It was Emma's first Christmas since her birth and Jack was excited, sort of bummed that he couldn't stay there for a lot of the time because he had to go and deliver snow for the children.
Jack flew up to the window that was slightly open and knocked, peering his frosty head in and caught a glimpse of Pippa walking toward him, a mug in her hands and a blanket draped over her shoulder. She caught sight of him and smiled and waved at him as she opened the front door for him.
"Merry Christmas Jack!" She laughed and hugged him over the shoulder lightly before ushering him into the corridor and into the living room. He passed photos of the baby girl – his goddaughter – and grinned when he opened the living room door. He grasped his staff tightly as he pushed the door open, revealing Jamie cross legged on the rug near the tree and in front of him, barely sitting up was Emma, fist in her mouth as she shrieked in happiness as Jamie tickled her lightly a grin on his face. Jack coughed lightly as he swung down laying his staff near him with ease.
Jamie gasped loudly catching the attention of Emma who still didn't know who was there and she turned to him with a look of confusion, sill chewing on her chubby hands.
"Who's that Emma?" Jamie asked picking Emma up slightly and turned her around as he pointed to Jack. Emma looks up and finally spots Jack and instantly she squealed.
"Ack!" She clapped her hands and her little feet shook as she laughed delightedly. Jack laughed as well and watched as Jamie let go of Emma and she slid to the rug and she huffed slightly before turning on her belly and rolling towards him. She still didn't know how to crawl. Jack let his hands stop her from crashing into his bony knee and she laughed and shouted his name again.
"Ack!" she grunted as she rolled back on her belly and felt her dad get up and reach for a coffee mug. Emma ignored her dad and continued to pat Jack's knee all the while mumbling gibberish and looking up at him sometimes and he would laugh and nod just to keep her happy and she would go back to patting his knee and 'asking him questions'.
"How's North, Jack?" Pippa asked as she sat down on the couch behind them and watched her daughter and a dear friend of hers play together. Jack looked up and nodded.
"He's doing fine, still doesn't know about the elf's licking the cookies still but … yeah" Jack replied as he continued making snowflakes for the little girl who stared with an open mouth ad bright brown eyes.
Jamie chuckled as he sat on another couch but to the side of the two and to the left of his wife. Jack reached into his hoodie pocket and pulled out a small wrapped present. Pippa gasped and chuckled as Emma screamed and pointed, looking at her mother.
"Jack! You didn't have to" Jamie laughed. Jack shrugged and 'helped' Emma open the present. Every time she ripped the paper she laughed, making Jack laugh in turn and Pippa and Jamie to grin.
"What's that Emma?" Pippa asked in a high voice. Emma didn't reply and just stared in wonder with bright brown eyes at the snowflake necklace.
"It doesn't melt, had bunny help me with it" Jack grinned as he let the necklace go around the girls small neck.
"It's beautiful Jack" Pippa smiled at him and Jack smiled back. Elated about making them happy.
Suddenly the clock chimed and Jack looked up, pouting when he say the time. It was 9am. He had to get going. He made sure that Emma was on the floor again before getting up and toeing his staff into his hands again.
"Going Jack?" Jamie asked as he too got up but picked up Emma at the same time. She squealed and stuck her fingers in her mouth again. Jack grinned and let his staff hang over his shoulder.
"Yup" He answered and followed Jamie as he opened the door. Making silly faces at Emma who was looking at him from Jamie's shoulder. Finally they made it into the kitchen and Jamie opened the front door and huffed when the cold wind brushed his face and huddled his daughter closer, who made a raspberry noise at the chill. Jack leaned up to scruff at Emma's brown hair and she squealed at the cold and brushed her face into her father's neck.
"Thank you for the present Jack, She loves it as you can tell" Jamie smiled as Emma chewed on the snowflake necklace and making happy murmuring noises.
"No Problem" Jack grinned as he walked out and breathed deeply as the wind picked him up. He turned back to Jamie and Emma and laughed.
"Merry Christmas!" Jack called back as he raced the wind.
Jamie watched his long-time friend fly away ad was pulled away from the sight by a tugging on his ear, he looked down and smiled softly as Emma had leaned her head on his ear and was still looking at the necklace.
"You like it sweety?" He asks rubbing his nose against her button one. She murmured happily and shivered. Deciding I was too cold to stand there with the kitchen door open he closed it and returned to his wife in the living room.
SO….should I continue? Please comment and favourite! Merry christmas!