So, what's coming next in Bayley's plan to help introduce and get Sasha into the Christmas spirit? Read on to find out, my loves. =)

Watching as Sasha pulled on the sleeves of her sweater, Bayley still couldn't believe that shopping for Christmas sweaters was something the magenta-haired Gem came to like. The brunette surely felt Sasha was just going to dismiss it as some silly human activity, so to see that the magenta-haired Gem seemed to enjoy the shopping and her purchase was making Bayley feel a bit of pride that part of her plan was starting to work.

'And now, we go to the next step,' Bayley thought. Calling over to Sasha, Bayley asked "Hey, Sasha?"

"Yes? What is it, Bayley?" Sasha asked, looking up from her sweater sleeves.

"I was wondering if, maybe, you'd want to watch some Christmas stuff with me on TV?" Bayley pointed over to the glowing box. "A lot of really cute and funny stuff tends to come on around this time of year, so I think you might like some of it."

"Uh, sure," Sasha shrugged her shoulders a bit. "I've been curious about this device since Seth showed me that program with the talking rabbit and duck outwitting the hunter that talked funny. It was pretty cute."

Feeling a bit confused about what show Sasha was talking about at first, Bayley then recognized the show. "Oh, yeah! Looney Tunes is pretty funny. Maybe some other time, I can show you some other stuff I like to watch."

"That sounds fun, actually," Sasha smiled.

"Great!" Bayley chirped as she and Sasha walked over to the couch that sat across from the TV. Grabbing the remote from the table that sat midway between the couch and the TV, the brunette sat down with the magenta-haired Gem following suit. Beginning to flip her way through the channels, Bayley soon stopped at a cartoon that started off with a pirate talking about what was going to happen in the episode. "Ooh, let's watch this! This is one of my favorite shows!"

"And, just what is this show that we're about to watch?" Sasha asked. "Judging from the art style, it doesn't look like Looney Tunes."

"It's called SpongeBob SquarePants, and it's really funny. This is one of the Christmas episodes the show has, and I think this'll be a good one for you to watch since it's about the characters celebrating their first Christmas," Bayley said before, with a smile, adding "Just like you."

"Yeah. I guess so," Sasha laughed a bit as she settled in to watch the Christmas program with Bayley.

The watch of the SpongeBob Christmas special went fairly well between the two Gems. Save for when Sasha pointed out what she saw as "scientific inaccuracies"-such as "Doesn't it seem highly impossible that electrical devices would work underwater? The minute he plugged those lights around the squid's house in, they surely would've short circuited and possibly electrocuted him, his star friend, and a good number of the other fish."-Bayley could tell that the magenta-haired Gem was enjoying the show quite a bit, evidenced by her laughing at some parts and nodding her head along to one of the songs in the show.

"Well, now. Looks like two cute little runts are enjoying some Christmas shows," Dean said, smiling as he walked over to where Bayley and Sasha were sitting.

"Mmhmm! I think Sasha's really liking SpongeBob," Bayley smiled.

"What? The talking sponge and his friends are all pretty funny," Sasha laughed a bit. "I especially like the starfish. He's really funny."

"Yeah, Patrick is pretty funny," Bayley said. "You should see him in some of the other episodes of this show. I'll even watch more of the show with you."

"That sounds good to me," Sasha smiled.

As he watched Bayley and Sasha talking with each other, Dean couldn't help the smile that seemed to cross his face. After Bayley made it her own personal mission of sorts to help introduce Sasha to the Christmas holiday and the traditions they had, Dean, Seth, and Roman were feeling a bit nervous that things wouldn't exactly go that well; so seeing the girls together now was making the sandy blonde feel happy that things seemed to be going along with whatever plans Bayley had. While Dean wanted to leave the two to their chatting, he remembered why it was that he had went over to the couch in the first place. "You know, girls. I hate to interrupt, but Seth and Roman just got done making cookies and hot chocolate. Just in case you two might want some."

"Ooh, sweet!" Bayley smiled widely. "Let's go get some, Sasha. Seth and Ro make the best cookies and hot chocolate."

