(Author's note: Sorry for the delay folks! Real life crap happened, along with me getting sick. And I'm still recovering from it. :( But enjoy the long chapter! Its what ya get for being so patient! :) and as always, tell us what ya think! We love to hear from you guys! BTW, Christmas is finally done for them! XD
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Chapter 26
When Daryl would come back into the main room he would be able to pick up the small struggles of her voice. "Hold still you. You just gotta wear it for a few minutes . . . Promise." She frowned as a set of small jaws clamped down on the dark red ribbon while the rest of its body flopped and wiggled around in her lap, tail flopping wildly. But the playing with Madison ended as its light eyes picked up the shadow of Daryl coming out of the hall way before bouncing away from her, and jumping up against his legs. Trying to roll over onto her belly for him to pet on.
"Damn it . . ." She whispered while her face blushed up, really unsure how he would feel about their new addition . . . Another big mouth to feed. "Merry Christmas . . ." She meeked softly as the langy puppy scampered back her way.
Daryl frowned as he heard Mads struggle with . . . Kitchi? His brows furrowed as the scurry of paws came at him and there was this reddish pup in front of him, that was obviously not Kitchi. He blinked, not expecting this. He lips twitched up as the dog looked up at him with what looked like a big, love me grin. He strode over to her with a smile and sat down beside Mads, the puppy launching herself into his lap. Laughing softly, he pet her, which calmed her, even if the tail was wagging a hundred miles a second. "I love her . . . She's adorable . . ." He looked down at her as he scratched behind her ears, Kitchi already coming over to investigate her. She sneezed, making Kitchi step back. Daryl chuckled and stroked his head, "What ya think boy? Question is, what will we name her?"
Madison gave a tiny smile, "You do? Thank god." She sighed loudly, brushing her bangs away from her face. "I was so worried you'll be like . . . A dog? You got me a freaking dog?" She chuckled a small bit, sitting up on her knees close to them. "She's been with Merle for about a month so . . . Who knows what habits she's picked up." Madison giggled a small bit at the way Kitchi sniffed at the puppy, lucky enough they was only a little apart, with Kitchi the older one. "She is for Noah too of course, but I couldn't hide her all night plus . . . He won't really understand, and he met her once already."
He chuckled at that. "Yeah, probably bad habits . . ." He grinned at this. "She beautiful love . . ." He leaned in and kissed the corner of her mouth. But of course the new pup wanted to join in and jumped up to lick both of their lips. "Ahh!" He pushed the dog away with a grin. He shook his head and ruffled the top of her head. "Training . . . it's what ya need . . ."
Madison giggled a little bit, scratching under her chin. "She has Kitchi for that. As well as you cause ya really rounded him to be a pretty awesome dog, and he isn't even a dog." She grinned as he would but his head against her hand so she would give him attention instead of the bright colored puppy, which she happily scratched behind his ears. "Hey, no getting jealous. I still love you too, you just gotta share me even more." She teased, hugging around his neck loosely and kissing the side of his head. "So come on. Whatta gonna name her? I mean you thought of Kitshi's name, and then Noah's sweet name."
"Hmm . . ." He thought for a moment, wondering what he would name her. He looked down at her, her big very light brown eyes. "Nova . . ." He murmured softly. She seemed to approve for she happily licked at his wrist. She even looked up at him with those amber colored eyes. "Nova it is . . ." She barked softly and Daryl immediately shushed her by pushing her jaws closed. "Baby's sleeping . . ." He rumbled, even if she squirmed about. He smiled and looked at Mads then. "So would you like one of your gifts now then?" He grinned. "If so . . . serious gift or naughty one?"
"Oh I like that one. Fits her really well, with how bright she is." Madison shifted around so that she could lay back onto the floor puffing out a large breath of air shutting her eyes lightly. After being scolded, Kitchi bumped Nova on the side wiggling his tail and lower half a bit before she would pounce on him with the two of them starting to wrestle around with soft growls. Mads chuckled, "If the naughty one involves sex . . . I'm far to tired for that. Think you forget that I have been up since six this morning, and you also just had to get me all rowdy at the big house." She blushed, peaking over at him. "Which will be talked about for months by your brother and Maggie, thank you for that." She piped, giving him a playful glare. "Buttt . . . I feel like I should say naughty one cause . . . The baby is asleep and all . . . Enjoy some quiet time together."
He grinned as they both began to play. He couldn't believe that this was his life. That his life completely changed a few months ago when it seems like a lifetime ago. His life used to be misery, pain and loneliness. And now he had all this. He had a roof over his head, a great woman, wonderful child and two beautiful pups. He wondered how he deserved all this, and felt humbled by the almighty. He grinned at her, his only retort to the rowdy part, "You liked it . . . so your welcome. You won't be the only one they'll be talking about anyway." He nodded with a grin and pulled out a dark green box with a bright red ribbon on it. He handed it to her with smirk, "Here ya go Wren . . ."
