Chapter: Christmas… Bah Humbug

Shalan's Say: Hekkow… OMG I have updated two chapters in two days for the first time in like… how long? FOREVER I THINK! XDDDDD Anyways… other than this I'm also working on Somewhere and The Best… as for Apostando… I'll update it when I get it in me… but right now… I'm obsessed with this story…

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Rukia tapped her foot on the polished wood floor of her apartment, her Jimmy Choo knee high boots were paired with skinny legged jeans which were tucked into the boots. Her thigh length Cache cowl neck sweater was softer than cashmere and died with a fine indigo color. Her black hair was in soft curls pinned back from her face down her back. Her Strawberry Chocolate was held tightly in her palm as she waited. Suddenly the door opened and Kazumi stepped in wearing a pair of jeans and a black shirt from Armani. Her long white pea coat hung to her knees as her shiny white and black heels clicked on the floor.

"I can't believe you came…" Rukia frowned at her and the red head smiled.

"I can't believe you invited me…" Kazumi retorted her smiled warming the room slightly. Rukia smiled softly in return and Kazumi tugged her out the door.

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Rukia shook her head as Kazumi proposed her husband's idea. They stood in Rukia's kitchen, bags littering the floor and counter.

"Absolutely not Kazumi… I can't go to a Christmas party… my brother and sister are coming into town the next day… I can't get slammed and then go pick them up Kaz!" She shook her head and walked off, Kazumi reached out and pulled the brunette's hair. "WAH! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?" Rukia slapped her publicist across the face and Kazumi frowned, folding her arms.

"That was to get your attention idiot…" Kazumi hissed. "You are coming to the party whether you like it or not… Rukia you have got to get out of this house if you ever want to write that biography of yours!" She stamped her foot and made her exit stage right. The smaller woman stomped her own foot and stomped her way into the other room.

"I will NOT!" She slammed her door.

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Uryu leaned back in his chair, his eyes skimming the reports that were on his computer. The cell phone in his hand glowed slightly as he dialed a phone number. A slow tune reminiscent of Frank Sinatra came over the line. He waited patiently for the song to end and his eyebrow twitched.

"Leave a message!" A friendly voice sang then the familiar automatic voice came over the line. Uryu hung up the phone and set it on the counter. If he was going to call back then he would call back. He looked up as he heard the door slam.

"Kazumi?" he called and the red head stormed into the room and immediately planted herself in his lap. "Oh… okay… why?" He blinked as she settled her legs on either side of his lap, burying her face into his chest.

"I need you to just be quiet and hold me…" Kazumi demanded and Uryu blinked but obliged, wrapping his arms around his wife gently.

Several minutes later Uryu felt her shift and saw her head lift up. "Are you alright now?" He asked softly, tilting an eyebrow.

"Yeah… I'm sorry… I just got all worked up about Rukia and her idiosyncrasies…" Kazumi pressed her face into the crook of his neck and took in a deep breath. The scent of his Hugo Boss filled her senses again and she nipped the tender skin just behind his ear.

"You have got to stop doing that… I'm not going to have any bodily fluids left…" he smiled just before she kissed him, slowly, deeply, mind-blowingly slow. This was the exact reason that he had married her, because no matter what she did he always received a long kiss that blew his mind completely out of whack. His senses went haywire and his body thrummed with happy pleasure.

"Sorry…" she breathed as their lips met again. That was when it happened, something that made him want to cry, the cell phone that had been docilely sitting on the desk of the study came alive.

"He-hello?" Uryu choked, trying to catch his breath.

"Ishida! You call me and then you don't leave a message you dumbass…" The deep voice on the other line was playful at best, angry at worst but Uryu figured it was the former rather than the latter as that was what the other was more prone to.

"Sorry… I was busy doing some other things… didn't mean to leave you hanging in suspense…" Uryu chuckled.

"Ah… I see so what was it that you brought me out of my chambers for?" The other laughed.

"I was wondering… if maybe you would be interested in coming to the annual Christmas Ball… you came last year and as I remember you loved it…" Uryu smiled over at his wife who lifted an eyebrow slightly before smiling happily and continuing to unbutton his shirt with a content look on her face.

