Part II:
It's early Christmas Eve morning and A.J. is reading the newspaper and drinking coffee in the den when the doorbell rings.
"Keesha! Wow honey. I didn't expect you to be home so early." He said as he hugged her. "I missed you." He whispered into her ear, seductively.
"I missed you too." She answered with a hunger that had to be satisfied as soon as possible.
As if reading her mind, A.J. tilted her head up to his, kissed her deeply, welcoming her home properly.
"Well it looks like I'm going to have to go out of town more often." She grinned and pecked him on the lips. "Now help me get all of the gifts out of my car." She says then pauses. "Hey, where's my little buddy, Mikey?"
"Oh, poor boy was exhausted. He spent all day, yesterday, getting ready for his 'Keesh-Keesh' to return. I thought I'd let him sleep in late today."
"Aww. He's so cute." She smiled as they proceeded out to her car. "I hope he likes everything I got for him."
"He'll love anything he gets from you. I'm sure of it."
"He's such a sweet little boy." She said then looked him in the eyes. "So much like his daddy." She smiled as he blushed.
"Ahhh shucks." He said with a goofy grin and a wave of his hand. "You're just saying that." He said and chuckled.
"No I'm not." She laughed. "He's learned so much from you. And aside from his carrot top, he's a spitting image of you."
"Yeah." He smiled proudly. "I guess that he is."
~*~
Michael woke up to voices and upon hearing one of the voices, he became very excited. And as he turned the corner in the hallway to enter the den he was not disappointed.
"Keesh-Keesh!" He shouted as he ran into her arms.
"Hey Mikey!" She laughed as he ran into her arms to give her a hug. "I missed you, buddy." She told him as he finally pulled away.
"I missed you too!" He said as he gave her another hug. "Did you bring me anything back for me?" he said as he looked under the tree to see if there were any new presents under it.
"Of course I did."
"Yay!" He shouted as Keesha laughed.
"Hey Mikey, guess what?" A.J. called.
"What?"
"Keesha has offered to make us breakfast this morning."
"Blueberry waffles?" He said, his eyes lighting up. "Yummy!" he said as they both nodded.
"So why don't we go get your bath taken while Keesha cooks. Then after we can got to Grandma Monica's and Grandpa Alan's house. Okay?"
"Okay." he said as he got up to follow his fathers.
"See you in a few." A.J. said to Keesha as he led the boy to the bathroom.
~*~
It is way later on that night and A.J. is now reading "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" while he, Keesha, and Michael cuddled up together on Michaels bed. They are patiently waiting for Michael to go to sleep so they could put Michael's "Santa" gifts under the tree. But now as A.J. began to read the story for the fifth time, they realized it would not be that easy.
"Mikey, honey," Keesha said softly as she smoothed his hair back. "Aren't you tired yet?"
"Kinda."
"Well, you know that Santa Claus can't come until all the little boys are sleeping. So the sooner you fall asleep, the sooner he can come."
"I know, but I can't fall asleep. All I can think about is all the presents I get to open tomorrow."
"Oohhh...I remember that. This used to happen to me when I was little." Keesha told him.
"How did you go to sleep?"
"Well, I just closed my eyes and started to think about what I would do with all the new stuff I'd get. Then I'd fall asleep and dream about it. Next think I knew, it was morning time and then I got to open my presents."
"Ohh... I'm gonna try that too." He said as he closed his eyes.
And just as A.J. thought, little Michael was so tired that as soon as he closed his eyes he was in dreamland.
A.J. and Keesha quietly left the room. Then after waiting a few minutes to make sure he was asleep, they began to wrap the "Santa" gifts for Michael to open up in the morning.
When they were finished they were exhausted. But as they stood and looked over at the tree, now fully surrounded with gifts, they smiled, kissed eachother goodnight, and went to bed.