-Chapter 30- 4 mistakes while gifting-
-Santana pov-
"Soooo" I walk up to Judy and look at her innocently "Are we getting that hot tub?"
"No" I pout and she points to the garage door "We already go the hot tub!"
I cheer and we both head out to the garage. I look and see the family gift. I help Judy sneak it into the house and to our hiding spot. We high five and smile at our work.
"We've done good today" I nod and she puts her arm around me "They'll love this"
I nod and then read the box more "Uhh Judy" I walk to the box and point at the writing "This isn't above ground"
"What?" She walks up and I show her the instructions and everything "Shit"
"What about the other things?!" We quickly look at the three other boxes "SHIT!"
I look the pool box and see it's the same writing. I look at Judy and see the panic on her face too. We were in charge of a good family gift! What went wrong?! I run over to the computer and look up what we ordered.
"Oh no" Judy comes over and I point to the orders "We clicked the original and forgot to change anything else!"
"It's ok!" Judy walks to a filing cabinet and pulls out some papers "It's here somewhere"
She pulls out folder after folder quickly. I look at our orders and read what we got. We got a in ground pool, a in ground hot tub, a kid sized snowball kits, and a miniature garden statue instead of the big one.
I'm pulled away from the screen by a paper. I see Shelbys name on top of it and look at Judy. She drops the papers in her hands and points at the paper.
"Shelby has wanted to ad a deck to the back!" Judy points to the gifts we got "The hot tube and Pool could be built in!"
"That's great!" I smile then quickly frown "How are we going to do that?"
"I know where we could get the wood" Judy looks at me with determination in her eyes "We will build it!"
"But if we start now they'll get suspicious" Judy nods and we both go to thinking. I snap when a idea pops into my head "We could do it the night of Christmas while everyone is in bed!"
"You willing to brave the cold and work late?" I nod and she smiles "Then late night Christmas Eve into Christmas Day it is! I'll work on getting the wood!"
I nod and Judy walks out of the room. I hope everyone else is doing better on any last minute gifts.
-Lucy pov-
I CANT FIND A GIFT FOR RACHEL AND THE BABY! I've been in every shop but can't find anything good! I've tried doing separate shopping but I still can't find anything! No one else was the is hard!
Santana got a nice coffee mug and some knives, Fran got some books and a headset, Beth got some new toys, Shelby got books and some music stuff, Maribel got some recipe books like she asked and some music, and I got mom some coffee mugs plus some shirts since she needs them.
Rachel has been the hardest to buy for! I think I may just be overthinking though. I just want our first Christmas to be memorable. Santana already got her a really sweet gift though. She got her a funny girl vinyl along with a custom Funny girl mug.
Santana also got a giraffe toy and a hippo stuffed animal for the baby. I sigh and exit the store I was in. This mall is another dead end! I'm about to leave when something catches my eyes. I walk and immediately see Rachel and any baby with her genetics in it.
"That's it" I walk into the store and find a worker "I need that window matching set of t-Shirts!"
"Ah the mommy and baby shirts" The worker smiles "I'll got some in the back! What size would you need? I assume it would be for a woman after giving birth so possibly a size bigger for her?"
"Yes!" I think about possible sizes before answering "I'll need a normal baby sized one and medium or large adult shirt!"
"I'll get that right now" the worker disappears for a little bit before coming back with the shirts "I'll ring you up, unless you have more shopping to do?"
"Hmm" I look around the store and back at the worker "You got anything else that matches?"
-Time skip-Shelby pov-
I've gotten everyone's stuff already. I got it a while back. So how I ended up in a store 4 days before Christmas I have no clue.
"Mom!" Oh yeah "It has to be perfect!"
"Perfect gifts got out weeks ago" I look at Rachel as she glares at me "It's why most of us already got our presents ordered!"
"I know ok!" Rachel frowns and puts a hand on her stomach "Oh no...that doesn't feel right"
I'm about to ask what when she's gone. I follow after her running figure into the closest bathroom. She's in a stall and the sounds make me realize why. She's got morning sickness.
"I'm coming in sweetpea" I open the stall door and pull her hair back before rubbing her back "You're gonna be ok"
"Is she ok?" I turn to see a concerned female security guard "Some guards and I saw her running and looking pale"
"Morning sickness" Lady nods and looks back at Rachel "Thank you for checking on her"
"No problem at all" She looks back at me "Stay here and I'll be back"
I nod and go back to focusing on Rachel. It's a few minutes before Rachel's done barfing into the toilet. It's another few minutes before the guard returns.
"Here's some ale" She holds it out for Rachel "We got a food worker to give it to us"
"Thank you" Rachel takes the ale and then drinks it "This tastes good"
"Thank you so much madam" The guard nods and walks out of the bathroom "There are such good people out there"
"I thought of the best gift" Rachel takes another drink before standing up "Let's go"
-Santana pov-
"I got the wood coming tomorrow" I nod at Shelby and go back to cooking "What ya doing?"
"Making some lunch" I look at Judy and smile "We all the only two so I figured I could try"
"So I'm a test dummy?" I smirk and Judy shakes her head "It better be a good death"
I chuckle and focus on the cooking. After a bit I get it done and put it on two plates. I made some nice looking omelets...ok so they don't like that great...they look like trash.
"Well" Judy sits down and looks at the plate "Maybe they are better then they look?"
We both take a bite then quickly spit it out. Something did not mix correctly in that pan! I sigh and look at the omelette.
"Of course I can't cook fancy" I look up at Judy "Sorry"
"I'm proud of you" I look at her confused and she smiles "You tried something new! That's something worth being happy about"
I smile and stand up "Why don't we call some take out?" Judy nods and I walk over to the drawer with the numbers...huh "Hey Judy...you smoke?"
"No" Judy walks over and picks up the carton "I've seen these around the house before"
"I've seen them too" I sigh and look at Judy with a frown "I'm just hoping im not correct"
-Time skip-Lucy pov-
When I get home I see all the cars in the drive. Huh I guess I'm last. I park the car and walk inside the house. It's eerily quiet when I get inside. I walk in and take my gifts to their hiding spot.
I walk back downstairs and notice everyone in the living room. They all look at me and I feel the tension hit me quickly. What did I do?
"Uh hi?" I walk in and look at everyone's faces "Why does everyone look so somber?"
"Sit down" I look at mom confused and she points to the open chair "Please"
"You're scaring me" I sit down and look at her worriedly "What's going on? Is the baby ok?!"
"When did you smoke last Lucy?" My eyes go wide and I look at Santana "Honest answer"
"I-it's just to release stress" I finally notice the carton on the table "Where did you find them?"
"The number drawer" I look back at my mom who looks disappointed "I thought you were stopping!"
"I'm slowly trying" I sigh "It's taken more control than I thought"
"Please get help" I look up at a teary eyed Rachel "Please...for me?"
"Alright" I sigh again and nod my head "I'll get help"
I'm pulled into a group hug and smile. This is not going to be easy by a long shot. But at least now I got a bigger support system. 4 days til Christmas.
I've got 4 days to find help.
