Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII or any of it's characters. This story was completely fan-made!!
Last Time On The Nanny:
Tifa looks at him as if he is crazy" Yes, it is more than satisfactory, Thank you!" Cloud nods and shows her around the rest of the house then grabs his suitcase" I am sorry but I must leave for work now, The children are awake and playing in their rooms, I shall return at dinner time." Nodding Tifa walks him down to the door and watches him leave then closes it behind her and looks once more at the huge house in front of her eyes.
Chapter Three
5 months later
Tifa slowly wakes up from her dream of her blond-haired employer. She doesn't quite remember when she started having dreams of the man, but they were dreams she never wanted to wake up from. Dragging herself slowly out of bed she walks into her bathroom and brushes her long raven black hair and her teeth then walks back into her room and changes out of her pajamas.
Walking out of her room she accidentally bumps into the master of the house. Cloud looks down at her" Good morning Tifa..."
Smiling Tifa backs up a bit, giving herself some room" Good morning Cloud, sorry for bumping into you"
" It's okay..." Cloud says as he walks toward the stairs leading to the main floor.
" Oh Cloud.... can I ask you something"
Stopping at the top of the long staircase Cloud looks back at her" sure..."
" I was wondering were the Christmas stuff was, I was gonna decorate with the kids today, since Christmas is only a few days away now..."
" We don't celebrate Christmas" He said simply and started down the stairs.
Don't celebrate Christmas? Who doesn't celebrate Christmas?? Tifa thought to herself as she follows him down" why not...?"
" we haven't celebrated Christmas in three years. Since Aerith....."
Tifa looks at the floor, after living here all this time she knew the stories behind that name. She felt really sorry for Cloud, his father died leaving him the company he now owns and then his wife, leaving behind the kids. He's had it really rough since then, trying to juggle the kids and work. But......
" Sorry Tifa I gotta get going... It's gonna be busy at the office today.... I may not be home in time for dinner..."
Nodding Tifa walks over to the door with him and opens it" Well....try your best. I know the kids would like having you at home for dinner... you haven't been these last few days..."
Cloud grabs his suitcase and walks out to the car that was waiting for him and gets in.
Tifa watches as the car drives off then closes the door and walks upstairs to wake up the kids" Marlene.... wake up"
The girl rolls over in her sleep and pulls the blanket over her head and curling into the fetal position.
" Marlene, I need your help with something. Come on now wakey wakey" Tifa pulls the blanket off. The girl wakes up and groans looking over at Tifa.
" Ah there we go. Hey where's your Christmas stuff?"
" Christmas stuff?? Daddy has it locked in the shed
Smiling Tifa gets up" okay go wake up your brother, we're gonna surprise him when he gets home." that said Tifa quickly leaves the room and goes downstairs, grabs the key for the shed and puts her shoes on, quickly running out to the shed and grabs the some of the Christmas stuff.
Marlene gets out of bed and runs across the hall to Denzel's room and shakes him" Denzel wake up, we're gonna surprise daddy!"
Grumpily Denzel gets up and Marlene drags him out of his room" We're gonna surprise Daddy!"
" With what?"
" CHRISTMAS!" Marlene shouted as she drags her older brother downstairs. Tifa drags the tree into the house and sets it up in a corner in the living room
Marlene runs over to Tifa" We're here!"
Smiling Tifa looks at her" Alright, we're gonna decorate the tree last okay? So Denzel grab a string of lights and come with me."
Denzel grabs the lights and follows Tifa over to the stairs. Tifa takes one of the ends and starts wrapping it around the railing" see what I am doing? Do that all the way upstairs okay?"
Nodding Denzel takes the string from her and continues where she left off. Looking over at Marlene Tifa grabs another string of lights" you too Marlene come on."
Marlene grins and runs over to Tifa who helps her get started" all the way to the top like Denzel sweetie."
Marlene nods and does the same as Denzel.
Tifa grabs a bunch of other decorations and starts putting them up.
Later That Evening
Cloud starts the car and gets out and walks over to the door where a wreath is hanging. Looking at it confusingly Cloud opens the door and walks in" I am Ho....me" Cloud looks around to see the main floor completely decorated.
" Daddy!!" Marlene runs over to Cloud and hugs him tightly
"look! Tifa pulled out the decorations to surprise you!" Marlene smiles
Cloud smiles down at his daughter then picks her up" oh yeah? Did you help her?"
Marlene nods repetitively
" Well you did a very good job sweetie"
" Tifa's making cookies!" Marlene wiggles out of her fathers grip then grabs his hand and drags him to the kitchen.
Tifa grabs some of the cookie dough and rolls it in a ball and puts it on the baking sheet. Denzel smiles and grabs some cookie dough and rolls it up, the same as Tifa and puts it on the baking sheet.
" Hey dad!" Denzel grabs one of the finished cookies and runs over to him and hands it to him.
Tifa stands up and looks at Cloud and smiles.
" Oh, this looks good." Cloud takes a bite of it
" Mmm, it tastes good too."
Marlene smiles and laughs" daddy you got frosting on your chin"
"oh?" Cloud tries to get it off but keeps missing the spot.
Tifa laughs slightly then walks over to him and runs her finger over his chin taking off the frosting.
Cloud looks at her".....Thanks"
Author Note: Here's Part one of the Christmas Special! I hope you all enjoyed it! I will try to get part two up for you today or tomorrow! Please review!
