KEY: bold is the main family, bold/italic are spouses, regular is grandchildren, italics are married into family/great grandchildren….does this make sense? I hope so.
Bolton Family:
Grandma Jean + Grandpa Greg(RIP)
Andrew + Amanda– Tyler(24) – Adam(23) – Philip(21) – Hannah(16)
Justin + Julia – Joseph (35)– Jordan(31) – Asia(25) – Anya(17)
Suzanne + Danny – Steven & Samantha(21) – Sarah(13) – Emma Jean(9)
James + Erin – Logan(25) – Bristol, Brian & Bella(23) – Kylie & Kyle(18) – Lilly(10)
Jack + Lucille – David + Jackie – Callie(15) – Brandon(11)- Troy(26) - Summer(18 months)
**A picture of the Bolton Cabin is on my profile under Pregnant Intern links, just picture that with tons of snow and w/o the lake. To see a picture of the Christmas Tree and pictures for each member of the Bolton Family check on my profile under Med School Mom. (:
December 25, 2010
"WAAAAAKKKKKEEEEE UUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!" Emma shouted running down the stairs at 6am.
"WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! SANTA CAME LAST NIGHT!" She yelled down the hall before running to the family room her eyes becoming large as she looked at all of the presents in the room. Presents were everywhere since there simply wasn't room under the tree for all of them. Squealing she turned and ran into each room waking everyone up.
When she reached the last room on the bottom level she opened the door and ran inside and smiled at the baby standing in her crib staring at her older cousin with curious eyes. Emma smiled walking over to Summer,
"Guess what Summer Santa came last night! We have to open presents!" When Summer heard presents she laughed
"Out," She said holding her arms out to Emma. The crib she was in was very secure and she didn't know how to escape from it like she did the crib she had at home. Emma bit her lip looking over at the bed where Gabriella and Troy were still sleeping then at the door where you could hear the noise of people waking up.
"Okay," She said bending into the crib and lifting Summer up with a little difficulty and placed her on the ground safely. "Stay," Emma said to Summer who only grinned in response showing off her teeth.
"Gabriella," Emma said shaking Gabriella softly. She liked Gabriella a lot and decided that she wouldn't wake her like she had her other cousins.
"Hmm?" Gabriella mumbled moving in her sleep closer to Troy who was in a deep sleep.
"Gabriella," Emma said again shaking her.
"Huh?" She asked opening her eyes and looking around her eyes landing on Summer, out of her crib, then to Emma.
"Santa came, come on," Emma said excitedly before running out of the room. Gabriella rubbed her eyes and looked around a moment before letting what Emma said register in her mind. Summer looked at her mom a moment longer before turning and running after Emma.
"Troy! Troy! Santa came, wake up!" Gabriella said before hopping out of bed and rushing to the family room where pretty much everyone was.
Erin, Suzanne and Julia were working on the hot chocolate and Amanda, Lucille and Jackie were starting with breakfast. Gabriella smiled walking into the family room getting a seat on the stairs watching as everyone worked together to get the presents to the right person. She smiled seeing the presents that she had bought getting passed around. Everyone had their own pile, each just as large as the other. Buying presents for this family wasn't an easy job but it had to be done.
"Where is Bolton?" Joe boomed looking around the group that were sitting. Everyone with the last name Bolton, and even those without, looked at one another before looking at Joe.
"Right here!" They all responded before laughing. Gabriella couldn't help but smile at the joke they just shared. Joe sighed trying not to smile.
"You walked right into that one man," Logan said laughing as he passed Lily a present.
"Whatever, I meant Troy." Joe said
"Well man you're in a house full of Bolton's you've got to be more specific," Kyle said as he counted the number of gifts in his pile.
"Gabriella, wake his ass up," Joe said looking at Gabriella who nodded standing and walking back to the bedroom.
Walking into their bedroom Gabriella smiled seeing Troy still in the same position he had been in when she left a few minutes ago. She crawled onto the bed and rubbed her hand on Troy's bare stomach just watching him sleep. He looked so innocent and cute like he was still in high school almost.
"Troy," She said softly seeing his mouth twitch slightly.
"Troy!" She said again looking at him as he still didn't move. Gabriella got off the bed and contemplated what to do when it finally hit her. She smirked at Troy before looking behind her making sure no one was coming.
"Troy I'm naked and I'm ready." She said in the most seductive voice she could at the moment. Seeing no reaction she went to the last thing she clould think of. She crawled back on the bed and and stood up on it walking over towards him. Sighing she looked behind her again before looking back at Troy. Then she started jumping up and down on the bed making Troy bounce along with her.
