A December to Remember
I do not own any of the characters. This takes place in December of 2009.
Mac had always dreaded December. Ever since Georgie had died, it had become the most miserable month to him. He would never forget burying his "Georgie girl" two years ago. Georgie had always been the bright spot in his life, and since her death nothing seemed to brighten it much anymore. That was, until Maxie's non-wedding. He was still so glad that Maxie had not married Spinelli. He liked Spinelli more but was still thankful she hadn't married him. He had been so thankful that he had gotten drunk, and he found himself flirting with an unlikely person- Alexis.
Alexis, now there was a woman to stop and think about. Through the years of her working as District Attorney, he had become a friend of hers. He found himself standing on her side during the Mayor Floyd fiasco. He had comtemplated a time or to about asking her out, but the timing had never been right. The only time they had come close to it was when they went to the benefit for Michael at the hospital. Brianna had noticed that something was up between them, but before he could do anything, he found himself trying to manage the carnival chaos. It made him smile that he was the first person Alexis turned to to help find her daughter. They went back to their companionable ways after the wedding- with the occasional argument over Sonny. Then thanksgiving happened....
He had arrived at Robin's house with a six pack of beer fully prepared to enjoy the game. He was surprised to see Sam there, but it surprised him even more when he realized that he was being set up with Alexis. He and Alexis had agreed that nothing would happen between them, but the thought had him wondering. And then Molly, the sweet girl who reminded him of Georgie with her innocence, beat Alexis to the seat forcing Alexis to sit next to him. And so he did what was expected of him- he held out the chair for Alexis.
A few days later, in the very beginning of December, he suggested to Alexis that they go to Jake's that night. Alexis agreed as long as he knew this wasn't a date. He agreed to the statement, and so they went. By the end of the evening, he found out that a drunk Alexis was certainly a character. After dragging him on the stage to do "Dancing in the Streets", he was shocked when she kissed him. After the kiss, Alexis fled from his side. It wasn't until Max chose a song to play on the jukebox that convinced him to make a move of his own. He went over to ask Alexis to dance- and to his surprise, she accepted. It was during the dance that something began to change within him. He began to see a chance of something with her. As the two danced and chatted, he found himself laughing and enjoying himself even more.
He went back to work at the police station and continued moving forward. Every once in awhile he saw Alexis, whether at Kelly's or out and about around town. The two would share a smile and then continue on their ways. As he headed to the grocery store on the fiftteenth, his mind wandered to the anniversary of Georgie's death coming up. It still didn't seem right to him that she had been dead nearly two years. As he quickly picked up the neccesities, he spotting Molly eyeing prebaked cookie dough. Deciding to take a chance, he wandered up to her.
"Hey Mr. Scorpio," Molly said with a grin. "Mom is around here somewhere. She just decided to bake cookies tomorrow- for some odd reason, she wants a domesticated Christmas this year."
"Ah," he said. He spotted the sugar cookies and smiled slightly. "These were always Georgie's favorites. She used to love to decorate them with goofy faces."
Molly noticed the sad smile and made an executive decision, She knew her mother may not be pleased with the idea, but what the heck. She still wanted this man with her mom, so she had to do something. "Why don't you stop by tomorrow? You could always do one in honor of her with us."
Mac smiled at the invitation and said, "I just might. It depends on the workload." Molly grinned and grabbed two packages of the sugar cookies and took off to find her mom. Once there, she quietly informed Kristina and Kristina informed her that she had invited Ethan as well. Molly smiled and thought, "This could be fun."
This started off as a one parter- but the more I type, the more it gets involved. I see it being three parts, but it could stretch into four.