Chapter 24- The Surprise

Since they had skipped the last year going to the Cabin Alex, Mitchie, Chase and Alison decided that they would all go this year and spend the holidays at the cabin. It was the day of their departure and Ariana had her suitcase in tow as she waited by the front door.

"Are we going yet? I wanna get to the cabin!" the little girl said as she waited impatiently by the door with her bags.

"Just a second honey, we'll be leaving in a second." Mitchie said.

"Lex, you ready to go?"

"Yep, just a second." Alex replied. This had been the 3rd time that week she had gotten sick and she wasn't quite sure how long she could pull it off without someone finding out. As she quickly rinsed out her mouth she shook everything off and headed out into the front room.

"Okay, ready." Alex said taking her duffle bag in her hand. Mitchie twisted the door knob and the girls headed out to Alex's car and filled it up with all their stuff and took the hour and a half drive to the cabin.

"Did we bring the story?" Ariana asked making sure they had "The Night before Christmas" packed up with them.

"Yes we do, mommy put it in the bag last night." Alex replied. The rest of the ride went by quietly, of course Ariana asked several times if they were there yet but by the time they had arrived, along with Chase, Jaiden and Alison, Ariana couldn't wait to get out and play in the, most likely, new fallen snow. As Alex parked the car Ariana looked out her window and was almost ready to jump out her door and go play.

"Mommy, can we play in the snow?" Ariana asked as the car was turned off.

"Let's get everything un packed first okay?" Mitchie replied.

"Then we can go play."

With that Ariana grabbed as much as she could carry and waited by the door for either Alex or Mitchie to open the door. It didn't take long for everything to be brought in and as soon as the last thing was put on the ground Ariana and Jaiden were out of the cabin in a blink of an eye and playing in the snow.

"Jai, lets make a snow man!" Ariana exclaimed as she started making a snowball to start.

"I'll start the bottom."

"Okay, I'll do the middle." Jaiden replied as the two kids got to work. Inside, Alex was unpacking some of the clothes and putting them in the supplied dressers when Mitchie came in.

"You felling alright babe? You look a little pale" Mitchie asked noticing Alex looked a little sick.

"Don't worry. I'm fine. I'm probably just getting a cold or something" Alex assured her, hoping Mitchie would just leave it at that. As Mitchie helped Alex un-pack Alison and Chase watched the kids outside as they made their snowman.

"Jai, we need to start the head." Ariana said as she rolled the middle of the snowman on top of the bottom third.

"Okay, I'll start it." Jaiden said making a small snowball to start the head. The two children finished the head of their snow man and with Alison and Chases help, put it up and gave him a mouth, eyes and nose.

"There, Snowy's all done." Ariana smiled.

"I thought we were calling him Frosty." Jaiden said. The 5 year old shook her head at her friend.

"How many times has that been used before? His names Snowy." Ariana declared with her mother's infamous Alex Russo sass in her voice. After placing a scarf on Snowy and giving him a hat the two kids headed inside where Alex and Mitchie greeted them with hot chocolate. Later that night the tree was put up, everyone had a great time trimming it and Ariana and Jaiden got to be lifted and put the Angel on top. Now all the 6 had to do was wait till the 25th, and especially for the kids, it seemed a lot easier said than done.

Over the next few days everyone took part in decorating the cabin inside and out, Chase had put a few strings of Christmas lights outside and the girls and Jaiden had a blast as they decorated the inside with lights, garland and all the other decorations they had brought with them. Before anyone knew it, Christmas Eve had arrived and everyone, especially Ariana and Jaiden, were anxious for the next morning to arrive. Everyone was sitting comfortably in the living room watching "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" and already it was nearing bed time for the two children. Ariana was already asleep with her head resting on the arm rest of the couch and Jaiden's eyes were fighting to stay open.

"Come on guys, time for bed." Alex said as she and Chase picked up the two kids from the couch. Opening the door to the kids bedroom Chase and Alex let their respective children snuggle into their beds.

"So have you told Mitchie yet?" Chase asked as Jaiden let go of his father's neck. Alex just grinned, knowing Alison must have told him what was up.

"Nope, its gunna be her present tomorrow and Ari's too. Believe me it's been hard to keep it quiet." Alex replied as she covered up Ariana. Usually they would do their traditional reading of "The Night before Christmas" but since both kids were asleep they didn't want to wake them just for the sake of a tradition.

"Yeah, Alison said she had wanted to keep it quiet a little longer when she found out with Jai but she couldn't hold it anymore, which doesn't surprise me she's never been one to keep secrets for long." Chase chuckled. Alex couldn't help but laugh, Alison never was one for secrets.

"Haha, yeah. I've been holding it back for about a week now and it's been tough. But I just have to last till tomorrow morning and I can tell her." Alex replied. A few minutes later the two adults made their way downstairs where Alison and Mitchie were still watching the Grinch.

"Lex, if we ever get a dog for Christmas, we're naming him Max." Mitchie declared as Alex sat with her wife on the couch.