When she opened the box, it would reveal gleaming metal on top of something red and lacy. Her hand would pull the handcuffs out as she looked over at him, which he was only smirking harder but with a small blush creeping on his face. When she pulled the fabric out, she would see that it was a red corset with black lace that covered it. The box even held the matching black lace panties and stockings. "Ya don't have to put it on now . . . But ya can definitely wear it tomorrow . . ." He grinned, hoping for it.
Mads rolled over to lay out on her belly as he slid the box her way, peeling the ribbon off it and slipping the paper open quickly before pulling the box open. When she picked up the handcuffs the look on her face fell hard with a matching blush with her eyes quickly hitting onto her boyfriend, then quickly going back to investigate the rest of the box, while she looked a little intimadated by the handcuffs, she really did like the corset piece. "Wow Daryl . . . This is really beautiful in that semi . . . Erotic way I guess." She blushed more, sitting up onto her knees again, scooting over to sit right in front of him. While she thought about going to put it on, Madison re-thought about it as she wanted to wear it in a moment where it would surprise him most. "We'll see . . ." She teased, wiggling her eye brows before picking up the handcuffs. "But these? Is it for you to use, or maybe just maybe . . . I'm suppose to use these on you?" She smirked with a gleam in her eyes.
He chuckled at her reaction, for it was priceless. "We can use them on each other . . . Even though, if you use them on me, I'll be afraid I'll break them." He blushed at this. "But we can always try them . . . Ya never know." He grinned, even though a big blush was gracing his cheeks then.
Madison giggled a little bit, leaning towards him pressing her forehead up into his own, with the both of her hands resting against his thighs followed by pushing her lips into his own hard. The kiss held alot of passion, love along with the feeling of longing, want, and need for him. A kiss that only his lips could ever stir from her. Just as the kiss was starting to get heat behind it, Madison pulled away with a tiny smile glancing into his eyes. "I love you." She whispered, giving another quick kiss before rising to her feet. "I hear an empty bed calling our name." She spoke with a grin, nodding for him to follow her. Kitchi already running before her so that the new dog wouldn't get his spot on the bed.
He watched her come towards him and his heart began to race. His own hand wrapped around her neck, the other tangling in her hair as he kissed her back. "I love you too . . ." He rumbled and grinned, following her eagerly.
~~~~~~~~~~ Brena and Eddie ~~~~~~~~~~~
Brena unlocked the apartment and strode in, Eddie following her as Collie-dog greeted them. Brena patted her head and slipped off her shoes. She looked back at Eddie and smiled, her heart beginning to race as she thought what she was going to do. "Want anything to drink?" She asked him as she moved into the kitchen. When he nodded, she grabbed a Root beer for him and gave it to him after he plopped down in the chair. She moved her hands down his shoulders to his chest as she leaned down to kiss his cheek. "Gonna switch into something comfortable, okay?" She smiled and squeezed his shoulders slightly.
She sashayed into her room, undoing her hair from her kind of up do, so it fell down in waves down her back. She disappeared in her room then. Eddie closed his eyes for he was a little tired, but he couldn't help but wonder what Brena had up her sleeve. Grinning, he began to wonder and fantasize. While he did so, Brena slid out of her clothes and slid on the leopard nightie she fell in love with. It stopped at her upper thigh, just covering her sex, which she wore black lace panties. The top part of the nightie was also black lace that cupped her perky c-cup breasts. She quickly touched up her eyeliner and lips and she was ready.
She swallowed back her nervousness and looked out the door. Brena couldn't help but stare, cause he did look good. He sat back relaxed, his head tipped back to show the strong thick neck he had, that led down to those strong broad shoulders she so loved. A shiver went down her spine, for she couldn't help but think of touching said shoulders. She took a deep breath and stepped out, her hips rocking seductively, her feet silent as she approached him.
As soon as he sat back into the chair after kicking his boots away, he gave Collie-dog a good pat on the ears. "Go lay down now." He spoke as Brena would get his drink, keeping his eyes open long enough to watch Collie dart off down the hall with Brena, most likely wanting to lay up in her bed. His buzz from the drinks he had that night was starting to ware down out of his system, making him feel the effects of feeling drowsy and a bit tired, didn't help that the chair was so flipping comfortable. Part of him was begging for him to rise up, slip off down that hallway to scoop Brena up into that bed and fall into a deep comfortable sleep with her, but the dead tired part of him wasn't moving an inch. That was until she came back.
