Chapter 12: Merry Christmas
It was going to be Jay's first Christmas with Nadia and their first Christmas as a family and they were all excited. The Intelligence unit had Christmas day off so Erin invited Jay to spend the night her place so that Jay could witness Christmas morning with Nadia. She had an extra bedroom for him to sleep in since they were taking things slow. Nadia was excited that Jay was going to spend the night at their house and spend Christmas day with them. Hank and Will were going to come over later in the day on Christmas to have dinner and give Nadia her presents.
Christmas music was playing in the background while Erin and Nadia made Christmas cookies waiting for Jay to get there. The kitchen was a mess, they had frosting and sprinkles for the cookies and flour all over the counter but Erin didn't care. Nadia had the biggest smile on her face and that's all she cared about.
He hears a mix of Christmas music and laughter as he stands outside of the apartment door. Jay let himself into Erin's apartment, she had given him a spare key before she left the District earlier today. Since he had stay behind to finish up some paperwork and wouldn't be over to her apartment till the evening. He quietly sets his overnight bag down by the enter way and walks down the small hallway into the living room. The sounds of their laughter seem to be coming kitchen. As he round the corner he sees the two of them dancing and laughing with each other without a care in the world. Erin and Nadia are now sing along to Rodolph the Re Nose Reindeer. Not this moment to end Jay pulls out his phone and starts recording his girls. He is so wrapped up in them he forgets that he was trying to stay quiet and he lets out a laugh and alerts Erin to his presence.
She stops and turns her head. "Jay." She says in a whisper.
Jay quickly stops recording and puts his phone away hoping Erin doesn't see it. But the her eyes narrow at him and he knows that he has been caught. At the sound of her father's name Nadia stops dancing an runs toward father.
"Daddy!" she says excitedly.
Jay grabs as she runs to him and hoists her up and gives her a kiss on the cheek. Erin grabs the remote to the stereo and turns the volume down.
"Where taking a video of us?" Erin asks as she crosses her arms over her chest.
Jay takes in how beautiful she looks in this moment. She is has on a simple black tank top and Nadia and her have on matching Christmas themed pajama bottoms. She has a little bit of flour on her face but Jay thinks she looks gorgeous. He walks further into the kitchen. He looks around at the mess and the kitchen and laughs, "What happened in here?" Trying to distract her thoughts from the video he took. It works.
"What" Erin shrugs, "We were making cookies."
"Yeah daddy, we were making cookies for Santa." Nadia says as she turns his face toward hers.
"Well, I'm sure Santa is going to love them." He turns his face toward Erin. "Have you guys eaten yet?"
Erin shakes her head no and says, "We were waiting for you. I figured we could order a pizza."
"Sounds good." Jay replies as he sets Nadia down and she heads down the hallway to her bedroom.
As Erin places a call to the local pizza place, Jay takes off his coat and begins cleaning up the mess in the kitchen. After she hangs up she joins Jay in cleaning up the mess. They move in sync Erin loads the dishwasher and Jay is busy putting everything else away and cleaning the counters. Erin is placing the last dish in her cabinets when Jay moves up behind her. A smile appears on her face as she turns around. Jay place his hands on both sides of her and traps her against the kitchen sink.
She gives Jay a flirty look as Jay moves closer and their faces are now inches apart. "What do you think you're doing?" She says with a smile on her face.
"Trying to take advantage of this alone time we have at the moment." He says in a flirty tone. "I really want to kiss and lately it seems like every time I try someone interrupts us."
"I know, but that is life with a kid." Erin says with a laugh. "But like you said we are alone now."
Jay smiles closing the gap between them and it feels like an eternity before their lips meet. The kiss starts off slow as it takes a minute for them to refamiliarize themselves with each other. They soon find a rhythm and Erin wraps her arms around Jay's neck as his hands go to her waist and backing her further into the kitchen counter. Jay's hand move to Erin's hair as he takes control of the kiss. He slides his tongue into Erin's mouth and as he does Erin releases a moan. The kiss is about to become a full on make out session but the sound of their daughter's voice breaks them apart.
"Is the pizza here yet?" Nadia ask as she walks into the kitchen. Not realizing she just interrupted a moment between her parents.
Jay clears his throat and answers "Not yet."
Nadia huffs, "Can I watch a movie till it gets her she asks her mother.
Erin nods her head giving Nadia the go ahead. Erin runs her hand through her hair trying to calm her body down after that kiss. She looks over at Jay who is leaning against her counter as if sensing that she is watching him he looks up at her and gives one of his sexy smirks and heads off in the direction of the living room with their daughter. Erin let's out a breath. She shake her head trying to clear her mind, she forgot how good of a kisser her was. She smiles to herself as she touches her lips that are still tingling from the kiss. The sound of the doorbell brings her out of her thoughts. As she moves to answer the door she realizes that Jay has been watching her the whole time with a smirk on his face. She rolls her eyes at him and goes to answer the door.
Erin pays for the pizza and heads back into the apartment. She goes into the kitchen and grabs some paper plates and brings them into the living room. Jay gets up from the couch and grabs the pizza box from her. The sit down as family watch Frozen while they eat their eat pizza. Half way through the second movie Nadia starts to doze off with her head on Erin's lap and her feet on Jay's.
Jay slides Nadia feet off his lap and gets up from the couch and whispers, "I'll go lay her down."
"I'm not sleeping." Nadia says as she barley keeps her eyes open.
Jay laughs and picks her up. She lays her head on his should as she continues to fight sleep.
"Mommy, don't forget to set the cookies out for Santa." She says in a whisper.
