Summerland: 15 Years Later

Chapter 1: Christmas Eve

Ava & Johnny's House:

It is 10:00 a.m. Ava & Johnny are still sleeping. Of course, the triplets have been awake for at least an hour, and are tired of waiting for their parents to wake up.

Tommy, Danny, and Lexi ran into their parents bedroom and jumped onto the bed.

"Mom! Dad! Wake up! It's Christmas Eve!" Tommy shouted.

Ava & Johnny were startled at the sudden commotion, and both were awake in an instant.

"Okay, okay, we're up" Johnny told his 3 kids."

"You're up, but I'm not." Ava said groggily.

"C'mon, mom. We have to get ready for Christmas Eve, remember everyone's coming over for dinner. We have to set up!" Lexi said, shaking her mother a little bit, so she wouldn't fall asleep again.

"Okay. Lexi, you're right. I totally forgot that it's Christmas Eve!" Ava said with a little panic in her voice. "Let's go into the kitchen to talk about today." They all walked into the kitchen and sat at the kitchen table.

"Okay, here's the plan. Tommy, Danny, and Lexi, I need you three to clean your rooms. Johnny, please help the kids with their rooms. I'm going to start cooking and wrapping the Christmas Eve gifts." Ava said.

"What about breakfast?" Danny asked.

"I'm on it." Johnny said getting up from the table, and going upstairs. He came down a few minutes later, dressed, and left the house to get breakfast at McDonalds.

The kids went upstairs to clean their rooms, and Ava called the rest of the family to make sure everyone was coming. She was about to get started on cooking when the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Ava?"

"Susannah! Hi! How are you?"

"I'm good. I'm just calling to say that Jared and I took an early flight, and are at the airport right now. We are going to check-in at our hotel, and then we're going to head to the mall to get gifts for everyone."

"Oh, Susannah, you don't need to bring gifts. Christmas is about celebrating Jesus, not about presents."

"I insist. I've missed everyone so much!"

"We miss you too, Susannah. But I'm glad you're here."

"Thanks. Well, I have to go. I'll call you when we're on our way over. Bye"

"Okay. Bye" Ava said as she hung up the phone.

Five minutes later, Johnny arrived back home with breakfast. "Tommy, Lexi, Danny! Breakfast!" Johnny called from the kitchen. The kids ran downstairs into the kitchen. Everyone ate breakfast, and then proceeded with their Christmas Eve chores.

"Want some help?" Johnny said, walking up to Ava and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"With cooking, no, but if you want to help, can you go start wrapping the gifts. They're all in the den." Ava said.

"What's wrong with my cooking?" Johnny questioned.

Ava laughed. "Johnny, you can't cook, you just grill."

"Grilling is cooking." Johnny said defensively.

Ava just laughed and continued cooking. Johnny did what Ava told him and started wrapping the gifts,

Meanwhile, at the Robertson Household:

11:30 a.m

"Get Out!" Matt yelled, while throwing a pillow at his 9-year-old sister.

"No! Mom told me to tell you to get up, and not to leave until you get out of bed and get dressed." Alyssa defended.

Matt got out of bed. "See, I'm up, okay. Now get out!" Matt yelled again, guiding his sister out of his room. He shut his door, and went back to bed. 10 minutes later, he woke up, hearing his name being yelled from downstairs.

"Matthew Jayson Robertson! Get down here right now!" Erika yelled from the kitchen.

"Oh my gosh. Now what did I do?" Matt mumbled, walking downstairs into the kitchen.

"Sit." Erika said. Matt and Erika sat down at the kitchen table.

"Alyssa came down here and told me that you yelled at her and threw a pillow at her, just because she was doing me a favor of waking you up. Is this true?" Erika asked.

"Well, yeah, but I don't want my little 9 year old sister coming into my room."

"And why not?" Erika asked.

"Because! I'm 14 and she's 9! Five years difference!"

"That still doesn't give you the right to do what you did, now does it?"

Matt didn't say anything. All he did was stare at the picture on the wall.

" For the remainder of your Christmas break, you will not be going out with friends and Melissa, and when I ask you to do something, you do it right away."

Melissa is Matt's girlfriend.

"Can she still come to Christmas Eve at Ava's house?

"Yes, but that's it."

"But mom, that's like two weeks!" Matt said angrily.

"You do the crime, you pay the time." Erika said, leaving the room. Matt sighed, and walked back upstairs to his room.

Well that was Chapter 1. I hope you all liked it! Please remember to R& R! xoxo 

MrsMcCartney0828