you drawing?” Tamarai asked.
“The tree,” Collin said.
“Cool,” Tamarai said.
“Can I see it?” Harriette asked.
“It’s not done,” Collin said.
“So?” Harriette asked,” please?”
“Okay,” Collin said, he handed his sketch pad to Harriette.
“Wow,” Harriette said, the picture was so detailed, it looked just like the tree, and it was not even done.
Tamarai peeked curiously over Harriette’s shoulder, she wanted to see the picture too. She loved Collin’s art. She saw it and smiled, it was so nice. He always did the bets art.
“It’s amazing,” Harriette said, handing the pad back to Collin.
“Thank you,” Collin said.
“Look!” Finn said, pulling on Harriette’s skirt.
“What?” she asked.
“We helped put the tree up,” Willow said, she was sitting next at the coffee table drawing something.
“Yeah,” Finn said.
“You guys did a great job,” Harriette said.
“Thanks,” they said.
“What are you drawing?” Tamarai asked Willow.
“The tree,” Willow said, “I’m going to show it to Lizzie.”
“Can we invite Lizzie?” Finn asked.
“You have to ask mom,” Harriette said.
Finn smiled at her and ran into the kitchen. Willow stayed where she was, concentrating hard on her drawing. Finally she looked up from the drawing and up at the tree.
“I’m done,” Willow said.
“Can i see it?” Tamarai asked.
“Of course,” Willow said. Tamarai picked up the sheet of paper
“It’s cute,” Tamarai said.
“Is it as good as Collin’s?” Willow asked.
“Practically,” Tamarai said, “practice makes perfect.”
Willow beamed up at her and then took the paper and ran into the kitchen to show their mom.
“Children are so easy to please,” Harriette said.
Tamarai laughed.
There was a knock at the door and Harriette went to go get it.
“Oh, hi,” she said when she saw Fedora and the rest of her family on the other side of the door.
“That was the most enthusiastic greeting ever,” Fedora said sarcastically.
“Come in,” Harriette said, “my mom is still in the kitchen, you can go in there if you want to see her.”
“Is that where the food is?” Fedora asked.
Harriette laughed.
“That wasn't a joke,” Fedora said seriously, “I’m hungry and you know my mother, I need cookies.”
“Okay,” Harriette said, amused, “but you have to wait.”
“Ugh,” Fedora said, sitting down next to Collin.
“What’s up?” she asked him.
“Nothing much,” Collin said.
“What are you drawing?” fedora asked.
“The tree,” Collin said, “I just finished.”
“Ooh, can I see it?” Fedora asked.
“Sure,” Collin said handing her the drawing pad.
“Awesome,” Fedora said handing the drawing pad back to Collin.
“Thanks,” Collin said.
Just then Harriette’ mom came from the kitchen with a plate full of cookies, Fedora jumped up as she set them on the coffee table.
“I love Christmas cookies,” Fedora said taking a bunch, “it’s one of my favorite things about Christmas. Almost as good as the presents.”
Harriette laughed.
“Guess what?” Finn asked Harriette.
“What?” Harriette said.
“Mommy said we could invite Lizzy,” Willowsaid.
“Oh, yay,” Harriette said.
“So you can meet her,” Finn said.
“Are you excited?” Willow asked.
“Yep,” Harriette said.
“Who’s Lizzie?” Fedora asked, her mouth full of cookies.
“Lizzie is our new friend,” Finn said.
“She’s so pretty,” Willow said.
“She lives in a huge house,” Finn said.
“She has sisters,” Willow said.
“She’s so awesome,” Finn said.
“Can’t wait to meet her,” Fedora said.
“Yay,” Willow said.
Harriette laughed, her siblings were so excitable.

Picture: Sacia Homecoming

My Christmas Wishlist pt 2; “I just love decorating for Christmas.”

