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Last Christmas

The trailer was pitch black as Amelia stepped into it. Owen got caught up in attending to a few emergency cases which had just been brought into the ER. She had gone to the ER to collect the keys from him and headed to the trailer. She had a long tiring day of surgery after surgery and all she wanted to do was to go back there to unwind and relax.

She switched on all the lights inside the trailer, and then switched on the Christmas lights lining the outside of the trailer. She and Owen had spent one night a couple of weeks ago trying to set up the Christmas decorations in his trailer, which wasn't much as there was barely enough room for furniture in the trailer, let alone Christmas decorations. They did manage to buy a small Christmas tree to place at the deck of the trailer, and hang some Christmas lights lining the deck. She had to admit that the lights looked beautiful invited some Christmas mood to the trailer. Granted, they were both busy surgeons and did not have time to buy any Christmas gifts nor plan Christmas activities. She made a mental note to get some last minute Christmas gift shopping done tomorrow before starting her shift in the afternoon.

As the trailer was currently parked at a very secluded place, and there were no other residents around the area at the moment, ( the family who bought Derek's dream house from Meredith were away on vacation), it was very quiet. So quiet that she could her crickets chirping outside, and she thought she could here an owl hooting in the distance.

Starting to get a bit unsettled by the silence of the atmosphere in the trailer, she turned on the radio. At least some music would help break the silence.

The sound of 'Jingle Bells' filled the air as she went about the kitchen preparing some hot chocolate for herself. It was followed by ' Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'.

Amelia found herself inadvertently humming to the familiar Christmas tunes. She was never the type of person who was into festivities, heck the last time she celebrated Christmas was when she was a teenager with her family. But suddenly these tunes brought back memories of Christmas celebrations and traditions with her family. She recalled the Shepherd family Christmas traditions before her father died, when they would all attend midnight mass together and then after the mass, they would lay on blankets at the house compound and stare at the stars in the sky, wondering which star signified the anniversary of Jesus's birth. A twinge of sadness overtook her as she realized how much she still missed her father and Derek. She could barely recall how she celebrated Christmas last year- her last Christmas with Derek still alive. Worked all day long in the hospital probably. In retrospect, she should've spent it with him.

Suddenly 'Last Christmas' was played on air. Amelia perked up. This was her and Derek's favourite song. They fell in love with the song when they first heard it, and they made it a tradition to dance together to the song every Christmas. Of course, Derek wasn't the best dancer in the world, but still, they had fun.

Now this song brought back nostalgic memories for her. Amelia paced up and down the deck of the trailer, absorbing the melodies of the song, and lost in memories of Derek.

She started swaying to the song. Gradually, she began putting one foot in front of the other in a sequence of steps. Before she knew it, she was dancing to the song, following the rhythm and beat of the song. She closed her eyes as she twirled and pictured Derek twirling to the song with her, just like they used to do as kids.

Owen fully expected to return to his trailer to Amelia on bed reading a journal, wearing his plaid shirt as her pajamas , or even fast asleep on bed already.

What he didn't expect, was to come home to a fully lit trailer, with all the Christmas lights and the Christmas tree lights blinking from the deck. He had to admit that it looked beautiful and...added to the Christmas atmosphere.

As he parked his car in front of the trailer, he was greeted by another unexpected sight, the sight of his girlfriend Amelia twirling around at the deck. He gasped, she looked so beautiful and radiant twirling around like that in the blue dress she was wearing. He didn't know she could dance. She really amazes him everyday. Everyday, he would discover new things about her , which he loved.

As he got out of his car, he realized that she was dancing to the popular Christmas song ' Last Christmas'.

He loved watching her dance and didn't want to interrupt her, so he stood by his car and continued watching her dance. She was effortless in her twirls, it seemed like she was a professional dancer. Obviously she was so engrossed in her dance that she didn't notice him watching her. Suddenly, she stopped, and looked at him, gasping, her face blushing. She had been caught red-handed.

Owen smiled.

' I didn't know you could dance. You looked like a professional. Are you sure you're never learnt ballet before?'

' Ermm...no...no...' she stammered, as if embarrassed to be caught dancing.

' Why are you embarrassed? I loved it! I can add this to the list of things I love about you.' said Owen taking her by the hand.

Amelia slowly began to smile, her dimples showing. Grabbing both of Owen's hands, she began to lead him through the steps as the song continued. It proved to be a difficult task as Owen clearly was not meant to dance. He kept on tripping and stepping on her toes.

But she didn't mind, as they both swayed at the deck of the trailer and stared at each other in the eye, under the Christmas lights, to more Christmas songs.

It seemed like an eternity before the Christmas songs finally stopped, and they finally stopped dancing.

' You know, that song ' Last Christmas' is mine and Derek's favorite Christmas song' Amelia confided later on that night as they lay on blankets on the grass outside the trailer, staring at the stars in the sky.

' We would dance to that song every Christmas. It was like a Christmas tradition for us.'

' My sister Olivia used to love that song too' Owen said sadly.

Amelia looked over at Owen, who was still gazing up at the sky.

She took his right hand in her left hand and squeezed it.

' You see the stars in the sky?' she said looking up at the sky again to the stars blanketing the sky.

' Maybe this one is Olivia and that one is Derek.' she said pointing to 2 bright stars in particular.

'Maybe this one is my dad and that one over there is your dad.' Owen added, pointing to another 2 stars.

' Maybe they are all watching us from heaven' Amelia agreed.

Just then, the song ' Somewhere Out There' started playing on the radio- and they both lay down in silence, staring at the stars - wondering whether their lost loved ones were actually somewhere out there. They will miss their deceased loved ones this Christmas for sure, but at least this Christmas they would have each other. Tomorrow they were both going to call their mothers and tell their loved ones they love them.

Because at the end of the day, Christmas isn't just about Christmas gifts and decorations and Christmas songs, but it is about family, loved ones and precious memories.

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