Christmas comes but once a year...

[dancnwithmyself]

Who: dancnwithmyself & morbidbubbles
What: Carol service and friendship rebuilding
Where: A random middle school in Lima
When: Thursday evening
Rating: PG

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[morbidbubbles]

Tina had done an odd little dance of joy when she'd first received Artie's text asking if she wanted to go to a carol service with him. As conflicted as she felt about him, she truly did want to be (at least) friends - she loved spending time with him, and his parents were pretty nice too. She hoped that with the other Abrams family members around she wouldn't do something stupid.

Tina jumped up excitedly when she heard the doorbell ring. "That's them! Bye, Mom, bye Daddy!" she called, pulling her jacket on before heading out the door. She waved to the family in the van as she pulled the front door shut and bounded towards them, adjusting her winter scarf before she climbed inside.

"Thank you so much for picking me up," she said, smiling at Artie after greeting the rest of his family.

[dancnwithmyself]

Artie smiled at Tina as she got in the van and strapped herself in. "It's fine, it was on the way," he said. "I'm just glad you could make it."

[morbidbubbles]

"Me too," She said, resting her hands in her lap. "Lucky I got most of my homework done earlier or I doubt Mom would've let me out on such short notice."

[dancnwithmyself]

"Thankfully we haven't gotten much this week," Artie pointed out. "For once, they are going light on us. Must be getting in the Christmas spirit."