I Own Nothing
AN: I moved this chapter from the first to second week so if I miss anything in edit I'm sorry. Had to move because week one had eight days before Friday lol. Thanks so much for the reivews so far I look forward to them.
CN: Liam/Theo, Mason/Corey make Christmas stocking with Liam's parents.
Title: 25 Days Of December Fun
Characters: Liam/Theo, Mason/Corey, Liam's parents, Mason's Parents, Corey's Grandpa, Mention of Melissa, Sheriff, Deaton
Summary: 25 days of fun that Theo/Liam and Mason/Corey have together during the month of December. From Ice Skating to Making Christmas Cards, Making Stockings to Christmas Eve and Day together.
Jenna and David where the ones that came up with the next Christmas idea. They had the night off since they'd worked a double shift plus three hours. When the boys got home from school they found blank stockings for all of them to decorate. Jenna had dinner already made too even though it had been Theo's night to cook. They ate first at the dining room table that they were using more of lately. The kitchen table was only big enough for four and they weren't going to leave Mason and Corey out.
She had made two taco casseroles and two Oreo dirt cakes for desert. They sat around talking about school and how things were going with exam reviews since Beacon Hills schools always did exams before getting out for winter break. It did make more sense since the students tended to forget things over a three week break.
Liam was happy to say he was actually passing Spanish with an A thanks to Theo since he'd been doing poorly at the first of the year. It had been the only class he'd gotten a C in the year before. He'd wanted to just drop and do Latin, but Theo was in his Spanish class too this year. It was fun passing notes back and forth during class. Although it had taken him a while to translate a few of the notes, but Theo had given him something he'd defiantly enjoyed when he got them right. The rest of his classes had been A's and B's as well.
Mason didn't hint too much on his just saying he was doing good. He hated bragging since his grade point average was higher than most; besides Theo's. He was pretty sure they were close in their average with Theo's right below his. They'd all known that Theo was smart he couldn't not be with his past, but seeing it on paper had been a different story. Theo was their go to if any of them got stuck and he'd been tutoring Liam and Corey a lot. Mason helped Corey when Theo couldn't, but even Mason didn't turn down when Theo was helping them.
Mason did brag on Corey's grades though because he was proud of his boyfriend. Corey had almost disappeared since he wasn't used to being the center of attention from parents. Jenna had gotten up and hugged him telling him she was proud of him too. David had agreed telling Corey he shouldn't feel embarrassed since they knew he had just needs some stress removed. The second job that Corey had was one of those stress points since he'd been working until midnight some nights.
It hadn't even been paying that much either so he hadn't minded that much when he'd quit. It might have been more gotten fired, but it hadn't been his fault. One of the customers had been hitting on him constantly, Liam had stood up for him since he hadn't wanted to make trouble. His boss had told him to suck it up or leave since he was there for the customers. It wasn't even Sinema he'd been being groped at. He might have been able to deal with it there, but it was at one of the higher class restaurants.
Jenna and David had gone there to eat one night too and she had been furious. He still wasn't sure who had told them since he'd tried sticking it out. Jenna hadn't said, but she had told the manager she was going send the Sheriff to check the place out before they'd left. That had been at the end of October and the place had sense been sold and was reopening at the first of January.
Liam and Theo had already given Corey their thoughts in class since they had seen the pre exam report their teachers handed out. Theo hadn't known that Jenna and David were off so he'd planned on making Corey his favorite food. He'd promised him he would do it another night though. Liam had promised the next time they had date night if anything came up they'd get the night before having to help. Mason had already given him his present right after class.
They talked more about plans for the rest of the week. They wanted to make family plans, but Jenna and David were going to be working more in the coming week before Christmas. The house was going to feel empty without them, but they thought about staying at Mason's. Mason was all for that idea since his mom had been commenting that he was rarely home. She'd joked that Corey wasn't the only one that was invisible. Liam and Theo agreed since they did enjoy Mason's parents too. Jenna also liked it because she wouldn't feel like she was abandoning them so much. They might be teenagers, but she loved her boys and worried about them; even if all of them were over eighteen now.
They might be grown, but they still needed protecting in her eyes. She still wasn't sure who had slipped the note to her at work. It had been typed up and reservations to the restaurant that Corey had worked at had already been made. She could have seen it happening at Sinema, but not at that place. She'd been glad when they'd been shut down too since they had no business being open. David's sister had promised to do more if they hadn't paid Corey what he'd been owed too. He didn't know about it yet though because they had put it into a college fund for him. Mason's parents were on the account until Corey needed it since it was a surprise for him. They were thinking about giving it to him at Christmas.
