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Chapter Twelve: A Time to Love, and A Time to Hate
December 24, Monday early evening
Wally had his hand around Kuki's waist. Both were staring at the giant Christmas tree in the middle of the Christmas Village. They'd decided to come again on Christmas Eve, to redo the lost date. The lights on the tree shone on everyone's faces. Abby and Nigel were standing not far, hand in hand.
The two had talked. They couldn't stop liking each other. They started fighting on the phone until finally Abby had screamed, "FINE! IF YOU HATE ME SO MUCH! I'LL GO OUT WITH YOU JUST TO MAKE YOU MAD!" Nigel had screamed back, "FINE! GO OUT WITH ME! SEE IF I CARE!" Then the two hung up. Right after they both called at the same time and got a busy signal on each line. It was a half hour before Nigel finally got ahold of Abby. The two had burst out laughing and agreed that they really did want to go out with each other. Since then, they'd been getting along fine.
Wally and Kuki's bond was as stronge as ever...And no one was surprised after they heard their story of the Delightful Children. Kuki left out the part about being a spy and didn't mention anything about the Kids Next Door and had to add a few made-up things to make the story more believable. The five bodies laying in the rubble were tested and were officially named the bodies of the Delightful Children.
Wally and Kuki both attended the funeral for the five children. They found it extremely hard to watch their enemies' bodies be buried and yet be sad at the same time...It was without a doubt a very confusing time.
Mrs. Sanban and Mushi welcomed Mr. Sanban back into the house with open arms. The Sanban family were as close as ever. The Wallabees came over often for dinner, and vice versa.
The servants of the Delightful Children denied knowing anything about the plan to kill Wally or brainwash Kuki until the butler and a maid admitted to it. The servants were all sent to jail. No one other than the Delightful Children had died in the explosion.
Both Kuki and Wally had agreed that they couldn't hate the Delightful Children. Kuki couldn't find it in her heart, and she was related to them. Wally thought they must have had some decency if they weren't out to kill Kuki until the very end, but he didn't feel anything like Kuki did.
Now, Kuki and Wally stood holding hands, as happy as ever. Mr. and Mrs. Sanban were chatting wtih the Wallabees while Mushi tried to teach Jackie how to do correct cartwheels.
Kuki giggled as Jackie did one when Mushi had her back turned to him. Jackie started jumping up and down and clapping his hands. Mushi turned back, asking what was so great. Jackie showed her his correct cartwheel. Mushi's eyes widened as she ran over to Kuki and Wally. She pulled on Wally's sleeve.
"He did it!" Mushi said excitedly. Mushi loved Wally. She thought he was great, the older brother she'd never had. "He did the cartwheel!" Wally smiled.
"I know!" he said, just as excitedly. "I saw!"
Kuki smiled. He would only talk like that for Mushi, she thought with a small giggle.
The clock chimed midnight. Wally looked up at the clock, then looked back to Kuki. He kissed her softly on the lips for the first time.
"Merry Christmas." he whispered. Kuki felt her heart flutter. She smiled and whispered the same thing back. She knew that life was getting good, and she had a big feeling it was going to be hard for it to turn bad.
A/N: Wow! It's over...that was much quicker than I had thought. So there's the end. I hope everyone who read it, liked it. I know I enjoyed writing it. Thanks for reading it everyone!