(Hi. So i wanted to do something a littleee extra for Christmas. I've been working on this since the 14th, and holding it off because i have been lazy. Now it's finally here! Yay. I guess Happy Holidays and Happy New Year. Enjoy this stupid little chapter :)
December 23rd, 2021)
Christmas Eve, The Tally Hall House
It was a dark, & silent night. Every tally was sleeping. The night before everyone had done their Christmas shopping, so gifts were poorly wrapped under the Christmas tree. Zubin didn't even try to wrap any of them, so they were still in the paper bags with names written on them.
Ross awoke because he fell out of bed, but also because he heard footsteps.
"Ow.." Ross tried not to be loud, because he might let the person or thing let him know he's awake.
"Ah!"
"Hey- be quiet. You might wake everyone up, dummy."
"Okay sorry.."
Ross was confused. The voices sounded like Zubin and Rob.
"Why would they be awake?" Ross thought.
The footsteps continued, and stopped at what sounded like Ross's door. Ross panicked and tried his best to fake sleep. They opened his door.
"Is he asleep?" Rob asked.
"Yeah. Hah. He fell." Zubin & Rob laughed, then closed the door.
Ross let out a sigh of relief, and slowly got up. He opened his door a little, to see out into the hallway. He saw Zubin & Rob look into Andrew's room to see if he was awake. Andrew wasn't, so they closed his door and went downstairs.
Soon as they did, Ross snuck out of his room and tip-toed down the stairs. He hid and checked if Zubin & Rob were anywhere near him, thank god they weren't. They actually weren't even in the living room which made Ross confused. He then went up to the window, and saw they were in the car. The trunk was open, and Zubin was loading stuff into it.
Then Rob & Zubin both got out of the car, heading to the front door. Ross panicked and opened a window, and jumped through it. It hurt, but it was worth it to not get caught by 2 tall (ish?) men in the middle of the night.
Ross waited and sat down low to if you looked from the inside, you couldn't see anything on the ground.
"Hey, did you leave this window open?" Zubin asked.
"No. Must be Joe doing his weird things of the night." Rob complained.
They both carried on and shut the window. Ross let out a sigh of relief and ran to the trunk, he hid behind a big box. He tried not to even make a noise even though no one was in the car.
Soon enough Rob & Zubin went back outside and shut the trunk, paying no attention to Ross. They got in the car and drove to somewhere, that Ross didn't know. On the way to the place, they talked about Joe's passion for the raccoon plush that he had in his room.
"Weird." Ross thought.
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Rob & Zubin both stopped somewhere, and Ross just layed there as he watched them exit the car, and walk near the trunk. Ross began to get nervous, so he snuck into one of the front seats and hid.
Zubin opened the trunk, and handed the box to Rob who was carrying it into a house. Bora's house...? Ross was confused.
Zubin shut the trunk and locked the car, so Ross couldn't get out or get in.
"What is in that box?" Ross thought. He was happy, but also terrified because it could be a gift. Not for him, but for someone else.
A few hours later, and Ross was bored. .....And also hungry. He had found some of Joe's kale chips, (IN A BAG NOT ON THE FLOOR) and ate them. Zubin and Rob came back, and they were holding a... Picture. It was too dark to see what it was.
Ross panicked as they got closer, (in this book of course) and broke the window to get out. The car alarm was blaring, Ross ran. He didn't look back and headed back to the house.
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Ross always had a spare key in his pocket and opened the door. He tiptoed back upstairs and went to his room. He shut the door carefully, he didn't want to wake anyone up.
Ross snuggled back up in his bed, and fell asleep.
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEE-
Ross shot up from bed, he knew it was Christmas. He threw his alarm clock across the room to shut it up, and got his slippers on that Andrew had graciously gave him on Christmas Eve and headed out of his room.
Andrew, Zubin, Joe, and Bora all sat there, waiting for Ross to come down so they can open presents.
"Oh hey Ross!" Rob greeted as he was pulling cinnamon rolls out of the oven.
Ross smiled and waved. He sat down with the others and waited for Rob to sit down.
A huge thing sat under the tree along with the other presents, and Ross knew exactly knew what it was. The picture.
Eventually Rob sat down and brought a plate of cinnamon rolls for the band to snack on as they opened presents.
Joe was the first. He opened his presents to reveal a red kazoo, a candle,a clock, (because ruler of everything) and a cute raccoon blanket. (It has raccoons on it) Joe was screaming with happiness, and thanked Ross for the presents since they were all for him.
Bora was the second, He got a black hoodie, a singular orange, and the classic orange "BORA" shirt.
"Oh i already have one of these... Well anyways thank you Joe, Andrew, and Zubin!" Bora said.
Zubin was the third. A brand new blue bass, and brand new shoes is what he opened. The presents all said "From: Anonymous" so he couldn't thank anyone. Little did he know, Rob & Bora got him the presents.
Andrew was the fourth. He opened a keyboard, a brand new phone (because Joe broke his old one) , and a succulent plant kit. He thanked Zubin & Ross for the gifts.
Rob was the fifth. He got a vinyl, and a scarf. He thanked Andrew & Bora for them.
Ross was the last. He had got new drum sticks, a book about science, and a box of cupcakes that Andrew made (totally not poisoned). They were from all of the band :)
"Alright now that everyone has opened their presents, me & Rob have a gift to all of the band. Go ahead, open it Rob." Zubin said.
Rob began opening the big picture, and it was a painting. A painting of all of them. (Including Bora.)
(Imagine this picture but painted)
Everyone except Bora, Rob, & Zubin was surprised and happy. They all thanked Zubin & Rob, and hugged :) They ate cinnamon rolls aswell.
~The End~
Word Count: 1150 (minus the last words)
(Yes i do word counts now)
Happy Holidays. Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Happy New Year. Happy whatever holidays i missed or forgot about. Hope you enjoyed. Bye!
-The Author