Hi! Thanks for the reviews everyone I appreciate them.
Cap'n Phoenix- I love the grand prix now though I haven't had a chance to watch a full one since the Hungarian one I saw a bit of the Ulster one but I was busy so I didn't get a chance to watch all of it. I don't care that you didn't review before I'm just glad that you reviewed.
Star07- I liked the bit about the pictures too I spent ages thinking about pictures that would relate to each of the brothers with a little help from my sister.
Killhill2003- The reason I've never seen a grand prix is because I've never been interested in them but my sister said that Alan used to be a racing driver or something so I put that in I've seen tiny bits of them while flicking through channels but like I've said I've never been interested enough by actually watching one.
Bograt- Here's more and about the commas I am the worst person when it comes to punctuation so don't even bother reminding me about it cause I do try actually my punctuations improved since I started writing fanfiction.
Jenza1202- Not sure if this was actually a good review cause you only really talked about the grand prix and you didn't actually mention the story so do you actually like it? And another thing you mentioned Ralf Schumacher is he related to Michael Schumacher? I couldn't really tell you much about grand prix's so I don't generally know who's won the most this year. Plus I heard they were changing the rules to try and make it more interesting something about trying to let more people win instead of Michael Schumacher.
Lilo Hawkins- Thank you for reviewing I really love your story. Glad you like it, and here's more.
Andrewjameswilliam- Thank you. About the contact stuff you'll have to wait and see who contacts who, you might be surprised, do you want them to contact each other?
NaomiJayne- Thanks for reviewing and saying this story is great I'm really grateful.
On with the story, Alan and Tin Tin's Christmas.
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Alan smiled as he watched the snow fall outside his home on Christmas morning. When he was a kid he used to dream about a white Christmas where he and his brothers would have snowball fights, but unfortunately the snow never seemed to fall on Christmas day and now when it did it was when Alan wasn't talking to his family. The word typical came to mind things like this always happened when he didn't want them to.
He loved snow he loved the way it made things looked magical and at the moment he loved the way the snow made Christmas seem and look more magical than it already was.
His eyes lingered briefly on the phone and Alan wondered should he try phoning his family. He wondered this every year but every year the same thing happened he didn't do it and he ended up spending another Christmas without them.
He smiled as Tin Tin came into the room, "Merry Christmas," She said grinning at him.
"Merry Christmas to you too," He said walking over and pulling her into a bear hug.
Tin Tin laughed as he kissed the top of her head, "Come on we've got some presents to open," Alan nodded and glanced at the tree with the presents under it from friends.
He walked over and picked up a small box in bright wrapping paper and handed it to Tin Tin, "This is my present," He said handing it to her.
He watched as she tore off the wrapping paper eagerly and opened the box. Her eyes lit up as she saw was inside, "Oh Alan it's beautiful," She gushed admiring the beautiful diamond necklace inside the box.
Alan carefully lifted it from the box and Tin Tin turned round lifting her hair up for him to put it on her.
Alan smiled as she turned round wearing the necklace, "It suits you," He said as he watched her examine the necklace further.
"It's so beautiful," She said looking in the mirror running her hands over it.
Alan smiled as he watched her admire the piece of jewellery, "I'm glad you like it." He said.
Tin Tin turned round and smiled at him, "I love it, thank you."
"No problem, anyway what's the sense in having all this money and not being able to spend it on the woman I love." He said kissing her neck.
Tin Tin giggled and blushed like a schoolgirl, "It is beautiful Alan." She complimented, "I didn't know you had such good taste in jewellery." She said turning round to him.
Alan shrugged, "Guess you don't know everything about me then." He grinned.
"Guess I don't." She said wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him lightly on the lips.
Alan grinned, "So where's my present then?" He asked raising an eyebrow after noticing she hadn't yet presented him with his present.
Tin Tin's smile fell as she began to wonder what his reaction would be, "Umm you'll actually have to wait a few months to see it." She said hoping he would actually be able to work it out.
Alan's face took on a quizzical expression as he wondered what on earth the present could be, "Can you tell me what it is?" He asked completely bewildered.
Tin Tin bit her lip she had practiced what she was going to say about 100 times that day before Alan had woken up and now when she had to tell him she couldn't remember what she wanted to say, "I'm pregnant." She said in a quiet voice so quiet that Alan almost didn't hear her.
"Come again?" He asked wondering if he had heard her correctly he could have sworn she had said she was pregnant.
"I'm pregnant." She said in a slightly higher voice than what she'd used before.
