POV Narrator:

Laura and Bernadette were together as a couple with 4 days left until Christmas, things between them got much better, they weren't separated anymore, each one staying in her respective residence, this time they were both at the McLaren family residence, where they would spend the rest of the days of the winter recess until the return to school at Luna Nova. In that time until Christmas, there were some visits from Rosemary and April, who came on the 23rd to visit her friend and introduce Scarlet to her family, who didn't accept very well the fact that she was a trans girl, This made Jordan so angry that she ended up getting into a fight with her older sister, but luckily her girlfriend prevented her from throwing more than one punch, which then made them stay at the McLaren family residence, since they weren't being respected at home, which made the blonde very angry because she just wanted to introduce her girlfriend to the family and show that she was a girl like any other.

During all this time also Laura and Bernadette were taking the opportunity to make a lot of love besides also training their broomstick skills, even more so in relation to Cavendish who started first by flying on an ordinary broomstick, going through an obstacle course in which the McLaren timed each lap time it took her to pass, giving a goal to the Scottish girl who had to reach all the speed necessary to be as good a runner as the Irish girl, and also had more physical training involving flying, much like she had done with the green-haired girl before, only a bit more complicated and rigid, with a stronger air current, and also involving a lot more weight and control on a broken broom, going through the same obstacle course, since the broken broom required a lot more control to stay on the course and still make good time, but it was impressive that even then Bernadette had a very smooth and at the same time fast broom control, not at Laura McLaren level, but still very fast and whenever the Cavendish went well the reward was always given in bed between the two who were always loving each other.

Friday, December 25, 1987

The day before Christmas day arrived, the McLaren family was already getting ready, the house was practically decorated, since the Christmas decorations were there since the end of November, the presents were already bought that week, put around the tree, the food wasn't made yet, but it was already bought to be prepared in the morning of the next day and who wakes up first that day is Elisabeth and Joanne who start preparing the Christmas dinner, In the other rooms people were still waking up, and Laura and Bern were the next ones to get up that morning, with the weak rays of sun beating on that room, in another extremely cold winter day that indicated that probably this would be another "White Christmas", but probably not, although the thermometers outside were reading three degrees below zero.

POV Laura:

Today is Christmas... Hmmmm... Let's not train since it's a day off... Bern is still sleeping... We must have had her checked last night... I can even see how full of marks she is. Wow... I had no idea that sex would be so good and that we would have it so crazy, it was one of the best feelings I have ever had in my life having sex with Bern. Wow... I get up, cover my girlfriend since I didn't want her to get cold, stretch and go towards the bathroom where I look in the mirror at all the marks she made on me... And there were many, she really left me with hickey marks everywhere, especially on my neck, this way I will have to wear a different blouse, or just cure it with magic, it will be easier this way, I will only hide the ones that are showing and prevent me from wearing some manieras clothes? On the buttocks too... There is a heart on my buttocks... Ahhhh... So that's what she was biting that day we had sex the first time? It was a heart made of bites... What the... This girl had me bit all over the place. Not that it's bad.

I start to turn on the bathtub and as the water fills up I take the opportunity to do my basic needs, until Bern enters the bathroom and also starts to do the same, she soon looks at me sitting on the toilet and gives me a good morning kiss? How cute... But how inconvenient too, that is intimacy I would say, she kisses me good morning while she was peeing, then I get up and give her another kiss, only this time a real kiss, not a silly kiss.

- Good morning my love - I say to her who puts her hands around my waist.

- Good morning freckles, I saw that you removed the marks on your neck... You don't want your mother to see, do you? Not even your sister is ashamed to show the mosquito bites around the neck, but that's cute, she is ashamed people ... Hehe... Let's take a bath my love - she said as I wrapped all my hair into a bun before getting into the tub and she did the same.

Until I get in and she goes along, she always stayed behind me and we both took a normal shower this time, it was so good the warm water on the body, relieving, besides also having my back leaning on the person I love the most at this moment, We soon finished because it was a normal shower, dried off and got changed into our Christmas clothes, I put on a pair of pants that I wear at home that used to be my pajamas in Luna Nova when Bern slept in my room, a pair of pants with several skulls on them, as well as a t-shirt and a jacket. Bern put on simpler pants and a wool sweater that I lent her, I was always the one who lent the cabbage patch clothes, as much as I was the shortest, she was the tallest. After we got ready, we went downstairs to the living room and the TV was on, Chelsea was already awake sitting up watching TV watching some cartoons and I soon sat down with Bern on the couch next to her.

