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The Greatest Gift of All
Chapter 17
Breakfast Time
Kevin lay next to Lucy, watching her peacefully sleeping beside him. It was 7:30 Christmas morning. He leaned over and gave her a gentle kiss. Lucy began to stir. "Lucy!" he quietly called her name.
"Mmmm," she slowly opened her eyes.
"Honey," he called again, but slightly louder.
Lucy turned over to face Kevin. She looked like she was about to fall back asleep any second. "What?" she asked grumpily.
Kevin laughed at her. "It's time to wake up," he told her.
"No," she closed her eyes again.
Kevin reached over and opened her eyes back up, "Lucy, it's Christmas!"
"Let me sleep a few more minutes," Lucy whined.
"Not a morning person, are ya, Luce," he chuckled.
"I'm just tired," she admitted.
"Sorry," Kevin apologized. "I tried not to tire you out too much last night, but you just wanted to keep right on going so . . ." Lucy kicked him in the leg. "Ow!"
"Sure, blame me," she finally smiled slightly.
"Come on, Luce; wake up," he said gently. "Your mom wanted us in the house around 8 for her Christmas breakfast."
"She'll understand if we're not down there."
"I'm sure she would; but I'm hungry, Lucy. Don't starve me!" She giggled at the seriousness in his voice as he talked about his stomach.
"Yeah, me too," she added dreamily. "Mom makes great Christmas breakfasts. Pancakes, sausages, hash browns, bacon, eggs. . ."
Kevin's stomach took that moment to growl loudly. "See," he said. "I'm hungry, and my stomach thinks so too."
Lucy laughed. "Well, then, I guess I'd better wake up so that we can go down there and fill that stomach of yours," she joked.
"You know I want you to wake up for me too; not just my stomach," he smiled sweetly as he got out of bed and threw the covers off of Lucy whose eyes has just begun to close again.
"Ahhh!" she screamed. The chilly morning air hitting her warm body for the first time that night. "You're cruel - cruel, cruel, cruel!" she said as she quickly got out of bed and threw her bathrobe on."
"Yeah, I know," Kevin was just pulling his clothes on. "Well, hurry up. Get dressed. Maybe she'll have breakfast ready before 8."
Lucy and Kevin finished up getting themselves ready for Christmas morning. Kevin pulled on a long-sleeved red shirt and blue jeans. Lucy grabbed her Christmassy red sweatshirt with a Christmas tree and three little puppies underneath the tree on the front of it and quickly pulled on her jeans. Lucy was finishing up brushing through the knots in her hair when Kevin stepped down the stairs and unlocked the door.
"Lucy," he called out.
"Just a sec, let me get my shoes on," she quickly pulled on her tennis shoes and headed down the stairs.
"Look," he pointed out the door with a smile.
Lucy looked outside. "It's snowing!" she laughed.
"I didn't think it ever snowed in California; but then I'm so used to New York," Kevin said.
"Sure it does, just not very much." They stood inside and admired the light snowfall for a couple more minutes before Kevin interrupted them.
"Come on. Breakfast is waiting." They headed outside, but slowly walked around to the back door of the house despite it being cold out. They didn't figure they'd see too much snow, so they thought they would enjoy it. They reached the back door; Kevin opened it, and motioned for Lucy to go inside first. The smell of breakfast was floating outside.
To no surprise, Annie was already in the kitchen making a nice Christmas breakfast. Eric was the only other one in the kitchen at the moment, and he was sitting at the table reading his Christmas morning newspaper.
Annie looked up from the stove and smiled at them. "Good morning you two," she greeted them cheerily. "I didn't figure you would be in this early."
"Yeah, well. Kevin got hungry," Lucy told her mother.
"Great, you can go ahead and eat if you want," Annie began to pile some pancakes onto a couple of plates. Lucy and Kevin sat down at the kitchen table and waited for Annie to serve them breakfast.
"Where is everyone?" Kevin asked Eric.
Eric folded up his newspaper. "They're coming. Mary and Ruthie are getting the twins up and ready, and the boys are just being slow."
"Did you see the snow?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, we took a peek out the window. Too bad it won't stick around. It would be nice having a white Christmas for once," Eric said.
