~Vanessa's POV~
Zuri, Jessie and I were in the subway since I was spending Christmas with them this year, but just then the subway stopped. The conductor was speaking but it was all mumbled so we didn't understand very well.
"Excuse me?" We heard someone call so Jessie and I turned to them seeing it was this blonde girl. "Did you happen to catch any of that?"
"Yeah, he said..." Jessie smiled starting to mumble.
"Jessie." I smacked her shoulder before turning to the blonde. "It might just be a temporary delay but we might get back soon."
"Whew, that's good news." The blonde smiled while Jessie and I shared a look knowing it's not.
"No, it's bad news." Zuri told the blonde as she turned around.
"Why?" The girl asked.
"You're not from New York are you?" Zuri asked her.
"No." She smiled. "How'd you know?"
"Because it's clear that you don't speak subway." Zuri answered.
"'Minor delay' means we're not going anywhere for a long long time." Jessie explained as I nodded confirming it.
"'Should be moving surely' means I'm not kidding a long long time." I explained to the blonde.
"But if it's not true why would they say that?" The blonde asked confused.
"Well, it's because he wants everyone to remain calm." Jessie responded.
"Well, that's not working!" She freaked out. "This is not good." She started passing as Jessie went over her script and I texted my friends and boyfriend. "I need to get to NYU. This train has to start moving. Now!"
"If you click you feet three times I'm sure we'll be on our way." Zuri sarcastically responded with a smile.
"Hey." Jessie called out to the blonde standing up. "I have to get somewhere too. I have a very important audition."
"Yeah, but the difference is that she may actually get into NYU." Zuri smiled as I tried to hide my chuckle.
"I'm hoping you guys know each other." The blonde smiled nervously.
"I'm Jessie. This is Zuri I'm her nanny." Jessie smiled pointing to Zuri then to me. "And this is my little cousin Vanessa."
"Nice to meet you." I smiled.
"Nice to meet you too." She smiled. "I'm Teddy."
"Jessie I'm hungry." Zuri whined as I took out my granola bar.
"Then ask Ness for a piece of her granola bar." Jessie pointed at me.
"Oh, this isn't food." I shook my head twisting the granola bar. "It's just a case for my ear phones." I put my ear phones in there.
"How do that happen?" Jessie asked me.
"Farkle made it for me while I went over my lines a week ago." I smiled putting the bar back.
"What's a Farkle?" Teddy asked confused.
"He's my boyfriend." I explained with a smile.
"Hello, I'm still hungry." Zuri waved her hands pouting.
"We'll get you something to eat after my audition." Jessie told Zuri.
"So, I have to wait for you to blow the audition, then we have to console you." Zuri walked up to Jessie. "Then I get something to eat?"
"Yes." Jessie nodded. "Same routine as always."
"Can't we shake it up a little sometimes?" I frowned as Zuri nodded in agreement.
"Hey, you can't talk." Jessie pointed at me. "You're going to be on Broadway. When you don't have a gig then you can say something like that."
"Okay." I shrugged.
"I'm hungry now though." Zuri frowned before sniffing the air. "And something smells good." She turned to the women behind us. "What's that?"
"Lasagna." The women reaponded cradling her dish. "And it's for a Christmas party I'm going to."
"We can have a party right now." Zuri smiled trying to go to the lady but I held her back.
"Sit." Jessie told Zuri as I sat the hungry girl down before Jessie started going over to Jessie with me. "Listen while we're stuck in here, would you mind running lines with me?"
"Why not?" Teddy shrugged taking the paper Jessie handed her.
"Okay." Jessie smiled. "So, we are at a very fancy country ball and your having tea with your friends. Cue me in."
"I spent all my summers in Southampton the smell of the beach always brings me to a simpler time." Teddy read. "Oh, here's the girl now."
"More tea?" Jessie smiled as if she was holding a cup.
"That's it?" Teddy asked looking through the script.
"Yeah, it's not a really big part." Jessie nodded.
"At least you get to say something." I tried to lighten up.
"True." Jessie nodded.
"Your parts are never big Jessie." Zuri shook her head.
Jessie shrugged as Teddy continues to help her with her line.
°°°°°°
"Yes I'll hold." Teddy said through the phone annoyed.
"More tea?" Jessie recited her line.
"Yes don't worry we're safe." I told everyone through the phone. "It's just a delay nothing that hasn't happened before, màma."
"That's good to hear, Reina." My mom told me over the phone. "Before we hang up pass me to Jessie please."
"Okay." I nodded giving the phone to Jessie.
"Hey, Aunt Lissa." Jessie smiled through the phone before nodding. "Yes, I'll try to get a different part, I know this sucks. At least I'm not doing that babysitting commercial... Being a nanny and a babysitter is way different."
Jessie stood up going to one of the poles talking with my mom.
"Okay, then." I shrugged.
"I'll tried you one piece of lasagna for a free ride on a private jet." Zuri tried to negotiate with the lady. "That's right. I can make that happen."
