Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas

Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas is an Christmas episode of All About Us. This episode is much serious than the other Christmas episodes.
==Synopsis==
Alicia and Sierra are stucking working on Christmas Eve, when they are being held hostage by an gunman; Ryan, Alicia's ex-boyfriend is also held hostage and is suffering from syptoms from appendicitis. Will Ryan make it to the hospital in time?
==Songs included in episode==
*Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays - Performed by Ryan Frankel (feat.) Alicia Alcott.
*Santa Claus Lane - Performed by Alicia Alcott.
*This Christmas - Performed by Alexa Andrews.
*Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Performed by Alicia Alcott.
*Jingle Bell Rock - Performed by Alicia Alcott & Ryan Frankel.
*Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Jackson 5.
*Silent Night - Performed by Alicia, Dessy, & Niecy Alcott.
==Quotes==
==Notes==
*Josh Wright develops a crush on Alicia Alcott.
*Alicia and Sierra get jobs at Sassy's boutique.
*Sierra invites both Logan and Matt for Christmas dinner.
*Josh kisses Alicia.
*An unemployed man shows up at Sassy's and holds Sassy's employees and their customers hostages.
*Ryan experiences symptoms of an appendicitis while being held hostage. Alicia goes to his side.
*Ryan is released to be rushed to the hospital, leaving Alicia and Sierra behind. The Sassy's employees are released while the unemployed man is arrested. Alicia sees Ryan at the hospital and she sings Jingle Bell Rock to him.
*Alicia performs Santa Claus Lane at a concert sponsored by 47.5 FM.
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==Excerpt==
This was supposed to be a memorable Christmas in Silver Hills....
Alicia Alcott and Sierra Jennings are stucking working on Christmas Eve, when they were supposed to be going Christmas shopping to be gifts for their families. But things take a horrific turn when they are being held hostage by an gunman, who was laid off from his job; Ryan Frankel, Alicia's ex-boyfriend, is also held hostage while trying to buy a Christmas gift for his girlfriend, whom Alicia doesn't like. Things get worse for Ryan when he suffers from symptoms from appendicitis. Will Ryan make it to the hospital in time?
Niki Merrick and Kristy Castelli are faced with crises of their own. Niki has been invited by her shopping buddy Frankie Lewis to go skiiing with him and his family in Big Bear this Christmas, but her parents wouldn't let her. So, she devises a plan to go skiing without her parents knowing about it. Will she succeed? As for Kristy, she volunteers for the Silver Hills' Annual Charity Toy Drive along with several of her classmates pitching in.
Chapter 1
Niki Merrick wrote down Christmas Shopping List on her Mean Girls notepad. She was writing down gifts to buy for her friends for Christmas.
Niki, along with her friends, Alicia Alcott, Sierra Jennings, and Kristy Castelli were sitting opposite one another in their toasty Homeroom class. It was a chilly December in Silver Hills, California. It was that time of year. California would only get colder around the winter. Where other states be snowing, California would rain. The weather outside of the classroom was overcast with a bunch of dark, thick gray rain clouds overhead. It had rained the day before. Everyone in town had on the cozy jackets, winter coats, and warm boots.
"Looks like it's going to rain again," Kristy stated. She stared at the gray clouds and the soaking wet ground outside of Homeroom.
"The weatherman on Channel 8 said it won't rain until tonight," said Sierra, bundling herself up in her grey sweater with marled sleeves to keep herself warm. The classroom had on the heater to heat the room, but Sierra was still feeling chilly.
"Maybe it would be helpful if you put your jacket back on," Niki suggested to Sierra.
"Thanks for the advice, Nik."
"What are you writing?" Alicia asked, curiously.
"My Christmas shopping list. And I'm not going to tell you. You're just gonna have to wait until Christmas."
The girls smiled. This was their last time December in school before winter break. It was also their last December in school. Alicia, Niki, Sierra, and Kristy were now seniors at Silver Hills High. Which meant that next December, they'll be high school graduates.
"Hey, how about on the last day of school before winter break, we play "Secret Santa!"
"What? Niki, are we a little too old for Secret Santa?" Sierra asked, folding her arms across her chest.
"No," Niki scoffed.
"This could be the last time celebrating Christmas at Silver Hills High. Next year, we'll be in college, art school, performing arts school, whatever. We've got to make this as memorable as the last."
As the girls talked about their last "Secret Santa" as students, the class speaker on the wall came on. It was the usual morning school announcments. There was going to be a Christmas Concert the next day. Alicia's face beamed from ear to ear. She was going to be in the Christmas Concert, singing. Alicia was a talented singer with a future in the music industry after high school. She wanted to be signed by Captial Records, the most famous record company in Hollywood, if not the world. Its building was just as famous and memorable as the Hollywood.
