Christmas-4
Leo/George:
George opens the door wider to let Leo in and notices how heavy the snow was falling. He was going to ask Sarah to make up the spare bedroom in case Leo got stuck here. Leo had the surprise inside of his jacket to protect it from getting too cold. It kept burying itself into him more and it's brown wet nose was tickling his arm. Leo shook off his jacket and immediately he was swarmed by the ladies. If only he thought of this sooner.
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April/Leo/Brenna/Beth:
Leo opened his jacket and pulled the puppy out. All the ladies were fawning on who could be the first one to hold him. He had a red bow around him.
"OMG Brenna, that looks like the puppy that we saw in the store the other day. "
"I know. Look how adorable he is. He looks scared."
"May I hold him Leo please?" Brenna asked.
"Leo handed the puppy to Brenna and she cradled it to her chest. The puppy snuggled into her chest."
"Does this puppy have a name Leo?"
"His name is Bailey."
"Awe…I really like that name. He's absolutely adorable."
"I just thought it would cheer April up when she was having a bad day. It's hard to resist this adorable one."
April turns to Leo. "That's so sweet. I can't believe you got us a puppy."
"I saw you and Brenna at the dog store the other day and I saw your reaction to the puppy. You both had taken a liking to it."
"I'm not sure we are going to be able to keep it Leo. Mom isn't going to be so keen on an animal in the house."
"Actually your mom and I had a talk about this. She thought it was a great idea."
"Seriously, when did you talk to her? I'm surprised she kept this secret as long as she did. She normally spills it."
"Believe it or not, your mom wants your best interest at heart."
Brenna turns to April. "You have a great boyfriend. Don't let this one get away."
April turns red at Brenna's words. Leo was standing near them and she bet that if she looked up he would be grinning at her compliment.
"April, as much as I would love to soak up all the compliments and continue to see you turn beet red, I have to head out to spend the holidays with my family."
"I'll walk you out Leo."
"Thanks Leo for the puppy." Brenna said
"You are welcome."
"I'm going to walk Leo out to his car mom. I'll be right back."
"Okay. Your Uncle George said it's coming down. If Leo can't get out, the spare bedroom is made up for him."
"Thanks mom."
Leo waves goodbye to everyone and thanks Sarah for dinner and the surprise.
"That was pretty sneaky of you and my mom working together. I'm not sure I like it too much."
"Relax. She just thought you need a bit cheering up that's all. I guess you were mentioning my name a lot underneath all that medication you were on."
April groans. "I can't believe my mother. I'm so embarrassed."
"There was one good thing that came out of it though."
"What's that?"
"You got an incredible boyfriend and I got an amazing girlfriend."
"That is true. So this is goodbye. I'll see you tomorrow"
"Maybe? I might be pretty busy."
"Right. How selfish can I be? You'll want to spend time with your family."
"No, that's not it. It looks like I will spending the night in your house. The roads are closed. Guess we are having a sleepover."
"I have to warn you…we tend to watch a marathon of Christmas movies. It's a tradition."
"I can handle that. Do we get to eat popcorn as part of the tradition?"
"Of course! Throw in some candy canes and chocolate cookies and we are set. Ice cream too."
"It sounds like we will be missing out if we don't get in fast enough."
"This sounds like a plan. I'm going to call my folks and let them know I'll be staying the night. I don't want them to worry."
"I'll see you inside Leo."
Leo gives her a kiss on her lips and then makes sure his lady love got in the house.
