It All Started With Hello [Book One In The Hello Series]

Chapter 17- Christmas Day

It All Started With Hello Ch.17

Artemis

The Christmas program was a major success!

Everyone loved it. I was the perfect angel and Juno was the best star (she led the wise men).

To say I had maybe five hours of sleep last night and had to get up early to get to church to make sure everything was ready, I did not fall asleep during church.

Daddy had me, Juno, Sarayi get our hair done. It took so long. We walked into the salon at 6PM on Saturday and left at 10PM. I was so tired after my long day that once I got to my dad's house all I wanted to do was sleep, but of course I couldn't just fall asleep.

I talked to Prince, Isis, Brittany, Jari, Roc, Prodigy, and Ray for a hour or two then I checked my Instagram and Twitter, wrote some of my random thoughts and things down, then listened to music. I didn't go to sleep until 1AM that night. But none the less, the program was a major hit.

Jari's birthday was the 24th, so Juno and I called to say happy birthday. We sent her a birthday/Christmas gift like we did for Prodigy. She loved the red Michael Jackson like gloves. We got Prodigy the same thing, but his weren't sparkly. But Prod shouldn't know what he has yet.

"Merry Christmas!" Sarayi and Juno whispered to me as they came down stairs. I slept in the living on the sofa. The house only had two bedrooms. Juno slept on an air mattress in Sarayi's room and I enjoyed the sofa. I had the kitchen, computer, TV, and my own bathroom (powder room[half bath]) to myself.

"Merry Christmas." I smiled and sat up.

We walked up stairs to my dad and Marcia's room. We opened the door slowly.

"Merry Christmas!" We shouted and jumped onto the bed.

"Get up, Mr. and Mrs. Claus!" Juno said.

"There is no Mrs. Claus here." Marcia laughed and sat up. Her long, black hair was all over the place.

"Merry Christmas, girls." Marcia smiled. Her smile looked kind of blurry to me. Maybe I'm just seeing things.

"Merry Christmas, Marcia." Juno and I said as Sarayi said, "Merry Christmas, Mom."

"Merry Christmas, Father." Sarayi, Juno, and I said in posh, British accents.

"Merry Christmas, daughters." Daddy said in a bad British accent.

"Boo!" Juno and I booed then laughed.

"Stay up here. We need to put everything out unde the tree." Daddy told us.

Okay. Maybe I'm not seeing things. Maybe its because I couldn't see. I just realized that I didn't have in my contacts nor did I have on my glasses.

"May I get my glasses first? I didn't even realise I didn't have them on." I asked Daddy.

"Sure, baby." He nodded. I ran downstairs, grabbed my glasses and phone, and ran back upstairs.

Daddy and Marcia put all the presents under the tree as we waited on the stairs impatiently.

"Are you done, yet?" We asked repeatedly.

"Come on down." Daddy said. We ran downstairs. Sarayi and Juno pushed me so I was last. I hate being the youngest out of us three.

We opened the presents one at a time. Juno cried when she opened the gift that Roc, Prod, Ray, Myles, and Prince got her. They got Juno a completely new beat and song maker/producer.

After I opened all of my gifts from family and friends, but the gift Prince got me. I stared at the gift Princeton got me.

"Open it, Artty." Sarayi told me. I nodded and took the gift wrap off gently.

"You want to save the gift wrap?" Daddy asked as he recorded everything with his phone.

I cut my eyes at me and ripped the gift wrap off. I opened the big box slowly then pared inside it. I smiled widely at what I saw.

"What is it?" Everyone asked. I pulled out a Build-A-Bear bear from the box.

The bear had on a tie dye misfit jacket with a small backpack, sunglasses, and tan colored fur. It had a peace sign stitched onto his left paw. It held a note in its jacket pocket.

"Dear mi amor,

Merry Christmas! I miss you so much. I know I've said that a lot already, but I do miss you! I got you a custom made bear. It's so you can have me when I'm not around. Someone you can hug and talk to when you can't talk to anyone else. That's PJ (Princeton Junior) or JJ (Jacob Junior). Which ever you choose. Missing you like crazy!

Yours truly,

Princeton"

I wanted to cry when I read the note. I hugged my Princeton bear--my PJ-- tightly.

"What is it?" Sarayi asked.

"It's my own personal Princeton. To have when he isn't around. His name is PJ-- Princeton Junior." I explained.

"That is so cute." Marcia sighed with A smile. I just hugged my pair as I played with the Kindle Daddy got me for the rest of the day.