Emily spent the day playing with the boys and Christina in the snow. They went sledding and ice skating. Sonny had had unexpected "business" to take care of with Jason still recovering he had to put in a lot more hours than usual. However he promised to be done by lunch.

"Jason!" yelled Michael running through the snow towards the veranda where Jason and Sam stood. Emily held Christina and Morgan's hand as they climbed through the snow. She finally relented and picked them up balancing one child on each hip. Sam met her halfway and grabbed Morgan.

"Hey buddy," said Sam tickling him. She placed a kiss on his head. "I bet you'll never guess what Jason and I brought."

He smiled gleefully. "Presents!"

He squirmed out of her reach and bounded up the stairs following Michael. Christina looked at Emily and shook her head.

"Boys," she said sighing.

Emily and Sam broke out laughing. "Yes, sweetie boys," they agreed.

Jason was sitting on the couch and watched as Michael and Morgan grabbed presents. Michael's was in soccer paper while Morgan's was in puppy paper. Christina's off course was in shinny pink paper. She tiptoed over to Jason from behind and tapped his shoulder.

She was quite nervous. "Is this- is this mine?" she asked her bottom lip quivering. The little girl was amazed when this tall scary man with the pretty blue eyes smiled and said yes. She dropped to the floor and began opening it.

"Hey shouldn't we wait for your dad?" asked Sam folding her arms over her chest.

Michael looked at her like she was crazy. "No."

"Yes," corrected Emily.

"Do we have too?" whined Michael.

"Yes," said Jason and that was it they all stopped with disheartened expressions.

"What's everyone looking so sad in here for?" asked Sonny smiled.

"Daddy!" exclaimed Morgan and Christina who gave him a hug.

Michael continued to tear open his gift. They all sat around watching the three children rip open their presents eagerly.

"Those are yours too," said Sonny to Christina as she sat on his knee. He pointed to the ones wrapped in Barbie paper by the tree. She looked up at him and grinned. She ran over and began ripping open box after box.

Emily came walking out with a tray of hot chocolate. "Who wants hot chocolate?"

"Me," they all chimed.

"Marshmallows," said Morgan holding his cup. Emily gave him a look. "Please."

She put a ton in and he walked off and sat by Sam's leg. Sam played with his hair carelessly and asked him if he had gotten everything he wanted.

The day went by quickly and soon Sam and Emily were cleaning up wrapping paper and dinnerware.

"So what's up with you and Sonny? You know I thought Carly was just being paranoid but there seems to be some sort of-."

Emily sighed. "Really there's nothing. We're just friends."

Sam nodded. "Friends, I know that story," she said looking at Jason who was almost falling asleep. "Hey do you mind finishing up? I think Jason needs to rest."

Emily smiled. "No, no really go. I'm fine. If I need help I have-," she looked at the two boy how were fallen asleep by the fire. "I'll be fine. Don't worry," she smiled reassuringly.

"Thanks." Sam tugged at Jason's hand pulling him up. "Come on, time to go home." She put his arm around her waste. "Thanks Em."

"No problem." She grabbed a trash bag and stuffed the paper in.

Sonny sauntered in. Leticia followed.

"Emily, I'll do that. Don't worry about it." Leticia grabbed a pile of dishes and left for the kitchen.

"Thanks," said Emily pushing her hair back and sighing.

Sonny cleared his throat. "Um- I had ordered this for you but there was a delay and-," he handed her a small box. "Merry Christmas."

Emily looked down at the present now in her hands. "Sonny- you didn't-."

"I know, but I wanted to," he said nonchalantly.

She opened the package and inside was a platinum locket with embedded with small brilliant diamonds around the edges. She opened it and saw a picture of Michael, Morgan, and Christina from the other day when they went ice skating in town.

"Sonny it's beautiful. Thank you. You didn't have to-."

He took it from her and undid the clasp. "It's from the boys and me. Michael and Morgan helped picked it out. You should have saw them at the jewelry store. Morgan couldn't see everything so Michael picked him up and Morgan was getting his handprints all over the countertop. I thought the sales clerk was going to pop a blood vessel. He followed them with Windex and a towel," he grinned happily at the memory.

Emily smiled and laughed. "I would have loved to seen that."

Sonny started to put it around her neck. Emily picked up her hair and suppressed a gasp when his hands touched her neck and a shot of electricity ran through her. She bit her lip and smiled when he came in front of her again. She touched it gingerly. She looked at it.

"Beautiful," she whispered.

Sonny was staring at her. "Yeah beautiful," he whispered huskily.

Emily met his eyes and blushed.

"Thank you. I should help Leticia with the-."

"You don't have to Leticia doesn't mind."

"But I'd rather help," she said picking up wrapping paper.

"Emily-," Sonny started when his phone rang. He groaned and picked it up. "What?" he snapped. "Yeah, all right. I'll be right there." He hung up. "I have to-."

"Go, don't worry I'll make sure they get to bed."

"Thanks," he said he went to run out the door. Emily noticed he forgot his cell phone.

"Sonny," she said grabbing it and running over to meet him. They stood in the middle of the doorway. He handed it to her and they both realized they were now under the mistletoe.

Sonny smiled. "Can't break tradition." He kissed her gently and he felt her kiss him back as tentatively as he had. They broke away eyes locked. "I'll see you later," he said walking out of the house putting on his coat as he moved. "I always did like mistletoe," he said smiling as Max opened the door for him.

"What sir?" he asked.

Sonny laughed. "Nothing. Make sure nobody gets on these grounds while I'm gone. No company."

"Yes sir," said Max hitting the roof of the limo.

Emily touched her lips gently the blood was still pulsating through them. The kiss had been innocent in appearance but so much more happened than appeared. She sighed. Get a grip Em. He doesn't feel anything for you. He'll only ever love Carly. She nodded and picked up the toys organizing them and bringing order back to the living room. She sat down just for a minute on the couch but soon felt herself drift off.