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22nd December
"Settle down class, I know that you all get off for Christmas today, but we still have alot of work to do!", Ms. Henry told the class.
They were sitting in maths, impatiently waiting for the bell to ring. There were a few excited mumbles, and Ms. Henry had enough. "Okay, fine, there's only 10 minutes left, chat amongst yourselves", she sighed.
The whole class burst with excitement, and before long, the mumbles turned into almost-shouts.
Literally 10 seconds after Ms. Henry announced this, the class was interrupted by the intercom bell.
Mr. Sweet cleared his throat.
"Sorry to disturb you teachers, but I have a very important announcement..... Unfortunately, due to a heavy snowfall, no one will be able to return home for the next few days".
Everyone started to look at eachother, and then the whole class started mumbling again.
"Some students may be able to return home after a few days or so, but any student from abroad will remain here until all flights are back up and running".
KT and Eddie looked at eachother. "Guess it's just you and me then, Eddie", KT whispered. Patricia heard what the American had said, and she just scoffed to this. "Not all of us are leaving KT", Patricia turned and said to her. "I'm just saying that we definitely won't be leaving, you might have a chance though".
Patricia wanted to barf at the idea of KT and Eddie spending Christmas together- alone.
There were a few more words from Mr. Sweet, but no one heard them because they were all chatting to their friends about how they were going to have a great Christmas with all their friends around. Patricia didn't feel this way though. She was devastated that she couldn't go home to see Piper, the last time she saw her was when she came to Anubis House, as she was away at music school during the summer holidays.
A few minutes passed and the bell finally rang. The students rushed out the door to their lockers, so that they could leave as quickly as possible.
It's been about an hour since all of the students got back to Anubis house.
Although Patricia was sad because her Christmas plans were ruined, she was rather excited because Trudy said they could decorate the house.
.......
While Mr. Sweet was announcing the unfortunate news, Trudy was out doing her weekly shop. Shortly after, she got a call from Victor, updating her on what was going on. Since they wouldn't be able to travel far for the next few days, or possibly more, she bought a lot of food.
.......
Trudy remembered that there was some decorations up in the attic, so she sent Eddie up to get them, although, he did have to be accompanied by Victor.
When Eddie walked back into the living room, he noticed that everyone was gone, except for Trudy, who was cooking in the kitchen.
There was Christmas music playing in the background.
"Hey Trudy!", Eddie called. "Yes deary?", Trudy responded. "Where is everyone?", he asked. "Oh, they all popped out into the woods to find a tree. Though, I'm not sure they will find one small enough", she laughed. "Oh, well, there's a few more boxes, so I'll leave these here and go and get the rest".
Eddie walked back up the stairs, and into the girls hallway. Just as he opened the door to the attic, Patricia roamed out of her bedroom. The two just missed eachother, but Patricia did notice that there was someone going up to the attic. She just ignored it though.
Patricia, like Eddie, walked into the living room and asked Trudy where everyone was.
"Oh, Patricia, I thought you were gone with the others!", Trudy said.
"Who are where, exactly?", she asked. Trudy responded with the same answer she gave to Eddie.
Patricia noticed the boxes beside the sofa. "What are these?" She asked, as she walked towards them. "Oh they're some of the decorations, you can start going through them if you like", Trudy told her.
Patricia knelt down and opened the first box.
After digging through it for a few seconds, she found something that looked very familiar.
"Trudy, are these the decorations we made in year 8?" She asked. "Oh yes, I forgot they were in there" Trudy laughed.
Trudy went back to cook in the kitchen, before popping out the back door to get some vegetables from her veggie garden.
As she left, a new song started to play. 'Driving home for Christmas'.
Patricia then sat there, thinking about how she wasn't going to be driving home for Christmas.