"OK," Sasha said as she rose from the couch with Bayley and headed over to the kitchen where she took a seat beside Bayley around the island, figuring that what she was about to partake in were treats Bayley and the others usually had during this holiday.

"So nice to see you join us, Sasha," Seth smiled. "Let me fix you a cup of hot chocolate. I have a feeling you might like it."

"I hope so," Sasha said. As Seth got two mugs-one blue that had snowmen on the cup and a pink one that had snowflakes on it-and poured what looked to be a brown liquid into the cups, Sasha asked "So, just what is this hot chocolate? How does it taste?"

"Umm... Well..." Bayley thought before launching into her explanation. "Well, I guess I could say that it tastes pretty sweet. It tastes just like chocolate, except you can drink it. And, I usually get stuff added to mine, like whipped cream."

"And that makes it taste better?" Sasha asked. Seeing Bayley nod her head, Sasha looked to Seth and said "I...suppose you can make my cup like you make Bayley's, Seth."

"OK," Seth nodded as he grabbed a can of whipped cream and sprayed some into both mugs before setting them down in front of the girls. This was followed by Roman putting some double chocolate chocolate chip cookies on a plate and setting the plate in front of the duo.

"Oh my gosh, this looks so good," Bayley said before reaching for the pink mug and, blowing on the hot liquid, taking a sip of the liquid inside. "Mmm! So good!"

Seeing Bayley have such a reaction to drinking what was in the mug, Sasha decided to reach for the blue mug and take a sip for herself. Seeing as how she was a Gem and Gems didn't normally need to eat or drink to survive-even though they could if they wanted-Sasha was curious about the drink Bayley and the others were drinking. Following Bayley's suit, Sasha blew on the liquid before taking a sip herself. Pulling the mug away, Sasha said "Wow. This...actually tastes pretty good."

"I told you, didn't I?" Bayley grinned. "Try one of the cookies. I think you'll like them, too."

"OK." Reaching for the plated cookies, Sasha took one and took a bite out of the chocolate treat. Really savoring the taste, Sasha said "This is pretty good, too. It tastes a lot like the hot chocolate."

"That's because they're both basically chocolate. Just...think of the two as chocolate in different forms," Bayley explained.

Nodding, Sasha finished the cookie she had before reaching for another one and taking another sip of her hot chocolate.

Watching as Sasha seemed to enjoy her hot chocolate and the cookies Seth and Roman made, Bayley let another smile cross her face as she enjoyed her own drink and some cookies for herself. The ponytailed brunette was feeling even happier about the fact that her plan to introduce Christmas to Sasha was still going so well. From the cartoon the two watched earlier to the treats they were now enjoying with the other three Gems-Dean having eaten most of the cookies and Roman having to bake another batch-Bayley was feeling so happy about the fact that not only was she helping Sasha celebrate her first Christmas, but she was also celebrating Christmas with a new addition to her family. 'And with Sasha really onboard now, there's only a few more things left on our list of Christmas traditions before Christmas is actually here. I can't wait to share them all with her!'

So, we have watching holiday-themed TV specials, eating cookies, and drinking hot chocolate done. Sure looks like Bayley's doing just fine at introducing some of her favorite Christmas-y things to Sasha, and Sasha really seems to be liking them (After all, how could one resist the SpongeBob Christmas special, hot chocolate, and double chocolate chocolate chip cookies?). With the success of having introduced so many of her favorite and quite beloved Christmas traditions to Sasha and the magenta-haired cinnamon roll taking a liking to them, what's next on Bayley's list of Christmas traditions? That...you'll have to stay tuned for. So, until next time, don't forget to R&R please. =)

(Just a friendly heads-up here. With the next chapter, I'm thinking about maybe trying to take a bit of a drabble-y approach where I have the last of the Gems's Christmas traditions separated into sections and I save what's done on Christmas Day for the last chapter of this arc. So, I hope that when the next chapter is released, I hope you guys will like it. =) )