"Does it make you wish you were back in New York?" Annie asked Kevin.
"Not really," Kevin laughed. "I never liked driving on snowy, icy streets anyway. It is nice to see a little snow falling though," he admitted.
"Well, if it isn't the lovebirds," Robbie spotted Lucy and Kevin already at the breakfast table as he got to the bottom of the stairs. Simon was right behind him.
"So, did you have a good night?" Simon asked the question that Lucy knew someone would ask.
"No, we had a terrible night. Never get married, Simon," Lucy joked.
Kevin looked at Lucy and rolled his eyes as Simon and Robbie sat down across the table from them. "That was Lucy's way of saying. . ."
Lucy interrupted him, "What? That was Lucy's way of saying what?" she asked him.
He looked at Simon. "That that was a stupid question, Simon." Lucy nodded in agreement. "I've already learned one thing about Lucy this morning though."
"What's that?" Robbie asked.
"I learned that my wife isn't a morning person," Kevin laughed.
"That's not true." Kevin just looked at his wife. "Well, ok. Maybe I'm not a morning person."
"It probably doesn't help when you keep her up all night," Robbie quipped.
Lucy blushed. "I learned something about Kevin this morning too," she smiled.
"What's that?" Annie asked as she placed plates down in front of Robbie and Simon.
"Yeah, what's that?" Kevin repeated.
"I learned that my husband is a very cruel alarm clock. I'd take that annoying Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, any day." Lucy told them.
Kevin took a drink of his milk. "You're just gonna have to learn to get out of bed when it's time to get out of bed instead of just laying there then," he told her.
"What did he do?" Simon asked curiously.
"I'm there lying in my nice warm bed, and he throws all the covers off of me. Trying to freeze me to death, I think."
"It wasn't that cold," he explained. "Be glad you're not in New York," he said logically.
"I really would have frozen to death."
"And you thought you knew everything about each other. Be prepared to find out a whole lot more," Eric smiled at the newlyweds.
"Yeah!" Lucy said sarcastically as they continued with their breakfast.
The Greatest Gift of All
Chapter 17
Breakfast Time
Kevin lay next to Lucy, watching her peacefully sleeping beside him. It was 7:30 Christmas morning. He leaned over and gave her a gentle kiss. Lucy began to stir. "Lucy!" he quietly called her name.
"Mmmm," she slowly opened her eyes.
"Honey," he called again, but slightly louder.
Lucy turned over to face Kevin. She looked like she was about to fall back asleep any second. "What?" she asked grumpily.
Kevin laughed at her. "It's time to wake up," he told her.
"No," she closed her eyes again.
Kevin reached over and opened her eyes back up, "Lucy, it's Christmas!"
"Let me sleep a few more minutes," Lucy whined.
"Not a morning person, are ya, Luce," he chuckled.
"I'm just tired," she admitted.
"Sorry," Kevin apologized. "I tried not to tire you out too much last night, but you just wanted to keep right on going so . . ." Lucy kicked him in the leg. "Ow!"
"Sure, blame me," she finally smiled slightly.
"Come on, Luce; wake up," he said gently. "Your mom wanted us in the house around 8 for her Christmas breakfast."
"She'll understand if we're not down there."
"I'm sure she would; but I'm hungry, Lucy. Don't starve me!" She giggled at the seriousness in his voice as he talked about his stomach.
"Yeah, me too," she added dreamily. "Mom makes great Christmas breakfasts. Pancakes, sausages, hash browns, bacon, eggs. . ."
Kevin's stomach took that moment to growl loudly. "See," he said. "I'm hungry, and my stomach thinks so too."
Lucy laughed. "Well, then, I guess I'd better wake up so that we can go down there and fill that stomach of yours," she joked.
"You know I want you to wake up for me too; not just my stomach," he smiled sweetly as he got out of bed and threw the covers off of Lucy whose eyes has just begun to close again.
"Ahhh!" she screamed. The chilly morning air hitting her warm body for the first time that night. "You're cruel - cruel, cruel, cruel!" she said as she quickly got out of bed and threw her bathrobe on."