"More tea?" Jessie recited to my mom over the phone. "I know it sounds like I'm saying Morty."
"Yes, hi." Teddy smiled through her phone call. "I was suppose to take the tour today at two but-" A guys started to play his instrument. "I- I'm stuck at the subway, so wait hold on." She turned to the guy. "Hi, excuse me can you stop I'm trying to make an important phone call here."
"Yeah, and I'm practicing for my audition so." Jessie told the guy still on the phone.
The guy just started playing louder ignoring them.
"Seriously can you knock ot off?" Teddy asked him annoyed.
"See now you made me forget my line." Jessie told the guy as I take my phone back.
"Bye, màma love you." I smiled hanging up.
"Oh, come on give me a break!" Teddy frowned.
Teddy and Jessie started to yell at the man annoyed.
"Okay, everybody calm down." Zuri separated them. "Stop it. Okay I guess that we're all stressed out but are you forgetting that it's Christmas Eve. Christmas isn't about auditions and college tours it's about peace on Earth and goodwill towards man. I guess what I'm trying to say is." She turned to the lady.
"Hand over the lasagna!" Zuri tried to rush off to her but I stopped her before she could do any real damage.
"Zuri's right." Teddy nodded.
"I'm not handing over anything!" The lady cried.
"I don't think that's what she meant, Ma'am." I shook my head as Jessie took a hold of Zuri now.
"She's right." Teddy nodded to me. "What am I getting so upset about? It's Christmas. If I don't make it to NYU then it wasn't meant to be."
"Yeah." Jessie nodded. "And maybe me getting that part wasn't meant to be."
"You say that everytime." Zuri and I told her.
"Yes but they don't need to know that." Jessie told us as she gave us a look as we just shrugged.
"As long as we're stuck here we might as well make the best out of it." Teddy smiled.
"I agree." I smiled as I nod.
"Yeah." Jessie smiled. "Maybe all this cart needs is a little bit of Christmas spirit."
"Mr. Steel drum man." Teddy turned to the guy. "If you would."
The guy started to play his instrument as we smiled to another.
"We wish you a Merry Christmas..." Jessie, Teddy and I started sing and along the way everyone had joined in. "And a happy New Year."
We had continued to sing as one with smiles on our faces as we joined together.
The lady with the lasagna had then offered Zuri a piece causing Zuri to stare at the food in happiness and shock.
°°°°°°
Zuri, Jessie, and I were back at the penthouse as the subway had finally started to function again.
It was night time already and we were all in our pajamas surrounding the Christmas tree.
Zuri was trying to shake her presents trying to find out what it was.
"What do you think is in here?" Zuri asked Luke and I.
"I don't know." Luke shrugged. "But I'm guessing what ever is in there is about to throw up."
"I agree." I nod as Luke and I stared at the box.
"Am I wrong or is Zuri really pushing her luck with Santa?" Emma asked Ravi as she unfolded Zuri's stocking which reached the floor.
"Make sure to hang that on a sturdy hook." Ravi told Emma. "I hear coal is very heavy."
Emma nodded in agreement before hanging the stocking.
Just as Bertram and Jessie had came in the living room with drinks the elevator opened revealing Teddy and I'm assuming her brother.
"Hey, guys." Jessie smiled before I went and gave Teddy a hug which Zuri and Jessie did as well.
"Hello, Jessie." Teddy smiled. "Hello, everyone, this is my brother PJ."
"Hey." PJ greeted us.
"This is Ravi, Emma, and Luke." Jessie smiled as the three of them waved. "Welcome to our humble home."
"I guess in New York humble means palace over city." PJ gushed as he looked around.
"My parents say thanks again for letting us stay here." Teddy informed Jessie. "We feel very bad about intruding on your Christmas Eve."
"Oh, well, we wouldn't want you to feel bad." Bertram frowned before throwing Teddy and PJ's bags into the elevator.
"Sorry about him." I chuckled nervously to Teddy before turning to Bertram. "Bertram, if you don't treat them well I swear I'll make you sorry."
Bertram looked at me with wide eyes before grabbing the two's bags putting it on the couch knowing I could make anyone sorry.
"Woah she could fight Gabe and still win." I heard PJ tell Teddy who nodded in agreement.
"Sorry about our butler." Ravi apologized. "Hospitality isn't really his thing."
"How odd." Teddy chuckled as Bertram walked over to the screen room. "Do you also have a chef who hates to cook?"
"Yeah." Emma nodded with a smile. "Same guy."
"The kids were just about to open their Christmas Eve gifts." Jessie smiled. "Has everyone picked out a present?"
"Well." Luke started to walk over to Teddy. "I have now."
Teddy looked uncomfortable which we all noticed and were fully aware.
"Luke Ross." Luke held his arm out. "Trust fund recipient."
"Ness." Jessie called out for me.
"On it." I nodded as I grabbed a scarf that was on the couch before tackling Luke to the ground.
"Ah!" Luke shrieked.
