Several weeks passed since the break in at the hospital, and things went smoothly for awhile. Matt had to work through Christmas this year, which he was annoyed about at first. Most years Matt would enjoy a nice quiet Christmas alone or sometimes with a few family members such as his dad, Tom, or one of his older brothers, David or Christopher (usually Chris, seeing as David moved to America a while back with his wife). Matt didn't like the idea of not getting to sleep in this year but seeing as Arthur didn't get the day off either, it made him feel slightly better about the whole thing(Alex on the other hand DID get the day off). That Christmas turned out to definitely be the most interesting one he had ever experienced.

He came into work that day tired. Jack had invited him to a Christmas party and he couldn't refuse his best friend. He didn't get drunk, but he still did stay out past when he should have if he wanted any chance of a good night sleep. It also didn't help that his neighbors decided to party past one in the morning. Despite his tiredness, Matt was able to force a smile on his face for Amy and some of the other patients. Amy was convinced that she was on her honeymoon with Rory (AKA Arthur) even though it had been a month since her supposed marriage. Matt found it hilarious while Arthur was avoiding going in Amy's room like the plague for fear she might try to seduce him. Arthur cared about Amy a lot but he's still worried about her trying something on him like she did with Matt.
That day they had "A Christmas Carol" playing on the TV in the sitting room. Amy ended up watching it and then started believing she was the ghost of Christmas present and that Matt was both the ghost of Christmas past and future. She started bothering an old man looking for the coma ward. Matt ended up dragging her away.

-flashback-

"Amy!" Matt said running up to the crazed redhead as she pulled on the man's coat, "Amy stop bothering him!" He pulled her away from the man quickly. "I'm so sorry sir. She's delirious. And REALLY shouldn't be wandering off on her own!" Matt said giving Amy a pointed look at the last part.

The man gave her an annoyed glare and sniffed. "You should keep better track of your patients." he said before turning and walking off.

"Will do in the future, Sir." Matt said, "Merry Christmas." As Matt dragged Amy away, he was sure he heard the man say "bah humbug".

"No!" Amy said, struggling against Matt's grip, "We have to change his mind!"

Matt gave her a look but continued walking, "Change his mind about what?"
"The atmosphere of the planet!" she said sounding worried, "If he doesn't change it then the space cruise is going to crash!"

"Amy, How can someone have control over the atmosphere?" Matt said, confused (as usual) about Amy's babbling.

"He has a machine," she said, "that controls the electrical currents in the air and keeps the fish from flying down!"

Matt stopped walking and turned to look at Amy. "It keeps the WHAT from flying down?!" he said in disbelief. Amy nodded seriously.

-end of flashback-

Amy was getting more and more worried about the "space cruise" that was supposedly crashing to earth. She wouldn't even eat dinner. Matt was getting more worried about her. Then later that evening a song started playing over the radio. It was a new song called "Silence is All You Know". Amy was sitting on a couch in the sitting room next to Arthur. Almost as soon as it started playing Amy relaxed. She even leaned on Arthur's shoulder. He was taken a back by this but didn't move away. Matt couldn't help but smile a bit at the scene as he stood by a window. He stood there for a few minutes before he saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was snowing outside! Matt's grin widened even the slightest bit more at this.

-time skip-

Matt was getting ready to go when he saw something in his storage locker he hadn't noticed before. It fell out when he was grabbing his scarf, an old stripy hand-me-down from his father(it was too big but at least it kept him warm).It was a small red box at the top shelf. He picked up and examined it. It was from Alex! He opened it up and it appeared to be some kind pen, but definitely a novelty one. It was a bronze and grey color with a green laser pointer tip with three decorative claws. He clicked it a few times before looking at the note.

I saw this and thought you might like it. It looked a bit steampunk, like what you were obsessed with in university. Anyways, I hoped you have a merry Christmas.
-Alex

Matt blushed a bit remembering that phase he went through in his last year of high school and first year of collage. Looking back on it, it was slightly embarrassing, especially the goggles and clock gear hat he had tried to make. God, Alex had so much blackmail from that. While he was a bit embarrassed about that particular phase, he did remember how much he enjoyed that time and smiled at the strange pen before pocketing it. He whistled as he walked to his car. While he didn't end up spending this Christmas how he would have liked, it ended up as one he would definitely remember.

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to be continued...

merry Christmas! I hope you guys liked this chapter! I know it's a bit short, but I should have another chapter up in a few days. Thank you guys for all your support, and if you liked this chapter, please tell me what you think!