Starting a short Christmas story for you guys this year :D

All characters belong to Archie/Sega except my OCs

Ch. 1 Snow in California

Just make it snow in California
I'll even settle for rain
Don't want him to go tomorrow morning
Give me something to make him stay
Wrapped in his arms by the fireplace
Will be the perfect gift
Let it snow let it snow let it snow
Let it snow
In Calif-orn-i-a

Snow in California by Ariana Grande

"Mom, it's the day after Thanksgiving, where are you going," Daniel demanded as I walked past the living room door. I was in the middle of buttoning up my coat when I had walked past. It was cold as hell outside and I sure was not trying to catch a cold. It's only been a year since Scourge came back from the jail center thing and I guess everything has been running smoothly. Yesterday we actually tried to have a full table Thanksgiving and that was…interesting. The kids decided to pick fights with each other so then I tried to get Scourge to help me break them up and then he wanted to argue with me. After that I kind of just said fuck it. We would try again next year.

"Black Friday shopping," I replied. I turned to see all the boys were in the living room doorway, looking at me curiously.

"Can I come," Dante asked. He was still the best big brother in the world to his siblings as well as the best boyfriend I've ever seen in my life. Nicolette had come back into his life very shortly after Scourge returned and they hit it off again. I'd never seen a guy be so sweet and thoughtful to a girl. I'm married to Scourge so you all know damn well that I will probably never see that happen in my favor.

"Of course! Any other companions?" Daniel and Tony looked to each other and grimaced. They absolutely hated shopping so I don't even know why I asked. The two boys were just like their father in everything except their attitude and Daniel with his wide eyes. Danny still acted like me to full extent with his smart comments and dizzy personality while Tony was the quiet one out of his siblings. He liked to read and didn't really bother with anyone unless they bothered him. But he followed Danny, Dante and Scourge around like they were his leaders. I guess in his little mind they were.

"Come on guys, it will be fun," Maria said as she hopped down the steps daintily. Scourge and I are still trying to figure out where the hell she came from because she sure wasn't our child. Sure she looked exactly like me despite her ice blue eyes but she was too sweet and innocent. Scourge and I didn't even come close to those things. My husband raised an eyebrow down at his daughter.

"Yes, fun for you guys," he said, his voice a bit low.

"But we'll all get to spend quality family time with each other!" Daniel faked a barf face while Tony grimaced. Dante walked into the hallway, tugging his arms into the sleeves of his coat. His tousled orange hair made a bang into his face, falling into his forest green eyes.

"Yea, it'll be great," he said. Maria smiled widely at him in thanks for taking her side. He grinned back. Like I said: still the best big brother in the world. When Dante looked back up to see the other boys glaring at him, his grin fell.

"We're all going. Mother's orders," I said, making my family's stares go to me. Scourge looked as if he was about to argue with me over it but Daniel sighed and solemnly agreed to it. Tony repeated the sigh as he followed his older brother off to get their coats. "Go on, follow your twins," I told Scourge. He raised an eyebrow at me as he walked towards me. I crossed my arms and stared back at him. I honestly think its funny how he thinks that I'm afraid of him. If this Mexican came near me with a ten foot pole then I would kill his ass. But of course he knows that.

"Imma fuck you up," he whispered in my ear before walking past me.

"Nice joke, Mexico," I said, shooting a smile at me. He looked back and glared at me. I was about to stick my tongue out at me before he smacked my ass. Maria's eyes widened.

"Daddy, don't hit mommy," she yelled before running up to me and hugging my legs. She looked up at me with her wide ice blue eyes. "Mommy are you okay?"

"I will be. Your father won't be once we get back home." Scourge scoffed, wrapping his scarf around his neck. Tony ran up to him, his coat everywhere.

"What the hell and why," Scourge said. I glared at him. How many times did I have to tell him not to curse around these children?

"Daddy, I can't get the buttons right. Can you help me," he asked, snickering a bit at his dad's swears. The boys think it's hilarious when Scourge curses while Maria hates it and Dante doesn't really pay any mind to it. He's known him for half his life so he was used to it by now.

"Looks like you've got more the buttons mixed up, Tony," Scourge said as he bent down to help his son. A small smile came upon my lips at the sight. I thought it was cute when Scourge helped out the kids. The more gentle side of him came out around them. Even now as he was helping Tony into his coat and doing the buttons for him, he was doing it softly and gently so he wouldn't be too forceful on the small boy. He ruffled his son's red hair when he was done. "There ya go."

"Thanks daddy." Scourge kissed his son's forehead before standing up. He then looked around.

"Where the hell is the other demon spawn?"

