Chapter 19
Max
I was sleeping nice and happily in my bed with my nice warm covers surrounding me when all of a sudden something jumped on my bed, I felt fur up against my nose, causing me to wrinkle my nose and pull away, I opened my eyes and smiled when I saw Sooty curled up on my pillow.
"Hey little man." I greeted as I sat up and picked him up, cradling him in my arms, I headed into the living room where everyone else was settled in the living room, it was Christmas Eve, mom had decided to let everyone stay till after midnight so we all could swap presents then.
"Hey, good sleep?" Liz asked as I sat down next to her, I smiled as I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and she leaned into me while Sooty made himself nice and comfortable on my lap, playing with the string from my sweats.
"Do you need to come out like that?" Kyle demanded and I looked over at him, confused.
"Like what?" I asked and he rolled his eyes.
"Like that!" he exclaimed, gesturing to my chest, I looked down at my bare chest before looking up at him.
"What's the problem?" I asked, amused and he growled.
"Do you not have any shame?" he demanded and I laughed.
"Kyle, would you lay off?" Liz asked before smirking mischievously. "Beside, I kinda like him like this." She stated, causing catcalls from the girls apart from Isabel, who rolled her eyes and covered her ears and they boys to exclaim out in outrage.
"Okay kids, have you all got your presents wrapped up?" mom asked as she came into the living room and we all nodded.
"Yep." Tammy informed. "All wrapped up and waiting under the tree." She stated and my mom nodded.
"Good, now go and get dressed the lot of you, Dinner should be ready soon. We are having dinner earlier so you all won't be throw up again after being all excited." She stated dryly before moving back into the kitchen.
"I call first dibs on the bathroom!" Michael stated as he hurried off with the rest of the boys chasing him.
"I call first dibs on mine." Isabel stated as she hurried off with Tess hot on her heels and Tammy turned to Liz.
"You can have the shower first." And Liz nodded as they both got up, she kissed me good morning before heading into the bathroom and I shook my head as I looked at Jake.
"You can share with me." I told him and he nodded as we headed into my room, shaking our head at the rest of the house.
Christmas Eve is never uneventful at my house.
Tammy
Once everyone was dressed up properly, we made our way into the kitchen where the dinner was ready.
"How come we have dinner first?" Kyle asked as he got settled at his seat and I rolled my eyes.
"Cause it's Christmas Eve, not Christmas day." I told him as I helped my mom hand out the drinks while Max grabbed the plates, he and Liz set them at the table while Isabel whacked Kyle on the back of the head.
"Get off that seat right now, I have plans where everyone is sitting and you will be following them." She breathed out dangerously; Kyle made to protest but thought better of it as he got out of his seat. "Good, Max and Liz, you two are sitting where you normally sit, Jake, you are next to Liz, Tammy, next to Jake. Mom, you are sitting next to Max, Kyle, mom, Tess, Kyle, Michael, Tess, Maria, Michael, Me, Isabel and Alex will be sitting next to dad. Dad will be sitting at the head of the table next to Tammy. Is that a problem?" she asked and we all shook our head.
"Nope, no problem at all." We all stated as we mad our way over the table and got settled.
"I can't believe it's Christmas already." Liz stated and I nodded.
"Tell me about it, it doesn't seem like that long." I told her and she laughed in agreement as mom handed the turkey out.
"Where are we going to New Years day?" Isabel asked.
"There is a party on at the Crashdown for the 10 o'clock midnight, we are all going there then we separating, as most of the town is having parties at their house." Maria informed and Isabel nodded.
"Great." She stated.
"How are the plans going?" Tess asked and Isabel shrugged.
"It's alright, wish that it could speed up a little." Isabel stated with a shrug and I laughed as I grabbed the mash potatoes.
"Could be worse, you could have the prom straight after New Year." I told her and she made a face.
"Still working on that plan but today is Christmas so there is no need to worry about it." Isabel stated and we all nodded in agreement.
Once we had finished, we all headed into the living room, I noticed that Michael and Kyle had disappeared and looked around for them, I was about to ask where they were when all of a sudden there was noises on the roof.
"What the hell is that?" I demanded as I looked up.
Max
"Sounds like there's someone on the roof." Jake informed as we all looked up at the ceiling.
"Daddy!" Tammy shouted, as the noise got louder before we heard a thumping side from outside.
"Fricking Rudolph and Prancer and Vixen and Dancer and Dasher and the frigging other four which no one can seem to remember." A gruff voice muttered as the noises started up again. I chuckled slightly, who ever this person was, he wasn't happy.
"This isn't funny Max, someone is practically trying to break into our house by going down the chimney!" Tammy exclaimed and shook her head. "Who do they think they are? Santa?" she demanded.
