Disclaimer; I don't own Waterloo Road if I did Tom would still be alive.
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
December 2nd Silent Night.
Characters: Allie Westbrook, Tiffany Westbrook.
Plot: Silence is broken between Allie & Tiffany, and Tiffany learns the importance of family when she confides into Allie.
There was a fresh carpet of snow on the ground as Allie Westbrook stared out the window of her car. She smiled to herself, the snow was just another sign that her favourite time of the year was nearing; Christmas. She loved Christmas and she loved it even more since she had a family of her own, growing up in a care home meant that there was an absence of love and happiness most commonly associated with Christmas and when Floyd and later Tiffany was born she vowed to give them the Christmas she never had. But right now she was sure that Christmas would be a frosty affair.
Silence greeted her after she returned from a long day at work. Vaughn was still at work; dealing with the crisis of finding a new deputy in the New Year, nowadays their relationship was hitting several icebergs and she was beginning to wonder whether their relationship was really worth all the stress she was going through.
Silence. The only sound came from the ticking of the clock, making Allie jump out of her skin before resuming to the deathly silence. If there was one thing Allie hated it was silence; silence made her feel uneasy it was the one thing that contradicted her happy bubbly personality.
"Floyd? Tiffany? Leo-?" She began mindlessly wandering into the kitchen.
"Mom?" A small voice asked; a voice so scarcely heard Allie had trouble recognising it, yet at the back of her mind she knew instantly who it was.
"Tiffany?" She asked a small smile creeping up on her face, she couldn't help but be happy that the silence had been broken; maybe it wouldn't be a silent night after all. She opened the door soundlessly half afraid she would be greeted by an unwelcome stare.
"Mom, I think I might be pregnant, I'm over a week late," Tiffany announced and despite the fact that this was an overwhelming worry of Allie's she was still shocked when she heard the daughter state the fact she had been dreading to hear. This she thought to herself was just the icing on the cake to end a very rocky few months.
But of course as a mother it was her duty to remain rational about it all. "Have you taken a test?" She asked her voice wavering slightly.
"Not yet," Tiffany replied biting her lip, "what if it's positive?" She asked her eyes widening, she looked so scared, so fragile, so much like a little girl that Allie found it hard to believe that she would be turning sixteen in a few months.
"We'll just have to deal with it then won't we?" Allie said trying to keep her tone light. "I'll get a test," she said going into her bathroom before promptly slamming the door shut and slumping against it burying her head in her hands the overwhelming worry forefront of her mind; what if Tiffany was pregnant? What would she do?
She fetched the pregnancy test; at least now it would come in use, months ago when they first moved before Justin and Leo she and Vaughn were trying to have a kid however since those hectic few months there had always been an excuse to postpone trying.
"Here you go," she said passing the test to Tiffany, "I'll be in my room if you need me okay?" She said before darting out of the room half afraid she would burst into tears, what would happen if Tiffany was pregnant? Would she have an abortion, keep it or put it up for adoption? The worst part about it was that she could see Tiffany making the mistakes she made; she was only seventeen herself when she had Floyd, she didn't want Tiffany to fall into the same position.
After what felt like an eternity of waiting, Tiffany emerged. "It's negative," she admitted.
"Thank goodness!" Allie said relived, when she saw Tiffany's downcast expression she hesitated and added; "this house is hardly big of the six of us let alone a little one! It's not the end of the world Tiff; you'll have time when you're older, now how about you come downstairs?" She asked ushering Tiffany downstairs where Leo and Floyd were located.
The two barely raised their heads at the new arrivals, but Allie was on a mission to get everyone's attention no matter how much effort it took. She was determined to help lighten the mood of the house and create some Christmas spirit.
"Floyd, Leo I know you're all teenagers now, but in my experience you are never too old for an advent calendar…" she began, it had become a tradition in the Westbrook house to have an advent calendar every year and she was hoping that she would be able to share that tradition with Leo and Justin.
"But it's the second of December; don't you have advent calendars on the first?" Leo asked in his forthright manner.
"Yeah but I'm terribly at remembering things and today was my first chance to get them," Allie said smiling, hopefully Leo wouldn't think that the gift was too childish, it was hard to read his thoughts and analyse his reaction, he was like a closed book where Tiffany and Floyd were very much open and easy to read unless they were of course determined to keep something hidden.
"Thanks, Allie," Leo said sheepishly, "I've never had an advent calendar before," he murmured wistfully before hugging Allie. Allie smiled to herself just a few hours ago she had thought that Christmas would be a frosty affair but now she was beginning to see a glimmer of light in the midst of the storm.
A/N Hope you enjoyed this, so nice little Allie & Tiffany bonding scene c:
Dreamerxox- I love that song, it'll definitely be in one of the later chapters!
Guest, RachelMasonFan25, Abbey- Thanks! C:
X- it would definitely be interesting to write about their reactions, hopefully this chapter gave you a bit of insight of how Allie would react, but who knows how the others would react!
First things first, song suggestions are always welcome! so please review & suggest.
Secondly whose POV should I write in next?
Please review it makes my day!
Oh, and last of all happy second of December.