The next day was Christmas eve, the four had decided to stay in together, it had been a difficult few weeks for everyone and they wanted to stay close and not have interfering families asking questions that could bring the trauma back up.

"Yeh mum, I'll drop by in the week, no I'm fine, we've got food, yes and we've got heat, I'm sure we can make our own entertainment without singing the whole of 'hello dolly' mum I'm fine, I just want to spend time with my friends this Christmas, mum we're Jewish we don't even celebrate Christmas, mum I'm going bye." With that Grace hung up and turned to Will.

"Why me? Why do I have to have the crazy relatives?" she sighed leaning into him.

"Well my mum is probably too drunk at this point to ring me and if she does she'll say she's got her friends, which don't exist around having drinks, she always says that so she has an excuse for the 6 bottles of red wine she'll get through tonight. Your not the only one with a crazy family." Will replied hugging his friend. They jumped as the front door crashed open.

"You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not shout I'm telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town, Santa Claus is coming to town, Santa Claus is coming to town." Jack sung and danced his way into the room, followed by an unamused Karen.

"Make it stop Will, for the love of god make it stop." She shouted holding her ears.

"He's making a list he's checking in twice he's going to find out who's naughty or nice, Santa Claus is coming to town."

"Jack"

"Santa Claus is coming to town."

"Jack, please."

"Santa Claus is coming to town."

"Thank you, now please stop."

"One more time, Santa Claus is…."

Will put his hand over Jack's mouth and he shut up throwing himself on the sofa in a strop.

"You guys are no fun, it's Christmas Eve, and I'm so excited." Jack moaned dropping his bottom lip.

"Honey you've been singing Christmas songs all day, I woke up to you singing winter wonderland, I love you honey, I really do but at this exact moment I want to throw something at you." Karen said walking up and hugging Will.

"Honey I need alcohol, please just one, please pretty please." Karen whined giving her best puppy dog eyes to Will. Ever since her overdose she had been advised not to drink, excepting a small glass on special occasions.

Will looked down into her big brown and eyes and smiled, how could he say no.

"Ok, one drink, so make it last."

"Yeh, it Christmas again." Karen clapped.

"So what you got planned for us tonight G?" Jack asked deciding to drop his sulky mood.

"Well, we've got lots of Christmassy food in, I've rented it's a wonderful life."

"Boring."

"I know, but traditional, a goodround of truth or dare then after midnight we can open our presents." Grace concluded.

"What no games, ah is Gracie still upset because kare, and I whipped your ass."

"No, I just thought it would be nice to give games a miss."

"Scared, much." Jack mocked walking over to Karen who was whispering with Will about something.

"What you two ladies whispering about?"

"Oh nothing poodle, just talking about that film we went to see earlier, nothing to interest you honey." Karen replied looking up at Jack.

"Well sorry if I feel a tinge of jealousy when I see my gorgeous girlfriend talking in hushed tones, in a darken corner with another man." Jack laughed wrapping his arms around Karen. "Especially when he's seen you in just your underwear, you know what that did to me."

"What? Turned you from a screaming queen to a screaming queen who is greedy enough to want Karen as well." Will interrupted sarcastically.

"Exactly." Jack replied causing everyone to laugh.

"Hey hey, back up when did you see Karen in her underwear?" Grace asked.

"Oh Grace I've told you this." Will tried edging out of the conversation.

"No you haven't, come on spill."

"Honey he walked in on me and Jack the other night." Karen laughed at the memory, remembering Will and Jack's embarrassment.

"What, you walked in on them having sex?"

"No!" Jack and Will both shouted back at her.

"It was during the build up, after we beat you at your stupid game and went across the hall, things started to heat up, clothes started to come off and in walks Will swinging my purple handbag." Karen laughed and Grace joined her whilst the Jack and Will looked on in embarrassment.

"Don't you see the funny side of this?" Grace asked as she noted they didn't seem to impressed by the story.

"No." they both replied.

"Will went red from the neck up, started stuttering over his words and Jack had to find somewhere to hide, for obvious reasons." Karen shouted in hysterics doing actions for Grace who was laughing so hard she had tears rolling down her face.

"And all this time you were just stood in your underwear?" she asked Karen.

"Yeh honey, but look at me I look great in underwear I wasn't embarrassed I was just laughing at these two."

"Yep I threw a cushion at her to shut her up and I'm about to throw another one if we don't drop this, it was not a big deal." Jack muttered.

"Ah sweetie I've told you size doesn't matter!" Karen mocked sarcastically cracking up with laughter again with Grace; even Will smiled at that little quip.

"Santa Claus is coming to town." Jack started singing causing everyone to fall silent.

"Ok, ok you win poodle I'll shut up."

"Thank you now lets get some food and watch this film for about the hundredth time." Jack said grabbing a plate from the side.

