Anah and Addiesan run into Emily's bedroom and jump on her bed.
"Mommy, Mommy! Wake up! It's Christmas! It's Christmas!" The two shout as the begin to jump on the bed. Emily rolls over and groans before sitting up and taking the two in her arms.
"Merry Christmas Mommy!" Anah says, throwing her arms around Emily.
"Merry Christmas baby. Is Aunt Jenny up yet?" At that moment she hears the sound of little kids running towards her room. Henry, Bree and JJ all run into her room and jump on her bed.
"Merry Christmas, Aunt Emmy!" Henry and Aubree chorus.
"Can we see if Santa came Momma?" Aubree asked.
"Yeah go on." The kids ran down the stairs and Emily and JJ followed. The two walk downstairs where the tree is. Under the Christmas Tree are four bags. One has the characters from the movie Cars and the other three have princesses on them.
"Momma, Santa gave me pillow pet!" Addiesan says, pulling the dog shaped pillow out of the Elsa bag.
"I see that. What else did he get you?"
Anah help up a play make-up. Aubree got a necklace that said her name and Henry got a new play car shaped like the FBI SUVs.
"I got a American doll!" Anah said. Addiesan pulled hers out too. The dolls look almost identical with brown eyes and brown hair, except Addiesan's has curly hair and Anah's had straight hair.
"Keep digging. See what else you have."
While the kids kept digging, Emily looked to JJ. "You want you present now?" She asks. JJ nods and she gets up to go upstairs, returning moments later.
"Here." She hands JJ a long slender box. JJ opens it and pulls out a necklace.
It's a simple heart shaped locket. "Em, it's beautiful."
"Do you like it?"
"I love it." JJ replies and then opens it when instructed too. On the left side is a picture of Henry and Aubree on the first day they met each other. On the other side is a picture Emily and JJ from when they were kids. They're both dressed in pajamas and standing by the tree. It was the first Christmas where Emily had spent the night and woken up at JJ's on Christmas morning.
"Do you remember when that was taken?"
"Yeah. It had been snowing and I thought my dad had taken you home. It turned out that the roads were too icy and you had stayed the night instead. I was astatic when you came in to wake me up the next morning."
Flashback
December 24th 1992
JJ: 8
Emily: 12
JJ sat in the floor surrounded by all the presents she opened earlier. She had gotten numerous Barbie dolls, new pjs which she had on, an art set and a paint set. She had also gotten a pink and purple bed spread.
"Mama, can you help me put my new blankets on my bed?"
"Sure sweetie, but after that it's bedtime. Now tell Emily goodnight so Daddy can take her home."
"Ok." She ran over to Emily and gave her a hug. "Bye Emmy. Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas Jen." She hugged the blonde bag and then put her coat on.
Michael came back inside from putting Emily's presents in the car. Emily had also received new pjs, along with new gloves, socks and a pair of jeans and shirt she had picked out on a shopping trip.
Later that night, Sandy was the only one up. She looked to the door when it opened and saw Michael and Emily.
"The roads are really icy and I didn't want to risk it. So I guess she's spending the night."
"I guess it's a good thing we got you those pjs." Sandy said.
Emily smiled and nodded . "May I go to Jenny's room?"
"Sure sweetie. You can change in the bathroom if you want." Emily nodded and started up the stairs. Once she got done changing she went to JJ's room and crawled into the bed that Sandy and Michael had bought for her. They said she didn't need to sleep on the floor all the time.
The next morning emily woke up before JJ. She went downstairs and was surprised to see JJ's parents already up.
"Merry Christmas." She says.
"Merry Christmas sweetie. Did you sleep well?" Sandy asks. Emily nodded. "Was JJ awake when you got up?"
"No, she was still asleep."
"Do you want to go wake her? Michael and I usually wake her up if she's not up by 7:30. She feels left out if she's the last one up."
Emily looked at the clock and saw that it said, 7:27 and nodded her head. She climbed the stairs and went into JJ's room. She sat on the corner of JJ's bed and gently shook her awake. "Jenny, it's time to wake up. Santa came last night."
JJ's eyes popped open and she smiled when she saw her best friend. "Emmy! What are you doin' here?"
"The roads were icy so I stayed the night. Come on, let's go see what Santa brought us." Emily took the younger girl's hand and the two went back downstairs.
End of Flashback
"Hey girls, what do you guys want for breakfast?" Emily asks, pulling JJ from her thoughts.
"French toast with snow!"
"Alright. I'll go see I we have the stuff to make that. Do you want to call Aunt Lex and Uncle Jon?"
"Yeah, yeah! Can we?" Emily nodded and they ran to her.
"I'm going to let Henry and Bree call Pen, Em."
"Ok, ask her if she wants to come over. She can have breakfast with us."
"Hello?"
"Merry Christmas Pen. I have someone who wants to talk to you." JJ says, turning the phone on speaker mode and giving it Henry.
"Aunt Penny! Can you come over and have breakfast with us?" Henry asks.
"Sure I will buddy."
