Chapter 53
They woke up full of excitement. It was christmas morning and Cesca had been unwelcomly woken up by Isla, though she didn't mind it was Christmas morning and Isla was probably as excited as everyone else. Who was she kidding? The baby was probably screaming just like normal, not even knowing it was Christmas at all.
Cesca jumped on top of Jonah startling him, but he smiled as she kissed him full on the lips. "Merry Christmas Baby" she said, dragging him out of the bed. "We have a baby to wish Merry Christmas too as well."
Jonah rubbed his eyes sleepily. But alerted Cesca rapidly as he grabbed hold of her, lifting her into the air and throwing her back on to the bed.
"Jonah." Cesca said confused.
He jumped back on top of her, kissing her passionatly, their tongues mingling as snow fell outside of their window. It hadn't snowed this bad in Rochdale in years. It was beautiful, the perfect weather for the perfect Christmas.
Minutes later they were back out of bed, in Isla's bedroom, cradling her gently. They took her downstairs holding her, feeding her, her lovely and warm bottle as they watched the icicles drip on the outside of the window panes. The fire roared in front of them as the clock ticked slowly, they sat there in each others arms, watching their baby as her eyes moved slowly around the room focusing back and forth from the fire to the tree and the presents underneath it. "Do you think she knows?" Cesca asked.
"Of course she does babe, she knows a lot more than she lets on." Jonah said, effectivley making Cesca smile. She wished Isla would remember this, though she wouldn't, this special moment before christmas really did begin. It was only 5:43 just now. They still had the rest of the day to enjoy properly. But for now, they were content, they were happy.
9:00am on the dot, Cesca's family emerged from upstairs. Cesca's mum automatically wrapping her arms around the family. She was small, very small but her heart was the biggest, always in the right place.
"Merry Christmas Everyone" the family said, exchanging hugs and kisses on the cheek.
"Present time?" Eva said almost immediatly.
Cesca laughed "Ok then."
They ripped open the wrapping paper, showing Isla the pretty clothes and toys and teddy bears she had recieved, also opening the presents from the rest of the family, happily avoiding the ones from each other. Cesca and Jonah had quite a collection of things now, things that belonged to them both, as a family.
It was time now. Time to open the ones from eachother. They opened them at the same time, taking in every moment, not breaking the eye contact for a second. They had loads of funny presents from each other, the usual couple type of presents. They held the final two presents. Two boxes. They opened them, Jonah's box revealed a watch "Look at the back" Cesca said biting her lip, wondering whether Jonah liked it or not. The back read "For you Jonah, my love, my heart, my soul, i love you. Cesca"
Tears formed in Jonah's eyes as he kissed her gently. "Thankyou, i love it, so so much. Your turn..."
Cesca opened the little box, revealing the most beautiful bracelet. She smiled, her name was engraved on the front. "Now look at the back." Cesca giggled, thinking he was joking. She turned the bracelet onto it's back. "For Cesca, My one and only forever. I love you. Jonah xx"
Tears formed in Cesca's eyes too. She fell into his arms. He held her tight. They had the most important thing, each other and when they didn't they would have something to remind them. The family were all smiles. It was Christmas, it was early and they were already having the time of their lives.