Earlier, before dinner at the Brown’s house, Amado, Collin, and Bentley were hanging out in Amado’s room.  
“Have you guys went skiing before?” Amado asked Bentley and Collin.
“Yeah,” Collin said, “I went with my family multiple times.”
“I’ve gone once,” Bentley said, “my dad isn’t really the skiing type. I went with my mom and my real dad though, but that was years ago.”
“Well,” Amado said, “we are going on a skiing trip and my aunt said I could take you guys if you want.”
“Really?” Collin asked.
“I would not lie,” Amado said.
“So when is it?” Collin asked.
“First week of Christmas break,” Amado said. “and you’ll get to meet my cousins.”
“I have to ask my mom,” Collin said.
“Okay,” Amado said. “Will you come, Bentley?”
“I guess I have to ask my parents first,” Bentley said, “but my dad will say yes. He always does.”
“That is good,” Amado said, smiling.
--
Two hours later Harriette ad Tamarai were waiting outside the mall for their mom talking about their purchases.
“DaeRi is just going to adore that bag,” Harriette said, “don’t you think?”
“Of course,” Tamarai said. They saw their mom’s car pulled up and gathered their bags.
“How was shopping?” Their mom asked as they got into the car, Harriette in the passenger seat and Tamarai in the back.
“Great,” Tamarai said.
“Yep, we got a bunch of gifts,” Harriette said, “our list is almost empty, we’ll go again next week with DaeRi.”
“Well, that’s good,” their mom said.
“Where are the twins?” Tamarai asked.
“Back home with Collin,” their mom said.
“Did you invite Fedora?” Harriette asked.
“Yep,” their mom said, “they’ll be over at seven.”
“I’m so excited,” Tamarai said. “I just love decorating for Christmas.”
“I’d glad you’re excited,” their mom said.
Tamarai loved her life in the Brown family, sometimes she thought back to when she was an orphan in India, Christmas was not so much fun back then. Sometimes she thought about the kids she knew, she wondered if they found a family as great as hers.
When they arrived at home Finn and Willow immediately ran up to them.
“What did you buy?” Willow asked.
“Did you buy anything for us?” Finn asked.
“You’ll have to wait and see,” Harriette said.
Finn and Willow gasped and looked at each other.
“Okay,” they said together then ran upstairs.
“They’re so cute,” Tamarai squealed.
“Yeah,” Harriette said, “come on, let’s go hide these.”
“Yeah,” Tamarai said, they had bought things for Finn and Willow.
“We don’t want them sneaking around and finding them,” Harriette said.
They went up to Harriette’s room and stashed the bag with Finn and Willow’s presents into her closet on the top shelf.
“They’ll never be able to reach them there,” Harriette said.
“Yeah,” Tamarai said.
“You’re back,” Collin said.
“Oh, hi!” Harriette said. “I bet you can’t wait to see what I bought you.”
“You bought me something?” Collin asked.
“Of course,” Harriette said, “and you’ll love it.”
“Well then, I’m excited to see what it is,” Collin said.
“You’ll have to wait till Christmas,” Harriette said.
“I know,” Collin said.
“I’m going to go down stairs,” Tamarai said quietly.
“Okay,” Harriette said, “see you later.”
“Bye,” Collin said.
“Bye,” Tamarai said before leaving the room in a hurry.
“Where have you been?” Harriette asked.
“I went to the art museum,” Collin said.
“Cool,” Harriette said, though she did not understand how Collin could spend time staring at pictures.
“How was shopping?” Collin asked sitting on his bed.
“Fun,” Harriette said. “We bought the cutest bag for DaeRi, she couldn’t make it so we promised to buy her something for Christmas.”
“That’s cool,” Collin said.
“We also bought some presents for Finn and Willow,” Harriette said.
“What did you buy them?” Collin asked.
“We bought doll for Willow and a train set for Finn,” Harriette said.
“Wow,” Collin said. “They’ll love those.”
“Yeah,” Harriette said, “I really wanted to buy them something awesome.”
“I think you succeeded,” Collin said.
Harriette smiled, she remembered when she was young and all she wanted for Christmas was dolls and doll houses and stuff for dolls. She loved dolls and she wanted Willow to love them too.
She stared out the window and again wished that it snowed, this Christmas would be the best if it snowed. She shrugged and went downstairs to find Tamarai.

