Chapter 51: Christmas in Boston
Two weeks later...
The day was Christmas in Boston, Massachusetts and John was at the airport waiting for Nicole and her family to show up.
The week before, John and Nicole went on a romantic getaway for three days and went home to have time for themselves.
When John spotted Nicole and her family, he walked over to Nicole and hugged her.
"Hey, baby," John said. "I missed you."
"I missed you too," Nicole said as she pulled away and kissed John.
"Andrew, Danielle, Amy."
"Hi, John," Danielle said hugging John. "It's so good to see you."
"You, too. Amy, what's up?"
"Hey, John," Amy said hugging John and pulling away.
"John, how are you?" Andrew said extending his hand to John.
"I'm doing good," John said as he shook Andrew's hand. "I'm living my life and enjoying it."
"So are we ready?" Danielle said.
"Yes, we are," Amy said.
"Alright, let's go," Nicole said.
Then she and her family grabbed their bags and left the airport with John.
Nicole and her family went to the hotel to check-in and John drove them to West Newbury, Massachusetts to his family's house. They got out of the car and they went to the door. When everyone arrived at the door, John rang the doorbell. A minute later, John's dad, John Sr. opened the door.
"Hey," John Sr. said.
"Hey, old man," John said as he hugged his dad and pulled away.
"Hello, everybody. Come in."
Everybody went inside as John Sr. closed the door.
"John, this is my dad, General Andrew Mitchell of the U.S. Marines," Nicole said.
"Well, it's nice to finally meet you," John Sr. said extending his hand to Andrew.
"It's nice to meet you as well," Andrew said shaking John Sr.'s hand.
"I gotta say, you raised a wonderful daughter here."
"Well, I always told Nicole about being smart and working hard and she did just that."
"Well, I'm gonna go find my brothers and see if they're here," John said.
"Oh, by the way, is Marc here?" Amy said.
"Yes, he's upstairs with the guys," John Sr. said.
"Goodie."
"Well, I'll go with you guys and say hi while you two get to know each other," Nicole said.
"That's a good idea," Danielle said as John, Nicole, and Amy walked away to go upstairs.
As John, Nicole, and Amy walked up the stairs, they reached John's old room where they saw Dan, Matt, and Sean playing pool and Steve and Marc playing video games.
"What's up, y'all?" John said.
"Hey," all of John's brothers and Marc said as they walked over to John and Nicole and greeted them with a hug.
Amy walked over to Marc and greeted him with a hug and a kiss.
"So, how is everyone?" Nicole said.
"Oh, we're doing good," Matt said.
"Yeah, just excited that today is Christmas," Dan said.
"I can see that," Nicole said. "And Marc, I know that you're happy that Amy's here."
"Oh, yeah. I'm very happy," Marc said kissing Amy's cheek.
After a while, everyone ate dinner and went ahead to open presents in the living room.
"Alright, Amy," Nicole said, "you can open your present now."
"Okay," Amy said as she unwrapped her present and opened it. Inside was a replica of the Women's Championship belt. "Oh, wow. Thanks, Nicole. I mean, after all, you are the Women's Champion."
"You're welcome and yes, I am still the Women's Champion."
Everyone laughed.
"Alright, Nicole," Amy said. "You can open yours now."
"Okay," Nicole said as she unwrapped her present and opened it. Inside was a painting of a mermaid sitting on a rock near the sea. "Oh, Amy. This is beautiful. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"Here you go, ladies," John said as he and Marc gave Nicole and Amy their presents.
Nicole and Amy unwrapped their presents and opened them. They had a couple of personalized t-shirts that said "This Missouri Princess loves her Massachusetts Hottie."
"Oh, my god," Amy said. "This is cute."
"Yeah, this is really cute," Nicole said. "Thanks, you guys."
"You're welcome," Marc said.
"Hey, there's more in there," John said.
Nicole and Amy each had a jewelry box inside the box and they both opened to reveal a necklace with a sterling silver small DC cross with a center flower and vine charm for Nicole and a pearl bracelet with a heart charm for Amy.
"Oh, my god," Nicole said, "this...is...beautiful."
"Wow, that is beautiful," Amy said. "Look what Marc gave me for Christmas."
"Wow. That's a beautiful bracelet."
"I gotta say," Andrew said, "your family has good taste."
"Well, good taste runs in the family," John Sr. said.
"I'll say," Danielle said.
"You want me to put the necklace on for you?"
"Yes, please," Nicole said.
John took the jewelry box from and pulled the necklace out of the box. Then he unhooked the hook of the necklace and put it on around Nicole's neck. He then hooked the hook back together. Marc had already got Amy's bracelet around her wrist.
"Marc, I really do love this bracelet," Amy said looking at her bracelet.
"You're welcome," Marc said as he kissed Amy lightly on the lips.
"My dad was right about you having good taste," Nicole said. "You've always given me nice things."
"Hey, I did what I have to do to make sure you have a very nice Christmas," John said as he kissed Nicole lightly on the lips.
A little later, while the boys were playing football in the backyard, Nicole was in John's old room writing an entry in her diary.
"December 25th: Christmas Day. Dear Diary, I gotta say, 2005 was indeed a great year for me despite the first few months. This month, things have gotten even better. Eric Bischoff was finally fired, thank god, I was chosen as the 2006 Babe of the Year along with my best friend Delancey, I got to go to Afghanistan for the first time ever for the Tribute to the Troops, and I'm spending Christmas with my family, especially my dad who I am so glad is home, and of course, my wonderful boyfriend, John. 2005 is closing in and I can't wait to see what the future holds for 2006."
After Nicole finish writing in her diary, John came upstairs into the room.
"Hey," John said.
"Hey," Nicole said.
"You all right?"
"Mm-hmm. I'm fine."
"So did you have a good Christmas?"
"I had a really good Christmas. I'm glad that we had our families together and I'm also glad that my dad is finally home for the holidays. I think this is the best Christmas ever."
"Well, I'm glad. So, do you wanna play a little one-on-one of pool?"
"Are you game?"
"Hell yeah, I am."
"Then let's go."
After a couple of games of pool and staying at the house for a little while, Nicole and her family were leaving.
"Well, Andrew," John Sr. said, "it was a pleasure and good luck out there."
"Thank you," Andrew said. "You too."
"I hope we'll see you again," Danielle said.
"You will," John Sr. said.
"Goodbye and thank you," Andrew said as he and Danielle left.
"Thank you so much for inviting us, John," Amy said. "We really had a good time."
"Well, thank you so much for coming, Amy," John Sr. said.
"And I guess I'll call you later."
"Please call me," Marc said kissing Amy and Amy left.
"Well, I guess I'll see around because John and I are leaving for RAW in Bridgeport, Connecticut," Nicole said.
"Okay, you take care," John Sr. said.
"I'll see you in a bit," John said as he and Nicole left for John to drive Nicole and her family back to the hotel.