"Hey look you guys!! It's santa Claus!" Nick said pullin his best friend Brian in the direction of the Santa display in the middle of the mall.
"Nick aren't you a little old to be still believing in this stuff?" asked Kevin
Nick looked at the little kids in the line ahead of him. The tallest hardly came past his knee and at 18 years old and around 6 feet tall Nick looked pretty odd.
"why shouldn't I?" Nick asked, "Santa has always gotten me everything I wanted."
AJ looked at Nick with a puzzeled look on his face, "Nick don't you always tell everybody what you asked Santa for?"
Nick thought back to the previous Christmases and realized that he had always done what AJ had pointed out. No, he thought to himself I have to proove him wrong
"Well.." Howie said jumping into the conversation, "don't you think it could have been one of us who got you that stuff?"
Nick looked at Brian who looked at the floor. "This time it's different," he said, "I'm not gonna tell anyone else!"
"But Nick," Brian protested, "he didn't want his friend to be disappointed.
"But what Brian?" Nick said. It was now almost his turn. His eyes moved from Brian to the girl in the elf costume helping the little kids onto Santa's lap. He recognized her as Sarah, the 17 year old girl who he had a secret crush on for years.
"Next," she giggled, motioning for Nick.
Nick sat down on Santa, Brian watched the surprised expression on Santa's face turn to a look of pain. Nick was too heavy for the old man to handle.
"And what would you like for Christmas?" he asked.
Nic klooked over at the 4 guys who were waiting for him and whispered something in Santa's ear.
"I'll try," Santa smiled as Nick lifted his weight from Santa's lap, "Be a good boy Nicky," he called after him.
Nick smiled Nicky, he thought, I haven't been called that in years
Nick anxiously awaited Christmas eve and planned to wait up all night for Santa. He didn't tell anyone what he had asked for, in a desperate attempt to prove that he was right.
On Christmas eve he set out milk and cookies on a table beside the tree and sat down on the couch to wait. Eventually Nick fell asleep and he woke the next morning to find that the cookies were gone and there were many beautifly wrapped presents under the tree.
Aaron and Nick's sisters, BJ, Leslie, and Angel all ran down the stairs to open their presents.
Present after present was opened until there was only one left.
"Nick it's for you," aaron said handing it to him.
Nick looked at the tag on the small box. "To Nicky From Santa" was what it said. Nick tore open the wrapping paper and hurridly opened the box. Inside was a homemade invitation to a Christmas party at Sarah's house that night.
That night Nick met Brian and they drove to Sarah's house for her annual Christmas party. The nigh was almost over before she came over to him.
"Hey Nick," she said shyly, "would you like to dance?"
"Sure," he replied taking her hand to lead her out onto the dancefloor. he put his arms around her and she rested her head on his shoulder. They moved around the dancefloor as if they were one, when the song ended, Nick looked towards the celing. Much to his surprise they were standing beneth the mistletoe.
Sarah looked up at Nick and he looked into her dark eyes. Taking a chance he leaned forward and kissed her.
They smiled, it was what they had both asked Santa to get them for christmas.