So last night, I walked to school with Sam. Pulling my sled. With my Evil Twin stretched out on it. She had a super-smug smile on her face that I wanted to wipe off with a snowball.
At least I’ve got Sam pulling the sled by himself now. I told him what good exercise it is. And I pointed out a few muscles in his wiggly back that I hadn’t noticed before, which made him pretty happy.
So after Chloe hopped off, we met up with Willow. And when Sam saw her, he started flexing his muscles and stuff. I think he was trying to look tough, but he just looked like he had to pee.
That was when Eddy Enderman teleported to us out of NOWHERE. I almost jumped, but I tried to play it cool.
“Ah, hey, Eddy,” I said.
And he was like, “Hey, Gerald. What’s with the sled?”
I wasn’t sure how to answer that. I mean, Eddy’s not big on snow. So I didn’t want to talk up my sled like it was the best thing ever. Even though it kind of is.
Before I could answer, my big-mouthed best friend answered for me. “He’s going to play Santa and use the sled as a sleigh.”
Well, I almost blew up with embarrassment right then and there. PLAY Santa, he said. Like I was some little kid or something! I REALLY couldn’t look Eddy in the eye after that.
But this is why Eddy is the coolest kid ever.
He didn’t make me feel dumb about the Santa thing. Instead, he asked a very good question—a question that I hadn’t even thought of yet.
CRUD.
No, I told him, I did not have any reindeer yet.
And then he kind of shrugged. At least I think he did, but since I was staring at his legs, I couldn’t say for sure. Then he told me that he had a wolf that liked to pull sleds. “You can borrow her if you want,” he said.
And then he was gone.
Willow and Sam stared at me like I’d just taken down an Ender Dragon or something.
“Did Eddy Enderman REALLY just offer you his wolf to pull your sled?” asked Willow.
Now it was my turn to play it cool. I just shrugged and said, “Yeah. No biggie. We’re friends.”
But inside? I felt like I was going to blow sky high.
And now that I’m home, I can’t even THINK about going to sleep. So I’ve been counting sheep. And reindeer. And reindeer-wolves.
Now that my plan is rolling forward, Christmas can’t come soon enough!