Brena couldn't help but grin when he still didn't notice her. She stepped up behind him and began to rub those shoulders of his once more, loving the feel of his muscles beneath. "Ready for your present?" She practically purred. Once he opened his dark blue eyes, she smiled. She stopped rubbing and went to stand in front of him, her eyes very heated and full of promise. "Now . . . You don't have to do anything you don't wanna do. Ain't forcing you to sleep with me, ain't expecting it either. This is a gift to you . . . Me looking like this . . . " A grin split over her lips as she looked down at his abs and even lower. "And me making you feel really good . . ." She leaned forward and caught his lips with hers in a deep, passionate heated kiss. But before it could get to heated, she pulled away and slid down his strong lean frame, never taking her eyes off his. Her hands were quick to pull his shirt off, unbuckle and unzip his pants. She reached inside, and her grin grew wider when she found him very hard. She pulled him free from his confines as she licked her lips once more. "Merry Christmas baby . . ." She purred while she gently stroked him, and before he could speak or do anything to stop her, her mouth descended to take the head of his cock inside.
"That feels nice." He whispered, keeping his eyes closed as a soft groan pushed from his lips as she would rub his tense shoulders. "Is this the present?" He pondered out-loud becoming pretty excited at the idea of Brena giving him a massage, knowing it would most likely put him to sleep easily in the chair. But when his eyes landed onto her, his sem-slouched position jerked up while he gave a hearty cough, in that nervous manner as he could feel his jeans growing tighter. Now Edwin wasn't really the type of guy to feel aroused by a woman in a sexy outfit as he really liked to admire them well . . . Naked, tangled with him in bed. But Brena sent that hard lump into his throat with his jeans constricting quicker then ever before. His hands cupped up at her face when their lips met hungrily, kissing her back eagerly, grinning as he could still taste that sweet tart of her blueberry pie. Just as his hands was gonna tangle into her hair and grab her up by the hips to push her into his waiting lap, she was already gone, and he was helping her remove his own shirt.
"Merry Christmas indeed." He mumbled, rolling his head back in a slight groan with his fingers tangling up into her hair, trying so hard not to throw his hips up as the feeling of her warm mouth enclosed around his rock hard member. "Fuck Kitten . . ." He grumbled, holding his head up to look back down at her.
She shivered as she felt his strong hands tangle in her hair. Brena took a deep breath through her nose and took him even deeper in her mouth. Her eyes were still locked on his face, wanting to watch him. Watch for any tell of pleasure or pain. She wrapped her thumb and forefinger around the base of his cock as she began to bob on his manhood. He tasted all man, and smelled musky and woodsy. God, she knew if she touched herself right now, she'd find herself very slick with excitement. Her fingers gently squeezed him as she suckled him in deeper, carefully using her teeth as a pleasure tool to gently scrape him.
Eddie's fingers loosened up in her hair, drawing them back before pushing them threw once more to take another light grip with his other hand, slightly grabbing onto the arm of the chair. Eddie has had a blow job a few times in his life but he never had something as intense as the one she was given him, as he had never felt so close to the edge as soon as he was in the current moment. Wouldn't help that Edwin hadn't gotten this type of action in a long while making him completely pent up, and it just had to be Brena to help him let loose of that pent up feeling.
Her perceptive eyes took in how he gripped the chair and would have smiled if she could. Every move he made that showed she was giving him pleasure merely made her feel good. Just knowing she was pleasing him, pleased her to no end. Taking another long deep breath, she did another trick she knew of, at least read about in her romance novels, and began to hum, which made her mouth gently vibrate along his cock. Still bobbing her head along his shaft, she continued to pleasure him as she kept getting wetter and wetter. Once a groan escaped him, she whimpered, then continued to hum, but her hand dropped down, her fingers sliding into her panties to touch and pleasure herself. A moan broke the humming she was doing as her hips bucked into her hand.
He moaned out, driving his hips up a few small times, unable to keep himself still for a second, he was so close to the edge. So when she started to hum on him Eddie sat up a little more, bringing both of his hands to hold onto her hair, carefully keeping an slight grip, as the lower part of his body grew tight and tense. It didn't help that her eyes was full of lust, promise and desire. Fucking bedroom eyes right there. And was she? Fuck she was! She was playing with herself as he caught sight of her hand moving down there. Since he didn't want to wake most the people on the floor Eddie gave a soft roar like noise as his orgasm erupted into her mouth, hips jerking around from the intense feeling of it.
But as soon as he felt spent, Eddie quickly pulled her up away from his manhood, sitting her back to quickly pluck her up by the hips and spin them around. Now Brena was sitting in the chair with himself settled onto the ground, lips pressing at the base of her knee, inching his way up her thigh slowly. "My turn." He smirked in a growl as his rough warm hand slid up slowly helping part herself open for him.
She saw his reaction and was immensely proud of herself, could even feel his reaction on her tongue. Her eyes widened when it seemed like he grew in her mouth slightly, just as his cream erupted from him. She sucked him in deeper so she didn't have to taste so much of it all at once and swallowed. Her mouth milked him until he was panting and there was nothing left. Pulling away, she smiled, but it was short lived for she was being pulled up from the floor and pushed back into the chair, though her ass was on the edge of it. Her deep blue green eyes widened at the turn of the events, her heart already pounding at his words. She licked her lips, her breathing already growing shallower.