Time ticked on and midnight was fast approaching, Jack and Karen were curled up together on the sofa, giggling softly as they teased each other and whispered secret things. Will and Grace were in the kitchen making hot chocolates.

"Look at them, you can't tell where one starts and the other one finishes." Grace sighed enviously.

"I know, Jack is so lucky, Karen has changed so much now she's sober you know we've been spending a lot of time together lately she really is amazing."

"Wow I never thought I'd hear you talk about Karen like that." Grace said looking at her friend.

"Neither did I" Will laughed as he pulled Grace in the direction of the sofa. "Break it up you two." He shouted as he threw himself on the sofa next to them.

"Ok, Jack truth or dare?"

"No, I don't want to play." Jack whined.

"Come on honey it's fun think of what we can get out of these two." Karen said smiling suggestively at Jack.

"Ok, fine truth." Jack muttered waiting for his question.

"If you could have sex with any person in the world who would it be, remember anyone?"

"Oh that's easy, Karen." Jack replied looking triumphant.

"Ah, Jackie that's sweet." Karen said kissing him on the cheek.

"Well I thought it was obvious, you'd pick me wouldn't you?" He asked.

"Oh honey……no, I'd pick George Clooney."

Grace and Will starting laughing at Karen and Jack folded his arms and moved away from her.

"I can't believe you wouldn't pick me, fine right now your dead to me." Jack snapped turning his head away in a dramatic fashion.

"Oh, poodle, don't be like that it's only a game." Jack still didn't turn around.

Karen moved closer pressing her body up against his.

"Come on honey, you could watch." She muttered into his ear. Jack tried to hold back his smile as she teased him, and kept reminding himself where they were.

"You could join in.," she giggled.

"Ok, ok stop with the sexual torture, your forgiven, god you know how to get around me woman." Jack said pulling her in to a hug.

"As if we all didn't know that Jack, inundate you with sexual favours and your anyone's." Grace laughed.

"So true." Jack replied starring off into the distance.

"Ok, ok my turn, Will truth or dare?" Karen shouted eagerly.

"Truth."

"If you had to have sex with either me or Grace who would it be?" Karen high five Jack who liked the question.

"Now come on Will and remember we can tell if you're lying." Jack teased.

Will thought over his answer for a while, he knew this wasn't going to be good, he also knew he couldn't lie, they all knew each other to well for that, Jack especially had a way of looking right through him.

"I don't know this is only going to upset someone." Will muttered trying to get out of this predicament.

"Come on will its no big deal." Grace laughed.

"Ok, I suppose, Karen." He answered.

"What?" both Jack and Grace shouted.

"See I told you this wasn't going to be good."

"Why Karen?" Grace snapped.

"Gracie, this doesn't mean anything it's just a game." Will pleaded.

"No I want to know why Karen?" she shouted back.

Will didn't answer he just looked at the floor.

"Will, I'm waiting, am I just not good enough for you, I mean I wasn't back in college so I can't be know, why has everyone round here got such a fascination with Karen?" Grace shouted.

Karen was a bout to respond but thought better of it when she caught a death stare from Grace.

"Gracie, I don't know I suppose if I was straight Karen would be me more type."

"What? but you two couldn't stand each other a few weeks ago, she is so not your type."

"Grace I mean this in a purely physical way."

"What so now I'm ugly." Grace snapped.

"No of course not, Grace your to close to me for me to ever think about you in that way, your like my sister, Karen, well Karen is just not, oh I don't know, I told you this game was stupid, can we just forget it and open the presents." Will asked quietly.

"No I think I'll open my in the morning, night everyone." Grace muttered and walked into her room.

"Well you know how to cause a stir don't you Wilma, why didn't you just say Grace I wouldn't have minded but Grace is such a fragile thing especially when it comes down to you, come on Jackie lets go, why don't we all open our presents in the morning when everyone has calmed down." Karen got up and kissed Will on the cheek.

"Hey hey hey, I'm going to keep a close eye on you two from now on."

"Jack I'm gay." Will moaned.

"That's what I use to say." Jack laughed as he picked Karen up and headed for the door.

"Put me down you big fairy." Karen screamed.

Will just smiled as they left, they were crazy but he wouldn't want them any other way. He crept into Grace's room. "Truth, if I had to spend the rest of my life with either you or Karen, I'd pick you, Karen would be a one night thing, you would be for life." He whispered as he got into bed with her.

She hugged him tightly as a sign of forgiveness, "Will you should know me by now, I respond well to lies."

Will laughed and kissed the top of her head, "I think with everything that's gone of between the four of us lately we should stay clear of truth games, agreed?"

"Agreed."

"Merry Christmas Gracie."

"Merry Christmas." She replied as they both drifted off to sleep.