A/N Hey all readers, after almost a year I am back, and I will try to stay that way. I've had a really tough year and I hope that starting writing again will make me feel a little better. A/N
Chapter 10: Christmas
December 25th, United Kingdom, Felicity"Good morning Lissy", was the first thing she got to hear in the morning as she woke up, her grandmother was gently stroking her cheek and talking in a low, calming voice. "Merry Christmas my precious granddaughter", she said and Felicity smiled back at her grandmother.
"Meyy Cwhistmas Grandma", she said and her smile became even bigger. She stretched her arms out. "Lift please?" Her grandmother smiled and gently lifted her up out of bed and kissed her cheek, which made Felicity laugh a little. She felt that this day was special all the way down to her bones. She knew that Christmas was always special. She knew Christmas meant lots of presents and food and it meant that her whole family would be there, her grandma, her grandpa, her grandmama and granddada. But her dad? She hadn't seen her dad in a really long time and she missed him, and she had no idea on where he was and if he was ever going to come back, so she didn't ask about him much anymore. She had gotten used to living with her grandparents.
"Dada coming?" she asked, trying to pronounce the words right with her slightly developed toddler words.
"No Lissy, daddy won't come today, he will come another day", her grandmother said and Lissy just nodded, as she did every time she got that answer.
December 25th, United States of America, Scorpius
He woke up with a heavy heart, much heavier than usual. He was filled with grief and guilt. It was Christmas and his precious daughter would have to spend it without him, Lissy probably hated him now, and he deserved it, he was a terrible father for doing this, taking this job and being away for so long, but he had no choice. It had been almost 3 months since he last had seen his precious little girl, and he missed her more for every day that went by without her. It broke his soul that she was so far away from him. Why did he even do it?
Lissy. He was doing this for Lissy so that he would be able to afford a bigger house for them, away from the capital so they could live a peaceful life in the suburbs or the countryside, where Lissy could grow into an excellent young witch. Wizards had more freedoms outside of the capital after all. He had to do this to give her a better life, but it wasn't easy, especially not on days like these. Christmas was meant to be celebrated with family and friends, and he was going to celebrate it alone. Lissy would at least celebrate it with her grandparents, but he wanted to be there for her. That child had already lost her mother and he didn't want to make it to look like she had lost him too. He knew how important family was, because of his own childhood. He prayed that Lissy would have a good Christmas anyway and that she would enjoy all her gifts that he had sent her.
December 25th, United Kingdom, Felicity
Lissy ran down the stairs, she was in the middle of a game of tag with her grandpa, and she was having a great time. As she came to the bottom of the stairs and ran into the living room, she stopped for a moment to look at the tall Christmas tree once again. She loved the size of it, and the smell of pine that filled the home was relaxing, it just smelled holiday. And the big pile of presents that was laying underneath the tree was also pretty interesting. She wanted to run up to the tree and open every single one of them, but her grandma would probably be mad at her for doing that since they needed to wait for her other grandparents to get there. She hoped it would be soon, she really wanted to open those presents.
"Tag I got you!" she suddenly heard her grandfather say, and a second later she felt his hand on her back. She started to laugh and began to run after him.
December 25th, United States of America, Scorpius
He took a few deep breaths, trying to calm down, and trying to stop the tears that streamed down his face. He hated himself for this, for not being there for her. He was currently sitting in a muggle café and he got a few stares from strangers around him because of the crying, but he just couldn't help it. He had gone out of his house to take a cup of coffee because he thought that it could calm him down, and it did at first. But then a woman had entered to store, with a small redheaded child. The child looked like she was about four or five, and she reminded him so much of his precious Lissy. It reminded him about how much he missed her. He saw the child laughing together with her mother, as she was eating a brownie. He couldn't take it, he couldn't stand to see other families together because it reminded him so much of how terrible he was. He quickly drank his coffee before leaving and going home.
December 25th, United Kingdom, Felicity
She smiled as she sat on the floor, excitedly opening package after package. She had gotten so many nice things, clothes, stuffed animals, wooden toys, a little out of everything, and she still had plenty of packages left to open. Every present she opened was even better than the last one, and she wanted to play with everything. As she kept opening them, she noticed that her grandparents put more presents beside her. She moved over to them instead.
"They are from your father", her grandpa said.
"Dada?" she asked confused and they just nodded and she immediately began to unwrap them. When she was ready she saw all of her things, a few stuffed animals, more clothes, and also a small necklace in the shape of a bird, she immediately put it on. The necklace was silver and there was a small blue sapphire shaped like a bird eye.
That day changed things. It was like she had gotten hope again. Her father had not forgotten about her. She had hope again of him coming back one day. And that made her laugh.