I ignored his shriek and kept him down tying his wrist together along with his legs.
"Why?!" Luke frowned on the floor as I stood up.
"Need I remind you that you and my best friend tied me up, kidnapped me and put me on a helicopter?" I questioned him as PJ and Teddy looked the scene in shock.
"But you already got even!" Luke whined.
"Oh, I know." I nodded. "This is just because Ravi got included on the last one and he said he wanted revenge."
"And it taste so sweet." Ravi smiled.
"You think if we paid her she can do the same thing to Gabe?" Teddy asked her brother.
"I hope so." PJ nodded.
"Wait is he the one that you guys warned me about?" Teddy asked Jessie and I.
"Mhmm." Zuri nodded looking at her brother.
"He's the reason we can't have mistletoe anymore." I explained.
°°°°°°
"What the heck happened?" I groaned from the floor having tensile and popcorn in my hair.
"What in the silver bells happened here?" Jessie asked as she stood up.
Teddy had the sprung up from the couch with a box on her head taking it off.
"Okay, who tried to wrap me?" Teddy asked looking around.
"I'm guessing the same person who put a bow on my head." I said taking the bow off. "Riley, you here?" I looked around.
"Hey, why was I sleeping on the floor?" Emma questioned as she appeared behind the couch as the piano stared making noise. "And who's playing the piano from the inside?"
We all walked over to the piano as Jessie opened it causing us to see Luke inside.
"Luke?" Jessie questioned.
"Oh." Luke smiled grabbing a string. "That explains why I dreamed about flossing."
"We've all dreamed about you flossing." Emma told him with a frowned.
"And yet it hasn't come true." I sighed as Emma and I head to him helping him out of the piano.
Zuri had then crawled out from under the tree as we went to her.
"What happened to our tree?" Zuri frowned. "And why am I the only thing under it?"
"O-m-g." Emma spelled out. "All our presents are gone."
"That's weird." Jessie frowned as I looked around confused.
"I've never heard of Santa taking away presents." Zuri frowned.
"How naughty were you two?!" Emma and I asked Luke and Zuri who looked at each other thinking about it.
"Guys!" Ravi called out to us from the kitchen doorway causing us all to go in front of the couch. "Remember that cool chemistry set I opened last night?"
"No." Everyone shook their heads.
"Yes." I nodded as everyone turned to me. "Oh, what do you want from me I'm excelling in that class and my boyfriend loves science so suck it up."
"How could you remember?" Ravi asked me. "I could not even remember."
"To tell you the truth I just barely remembered you opening it and then just a bunch of black dots after and before." I shrugged.
"Well, I woke up a few minutes ago and I have made some troubling discoveries." Ravi informed us.
"Actually I don't remember anything of last night after Teddy and PJ came up here." Jessie told us.
"Yeah." Teddy nodded in agreement. "Last thing I remembered was Freckles here hitting on me and Vanessa tying him up."
"And my last memory was you agreeing to go out with me." Luke smirked putting his arm around Teddy but she threw him a look. "Worth a try." He took his arm back.
"Why can't any of us remember anything from last night?" Emma asked the question we were all thinking.
"Was there any chemical in the air?" I questioned. "Or was their mostly carbon dioxide instead of oxygen in here?"
"Judging from my notes it appears that I had mixed the compound which exploded into a toxic vapor." Ravi explained causing me to look at him in shock. "Which has appeared to have put us to sleep and have a retro memory blackout! Sincere apologies for me and the little toy company."
"Okay, not to add another problem to the list but has anyone seen my brother?" Teddy asked us.
We had then heard a girly scream come from the screen room.
"No but do you have a sister?" Jessie asked before we rushed to the direction of the screen room.
"It's in there!" PJ exclaimed rushing out of the room pointing at it. "It's big, it's scary, and when I woke up it was nibbling on me."
"The lizard?" Ravi questioned.
"The butler?" Emma questioned instead.
Just then a reindeer had came out of the screen room.
"Oh, it's a reindeer." Zuri smiled.
"I thought it was a moose." PJ frowned as the rest of us looked at the reindeer in shock.
"Nice reindeer." Jessie smiled nervously. "Please tell me you are on a break and Santa is on his way to pick you up."
°°°°°°
Jessie had then started to get the reindeer to the terrace as Teddy answered a phone call from her dad. Everyone else had continued to look for some presents.
"Yes dad we're having lots of fun here." Teddy told him looking at the reindeer. "They even have a reindeer. Right of course a plastic one a real one would be bizarre and frightening."
"Good boy, Prancer." Jessie smiled as she got him out.
"More like biter." PJ rubbed his hip. "Or kicker."
"We've looked everywhere." Ravi informed us as him and Luke returned into the living room. "But we can not find any presents."
"Not even socks." Luke cried.
"At this point I'd be happy with another kerlix sweater." Emma told us. "Santa, if you're listening I didn't mean that."