Alan's eyes widened in shock and Tin Tin started to panic that he didn't want it, "Seriously?" Asked Alan after several minutes of silence.
Tin Tin nodded and lowered her head not wanting to see his face as he told her he didn't want it.
Alan's face broke into a huge grin, "That's fantastic." He said picking her up and spinning her around.
Tin Tin laughed as he kissed her on the forehead and sat her back down on the ground grinning from ear to ear, "I can't believe it." He said with joy evident on his face.
Tin Tin grinned she was glad he was happy, "I know, I mean it wasn't expected I didn't know what you were going to say I was really worried that you would make me have an abortion or something." She rambled off.
Alan's face took on a frown, "You thought I was so heartless I would make you kill my own baby?" He asked.
Tin Tin shook her head, "I didn't mean it like that it's just that we never discussed children before and you never gave an indication that you wanted any." She said worried she had upset him.
Alan grinned, "Neither did you." He said tickling her.
Tin Tin placed her arms over her stomach as Alan tickled her a lot lighter than he normally would, "Stop." She said giggling.
"Why should I?" Asked Alan with a wicked grin on his face.
Tin Tin grinned as she had a sudden idea, "You might hurt the baby." She said not quite sure whether this was true or not.
Alan removed his hands immediately not wanting to do anything that could damage his child, "Sorry." He muttered sheepishly.
Tin Tin grinned as she realised that while she was carrying his child she could get Alan to do whatever she wanted, "It's ok baby." She said lightly, "You weren't to know."
Alan grinned he loved Tin Tin more than anything and now that she was carrying his child the thought of it made him love her even more, "When's it due? How far gone are you?" He asked in an excited voice the idea he was going to be a father amazed him
"It's due around the 28th August according to the doctor I'm five weeks gone."
Alan nodded digesting the information, "Good," He said, "We have to write that down somewhere."
Tin Tin nodded in agreement, "We probably should though I doubt we'll forget it."
"I certainly won't." Said Alan grinning.
Tin Tin smiled back at him weekly, "Now you know why I was being sick these past few weeks."
"Yeah I was getting worried about you. I'm glad there's a proper reason behind it and that you don't have some terminal illness."
Tin Tin nodded, "I'm glad too." She said.
"This might put the wedding plans off for a while," He said thoughtfully, "I mean we were planning the wedding for early August but I doubt you want to be walking down the aisle 8 months pregnant."
"I certainly don't," She said frowning, "Who wants to look like a beached whale on their wedding day? I certainly wouldn't we'll just postpone it just because we're going to have a baby doesn't mean we have to call off our wedding."
"We could have it at Christmas next year." Said Alan brightly lots of ideas coming into his head, "The baby could be a bridesmaid or a pageboy and it might be snowing and everything." He said his face lighting up with the ideas.
"Alan it more than likely won't snow." She said frowning.
Alan shrugged, "It doesn't matter it'll still be magical." He said planning things out in his head.
Tin Tin nodded she liked the idea of a Christmas wedding as well and by the look on Alan's face he wouldn't have it any other way, "I would love to do that." She said finally.
Alan's face lit up completely, "It'll be so fantastic, wedding of the year." He said kissing her on the top of her head, "And it will be even better cause we'll have our baby there as well." He said placing his hand tenderly on her still flat stomach.
"It would be even better if you would do just one thing." Said Tin Tin looking down at his hand.
Alan looked up from where his hand was resting, "What's that?" He asked curiously knowing he would probably do it.
"Invite your family." She said and instantly regretted it Alan's whole demeanour changed.
His whole body stiffened and his eyes darkened he immediately removed his hand from it's resting place, "They wouldn't come." He said stiffly.
"If they cared about you in any way they would come Alan." She trying to convince him personally she would love to meet Alan's family but every time she brought up the subject Alan avoided it.
"They don't care about me." He said hurt evident in his voice, "I was the mistake." He said.
"I'm sure you weren't." She said desperately trying to reassure him.
"One day I asked Scott why there was such a big age difference between me and the rest of them and do you know what he said?" He demanded off her hurt shining out of his eyes.
Tin Tin shook her head, "No."
"He said that mum and dad only ever planned on having three or four kids they even took measures to stop another one coming after Gordon, but all of a sudden four years after Gordon's birth mum and dad are arguing that there was another baby coming unexpected and unwanted the only thing that stopped them from having an abortion was mum's conscience she couldn't cope with the guilt of a dead baby hanging over her." He said sadly, tears threatening to fall from his eyes.
