Hello! I know it's been a little while since I last updated. Finals week nearly killed me guys. I survived though, and now have 4 weeks off before classes start up again. I hope to get some more chapters posted in that time. Here is a Christmas one for you guys! Enjoy. :)
"Macy. Macy. Wake up." Micah whispered at his four-year-old sisters bedside. "It's Christmas. Lets go see if Santa has been here." At her brother's words, Macy immediately sat up ready to hop out of bed. The pair snuck down the steps hand in hand, and tried to hold back shrieks of elation when they saw the Christmas tree surrounded by wrapped packages.
"Lets go wake up mom and dad." Micah whispered, and they swiftly headed back up the stairs. Their little feet pitter-pattered down the hallway, but Jay and Erin were in to deep a sleep to hear them. Micah crawled up onto the end of his parent's bed, and then helped pull his sister up. After sharing a smile and a nod they both began to cheer in unison. "Mommy, daddy, wake up! It's Christmas! Santa came!"
Jay groaned, as Erin turned to look at the time on the clock. "It's 5:05. We told you no presents until 6, remember?" Erin asked.
"But mommy!" Macy pouted.
"Please." Micah added.
As much as Erin wanted to stick to her guns, she couldn't. They were so excited, and she couldn't tell them no if she tried. "Fine go wait downstairs. No touching anything! Daddy and I will be down in a minute."
"Yay!" Macy giggled and shrieked.
"Yes!" Micah cheered and they ran off for the staircase.
With the kids gone, Erin rolled onto her side to face her Husband. Jay had his back to her, so she sat up a bit to place a kiss on his cheek. "Merry Christmas."
Jay groaned lightly. "What did you just do?"
Erin laughed, and applied pressure to his shoulder making him have to roll onto his back. "They are so excited, Jay. I couldn't make them wait. It's Christmas." She snuggled in on top of his chest.
"It still would have been Christmas at 8 am."
"Come on don't be a party pooper. I'll go make a pot of coffee, and you get up and meet us in five minutes. If you take too long I'll have to send the wild Macy up here to attack."
"Fine. Thank you."
Erin went to roll away and get up, but Jay pulled her back to him before she had the chance. "Merry Christmas, baby."
Erin smirked down at him. "Merry Christmas," she whispered before pressing her lips to his.
"Daddy's up! Daddy's up!" Macy yelled when she saw Jay descending down the staircase.
Jay put on a smile, despite the fact he felt like hell. The combination of the early hour, and drinking he did when the unit came over for Christmas Eve left him not feeling the Christmas spirit. He'd pretend for the kids though. Macy ran into his arms, and he scooped her up. "Marry Christmas, beautiful"
"Merry Christmas, daddy." She replied placing a kiss on his cheek.
"Look at al of the presents dad!" Micah piped up.
"I know. You guys must have been really good this year."
Erin strolled into the living room, and handed Jay a cup of coffee. After she separated the gifts into piles for each kid, they tore into them like wild animals. Their little faces lighting up with joy and excitement made waking up so early worth it. Erin and Jay had agreed not to get each other anything this year, and put all of their shopping money into buying for the kids.
They had done all of their celebrating with the unit the night before, so Christmas day they spent at home opening boxes, putting in batteries, and playing with the kids, and their new toys. Come nine O'clock, everyone was exhausted from waking up so early.
After the kids were tucked in for the night, Erin and Jay collapsed into bed themselves. "Maybe you were right. Next year, no getting up until six." Erin laughed.
Jay pulled her into his chest. "Yeah, yeah. You say that now, but we both know you'll cave."
"You're probably right."
"Did you have a good Christmas, Er?"
"Of course. It was perfect. Seeing them so excited is always amazing. What about you; did you have a good Christmas?"
"Mhmm. It's not over yet."
Erin rolled her eyes while smiling. She instantly figured he was insinuating that they should have sex. "Jay, I am too tired for that right now."
He chuckled at her. "That's not what I meant."
"Oh, I just figured."
"Yeah, I know you did." He pressed his lips to the top of her head. "Do you wish you would have gotten a present?"
"No. We agreed on only getting gifts for the kids this year. I'm okay with that."
"What if I told you I broke the rules?" He asked.
Erin sat up on her elbows to get a better look at his face. "What do you mean you broke the rules? You got me something?"
"Well, I got you a surprise, but the present is for the both of us."
A large grin overtook her face. "Well, where is this surprise?"
"You should get up and throw on something comfortable. Burgess is going to be here any minute to stay with the kids."
"You mean we have to go get it?"
"Something like that."
"Jay! Tell me what's going on!"
Chuckling at how impatient she was, he opened the drawer to his nightstand, and pulled out an envelope. He handed it to Erin and she stared at him confusedly. Her eyebrows pulled in together.
"Well open it." He directed her.
While setting on the edge of the bed Erin delved into the envelope, and pulled out its contents. She examined the papers for a minute before her eyes grew wide.
"Are you serious?" She asked the corners of her mouth turning up into a smile. "This is a sick joke if you're not being serious."
"What do you mean? What does it say?"
She swatted him the papers. "Jay!"
"Come on. What was in the envelope?"
She tried to give him an irritated look, but her mouth wouldn't stop smiling, and her eyes were glazed over. "Plane tickets."
"To where?"
"To St. Thomas; the Virgin Islands. Are we really going, Jay?"
Jay stood up from the bed and bent down pulling a packed suitcase he had hiding underneath the bed. "Well, do you wanna go? We're all packed." He teased.
She scurried over to him and wrapped her arms around him. "You're serious? Yes! Yes, I wanna go!" She kissed him. "How did you do this without me finding out?"
"Very carefully, baby. As it turns out, the kids are great secret keepers, because they have known all day. I promised them we would wake them up and tell them goodbye before we left though, so we need to do that. Our flight leaves in an hour and a half, so Burgess should be here any minute. She's going to stay at the house with them while we're gone."
"My babies knew? How long are we leaving them for?"
"Just five days. They will be fine with Kim. Besides, they are excited for us to get a vacation."
She nodded quickly. "I know. I love you. Thank you." She stepped up on her tippy toes and planted her lips to his.
When they pulled away, Jay wiped away the one stray tear of happiness that was streaming down Erin's cheek. As he did, he whispered, "I love you too. Merry Christmas, Erin."