"Okay, we need to figure this out before your parents get home." Jessie told the Ross kids. "We'll divide into two teams." The boys went to each other as us girls teamed up. "Boys, you try to find anything that may help us remember what happened last night."
"And as we sip we will dust and put away." Ravi said excitedly with a big smile.
"I seriously need to change teams." Luke pointed out as Ravi looked offended.
"PJ, you're in charge." Jessie told him.
"Really?" PJ questioned. "Cool."
Teddy had then started whispering some things to Jessie.
"Ravi you're in charge." Jessie corrected after sharing a look with Teddy.
°°°°°°
After changing the girls and I started to sneak the reindeer out of the penthouse.
"Okay, Sean is heading to the restroom so we got about five minutes to check last night security footage." Emma explained as I headed to the computers.
"He had Taco Queen for breakfast." Zuri pointed out. "We got at least twenty."
"We need to figure out what happened after you and PJ showed up last night." Jessie told Teddy as I started to find the footage with the girls beside me.
"Yeah, and who had let a reindeer up and unannounced." Teddy added in.
"If you knew our door staff you wouldn't be that surprise about that." Emma explained.
"Just keep looking for the monster that stole our presents." Zuri told me as I nodded continuing to find the footage.
"Okay I found the footage of yesterday." I informed them. "But no reindeer or monsters yet." Then I had seen someone in an elf costume pulling a bag.
"That's a giant elf." Teddy laughed.
"That's no elf!" Emma exclaimed. "That's our butler!"
"It was Bertram?" Zuri questioned. "I always knew he was part Grinch."
"Stealing from children?" Jessie questioned. "It does not get any lower than that."
"Hold on there's more to this." I informed them as there was someone else.
The other face had revealed Jessie causing us to turn to her as she started to nervously chuckle.
"Okay, maybe not like the lowest." Jessie smiled nervously. "It's not like anybody died."
"We haven't seen the rest of the tape." Teddy told her as Emma and I nod in agreement.
"It was you." Zuri growled to Jessie. "You stole our presents?"
"I-I don't know why I'd-" Jessie started. "Oh, now I remember. I wanted to give you guys a Christmas treasure hunt so I hid all your presents. Sounds fun right?"
"Not as fun as finding them under the tree!" Emma exclaimed.
"And opening them in our jammies!" Zuri added in. "As Santa attended!"
"Okay guys relax." Jessie tried to calm them down. "We'll just go get the presents."
"Okay, where are they?" I asked her.
"I have no idea." Jessie answered.
"Oh, someone is about to get Jack Frosted up!" Zuri informed her before she tried to attack her but the rest of us stopped her.
"Why didn't you hide them at the apartment?" Emma asked Jessie as the three of us held Zuri back.
"Yeah, that would have been smarter." Teddy agreed as I nodded.
"Okay, who invited her?" Jessie pointed to Teddy.
We stared at Jessie while Zuri kept trying to attack her.
"Let me at her!" Zuri exclaimed.
"Zuri, aren't you the same girl who was preaching for peace on her at the subway yesterday?" Jessie questioned her trying to calm her down.
"All I know is that I don't have my presents so I need something to rip open!" Zuri growled.
"Okay, guys, calm down!" Jessie told us. "Let's just empty our purses and pockets to see if anything jogs my memory."
All of us started to empty our bags and pockets on the table.
"No, all I have is my emergency change of jewelry." Emma held her diamond necklace.
"All I got is my walking around cash." Zuri put her wad of money on the table.
"Um, gum, taser, five hundred dollars, my black card, keys, and gold rings." I listed as I laid them on the table before putting it back in my pocket.
"Um, well, I got nothing." Teddy told us. "But dibs on checking you couch cushions before I leave."
"Okay, lint, a free coupon for eucalyptus massage and a recite for a locker rental at Central Park." Jessie informed us.
"I gave you that certificate months ago!" Emma frowned. "You're a thief and ungrateful."
"Well sorry for not want to spend five hours at a spa just to smell like a koala snack." Jessie responded as Teddy took the recite.
"Wait this recite is dated December 24 for Locker 339 at the skating rink." Teddy informed us.
"Maybe that's where I put the presents at." Jessie smiled.
"Then what are we doing here?" Zuri asked. "Let's go."
We started to walk to the door but stopped in front of the reindeer.
"Uh, guys, we aren't really taking the reindeer with us right?" Teddy asked.
"Of course not." Jessie shook her head. "That would be silly." Sean then came out of the break room. "Sean? Would you mind watching our dog? Bye Spot."
All five of us rushed out of the lobby before Sean could say no.
°°°°°°
"Here it is." Zuri said happily as we arrived to the lockers. "Locker 339."
"Okay, I have the combination." Jessie headed to the lock inputting the code. "Balance due twenty five cents? Does anyone have a quarter?"
"I usually do but not today." I frowned.
"Here I have one." Teddy handed Jessie the quarter.
Jessie thanked her before putting the quarter in the slot.
"Okay." Jessie started as she opened the locker revealing a grumpy elf.