Erin gets up from her place on the couch and runs her hand through Nadia's hair and places a kiss on her forehead. "I won't sweet pea. I love you."
"I love you too." She mumbles into her father's shoulder.
Jay walks down the little hallway to his daughter's room. He moves the covers back and places Nadia in her bed. The little girl doesn't even wake up. Jay pulls the cover over her and places a kiss on her head. He stares at her for a minute. He whispers, "I love you." And he turns and walks out the room shutting the door quietly behind him.
He finds Erin in the kitchen placing cookies on a plate. She turns to grab some milk from the fridge and fills up a cup. Jay laughter causes her to lift her head from what she was doing.
She kinks her eyebrow up at him and says, "What are you laughing at?"
He points to what she's doing and says, "You're really setting out milk and cookies for Santa."
"Yes, because our daughter will be expecting it. She'll probably wake up in the middle of the night to see if he has eaten them and that's where you come in." Erin says.
"What's any of this have do with me?" He questions.
Erin grabs the plate of cookies and the milk and heads into the living room with Jay right behind her. She places on the end table near the Christmas tree she turns toward him and says, "You're going to be the one eating them."
Jay stops walking and looks at her. "Of course, It would be me eating them."
"Yup." She says with a smile. She moves toward a bag sitting in her living room. "I got you a pair of matching pjs so we could all match." She says will a smile on her face. She sees the looks that Jay is giving her. "Just imagine how excited your daughter will be seeing us all wearing matching pjs tomorrow when she wakes up." She says, as she hands him the pjs.
He shakes his head and says, "The things parents have to do for their kids."
Erin laughs. She moves toward him and places a sweet kiss on his lips. "Go change and I'll start setting out the gifts. And once we get them under the tree we can enjoy some quiet time together."
Jay nods his head and follows Erin to the closet in the guest bedroom where she hid the gifts. As she leaves the room with a few of the gifts, he stays behind so he can change. He exits the room and makes his way into the living room.
"So, how do I look?" He says, as he sets the gifts he brought with him down on the floor next to the tree.
Erin looks up at him and gives him a smile. "You look adorable."
He laughs and the two continue to work as team setting the gifts under the tree. Once their done they head to the couch to relax. Erin snuggles into Jay's side, he places a gentle kiss on the side of her head. He grabs the remote and turns on a movie for the two of them. Jay places his feet on the coffee table. As he does Erin lays her legs across his. She places her arm over his torso and makes herself comfortable. She lays her head on his chest as she watches the movie on the TV. The movie soon begins fades into the background as the sound of Jay's heartbeat lulls her to sleep.
Erin awakes up to a little body jumping on her bed. She groans and turns toward the sound of the giggles coming from Nadia. "Mommy, it's time to wake up. Santa came!"
As smile appears on Erin face as she grabs the little girl and begins tickling her. The shrieks of laughter bring Jay into the room. He watches the two of them laughing together and it's a sight that he'll never get tired of seeing.
"Mommy stop. I have to go potty." Nadia says still laughing.
Erin stops her movements and helps her off the bed. Nadia runs to the bathroom and shuts the door. Jay moves closer to the bed. He leans over and gives Erin a sweet kiss. "Good morning."
"Good morning to you too." She says as she gets out of bed. "What time did you get up?"
"Early. I had to go and get our present for Nadia from Voight's." Erin nods her head in understanding.
Nadia comes out of the bathroom and runs into the living room shouting. "Come on, it's time to open presents!"
Erin laughs. "I'm going to go to the bathroom and I'll be in there."
A little while later after Nadia had opened all of her gifts that "Santa" got her. They decide it's time to bring out their gift for her. Nadia is on the floor near the tree playing with her new dolls.
"Nadia." The little girl looks up at her mother. "We have one more gift for you to open. But this one is from daddy and I."
Nadia looks up excitedly. "Really?"
"Yup." Erin replies as Jay gets up from the couch and heads to the guest bedroom to get it.
He comes back with something in his hands. Nadia runs over to him and Jay bends down so she can she what he has. Nadia gasped in shock. She looks over at her mother and says. "It's a puppy." She says with a smile on her face. "I always wanted one."
Erin moves over to join her family. "We know, so your dad and I decided that Christmas would be the perfect time to get one for you."
Jay sets the grey and white Pitbull with bright blue down on the floor and he quickly runs over to Nadia. She sits on the floor and pulls the puppy into her lap. Erin sits next to her daughter and strokes the puppy's head.
Nadia looks up at Jay who is now seated in front of her and says, "He has blue eyes like us daddy."
Jay smiles and says, "Yeah, he does."
"So, what do you think?" Erin asks Nadia.
She looks up at her mother and says, "I love him. Thank you."
Jay looks at his daughter and says, "Having this puppy is a big job." Nadia looks up. "So you're going to have to help mommy and I with him."
Nadia nods her head. "I will daddy, I promise."
"Okay." He says. "When mommy and I have to work Poppa is going to help us out. So, you have to help him take care of the puppy too."
Nadia nods her head in agreement. Erin laughs and says, "Okay. We have to give him a name because we can't keep calling him puppy." She looks at her daughter as the puppy licks her face and makes Nadia laugh. "What are you going to name him?"
Nadia looks down at the puppy thinking. She looks back at her mother and says, "We should call him Ollie."
Jay looks over at the puppy who is now laying down in Nadia's lap as she strokes his head and says welcome to your new home Ollie."
Next Chapter: Erin and Jay's first Date. Here is a pic of the puppy Erin and Jay got Nadia. Reviews are welcomed
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