"Troy wake your ass up! Santa came last night wake up!" She exclaimed jumping up and down with a grin on her face very much enjoying herself. She continued jumping on the bed not realizing that Troy had awoken in the passing time. Troy stared at Gabriella who was jumping on the bed like she was still a little kid clearly enjoying herself. He shook his head looking around for his shirt which was on the floor and quickly put it over his head and stood up watching as Gabriella continued to jump oblivious to his presence.
"Troy, Troy, Troy, Troy, Tro – AHHHHHHH!" Gabriella screamed suddenly being lifted off the bed and tossed on Troy's shoulder. "PUT ME DOWN!" Gabriella yelled hitting Troy's butt
"Hell no! You woke me up!"
"It's Christmas!"
"So, no one should be awoken that way." Troy said walking out of the room with Gabriella screaming for him to put her down. When he reached the family room everyone laughed at the two of them.
"Troy put Gabriella down," Julia said with a smile.
"Thank you," "Gabriella said hitting Troy's butt again.
"If you keep doing that I'm really not going to let you down," Troy said looking around at the piles in the room. "Where's my pile?" Troy asked
"Summer is guarding it." Sarah said pointing at Summer who was trying to peel the wrapping paper off of a big gift.
"Hey that could be mine," Troy said stepping over people to get to Summer.
Summer stopped at the sound of her fathers voice and giggled at him. She looked at the presents and walked over to Troy and pulled on the leg of his sweatpants. When Troy looked down at her she pointed to the gift obviously wanting him to open it.
"Later Bunny," Troy said with wink.
"Can you let me down now? There is so much blood in my head I'm getting a headache." Gabriella grumbled finally getting Troy to set her down. Gabriella wobbled slightly trying to regain her balance.
"You okay?" Troy asked trying not to laugh but Gabriella just glared at him and sat down next to Summer on the floor.
"Oh come on," Troy said sitting down next to her but Gabriella ignored him.
"Oh looks like she's mad Troy," Jordan said with an amused smile on his face.
"She's not mad," Troy said
"No I am," Gabriella said to Jordan who burst into laughter seeing Troy's shocked face.
"Guess that Bolton charm doesn't work all the time, does it Troy?" Asia said passing him a gift and he took it giving her a glare.
"Play nice everyone," Amanda said coming into the room with a tray of mugs with hot chocolate inside.
"We are trying Aunt Amanda but it's hard when there are so many annoying people we have no choice but to be related to." Kylie said as she filmed everyone with her video camera.
"Kylie that's not true."
"She's right I don't think I can last another moment listening to Philip telling sex jokes!" Bristol exclaimed glaring at Philip who was in the middle of telling another joke.
"Listen now just because you aren't getting any on a regular basis doesn't mean you can get at me because I am!" Philip snapped back.
"For your information I'd rather have sex with someone I love and know don't have an STD so then I wouldn't have to call my brother to drive me to the clinic!" Bristol yelled making Philip gasp.
"TAKE THAT BACK!"
"NO!"
"Adam you told her? You dick I want my gift back!" Philip said standing going over to Adam's pile looking for the gift he had gotten him.
"HEY! You can't do that!" Adam said guarding his gifts.
"You always have to start a fight can't you ever just shut up!" Anya yelled at Bristol
"Well I can't just sit here and listen to him talk about the plural of platapus being platapussy!"
"Oh shut up you know you used to laugh at that joke," Steven said under his breath.
"Yea well you are one to talk, what about you telling everyone that you stopped smoking huh? You've been sneaking weed into this house every holiday and smoking it in the back yard!" Bristol yelled. Soon there were arguments going on everywhere between everyone even the adults as they tried to calm down the younger people in the group. Finally Suzanne couldn't stand it anymore and she stood up from her seat on the couch and whistled. Everyone became silent looking her way
"I am so dissappointed in all of you. This is a time to be together and love one another and you are just arguing over things that are irrelevant. Can we please get through this without any more fights please?" Suzanne glared at the family who was sitting in front of her before sitting down with a huff.
"Well Bristol started it," Sarah said under her breath
"No Kylie did –"
"I said enough!" Everyone became quiet avoiding eye contact with anyone in the room.
"I'll open my gifts first," Emma said quietly breaking the tension that was in the room making everyone smile as she opened her gifts in a hurry ripping the paper off the largest box she had and saw something she'd always wanted.
-x-
"Don't you look pretty," Bristol said walking into Gabriella's bathroom. Gabriella looked at her and smiled a blush coming on her face.
"Thanks," Gabriella said applying some mascara to her lashes. She sighed turning to Bristol "Do you have an asprin or something?"
"Yea I'll be right back," Gabriella smiled gratefully and continued to fix her face.
