Ch 10
It was Winter and nearly Christmas Eve in Far, Far Away. Artie was feeling depressed because he thought he'd been spending Christmas alone but then he felt Snowgre beside him in the bed and knew he wouldn't be all alone. He had a feeling it would be harder for Snowgre to celebrate Christmas.
"I know Christmas will be rough for you because you have no parents but it's okay. I'm still here and I love you for who you are." He thought as he stroked Snowgre's fur. The ogre teen smiled in his sleep. Artie was still half human and half were ogre but it didn't matter to him. What they had together was True Love.
He then saw Snowgre yawn softly as he opened his eyes. "Hey. Merry Christmas." He whispered to him. "Thanks. Merry Christmas to you too." Artie replied as they kissed. But as they went down stairs to the dining room, Lillian needed to talk to Artie. "What's up Aunt?" he asked in a good mood. "A princess is coming in a few days to meet you and maybe even marry you. Her name is Princess Osakas. She's sort of a tom boy." She said to him. Artie was in shock, like somebody had thrown a bucket of cold ice down his back. "I can't marry her because I'm in Love with Snowgre but I'm afraid of telling Aunt Lillian in case she doesn't understand." He thought as he left to go have breakfast.
Snowgre saw fear in Artie's eyes. "What's wrong? What did your Aunt say?" he asked him softly. "She wants me to meet this princess named Osakas. She wants me… to marry her." He answered the ogre teen. "But you won't, will you?" Snowgre asked worriedly.
"No I won't no matter what my Aunt says. I think we have True Love. Besides once she sees I look like a beast, she won't want to marry me." Artie told him as they kissed. He was unaware that Lillian was watching them. "It's okay Artie. I know you and Snowgre love each other that way. Maybe I should stop Princess Osakas from coming because it would impact on your relationship and ruin things and I don't want to do that." she told him.
Snowgre smiled at that. He then went outside. Artie watched as he held up his furry hands towards the sky and they glowed. Suddenly snow was falling over the kingdom. Artie laughed at that. "Alright Snowg! You made it snow!" he said hitting him playfully with a snow ball. "You're in so much trouble!" he told him laughing as they played in the snow. Snowgre smiled. The snow made him happy like when he was with Artie and he could forget about having no parents to be with on Christmas. But Shrek had sent something for Snowgre to Artie. It was a locket in the shape of a snow flake. "I'm sure he'll like it coming from you than me. I know he's angry at me for telling him about his parents." Shrek had told him. Artie nodded at that.
He wanted to tell him about his and Snowgre's love but wasn't sure how he'd take it so he decided to keep it a secret for now. He would tell him when the time was right. Snowgre then was helped up by Artie. "I'm cold. Let's go inside and get some hot chocolate." he told him. "Sure." Snowgre answered as they went into the castle. Lillian saw they were flushed from being in the snow. "I see you guys had fun." she said smiling. "Yes we did." Artie replied.
Later Artie smiled as he and Snowgre lay in bed that night as they wore silk pyjamas. Tomorrow it was Christmas Eve and then the day after that was Christmas. Snowgre was excited about Christmas. It was his favourite time of year because of the snow. Artie understood. "What happens when it's the summer?" he asked him. "I get depressed when it doesn't snow. That's why I love Christmas because the snow makes me happy. I wish it would snow all year but I know it could never happen." he told him as he fell asleep in Artie's arms. Lillian saw that and smiled. Harold was asleep in the bed waiting for her. He was in his frog form. He loved Lillian dearly and would do anything for her. He'd already proved it at Fiona's wedding ball. "Are you okay dear?" he asked her as she climbed carefully into bed. "Yes Harold I'm fine. I was just watching your cousin with Snowgre. They're pretty cute together." she told him.
He was worried at the start but then calmed down about it. Christmas Eve came the next day. Snowgre was going Christmas shopping for Artie. Artie had done his already. Snowgre had got him a locket. He knew that he and Artie had something special. Meanwhile Charming had went to start a boarding school for teens in Duloc and other kingdoms. Shrek smirked but laughed his head off at the idea.. He could imagine Charming running a school for teens. Fiona joined in. The triplets were busy getting ready for Ogre Claus coming to their house tonight with their Christmas presents. Shrek loved that the three hyper kids were behaving and tidying up their rooms. Fiona noticed he was looking sad. "It's just Snowgre. He won't be able to spend Christmas with us as a family. It's my fault I guess. I feel... guilty for telling him about his parents. I thought he could handle it but I guess I was wrong." he told her.
"Don't worry. You shouldn't be guilty. He had to know. Maybe he'll come back for Christmas." she reassured him as they kissed. Meatballs smiled at that. To him, his parents couldn't help showing their love for one another in front of him and his siblings. a
Later it was night time and Snowgre and Artie were lying in bed in the dark. "I'm sorry you've not had a single Christmas with your... parents. Did Shrek ever tell you about them before a couple of months ago?" Artie asked softly. He was trying to approach this gently without upsetting Snowgre. "No he didn't. I always thought... we'd be together one day but I guess I was wrong." Snowgre replied sobbing a little. "I'm sorry. I'll stop talking about them if you want." Artie told him resting his head on Snowgre's shoulder, letting the tears hit him. "It'll be okay Snowg I promise. When we have children, we'll make sure they never feel any pain or one ounce of sadness." he told the ogre teen softly as he yawned.
"I'd like that if we had children. We could be so happy together." Snowgre said as he wrapped his furry arms around Artie as he fell asleep dreaming of the future...