She curled up on her sofa with her blanket, cup of hot chocolate and her novel of Nicolas Sparks. It was Christmas Eve and Molly Hooper was in, with no intention of going out tonight. Not even to Baker Street where she was invited for the Christmas party. She just sat there, torturing herself with the memories of last Christmas.

Last Christmas is the reason she was in tonight, and not at Baker Street. Everything was still fresh in her mind like it just happened yesterday.

"I see you've got a new boyfriend, Molly, and you are serious about him."

"What, sorry what?"

"In fact, you are seeing him this very night and giving him a gift."

"Oh, come on, surely you've all seen the present at the top of bag. Perfectly wrapped with a bow. All the others are slapdash at best."

"The shade of red echoes her lipstick, either an unconscious association or one that she's deliberately trying to encourage. Either way, Miss Hooper has love on her mind."

"The fact that she is serious about him is clear from the fact she's giving him a gift at all. That always suggests long terms hopes however, forlorn and that she's seeing him tonight is evident from her make-up and what she is wearing. Obviously trying to compensate for the size of her mouth and breasts.." Sherlock stopped as he opened the tag of the present and saw..

Dear Sherlock,

Love Molly xxx

"You always say such horrible things. Every time. Always."

That was the night she promised herself that she will never try to impress Sherlock anymore. She gave up her hope but she never stopped loving him.

Few days before the Christmas John came in the lab to invite Molly for the Christmas party, which she politely refused. John felt really guilty by this and asked her if it was because of the last Christmas even though he knew it was. He was well aware of Molly's feelings for Sherlock, apparently everyone was except Sherlock himself. John was really fond of Molly and he didn't want to make her suffer more by forcing her to come. She said that she had other plans for Christmas and John knew she was lying so, he gave her a hug saying that she was always welcome at Baker Street if she changes her mind and left.

-221B Baker Street-

"John! Someone is missing." Sherlock said curiously eyeing the guests that had come to their flat for the Christmas party.

"Is this a new case?" John asked looking at Sherlock weirdly.

"I didn't get any missing reports." Greg said looking surprised.

Sherlock looked up to them like they are the most idiotic people he knew. He sighed and said "No Graham, someone is missing from our guest list. Someone did not come."

"It's Greg, Sherlock. Greg." Greg said looking really irritated.

"No Sherlock, everyone is here.." John said and then suddenly realized that Molly did not come and he was really surprised that Sherlock even noticed it.

"Oh yes! Molly didn't come. She said she had some other plans." John said looking at Sherlock, curious to see if that had any effect on him.

Sherlock looked at him like he said the most impossible thing.

"Like what? Watching stupid telly or reading those hopeless romantic novels?" Sherlock said, looking irritated.

Sherlock was really surprised by Molly's action tonight. 'How can she say no?' Sherlock questioning himself. How can she say NO to him? She never said no to him well, she tried but she could not. He slightly smirked at this thought.

"Sherlock, are you all right?" John asked, distracting Sherlock from his thoughts.

"Ah, yes John. Why wouldn't I."

Greg and John looked at each other nodding their head, they both knew that something was not at all right.

Sherlock felt the urge to visit Molly and know why she did not join them. She had no one else to celebrate Christmas with no parents or siblings, no friends. Then why did she not come? He couldn't find a reason, and Sherlock Holmes did not like not knowing so, he decided to visit her and ask her himself.

Molly just finished her cup of hot chocolate and she got up to get some more, and she heard a knock on her door. She stopped and thought who it could be, however she pushed her thoughts aside and went to open the door.

"Oh my god! Peter, what are you doing here?" Molly screamed in surprise and threw her arms around her visitor pulling him into a hug.

Peter was a really close friend of Molly since uni, their relation was more like a brother and sister. They were always there for each other but they got separated by their different career choices but they always stayed in contact.

"Surprise!" Peter said hugging her back.

"This is the best surprise ever! I just can't believe you are here." Molly said hugging him again.

"Well, I have some news."

"What? What? What?" Molly asked getting excited

"I am moving to London, I got a job here!"

"Oh my God Peter! Congratulations! I am so happy for you!"

"Thank you, Molls!"

"Okay now, we gotta celebrate it!"

Molly couldn't be happier, she still couldn't believe Peter was here. She started pouring the drink when she heard another knock and she wondered 'who could it be this time?'

"I got it Molls." Peter said getting up to open the door.

"Mooolllyyyy…"

She came in the hall with two glasses and a bottle of wine in her hands and said "Yes Peter, who is…" she stopped as soon as she looked at his direction. She looked like she saw a dead man coming back to life.

"Molly who is this?" Peter asked pointing at the visitor, looking confused.

Molly ignoring Peter's question rushed to the door, putting the glasses and the bottle down.

"Oh yes, Peter this is Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock this is Peter Wilson."

"And what..what are you doing here Sherlock? Do you need anything?" Molly spoke again before any of them could say anything, because she knew what came next. Sherlock deducing Peter and she really didn't want that.

"Ah mmm, I just came to ask you why didn't you join us. But now I can clearly see what your other plans were. So I guess, I will be leaving. Merry Christmas, Molly Hooper."

Sherlock turned to leave, even before Molly could say anything.

"Merry Christmas, Sherlock."

Sherlock decided to walk back to Baker Street instead of taking a cab and in the meantime think about what just happened. The moment Sherlock saw Peter, his mind went into a weird state which he can't quite explain. He even missed deducing Peter and this is something Sherlock never missed. He never thought that Molly would be really having plans for Christmas, he didn't even know about Peter and he always knows when Molly starts dating someone. There were lots of questions in his mind about this matter and he demanded answers. Maybe he will go to the morgue tomorrow and figure it all out like he always does.

This is my first fan-fiction and i do hope you enjoy it.

i will be updating soon. :)