"Guess what Auntie Pen!" Addiesan says, coming over phone.
"What?"
"Santa came!"
"Really? What did he bring you?"
"He bringed us an American Girl Doll!"
"Auntie Pen, when are you gonna come over?" Anah asks.
"I'm coming over right now, buttercup. Now where's the newest addition to the family? Did Santa come see Aubree?"
"Yeah Aunt Penny! He brought me a coloring set! And a pillow pet!"
"Ok, guys let's let Aunt Penny go so she can drive with distractions." JJ says. The two hang up and JJ takes the kids to wash up.
"All right, who wants to syrup on their French toast?"
"I want snow on mine Momma." Anah says. Addiesan nods in agreement.
"What is the snow?" Aubree asks.
"It's just powered sugar. Do you want to try a bite of mine?" Aubree nodded. "Here." JJ says. She holds up the fork with a piece French toast on it.
"Mm that's yummy." Aubree says, smiling.
"Do you want some on yours?" Emily asks her and then sprinkles some on her breakfast when she nods.
Suddenly the front door opens and Penelope walks in. She shakes the snow from her coat before hanging it up.
"Aunt Penny!"
"Hey there's my Princess! What are you guys doing?"
"We're eating breakfast." Aubree says.
"Aubs, come and finish your breakfast please." JJ says and Aubree runs back to the table.
"Has anyone looked outside this morning?" Penelope asks.
"No. Why?"
"Cause the snow is combing down really hard out there."
"It's snowing?" Henry asks, his eyes lighting up.
"Woah, slow down that sweetie. You have to finish your breakfast first and then we can find some clothes to wear." JJ tells him when he trys to get up and run to the door.
"Ok Momma."
Once everyone was finished eating, Emily and JJ helps the kids get dressed in clothes appropriate for outside.
"You going too?" Emily ask JJ. She nodded and pulls her coat on. She picks up the scarf and gloves and puts them on too.
"Do you like living with my Blonde Beauty?" Penelope asks Emily when she sits down beside her in the kitchen. They had a clear view through the sliding doors to the backyard.
"Yeah, it's pretty fun. I just wanted her to feel safe. I know Will is most likely going to get out soon and she'll need to feel like she come and go without fearing she's going to run into him." Penelope nods in agreement.
About an hour, three snowball fights, and two failed attempts at making a snowman later, JJ poked her head in the door.
"Hey Em, I think the kids need to come in now, but they want you to take a picture of them with the snowman."
"Ok, tell them to get around it and I'll go get my camera." Once the pictures were taken the kids came inside.
"Do you guys want a grilled cheese sandwich before you take a nap?" Emily asks.
"Mommy, I don't wanna take a nap." Anah whines.
"I know baby, but when everyone else gets here, you're not going to want to go to bed at your normal bedtime."
"How about I make you guys a deal?" JJ suggests. When everyone nods, she says, "If you all eat your lunch and then take a nap without fussing, then I will ask Auntie Pen if she has any presents that you might be able to open early. How does sound?"
"Good Mommy." Henry says.
"Ok, Momma." Aubree agrees.
"Sounds good Aunt Jenny." Addiesan chimes in.
Emily looks at Anah, "Does that sound ok to you, Bug?"
"Yes."
Emily and JJ start making the grilled cheese while PG went out to her car to bring in a couple of bags of presets for the kids to open.
"Mommy, can I sleep with my pillow pet?" Aubree asks.
"Sure. Will you hand me Anah and Henry's?" Aubree nods and hands her the cat and dog pillows.
"Alright guys, I love you. Now fussing ok? I'll be in here later to check on you and if you're not asleep, then you won't be able open a present early." Emily tells the girls. They've gotten into the habit of pretending to be asleep lately and then are whiney afterwards.
"So I noticed you wearing that very pretty locket." Penelope smiles, "Where did you get it?"
"Emily got it for me." JJ takes it off and opens it to show her the pictures inside. "The one on the left is a picture that was taken the first day Henry and Aubs saw each other. The other one was taken when I was eight and Emily was twelve. It had been snowing and the roads were icy, so she ended up spending the night at my house Christmas Eve."
"Wow, you two look so adorable in your matching pjs." Penelope says smiling.
"Did Alexa and Jom say how the girls were doing?" JJ asks.
"Yeah, they said Gracie kind of had a flashback. Lex said she was terrified that Jon was going to 'punish' her for not being up before they were." Emily sighs. They were doing better, only to have set backs like these. "But she said she was able to calm her down, and she said when we called that Gracie and the twins were laying in the floor playing with the finger paints and the coloring books Santa had got them."
Here it is guys! Hope you enjoy it. I need 5 reviews for the next chapter or it's going to take a lot longer to post. Also, Ive trying to write like it's happening right now. If you notice its been getting into past tense, let me know and check over it.
I gave you an update on the girls. Let me know what you think.
Next up is the month of March.
Do you guys want:
Emily's birthday and Spring Break.
Just Emily's birthday
Or
Just Spring Break?
