Author : Wild-Melody

Disclaimer : Yeah right, I only borrow the Ducks once in a while to play with them (and not in the sick sense you perverts!) occasionally, other than that they belong to Disney…but I do wish they were mine.

Warning : Um, it's sad? Oh, no that parts over with, it should be getting pretty sappy and happy from here on in now…er, something like that.

Ok, now on with the show….opening theme to the Ducks should start playing now… if not then your sound isn't turned up all the way or your imagination is broken.

The Christmas Wish

Chapter 5 : Christmas Morning? Not quite

Mallory looked strangely up at Wildwing, she was half tempted to feel his forehead. "You feeling alright there Wing?" she asked instead. She tried to pull away from his embrace but he wouldn't let go of her. I wonder what brought this on, she said to herself. Not that I'm complaining or anything, but this just isn't like him.

He didn't remove his beak from her hair, he inhaled deeply, he relished in the sweet scent that was her's alone. She smelled like lilacs in the summer with just a hint of ginger spices. He sighed, still not able to believe that what the Angel had told him had come to pass. Yet here she was alive and whole and standing in his arms. She was alive! Mallory was still alive and he had three days to make sure that she stayed that way.

"I don't want to go to the mall with you and Tanya today." he said as he put at arms distance away from himself.

Her eyes opened wide in shock, "What do you mean you don't want to go? It was your idea so you could finish your Christmas shopping for Nosedive. Your not bailing out on Tanya and me, not now!" she said as she forcefully grabbed hold of his hand and started to pull him towards his door.

"I'm still not dressed yet Mal!" Wildwing exclaimed just at the moment his brother decided to walk through the door. Nosedive's eyes opened wide, although Wildwing wasn't sure if it was more from shock or surprise.

"Um, didn't know you were busy in here bro," Nosedive said as he headed straight back out the door.

"Nosedive!" Wildwing yelled as he attempted to get his brother to come back in.

"You're going along!" Mallory exclaimed, "Whether I have to drag you half dressed there or not, you are going to come along!" She tightened her hold on his hand and pulled with all her might. Mallory was strong but she was no comparison for Wildwing. He gave a sharp tug with his hand and she came flying back into him then they both went tumbling backwards onto his bed.

Wildwing hit the bed first and cushioned Mal's fall. She landed heavily on his body, but not heavily enough to knock the breath from his lungs. His arms didn't leave her body, they kept her within the circle of his embrace. She felt so right there. She started to laugh as she struggled to get free from his fierce embrace. This only caused him to tighten his arms around her. She managed to get one of her arms free and dug her fingers into his sides.

He wiggled as he tried to escape her attempts to tickle him. He didn't succeed and soon he joined her in her laughter. "This isn't fair!" she exclaimed as she tried to regain her breath.

"Nothing's fair in love and war," Wing said. Mal's head shot up to meet his gaze, her eyes held a look of puzzlement in them, Had she heard him correctly?

"What did you say Wildwing?" she asked, her voice suddenly very soft. He noticed the sound of hope mixed in with the fear. Could've she heard him right?

Wildwing met her gaze, "I said 'Nothing's fair in love and war.'" She looked at him as he mouth dropped open in genuine surprise.

"What are you saying?" she asked.

"I-I," he didn't get any further before there was a knock on his door. Maybe if I don't say anything they'll go away, he thought ruefully. He looked down at Mallory, she was just about to open her beak to speak when he suddenly placed his beak against hers. Whatever she was going to say was swept from her mind with disbelief.

Did he really just kiss me? she asked herself. Did he really just kiss you? Her mind laughed, He's still kissing you. And it was true, he was still kissing her, his arms tightened around her as he brought her more closely to him. He sighed deep within his throat, the sound almost coming out like a growl.

The knock resounded at the door again, this time accompanied by Tanya's nasally voice. "Wildwing, you in there?" There was a pause, she then added, "I can't seem to find Mallory. Hello," the knock again. "Wildwing, you in there?" They could just hear her voice say dejectedly, "I guess not…I'll go see if the Migrator's still here, and Mal's car."

"Wildwing," Mal said breathlessly, pulling her beak free of his. "We really do need to get going. Tanya's going to think something's happened if she can't find us."

"Something could happen." Wildwing said as he looked deep into Mal's eyes.

Her eyes opened wide in surprise. "What's gotten into you?" She asked as she looked curiously at him, she'd never heard him talk this way before. Not in the whole entire time she'd known him. He brought his beak down to her's again, ready to recapture it. She avoided him, moving her head just at the last minute. "I've never seen you behave this way before, you sure your not Nosedive in disguise or something?" she said as she looked strangely at Wildwing, really starting to debate whether or not this was her leader.

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Wild-Melody stared down from the clouds she and the rest of the Angels were sitting upon, watching the scene that was just starting to unfold down below on Earth. "He keeps that up he's going to do nothing more than scare her off," Serena said, landing on the cloud beside her new friend. "I think he needs some guidance right about now."

"I'm not going to go down there right now, not when he's in the middle…of THAT!" Wild-Melody said, her eyes opening wide in surprise, she would never had guessed that a duck could do that. And she herself was a duck.

"That's not so bad, what they're doing right now. It's what comes later that's the real killer, but the mortals seem to enjoy it. How is way beyond me." Serena said, her eyes were glued on the scene below. (Ok, before everyone starts getting all fussy and stuff, they're doing nothing more than kissing, but to these Angels that's major. Angel's have no need for sex or the like, at least not in my stories, they don't procreate, like us mortals do.)

"Yes…well, why they would want to do anything beyond this is…is…I don't have a word for it!" Wild-Mallory said as she covered her eyes and disappeared in a shower of stardust.

Coming up next, Chapter 6.…soon I hope.