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Once the left overs were packed away they all changed into the holiday sweaters they had to work on the stockings. David put on one of the new Christmas CDs glad that they had done made them. The old ones had been badly worn from how much they got played each year. Jenna sometimes broke them out in July as well when they watched the Christmas movies on TV then as well. Corey hadn't known about it or Theo for that matter which had led to them thinking they'd slept for months after a tiring three days without much sleep.
The stockings where different colors from solid red with white around top to green with red around the top. Liam went with one of the green ones giving Theo a smile when he saw Theo had gotten one of the blue ones. They both had gone with matching the others eye colors. Mason got a traditional one where Corey went for the multiple colored one that Jenna had only found one of; it looked like a rainbow. David and Jenna took a red and blue stocking each for the base of their project.
There were lots of odds and ends from buttons to letters for decorations. There were even little plush animals that David had found they could use on the outside or peeking out of the stockings. The music played while they worked with them singing along to their favorite ones. It felt Christmas like inside the house and outside it was close because it had been raining all day and cold for Beacon Hills standard.
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Theo put his name right under the top of the stocking. He had glued one plush animals that was a cat so it was peeking out of a small slit he made in the stocking halfway down before using the sewing kit that Jenna had put out if they wanted to use instead of gluing anything on the stockings. After he had it fixed he worked on the rest of it. He put Happy Holidays in a circle in the middle with room for more. He added Christmas tree patches, along with snow people and ginger bread peoples. He made snow with the cotton balls at the bottom so it looked like a nice pile of it. There were snow flakes that got glued on as well although Theo had to cut some down to size to fit the small space that had been left.
Liam did some Christmas designs, but he put a wolf head in the middle of the stocking getting Theo to help him sew it down like he had done his, but in top of the stocking. Once it was finished he went a little crazy with the glue gun and some of the small ordiments they'd had left from the Christmas tree they hadn't had room for. He put Merry Christmas along the top and bottom Merry at top and Christmas in a U shape at the bottom. He put a snow people family right above Christmas with a tree and gifts under it just above them. He finished putting his name on the top where the stocking opened up. He said the people were all of them, which had included Mason's parents.
Mason had picked the Bunny that had an elf hat on for his plush. Theo had become the go to for the sewing. He didn't mind taking a break from his to help. Mason picked out what he wanted on the stocking while Theo sewed it. He picked out all north pole themes from a Santa and sleigh patch to ordiments for the Christmas tree he planned on painting by hand. He went with the snow at the bottom idea as well with the cotton. The only thing not Christmas related was the chameleon he added once he got his stocking back. He smiled before giving Corey a kiss telling him it was dedicated to him.
Corey had made a beach themed stocking with a Teddy Bear in the middle with some shorts that looked like surfers would wear. He had attempted sewing his self since he had done it for years. He was having trouble getting the needle through the thick plush though. Theo finally took it from him seeing Corey struggling to get it right. He had given Corey his stocking asking him to finish the extra buttons he'd picked out to put on the back. He hadn't cared how he put them on, just wanted them glued on.
It hadn't taken long to get the bear on once Theo had it. Theo even sewed the surf board on so it would stay in place since it was slipping some. When Corey got it back he added the cotton balls making them look like waves in the ocean. He had dipped them into the blue paint so it really would look like water. He put his name at the bottom of the stocking in a swirl like just under the waves he'd made.
There were palm trees instead of Christmas ones decorated up. He added ordiments like Liam and Mason had and a dog that looked like the one that Mason wanted. Deaton had gotten it in the same time he'd gotten the bunny and kitten that Theo and he were thinking of adopting. It was adorable and they all played with him when they went there the days that Theo was working.
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Jenna's stocking was overwhelming with Christmas from words that meant Merry Christmas to Ho Ho Ho spread out on the front and back. There was a stuffed wolf on the front with a cat next to it. On the back she put a bunny and chameleon saying it was for each of her boys. She even had a bear and the Mrs Claus figure that no one else had picked.
Her name went at the top just under the white part of the opening. She had put Christmas tree patches, Santa Claus and even reindeers. The bear and Mrs. Claus was for David and herself thinking it was cute. Liam had gotten a picture of his parents when they'd been kissing knowing it was going in the Christmas album. He had always wanted a love like his mom and dad had, which he felt like he had with Theo now. He didn't care if they were still in high school, he didn't want anyone else.