"Bertram?" We all had questioned as we looked at him shocked for so many reasons.
"What are you doing in there?" Emma asked him.
"Trying to keep my elbow out of my gallbladder." Bertram frowned as he moved around. "Jessie, last night you were supposed to come right back for me. Why didn't you?"
"I had no idea." Jessie answered. "None of us have remember anything from last night."
"It must be nice." Bertram said as he scoffed. "I've spent this entire night wedged inside this stinky locker. I'll never be able to go the gym again."
"Again?" Zuri questioned the grown man.
"Don't you even start." Bertram growled.
"But why are you trapped in there?" I asked him.
"Oh, did Santa give you a time out?" Teddy questioned with a smile making us stifle a laugh.
"Jessie, this is all your fault." Bertram accused her.
Third Person Last Night
"The kids were already asleep when we left." Bertram reminded Jessie. "So I don't see why we had to wear these stupid costumes."
"I just wanted to see if you'd actually put it on." Jessie chuckled taking the picture of the grown man in an elf costume. "Now I have next year's Christmas card."
Bertram closed the locker door as Jessie picked up the bag.
"Alright let's go home." Jessie nodded the two started to walk off but then she spotted someone. "Oh-uh it's Zuri. What is she doing out of bed?"
"Why don't you ask her nanny?" Bertram questioned. "Oh, right."
"Uh, hide." Jessie started to push him back. "I don't want my Christmas surprise to get spoiled."
"Where?" Bertram questioned looking around.
"In there." Jessie pointed to the locker. "In there." She started to shove Bertram in the locker. "Go. Go. Come on move further back!"
"I can't." Bertram responded. "What do you think is back here? Narnia?!"
Once she got him in there Jessie had shut the locker locking before hiding behind the trash can.
"I know Jessie and Bertram are around here somewhere." Zuri told Teddy as they got to the lockers. "I saw them sneak out with all the presents."
"Okay, we've been wondering around so much that I'm starting to recognize all the rats around here." Teddy told Zuri as she hugged her coat. "Can we go back home?"
"Hey, I don't know how you were on that pole hole hill town." Zuri started. "But here in New York we get what's ours."
"Okay, Denver is not a pole hole hill town." Teddy defended. "We have our own pro football team and our own omelet."
"Call me when you have two football teams and Jay-Z." Zuri smiled as she started to drag Teddy with her.
Jessie got out of her hiding spot going to locker where Bertram was at.
"Okay, Bertram." Jessie smiled. "They're all gone, you can come out now." She tried to input the code but it denied her. "Uh-oh."
"What does 'uh-oh' mean?" Bertram questioned from inside.
"It locked automatically and I need a quarter to get you out." Jessie explained.
"Go ahead splurge." Bertram told her. "I'll pay you back."
"I don't have a quarter." Jessie informed him. "Okay I'll run home and I'll be right back. Just try to relax." She grabbed a straw from the trash. "And breathe through this." Jessie put the straw through one of the holes on the locker.
"Oh, thanks." Bertram sighed breathing through it. "Wait, where did you get this straw?"
"From the trash." Jessie answered innocently as Bertram spit out the straw which landed on Jessie.
Bertram cried in the locker as Jessie headed to the penthouse.
Back to the present
~Vanessa's POV~
"And you never came back." Bertram told Jessie. "I was stuck in here with a moldy salami sandwich."
"I don't see a sandwich." Emma shook her head.
"Don't judge me." Bertram told her. "You didn't go through what I did."
The boys had then arrived to us out of breath.
"The presents..." Luke started as he panted. "Are in one of these lockers."
"We know Sherlock." Zuri told him.
"Oh, hello Bertram." Ravi smiled waving at him. "Merry Christmas."
Bertram groaned as he waved back to Ravi.
"Aw, you must have followed my Christmas treasure hunt." Jessie smiled as she walked up to them.
"Indeed we did." Ravi smiled whereas Luke glared at Jessie. "What a delightful runt it was."
"Delightful?" PJ questioned. "I was almost eaten by a dragon. And the presents aren't even for me."
"My dad always hid my Christmas presents." Jessie smiled.
"Oh, yeah I remembered he did that for all of us when we spent Christmas at Texas." I nodded at the memory.
"But stopped with you because you kept tying him up." Jessie nodded.
"I couldn't get any Christmas cookies until we found the presents. Remember it went to the point I used military tactics." I defended. "And what do you want from me? I'm the youngest out of all the cousins."
"True." Jessie nodded. "At least he gave you an extra present for finding them first."
"Yeah." I smiled sitting down on the bench.
"Anyways my dad always said 'you never get anywhere in life without working for it'." Jessie smiled as she explained to everyone.
"Except presents!" Luke exclaimed. "That's the whole point!"
The boys soon spread out to find the locker the presents were at.
"I actually think a Christmas treasure hunt is very inventive." Teddy told Jessie.
"Thank you, Teddy." Jessie smiled.
