Chapter 11: The Holidays Part 2
Ring, Ring
"Mmmm tell them to go away"
Ring, Ring
"Go away"
Ring, Ring
A tanned hand shoots out from under some blankets and snatches the phone, "WHAT!?"
"Excuse me Ms. Weston, you have a visitor at the front desk."
Quickly Tara sits up rubbing her eyes, eliciting an annoyed groan from Elsa when the blankets were pulled away.
"Oh, uhm who is it this early on Christmas Eve day?"
"A Mrs. Weston"
"Oh…OH! Yes uhm give me ten minutes than send her up please."
"Yes Miss, will do. Merry Christmas"
"Merry Christmas" She hangs up and slowly gets out of bed, making sure to cover Elsa back up and kiss her head.
She runs into the bathroom and takes a quick five minute shower then throws on sweats and a tank top.
As she walks down the hall brushing her still wet hair, there was a knock at the door.
Smiling she goes to it and opens it, "Hey mom"
"Morning dear, I hope I didn't wake you" she states walking in.
Tara shuts the door and locks it, "Kinda but it's ok, we just have to be quiet, Elsa is still sleeping, we got to bed late.
"To bed late or to bed early?" Taralina asks as she moves into the kitchen and looks into the fridge.
"Both?" Tara asks then grins, "What are you doing in my fridge?"
A muffled voice replies, "Going to make you and Elsa breakfast."
She pulls out of the fridge with eggs, bacon, raw steak and the makings for hash browns.
"You both like steak?"
"Yeah, and as bloody as possible for both of us please." Tara smiles and grabs the orange juice and pours herself a glass.
As Taralina starts to cook she wonders, "You are not going to go wake her?"
Grinning Tara shakes her head, "No, for one if I do you will not like what happens after that, at least hearing it. And two let the smells wake her up will be a surprise for her."
"Alright, and I didn't need to know the first part" Taralina says teasingly as she starts the grill to put the bacon on.
"So Tara tell me what you have been up too, Elsa says you are an accomplished selling artist and the women's basketball star at your college?"
"Yeah, when I moved out of Kelly's, I started playing basketball, practiced really hard after work and before school, got a scholarship to collage for basketball, and decided to be an artist. One piece goes for about two grand sometimes more."
The woman wasn't used to speaking about herself, made her feel like she was too proud.
"You alright dear?"
"Yeah, just I sound way too prideful"
"But that is where you know you have control of it, when you think you sound too prideful when you don't"
"I guess so" Tara sips her orange juice and then sniffs the air as the steaks are put on the grill, "Mmmm if that doesn't wake her up I dunno what will."
"Tara, how long have you two been together?" Taralina asks as she puts the eggs in a pan.
"About five to five and a half months, she was there for one of the early move in days. But yeah been together a bit."
"You two seem to click almost perfectly if not perfectly"
"We have our moments where we don't, but we work through it"
Getting up Tara moves to the cupboard and grabs some plates and a two more glasses, placing them on the counter for breakfast.
Then she hears rummaging and Elsa appearing in the hall wearing shorts and a tank top.
The tall woman couldn't help but chuckles as the blond tiredly walks down the hall yawning and rubbing her eyes.
"Good morning beautiful" Tara says as Elsa enters the kitchen, placing a kiss on the small woman's cheek.
"Mmm morning, that smell delicious" Elsa went to sniff over the stove when she saw someone's back, "Uhhh morning?"
Taralina turns, spatula in hand "Well morning sleepy head, get enough exercise last night?"
Tara's jaw drops as Elsa's eyes widen at the meaning of the words.
"MOM!"
The older woman began to laugh as she turns around to make sure the steaks were how they like them, "I can't have a little fun?"
Elsa moves over and sits on a stool, "First Dean, now your mother…who's next love the milkman?"
Tara's mother raises an eyebrow as she looks at her daughter.
"Yesterday a friend came by to pick up my car to fix the paint job, and he joked with Elsa that way sorta too…"
"Oh well its fun to tease to a point, come on dig in"
Taralina serves up the steaks and over medium eggs for the two younger women and begins on the hash browns.
The blond nudges Tara, "She knows how I like my steak?"
"I told her" Tara says then starts to eat.
"Thank you Mrs. Weston for making breakfast, pleasant surprise."
