Implementing

"Find anything yet Gallows?" yelled Laura, "This one's only got milk, cheese, veggies, and fruit."

"Nothing! There's some egg nog in here, but it's the crappy non-alcoholic variety," Gallows yelled back. Each of them were working from opposite ends of the room on the ladders and had planned to meet at the center in the end. However, halfway through their search, neither had been able to locate the Egg Nog Holy Grail. Gallows did, however, discover a nice bottle of sangria; he pocketed it for later on.

Laura muttered, "This is starting to get depressing. I mean, we've got to find more than this stuff."

S...S

Jessica shrugged with the thought that the duo of drinkers were missing. "Oh well! No use crying over it. I'll find them later on, somewhere. Probably went looking to see if there is some sort of alcohol in the house somewhere. We should have gotten Todd to hand out drinks so he could only serve around two per person. That way, we wouldn't have any drunkards passed out on the floor, and those two would have stayed in the party. Right now though, I've got to send my message of love to Lyla and Vinnie-boy."

She snuck up behind a couch near where the two were talking to Alfred. Luckily, Vincent was next to Alfred and Lyla next to Vincent. If there was a mistake in aiming, at least she'd get the two guys under the mistletoe and not Lyla and Alfred; it would be bad to make her crush blush over an unwanted kiss. Jessica cast her line and let it fly. It hung right over Vincent and Lyla's heads, making them blush.

"Well, I'll be leaving you now," Alfred stated, "I didn't think that Maya hung any mistletoe for the party, one of her Laura and Gallows precautions, but I could have been wrong. Think I'll see what Jessica has been up to; I haven't seen her since she went off to go to the bathroom." Then, he left them.

"Well…I guess I can…do this…" whispered a nervous Lyla. Vincent nodded; he was nervous as well. So the two slowly walked off to the kitchen under the pretense of getting some meat from the fridge.

Alfred, in the meantime, had discovered Jessica behind the couch. He asked, "Why are you standing behind the couch with what appears to be a fishing pole? I take it the mistletoe that got Lyla and Vincent to run off to the kitchen to liplock." In shock, Jessica dropped her pole, quickly hiding it in case someone else came along. Blushing, she explained her matchmaking plan to Alfred. He understood her desires; Alfred would do the same if it would make his sister happy. And agreed to go get Maya away from Virginia so she and Jet could talk alone. He also told her that he'd search for Laura and Gallows.

Jessica beamed. "Thanks! Don't know where in Filgaia those two went; we're having a party after all. Just get Maya to leave Virginia so I can make her liplock with my brother." He nodded, and went over to the two girls. The swordswoman couldn't hear what he said, but soon Maya walked off with him. Virginia, bored without someone to talk to, went over to the corner to speak with her crush.

'Perfect!' thought Jessica, 'Time to make it work.' She then snuck over behind a table where they were standing. Neither spoke; their nerves were most likely preventing any action as usual. Oh, that would change now that Jessica was in charge. They were going to passionately kiss if they liked it or not.

"Jet…do you want to go in the other room? I mean, I want to get some quiet," she told him. Just as Jessica cast her line, Jet nodded and walked off towards the kitchen. At the same time, a blushing Lyla and Vincent returned from their time in the kitchen. They were blushing deeply as a result of the kiss they'd just shared. Jessica was forced to thrust back her line before they found the felled mistletoe and it led them back to her and her master plan. That was an interruption that the girl didn't need at this time.

She muttered, "I'll bet it would be easier to get Gallows and Laura. But where did they get to?"

S...S

The duo had met at the final fridge in the middle of the back wall. Laura grabbed the silver handle and Gallows rested his hands on hers. Together, they slowly and sensually pulled back the one item that held them from certain bliss or despairing failure. The light shone on them, a light of hope.

Laura's eyes went wide. "Gallows! Look at all this egg nog! It's…it's the real deal. There's alcohol in them! We're finally able to enjoy our party." She could read the cartons' contents; it said that their long search in the room of pain had come to fruition. At once, they each grabbed two cartons from the top of the fridge, slammed the door closed, and opened their prizes. Then, they began guzzling. Though this was far from all they would be drinking. Once they were finished, they'd go back for more.

S...S

Jessica knew she couldn't worry about her wayward buddies. Now, she needed to help Jet and Virginia. So the girl snuck into the kitchen and hid behind one of the counter edges. The two lovebirds were talking in hushed whispers and Virginia seemed worried about something or other. Every time she mentioned a phrase to Jet, he would grow paler; if that was possible, seeing as he was already really light.

"Are you sure!" he exclaimed finally, "I mean, we only really were together that one time Ginny."

"One time is enough Jetty-boy. Women's bodies don't take things like first times into account. This might throw a monkey wrench into our own plans. We'll have to inform Gallows and Clive about our secret wedding last August and the fact that we slept together only a month ago. I know most women aren't able to tell so soon, but I am a Shaman after all; I know when there is another life beating within my own body. And, if I'm correct, there are two lives inside of me," Virginia called back to her young partner.

Jessica turned as pale as her brother; she wasn't expecting this little tidbit to reach her ears. In fact, since she had been casting her pole just as Virginia had mentioned her pregnancy, the girl tossed the entire mistletoe rig into the air. It landed on Jet's head and hung down, causing him to blush deeply.

Virginia tossed her head towards where it had come from and away from her blushing husband. She could sense another Shaman in the room with her; a Shaman girl who didn't want to be found by anyone at all. "Jessica Linnea Enduro! You are getting out of there right now. So that's why Lyla and my brother rushed out after finding mistletoe hanging over them, even though Maya never hung any. Or why Alfred was in such a rush to get his sister to come upstairs and check the fruitcake he put in the fridge."

Teefa's Last Words...

One more chapter after this crazy one. That'll settle all the problems. We'll see what happened when Gallows and Laura are caught with the egg nog, and Jet's reaction to his sister. And yes, I had to put the pregnancy in here. Cuz based on my timeline (taken down since you can't have full AN chapters anymore) they marry in August, and she gets pregnant in November.