My Christmas Wishlist pt 1; "but you have to wait till christmas."

Harriette was looking out her window wishing she lived in a place that snowed. She had visited New York City with Fedora once in the winter, it was beautiful. It always snowed in all the Christmas movies too, so she imagined it would feel more Christmas-y if it was snowing.
She wished she could go to New York with Fedora again, but she had a feeling that wouldn’t happen anytime soon.
Fedora had been acting especially cold towards her lately, Harriette did not know why. Harriette was always nice to her, at least she tried to be when she could. Being popular was hard sometimes.
“Hey,” Collin said. Harriette turned to smile at him, Collin was always there for her, popular or not.
“Hi,” she said.
“Mom said dinner is done,” he said.
“Oh,” Harriette said. “Coming.”
Dinner at her house was always fun, her mom was the best cook ever and the twins were just so adorable. Especially since they entered school, they always told colorful stories about their days.
Today the story was about their new friend, Lizzie.
“She lives in a HUGE house,” Finn said, his curly brown hair bouncing when he moved around.
“Bigger then  ours,” Willow said in her tiny voice, her hair was like Finn’s, curly and brown. The only difference in the twins, other then being boy and girl, was Willow’s dot on her cheek. Harriette thought it was adorable.
“She has curly brown hair,” Finn said.
“Like ours, but curlier!” Willow said.
“And she has pretty green eyes,” Finn said.
“I always wanted green eyes,” Willow said.
“She has two older sisters,” Finn said.
“Like us,” Willow said.
“But we have a brother too,” Finn said.
“Yeah,” Willow said.
“She only lives with girls,” Finn said.
“Her dad is gone,” Willow said.
“Like ours,” Finn said,
“We’re so alike,” Willow said.
“She said we could be triplets,” Finn said.
“Except we don’t have green eyes,” Willow said.
“Why don’t you guys take a break from talking so you can eat your food,” their mom said.
“Okay,” Finn and Willow said, going back to eating their food. Tonight they were having roast beef and vegetables.
“How was your day?” their mom asked Harriette.
“Good,” Harriette said. “Christmas is so close, and I still haven’t bought any gifts. Me and Tamarai might go shopping on Saturday though.”
“That’s good,” their mom said. “And you Collin?”
“My day was good,” Collin said. “I’ve been invited to go skiing with one of my friends.”
“Oh, who?” their mom asked.
“Amado,” Collin said, “he invited me and Bentley.”
Harriette still couldn’t believe Collin was hanging out with Amado and Bentley, Bentley was cool but Amado was not. Lately Amado has been moving up the popular tiers because he hung out with Bentley and Collin who were both very popular.
But before he was made fun of because of his flashy clothes, almost always were purple and matched whatever color he wanted with it, like yellow or red. Yellow and red do not go with purple, everyone knows that.
“Well, do you want to go?” their mom asked him.
“Yeah,” Collin said.
“Well then, you have my permission,” their mom said. “Tamarai, how was your day?”
“Fun,” Tamarai said, “I have a photography project with DaeRi and we started on that today. We have to put together a children's book with photos and words. DaeRi is an amazing writer so it’s coming together beautifully.”
Daeri and Tamarai were in after school art class together that met up every Friday after school. Harriette once wanted to join but she did not really like art, she just wanted to join because Tamarai and DaeRi went to it.
“That’s good,” their mom said.
“Her older sister go to a private school,” Finn said, back to talking about their new friend.
“Her other one is home schooled,” Willow said.
“They just moved here,” Finn said.
“Yeah,” Willow said.
“Well, I think it is time to clean up,” their mom said. “Go get ready for bed.”
“Aww,” Finn said.
“Can’t we stay up a little later,” Willow said.
“Tomorrow is Saturday,” Finn said.
“Alright, thirty more minutes,” their mom said.
“Yay!” Willow said. “Come on, let’s go play doll house.”
“Okay,” Finn said.
Harriette watched them run up the stairs and then turned to her mom.
“Do you need any help?” Harriette asked.
“Thanks but i think I have everything under control,” her mom said.
“Okay,” Harriette said brightly. She decided to go to library and chat Fedora. Harriette loved yhat she had a library in her own house, it made her feel like a princess.
Fedora was not online but DaeRi was.