Brena swallowed and opened her legs wide for him. Just feeling his hands on her thighs made her shiver with want, his touch leaving her feeling hot. "Eddie . . ." She breathed, not even sure what she was trying to say. She only knew that she was turned on beyond her usual arousal.
Eddie didn't need to touch or look at her to know she was aroused, in wanting, because he could smell it alone. But his advancing hands and lips paused a second before any attention would be given to her awaiting core. "Gonna be okay with this?" He asked lightly, not wanting to put this onto her unless she was ready for it. Not wanting to screw up the one good thing he had.
She swallowed, her head bobbed as she looked down at him. "Oh yeah . . . Been waiting . . ." She blushed as she admitted this. "Been . . . wishing for a little more than just kisses . . ." Her heart hammered as she made the admission. She licked her lips, her hand sliding his own up her thigh more. "Please touch me Eddie . . . I want this . . . But only if you want this next step . . ." She swallowed. She didn't want to push him. Sex was his weakness, so she knew to go slow. She wouldn't go further than this, even if they both wanted it. She didn't want to ruin a good thing either.
The hair along the back of his neck rose when she asked him to touch her which quickly drew a spark from his chest and lips kissing into her thigh, teeth grazing the skin to leave a small enough mark. Brena didn't have to ask him twice as his head dipped in allowing his warm tongue to press flat against her sex drawing it up slowly, groaning in a shudder at the mere taste of her. After the long torturous lap, Edwin's tongue swirled around her nub, barely touching against it, drawing the tip of his finger along her warm entrance.
She gasped, her leg jumping slightly when his mouth worked her skin. Her breathing grew even more ragged as he moved up her legs, her heart hammering so hard in her chest. Electricity shot through her whole body when he pressed his tongue against her, her hands reaching out and grabbed those strong shoulders. "Oh! Oh god!" She breathed, her back already arching as pleasure shot through her veins. Her nails gently bit into his flesh as he teased and blissfully tortured her.
His dark blues flicked her way, making a small hiss as her fingers gripped into his skin, fighting every damn fiber in his body to keep himself from pouncing on her fully. His tongue rubbed against her clit slightly, before sucking against it as he wiggled a single finger up inside of her, craving every feeling as she clung tight against the single digit.
She cried out softly, her blood rushing through her veins, making her flush hard. God, she hadn't been this turned on in so long. And she was so wet . . . Her pleasure was coiling tighter and tighter in her belly, that she knew that her orgasm wouldn't be those pathetic little things she got from herself, but a massive one that would leave her dazed and twitching for awhile. "Eddie . . ." She moaned his name, her hips bucking into his hand.
Eddie smirked a little as he would add another finger inside her, knowing that she had to be almost there for him. He would pump his fingers at a light pace teasing at her, drawing her just to the edge but denying her each and every time with the slow agonizing withdrawal. Eddie wanted to give her the best that he could, something that could leave her weak in the legs for weeks and remembering it for the next few months. So with out warning, his fingers pressed inside of her quickly, pressing against her sweet spot, hooking and curling his fingers against it with quick rabbit like strokes.
She shuddered feeling tighter as he added another finger. She gasped, her nails digging harder into his flesh as he teased her. She whimpered as he kept drawing her closer and closer to that edge. She was so damn close. She gasped hard, not expecting the sudden tidal wave of pleasure to consume her, leaving her gasping, her nails biting into his flesh as she cried out his name. Her cream coated his fingers as she shuddered in the chair in front of him.
Withdrawing his fingers from her creaming sheath, Edwin replaced them with his tongue silently lapping as much as he could from her. Once the sweet taste was gone, he sat back planting a light kiss against her upper thigh before inching his way up along her. "Now that was a Christmas gift." He winked, pressing his lips against her cheek before pecking on her lips. "Come on." He stated, tucking himself back into his jeans, even if it was a little difficult for he never truly got limp. He stayed hard because of the taste of her and her reactions. Eddie wrapped his arms around her, picking her up from the chair, knowing she was most likely to spent to walk back into the bedroom. "I think there is a bed calling our names now."
She gasped, starting to come down from her pleasure high when more electric sparks shot through her when he lapped at her. "Oh! Oh Eddie!" She was so sensitive, but she wouldn't stop him. She moaned and he finally pulled away, leaving her shuddering. She swallowed the lump in her throat and could barely speak. Her eyes were already closed as he pulled her in his strong arms, and she moaned in agreement. When he slid her into the bed, she pulled him in with her. She immediately curled into him, her body still shaking from the after shocks from time to time. Knowing she would fall asleep any second, she murmured sleepily, "Merry Christmas . . ."