- Good morning my sis, Merry Christmas - she said.

- Merry Christmas to you too my sis - I tell her.

- Dad and Mom are in the kitchen with Great Lisa, making Christmas dinner, do you want a cookie? - She said until I come out and get the cookies and also her carton of milk, drinking some.

- Of course I do girl, I'm starving to death - I say until she takes the cookies back and gets all puffed up with inflated cheeks.

- Oh come on! Go take it up your ass Laura, you didn't have to take all this too - she said until I showed my tongue to my sister and Bern stood up putting her hand on her forehead.

- Ahhh... You two look like children, I'll get the cookies and milk for the two children who won't stop fighting like cats and mice - said my cabbage, while my little sister celebrated.

POV Bernadette:

I have been here for a long time, four days in this place already made me feel that I am in paradise, here everybody treats me well, everybody received me with affection and I am not a stranger, I am Laura's girlfriend, I am family, they don't look at me as someone who is going to steal from them or anything and they are not saying that I spoil their family, I never imagined that I would see a relationship like this, they don't even demand that I be perfect, since usually the first thing they do is ask me what I am going to do with my life, what I am going to be with my life, but no, they only want me to be happy... Honestly, I'm loving spending Christmas here, I'm loving how the McLaren family is infinitely superior to the Cavendish family? I soon get to the kitchen and find Laura's father, mother and great-grandmother working in the kitchen, they were making the food, I quickly wave to them and they look at me and say good morning.

- Good morning Bernadette! - I just nodded a little embarrassed, still trying to get used to the idea that I'm here, I barely know the people in this house, with the exception of Joanne and Chelsea.

- Good morning - I say a little blushing, waving to them.

- If you're looking for food, just get the cookie jar, oh and there's milk too, I heard the two kids arguing, Laura as always is so mean and must have eaten all of Chelsea's cookies? This girl never takes care of herself, at least they are behaving, they were much worse when they were younger, any little thing was a reason to get into hands, I had to get there and separate them, but even so, they got into hands and then they were hugging each other - Joanne said while I took the bowl of cookies as well as three cartons of milk.

I soon return to the room and the two were punching each other in the arm, I do not know why, they look like two children, until I put those cookies in the pot and the two are already sticking their hand inside the pot, which left a little stuck their hand that could not get out, I even held myself a little not to laugh, they wanted to get the hand out first than the other, but left with their hands together ... How clever... It doesn't even seem like the same Laura who could graduate from Luna Nova without having to study.

- Take it off! - Said Chelsea who was trying to raise her hand.

- I can't stand these two, I was laughing my ass off at how they look like two kids... Chelsea I'll even wipe her because she is a child, but Laura is a 15 year old girl and in three weeks she'll be 16.

- Rock, paper, scissors? Best of 3 - said Chelsea already preparing her hand to play rock, paper, scissors with Laura... They always work out that way, I surprise myself and as always Laura has a notion to predict her sister's moves always, she always hit all three at once.

- Fool! I'm fucked! Now put your hand down - Laura said as she reveled in her victory and finally managed to take her hand out of the pot and get the cookies, Chelsea also took them out right away, it was just a matter of waiting, they don't need to go sticking their hands in all at once, so much that I even got some.

And just as I did that, Laura's hand also went in. How cute... We held hands getting the cookies and soon we kissed and soon I heard an "ewww" from Chelsea, and she kissed her own sister when she went there, she was pretending, after the kiss Laura's sister made sure to get a mistletoe and put it over us and we shrugged and kissed again, I know very well this tradition, I always love to kiss Laura.

POV Narrator:

The time went by and the last people to wake up at the house were April and Scarlet, who were staying at the McLaren family's house. Jordan couldn't stand her sister and had to put up with her father and her other sister coming to visit, Joanne even made some jokes about the gluttony of the blonde who never got fat no matter how much she ate, saying that it was because of that reason that she was so tall, since April was really the tallest Jordan in the family.

