---December...---

"Don't let me catch you again," I called to a man running away. Lately I was letting off a lot of crooks. I kind of had to. It was mainly because they weren't criminals, they were family guys who wanted to get big presents for their family but couldn't afford them. They made the mistake to try and steal them. I just let them off with a warning because I knew they weren't thinking and that their familes don't need their husband/dad jailed for Christmas. If I were a less nice person I'd probably treat them just like any other criminal but lucky for them I'm nothing like Wolverine. I finally finished up and went back to the X-Mansion. I still needed to get Kitty a Christmas present so I started working over time at the comic shop to get some extra money.

"You don't need to get me something expensive," Kitty told me when I walked out of the locker room.

"But I want to," I told Kitty.

"You know I'm Jewish right?" Kitty asked.

"Kitty seriously, I'm fine with it. Don't worry. You can stop fooling around," I reassured her.

"Jason I AM Jewish!" Kitty yelled at me.

"Really?" I asked surprised. I seriously did think Kitty was joking.

"Yes!" Kitty yelled again. "I don't see how you could have thought I was joking!"

"I didn't know..." I muttered.

"How did you not know? I mean hello, look at this," Kitty shoved her wrist in my face and showed me her braclet. It had a Star Of David on it. "You're telling me you NEVER noticed that? Not once?" Kitty went on.

"No..." she was making me feel like crap at this point. I had no idea she felt so strongly about it.

Kitty didn't say anything. She kind of just stood there pouting and looking at the ground. "Kitty," I started as I put my hand on her shoulder. She shrugged me away. "I'm sorry. I really am," I put both of my hands on her shoulders and stared into the side of her face. She still wasn't looking at me.

"Do really think just saying sorry is going to make it better?" she asked me. She'd finally looked up, her eyes were tearing.

"Kitty you know I didn't mean to hurt your feelings... and the Christmas thing isn't that big a deal for me. I haven't even really cared much about it since all of my family was together... and that was years ago. I'll drop it," I told Kitty.

"You mean it?" she wiped one of her eyes.

"I mean it," I wiped her other eye.

"Hanaka was last week... so you can't really make up that way if that's what you were planning to do," Kitty pointed out.

"Oh... Kitty I really am sorry," I apologized again.

"I know..." Kitty said weakly.

I kissed Kitty on the forehead and repeated, "I REALLY am sorry. I should have been more considerate."

Kitty looked into my eyes and grinned a little, "You're lucky you're cute."

"You're the cute one," I corrected her.

---Christmas Eve...---

Kitty and I were dancing to Christmas carols in the living room. We worked out our problems with the holidays. We decided that we'd spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with each other but we wouldn't be celebrating the actual holiday. Kitty also told me to not buy her anything at all. I didn't get much say in the situation. And the icing on the cake was that I couldn't go out superheroing. I wasn't planning to anyway. Kitty just told me how things were going to work and I just kind of agreed. I wasn't expecting it to be that great especially considering how much Kitty had been on my ass lately about everything. Thing is it actually turned out to be the opposite. Kitty was her normal nice self again and we were enjoying ourselves just like everyone else.

"Jason, you have a call," Emma told me.
"I'll be back in sec," I kissed Kitty before I stepped out of the room. "Hello?" I answered the phone.
"Hey, Jason. It's Kate. I know it's Christmas Eve and all but Vision said he found a HYDRA base and we should probrably go in and stop them now while we still can," Kate explained.
"How long do you think it'll take?" I asked.
"Maybe an hour?" Kate estimated.
"Okay, I'm in. Gimme 5 minutes," I told Kate before hanging up. I walked back into the living room, "Change of plans Kitty. I gotta go out for like an hour."
"But you promised," Kitty complained.
"I know, it shouldn't take too long. I promise. I don't wanna ruin this night but I gotta leave, just for an hour. It's just a HYDRA base, no supervillains or anything that big. I promise I'll be back," I told Kitty.
"Fine... but you owe me," Kitty kissed me, and then hugged me before I headed for the subbasement.