"You're from Colorado." Zuri crossed her arms. "You think electricity is inventive."
"Zuri, you loved Colorado when we went skiing there last year." Jessie reminded her.
"Oh, that was Colorado?" Zuri questioned. "I thought that was Switzerland. Well, in my defense it's really easy to fall asleep on a private jet."
"You are a very annoying little girl." Teddy smiled tiredly to Zuri.
"Bertram, which locker are the presents in?" Emma asked him.
"They're in the locker next to me." Bertram responded. "The combination is in my pocket. If you'll just get me-"
"It's in his pocket!" Luke yelled out as the Ross kids digged in his pocket trying to get the code.
"Got it!" Ravi called out as they moved to the locker next to Bertram as Zuri slammed the locker door in Bertram's face.
"We need a quarter." Luke and I frowned as we saw that.
"Sorry I'm all out." Teddy apologized. "Why don't you break one of your hundreds?"
"I have one in my pocket." Bertram told us. "If you just-"
"He has a quarter!" Luke exclaimed as they digged back in his pockets as I just stood next to them.
"Kids be careful." Jessie told them. "Think this might qualify as a mugging."
"Found it!" Luke smiled having the quarter in his hand as we moved to the locker as Zuri shut the door in Bertram's face again.
Luke put the quarter in which opened the door revealing our presents.
"Yay!" We smiled grabbing two or one them before heading to a bench.
"Aw, I knew you'd have fun in my treasure hunt." Jessie smiled. "Well, all ends well that ends well."
"Get. Me. Out. Of. Here." Bertram told Jessie still in the locker.
°°°°°°
After we opened at least two of our gifts we brought the rest back to the penthouse.
"You know now that Bertram explained everything it's starting to get back to me." Teddy told Jessie.
"Yeah me to." Jessie nodded. "But I still feel like we're forgetting something."
"Maybe it's the creature with antlers?" I told them pointing to the reindeer.
"Yup." Jessie pointed as we moved to it.
"Guys I just found the weirdest thing." Bertram looked at a piece of paper before looking at the reindeer. "Ah, second weirdest. Suddenly Teddy and Zuri being wanted for reindeer theft makes perfect sense."
"Wait so you two stole the reindeer?" Jessie asked as she took the paper. "Huh, that is a sentence I never thought I'd say."
"I don't remember stealing a reindeer." Zuri said. "But it sounds like something from Denver would do."
"Zuri that's enough." I told a little girl giving her a look.
"We don't do that." Teddy said offended. "Maybe a little innocent reindeer tipping but..."
"It says that Prancer was suppose to be perform of the Christmas charity event at the park today." Luke read the paper.
"You mean that deer can sing?" PJ questioned. "Oh, you two are going away for life."
°°°°°°
Jessie, Teddy, Zuri and I had then returned to the park with the reindeer.
"Jessie, why do we have to confess?" Zuri asked. "Why can't we just release Prancer and run?"
"For once I agree with her." Teddy smiled. "It's a Christmas miracle."
They high five each other with smiles.
"Aw, look at that sad little pen." I frowned.
"Oh, now I remember why we took him." Teddy turned to Zuri.
"Yeah, yeah, me too." Zuri nodded. "After we couldn't find you and Bertrand last night we saw Prancer trapped in that little jail cell so I decided to take him home."
"And you went along with that?" Jessie questioned Teddy.
"I had a tough choice to make." Teddy started. "Either to face an angry snoring beast...or the reindeer."
"Prancer?" A lady with pixie hair walked up to us. "Thank goodness. Where was he?"
"Weird thing..." Jessie chuckled nervously before the three of them decided to make up a location.
I stayed quiet knowing it was the best option at the moment.
"Wait a minute." The lady started as she looked at her clipboard. "You two stole Prancer." She walked to Teddy and Zuri. "I'm calling the cops."
"Okay, okay, we did it." Zuri pouted. "But you wouldn't send four sweet girls to jail would you?"
"I have two lawyers." I shook my head. "I can get out of this and I'm innocent as well."
"And not gonna be three cause I'm innocent." Jessie added in. "Also my aunt's a lawyer so see ya suckers."
Teddy and Zuri turned to us causing me to shrug but Jessie chuckled nervously.
"And they're sorry." We told the lady.
"Sorry won't raise money for the kids or put gifts in their donation bins." Pixie lady told us making us frown.
"But you have Prancer back." Jessie reminded her. "And you're still having the charity event right?"
"Wrong." The lady cried. "After Prancer went missing, our singer, Joey Fatone, help search for him. He was out there all night calling Prancer's name and by this morning he lost his voice. And his watch. He was mugged."
"Wow." Zuri commented. "Way to bring down the room."
"She can still call the cops." I reminded her.
"Dial it down." Jessie told her.
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"So now the charity event has their reindeer back but they don't have a singer." Jessie explained to everyone as we were at the penthouse.
"Zuri, I am so disappointed in you." Luke sighed. "I can't believe you stole a reindeer without me! That was on my bucket list."