"Oh! You're singing at the concert, tomorrow," Kristy exclaimed.
"Yep. This is what I love about Christmas. Singing Christmas songs, watching movies, looking at Christmas light decorations--"
"And the commercials, and the hot cocoa, and the Christmas display at Kmart!" Niki, Sierra, and Kristy exclaimed simultaneously. Christmas has always been Alicia's favorite holiday, besides her birthday. She always looked forward to every that comes with Christmas. She was excited about her annual Christmas tradition at home. She and her mother, Alice were going to decorate the inside and the outside of her house. Outside, in the freezing air, to put up the wreath the Alcott family have had for years, along with silver and gold garland they have since Christmas nineteen-ninety-four, and the white crystal Christmas lights Mrs. Alcott bought over the weekend to replace her old no-longer working lights.
"God, you three know well than I thought," Alicia smiled. Other than her blood family, she considered Niki, Sierra, and Kristy her second family. The three girls were always there for her throughout the ups and downs in her life. The four girls were always there for each other inspite of the turmoil they have endured in their teenaged lives. This was why they were looking for to Christmas. It was the holiday where they put all of their troubles behind them to celebrate the joyish time of year.
Sierra secretly checked her wallet inside of her beige studded backpack, to see how much cash she had with her.
She counted in her head as she stared at the cash. She realized that she didn't have enough.
"What'cha doing Sierra?" Alicia asked.
"Just checking my backpack.
Chapter 2
Sierra Jennings unlocked her locker in the hallway of the C-Building at school. She was putting away her English Lit textbook and her one-inch purple plastic binder that said in bold black sharpie print: ENGLISH LIT FIRST PERIOD. She then took out a yellow sixty-paged college ruled notebook and BIC pen as well.
Matt Wright, her new boyfriend approached her, just as she slammed her locker shut. Turning the lock all the way back to zero.
"Hey, Jennings. I've been looking for you," he smiled.
Sierra turned to her right and gave a quick peck to Matt's lips. He had on his Silver Hills High varsity jacket with a blue long sleeve shirt on.
"I've been here. just putting some stuff in my locker."
Sierra and Matt walked down the hallway of the C-building to the cafeteria as people were in and out of the hallway during Nutrition.
"I better get to the cafeteria before all of the blueberry muffins are gone."
It was Monday morning. Since the start of her senior year, Sierra would usually buy a blueberry muffin and mozzarella string cheese in the cafteria at Nutrition. Talk about a balanced diet for a seventeen-year-old with a hectic schedule to contend with.
As she and Matt exited the C-Building and made their way to the entrance of the cafeteria, Sierra saw Niki and Kristy exiting the cafeteria with their meal.
Niki tried to keep a straight face as she saw Matt and Sierra together. It still bothered her that the guy she was pinning for the last two years was dating her friend. Ever since Sierra split with her ex-boyfriend, Logan Haines to date Matt, Niki shared a surprising kiss with Logan, while attempting to comfort him on his breakup with Sierra. The kiss caught them off guard. There wasn't any spark from them. The kiss just happened. Niki wasn't attractive to Logan, she just felt sorry for him. Sierra ditched him for popular, attractive, handsome basketball jock, Matt. When Niki finally revealed to Sierra about her and Logan's surprising kiss, Sierra was furious. She accused Niki of taking advantage of Logan's vunerbility to put the moves on him. Which wasn't true of Niki's behalf. This led to a feud between them, until they were forced to work together on the Winter Carvaval by Logan in order to make amends.
Although Niki and Sierra patched things up, seeing her with Matt still left Niki feeling pissed off.
"Hey, you two," Niki greeted them.
"Getting into the cafeteria?"
"Yeah, we're pretty starved."
Niki and Kristy were on their way from the cafteria to their usual hangout, where they were meeting with Alicia.
Niki had a tiny tray of orange and Kristy's had the blueberry muffin, string cheese, and an bottle of pink lemonade she bought from the vending machine outside near the end of the C-Building.
"Damn, it's cold out here today?" Niki shivered. Her teeth her clenched and she could feel the icy air hitting the apples of her cheeks.
"I'll say," Kristy agreed, tucking her hands tightly into the pockets of her jeans.
"I should've worn that cozy sweatshirt my grandma had given me last Christmas."
"It was a red dorky sweatshirt with a frilly trim on each sleeve and had a unicorn in front," Niki exclaimed.
"It was the most embarrasing piece of crap I've ever seen in my life."
Niki folded her arms across her chest in disgust of the sweatshirt Kristy mentioned.
"No offense, Kris, but your grandmother doesn't no shit about fashion."
"None taken. She never like the fact I still wear jeans and t-shirts. And tanks."
Chapter 13
 
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