"Merry Christmas Shawn" Amy greeted him with a hug and a kiss.

"Merry Christmas Mom" Shawn gave Amy a tight hug.

"Shawn, you slept late what time did you come in from outside?" Alan asked.

"I don't know"

"Well come on we waited for you to get up so we can open presents, do you want to go first?" Amy brought him a cup of hot chocolate.

"Oh wow I'm sorry I didn't mean to keep you guys waiting, thank you, but why don't you guys just start without me. Besides the only I want for Christmas is Angela. I'm just going to take Baby out for a walk."

"Ok. Shawn bundle up its cold out" Amy wrapped his scarf around his neck.

"Thank you, look I even got Baby a sweatshirt, come on girl."

Amy let her hand fall from Shawn's cheek as he walked out the front door.

Meanwhile Morgan watched this man she adopted as another brother walk overtly depressed out the front door, before making a mad dash to her bedroom to make a phone call.

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Ring, ring, ring.

"Oh come on pick up, pick up" Morgan impatiently mumbled into the phone.

Suddenly as if on cue, a female voice came from the other side, "Hello?"

"Hey it's me"

"Hi, Merry Christmas Morgan"

"Well sound more cheerful why don't you?" Morgan's voice had changed to pure sarcasm.

"Sorry it's just this hasn't been easy"

"It's been easy no one"

"What are you talking about?"

"Look if you want a Merry Christmas get your butt to my house ASAP."

"He's there?"

"Mhm"

"Does he have a girlfriend?"

"Sort of"

"Oh, then I guess we couldn't survive being apart"

"No silly trust me he misses you, he wants you. God I can't even begin to tell you how much he misses you."

"But you just said he has a girlfriend."

"Yeah one with thick white fur, four legs, and a wet brown nose."

"A dog?"

"Yep"

"Does he still look the same?"

"A little bit, he's a little skinnier, and a little paler, but at least he's looking like he's slept again. I think having the dog has helped him, a lot."

"Will I be able to recognize him?"

"Of course you will. Just look for a crowd of people full of Christmas cheer, and then in the center you will see a boy that used to be a man heart broken, sitting in the corner with his puppy."

"That bad huh?"

"Come fast! Bye."

Morgan slammed the phone down, went to join her family and wait.