"You are very welcome dear, and here are the hash browns." Taralina serves them up, then sits across from the couple.
She notices how both women seem to gravitate towards each other without knowing it, and that they are always touching, be it legs, arms or hands.
Both Elsa and Tara notice the older woman staring at them with a goofy smile.
"Mom, you ok?"
Blinking Taralina nods, "Yes, why?"
"You've been staring at us for like ten minutes."
"Oh sorry dears, I was just noticing how you two are around each other" She smiles and gets herself a glass of water.
"Tara, have you taken Elsa to the market yet?"
"I have, we were there yesterday for most of the day, was pretty fun seeing it again."
Elsa smiles, "I wouldn't mind going back though, trying some more of that food too."
"Well why don't you two get dressed, and we go together?" Taralina asks as she begins to take the now dirty dishes off the counter.
"Sure, we'll be back in a few." Tara gets up and jogs down the hall to the master bedroom.
"Mrs. Weston, thank you again for breakfast." Elsa gets up and follows her girlfriend.
~In A Snowy Field~
"Please slow down!" Kelly gripes into Anna's left ear as she holds onto the redhead's waist.
"Oh gees, Snowball is dying to go into a full gallop, this isn't even fast!"
"Please love…"
Sighing Anna pulls back on the reigns and Snowball slows down falling into a slow trot as they move across the field.
"Are you alright Kelly?"
"Yes, I am now" Kelly opens her eyes and blinks, even with sunglasses the snow seemed to blind her with the suns reflection.
"Are you sure, I mean we were having fun then suddenly you wanted to slow down."
"Sorry love, but horses still terrify me, even if this one is gentle."
"It's alright, we'll walk for a bit" the redhead uses her heels to give her horse a command and Snowball slows even more till he is walking.
"This property is gorgeous, like a huge blanket of snow on it." Kelly muses as she looks around.
Smiling Anna turns her head, "I love it here, but not sure if I would live here on a permanent basis though."
"Why is that baby?" Kelly asks as she rests her chin on the young girls shoulder.
Instinctively Anna leans her head against the brunette's, "Well I am a country girl, not a city girl but would you want to live in the country, say four years down the road?"
Kelly thought for a moment, sure she knew city life pretty much all her life, but she did tend to like the quiet more than the noise; plus she knew this wasn't just a simple question.
"I could get used to it, I do like the quiet more than I do noise."
"You mean that?" Anna asks, her voice sounding hopeful.
Smiling Kelly kisses Anna's cheek, "Yes love I do, but let's not get ahead of ourselves alright?"
"Alright, so you up for a trying again?"
The redhead holds up the reigns and looks at the brunette.
"I am so going to regret this…go for it baby"
Anna grins and immediately commands Snowball into a full gallop.
"ANNA!" Kelly screams as she tightens her arms around the smaller woman and holds on for dear life.
All the while the redhead is laughing as they dart across the field.
In the house Joan was sitting in their large living room, doing some knitting when her husband walks in.
"Hello Mitch, having a good morning?"
"It could be better." He states taking a seat and looking out a window to see his daughter with her girlfriend, riding in from the field.
He snorts a bit then looks back at his wife who had a raised eyebrow.
"Something the matter dear?" She asks.
"If I say it, you'll just get angry," He pulls his pipe out of his pocket.
"That will get me just as angry not answering."
"That Kelly girl, she seems…"
"Nice, respectful, kind…?" Joan says interrupting, "She has many traits others I know have lost completely for some reason."
He scoffs and packs the tobacco into the bowl of the pipe, "I am nice, kind and respectful"
"That's not what your police record says, by the way when is the court date?"
"January third" he mumbles.
Joan sets her knitting down, "Sorry when?"
"The third of January." He growls a bit louder than lights his pipe.
"Yes Tara will be here for it, your daughter and her girlfriend" she puts emphasis on girlfriend, "will be here for New Year's Eve, day and a couple days after that."
"You mean we will have two in my ho…your house?"
"Mitch, you have been given a chance here, don't fuck it up." Joan states as she gets up and leaves the room.
He may have been allowed back into the house, but she wasn't going to let him slander their daughters or their partners.
In the barn, Anna was brushing Snowball down while Kelly was feeding him a couple small carrots.
"You are going to be the death of me Anna" Kelly states as she pats the horses head.