David had watched for a little looking at every ones stockings as they had started. He hadn't been sure what to go with. He went with putting his name in a line down the right side each letter just below the other. He went with a traditional Christmas themed like Liam had for the front of the stocking. When he'd finished sewing on the stuffed dog with a Santa hat on his head he flipped it over making a beach themed since he had lived near the beach for Christmas until he was twelve.
He'd loved it, but he had wanted snow so many times for Christmas. He had taken Liam and Jenna one year to Colorado for Christmas so they could have a white Christmas. It hadn't gone that well though and Liam had refused to go out the door after he'd fell face first into the snow the first day. Liam had been eight at the time and Jenna had ended up getting a cold when they got home. They'd decided it was probably best not to go again back then. He thought it might be something to bring up for the week after Christmas. He had taken the week off and so had Jenna.
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It was dark by the time they finished the stockings putting them on the fire place mantel in a row. Jenna and David's going first followed by Liam and Theo's with Corey and Mason's at the end. They had already gone through one of each of their CDs while they'd been making the stockings.. The stockings looked good compared to the ones that they had made years ago when the others had gotten lost when they'd moved to the new house. They were also the jumbo size stockings so that more would fit in them.
Liam had made an extra one for Nolan while they'd been finishing up. He was planning on giving it to him the next day along with the two CDs that Mason had put together for him with Christmas songs. He had invited Nolan over one day after school, but wasn't sure when it would be yet. Nolan's grandparents were taking him somewhere when school let out for break for the holidays.
Jenna made hot chocolate for all of them with Liam's help. It was funny when Theo took a handful of the small marshmallows putting them in his cup. Liam didn't know if it would even taste like hot chocolate with as many marshmallows Theo put in. Corey hadn't added any since he didn't like them. He did add some honey which had caused some to make a face at the idea. Theo had only taken the honey adding some to his too before sticking his tongue out at Liam. Liam had in returned thrown a marshmallow at Theo which landed in his mouth. However, Jenna had put a stop to the marshmallow fight before it could start since she knew them. Although right when she'd been saying to stop David had thrown one at her. She'd gotten retaliation by taking his cup until he kissed her for an apology.
They all had another piece if the dirt cake with Jenna telling them how she used to make it with gummy worms and Liam had thought they were real worms. She had used the Christmas Oreo's for the cake this time that she'd found just for Christmas. They shared more stories of fun that they'd done over the years. David even brought up the idea of a ski trip after finding out that Corey had been with his grandpa to the slops a couple of years back. Liam had looked hesitant, but the other three teens wanted to go.
Theo had told him they could keep warm after skiing in one of the hot tubs they probably had. It was more of the idea of Theo being there that had finally sold Liam on the idea of going there the week after Christmas. Jenna and David agreed to convince Mason's parents to either come with them or let the teens go with them. Mason said he doubted his parents would turn down a chance to get in the snow. His dad had been born in Beacon Hills, but his mom had moved to California for college so she'd been in some deep snow before. She missed it a lot in the winter and besides the last two years they usually went somewhere for a week at least.
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Jenna and David went upstairs to their bedroom once Mason and Corey left for the night each taking half of the second cake home with them. Theo and Liam went out on the front porch enjoy the night even if it was raining. They sat on the porch swing snuggled up with the blanket Liam brought out. Liam found a station on iHeartRadio playing only Christmas songs and laid it on the table beside the swing.
"Just so you know I might know how to ice skate, but I do not know the first thing about skiing. Theo said wrapping his arms around Liam. He was glad that the swing was a full size one since they were lying together on it. Liam directly on top of him since there was only an inch to spare on the edge.
"You said you were in New York for a while and they get snow. You didn't venture out into the snow to have a little fun?" Liam asked burrowing his head against Theo's neck.
"Not to go skiing I didn't," Theo laughed poking Liam in the side which got him laughing too. "Ice skating was the most I really got to do. Maybe when we hang out at Mason's we can butter his parents up into going." He suggested since spending a week with Liam and their friends skiing did sound fun.
"You just want to get me out there to see if I can stand up or fall over again." Liam declared with a smile followed by a yawn.
"I'll probably fall down too." Theo said letting out his own yawn.
Theo pulled the blanket up that was over them a little more before going to sleep. The swing was actually comfortable with the padding that Jenna had put on it. They were too lazy to get up and go to the actual bed too. The rain hitting on the roof with the Christmas music playing was enough to lure them into a peaceful sleep.
~TBC~
Thanks in advance for the reviews and kudos. I won't be writing out the ski trip this year, but they do go in my mind.
