A/N: Enjoy part 2 of Rali's Christmas. I give it 3 Aww's (LOL!) Until next time-ya'll are wonderful-PCGirl.
"Ok, so I understand now that Jamal did the cooking and you did the decorating. When Jamal cooked who was downstairs?" she said as she sat across from him at their little kitchen table eating her spaghetti.
"Ian was downstairs helping out. And the presents-well, Lucy wrapped those. Except for one-she had to go buy it for me also."
"Which one is it?" she asked looking over at the tree.
"This one," he said as he took the small box out of his pocket and placed it in front of her."
"Can I open it now?" asked Alison, who wasn't going to take no for an answer on this one. She took off the beautiful gold wrapping paper to find a small box. When she opened it up a small gasp was heard escaping from her lips. Inside were two small charms-one was that of the silhouette of a boy and the other of a girl. She picked the girl charm up and looked on the back, etched onto it was the name Katie. Picking up the boy, like she expected was the name Eddie. "These are perfect," she smiled as she leaned over the table to give him a kiss. "I will put them on right after dinner."
Jamal had the radio on, and was smiling from ear to ear when he heard the front door unlock and begin to open, "Hey," he said as he leaned over the counter and saw her walking in with her bags.
"Hi. What is that you are cooking?" she said coming over and kissing him.
"Vegetable stir fry," he said as he got a fork and stabbed one of the carrots in the pan and then brought it to her mouth.
"Mmm. Not that I don't mind, but when I talked to you earlier you said you were making your spaghetti sauce, what happened to that?"
"Oh, that was Rafe's little present to Alison. The girl has been constantly telling Rafe she had a craving for it, so when he mentioned it to me I went and got the stuff to make it for her."
"Well, isn't that nice of you. Is there anything I can do to help?" she said as she leaned against the counter, her chin resting on her hand.
"No, just get ready for dessert," he grinned, going back to working on dinner.
"Will you please open your next present?" laughed Alison as she watched him continue to sit and read 'How to be a Great Father'. "You are going to be a great father even if you don't read that."
"Did you know--,"
"I don't care right now Rafe, I want us to be enjoying our Christmas," she said as he continued to read on. I know what is going to get you to stop reading, she thought to herself as she came up behind him and started kissing the inside of his neck.
"Hi there," he said as he turned and looked at her. "Sorry, but this is really interesting."
"I'm sure it is," she smiled as he kissed her, and then finally went to grab another present to open. "Uh uh-come here," she said pulling him back towards her.
"What happened to the presents?"
"Forget the presents," she said as she covered his mouth with hers.
"That was wonderful," said Imani as they finished dinner. "So when is dessert?"
"Whenever you want it to be," smiled Jamal.
"I guess tomorrow is back to the same grind of working at the Elixir. Have they come up with a name for the new place yet?"
"Those boys haven't even agreed on a new layout or anything. I really wish they would," he said as he took the plates to the sink.
"Maybe they are waiting for everything to calm down before they get started. Is it going to be the same atmosphere as the Elixir or back to what it used to be before that," she asked as she stood in the closet and began to empty her suitcase. Just then she noticed the lights went out in the living room, "Is everything ok out here?" she asked as she came out and noticed there were candles lit around the room.
"Everything is fine, Imani," he said as he came over to her and pulled her into a kiss.
(Love Montage of Rafe/Alison and Jamal/Imani)