The redhead peaked out from the side of the horse, "Doesn't look that way to me hun"
"This is different" Kelly huffs, "We are not moving and I am on the ground."
Anna giggles as she finishes the brushing and pats the horses back, "So the moving part scares you?"
"Pretty much, I feel like I will fall off at any moment." Kelly says as she steps back to let Anna lead her horse into his stall.
"That's because you can, I can teach you to ride to where you won't feel like that if you want?"
Anna asks as she locks the door and turns around smiling, grabbing Kelly's hand they begin to walk back to the house.
"We'll see, still afraid of horses you know"
They quickly enter the house, and shed the few layers of protecting clothing to keep the cold away.
"So since the 'run in' I haven't seen your dad anywhere."
"It's kinda weird, oh well let's go watch some TV."
Anna drags Kelly towards the large living, but skids to a halt when she sees the back of her dad's head.
"Uhhh we may wanna go to another room" She whispers.
Her whisper wasn't quiet enough, as her father gets up.
"Anna, not going to say hello to your father?" He asks turning thinking Kelly wasn't with her.
Frowning when he sees Kelly by her side.
"Hi dad…we're just gonna go watch TV somewhere else…"
She tries to pull Kelly with her, but the brunette wasn't budging.
Anna looks between her father and her girlfriend, seeing a stare down and Kelly was not wavering.
"Would you two please stop?" the redhead huffs at the two, "STOP IT!"
Kelly blinks and looks at Anna, then blushes "Sorry love"
The last word Mitchel grumped, "Love? How can you love each other?"
Hearing the words Kelly was about to go at him, but Anna shook her head; making Kelly stay quiet.
"Ya know what dad, you are rude, mean and I am surprised I or Elsa are your daughters."
She takes her girlfriend's hand and they walk out and down the hall.
"Don't you talk to me that way or walk away young lady! Don't forget who is paying your college tuition!"
He walks behind them yelling.
It's taking everything for Kelly not to attack back verbally, but she trusted Anna and she noticed they were about to enter the garden of roses.
In the garden Joan was tending to the roses as she cools her temper, that is until she heard yelling as her daughter and Kelly walked up.
Her husband behind threatening to cut off any money to Anna or Elsa.
"What is going on!?" She asks, standing up with shears in hand.
"Mom, dad is attacking us verbally, now threatening to cut off money for college."
Anna states, her face grim and it looked like she was gonna steam like a tea pot soon, if no one shut that man up.
"No one is cutting funding for you or your sisters education." Jan replies.
"The hell I won't!" Mitchel yells as he comes closer, "She is living with a woman, did you know that?"
Standing beside her daughter Joan groans, "Of course I know that, I told you that was in her letter. Mitchel you need to go cool off."
He glares at his wife, "I will not cool off!"
All three women brace themselves for whatever happened next…
~Back in Chicago~
"Elsa, why do you keep putting things down and looking sad?" Taralina asks as they move from yet another vendor.
The blond gives a half smile, "The only money I have is what dad gives me for an allowance, I have to be careful."
The older woman looks at Tara, and her daughter nods; but she noticed Tara would buy what Elsa put back.
She smiles to herself 'I taught my daughter well the few years I did have her'
"Well I need a hot drink, and there is this stuff called Glu-wein, let's go have some" She takes Elsa's elbow gently and they move to a small hut.
All the while Tara has been trying to find places to hide the small items she did purchase, then she pats her wallet that had the extra black credit card in it.
"Well now or never really…" She moves to where her mother and girlfriend are huddled around a small fire with cups of German hot wine.
"Is it good?" She asks as she pays for her own, then moves to stand as close to Elsa as possible.
Elsa sips and nods, "Very good"
The raven haired woman smiles and sips her own drink, relishing the warmth that now spread through her body from the drink.
"Elsa, there is something I want to give you." Tara hands her cup to her mom with thanks and pulls out her wallet, "Now before I give it to you let me explain."
She pulls out a card but doesn't show it yet.
"Remember when you filled out that application a few weeks back after we got home?"
Elsa nods and sips her drink.
"Well it was for this." Tara hands Elsa her very own black credit card.
The blonde's eyes widen and she tries to give it back, "I can't accept this Tara, there is no way I can have this."
"Nope you took it it's yours, and it you cut it up I will just reissue a new one" Tara counters dodging Elsa's attempts to give it back.