"Scourge," I exclaimed just as Maria yelled "Daddy!" Tony and Dante snickered. Scourge called Daniel the demon spawn because the boy was always up to something. He couldn't stay still for two seconds unless his attention was strictly on it but that wasn't often. Even when he was watching TV, he'll move around. Plus he had the mindset of me and Scourge put together so he's evil as shit.

"I'm right here," Daniel said, walking out into the hallway. He was pulling his Spiderman hat over his head. "I was trying to find my warmest coat." Dante sighed and bent down to straighten his little brother's coat which was all over the place as well. Daniel smiled at his older brother sweetly. Dante smirked back before pulling the hat over the young child's face. "Hey!"

"That's for when you put salt in my coffee yesterday morning," Dante said as he stood. Daniel pulled his hat back up, staring up at his brother.

"It was an accident. I didn't know where the sugar jar was."

"Sure," Dante said teasingly, smiling down at his little brother. I looked down at Maria to see that she had a bit of jealousy in her eyes. Since she was the only girl, she didn't really have anyone to connect with besides me. I mean she loved our time together and stuff but I get that sometimes she wanted a connection like the boys of the family had. Since she wasn't a tomboy, she couldn't really fit into their circle like she wanted to.

"Come on guys, let's start our descent into Hell for a day," Scourge said as he started towards the door. All the kids snickered as I glared at him and punched at his arm. Again he smacked my ass causing Maria to yell at him once more. The ride to the mall was actually pretty peaceful. We turned on a nice clean station for the kids who seemed content in taking a rest during the ride. It was when we actually got to the mall when they wanted to start getting rowdy.

"Danny stop touching me," Maria yelled at her brother.

"Shut up, I'm even near you," her older brother replied.

"Stop fighting, it's annoying," Tony said.

"How about all of you shut up," Scourge said, his voice hard and laced with authority. The kids did as they were told and kept their mouths shut before we unloaded out the car. Since it was Black Friday today, the mall was so crowded. Even though I hated going black Friday shopping, I mostly did it in order to start shopping for the kids' Christmas gifts. Every year it was something different with them. They were still so young so they went into their little phases. Right now Daniel is obsessed with remote control operated toys and electronics, Maria is more into dolls and clothes, Tony's into books and trains, and Dante is more for clothes and video games. It sounds easy but I like to take them out so I know what exactly they want. My job pays me a lot though so when Scourge was gone, I got them a lot. But now since he was back, his ass could help me out and they'd get even more – something I know they'll be happy about.

"So where to first," Dante asked as we huddled into an empty corner to avoid the crazy shoppers running to catch the next sale. He was holding Daniel's hand to keep him from getting lost.

"I don't know. Did you guys wanna split up so we can get things done faster," I asked.

"Sure," all the younger kids said in unison.

"I guess I'm taking the demon spawns," Scourge muttered as Daniel let go of Dante's hands and ran to his father's legs. "You coming, D?"

"Uh, I'll hang with the girls today," Dante said, blushing a bit. Scourge raised an eyebrow but didn't question it.

"Alright," he said with a shrug before grabbing both his sons by the hand and walking off with them. He better not lose em or I will bury his sexy ass alive.

Dante, Maria and I started off on our venture for the day. We shopped around and I got some things for them just because. I noticed Dante looking around at a lot of jewelry and perfume for woman. I could already guess why he decided to tag along with us. He was searching for a gift for his girlfriend, Nicolette. Yes, the girl he was dating when he was a teen. She had come back into his life when they started the college semester and immediately their spark returned. I was happy for them though. They looked cute together and I could tell he really cared about her.

"Looking for anything specific," I asked as he was looking over some necklaces. He looked over at me and blushed. I smiled at him to know that I understood.

"Well, Nikki didn't give me a definite thing she wanted for Christmas. She said I didn't have to get her anything at all but I know that I can't not get her anything. What do you think I should get her?" I shrugged.

"What kind of things does she like?"

"Perfume, jewelry, clothes, normal girl stuff I guess. I was thinking about getting her a set of her favorite perfume and a necklace. Think she'll like that?"

"I think she'll love it." Dante smiled at me before Maria pointed out something through the glass of the jewelry display.

"That's pretty." Dante and I moved closer to get a better look at what she was looking at. The necklace was a sterling silver that had a thin chain but sparkly chain and a diamond heart pendant. The necklace was absolutely beautiful and since it was the cheapest day of the year, it had a very reasonable price.

"Maria, you're a genius," Dante exclaimed before calling a sales clerk over so that he could buy it. Maria gave him the confused look that Scourge gives me half the time before looking to me.