I sighed and stuffed his mouth with popcorn as I had some with me. Luke sent me a look but shrugged eating the snack.
"As long as I'm not on it." Teddy commented.
"I can't believe we came so close to meet the Joey Fatone." PJ frowned.
"Oh, I can get you to meet him some time." I waved off.
"How?" Teddy asked me as the two looked at me in shock.
"My mom loved NSYNC so my pàpa took her to a concert of theirs for a date when they were younger." I explained. "To make it short my mom met them and the two became good friends with the entire band."
"You have a lot of connections don't you?" Teddy asked me.
"Yes." Everyone in the room answered for me.
"Guys, point is that this event was going to help a lot of kids have a happy Christmas." Jessie explained.
"And now that's not going to happen." I sighed putting my face on my hands.
"And it's all our fault." Zuri pouted. "I feel terrible."
"We were so upset that we could not find our presents, imagine how bad these kids will feel when they do not get any." Ravi frowned.
"There's gotta be something we can do?" Emma questioned as I nod in agreement.
"Wait." Jessie got our attention. "I just got a great idea."
"You can sing at the charity event." I smiled.
"Which will attract a huge crowd of toy givers therefore saving the day." Ravi smiled.
"Actually I was going to say we do an emergency bake sell." Jessie told us. "And why not Ness. You're the one who's about to perform on Broadway."
"Yeah, but I like your voice." I shrugged. "And the last time I heard you sing in public was back at Miami, so it's overdue."
"I like your idea better." Jessie smiled towards Ravi and I.
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Later that night we were at the charity event.
"Okay, they're coming." I smiled.
"Who's coming?" Jessie questioned confused as she wore a glitter sliver dress.
"Look for yourself." Emma smiled as we gestured Bertram, the Duncan siblings, and the other Ross children bringing in our presents.
"Look at all those presents." Pixie lady smiled as they took it to the kids.
"I'm so proud of you guys." Jessie smiled at us.
"Well, we already have so much." Luke started as he passed a kid a present. "And you know what? Not being selfish feels really good."
"Aw, Luke." Jessie hugged him.
"Wow, look what was tucked in these socks." Bertram chuckled. "An Amazon zip line and cruise advantage."
I started to chuckle as Luke cried to Jessie's shoulder.
"Still proud." Jessie hugged him.
"Merry Christmas everybody." Pixie haired lady spoke through the mic. "Please welcome the very talented, hopefully, Jessie Prescott."
Jessie went up to stage standing next to the pixie haired lady.
"Even if she stinks please donate more toys." Pixie haired added in causing me to roll my eyes. "Thank you." She walked off stage.
The band started to play as she ready herself.
Gotta have a little mistletoe
Mix it with a little jingle bells
Need to have a bit of winter snow
Yeah-eh
Come on over, celebrate with me
Hang us up on a Christmas tree
Tie it all up with a perfect bow
You and I
Will be dreaming tonight
But if I
Can't wait 'cause it's my
Favorite time of year
yeah, it's almost here
Can you see it now?
It's comin' and comin' and comin' around
My favorite time of year
Feel it in the air?
Can you feel it now?
It's comin' and comin' and comin' around
(Comin' and comin' and comin' around)
Going out to see the city lights
Walking with you on a Saturday night
We'll be singing everywhere we go!
(Where we go!) Yeah-eh!
We'll be busy making memories
All the way up until New Year's Eve
We'll be dressing up in red and gold
Jessie handed me a mic smiling towards me making me smile taking it singing along with her as everyone danced.
You and I
(You and I)
Will be dreaming tonight
But if I
(But if I)
Can't wait 'cause it's my
Favorite time of year
yeah, it's almost here
Can you see it now?
It's comin' and comin' and comin' around
My favorite time of year
Feel it in the air?
Can you feel it now?
It's comin' and comin' and comin' around
So make a list
Check it twice
Make a wish right at midnight
It's almost here
It's in the air
I can't wait 'cause it's my...
(Favorite time)
(Favorite time)
(Favorite time)
Yes, 'cause it's my...
(Favorite time)
(Favorite time)
Favorite time of year
yeah, it's almost here
Can you see it now?
It's comin' and comin' and comin' around
My favorite time of year
Feel it in the air?
Can you feel it now?
It's comin' and comin' and comin' around
So make a list
Check it twice
Make a wish right at midnight
It's almost here
It's in the air
My favorite time of year
Feel it in the air?
Can you feel it now?
It's comin' and comin' and comin' around
(It's comin' and comin' and comin' around)
We smiled ending the song as everyone had cheered hugging one another.
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"Okay cab's on it's way." Jessie smiled towards PJ and Teddy the next morning as we were all in the living room.
"Mhm. Bye, bye." Bertram throw their bags into the elevator. "Just to let you know it is customary to tip the help."
"When did he help us?" Teddy questioned.
"Can you break a quarter?" PJ asked holding up the coin.
