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[Jack Montoya]

Christmas break, always a fun time to go home and visit family. The day after Ellie's birthday, Jack packed up his things and was ready to leave. Sure, it was kind of hard to not be happy when he knew that his entire family was going to be together for Christmas, but he was still kind of sad that he had to leave Elisia so soon. He had kissed her the day before they left, and spent most of the day wit her. Even at the end of the day.. and the eventful afternoon with that Chris guy, Jack had gotten her phone number. It was nice to keep in contact with her, but even though she was in the same city as him, he wasn't sure if they would even get to see each other. Now that he was in Hammel, he barley got any time alone when he visited his parents, because they wanted everything to do with him when he was home. It was nice though.

Today was just like any day, except for this morning his mom asked him to go down to the store closest to where they live and pick up some things for breakfast tomorrow. Kind of happy to be out of the house and away from the cling, Jack set off to get the things that he needed to get from the store. It would be easier to cut through Central... He thought, taking a hesitant turn off toward the park. He liked the trees anyway, it reminded him of having a more open space around him instead of the usual concrete walls, sidewalks, and roads. The ground of the park was covered in a light frosty snow, and he felt like he was back at Hammel, then he thought about Elisia. "How crazy would it be if we bumped into each other on the flight back?" He asked himself with a small smile on his face.

[Elisia Lark]

Christmas was always fun, it meant time spent with her fathers whom she missed dearly and the only real downfall was the possibility of having to spend time her mother. It usually didn't happen and it couldn't possibly bring down the time she had with her fathers. Tim and Patrick had picked Ellie up on Christmas Eve, the day after her insane birthday. It was a great birthday, one of the best in fact, but the events that had taken place were much more crazy than she had ever experienced.

Leading up to the actual party itself, just being alone with Jack down at the pool while he showed her his power was what made it the best birthday she'd had. It got her the first kiss she'd had and hopefully a boyfriend in the near future. It hadn't been a done deal and Ellie wasn't going to push it, but she had a feeling it was possible. Then when they got back up to the rooms she was surprised to find all of her close friends with presents and hugs. Fer and Callie had already been there and gave her their presents first. Shortly after she got Fer's, well Chris showed up and things got awkward. Thankfully Jack had beat Chris to taking the first kiss otherwise Ellie might have been a little more frustrated. Either way, her birthday had been fun and at the end of it all she gave Jack her number.

Now one would think that being in one city the possibility of running into someone would be high. Unfortunately NYC was giant and Elisia gave up the hope of seeing Jack during the break. It was nice texting him and having some form of communication, but they'd both been busy and it made things even more difficult. It wasn't until a few days into the vacation that Ellie was given any form of freedom. Patrick and Tim were shopping for deals now that Christmas was through. Margaret had yet to make any attempt of seeing her daughter, so Ellie had decided to walk through central park. With her nose stuck in her journal, she read through her most recent entry and smiled as she thought of Jack. The smile faded though when she realized that she had to wait a little longer until she could see him. With a sigh she continued walking and accidentally bumped into someone.

"Oops, I-I'm so sorry," She muttered shyly completely unaware of who she'd bumped into.