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Sally woke early the next morning and headed into the kitchen to get a coffee before the rest of the house woke up, her quiet morning was quickly broken when she heard the sound of little feet charging down the stairs followed by the inevitable scream.

"Santa's been!"

Walking into the room she saw Lindsey about to run back up the stairs, obviously gearing up to wake everyone up.

"Morning Lindsey," she said in an attempt to keep the girl from waking the rest of the occupants just yet.

Lindsey ran over to her, grabbed her hand and began jumping up and down.

"Did you see? Santa's been and brought us lots of presents." She couldn't contain her excitement as it flowed from her and into the room.

Sally chuckled and nodded yes, she made her way over to the couch while Lindsey plonked herself down on her bottom in front of the pile of presents under the tree. Ten minutes later Lindsey was getting fidgety and what little patience she had was wearing very thin.

"When are they getting up? Can I wake them?" she asked looking at Sally with all the innocence only a child could hold.

Sally smiled.

'It's certainly going to be interesting having a child around again.'

"How about you sort the presents into piles and I will go and wake them up."

Lindsey's face dropped slightly.

"But I cant read good," she said sadly, Sally wrapped her arms around the small girl.

"Well how about this, you look at the first letter of each name and that will tell you who it belongs too."

"But Lou has the same letter as me," Lindsey stated.

"You are a smart one aren't you," she said with a smile. "Yes he does have the same letter as you but his name is so much shorter than yours. I know you can do it."

Lindsey beamed at being called smart and promptly began to bring the presents out form under the tree, Sally watched for a minute as Lindsey scrunched up her face trying to read the names. Not a moment passed before Lindsey beamed and placed the present that was obviously for her to her right. Knowing that Lindsey had things covered she headed upstairs to wake Lou and Catherine.

Getting to their door she noticed how it had been left open slightly, she peered in through the gap. Her heart warmed as she saw Lou curled against Catherine's back, his arm wrapped protectively around her small frame. She was just about to knock when she saw him stirring, dropping her fist she watched the scene in front of her unfold for a moment. It was in her nature to observe people.

Lou slowly woke from a wonderful dream, before he even opened his eyes he buried his face into Catherine's neck and inhaled her scent, he loved the way she always smelled of some exotic perfume. Catherine was still fast asleep as Lou, unable to hold back any longer, began to place little kisses along her neck and shoulder causing her to wake with a moan and a slight stretch of her lithe dancers body.

"Mmmmm morning," she whispered, her voice still hoarse from sleep.

Lou nuzzled into her neck once again "Merry Christmas," he said.

Catherine pushed her back further into his chest, sighing deeply.

"That felt nice."

"What, this?" he asked as he resumed his kissing from earlier, Catherine purred in response.

Lou felt his body respond to her little sounds, as he kept kissing her neck his hand began to move down from her waist to lower regions. Catherine's hand shot out to stop his just before it slipped into her pyjama bottoms.

"No, we are not doing that. Not with your mom here," she scolded him.

Lou groaned and reluctantly placed his hand on her hip.

'No point arguing, especially when she uses that voice but god does she know how to turn me on.'

Sally, deciding that she had seen enough, knocked on the door.

"Morning," she said cheerfully. "Lindsey is up and eager to open her presents."

Lou lifted his head to look at his mom as Catherine buried her face in her pillow, it was obvious from the look on Sally's face that she had heard them talking.

'Just what you need your boyfriends mom to hear, god why do I feel like a teenager being caught making out. I am a grown woman, I am allowed to have sex. Oh god! What if she doesn't agree with sex before marriage.'

Catherine's mind was on overload, Lou on the other hand was stretching and yawning loudly on the bed.

'Does it not bother him at all that his mom could of just walked in on something?'

Sally noticed Catherine's embarrassment and left the room quickly to give the poor woman some space. As soon as the door was closed Catherine spun around and hit Lou on the chest.

"Ooooof! What the fuck?" Lou groaned while he rubbed the spot she had just hit.

Catherine just scowled at him as she climbed out of bed to find her robe. Lou watched her move around the room, she pulled on her robe, ran the brush through her hair and made her way to the bathroom. Once the door was closed Lou rolled onto his back and stared up at the white ceiling.

'I don't think there is anything I want for Christmas, I have everything right here. Okay so maybe I would like it if Jake was here and maybe, just maybe I would like it if she hadn't stopped me earlier but I will settle for being near her and knowing she loves me.'

As the last words made their way through his head a huge smile broke out on his face, he knew she loved him just as much as he loved her.

He spent the whole time Catherine was in the bathroom just staring at the ceiling as he thought how happy he was that he had grown the balls to tell her how he felt.

'If I hadn't I would be sat at home on my own, eating cold turkey sandwiches.'

When Catherine came out of the bathroom she frowned when she saw that Lou had not made a single effort to drag his ass out of the bed.

"Get out of that bed now and get down them stairs with me, my daughter wants to open her presents," she said as she tossed his sweat pants at him.

Catherine left the room and headed downstairs, reaching the bottom she almost toppled over due to Lindsey running up to her and wrapping herself around her legs.

"Look mommy, I did it all by myself," Lindsey said proudly as she pointed to the piles she had made.