Isabella even received some letters from Professor Finnelan saying that the girl was not in Luna Nova, which made the girl's grandmother worry a little about Bernadette, until she connected the dots a little after some conversations she had with her granddaughter, But even so she took the broom on Christmas Day and started traveling to the McLaren family's residence, taking the address references found in old family books, since it was clearer the Dublin region where the McLarens lived. Isabella's departure was not even noticed, Clarie didn't give a damn about where her mother went and didn't even call Bernadette not being there, as well as Daryl, as much as in all these days Laura McLaren's mother was crying because she missed her daughter, was missing her firstborn deeply, she was accepting the idea of leaving her aside and wanted to stand strong not to let her emotions take over.

Until it is time for the McLaren family's dinner and the table is set, everything is arranged, although Laura wants most of the time to get a little piece of turkey, as does Chelsea, but they both get spooned by their great-grandmother when they try to get a piece, it was first necessary to arrange the whole meal and get the table ready, and as they always do every year, a picture is taken of the whole family together for Christmas, but when they are ready to take the picture, they hear the doorbell ring.

POV Laura:

Ah, all the time this business of taking pictures... I am all fucked up on the sidewalk hungry, you always have to take a picture before eating, just to show the plate, what is the need for this ... Fuck, I want to eat... Now someone knocks on the door, well I'll see who it is, since I want to eat soon, I go to the door and answer it, as soon as I open it, I get a little scared to see a Cavendish... Oh fuck... I hope it's not Bern's mother... Fucked up old man... Oh fuck... What do I do? Do I lie? I fight with her for my Bern... I don't know... But it must be her mother, I'm sure...

- Hello, is my granddaughter Bernadette around here? I have been very worried about her, I received letters from Luna Nova and they said that my granddaughter was not there, so I decided to come here, I thought that she might possibly be around here, because she likes a girl named Laura McLaren... Forgive me for coming to tell you a secret about my girl, but it's just that I'm worried about her - said her grandmother... Whew... What a relief, with her I can even trust, since she is Bern's legal grandmother.

- I'm Laura McLaren, come on in ma'am... She is here, yes... Since the 21st Bern has been spending her days here at the house - I tell her letting her pass to the inside of the house.

Bern's grandmother soon leaves her hat on a stand as well as taking off her overcoat and as soon as she enters she looks at Bern who looks at her and soon the two of them go towards each other in a hug... I thought that moment was so cute that I forgot to complain about being hungry... Seeing that warmed my heart, both of them are so cute and at least someone in her family who is not a snake.

POV Bernadette:

Grandma came to see me... And she was very smart to find me... How wonderful... I was missing her, even more this Christmas, without my whole family, at least I won't be with my mother and my sister who will treat me like dirt... She must have been worried about me, I didn't tell her I was coming here, and probably Professor Finnelan must have read the letters and sent them saying I wasn't there, well, at least there is only my grandma here.

- I missed you girl, and you also killed me with worry, look I even had to search to find this place, I'm glad you're okay, I really just came to see you and see if you were okay, I also want to give you your present and talk to you a little bit - said my grandmother with her hand on my shoulder.

- It's ok Grandma, I'm really glad you came here, I was worried about how things were going for me... If my mother will hunt me down, or if she will take me away from Luna Nova, or if I have really been disowned... It's a lot of things - I tell her who only comforts me with a hug.

- Let's get this weight off our shoulders later, first I want to spend Christmas with my dear little granddaughter and find out everything that happened - she said to me until Laura's great-grandmother came to the girl.

- A Cavendish here? I don't know if you are Bernadette's mother or not, but she came running away here, probably because she was mistreated, but I also know that she told me she has a nice grandmother, so it must be you... I was one of your mothers' best friends, I am Elisabeth McLaren Pleasure... You must be their youngest... Isabella I think - Said Laura's great-grandmother until my grandmother just nodded her head.

- Oh, I think I've heard of you. My Aunt Meredith told me about your stories with my mother, that you were the trans witch of the group and that you also helped in the experiments with the fertility stone, in showing how it worked - said my grandmother to Laura's great-grandmother.