Taralina watches in confusion, "What is going on?"
"Your daughter has a black credit card, ya know ones without a limit…and she had one issued in my name on her account" Elsa says, still trying to give it back, which in turn is causing Tara to look like she is dancing funny.
"Oh wow that is a precious gift to get I would say." Taralina states sincerely and sips her drink.
The blond stops, "Wait…what?"
Tara laughs, "We need to stop hanging around your sister"
Elsa ignores the small tease and looks at Taralina, "What do you mean a precious gift exactly?"
"Well Tara trusts you enough to give you a card on her account, only someone that loves and completely trusts someone would do that."
The older woman drinks the rest of her drink, then walks up to Elsa, "She is giving you her trust completely, and showing that you will never want for anything ever again…am I right Tara?"
Blushing Tara nods and scratches her neck; something she always did when she was nervous.
"This isn't the only gift you have for me do you?" Elsa asks holding the card up and reading her name in silver.
"No it's not the other comes later tonight after the big gift exchange." Tara replies and hopes Elsa will just keep the card.
"Well I guess I have some shopping to do then" Elsa says with a raised brow.
Tara splutters, "You mean it, you'll keep it?"
"Yes love, I will keep the card, I'll even use it here at the market."
"Oh about that, might not want to do that."
"Why?"
"Cause I already bought the stuff?"
"TARA!" Elsa runs at her girlfriend, but instead of tackling her, she hugs the taller woman tightly, "You are too good to me."
Tara hugs back, then tilts Elsa head up and places a soft kiss on pale lips, "No such thing as too good, for you baby."
A few feet away, Taralina was wiping tears from her eyes knowing what the other gift was; when Tara told her quietly while they were all looking at vendors.
She had worries since they had only been together a short time if it would be too soon, but seeing this showed her it was too long to wait.
"Mom are you ok?" Tara asks with concern in her voice.
Elsa turns to see the older woman crying, and she starts to worry.
"Oh no no I'm fine sweetie just fine. Just its beautiful how in love you two are" Taralina replies, "Oh here is your drink back Elsa"
"Okay, how about we eat in the large tent, get warmed up. I know I could enjoy a beer and more brats." Tara states with a grin.
"Warmth sounds very nice." Elsa says cuddling into Tara's side as they begin to walk with Taralina to the tent.
Inside they gave their orders than sat down at a table, all three getting a beer to enjoy.
"You coming back with us to the hotel after this mom?"
"If you will have me yes, I have today and tomorrow off from work." The older woman replies.
The food was soon brought over and everyone began to eat.
"Hey mom, why don't you stay over tonight, that way no traffic or taxi hassle in the morning?" Tara asks then bites into a brat.
"You two wouldn't mind?" Talalina asks between bites.
Elsa shakes her head, "Not at all, we can take a taxi from here to your place so you can get what you need, then go back to the hotel. We have two other bedrooms in that suite, might as well make use of at least one."
"Then I would love too, as long as I am not in the way."
"Not in the way mom, would love to have you there." Tara smiles.
They quickly finish their meals and go back out into the cold, Tara easily hails a cab, and they climb in and head to Taralina's house.
At the house, the older woman welcomed the two women in as she went to her room to gather what she needed.
Tara looks around, her mom won out and was able to keep the house she grew up in, well sort of.
"Wow, this place hasn't changed much…" she says to no one in particular, she trails a hand over the mantle above the fireplace seeing pictures of when she was little.
"You mean not much huh?" Elsa asks, looking around.
"Yeah, I mean so much is the same, minus dad's stuff missing, she didn't change much."
Tara moves to the hallway and sees the pictures.
"You are right I didn't change much, except get rid of all your dad's stuff, your room is still here too." Taralina says walking down the hallway with a small carryon bag.
"Can I see it?" Tara asks, and smiles when she feels a hand in hers, looking down into deep blue eyes.
"Show Elsa your old room hun, while I grab things from the bathroom."
"Alright, it's right down here…" She takes Elsa to a door that had Anime posters plastered on the outside.
"Blue Exorcist, Bleach, Inuyasha…you by chance an Anime fan love?" Elsa teases knowing full well Tara was and still is.
Chuckling, Tara pushes the door open and it was exactly how she left it when she moved out, a few stuffed animals, the dark colored bedspread, and the cloth covering the walls similar to that of her dorm.
