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It was now Christmas day. Clemmie's funeral had been challenging for them all. Edwina was upset that Kisaiya wasn't more upset which led to a slight disagreement, but all was solved before they returned on Saturday. Ange and Chloe had been busy at work but they were working with Dom and Donna to ensure that Kisaiya was never left alone.
Ange had been quite worried about Dom but felt better after last night's party. She explained to her son that she was sorry for not being there for him but earlier that day she and Carole had joined forces and he had a controlled explosion.
Ange, Chloe and Kisaiya were having lunch just the three of them and then were going to Fletch's that night. Dom was going to join them after his shift for a couple of hours.
Ange was excited to spend her first Christmas for both of her children and now she had three children. They had quite a long lie on Christmas as they were all tired after working the last few days.
Chloe was the first one awake and did what she always did on Christmas Day, she wandered through to her mum's room. Now at the age of 28, Chloe didn't often sleep with her mum. Well apart from this year, when she felt like she was constantly in her mum's arms after past events. But ever Christmas, she went into her mum's room and they sat and spoke.
Ange smiled when she saw her daughter. She moved the duvet and Chloe climbed in. They started speaking and Ange relaxed when she noticed just how positive her daughter seemed. This was how she wanted to end the year.
She then heard a knock at the door and looked up.
"Can I come in too?" Kisaiya asked nervously.
"Of course you can" Ange said as she moved into the middle. The girl then clambered in next to her aunt.
The three of them spoke for a good half an hour. Ange was so relieved that the girls both seemed so positive today. She was happy they could have a conversation without worrying about Clemmie's murder, Pete or Evan. It made a change.
"Shall we go and get bacon rolls?" Ange asked and they both nodded. They all got up and walked into the living room. Ange had all their presents laid out.
"Mum you really don't need to keep doing this" Chloe said as she walked over to the pile of presents.
"Come on the two of you open them up. I have Dom's here as well" Ange said and Chloe rolled her eyes. They all opened their presents and were so happy with their gifts. They both gave Ange a massive hug and thanked her for her kindness. Kisaiya had never gotten so much for Christmas before.
Once the bacon rolls were eating, Chloe and Kisaiya hung out while Ange started cooking. The girls knew not to get in Ange's way as she got really stressed and snappy when cooking but then it was also difficult because she then moaned about neither of them willing to help.
At around 1ish, Chloe went through and helped heat up the soup which had been made yesterday and Kisaiya set the table. She was very proud of herself as she had looked it up online and ensured that she set it out correctly for the three courses.
They were finally all ready to sit down. Ange smiled as she sat and engaged with conversation between Kisaiya and Chloe. She was so proud of both girls. They had a challenging year and had gotten through it and were now stronger than ever.
It took them a while to eat all three courses as they had a break between each. They then had to get ready for going to Fletch's. Ange explained that it was a party but it wasn't. They all just needed to wear jeans and a nice top, nothing too fancy.
They disappeared to all get ready before heading to Fletch's. They arrived and instantly the adults started drinking. The children all went to the toy room and Kisaiya chatted along to Mikey and Evie without an issue. They looked after the younger children and everyone was happy. They were playing on a new console that the children had gotten for their Christmas.
Ange, Fletch and Chloe were all having a catch up. Dom then arrived at the back of 8. Ange had brought over some leftovers for Dom to head up and ate. He was given strict instructions to come over tomorrow after his shift to get his presents.
"Shall we play never have I ever?" Chloe said and Ange raised an eyebrow. She knew that Chloe was getting tipsy and didn't want anything to set her off about Evan. She gave Dom a look who nodded as well. They were both clear on what to avoid.
"Okay, I'll go first…..never have I ever stolen anything from a shop" Dom said looking suspiciously at Ange and Chloe. Ange instantly took a drink.
"Does pick n mix from Woolies count?" Chloe asked seriously.
"Of course not, everyone has done that" Dom said. "But Ange?"