When she would awake again Brena would find her bed empty but the warm smell of coffee and bacon with the added smell of warm cinnamon apple. The inviting smell was being created by the one and only Edwin Jenner Jr. as he stood near the stove with a cup of coffee in one hand while the other lightly rubbed at the front of his bare chest, adorn with a pair of sweat pants that barely hung against his hips. Collie-dog laid on the floor behind him watching with good eyes if he would drop any kind of food onto the floor. Eddie had cooked up a small stack of fluffy pancakes, topped with the crumbles of an apple crisp sitting on a tray he was lucky enough to find and once the bacon was finished, he sat it onto the plate, followed by a cup of orange juice for Brena. There was also a tiny little rose flower sitting on the tray with an long small boxed present below it. "Come on Collie-dog, lets go wake 'er up now." He grinned, whistling for the dog as he picked up the tray and carried it towards her bedroom.
The happy little dog ran along, jumping into the bed with an small bark before stepping to gently give a few kisses at Brena's arm. "Hey snoozing Kitten . . . Gonna wake up anytime soon? Almost noon, and its Christmas." Eddie called out with a light smile on his face. "While I want to spend the day in bed with you, among other things . . . " He paused at that licking his lips remembering last night very well. "I don't want ya sleeping it away!"
"Mmm . . ." The smell of bacon was what was waking her. It only reminded her of her father, which brought a smile on her lips. But she was never a true morning person, so it took a little bit to get her actually moving out of bed. So she was awake, just merely enjoying the last few minutes of laying in bed. She took a deep breath, smelling that delicious smell of bacon.
Brena immediately grinned when she felt the dog jump up and gave her kisses. Then Eddie's voice, it only warmed her heart to hear it. Her eyes opened to take in his shirtless form and smirked, a blush creeping on her cheeks. She sat up with a grin, "You are very sweet . . . You didn't have to do this, but thank you . . ." She leaned up to plant a kiss to his lips, only to steal a slice of bacon, so that when she pulled away she could pop it in her mouth.
Eddie kissed her back, wishing his hands wasn't so full to keep them together longer but with a little sigh, he sat the tray down into her lap plopping next to her. "But I did have to do it cause well . . . You ain't the only one that needs to be cooking for us and well . . . Wanna prove that I'm more then just a pretty face." He smirked with a playful chuckle, drawing his hands to rub at Collie's ears. "Hope ya like it. My grandma used to make those for us every Christmas before she passed on. I think I was the only one that learned how to make the dang thing too."He grinned eyeing from her and towards the gift on the tray. "Sorry I didn't get ya much . . . I spent alot of my money on things for when Aubrey comes."
"It looks great . . . You do know I don't mind cooking, but this only tells me we can take turns . . ." She grinned and winked. "I also never thought you as a pretty face . . . even if you are handsome." She grinned, and poured syrup on the pancakes. "I know I won't be able to eat all these, but I will try . . ." She grinned as she grabbed her fork and cut into them, then brought it to her mouth. "Mmm . . . These are really good." She mumbled out as she sat the fork down and grabbed the rose to smell it. "Roses and daffodils are my favorite . . ." She said softly as she smelled the sweet scent of it. She set the dark red flower on the tray only to pick up the box next. "It's okay . . . I understand." Her fingers pulled the top of the box off to reveal what was inside.
Eddie gave a light shrug. "If you can't, I know someone that would love to have them." He commented as the dog would lick on her chops carefully watching Brena pop the fluffy pancakes into her mouth, almost giving a light whine. "Guess I was lucky in picking out a flower then, cause I really went out on a whim with that, guessing that all woman like roses." He shrugged again with a smile. "I'm good at guessing stuff." He then watched as she would open the box, his heart rushing quickly.
When she pulled the box open she would find a sterling silver bracelet inside with a few charms dangling off the edges. "I figured I'll get you more as time goes on. For now I just got some basic ones for you to start with." Eddie whispered, looking down at his hands before back at her. She had a charm with an open book, a little music note, another that was a pure golden heart, and the last charm he got for her was a little cat. "Do ya like it?"
"Mine's a different reason for the rose . . ." She smirked and thought of Stephen King. She gasped when she saw the bracelet, her heart racing once more, but this for a different reason as her heart warmed. "It's beautiful . . ." She breathed and looked at it for a minute, then looked at him. "I love it!" She murmured and yanked him into a hug, placing a sweet but sticky kiss to his soft lips. When she pulled back, she had a hundred watt smile that reached her eyes. She gave the bracelet to him and held her wrist out so he could put it on.
Eddie sighed in relief as she was happy with it, circling an arm around her waist while in the hug holding her tightly in the kiss, grinning at the sugary syrup taste of them. "I'm glad ya like it. Took me loads of time trying to find all these charms cause their was so many of them but nothing that really fit you. The heart took me forever cause most of them was ruby, but I wanted to give you a gold one cause well . . . Ya have a heart of gold in there." He smiled lightly, taking the bracelet into his hand, undoing the clasp before wrapping it around her wrist. "Plus I was worried if you would think it was too . . . kidish in a way too."
