“Oh Elizabeth, I didn’t think you were coming back for Christmas, why didn’t you say anything?”

“I wanted to surprise you guys. Are you surprised?”

“Of course dear, wow you look magnificent, I bet you have a charming young man waiting for you to go back east.”

“No, not quite.”

“Well you don’t have to rush into things. Come now let me introduce you to some people.”

They both walked around and she was being introduced to tons of people who worked in all sorts of fields. There were actors, stock brokers, realtors, lawyers, doctors, surgeons, models, movie directors, and more.

“This is quite a party.”

“I know and I’m just glad everything is going smoothly.”

“You guys did an awesome job.”

“Thank you”

“I haven’t seen Chrissy or Jake.”

“Chrissy is around some where and Jake won’t be able to make it back for the break.”

“I see, well I’m going to go look for Chrissy.”

“Okay”

Liz went looking for her. She went outside and she noticed a bunch of guys talking to some girl. She went over to see what all the commotion was about. When she got closer she noticed it was Chrissy that they were talking to.

“Chrissy?” She was actually talking to herself.

She was wearing a knee length navy blue dress that fit her just right. Now she knew what the guys were drooling about. She got a little closer and she heard one of the guys ask her what she was doing later.

“What?” She went over there.

“Hey Chrissy”

“Oh hey Liz” They gave each other a hug and the some of the guys were a little upset by the interruption.

“Excuse me but we were talking to her.”

Liz was not going to put up their attitude.

“Really?…” She was interrupted by Chrissy when she put her hand on her arm.

“It’s okay Liz. Excuse me gentlemen but I am really 15 years old and I’m a sophomore in high school.”

The guys freaked out.

“You got to be kidding.”

“Afraid not, and just to let you know, your boss is my father.”

The guys knew not to mess with her so they went back inside.

“Chrissy I can’t believe…I mean…wow”

Chrissy turned around to show her whole outfit.

“You look great too.”

“Sorry, you look amazing in that dress, I was wondering what the guys were drooling all over. And all this time it was you.”

“Yeah Jake isn’t here so I was just having a little fun.”

“So where is Jake?”

“He still has some football games left so he couldn’t make it back.”

“I see. I actually watched one of his games. It was UCLA and Florida State. He had a really good game.”

“UCLA didn’t give him a scholarship for nothing.”

“That’s the truth.”

“So I thought you weren’t coming back until the summer?”

“What, you not excited to see me?”

“Liz of course I am, just surprised that’s all.”

“That was the plan and I guess it worked.”

“Yes it did.”

“Well I won’t be able to make it back for the summer so I thought I would come back for Christmas break.”

“I see”

They were quiet for a little while.

“Do you want to get out of here for a while?”

“I’d love to, these parties can get a little old sometimes.”

“Okay than, I’ll let your mom know we’ll be back later.”

TBC