"Ugh." Bertram groaned but took the quarter walking away.
"Jessie, thanks again for giving us a Christmas we'll never forget." Teddy smiled.
"And still don't completely remember." PJ added in.
"I just wish I knew what experiment I was attempting last night." Ravi said puzzled. "That rendered us unconscious and erased our short term memory."
"Guys check this out." Teddy called us all making us all huddle around her. "I think I just found something that will help explain everything."
"Charile, if you find this and you're wondering what happened to me." Teddy started in the video. "Your sister got run over by a reindeer."
The video showed Jessie battling the reindeer while the rest of us were trying not to get hit.
"Prancer, you are about to get on the naughty list." Zuri scolded him.
"Is there even a naughty list for reindeer." I questioned as the reindeer threw popcorn at my hair. "Because I sure hope so."
Jessie got pushed into PJ who had been pushed to the tree causing it to fall. Zuri screamed as it fell on top of her but some of the tensile fell off causing it to fall on my head and in my hair.
"Oh, come on!" I pouted.
The reindeer had then headed to the fireplace messing around.
"Now I know why Santa leaves them on the roof." Emma commented.
"Ravi where is that knock out serum?" Jessie called out. "We need to tranquilize this reindeer stat!"
"Almost there!" Ravi called out.
While Ravi and Luke were in the kitchen the rest of us were in the living room.
"Luke, add the chartreuse colored chemical!" Ravi told him.
"I don't know what chartreuse is!" Luke exclaimed. "Here let's use this." He grabbed a turquoise liquid cup pouring it into the solution.
"No! That is turquoise you idiot!" Ravi exclaimed.
"You couldn't just have red, blue, green, yellow?!" Luke questioned his brother as a gas blew out.
"Uh-oh!" Ravi screamed. "You just made the knock out serum into a vapor! It'll knock us out!"
The two started to head out of the kitchen.
"Guys!" Ravi called out to us. "Knock out serum on the..."
Luke had got in the piano trying to save himself.
"Is that a fancy way to say you cut the cheese?" PJ asked before he fainted back just like Ravi had done.
"Ew, what did you eat?" Emma groaned running off before fainting.
Zuri had then fainted to the floor next to the tree.
"Wait!" I exclaimed. "Ravi said knock out what?!" I fainted to the floor before I got an answer.
"Can't sleep." Jessie told herself. "Must...get... Bertram out of...locker."
She fainted on the table just like the rest of us but she broke the table.
"Wish us good luck Charlie." Teddy ended the video before she fainted on the couch.
"Okay that does explain everything." Jessie chuckled.
"Not the bow on my head." I shook my head. "I still feel like Riley snuck in here just to put it there."
"Who the heck is Charlie?" Jessie asked Teddy.
Teddy and PJ shared a smile before chuckling turning to me.
"Vane, can we ask you for something?" PJ asked me.
"Sure." I smiled. "What is it?"
"Do you mind going on a plane ride?" Teddy asked me.
I looked at the curiously wondering where this was going.
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"Well, your gifts in this box." I heard Teddy say.
"You got me a present." I heard a low voice question.
"Yeah." I heard PJ respond. "And it's from New York."
Before I knew it the box was opened revealing me.
"You got me a girl?" A boy my age probably asked Teddy and PJ with a smile. "A cute one."
"How'd you guys do that?" An older lady questioned.
"Scratch that." An older man shook his head. "Was this legal? And will this cost me a lot?"
"She's pretty." A girl, Charlie, I guess said causing me to smile at her.
"Well, it's a very special gift for all of us." Teddy smiled before PJ handed me two scarfs.
"Sorry, dude." I shrugged making Gabe, they told me his name, look confuse. "But they said to do this."
"Do wha-" Gabe started.
I cut him off tying him up quickly just like I did to Luke back home in three seconds.
"Done." I stood up as Gabe looked shocked trying to escape.
"Surprise!" PJ and Teddy did jazz hands to there brother for their parents. "Merry Christmas!"
"She's nice." Charlie smiled as I returned the smile.
"Woah." The parents stared at their son in shock.
"Now I'd like to talk to y'all but I have to go. My jet is going to be here in a minute." I smiled before looking over to Gabe on the floor. "No hard feelings." I grabbed six tickets from my back pocket. "Here you guys go." I gave them to Teddy. "Make sure to get there early to get good snacks."
"Thank you, Vane." Teddy smiled as her and PJ hugged me.
"No problem." I smiled walking towards the front door. "Merry Christmas, Duncan's!"
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New update, Amores!!! Hope you liked it!!
I know it's been long since I've updated but Finals was going on and I didn't have a lot of time with my phone so I apologize for that.
What did you guys think of this Disney crossover cause honestly this was one of my favorite episodes I've watched.
Up next is the New Year's chapter. What do you guys suspect will happen? How will everyone react? What could happen to everyone?
Anyways I'll try to make sure to update more often also on my other books as well.
Published~ January 25, 2020