My grandma soon said hello to everybody in the house and soon after she helped to take the picture that would be taken by pressing a button from far away, but my grandma decided to be the photographer, helping more in the angle of the pictures, after the picture we ate a little, my grandma even entered in the middle invited by Laura's mom, and the food was delicious, the people in this house are incredible cooks, she made with a lot of love that meal, it was as good as the one at home, although most of the time the employees made more for obligation. After we had eaten and were satisfied, the part about opening the presents began.

POV Laura:

Chelsea got from her mother a toy train with several tracks, more for the collection of my little sister who was fascinated by trains, so much so that on the Christmas tree there was an ornament of a train passing by around the presents, she even hugged her mother with all the affection, just like her father, from her grandmother she got some building blocks, that room of hers will become a real city? Wow... When it was time for my present she loved it too.

- Wow! That's a Mahoutendo! You bought a Mahoutendo just for me? Really sis! Wow! I love it - she said hugging me.

Then came the gift that Bem bought her that I helped her with too, when she opened it was a few more video game cartridges, so she doesn't get mine and can have her own games saved with her own records, since I would beat that score easy, easy.

- Now it's your turn Laura, open the little boxes because later there is a special present waiting for you outside - said my mother.

I opened the presents, first was Bern's who gave me a Magic System, I didn't have one, so it was great, I even hugged her, she also gave me some cartridges... My great-grandmother, on the other hand, gave me a New broom! What a fuck! It was a fucking Carlucci broom, those things fly really fast, I also hugged my grandma, it was the model 671 that had a place to hold my hands and a little space for luggage besides allowing me to reach higher speeds, it was a magic orb one... What a fuck.

- Now come on girl, your father and I have a little present for you - said my mother and father waving to me.

I go there and when I arrive I am confronted with a motorcycle! I won a fucking motorcycle! I quickly looked around and it was a Zaibatsu 1050X, not just any bike! It was a six-cylinder fucking motorcycle! Holy shit! I won a fucking motorcycle! A motorcycle! Fuck, fuck, fuck! I always wanted a motorcycle! I immediately jumped on both of them, crying with emotion.

- She's all yours, but don't get too excited, you know you can only get your license when you're 17, so only ride around here with this beauty and take good care of this girl – said my dad.

I quickly get on top of her all excited and my dad gives me the key, I start the bike and hear the roar of that fucking engine! Oh fuck! I am in love with the bike! I rev the engine a few times and I'm almost horny! Holy shit! Fuckin' motorcycle! Fucking motorcycle! I have this in my head now! Then I turned off the bike, I didn't want to go out riding now because I still had to see the others getting presents.

POV Bernadette:

It was so cute to see Laura all excited about getting a motorcycle, she is really passionate about engines and all that stuff, I liked to see the shine in her eyes, it was so cute, how cute, well now let's see what I got, probably they are only gifts from Laura and my grandma, as expected, but Laura's parents gave me a gift and when I opened it was a tennis shoe! Wow! I wanted so much to have a sneaker of my own, since I'm wearing shoes or high heels at most... Now I have a sneaker... Until it arrived as a present from my grandmother.

- I thought very carefully about this one, imagined how delighted you were with it, and decided to buy one for you - said my grandmother handing over a box.

When I opened it, it was a Magic System, just like the one I gave to Laura! I jumped for joy and hugged my grandmother with everything... I will now be able to play in my room! How wonderful! Yes, I will be able to play videogames without having to go to Laura's room, although I still want to go there just to play something else... Hehe... But I'll be able to play during the week, it even came with some cartridges, but how nice, I love it... I didn't expect that.

- Thank you Grandma! I love you very much... I didn't expect this - I tell her.

- Your mother is no longer the person who will give you a mother's love, so let your grandmother do that for you. She really was always more my mother than my own mother, my grandmother was always present, always made a point of wanting to see me well and happy.

- My present is waiting in the bedroom, but we won't open it until later - said my perverted girlfriend to me I can only imagine what it was.

- You're such a big jerk about banging my granddaughter, you don't even try to disguise it - said my grandmother, which made me blush, including Laura, who let her guard down until she put her hand on my girlfriend's shoulder and she felt more comfortable.