Daydreamer: Hi
PrincessHarriette: hi
Daydreamer: We’re going shopping tomorrow?
PrincessHarriette: yeah, you’re coming right?
Daydreamer: Sorry, I have a doctors appointment
Daydreamer: But you guys can go without me
PrincessHarriette: okay
PrincessHarirette: we’ll buy something for you
PrincessHarriette: but you have to wait till christmas
Daydreamer: Okay :D
Daydreamer: I have to go, see you on Sunday.
PrincessHarriette: bye!

Harriette yawned, she was pretty tired. She went up to her room and changed into her pajamas.
“Going to sleep?” Collin asked.
“Yep,” Harriette said, getting into her bed. “See you in the morning, Collie.”
“‘Night, Harri,” Collin said.
“Don’t call me that,” Harriette mumbled tiredly, already half asleep. She soon drifted to sleep reaming about being a princess.
--
The next morning Harriette was up bright and early for her shopping trip with Tamarai. She ate some fruit for breakfast and then her mom drove them both down to the big mall. The twins came too because Collin was not going to be home and they could not be home alone.
“Can we go to the mall too,” Willow asked.
“Maybe another day,” their mom said.
“Why?” Finn asked.
“Because I have things to do at home today,” their mom said, “We need to get the decorations out of the attic, don’t you want to help with that?”
“Yeah!” Willow said.
“Are we going to have a decorating party again?” Tamarai asked.
“Of course we are,” their mom said. “They’re annual.”
“Oh,” Tamarai said, blushing. Since she was adopted she did not really know much about their traditions yet, though she was adopted five years ago. She was a slow learner, she hardly knew English when she was first adopted. Now her accent was all that was left that indicated that she was not American, that and that she looked hundred percent Indian.
“Tonight?” Harriette asked.
“I was thinking about it,” their mom said.
“Yes!” Willow said.
“We have to check to see if my sister is doing anything,” their mom said.
“Fedora’s coming?” Harriette asked.
“Of course, they always come,” their mom said.
“Of course,” Harriette said. “Silly me.”
“Are we there yet?” Finn asked.
“Almost,” their mom said.
“Yay,” Willow said.
“Are you sure we can’t go to the mall too,” Finn asked.
“Yes,” their mom said. “Maybe tomorrow, you can buy presents for your friends.”
“Like Lizzie!” Willow said. “I wonder what she wants.”
“We’ll have to ask her,” Finn said.
“Yeah,” Willow said.
“Are we there yet?” Finn asked again.
“Actually we are,” their mom said, pulling into the mall parking lot.
“See you later,” Harriette said, getting out of the car.
“Bye,” Tamarai said.
“I’ll pick you up in two hours,” their mom said.
“Okay,” Harriette said.
They turned towards the mall, it was the biggest mall around them, they had to drive out a while to get to it. there town was too small for a big mall like this, and their towns mall had way less stores.
“Too bad DaeRi couldn’t come,” Tamarai said.
Harriette shrugged, “there’s always next Saturday.”
“Yep,” Tamarai said.
“Now, let’s get shopping,” Harriette said.

Update

NaNoWriMo is over so it is back to regular posting! I will also be editing my novel that I have wrote to make it readable, when I am done I will post it somehow.
Also my stories will be a lot longer now starting with my Christmas story which I am working on now, it is called "My Christmas Wishlist."
So look forward to that, the first part will probably be posted today.
Also I am thinking about introducing new characters, two of which was in my novel. one was nameless, but she was in the novel. But I am not sure so, we'll see.
That is everything I have to say, So talk to you later!

