It was Christmas on Bannerman Road.
Snow covered everything.
And people partied.
And the biggest party was of course at number Thirteen.
Up in the attic, the best party in Ealing was in full swing.
Mr Smith was open, and blasting out cheesy holiday music. Luke was back from Uni, and Maria was back from America, and everyone was having a good time.
"...And then with all those meteorites hitting the Earth all at the same time, Ruby was getting overwhelmed with all the simultaneous emotions from every person on Earth at the same time!" Rani was telling Maria about their last battle, a woman named Ruby White, who was revealed to be Katesh, ANOTHER alien trying to destroy the Earth.
"And of course, it HAD to splurge! RIGHT into my face!" Clyde was still annoyed that the Katesh stomach had splatted him and not Rani, Luke or Sarah Jane. "The Slitheen always splurged. The Blathereen splurged. And the Katesh's stomach SQUIRTED!"
Rani laughed. She remembered Clyde's face after his 'splurging'. If only Ruby hadn't crushed her phone, she would've taken a picture!
"But, of course, if it wasn't for Luke-y boy, we'd all be dead!" Clyde ruffled Luke's hair. "That super amazing alien brain of yours is just... super amazing."
The kids were all laughing. On the sofa, Sarah Jane and Alan were talking too, whilst sipping mulled wine.
"This is a great family, isn't it?" Asked Sarah
"Yeah, I suppose. It's a shame Chrissie wouldn't be able to join us. Too busy on a honeymoon with Ivan."
"Yeah. But you've still got Maria, haven't you? And us..." Sarah Jane placed her spare hand on his. She didn't know why she was, but she felt she should do. Alan looked at their hands, then looked at Sarah Jane, and smiled.
"Oh, no. They're holding hands!" noted Clyde, watching his best friend's mum and his other friend's dad holding hands.
"Aww, it's sweet!" defended Rani.
"It's not, holding hands is just... not cool."
"Are you just embarrassed about when you held Rani's hand, Clyde?" Luke chimed in.
"No! No. Yeah! No!" Clyde fumbled over his words as he blushed.
"Aww! Clyde!" Rani playfully rested her head on Clyde's shoulder. Maria smiled at them, then at Luke. Maria smiled back, and Luke put his arm over her.