Author : Wild-Melody

Disclaimer : Standard, don't own it, wish I did, but I don't so I'll go sulk in a corner someplace and that's all.

Warning : Um, and that is what? Oh, sorry, I'm writing this when I have a cold and am doped up on cold medicine so anything that happens that seems really out there or out of the ordinary…um wait, that's everything! Sorry, but I'm feeling really funky right now so I really don't know what I'm going to write and how logical it's going to sound and I'm babbling so I really now things are…*SHUT UP already!* Sorry, shutting up…

On with the story…um, this is chapter what?

Oh, yeah 6, ok, onto Chapter 6.…I think.

The Christmas Wish

Chapter 6 : The Declaration

Mallory pushed Wildwing away, "Really Wildwing, I have shopping to do and so do you! I still have a few people I have to pick up for…" she paused as she thought of all those she still had to get for. "I have a few more things I want to pick up for Tanya, not to mention these meditation stones I'd seen that I think will be perfect for Grin. They're travel size so he can take them with him when we go on vacation…when ever that might be." She gave him a pointed look. Everyone had been bugging for the last few months about going for a vacation but somehow Wildwing kept on coming up with excuses as to why they couldn't go.

"I also have to get for you yet. I have something special picked out for you." She said as she stepped out of his embrace, "So we can't stay here and do what ever it was we were doing here. Don't have the time," she looked at him curiously. "You sure you're feeling alright?"

Wildwing nodded his head and quickly pulled his shirt on and buttoned it. "Yeah, I'm fine." he walked over to the mirror in his room and looked at his reflection. "'T'is true, I do still have to finish my shopping for Dive," he paused and looked over at her. "So, what did you get for me, or should I say, what are you getting for me?"

She smiled brightly, "I guess you're just going to have to wait and see. After all it is a gift and gifts are suppose to be surprises, so you'll just have to wait. Like everyone else!" She turned to walk out of his room but he grabbed hold of her wrist before she even made it to the door.

Wing pulled her back toward him, his arms wrapping themselves around her waist. "Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?" he asked.

She turned shocked eyes up toward him, her breath caught in her throat. Does he realize how long I've longed to hear those very words from him? she wondered. She numbly shook her head no.

He smiled and planted yet another kiss on her cheek, just below her eye. "You're very beautiful Mallory McMallard," he said softly, just beside her ear. He kissed her again, this time on the corner of her bill, their eyes locked and Mal almost fainted from the words that next came out from his mouth. "Mallory, I love you more than you'll ever know."

Mal's breath caught in her throat and she could swear that her heart had stopped beating in her chest. The world seemed to stand still around her until there was nothing but Wildwing and herself. She didn't know what to say, how to respond to what he had just said. "Wildwing, I-" she wasn't sure what to say, her tongue became twisted in her mouth and she thought she had forgotten how to speak. "I-I don't really…." she paused, looking up into his eyes. She saw love shining there. Love for her, no one else but her.

"Oh Wildwing!" she cried and threw her arms around him and buried her face against his chest. "I've always dreamed about hearing those words from you!" she sighed.

He pulled her to him, his arms wrapping themselves tightly around her. She's mine, he thought. Mine, all mine and no one else's! "I always wanted to say them but never had the guts or nerve." Wildwing said.

"What made you say them now?" she asked as she gently kissed his beak.

"Let's just say a little Angel gave me the courage." Was all Wildwing would say. Mallory smiled at him but didn't ask him to elaborate any further, she was just happy he had said those simple words.

If this seems a little crazy or anything to you, sorry, like I said, I have a cold and I'm extremely tired right now and am so doped up on medicine I can't even think straight…not to mention I'm fighting my eyes to stay awake…or am I already awake. That made no sense, sorry. Well, I think I'll work on Chapter 7 or something else or something just to pass the time. Byes.