"What I do," she asked innocently. I could only giggle at her and shake my head. After Dante purchased the necklace, we met up with the boys in the food court for lunch. They were easy to spot out since we usually go sit in the same place whenever we eat in the mall. Scourge was leaning back in his seat, his long legs stretched out in front of him. He was staring at Daniel who was jabbering away, using hand motions to better illustrate his story. Tony was sitting next to Scourge, staring at his brother with the same look. It was so weird how much the youngest one looked like Scourge yet he had totally different color coordination. Daniel looked more like Scourge too but he did more of my looks. It was Maria and Tony who had inherited Scourge's eye motions and such. As we walked over to them, I noticed a lot of the other woman in the area staring at Scourge. Even the younger women. Not that Scourge was old. I mean he was only what, 32 or 33. I don't remember but he was still very attractive. He now sported a little mustache but kept his chin hair and such shaved. He was also still very muscular. He and Dante went to the gym a couple times a week to keep themselves buffed up. A hint of jealousy came upon me though. I hated it when Scourge got other woman's attention. I mean I get it wasn't his fault that he was a sexy motherfucker but still…

"Hey guys," Daniel said as he looked over at us. "I was just explaining to dad how my teacher told us how Santa is actually evil and is planning to destroy the world by using us kids as his minions."

"That is definitely your son," Scourge said as he looked up at me. The kids took their seats around the table as I took mine next to Scourge. They started to debate amongst themselves what they wanted to eat which left me to talk to my husband. "So did you guys get anything good," he asked, glancing down at the few bags I had.

"Yea, I got them some clothes and stuff. Any good stuff for the boys?"

"Just some more winter stuff and a couple toys to keep them quiet. They tried to get me to take them to arcade." I let out a laugh.

"They were trying to set you up for bankruptcy."

"Demon spawns," he muttered, causing me to hit him. "Ya know, you never told me what you wanted for Christmas."

"Well I have what I want." He raised an eyebrow, glancing at the kids.

"I know you wanted those demons but I don't think that was the best Christmas wish in the world."

"Oh shut up. You know you love your kids."

"Yea and I love you too but that doesn't mean yall all don't make me want to jump off a cliff."

"Shut up," I said, punching his shoulder again. "But what I was referring to was you. All I want for Christmas is you."

"Isn't that a song?" I rolled my eyes. Why did he have to be so difficult at times like this? "But I mean an actual gift. Something I can buy at the store and give to you. Or something I can make." I shrugged.

"There's nothing really I want."

"Alright, I'll think of something." I smiled and pecked a kiss at his lips. "Mmm, or I could just lock you in our bedroom for a day." I giggled and hit his shoulder.

"Sorry to interrupt you pre-baby making time but we're hungry," Daniel said. Scourge raised an eyebrow at his son.

"What do you want to eat then?"

"Cheesesteaks," the kids said in unison.

"With our without fries," Scourge said to mess with them. He knew they loved their cheesesteaks with a nice big pile of pizza fries. Our kids eat like such pigs. I wonder where they got that gene from…

"Pizza fries," they said in unison. Scourge rolled his eyes before getting up and walking over to the appointed booth for cheesesteaks. The kids went back to talking amongst themselves leaving me to my phone now. Honestly, our kids weren't bad at all – Scourge just liked to joke about them. I don't know why but he did for whatever reason. The next time I looked up after texting Dean back to mess with him about the craziness of Black Friday shopping, I saw some young blonde girl talking to Scourge in line. He didn't really seem interested in her though. His both barely moved in response. The girl seemed to be at least 18, too young to be trying to mess with a married man with kids. Then again, that is what whores do these days. I would have went over there and showed Scourge off as my husband so that she would leave him alone but I trusted him. He told me before a little while after he got back that I was the only girl he was worried about. Of course I believed him because I had no reason not to. We had been together for a long time and he didn't cheat on me. The whole thing with Dante's social worker wasn't him, I came to understand that. So if he didn't cheat then, why would he now? My trust was fully put in him and I knew he wouldn't ruin it.

X

"Dad," I heard one of the demon spawns call my name. Ugh, what the fuck did the little demon want?

"What," I yelled back from my study. Daniel ran into the room, looking around briefly before zooming up to me. I raised an eyebrow down at my son. Although he looked mostly like me, his wide eyes and attitude reminded me of his mother. There was no way in Hell that either of us could deny that he was our child. He leaned in my face.

"Papa," he said, letting his accent get strong.