God she couldn't stop smiling, and her heart . . . it was doing weird things in her chest. It felt like it was to warm, and that it would explode. She shook her head, "Never . . ." She murmured as he placed the bracelet on her wrist. "You're really sweet Eddie . . . Thank you . . ." She whispered and leaned in to kiss him sweetly. It felt like her heart was in her throat as she kissed him, her fingers slipping into his hair as she kissed him a little deeper.
Edwin's cheeks went red in a blush, causing his hands to rub on his chin an bit, hoping to distract the fact he was blushing like crazy before her. "Don't thank me, I wanted you to have something nice from me. Ain't often that I get something this good in my life, also because I like ya Brena . . . Alot." He stumbled around with his words before her lips crashed into his own. But before the kiss could get any deeper, he pulled himself away a few inches, resting his hand on her cheek rubbing lightly with his thumb.
His words made her heart feel bigger and so damn special that she couldn't even put it in words how she felt. She smiled at him, her sea blue green eyes locked on his. His thumb leaving a hot trail on her cheek. She wanted to say something . . . But she was afraid it was to earlier. Maybe to early to tell for her, or to early to tell him. So instead of saying anything, she just enjoyed the moment. After a moment, she reluctantly pulled back, to look at her forgotten breakfast. "It's getting cold . . ." She said softly with a frown and took a bite of her pancakes. "Oh!" And before she could explain, she pushed the tray forward so she could get up and ran out to the living room. She grabbed the last remaining box underneath the tree and came running back into the bedroom, a blush riding high on her cheeks as she grinned goofily at him. "My present to you is no way as special as yours, but you'll definitely have fun with it . . ." She said with a small laugh and handed the wrapped box to him.
As he opened the present, she ate her pancakes, even if they were cold, and still enjoyed them. Once he revealed the present, he would see that it was a Spy Rover RC Tank that he could play with. He could use it indoor and outdoors, anywhere pretty much. Eddie could control it with his smart phone. Use it in the dark, while it could take videos or photos and had a two way audio. "Ya like it?" She asked nervously.
The inner kid came out in him when Eddie ripped the paper off the box and saw the RC car inside, not forgetting it was a friggin' Tank! "Brena this is pretty damn cool! I loved these things as a kid! Of course I never had one this fancy before . . . Thanks babe." He grinned, leaning over to peck her cheek a few times. "I can use this to annoy the assholes at work, namely my twin." He gave a evil smirk at that as he hopped out of the bed to grab his pocket knife from his jean pocket. "Do ya have some batteries? Lets see what this baby can do shall we?"
She grinned when she saw he liked it. "Good!" Brena laughed when he began kissing her cheek. "Yeah, they're in the junk drawer in the living room." She was still giggling softly when he rushed out of the room to get them, and she was left to eat her breakfast. She hadn't felt this good in a long damn time.
~~~~Back at Mad's and Daryl's place~~~~
It was Noah that woke him first. He got up quickly, wanting to let Mads sleep in a little more, as he went to calm Noah. He grabbed Noah up from his crib, changed his soggy diaper and went into the kitchen to make a fresh bottle. Noah calmed as soon as he saw he saw that Daryl was getting him a bottle. Once he was done, he plopped them both in the chair and turned on Looney Tunes, both dogs curling at his feet. He grinned down at them and petted them with his foot. He only wore his boxers as he lounged, feeding his son and watching Looney Tunes til Mads got up.
For the first time in a good while, Madison had slept like a brick because normally if Daryl or Kitchi would leave her alone in the bed, she would wake up imminently. But she was just so tired from waking up early the day before and all the work she put in for the party alone, then drinking like she did and of course . . . Daryl just had get her all riled up and aroused that day too.
About a half hour after him, Madison was shuffling her feet across the floor as she entered the living room, giving a tired smile at the two boys on the chair. "It's cold in here." She mumbled a bit, shuffling over to them and quickly plopping into her spot which was on Daryl's lap in the free arm he had. Madison softly planted a kiss on Noah's head, making him smile before titling her head up to plant one on Daryl's lips. "Merry Christmas, baby." While Daryl was alone in his boxers, Madison was only in one of the random shirts of his she found to sleep in. Most mornings Madison was pretty easy to wake up since she was used to being awake in early hours, plus she normally helped deal with Noah while Daryl got ready for school, but this time she was having a pretty hard time. "I still feel so tired. Don't let me drink anything when I'm already tired to begin with. Barely had much last night and I feel hungover." She mumbled, hiding her face in the side of his neck while lightly rubbing her finger up along the side of Noah's face, gently caressing him. Licking over her lips, she sat up slightly. "Come on. I have more stuff for you, and him of course. We can open the stuff and I'll make us some breakfast." She smiled, slowly standing up again.