"I'll remember that babe." Alex giggled while Mitchie snuggled into her. Once the movie was finished and presents were put under the tree the four adults headed to bed. It felt like they had only been asleep for an hour but 6 hours later Ariana burst into the room excitedly and jumped on her mother's bed.

"Mama, Mommy wake up!" Ariana shrieked at 6:45 that morning. Mitchie had woken up but was pretending to sleep with a small grin on her face.

"Mama, mommy come on! Presents!" Ariana exclaimed as she continued to try and wake her mothers. Out of nowhere Mitchie shot up in bed and started tickling Ariana. Through Ariana's giggling Alex's eyes opened and she saw her wife tickling her daughter.

"What time is it?" Alex mumbled. Mitchie looked over at the clock.

"Almost ten to seven." Mitchie replied. Alex groaned and tried to fall back asleep but soon Mitchie made her way over to Alex and started to tickle her.

"Mitchie quit it" Alex said as she laughed harder than Ariana.

"Not till you say Michaela Torres is the sexiest woman I have ever met" Mitchie teased

"Never" Alex said through laughter.

Mitchie started tickling her even more and Alex almost fell off the bed at one point

"OK fine. Michaela Torres is the sexiest woman I have ever met" Alex said as she tried to stop laughing

With that Mitchie stopped tickling her and she pulled her up from the bed.

"Thank you" she said giving her a kiss.

"Can we go open presents now?" Ariana asked eagerly.

"Yeah. Last one down is a rotten egg" Mitchie said getting ready to run.

"Ready….Set…GO" Mitchie said and Ariana was already running down the stairs. Mitchie waited to see if Ariana would realize she didn't even start to go down the stairs but she did.

"Mommy come on" Ariana whined, eager to tear the paper off of her presents from Santa that she knew were just downstairs and under the tree.

"Yeah mommy, come on" Alex said imitating her daughter. Mitchie just rolled her eyes at her wife and giggled.

"I'm coming" Mitchie called.

"I'll meet you down there okay?" Alex said as Mitchie left the room. Right away Alex bolted for the bathroom after Mitchie was out of site and as he emptied her stomach into the toilet, she felt someone holding back her hair. As Alex lifted her head from the toilet Alison let go of Alex's hair and handed her friend her tooth brush, toothpaste and a cup full of water to rinse her mouth.

"You okay?" Alison asked as soon as Alex had rinsed out her mouth and brushed her teeth.

"Yeah, I'm good." Alex assured her friend spitting out a mouth full of water into the sink.

"You gunna tell her soon?" Alison asked, fully aware why her friend had gotten sick just moments before.

"Yeah, this morning actually. I think she's probably getting suspicious about why I've been getting sick every morning for the last week." Alex replied. Cleaning herself up and making sure there were no tell-tale signs the girls headed downstairs and giggled at the sight. Both Ariana and Jaiden were waiting eagerly in front of the tree, each with a present in hand, and were waiting for their mothers to come down so they could begin.

"You guys ready to open presents?" Alex asked.

"Yes!" both of the children exclaimed and a few minutes later the adults told them they could begin. Wrapping paper flew left and right as the kids easily made their way through the presents under the tree. The best part of the morning was when Ariana opened her biggest present which was the doll house she had asked Alex and Mitchie for quite a while ago. Alex and Mitchie couldn't help but laugh at the expression on Ariana's face when she saw the doll house, she was so happy she probably would have opened it then and there if her mothers had let her do so. But Alex told her she had to wait, even after she had tried to pull the puppy dog eyes on both Mitchie and Alex. About an hour later as the two kids played with their new Christmas presents the parents decided to then do their exchange. Mitchie had gotten Alex a GUESS purse she had been eyeing for almost a month along with a $100 gift card to GUESS. After thanking Mitchie for her presents, Alex put on her best acting face and recited the lines that had been well rehearsed.

"I really wanted to give you your present today but it's not gunna get here for a while so you'll have to wait" Alex said.

"That's fine. Can I get a hint about what it is?" Mitchie asked. Alex wanted to smirk but stopped herself before she told Mitchie her present.

"Well remember how we went to the doctors a month or so ago and were trying for a second baby?" Alex asked her.

"Lex…" Mitchie began and Alex knew she was practically begging her not to be kidding.

"Mitch, it worked. We're gunna have another baby." Alex told her and Mitchie's lips immediately met Alex's.

"Oh my god. Wait when did you find out?" Mitchie asked once they finally broke the kiss.

"Last week. They said im about 8 and half weeks along and my due dates July 28th." Alex told her. Noticing all the commotion going on by the couch Ariana decided to investigate.

"What's going on?" Ariana asked trying to figure out what she was missing.

"You're going to be a big sister soon Ari" Alex said. The little girl's eyes widened.

"Really?" she asked.

"Yep, you are." Mitchie confirmed as Ariana shrieked happily. As everyone celebrated the news Ariana and Jaiden were sitting by the Christmas tree and back to playing with their presents.

"Jaiden?" Ariana asked.

"Where do babies come from?"

"Well my mommy said that a stork brings them…." The little boy began.

Surprise! I decided to update this one a day early(or two days late, depending on your outlook haha) so I hope y'all enjoyed this chap. See ya again tomorrow

R&R