Catherine ran her fingers through her daughters hair praising her on a job well done, Lou walked down the stairs now wearing his sweats and a gray t-shirt.

"Morning everyone," he called cheerily, Lindsey responded by cheering and asking her mom excitedly if she could open her presents now.

Catherine took a seat on the couch next to Sally as Lou sat on the floor next to Lindsey, the two woman watched as Lindsey tore into her presents with Lou watching just as excited by her side. Lou would exclaim at everything she got like it was the best thing in the world and to the little girl it was, but the best thing in the world to Lou was sat behind him on the couch sipping her coffee as she watched them try to piece together Lindsey's new dolls house.

"Get in there you stubborn piece of sh-"

"Lou!" Both Catherine and Sally shouted, Lindsey giggled as he got told off by his and her mom.

"Wood," he finished as he managed to get the final piece of the dolls house in place. "Yes!" he shouted.

Lindsey was immediately by his side with her new dolls and the furniture for the house. Catherine got up and made her way into the kitchen to start the dinner, it was only still 6am so they had plenty of time to cook the turkey and get it out for dinner. Lou spent a few minutes playing with Lindsey before he got up and picked up one of the presents from Catherine's pile, making his way into the kitchen he covered her eyes with his hands as he moved her to sit at the table.

"Lou I don't have time for this," she tried to protest but as soon as she saw the neatly wrapped gift in front of her she shut up and made a grab for it.

Lou watched as she tore into the present, he watched her face break out into a beautiful smile. It was a gift basket full of luxury body lotions and all sorts of other feminine products, he had also gotten her a voucher which entitled her to a day of luxury. Whatever she wanted he had to do, so in theory he was going to be her slave for the day but she got to choose which day it would be on.

The rest of the morning was spent with Catherine making dinner with the help of Sally while Lou kept Lindsey entertained with all her new presents, the adults had opened their presents soon after Lou had given Catherine her first one. She was like a child when it came to gifts and just couldn't wait to open them. Lou had received the usual sweater, socks and slippers off his mom and off Catherine he had gotten a beautiful silver photo frame with a photo of their little family inside.

"It's for your office," she had told him when he had opened it.

After all the presents were opened everyone had gotten dressed and dinner had been served, as they all sat around the table thanking each other for their presents Catherine had been getting more nervous by the minute. She had one more present for him and she really hoped he would like what she had planned and if he didn't, well she didn't know what she would do then. Throughout the whole meal she kept stealing glances at the man who had stolen her heart so many months ago and had looked after it ever since.

Once dinner was done Catherine had disappeared, insisting she would be right back. Lou, Lindsey and Sally made their way back into the living room, Lindsey insisted on playing the new CD that Santa had brought her. Mid-way through the second track Catherine appeared back in the room, she approached Lou and held her hand out for him to take. He took the offered hand and followed as she led him outside, once they were stood in the middle of her lawn she turned him around to face the now closed door. Sally and Lindsey watched from the front window, Lindsey already knew what was happening because her mom had asked her if it was alright.

Lou didn't have a clue what was happening but his eyes suddenly found the big red bow that had been stuck to the door of the house.

Catherine walked up next to him and wrapped her arms around his neck, standing on her tip toes she brought her mouth next to his ear.

"Move in with me?" she asked.

Lou was speechless, he had thought about living with her for weeks but now the moment was upon him he lost the ability to speak so he settled for nodding instead.

Catherine broke out into a smile, she opened her mouth to speak but was silenced as Lou pressed his lips against hers. His arms wrapped around her waist and he picked her up and twirled her around, Catherine giggled when they pulled apart but Lou's face had suddenly become serious.

"Lou?" She questioned.

"Cath, don't get me wrong I do want to move in but what does Lindsey think about it. I am not prepared to do so if she doesn't want it."

'Only he would think of my daughter before his own selfish needs, how did I ever get so lucky.'

Catherine placed her hands on his chest and gave him a quick peck on the lips, when she pulled away she noticed they had an audience.

"Why don't you ask her yourself," she said, pointing over his shoulder to his mom and Lindsey stood in the doorway to the house.

Lou turned around to look at the little girl.

"Lind's, would it be okay if I moved in with you and your mommy?"

Lindsey folded her arms over her chest like she had seen her mother do so many times.

"Will you play with me and mommy?" she teased.

"Of course I will play," he turned to look at Catherine "With both of you."

Catherine didn't miss the look in his eyes, clearly telling her what he had in mind for later.

After Lindsey had said yes to him moving in she ran into his open arms, Lou picked her up and began peppering her face with kisses.

"Ewwww," Lindsey squealed and squirmed trying to get away from his kisses.

Lou pulled away from her face and held his free hand out to Catherine.

"Come and get in here baby," he said.

Sally watched from her spot in the doorway as the little family cuddled and kissed each other.

"Love you," Lou said to Lindsey.

"And mommy," Lindsey answered back.

"Of course I love your mommy but you know the old age is getting to her so she not hear me anyway," he whispered loudly so Catherine would hear him, Lindsey laughed as Lou started walking back towards their home.

"Oi," Catherine shouted once she realised what he had said.

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