Noah was happily snuggled into him and belly full when Mads came in. He cooed and gurgled, greeting her as she joined them on Daryl's lap. "I don't think it's cold . . ." Daryl rumbled, but pulled her closer into him. "And Merry Christmas darlin' . . . Even though I let ya sleep in, it didn't seem to do ya any good . . ." He frowned at this. "Probably cause you were up so early yesterday . . ." He rumbled back at her, planting a kiss in her messy red locks. When she moved to get up, Daryl's hand gently took her wrist, making her look at him. "Don't have to make breakfast . . . I'll cook today . . ." He smirked. "My treat to you." He rocked harder in the recliner, so that the momentum helped him get up. Once standing in front of her, he looked down into her darker blue eyes and planted a tender loving kiss to her lips. "Present time . . ." He grinned against her lips at this, even murmured, "Even though I like this present right here."
Madison lent up on her toes to kiss at him back, stepping up closer till her hand pressed against his side, caressing it gently with her finger tips. "Mmmhmm . . . Couldn't agree with you more." She murmured with a playful grin before pulling back a little. "I mean look at him! The best cutest gift in the world." She cooed leaning to give Noah a bunched of kisses on his cheeks, making the kisses a little loud so he would smile for them. "Now come on . . . I got more to make him twice as cute!" She tugged Daryl's hand over to the tree with her. "Okay so all of these ones are yours." She said waving her hand around the boxes that was wrapped in green and red paper. "And all of this stuff." Which was along the base of the tree and some more hidden up under it. "Is stuff I got Noah that you didn't know about."
He chuckled as she teased him and watched with a grin as she played with Noah. Daryl followed behind her and sat down close to the tree. "Jeese Wren . . . Ya didn't have to get that much . . ." He chuckled as both pups came bounding over to investigate. Noah immediately looked at the both of them, fascinated. Nova not used to him, began licking his face. Noah squeaked with excitement, his little pudgy hand reaching out to touch and pat Nova, but instead smacked her in his excitement. Chuckling, since Daryl watched this, he turned back to Mads and told her, "Your presents are the blue and gold ones." He smirked. There was five presents, tucked somewhat close to Noah's. All in various sizes. He smirked at her. "Wanna do Noah's first?"
"Well . . . He needs clothes and stuff, plus all of this is stuff I have found since he was born too. Most of it is just clothes with a small bit of toys." She stated as she sat down next to them, propping up on her knees. Kitchi sat near her, flopping himself over and forcing his head into her lap so she would give him a little bit of attention to which she happily rubbed under his chin. She felt like her smile couldn't get any bigger with out breaking her face in half as Nova would gently play with Noah, though the pup didn't stay long, scampering over to the redhead after she had enough of Noah's fingers smacking into her. "Yeah okay. You can do some of yours too, but the really long one on the bottom, and this one here." She said pointing to a medium sized one close to the big long one. "They're special ones." She smiled, grabbing a few of the little gifts she got for Noah an tore open a tiny bit of the paper, before handing it to the baby so he could play with it.
"Special huh?" He asked with a smirk. He pulled his presents close to him so he wouldn't have to reach far. He laid Noah on his belly on the floor so he could play and pulled one of the presents to him. He wanted to leave the special ones for last. He started opening his presents.
Madison nodded with an grin. "Special and its not what your thinking. I'm sure you gave me that special gift, your wanting for yourself last night." She teased with a blush as she brushed some hair out of her eyes. Most of the boxes had some new shirts and jeans for him, since most of his jeans was torn in and just ready to be tossed out for the greater good, there was also some cologne, and a brand new dark brown Carhartt jacket for him. "Okay, do the big one first, cause I don't know how you will react to the smaller one." She stated quickly snagging it from him before he would open it with a little smile. "Its the super special gift this one."
So when he opened the long heavy present and cut the seal open with his knife, Daryl would slide out a beautiful vintage rifle that looked as good as the day it was made years and years ago. "I know your gonna ask, so Hershel is the one that bought it for me, since I can't really buy them myself. Though its pretty old looking, it still works cause I had it fixed so that you could use it and shoot it if ya like too. But since I took you and your already growing collection of weapons figured I would help you collect another." She smiled lightly, leaning forward to help Noah open a little more of his present, which was a soft teething cloth that he could chew on.
He was glad to see some clothes, for he knew he needed some new ones. Some of his old ones were getting pretty bad. He definitely liked the jacket, even pulled it on with a grin. His brow went up when she said about the smaller one, but let it go with a smile. His eyes grew wide when he opened the box to reveal that vintage rifle. He turned his eyes back to her, surprised. "Damn Wren . . . Fuckin' beautiful . . ." His fingers trailed down it, almost like a caress. He blinked, knowing he would have to thank the old man for helping her get this for him. "Wow . . ." He murmured, then looked at the smaller box. He reluctantly put the rifle back in the box, wanting to test it now.
