AN: Well, this is it for this story. Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas!

Chapter Six: A Christmas Tale

David slowly opened his eyes, and turned his head towards the window. Light was filtering in past the curtain, past the steady snow that was falling. David then turned to the sleeping beauty that was next to him. He smiled for two reasons, one, it was Christmas morning, and two, because they finally made love last night. David wanted to wake Alex up and tell her that he really loved her, but he figured that it would be better to let her sleep.

David pulled on his pajama bottoms, and walked over to the pair of jeans that he was wearing the day before. He pulled out his cell phone, and the portkey that he had. He quickly return to Alex's bedside, and gave her a quick kiss.

"I love you." David whispered. He then retreated into the bathroom to make an very important call.

"Hey, David. Merry Christmas!" Stella said into the phone with a cheerful voice.

"Merry Christmas to you too." David returned. "Look, I have something important to ask you."

"Okay, shoot." Stella said.

"Last night, me and Alex had sex." David said in a whisper.

"Alright, did you use protection?" Stella said. David winced a little bit, but he answered anyway.

"Yeah, we did." David said.

"Good." Stella replied, sighing with relief. "I won't say that you should have waited until you two have gotten married, but what I am going to say is that you can't play with a woman's emotions, because that will lead to some bad things, count on it."

"I love her." David said, breaking the silence. "We have known each other since preschool, so I know that we belong together."

"Great. Don't let her go." Stella said.

"Don't intend on it." David replied. "Also, please don't tell Louis about this."

"I won't, but you are going to have to eventually." Stella said sternly.

"I will." David smiled.

"You two better get back here, because Villo has been in the eggnog again." Stella said, pinching the bridge of her nose. There was a crash in the background, and David could hear Louis yelling a curse word at Villo, and the lion yelling back.

"Jesus, alright, we will be back soon." David said.

"Bye bye." Stella said, hanging up.

Alex calmly but slowly opened her eyes, and looked around. David was not next to her, and she wondered what happened to him. She had a really weird dream that David and her was in Paris having a really good time, then out of nowhere, they returned to their hotel room, and things really started to heat up. They started to kiss, one thing led to another, and they ended up having sex. She let out a sigh of relief, because that was only a dream. Right?

The minute that she sat up, she realized that what she was not dreaming any more, and what she dreamed about was no dream. It was real.

Alex fell back on the double bed, and let out a moan, and not like the moan that she let out last night. She felt mixed feelings about what happened last night. On one hand, she was not sorry about what happened last night. She loved him, and last night proved that he loved her as well. On the other hand, there was no way that she could take back what happened between them. This was a boy that she had known for almost 15 years, and they just had sex. There was no way around this now. They were going to have to talk about it.

She quietly pulled her underwear back on, and grabbed one of David's large shirts to put on. She looked towards the window, and saw the snow covered city of Paris. She quietly walked over to the window, and pulled the blinds back. She just looked at the beautiful scenery and became peaceful.

David could hear that Alex was up. He was so nervous that he heard her feet shuffling around on the carpet in the room. He knew that once he left, he was going to have to talk to Alex about what happened last night. Well, he knew that this was going to happen. Well, no going back now. David took a deep breath, and slowly opened the bathroom door...

David exited the bathroom, and almost on cue, David and Alex's eyes met. She smiled nervously at him, and he did the same. David walked up to her side, and joined her.

"So, how are you feeling?" David asked her.

"I'm feeling fine, why?" Alex asked him with a curious tone of voice.

"I was wondering if I did the wrong thing last night." David said. "I didn't push you into something that you didn't want to do, did I?"

"David, what happened last night was wonderful, and you didn't make me do anything that I didn't want to do." Alex said, turning to him, and smiling.

"Are things going to change between us, now that we had sex?" David asked her.

"Kind of." Alex replied. "Change can be good, I mean we were just friends at one time, now we are boyfriend and girlfriend, now lovers."

"Man, I just had a scary thought, how are we going to tell Jerry and Theresa about this?" David moaned.

"We aren't. Not until the time is right." Alex answered.

"I love you Alex."

"I love you too, David."

TEN YEARS LATER...

David opened his eyes, and rolled over to see if his wife was beside him. When he saw that she wasn't there, he wondered where she went. He sat up, and looked at the digital clock. It read 2 AM in the morning. David sighed, and kicked off the sheets, and began wondering down the hall of his home. He stopped at his daughter's room, and peeked in. When he saw that she wasn't there, he figured that she must be in the living room with Alex. David smiled, and walked towards the living room. That is where he found them, right in front of the Christmas Tree, which was lit up and sparkling with decorations and lights.

David looked towards the rocking chair, and saw his girls sitting there. Alex was calmly rocking back and forth, looking towards the lights on the Christmas tree, their daughter sleeping peacefully in her arms.

"What are you doing up?" Alex asked him, snapping him out of his trance.

"Is Selena sleep?" David asked, careful as to not disturb her.

"Yeah, just went." Alex said, giving their seven month old a quick peck on the cheek. David just smiled at his family.

"So, did you get what you wanted for Christmas?" Alex asked him with a smile.

"Yeah. I got to spend time with my girls for this holiday, I couldn't be happier." David said with a smile.

"Merry Christmas, David." Alex said.

"Merry Christmas, Alex, and Merry Christmas to you too, Selena." David said, smiling at the both of them.

This was their first Christmas as a family, and he hoped that it was going to be many more as one.

AN: Thanks for reading, and I hope that everyone will have a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!