Bristol came back with an asprin and handed it to Gabriella who quickly put it in her mouth and swallowed. She grabbed a cup off the counter and filled it with some water and took a few sips before sighing.
"Thanks," Gabriella looking Bristol up and down.
"Hot date?" She teased making Bristol blush this time as she looked in the mirror fixing her bangs.
"No, I just thought I bought this dress months ago may as well wear it."
"I know what you mean, I bought that dress while I was pregnant. I figured I should just wear it." Gabriella said motioning to the dress hanging on the bathroom door.
"Whoa this is a dress alright…and you bought it while you were pregnant? Geez woman you're going to kill all of my cousins."Gabriella laughed turning to look at it too.
"It's not too much is it?" Gabriella asked looking at the beige Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti Sequin-embellished silk dress.
"It's a stunner for sure, but you can wear it. We are all dressing up since we never get to actually dress up. You should see Asia's dress, it's strapless and red and she has these heels that are to die for!" Bristol squealed.
"Can't wait, where did the guys go?" Gabriella asked having not seen Troy since the girls decided to all get ready.
"Oh they're in the basement." Bristol said rolling her eyes. "They probably haven't even started getting dressed yet. They are most likely sitting around in their boxers and t-shirt drinking beer." Gabriella nodded looking in the mirror at herself deciding that she'll keep her hand down in curls for tonight.
"Alright, want to help me get in this dress?" Gabriella asked giving Bristol a smile.
-x-
"Mommy," Gabriella looked up at the door as she was putting on her beige Yves Saint Laurent Tribute patent-leather sandals. She smiled as Lucille walked in with Summer in her arms both dressed in their dresses for the evening.
"Oh you both look beautiful!" Gabriella said standing up and taking Summer from Lucille's arms and kissing her on the head.
"Did you have fun with grandma?" Gabriella asked fixing the necklace that Summer was wearing that Lucille and Jack had bought for her.
"Yea," She said playing with Gabriella's hair.
"Thanks for getting her dressed," Gabriella said smiling at Lucille who waved her hand
"No problem I was delighted to do it," Lucille said smiling.
"What time are we eating?" Gabriella asked looking at the clock
"At 1 cause we don't want Troy late for his flight." Lucille said softly. Gabriella nodded bouncing Summer slightly before following Lucille out of the room.
"You look beautiful by the way Gabriella," Lucille said as they walked into the family room where some of the other girls were.
"Whoa Gabriella you are one hot mama," Sam said giving Gabriella a wink
"Well thank ya," said in response.
-x-
"You know," Troy said walking over to Gabriella as she stood by the window watching it snow. Gabriella smiled turning to look up at him "I think I deserve a kiss," Gabriella gave him a look
"Oh really?" Troy nodded "Why?"
"Well look up," Troy said looking up and Gabriella followed his eyes to see a mistletoe hanging above them. Gabriella blushed looking out the window
"I guess you're right," Gabriella said smiling Troy chuckled leaning down and moving some hair behind her eyes letting his fingers linger on her skin making her shiver. She wrapped her arms around his neck and grinned up at him not able to stop the blush that came to her cheeks and the butterflies in her stomach.
Troy smiled again wrapping his arms around her waist and kissed her lightly at first but slowly started to get more into the kiss. Gabriella laughed slightly as she threaded her fingers through his hair loving the feeling she had at that moment. Even if Troy did have to leave later she was living in the now and this was where she was going to focus attention. They pulled apart letting their foreheads touch before kissing again both with smiles on their lips.
"Oh ew, mommy and daddy are kissing!" They both turned to see Summer being held up by Philip who was trying to talk like a baby girl. Gabriella laughed while Troy glared at Philip. Gabriella moved from Troy's embrace and took Summer into her arms kissing her cheek.
"Philip one of these days man," Troy said shaking his head and giving him a shove.
"What man?" Philip said with a laugh
"Everyone come to the table it's time to eat!" Erin called as everyone headed to the table taking their seats. The sound of Christmas music playing in the background and the sound of the fire was heard in the room. The family said a prayer and started to eat their meal all of the frustrations that they had been through that day, that month or even that year, didn't seem important anymore. They told stories and laughed and smiled and just enjoyed each other's presence since in the end you'll always have family.
Through the years we all will be together and if the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bow,
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
It's short but yea...I thought the end was cute...(:
I have one thing to ask of you guys. In your review I would like you to tell me one question you would ask the Gabriella in my story if you were to interview her.
I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years Eve and enjoy the New Year! 2011 (time to start fresh ;)
I love you guys seriously thankful for all of you.
xoxo Zoe