"If you don't get out my face," I started, causing my son to smile. He leaned away before I picked him up and sat him on my desk. He looked back and forth at the contents on my desk. His eyes stopped at one of the pictures in the right hand corner. He grabbed it and picked it up. The picture was one of me and Rosy on our wedding day. She had looked so beautiful in her big white dress and her hair pinned up. That day had to be one of the best days we had together. I knew Daniel was too young to really remember the day though.

"Dad, how did you know that mom was the one you wanted to marry?"

"Uh, I just had an urge I guess. I wanted her to be more than just my girlfriend. We had you and Dante and I thought she deserved more out of our relationship."

"Well how did you know that you liked her?"

"It wasn't a feeling of free will. She forced it out of me. We didn't get along too well when we first met. But eventually I figured out that I liked her. It's different for boys. We don't get butterflies and skipped heart beats. We get those impulsive feelings that we wanna push away."

"How did you ask her out?"

"I punched your uncle Dean in the face and then dragged her back to my apartment and told her how I felt about her." Daniel snickered. Ah, I was such an asshole back then. "What's this all about anyway?" Daniel put the picture back where it was and looked to me, slight blush creeping up his cheeks. He put a hand behind his head.

"Well, there's this girl at school…"

"Is she pretty?" Daniel nodded.

"Really pretty. But she's my friend and I'm not supposed to like her that way."

"It's alright if you like her."

"But what if she doesn't like me back?"

"Does she think boys are gross?"

"She thinks other boys are but not me. She says that I'm one of the cute ones." I smirked.

"She likes you."

"How do you know," Daniel exclaimed, his eyes widening in shock and hope. I chuckled. My poor little naïve son.

"She called you cute."

"But mom calls me cute," he said slowly as he made a face.

"She calls me cute too."

"No she doesn't. She calls you an asshole." I let out a laugh. Daniel sighed and looked down. "So being called cute is a good thing?"

"Yea."

"Well do you think she would like me more if I got her a gift for Christmas? She only lives down the street."

"Oh you're talking about that Gabriella girl?" True indeed there was a girl who he was friends with who lived near us. They walked to school together every morning. She sure as hell does like him. I remember her dad told me how she draws his name in her notebooks. Seems like Danny here had his love life set for a while.

"Yea. But I don't know what to get her. Her gift is kind of impossible."

"What does she want?"

"Snow in California."

"Hmm, we'll need a snow blower and some ice." Daniel's eyes lit up.

"You'll help me!"

"Of course I will." He jumped out and hugged me tightly.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." I chuckled, hugging him back.

"Don't worry about it little man. Now go on and see if there's anything else you can do for her."

"Okay," Daniel said before bouncing out my lap and running out the door. Dante raised an eyebrow down at his little brother as he ran past him. He shook his head and continued into my office.

"You want help with girls too," I asked him. Dante blushed softly as he walked up to my desk.

"Yes actually."

"And I was starting to think I only became cupid's helper around Valentine's Day."

"Um, this Christmas, um, Nicolette said that she wanted to um…"

"She wants the D, doesn't she?"

"Yea but she's a virgin and I'm a virgin. I don't know what I'm supposed to do."

"Oh please. I know you two have gone to at least second base."

"Third actually but we've never actually had sex. And that's what she wants to do on Christmas. I want to make it special though."

"Have you guys ever had oral? But I can help you with making it special. I still have my old apartment so I can help you decorate that up."

"Thanks dad. And no, we haven't."

"Are you going to do that on Christmas?"

"I want to but I don't know how to do it…"

"Just move your tongue around like it's a worm as far is it can go."

"Scourge!" Dante exclaimed, his face as red as a tomato.

"And make sure you suck and kiss. Oh and licking. They love that shit. Trust me, Rosy goes crazy whenever I do it."

"Ew."

"Hey, you said you didn't know how to do it so I'm trying to tell you how." Dante grimaced.

"You are a freak."

"True but that's why Rosy still loves me." Dante chuckled, shaking his head.

"Okay well I'm going to go now before I throw up. But we can start decorating once I get the stuff for it alright?" I nodded.

"If you need condoms-"

"La la la la la, I'm leaving," he said causing me to laugh. He smiled at me before walking out. Damn my boys were getting old. Growing hormones and feelings and shit. I don't know if this is supposed to be cute or a nightmare. At least Maria still thinks boys are icky. I sighed lightly, looking down at what I was doing. This Christmas was sure going to be one hell of a holiday.

So I thought of this little Christmas idea a while back as a continuation of FFL since someone said a cute little epilogue story about their kids would be cute so I thought what's a better time than Christmas. It will be a really short story that I already have written out so yea it will be done before Christmas. I hope you guys enjoy

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