Sneak Peak at Senior Year Troubles and A.L. High Novel

Hello,
I am doing NaNoWriMo this year and I am writing a A.L. High novel following Fedora Bannister at the start of her senior year, here is a sneak peak:

Today Fedora was shopping with her mom for school clothes. She hated shopping and she hated spending time with her mom so it was going to be a long terrible day. She followed her mom as she pointed out all the stores Fedora would never be able to shop in if she didn’t lose weight, this was something her mom did every single time they went shopping together. She thought it gave her inspiration to lose weight. It did not, all it did was make her feel bad.
“Look at that pretty dress," Her mom said pausing outside a store window which was showing a pink puffy dress on a mannequin. Fedora shivered, the dress was terrible.
“If you lose weight maybe you could wear something like that to prom," Her said, shrugging then walking again.
“Mom, I would never wear that thing anyway," Fedora said, following her. “Not like I plan to go to prom anyway.”
Her mom stopped walking and turned around to face her, “What?”
Fedora shrugged, “It’s just a stupid dance I went to a million of those last year. And they all sucked.”
Her mom just shook her head and continued to walk. Fedora glanced glanced at the store as they passed them, ignoring her mom’s commentary. They both knew they weren’t going to buy anything, but Fedora followed her mom anyway.
Fedora was hungry, but she knew better then to tell her mom that so she kept quiet and continued to try to ignore her mom’s commentary on the stores. Fedora sighed whens he saw that they soon going to pass the worst part, the store made for “bigger girls”.
“Mom lets go," Fedora said, stopping.
“But we are almost to the store that might have clothes that fit you," Her mom said.
“I don’t need any clothes, I still fit everything from last year and I bought some shirts over Summer break, so lets go.”
“Honey, the clothes you have are terrible," Her mom said. “You bought them all from the boys section.”
“So, I like them," Fedora said, crossing her arms.
Her mom shook her head, “fine, let’s go,"
Fedora sighed, finally it was over, she turned around and saw the last people she wanted to see. It was Harriette and her two friends, Daeri Baek and Tamarai Brown. DaeRi baek was a petite Korean girl, and Tamarai was a short Indian girl who had her hair cut into a super short bob over the summer, she was also Harriette’s adopted sister.
Harriette noticed her and waved her over. Fedora decided to pretend she hadn’t seen them. But of course her mom had to say something.
“Hey, there’s Harriette and her friends," Her mom said.
“Mom, lets go," fedora said.
“But they’re coming right this way and it would be rude to ignore them," Her mom said.
“I don’t care," Fedora said, turning around. “I’d rather go shopping then talk to her.”
“Stop being so rude, Fedora," Her mom said. Fedora could tell her mom was mad at her now, something she tried not to do.
“Okay," Fedora said, turning back around and saw that Harriette was right there. “Hi.”
“Hi!” Harriette said, in her usually peppy voice. “Are you also shopping for school clothes?”
“We were just about to go home," Fedora said.
“But, you don’t have any bags," Harriette said.
“I didn’t buy anything," Fedora said, shrugging.
“I understand," Harriette said. “Tamarai is having the same problem, she gained a few pounds over the Summer.”
Fedora looked at Tamarai and wanted to laugh, Tamarai looked perfectly fine, way skinnier then Fedora.
“She looks fine to me," Fedora said.
“Well, you know me and DaeRi, we are petite sizes, so we need to shop in different stores then her," Harriette said, shrugging. “We were actually just going to go to a different store to get some clothes for Tamarai.”
“Well, have fun," Fedora said.
“Yeah, see you later," Harriette said, walking past them with her friend following behind her.
Fedora heard her mom mumbled something, but didn’t even want to know what it was. It probably had something to do with how Fedora should be more like Harriette, something her mom and step dad tells her all the time.