From: smella	Date: December 12th, 2010 05:36 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

Ella thought that sounded pretty neat, her and Jenny only had their adopted parents, but they were the only ones who mattered.

"Oh you know, it's pretty quiet. Our mom has a stress over the turkey and then our dad drinks too much Irish coffee and falls asleep by five." She rolled her eyes but she actually liked it that way. It was familiar.

	From: samtheman	Date: December 12th, 2010 05:42 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"That sounds nice," he said. "I wouldn't mind a nice quiet holiday for once."

He looked around the dance hall, people were still arriving and checking out the decorations. He grinned over at his friend. "Care for a dance?" he offered her his hand.

	From: smella	Date: December 12th, 2010 05:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"I would love to!" She took his hand excitedly and swung their arms together. "At least they're not playing only Christmas songs.."

	From: samtheman	Date: December 12th, 2010 05:55 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"Oh god, only Christmas music would nearly kill me," he laughed spinning her onto the dance floor and placing his hand on her back in a very gentlemanly manner.

"So did you enjoy your secret santa?" he asked with a little hint of a grin.

	From: smella	Date: December 12th, 2010 06:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

Ella put one hand on Sam's shoulder, nodding at his question. "Oh yes, I got all this..." Ella stopped and her eyes went wide. "Sam! Did you do that?!" She squealed slightly and gave him a hug. "It was the best present ever! How did you know I like rainbows so much?"

	From: samtheman	Date: December 12th, 2010 06:24 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

He was glad that she had enjoyed her gift so much and hugged her back. "I was trying to keep it a secret but I'm not very good at that," he laughed.

"I figured you liked rainbows so much because you're so spunky! And you always wear bright clothes," he grinned. "I'm glad you liked it."

	From: smella	Date: December 12th, 2010 06:58 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"What did you get then?" Ella asked curiously as she spun around. "Obviously it wouldn't be as good as mine, because I had the best present." She waggled her tongue excitedly.

	From: samtheman	Date: December 12th, 2010 07:18 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"Someone got me LED drum sticks! And a candy corn zombie tee shirt," he grinned. "Oh! And a cool RC skateboarder," he said remembering all the contents of his great secret santa gift.

"Man I'm going to miss everyone when they all go home for break," he said.

	From: smella	Date: December 12th, 2010 07:41 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

That sounded like a pretty sweet gift and Ella made an appreciative noise.

"Sure thing, it's so weird not seeing everyone every day. But it'll be nice to get home after all the weird stuff that keeps coming up."

	From: samtheman	Date: December 12th, 2010 07:48 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"I was thinking about having a New Years party or something, get everyone back together towards the end of break," he smiled. Mostly he was thinking of getting everyone back together so he could avoid his family for a little while.

"Yeah, it's been pretty creepy around here yeah?" he asked looking around suspiciously.

	From: smella	Date: December 12th, 2010 07:58 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

Ella raised her eyebrows. "I love parties! Where would you have it? Would your parents be cool with it?"

She grew a little subdued with his next comment, nodding seriously. "Did you see what Janis wrote on the journals? Weird shit."

	From: samtheman	Date: December 12th, 2010 08:14 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"My house, my folks are cool with it as long as I clean up afterwards and try to not break anything," he grinned.

"I did," he nodded. "It freaked me out a little," he lied. It freaked him out a lot. He didn't like to be anywhere near the woods these days. Anything about bits in the woods brought him back to that night two summers ago. He shivered at the thought. "I'm sure things will get sorted out you know?"

	From: smella	Date: December 12th, 2010 08:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"Yeah, it will. I mean, it has to right? They're probably waiting 'til Christmas to perform some spells on the woods. I think it might be a 'gator."

	From: samtheman	Date: December 12th, 2010 08:33 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"Yeah, they probably don't want people in or around when they start checking things out," he nodded. "A gator makes sense though," he nodded.

"Enough about those un-pleasantries though," he grinned. "I was thinking about working on some cheer routines during vacation, you up for a visit one of these afternoons?"

	From: smella	Date: December 12th, 2010 08:40 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"Oh man, sure! I'm a little rusty. I've been uh, sick. I mean, I rolled my ankle and I haven't been to practice since Halloween. Some extra sessions will be great!" Ella beamed back at Sam, excited at the prospect.

	From: samtheman	Date: December 12th, 2010 08:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"Awww, I'm sure you'll be back to top form in no time," he smiled. "I'm totally excited!"

	From: smella	Date: December 13th, 2010 01:40 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"Right on! I'll try and practice extra hard. This is going to be great!" The song ended and Ella released Sam from where she was holding him, deciding to go get a drink. "Thanks Sam. I'll see you over break, yeah?"

	From: samtheman	Date: December 14th, 2010 01:39 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Ella/Sam

"Definitely," he grinned. "Thanks for the dance El," he said releasing her. "Gimme a text sometime," he grinned.