"Well, let's say I was a bit of a rebel when I was a teenager" Ange said, and they laughed.
"My turn…..never have I ever had sex with a girl" Chloe said and Dom took a sip.
"I wanted to be sure and well Barry was making things difficult" Dom admitted wanting to change the topic.
"Never have I ever cheated" Ange stated, and no one drank. She was relieved.
"Never have I ever had a threesome" Dom said, and Ange took a sip.
"Mum" Chloe said, and Dom started laughing. Ange had her head in her hands. She was glad that Fletch was currently dealing with a spillage of a drink from Ella. They continued their game for a couple more rounds until Ange felt someone behind them.
Kisaiya stood at the door looking on at her siblings. She instantly felt jealous. She wasn't Ange's birth child and that would always matter to Ange. She was just the reject.
"Come join us Kis" Ange said. She was sat on the couch with Dom and Chloe and noticed that Kisaiya didn't know where to sit. Ange pulled the girl onto her knee.
"You're my little one" Ange said kissing the girl on the head.
"I'm not that much smaller than you" Kisaiya admitted.
"I know but you are a lot younger. Two of my children are adults now but you aren't even a teenager" Ange explained and Kisaiya nodded as she lay into her mum's arms. Chloe placed her arms around Kisaiya as well. They sat for a while longer and spoke.
"Missy I think you need your bed" Ange said as she noticed that Fletch had started putting his children to bed. Theo was already sleeping and Ella was very close.
"Are you okay sleeping on the mattress in Evie's room?" Ange asked and Kisaiya nodded.
"Go and get ready for bed and I will be through in 10 minutes" Ange explained. Kisaiya nodded and headed to the bedroom to get her pyjamas before moving to the bathroom.
"Me and Chloe are going to walk to our flats" Dom explained.
"Are you sure?" She asked.
"Yeah, Cam and Nikki are having drinks at ours" Chloe explained.
"And I'm working tomorrow so I best go to bed" Dom said noticing that it was now after midnight. Ange nodded and saw her eldest two children out before going to check on Kisaiya. She kissed Kisaiya on the head before going to join Fletch.
"All children in bed?" Ange asked and Fletch nodded.
"Go rid of your eldest two have you?" Fletch replied and Ange nodded.
"And now time for us to have some fun" Fletch said as he moved over to Ange and pulled her into his arms.
"Can we go to your room? It's feels weird that a child might walk out of their rooms" Ange said and Fletch laughed but nodded. The two of them raced to Fletch's room where they got up to some mischief.
Meanwhile, Kisaiya had just woken up. She heart was racing and she didn't know why. She felt out of control. Grabbing a blanket which was on top of her duvet, she walked into the living room. She saw that it was 2:26. She needed someone and she just didn't feel that she could go into Fletch's room. She knew her mum was there but it was their private area.
Feeling that she only had one option, she called Chloe.
"Hey, what's up?" Chloe asked. She was tipsy but instantly worried when she saw her sister's call. It was very unlike Kisaiya to call at this time especially as she meant to be sleeping.
"Chlo, I….I….I" Kisaiya said not even managing to speak. Chloe could tell her sister's breathing was erratic.
"Do you need me to come to you? Where is mum?" Chloe asked worried.
"Sleeping….with fletch….no" Kisaiya said.
"Kisaiya I will come around if you need me" Chloe said and Kisaiya shook her head.
"What do you want me to do?" Chloe asked worriedly. She then heard Kisaiya started to rambling but none of it was making sense. She knew that the girl was having a massive panic attack but she had no idea what was going on. She quickly texted her mum.
Phone me ASAP
She continued to speak calmly to Kisaiya. She asked her on numerous occasions if she wanted her to come around but each time Kisaiya was adamant that she didn't. Once Chloe was happy that Kisaiya's breathing had calmed down, she then concentrated on trying to get the girl to sleep.
Eventually at 3:56, Chloe hung up the phone noticing that Kisaiya's breathing now indicated that she was sleeping.