POV Narrator:

After this moment the presents continued to be opened, and April and Scarlet after opening the presents given by Laura, said goodbye to the McLaren family and from there went to the Jordan family's residence, since the family was waiting for April, they wanted to meet Scarlet too. At the McLaren family's residence continued with the opening of all the presents, until after a while all of them were opened, there were not many people, but it still took a while.

After a while Isabella calls her granddaughter over to talk, it was about what happened at the Cavendish family mansion, and she also calls Laura to come along, since the two were girlfriends, she also needed to hear in a more private way everything in detail, they go to McLaren's room and from there they start arguing.

POV Bernadette:

Things are going to work out now, how wonderful, I hope that I will be able to continue in Luna Nova, but I will also do my best not to let anything go wrong, I hope that nothing bad has really happened and not that my mother will follow me, I really want to be in peace, not to be bothered by anyone? Oh well... I'll try to do what I can here.

- Bernadette, I've been waiting for the moment to tell you, but your mother... She really wants to disinherit you from the family, but she can't, because I'm in charge... I recommend not to return to the family residence... At least until you complete your studies in Luna Nova, after that I can even help you to become the head of the family, at 18 you will have to become the head in my place, unfortunately I don't know if I can stand it for long... Bern... You know I have cancer, I don't want to risk too much, you know... That is if you really want to take my place, sorry if this is pushing too hard, but I want you to be in my place because you are the only one I really know that has the ability to continue the family line, your sister is now practicing to stay in that place and I am really afraid of her. I'm afraid of what the family might end up with if Daryl becomes the leader - my grandmother said until I put my hand on her shoulder with all the determination in the world.

- Grandma, you can let me, I will take this place, I will come back, I will take over in your place, I don't want to leave everything in the hands of Daryl and much less of my mother... The future of the Cavendish family depends on me! I received the blessing of the trinity of the Diana Cavendish and this should be a huge sign that I will be the one responsible for bringing greatness back to the family - I tell her who smiled when she saw my determination.

- Be strong Bernadette... I know you will take it, look and I have good news about your freedom, be what you always were, don't hide anymore, you are free now, I know Professor Finnelan controls you, but now she won't control you anymore, you are the owner of your destiny... Oh and don't worry about your enrollment at Luna Nova... I'm the one who pays the tuition, I'm the one who put you in Luna Nova, so don't worry about that, go live your life and get ready for the big day when you will become the great leader of the Cavendish family? That's all I wanted to tell you girl, I will visit you more often, to see that you are well... And Laura McLaren, take good care of my girl, and don't let anything bad happen to her... One day I also want to see your daughter born and be in new and better times for the family... I'm sure she will - said my grandmother waving to us and then leaving the house.

We accompanied her out of the house, where she said goodbye to Laura's family and then disappeared into the sky... Grandma... I'm going to make you proud... Merry Christmas... And I hope very much that one day our family will live moments in peace... I just wish at least that my mother could understand this kind of thing... That she didn't keep pressuring me... I was going to become a leader one way or another... At least now I know that I am not screwed and that I really might have a chance to graduate from Luna Nova. After that conversation with my grandmother I went to enjoy Christmas with Laura... That day was the best Christmas in years... I haven't had a Christmas this good since my father was still alive. I love it… And the best thing is to have Laura at my side… I've never expected that… I've never expected that four days before the Christmas I was gifted with this cute freckles girl… The love of my life it's the best Christmas gift ever, thank you nine lesbian witches for give that to me.

POV Narrator:

Christmas 1987 was magical all around, the girls were able to enjoy a year in which things were different, they enjoyed the fact that they were free to be who they were, for the McLaren family it was like a normal Christmas, but with the presence of the newest member of the family. For the Cavendish family Christmas was just like any other, so much so that Clarie found her mother's delay strange and soon realized that she had gone to visit Bernadette, getting a little angry, still thinking that the girl was in Luna Nova, even saying that she was supporting the Cavendish family traitor. Just because she cares of her granddaughter that suffered a lot into that place when she was there days ago, Isabella didn't care at all about how they treat her like a traitor, because she only wants to see her grandchild fine.

Merry christmas, lesbian witches...