Tin Tin gasped she could never imagine wanting to kill her unborn child in her eyes abortion was immorally wrong and anyone who ever had one she hoped they could live with their guilt for she knew that killing a child would leave a huge feeling of guilt, "Alan I'm sure that was just the shock of finding out about you." She said in a gently voice not wanting to start off his temper.
Alan shook his head, "They argued about it for weeks I even asked Gordon and he said he had never seen them argue so much, I was just trouble to them from the start I'm sure they're glad to be rid of me." He said the hurt in his voice replaced with spite.
Tin Tin bit her lip, she had never seen Alan so resentful and stubborn in all the time she had known him and she didn't like it one bit, "Maybe you should just try phoning them." She said as the phone started ringing.
Tin Tin smiled briefly at Alan who appeared to be in deep thought before standing up to answer the phone, "That'll be my parents." She said walking into the hall to where the phone was.
Alan watched her go "Hello." He heard her say to the person on the other end.
Alan tuned out of the conversation, as he couldn't really hear the other end from Tin Tin's parents. He looked out of the window. The snow had now stopped falling but there was now a thick blanket of snow covering the ground and houses.
As his eyes scanned the small neighbourhood he noticed a few snowmen already and wondered how early the kids must have gotten up to make the figures though kids always get up early on Christmas he thought.
He heard Tin Tin laugh down the phone, "Say Merry Christmas to them for me." He yelled to her and a few seconds later he heard Tin Tin repeat what he had said to her parents.
Alan had a sudden idea, "Honey?" He said walking into the hall where the phone was.
"Yeah?" Asked Tin Tin turning round to look at him the phone placed against her left ear.
"Have you told your parents our good news yet?" He asked mischievously knowing only too well she wouldn't have told anyone without telling him first.
Tin Tin shook her head and mouthed "don't" to him. Alan's grin widened as he reached over and plucked the phone from the grasp, "Hello?" He said into the phone, "Oh Kyrano I can't believe Tin Tin hasn't told you our good news yet." He said dancing out of the way of Tin Tin's attempts to get the phone from his grasp.
Alan grinned as Kyrano's curious voice asked, "What news?"
"We're going to have a baby." He said suddenly very anxious as to his reaction.
There was a pause on the other end of the phone for a few moments before a delighted, "Congratulations." Came over the line.
Alan grinned even more, "Thank you, sir." he said watching Tin Tin relax after his words.
Alan handed the phone to her, "He wants to speak to you, but he's happy." He said kissing her on the forehead before stepping back into the living room.
He listened to her converse with her father for several more minutes before she asked after her mother Alan suspected Kyrano had answered her mother was fine as Tin Tin's relieved voice came after a few seconds pause he knew her mother hadn't been well the past few months and he felt guilty about keeping Tin Tin from her at Christmas but Tin Tin and her mother had both insisted she stayed with him for the duration of the holiday.
Tin Tin walked back in several minutes later, "Sorry about that." She said apologetically.
Alan waved it away, "Baby I'm hardly going to stop you talking to your parents at Christmas." He said.
"I know." She said fiddling with the necklace around her neck.
Alan watched the fiddling she seemed nervous about something, "What's wrong?" He asked coming forward concerned.
"Nothing," She said continuing to fiddle with the necklace and Alan knew instantly that she was lying.
"Tin Tin tell me the truth." He said meeting her eyes his pleading with hers to tell him what was wrong.
"There was something else I wanted to give you for Christmas." She said pulling her brown eyes away from his baby blue ones to the wooden floor.
Alan gave her a confused look, "What was it?" He asked.
"I sorted it out a few weeks ago before I found out I was pregnant but I didn't know if you would like it or not." She said her eyes fixed on the floor.
"Tell me what it is and I'll tell you whether I like it or not." He said pleadingly.
"I..." She stammered, "I tracked down your parents and one of your brothers but after the conversation we had earlier I didn't know whether you would want to know where they are or not." She said looking nervously at him.
Alan shook his head, "I don't want to know." He said determinedly.
Tin Tin looked at him pleadingly, "Please Alan they're your family." She said.
Alan shook his head once more, "No, they're not my family anymore you and the baby are." He said determinedly.
Tin Tin nodded accepting his answer knowing she wouldn't be able to sway him but she would keep the information of the whereabouts of his family just in case.
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Sorry about the wait for this chapter I didn't have time to write it I've been busy at school I now officially hate teachers.
People were saying about my bad punctuation and I was wondering does anyone want to offer to be my beta reader I agree with you lot I need something done about it and I would be very grateful to anyone who offers.