"Looks like it." Liz informed and shook her head.
"That's insane, they'll kill themselves!" she exclaimed.
"That if they don't get stuck in the chimney." I told her and Liz laughed.
"Who can it be?" Isabel demanded, there was a rustling sound coming from the chimney and Liz covered her mouth in shock.
"Oh please tell me that they didn't go down the chimney." She told us before there was a thumping sound; we all looked over at the fireplace and saw Santa sitting on the ground.
"Frigging chimney." He muttered as he made his way out of the chimney and brushed the soot of his outfit before looking up at us and with a scowl. "Merry Christmas."
We all just stared at him before cracking up.
"Gee, not very fat this year, are you Santa? Been busy with Mrs Claus?" Tammy remarked and he narrowed his brown eyes at him.
"Shut it you unless you don't want your present." He stated and Maria stood up as she made her way over.
"Michael?" she asked and Michael rolled his eyes.
"It's Santa." He muttered and Maria shook her head as she walked back over to the couch and collapsed on it with laugher. "Ha ha, glad you all are loving this so here are your presents." He informed as he pulled the large sack toward him and dug through it, he handed everyone his or her presents.
Once the sack was finished, we all rushed to open our presents and found that we had been given what we wanted, I saw Tammy hugging Jake cause he had gotten her the necklace she wanted, it was the white gold with a pink crystal pendant.
I looked at Liz with nervousness running through my veins, I hoped she liked the presents.
Liz
I opened my present from Max, I could see that he was more nervous than he was for my birthday and it made my curious, I saw a small box and a large box, so I picked up the largest box first and saw it was a silver charm bracelet, there was a few charms on it so I looked at them, one was a cat, one was a book, one was a heart and there was a moon shape, I smiled I noticed that he had gotten a small charm of an rose.
"It's beautiful." I told him and he smiled.
"Look at the other one." He told me and I nodded as I set the charm bracelet down and picked up the smaller box, I flipped it open and gasped when it saw the ring, there was a simple heart cut diamond sitting in the middle, there was a smaller aqua crystals setting around the heart and they were all set on top of white gold crystals. I looked up at him.
"Max?" I asked and he smiled nervously.
"It's not a proposal ring!" he blurted out and Tammy giggled from behind her hand as she shook her head in amusement. "It's a promise ring." He admitted and I looked down at the ring, he took it out of the box and lifted my hand before sliding it onto my left hand middle finger. "I wanted to let you know that I will be here for no matter what and I promise that we will get married one day." He whispered; I smiled with tears running down my face, I reach up and kissed him.
"I love it." I whispered as I looked at the ring before looking at him. "And I love you."
"I love you too." He whispered back as Maria took my hand and looked at the ring before clicking her tongue.
"Damn Maxie, if this is the promise ring, then I want to see the engagement ring." She stated and Max blushed slightly as Jake shook his head at the sight of Michael and Kyle's enraged faces.
"Buddy, I think you need to bolt." Jake informed him, Max looked up and paled when he saw the guys before leaving my side and running off while Michael and Kyle chased him.
"What is going on?" Tammy demanded.
"Kyle and Michael told Max not to buy Liz anything too expensive and amazing otherwise the girls will get on to them for their presents, but you know Max, he was thinking about Liz when he mumbled sure and he went out this Christmas." Jake informed before winking at me. "He never does anything half for the girl he loves anyway and I have to admit, the boy does have taste." I blushed as I lifted my hand up to my face and smiled, I have to agree, he does have taste.
"Hey guys!" Tess called out, Max, Michael and Kyle stopped when they arrived in the living room and we all looked up at her.
"What?" Isabel asked.
"Know how Liz wanted a white Christmas?" she asked and I looked at her puzzled.
"Yeah, why?" I asked and she pointed to the window.
"Looks like your dream just came true." Tess stated and we all turned to the window and stared at it in shock, she was right, there was snow falling down.
"Oh my." I whispered and Tammy whooped.
"Alright, snowball fight!" she exclaimed as she got up, grabbed her coat, pulled on her boots and ran outside the house.
"I'm with her! I've been wanting to get her back for last year snowball fight." Kyle stated as he did the same as Tammy before hurrying outside, everyone else scrambled to get their coats and boots before making their way outside.
Max stood next to me and smirked.
"How about we go for a walk?" he asked and I nodded in agreement as we both grabbed our jackets and boots, pulled them on before walking outside,
I drifted closer to Max and he wrapped his arm around my shoulders, hugging me closer as I wrapped my arm around his waist and rested my head on his chest, my left hand reached up to the hand that was dangling over my shoulder and linked hand with his. My ring shining in the moonlight.
Merry Christmas Roswell, Tis is the season to be jolly.
TBC