Part 1

"Hey, you finally got here Freddy, now we can leave," said Summer as she shut the door, fastening her coat and walking out of her front door.

"Wait! What about Zack?" blurted out Lawrence, frowning, he probably didn't feel comfortable question Summer due to his obvious crush on her.

"He said something about not being able to meet us and being late," cut in Katie, laughing, "Maybe he's doing Christmas shopping early or something."

Freddy frowned; Zack was never late for SoR practices, ever. And who went Christmas shopping on December 24th anyway, Zack always walked to practice with him, sometime others joined them but he couldn't remember the last time he had walked without Zack – it just didn't happen. He knew they weren't actually having a practice now, they were just hanging out at a club but still…

He trudged along the street, laughing fakely along with the others, not really listening. Christmas was coming but nothing felt very special or Christmassy like it usually did, maybe he was just too old for it but this year the preparations ad seemed so plastic and meaningless, it was enough to make him want to go into a department store and stab one of those stupid Santa impersonators.

Freddy grinned and began to hum loudly, Katie glared at him, "What, would you rather I sang?" he crooned evilly, before bursting into song,

"Oh the Christmas fairytale,

They do them by the book

But when I see the green and red

It makes me wanna puke

The holly and the Mistletoe

The tinsel and the lights

When it comes to Christmas time

Everything is Shite

Buying presents, wrapping gifts

As children sing and adults caper

Sending people Christmas cards

It's all a waste of paper.

Because Rudolph slept with Dancer

And Santa is on crack

And all the elves fell in the sea

So Santa got the sack,"

Several of the nearby children began to cry and had to be ushered away by angry parents who were glaring at Freddy and muttering about disruptive influences.

Summer glared at him, "Freddy – shut UP! You're an embarrassment!"

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not!"

"Yeah you are!"

"Oh no!" Katie gasped, "I left something important at the practice building, Freddy could you go and get it for me?"

"No, why me anyway?" he replied.

"Freddy, just go!" intervened Summer. Freddy sighed, turned left and began heading towards the practise building, alone.

A/N - The Song was mostly written by kauri-blume so I can't take credit.