"Yeah, I know," Kevin was just pulling his clothes on. "Well, hurry up. Get dressed. Maybe she'll have breakfast ready before 8."
Lucy and Kevin finished up getting themselves ready for Christmas morning. Kevin pulled on a long-sleeved red shirt and blue jeans. Lucy grabbed her Christmassy red sweatshirt with a Christmas tree and three little puppies underneath the tree on the front of it and quickly pulled on her jeans. Lucy was finishing up brushing through the knots in her hair when Kevin stepped down the stairs and unlocked the door.
"Lucy," he called out.
"Just a sec, let me get my shoes on," she quickly pulled on her tennis shoes and headed down the stairs.
"Look," he pointed out the door with a smile.
Lucy looked outside. "It's snowing!" she laughed.
"I didn't think it ever snowed in California; but then I'm so used to New York," Kevin said.
"Sure it does, just not very much." They stood inside and admired the light snowfall for a couple more minutes before Kevin interrupted them.
"Come on. Breakfast is waiting." They headed outside, but slowly walked around to the back door of the house despite it being cold out. They didn't figure they'd see too much snow, so they thought they would enjoy it. They reached the back door; Kevin opened it, and motioned for Lucy to go inside first. The smell of breakfast was floating outside.
To no surprise, Annie was already in the kitchen making a nice Christmas breakfast. Eric was the only other one in the kitchen at the moment, and he was sitting at the table reading his Christmas morning newspaper.
Annie looked up from the stove and smiled at them. "Good morning you two," she greeted them cheerily. "I didn't figure you would be in this early."
"Yeah, well. Kevin got hungry," Lucy told her mother.
"Great, you can go ahead and eat if you want," Annie began to pile some pancakes onto a couple of plates. Lucy and Kevin sat down at the kitchen table and waited for Annie to serve them breakfast.
"Where is everyone?" Kevin asked Eric.
Eric folded up his newspaper. "They're coming. Mary and Ruthie are getting the twins up and ready, and the boys are just being slow."
"Did you see the snow?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, we took a peek out the window. Too bad it won't stick around. It would be nice having a white Christmas for once," Eric said.
"Does it make you wish you were back in New York?" Annie asked Kevin.
"Not really," Kevin laughed. "I never liked driving on snowy, icy streets anyway. It is nice to see a little snow falling though," he admitted.
"Well, if it isn't the lovebirds," Robbie spotted Lucy and Kevin already at the breakfast table as he got to the bottom of the stairs. Simon was right behind him.
"So, did you have a good night?" Simon asked the question that Lucy knew someone would ask.
"No, we had a terrible night. Never get married, Simon," Lucy joked.
Kevin looked at Lucy and rolled his eyes as Simon and Robbie sat down across the table from them. "That was Lucy's way of saying. . ."
Lucy interrupted him, "What? That was Lucy's way of saying what?" she asked him.
He looked at Simon. "That that was a stupid question, Simon." Lucy nodded in agreement. "I've already learned one thing about Lucy this morning though."
"What's that?" Robbie asked.
"I learned that my wife isn't a morning person," Kevin laughed.
"That's not true." Kevin just looked at his wife. "Well, ok. Maybe I'm not a morning person."
"It probably doesn't help when you keep her up all night," Robbie quipped.
Lucy blushed. "I learned something about Kevin this morning too," she smiled.
"What's that?" Annie asked as she placed plates down in front of Robbie and Simon.
"Yeah, what's that?" Kevin repeated.
"I learned that my husband is a very cruel alarm clock. I'd take that annoying Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, any day." Lucy told them.
Kevin took a drink of his milk. "You're just gonna have to learn to get out of bed when it's time to get out of bed instead of just laying there then," he told her.
"What did he do?" Simon asked curiously.
"I'm there lying in my nice warm bed, and he throws all the covers off of me. Trying to freeze me to death, I think."
"It wasn't that cold," he explained. "Be glad you're not in New York," he said logically.
"I really would have frozen to death."
"And you thought you knew everything about each other. Be prepared to find out a whole lot more," Eric smiled at the newlyweds.
"Yeah!" Lucy said sarcastically as they continued with their breakfast.