"Uh...I might've...messed a bit too much with the lights...heheh.."

Ariel's parents were out of town for the holidays, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Dealing with her pesky parents for 365 days every damn year was like hell; the insensitive jokes about her at the family dinner, the continuous teasing, the goddamn lousy music that made her want to smash her head against a wall...it was not a holiday, it was a nightmare.

But this holiday, being home alone for the week AND getting to crash at her crush's? This just might be the best yet.

If you ignore the fact she got tangled in Christmas light wires, that is.