December 13th, 2004
Carlos stared at the fish swimming around in the tank. There had to be around thirty goldfish in there. He shook his head glancing at Holly who was finishing the edging to the quilt she was making for Stacey.
"Why do you have so many fish?" Carlos asked, "There seems to be another one in there every time I look."
"I buy one every week." Holly smirked, "I need to get a new tank. I don't want them to feel cramped."
"Okay…" He chuckled sitting down next to her. "Bird would probably eat them all." Holly gave him a look.
"I know." She said, "What do you want for Christmas?"
"You in a big red bow." Carlos said sitting back on the couch. "What do you want?"
"A kitten." She grinned.
"I'm allergic." Carlos said watching the smile fall from her face, "What about a turtle? Turtles are cute." Holly nodded.
"Yeah. Turtles are very cute." She said plopping down next to Carlos, "When are you going to give kylie her birthday and Christmas presents?" He shrugged.
"When are you ready to go. I want you to meet her." He said. Holly looked at her watched and then to him.
"How about today? I'm dying to meet her." Holly said. Carlos stared at Holly. She had a giant smile upon her face. It felt so good, so already cared so much about Kylie. "Our birthdays are so close. You better give us tons of presents."
"I will. Let me call the Kenneies and see if now is okay for them." He said picking up the phone.
"Cool beans." Holly said. Carlos dialed the phone and listened to it ring.
"Oh, hey. It's Carlos…Fine thanks." Carlos smiled, "Well, I have a pile of Christmas and birthday presents for Kylie…I would like her to meet my girlfriend…If you have time…Thanks…Bye."
"Well?" Holly asked.
"Get your jacket on." Carlos said, "She said she'd have Kylie dressed and we could take her out for lunch."
"Excellent." Holly jumped up. She couldn't wait to see the child.
Carlos knocked on the front door and glanced at Holly. She looked so nervous. He couldn't help but to smile as Mrs. Kenney opened the door.
"She's all ready and excited." She smiled.
"Great. Oh, this is my girlfriend, Holly." Carlos nodded towards Holly. Kylie ran into the room.
"Hi Carlos!" She squealed. Carlos scooped her up and hugged her tightly.
"Hi princess." Carlos hugged her tightly and kissed her cheek. Holly stared at the two of them. It was so sweet seeing the two of them. Kylie looked at the bags of presents.
"Whats dat?" She asked.
"That's for your birthday and for your Christmas. I'll give these to your mom and she'll give them to you later." Carlos said handing the bags to Kylie's adoptive mother.
"Oh man…" Kylie groaned. Carlos carried his daughter over to Holly.
"This is my girlfriend, Holly. She's really cool and you'll like her." Carlos said.
"Hi. My birthday is close to yours." Holly said, "How old are you going to be?" Kylie held up four fingers, "Wow. Four is old." Carlos chuckled.
"Holly and I are going to take you out for lunch." Carlos said. Kylie's face brightened up and looked at her mother.
"I'm not going." She chuckled, "Just the three of you. Call us if you're going to be late, Carlos."
"I'll make him." Holly chuckled. Carlos put Kylie down and grabbed her jacket off of the living room chair. It was rare he was allowed to take Kylie out without one of the Kennies right next to him. This was a real treat.
"We going to MacDonald's?" Kylie asked.
"If that's where you want to go princess." Carlos said. Kylie nodded, "Then we'll go there." He zipped up the purple jacket and stood up, "Tell Mommy bye."
"Bye Mommy." Kylie said. Holly took Kylie's other hand and the three of them walked down the stairs. Carlos looked so thrilled to be here with his daughter. It made Holly feel so good. If they never had a child together, Holly would be at peace knowing how devoted he was to this daughter.
December 27th, 2004
Okay, so this had been the best birthday and best Christmas Holly had every experienced. Usually when ones birthday is on Christmas, they get jipped out on presents, but not when they're dating Carlos. He sure made up for a double whammy. Holly was hoping for an engagement ring, but well, there was none.
For her birthday Carlos got her this gorgeous silver bracelet that had two diamond pendants on it. How did he know she had been looking at that for weeks in the store? And for Christmas Carlos got her a stuffed Dog (Which she loved as much as the bracelet) and a squishy pillow. He said they were all the rage.
"It's so stupid they rarely let me and Carlos ride together." Holly said. Grace looked at her.
"I know you hate me, but get over it." She said. Holly smirked.
"I am over it. I don't hate you anymore." She said, "I'm too happy to hate. Hate isn't really in my nature."
"I can't do happy today." Grace said, "I worry when it gets this cold. People with no homes could be frozen to death."
"We do get a lot of calls for Bumsicles." Holly said staring at the window. "We don't talk much. Are you still seeing Finney?"
"Seeing? No. Talking to? Yes." A smile spread across Grace's face. Okay, so there was some happy in Grace's life, Holly thought. "That bracelet…A gift from Carlos?" Holly smiled as she stroked the bracelet.
"Beautiful huh?" Holly asked.
"Enough to make me jealous." Grace said, "I wouldn't mind a diamond present."
"It's nice." Holly said. She had the right to gloat. "You and Brendan are sweet together. I can see you two getting really serious." Grace shivered.
"He wants that, but I'm not ready. I have baggage." She said.
"Don't we all?" Holly asked.
"You don't seem to be the type to have baggage." Grace said to her. Holly chuckled. She had no idea who she was talking to. Holly had a lot of secrets. "Your sister is pregnant right?"
"Yup." Holly beamed with happiness. "She's due to give birth in March,"
"Wow. that's coming up quick." Grace said.
"Shaelyn Holly." Holly told her, "Named after her wonderful aunt."
"Of course." Grace looked at Holly and smiled, "See? We can have a civil conversation without biting each other's heads off."
"It's nice to know that huh?" She asked.
"Definitely." Grace smiled as a call came over the radio.
"55-Adam, report to Forest and main for a LOL." Holly reached over and grabbed the radio.
"55-Adam to central were on our way." She said as she turned the sirens on. "Let the fun begin."
"At least it's not a bumsicle." Grace said. Holly chuckled. It really was nice that Her and Grace weren't screaming at each other. She didn't have too many girl friends so it was a nice change of pace. Hopefully they could keep this up.
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