Anya awoke to the smell of bacon and coffee. She turned around to see that Marcus was already up. She suddenly remembered that is was Christmas morning. It was the first Christmas that anyone had celebrated in a long time. She sat up then noticed something tied to one of the bed posts. She realised that it looked like an old sock with something in it. She untied it then noticed that it had a few items in, wrapped in brown paper. There was a scrap piece of paper hanging from it that read 'To Anya, love Marcus xx' She really wasn't excepting and kind of Christmas present from him. She smiled as she emptied the sock to find 3 small gifts. She opened the first one. It was a small black box. Anya opened it to find a simple yet beautiful necklace with a heart shaped pendant. She loved it. The next present was a bottle of perfume. She knew it must have been very old as it hadn't been in production for years. She sprayed some on her wrist, it smelt gorgeous. Then she opened the last present. It was a small box which she opened to find some chocolates in. That was a luxury that one family on the island had started to produce again. It wasn't quite as nice as the chocolate she remembered from the days before E Day, but it was still a luxury. Anya got up and put on her dressing gown, as it was a cold morning. The winter on Azura wasn't as cold as the ones she remembered in Jacinto, but it was still pretty cold. She made her way to the kitchen to see Marcus putting bacon, eggs and toast on a plate for her.

"Morning" he said.

""Good morning to you" She replied. "And thank you so much for the gifts. I didn't expect anything from you"

"I know, but I wanted to get you something"

"Well thank you I love them" She said as she walked up to him and hugged him.

They sat down and enjoyed their breakfast together. When they had finished they shared a couple of the chocolates that he had given her. Marcus then got up.

"Just need to get something from the other room" He came back with a thin box with ribbon tied around it and a bow on top. "Just another little gift for you"

"Marcus, you really shouldn't have"

"I wanted to" he replied.

He handed the box to her. "Here. Open it"

Anya took off the bow and untied the ribbon, impressed how beautifully wrapped it was. She then took the lid off to find a beautiful red scarf inside. She took it out of the box and admired it.

"Oh Marcus, this is beautiful. Where did you get this?"

"I knitted it myself"

Anya was almost speechless. "You knitted this, al by yourself"

"Yeah. Been doing it for about 3 months. Bernie taught me how to knit. She helped a little. Do you like it?"

"Like it, I love it" she said as she wrapped it around her neck. "It's beautiful"

"Looked even more beautiful on you"

Anya smiled at how sweet he could be sometimes. She hugged him again and kissed him on the cheek, to which he quickly took her by surprise kissing her on the lips. Anya looked into his eyes and said

"I love you. Thank you for doing this"

"I love you to Anya"

"So" Anya began. "I got a gift for you to"

"Oh Anya, you really didn't have to"

"I wanted to" Anya went to get his present. She came back with a package wrapped in brown paper. She handed it to him. She had attached a card that read 'To Marcus. Merry Christmas. Anya xxx'

"Thank you" he said. He unwrapped it slowly to find a beautifully crafted picture frame with a photograph inside that he hadn't seen for years. It was of him and Dom and it was taken four years before emergence day the night he and Dom were awared the Embry Star award. They were both smartly dressed in suits. The picture brought back so many memories for Marcus. He didn't know what to say.

"Anya, this is amazing. Where did you get this photo?"

"Oh, it's just one that I've been carrying around all these years. You know Dom had the pictures he carried with him always. So did I. That one, one of my Mother and and then one of you and me"

Marcus smiled and looked at the photo again. He made him happy and sad at the same time.

"Anya this is a nice frame to"

"I made it. Well, Baird helped me"

"Wow, Baird actually helped someone?"

"Yeah, he does have a heart you know."

"Well, thank you Anya. This is a wonderful gift and it really means a lot to me"

He wrapped his arms around her an held her close. Anya smiled thinking "It's going to be a good day"