"I don't think I belong there with all of you stuffed shirts. You guys just blow me out of the water."

"C'mon… you know there'll be plenty of girls there…" Uryu pleaded as his wife planted a line of kisses down his chest and stomach. "Will you at least consider it?"

"Alright… let Monet and I think about it and I'll call you back okay?"

"Tell Monet hello for me…" Uryu tossed the phone across the room before yanking his wife up into a steamy lip lock. "Didn't I tell you not to-do…" She pushed him back against the chair before he could finish his sentence.

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Rukia sat on the ground of her apartment, a pillow rolled in her lap as she sang along with the Jonas Brothers on Disney Channel. She bounced lightly as she bobbed from side to side, her long black hair in braided pigtails over her shoulders. "…we are wild we are free we are more than you think…so call us freaks… 'cause that's just the way we roll…" She grinned as she rocked, laughing with herself.

A bark echoed through the room and Rukia slid in a circle just as the white Samoyed pummeled into her. "WAAAH!" A tongue assaulted her face as she laughed, the fluffy white dog licking at her face as though it were a piece of good rawhide bone. "LOVE!" She chuckled before wrapping her arms around the dog's neck. The cold charcoal colored nose ran against her throat and shoulders and she laughed, running her hands through the dog's soft hair. "Hey girl… where have you been all day huh?" She pressed her forehead to the dog's only to have Love buck her head to lick her owner's face again. "Hey! Calm down! I'm happy to see you too!" Rukia laughed then fell back onto her back as her cell phone rang.

Love ran off for a minute after the rubber ball that Rukia threw as her own dove for the phone. "HIII!" She squealed before her brother could even take in a breath to speak. "Howareyoudoing?IsHisanaalright?AreyouguysstillcomingforChristmas?"

"Could you repeat that in normal Japanese instead of teenager?" Her brother's sarcastic voice came over the line.

"Oh sorry I didn't realize I had to learn how to speak retard for you…" Rukia quipped in return.

"Enough enough how are you doing?" His voice softened. She heard his voice change and she smiled softly. He was such a brother.

"I'm alright… just bored out of my mind because I didn't have anything to do today…" Rukia sighed as Love came back, happily carrying the blue rubber ball. Rukia took it and tossed it absently over her shoulder. The white fuzz ball took off after it the moment it left her hand.

"Oh poor you, the high and mighty queen of society got a free day…" Byakuya teased. She smiled lightly, he was in a good mood, she could tell… otherwise he wouldn't be teasing her.

"Shut your face before I put my fist in it," Rukia snapped back.

"You just don't know what to do when you don't have something planned… why don't you try relaxing a little and maybe… oh I don't know… taking a break from your escapades for a while…" Byakuya advised.

"Bya-nee…" She looked out the window to her apartment. "There's nothing to do other than what I'm used to doing…"

"Why don't you try staying in bed past 6 AM… or even past 1 PM… stay home and watch movies or you know… being lazy for once in your life… because someday… you'll find a time when you don't want to get out of bed… and you'll find a time when you just want to lie around the house all day…"

"Thank you Dr. Phil…"

"I'm serious Rukia…" Byakuya lowered his tone. "Please consider resting before you work yourself to death alright?" Her brother almost sounded as though he were pleading.

"I promise… I'll think about it… so are you two still coming here for Christmas or what?" Rukia changed the subject, after all, all men were bastards.

"Only if you go to the Christmas party for Kazumi…" Bya grinned into the phone.

"BYA!"

"Rukia! Please go to the party and enjoy yourself…" She heard her older sister's voice over the phone.

"But Hisana… I really don't want to go… I know I won't enjoy myself…" Rukia huffed.

"Rukia please… for me… go to the party and try and enjoy yourself…" Rukia made to hang up the phone. "AND DON'T GET DRUNK!" Rukia pressed the off button just as her dog hurdled towards her, all tongue.

"AAAAH! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?"

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Howdy… Uhm here's the second chapter… the third is in the works as you read XP read and review por favor (means please)…

Shalan