The posters and various figurines she had collected and left behind.
"This looks like a younger version of our dorm room, minus my stuff" the blond says as she walks around the small room.
Smiling Tara picks up a final fantasy figurine, "Yeah, I can't believe this is all still here. I thought dad would have thrown it out."
"He almost did."
Tara turns to see her mother in the doorway.
"I stopped him, kept hope alive that you would maybe one day come back, and here you are."
She smiles but doesn't leave the doorway.
"I'm gonna have to come get the collectibles when I move into my own place back home, if that is ok mom?"
Tara still had the figurine in her hand from her all-time favorite game.
"Of course it's your stuff after all, I'm glad I saved it all, though this would make a nice sewing room."
Everyone laughed, then filed out of the room.
"Ready to go back to the hotel?" Elsa asks as they walk out the front door and back to the taxi.
"Definitely, time to relax with family"
~Anna & Kelly's Room~
Kelly was laying on her stomach as Anna gave her a back massage, the ride took its toll on her since she wasn't used to it.
"Feeling better?" The redhead asks, then kisses the back of the woman's neck.
"Mmhmm" was all the reply Anna got.
Smirking the younger woman started moving her hands down the lean muscled back of her girlfriend.
She had asked Kelly to strip, because she wanted to use a warming oil as she massaged; knowing Kelly would strip in record time.
Her fingers kneading the sore muscles, causing Kelly to relax even more into the bed moaning softly.
Small slender fingers moved to the lower back, and then back up to make sure she got every knot she could find.
"Mmm you know, you could do this professionally, really good at it." Came a muffled voice from the pillow.
"Maybe I can major in it with a minor in business or something" Anna replies as she leans down and peppers her girlfriend's shoulders with kisses.
"That would work well together if you started a business as a Masseuse. Could make money getting handsy with clients…OW!"
Kelly rolls onto her side as her back stings from a slap.
"Only person I will be 'handsy' with is you woman" Anna states with a smirk.
Kelly puts a hand up in defeat, "Just don't slap so hard, especially with that oil on me"
"Awe do I need to kiss it better?" the redhead teases as she dances her fingers over the brunette's side.
Kelly rolled back to her stomach, "I wouldn't protest."
Anna can't help but laugh as she begins to tickle her lover, "You are a nut!"
Before the fun could move further, and Kelly trying to get away; there is a knock at the door.
"One moment!"
Anna calls, but the door swings open and hits the wall; with Kelly scrambling under the sheets to stay decent.
"What the fuck?" the brunette exclaims as she pokes her head out.
At the door was the man of the house.
"Dad get out of our room!" Anna quickly shielded Kelly from his view with her body, "I said one moment, not come in!"
"I can come and go in any room I please in this house, that includes all bedrooms, why is she naked?"
Mitchel tries to take a step into the room but his daughter steps closer.
"None of your business, and you are not coming in here." Anna though usually laid back and still a bit naïve was getting sick of her father.
All the while Kelly had grabbed shorts, a bra and a tank top.
Rising from the bed she moves to stand beside her girlfriend, "Have you always acted like this or is it your jealous that your daughter is happy with a woman?"
Suddenly Kelly was on the floor holding her jaw and making sure it wasn't broken, before pulling out her cellphone and calling 911.
Anna was kneeling beside her worried, and kept moving away from her father as she talked to the dispatcher.
"No one talks to me like that in my house, especially not someone like you!" Mitchel proclaims proudly, until he realized what Kelly was doing.
"Dad, you are not my family, you are not my dad…" Anna states quietly as she helps Kelly to stand, surprised when Kelly surges forward and gets nose to nose with her dad.
"Too bad you didn't break my jaw, just a black eye for a few weeks you cowardly bastard!"
Her eyes were raging and she was fighting back the urge to hit him where he stood; knowing that the cops were on their way, she just had to wait a few minutes.
"Mr. Winters, you can rot in hell, stay away from me, stay away from Anna, and stay away from your wife. You'll be surprised how well Tara and I can handle ourselves."
The coldness in her voice made Mitchel pale, as sirens were heard coming down the drive to the front of the house.
Mitchel decides to try and get away, moving swiftly down the hall and to the main stairs; but as he got there two officers were there to block him.
