Andrew, seeing that everyone had arrived, went to the tree to get the gifts he had bought for everyone. He handed Karli the wrapped box of BBEFBs and the chocolate frogs. He brought Cassidy her present, clumsily wrapped up numchaku. It was very hard to wrap because of the awkward shape. On them, he had engraved the Japanese kanji character for "peace." Next, he handed Berii her gift. He bit his lower lip, remembering what he had written in the thank you card:
Dear Berii,
Thank you very much for your kindness in the library the other day. I am so glad that we met and became friends. Please remember that if there is anything you ever need, all you have to do is ask.
Sincerely yours,
Andy
Andrew grinned then, recalling the necklace his mother had helped pick out. It was a slender, silver chain, and on it was a little charm that changed to whatever the wearer wished it to be. He hoped that she would like it.
In his mind, he wondered how Randy was making out with the exploding candy he had purchased for him...
Meanwhile, Cassidy handed out her gifts. She handed a long, flimsy package to Terra, and under the wrapping was a Quiddich banner that changed to different teams every few seconds. She then proceeded to Berii, handing her the wrapped up journal and a new quill. The journal had a beautiful picture on every page that moved. Karli was next. Cassidy handed her a rather large wrapped box, which contained the talon file, the dried fish, the chocolate frogs, and the necklace with the falcon feather on it.
Cassidy moved over to Josh, handing him the small box that contained the enchanted stag figurine. Johann was next with his enchanted dragon figurine. She left Tim's present under the tree for whenever he arrived.
Cassidy's last present was for Andrew. Borhter and sister both looked at each other, and opened their gifts simultaneously. Cassidy gasped in awe at the wonderful carving on the numchaku, runnign her fingers along the polished, sturdy wood.
Andrew opened his gift, and smiled gently. It was a framed, moving picture of him and Cassidy, when they both recieved their black belts from the school in Japan. Andrew was grinning wildly, sticking his ten-year-old stomach for everyone to see his belt. Cassidy stood at his side, smiling faintly, and retaining her controlled, peacful expression.
"Thanks," they said at the same time, knowing each other's thoughts.
Cassidy sat back under the tree while Andrew went to watch Berii open her gift.