"Okay now this one." She smiled, growing really nervous over this gift as she handed it over to him. Once he got everything unwrapped and opened the box to peel back the dark tissue paper, he would find a antler photo frame with the photo she took of him and Noah the first time he held him, the shot over his shoulder so it had Noah looking up at him and some of Daryl looking back at him. The photo itself was in black and white, and had a little metal piece with Noah's full name engraved on it, and his birth date on it. "Kinda feel like Dixon men wouldn't want stuff like this, but I feel like this is something you need to have. For both himself and you." She said softly, nervously playing with her hands.
Once back in the box, he took the smaller one and opened it. It seemed like his heart stopped as his pale eyes took in the smaller form of his son. He swallowed the sudden lump in his throat, which felt like his heart. The back of his throat stung and he tasted salt. He bit his cheek and didn't let his emotions get the better of him. But when he looked over at her, his pale blues seemed overly bright. "I love it Wren . . . It's amazing . . . You're amazing." He leaned over to pull her into his arms and kissed her deeply. He only pulled away for a few seconds to murmur, "I love ya Wren . . ." And his lips were back on hers again.
Her fingers played with each other more with how quiet he got on her and just really made her heart sink in heavy worry. Was it not good enough? But her doubts was washed away when he looked over at her and just the look in his eyes made her own little tears well up in her eyes cause she knew he was very moved and touched by the simple gift she given him. Madison happily moved over to him, pressing her lips into his. "I love you too Daryl." She smiled, brushing some of his moppy bangs from his eyes.
He leaned against her forehead for a second, sucking up this moment like a sponge. Heart very light with love in his chest, he slowly pulled away. "Okay . . . time for your presents." He murmured and pulled them out to hand them to her. The first few were the simple ones. A new book she said she'd like to read, a CD she used to have but broke cause she listened to it so much, and even a movie she said she would love to see. It was the next two gifts that were the special ones from him.
The first one was really small and light as he handed it to her, his pale eyes intense. He watched her carefully as she unwrapped it. Once opened, she saw it was a sterling silver necklace, hanging on it was a rose shaped in a heart, with the word love written on the bottom half. He smiled, hoping she liked it.
The necklace was overly beautiful and made her smile as she knew he was pretty great at picking out jewelry, cause she had a overly pretty ring to prove it and now this necklace. "When we finish here, will you put it on me? I'll wear it alot just like my ring." She spoke with a little blush knowing that the only time she took her ring off was for work or bathing the baby.
"This one, if ya don't like . . . I understand." He handed her a medium sized box, but it was decently heavy. He nodded, already wanting to put the necklace on, but waited patiently as she opened the next one. His heart constricted as he waited on what she'd say about paper pulled off and the taped sliced, she would open the box to reveal two horse shoes. But these were different. They were already used and worn, but also reshaped and welded together to form a heart. Where it was reshaped, to cover the marks of it, he wrapped white yarn around it, and on the right side had a fake Cherokee rose entwined in the yarn. He was definitely nervous about this gift, cause well . . . he didn't even know if she would like it. Hell it took him awhile just to reshape the bastards, that his callouses were even harder from that thing.
But the next gift just was everything she could have loved. First off, it looked old just like that old rocking chair she fought him to keep. It was horse shoes which belonged to her favorite animal, and also held her favorite flower. But the biggest thing she didn't know yet, was that he made it. "Oh Daryl." She whispered softly, wiping the few stray tears on her face away, looking towards him for a moment before back at the gift. "Its so beautiful and just . . . This is the best gift ever." She grinned, leaning back into him to kiss him as quickly as he did just moments ago. Madison wrapped her arm around his neck to hold him close to her, wanting to draw the kiss deeper, allowing her whole heart out into the kiss.
When she breathed his name, he knew it was okay. The feeling of relief surged through him as she began to gush over it. He smiled, really glad she liked it. He pulled her closer so he could even kiss her deeper, kissing her with all his love. When he pulled back, their breathing was shallow. He caressed her cheek as he smiled. "I'm glad ya like it Wren . . . Took me awhile to reshape those bastards." He grinned and reached for the necklace to slide it on her, then clasp it in the back. He lifted her hair so it rested where it needed to be, and kissed her nape.
Madison squirmed with a light giggle at his kiss, since it sent a chill up her spine, as well as remembering the other afternoon. "Later." She breathed with a blush, fixing the necklace a bit so the charm was on the center of her neckline. "Do you think you could hang these up for me shortly? I think they would look really nice over the TV stand in this room, that way people can see them and what not. Kinda wanted to put them over our bed but . . . I have a feeling you'll knock 'em down." She teased as she lent in and nipped his cheek.
He chuckled, his hand caressing down her back quickly as she pulled away. "Sure . . ." He then grinned with a blush. "Yeah, probably would. Wouldn't want them falling on either one of us." He grinned, stood and went to the kitchen to grab a garbage bag for all the wrapping paper and garbage. Once cleaned up, he put the horseshoes up for her, and got started on breakfast. He had to admit, this was the best Christmas he had and it was only getting started. He smiled and flipped his fried potatoes, and watched Mads playing with the dogs and Noah. Yeah, his life couldn't get any better.