The two young women come out of their rooms to see the officers reading him his rights, then escorting him downstairs as another man comes up.
The brunette was rubbing her jaw as the man approached.
"Evening ladies, my name is Sergeant Troy, were you the ones that called?" He asks as he pulls out a small notepad.
"Yes, I did…" Kelly replies.
"Baby, I'll be right back, you need an ice pack" Anna states, then excuses herself for the moment.
The Sergeant looks a bit confused, "Did she just call you…?
Kelly sighs, "She is my girlfriend, so yes she called me baby. What do you need Sergeant?" She takes a seat on a hallway bench.
"I take it he hit you, your jaw?" The man asks, fidgeting on his seat.
"Yes, he did…over thanksgiving he attacked my best friend physically as well…all because of who his daughter's choice in partners." She sighs and moves her jaw a little more.
"So this has happened before?"
Kelly looks at him like he was an idiot, "You realize it does hurt to talk, so if you can listen the first time, will be most helpful"
At that moment Anna and her mother come up, the redhead handing her an ice pack.
"Thank you love" Kelly takes the pack and puts it to her face.
Joan looks at the Sergeant, "So Brian, you made Sergeant."
"Yes, Mrs. Winters, uhm Miss…" He looks at Kelly.
"Pearl, Kelly Pearl."
Anna sat down next to her quietly looking at the officer.
"Alright so he doesn't approve of what exactly to get him to hit you?"
"Get him to…ow…." Kelly leans back and keeps the ice pack on.
"She didn't make him do anything Brian." Anna states as she rubs Kelly's arm up and down, "He has a problem, all she did was stand up to him and he hit her."
"So you were there?"
"No Sherlock I was in the bathroom, of course I was there." Now Anna was getting irritated.
"Sergeant, my husband has been very temperamental lately, first hurting my daughter Elsa's girlfriend, and now hurting Anna's girlfriend. Kelly do you want to press charges?" Joan asks.
Kelly nods then keeps her head back.
Brian looks between the women, "I will have the papers made up at the station, would you be able to come fill them out after the holidays are over?"
"Yeah I can…" Kelly replies, feeling the muscle around her eye starting to sting.
"Officer, Kelly I think needs to go rest, thank you for coming so quickly." Anna says politely as she helps her girlfriend up and back into their room.
"Brian, I don't know what you said to Kelly, but she never gets defensive if she doesn't have too. My daughter does not need to explain herself or her choices, this is simply the fact that Mitchel assaulted her. I do hope he stays in jail till his court date now, safer for everyone."
Joan explains as they walk down the stairs, stopping at the main door.
"Thank you Mrs. Winters, I didn't mean to sound, I don't know un-understanding? I need to work on my wording, when I ask questions." Brian states as he opens the door.
Joan walks outside and sees her husband in the back of the police car, "Well work on it, be more tactful, it helps. I hope you have a Merry Christmas Brian."
"M-Merry Christmas Mrs. Winters"
Joan walks back into the house and closes the door, "Well this has been eventful."
"Yes it has, sorry mom that it happened," Anna says walking down the stairs.
"Not your fault or Kelly's', how is Kelly?" Joan asks as they move out of the entrance.
"She's sleeping now, she's amazing and insane all at the same time"
"Good, want to help me make a soup for this Christmas Eve, and when she wakes we can open gifts and call your sister" Jon says smiling.
"Lead the way"
Anna smiles in return and follows her mother.
~Chicago~
"My that was a lot of presents and even some for me!" Taralina exclaimed as she looks at the German leather bound journal her daughter gifted her.
Tara smiles, "I wanted to get you something, and I saw you admiring that."
"Well thank you both, I really do love it, plus I got the best gift of all. I got my daughter back."
The older woman comments with a warm smile.
"Well I have never received so many gifts in my life" Elsa states looking at all the trinkets and things she had gotten, "Our tree will be well decorated when we have our own."
Smiling Tara gets up, "I am glad you like them, excuse me a moment I left something in the bedroom."
As she walked by her mother, she winked making Taralina smile more.
"Hmmm what is your daughter up too Mrs. Weston?" the blond asks before picking up her drink.
Grinning from ear to ear, Taralina shakes her head "You'll find out soon enough dear."
Soon Tara came back with one gift left, it looked to be about an 8x10 frame, "This is a special gift for you from me, I really hope you like it"
Handing it to the blond, Tara sits down next to the woman extremely nervous.
Elsa takes the gift and looks at it, then carefully unwraps it to come face to face with the back of the frame.
Both Joan and Tara waited in anticipation as Elsa turns the picture over.
Gasping as she sees the picture, it was herself and Tara, but the pose could not be denied.
Pictured was Elsa standing, and Tara kneeling with a ring box open in her hand, the title of the picture 'Will You Marry Me?"
She looks up at the woman who stole her heart not that long ago, the woman that protected her, stood up for her, who would do anything for her.
Tara looks at her, "Will you make me the happiest woman on earth?"
She removes a small dark red velvet box, and pops it open to show a gorgeous diamond engagement ring with a round cute diamond.
Elsa's eyes widened at the site of the ring, and tears began to run down her cheeks, she finally realizes she has yet to answer.
"YES! YES! Of course I will baby!"
Elsa lunges forward, crashing her lips against her now fiancé, and hugging her tightly.
The taller woman had to balance on her knees to keep them from both falling over as she kissed back, smiling against the blonde's lips.
"Oh this has become my favorite Christmas, not only do I gain one daughter, but I get a second" Taralina states smiling through her tears of joy.
Before any more celebration could occur, Elsa's phone went of and she scrambles to get it.
"Hello?"
"Hey sis! Merry Christmas!"
"Oh Anna hi, Merry Christmas!"
"How is your Christmas Eve going?"
"Very very good actually, I have some news…"
"Like what did Tara finally propose?"
"Wait...how did you know!?"
"Tara asked mom and myself if she could have your hand, we were just waiting for her to ask."
Elsa could hear giggling on the other end of the line as she looked at Tara, "You asked them if you could marry me?"
Tara nods, "I wanted to do it right"
The blond leans over and kisses her fiancé, "Thank you love for doing that."
"Ok stop smooching already! Can have celebration sex later, Kelly wants to talk to Tara and then mom wants to talk to both of you, one sec"
"Oh gees she had to say celebration sex…" Elsa stops and blushes as she realized she had spoken her thoughts out loud and the two women with her were laughing hysterically.
"Elsa oh how I love you" Tara states through laughter.
"Yeah yeah, here Kelly is getting on the line then mom wants to speak to both of us." Elsa says trying to get rid of her blush.
"Thanks baby" Tara takes the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey Bestie, you finally popped the question I hear, congrats!"
"Thanks Kelly, how are you guys doing?"
"Well aside from Mr. Winters giving me a black eye, getting arrested and me pressing charges, it's going great!"
"WHAT!?" Tara yells, making Elsa and her mother jump, "Sorry"
"Yeah, he's a real piece of work, I highly doubt he will be welcomed back in the house, and he threatened to cut off all funding for both Anna and Elsa's tuition."
"I'm not worried about that I have a plan set in case that happens." Tara states quietly into the phone, "You are alright though?"
"Oh I'm fine stop worrying, so I take it good Christmas then?"
"Of course it's been a great Christmas"
"Oh looks like Joan is getting antsy, I better put her on, see ya soon bestie!"
"See ya soon, laters"
Tara moves closer to Elsa and puts the phone on speaker, "Your mom is getting on the line now."
"Hello?"
"Hey Mom!"
"Hi Joan!"
"Hello you two, Merry Christmas and congratulations!"
"Thanks mom, I am soooo happy! Merry Christmas to you too, been a good time so far?"
"Yes, minus your father being an ass but that was expected, Tara can fill you in I think Kelly told her about it."
"Alright, so what's up?"
"Well I wanted to know how she proposed!"
Tara laughs, "This is all you baby, I need a refill on my eggnog" she gets up and moves to the kitchen as Elsa explains how the proposal went.
Soon they ended the call and Taralina excused herself to her bedroom for the night; leaving Elsa and Tara cuddled up in front of the fire that was going.
"This has been the perfect Christmas so far" Elsa says nuzzling her fiancé's chest, and cuddling as close as possible.
Biting her lip Tara wraps her arms tighter around the blond, "It most definitely has been, I love you baby"
"Mmmm I love you too." Elsa replies closing her eyes.
TBC
Well part 2 is done there is one more part of this holiday insanity, stay tuned! Oh and I love reviews, I eat em up ;)