Fluffy Christmas chapter
"DADDY! I WANNA SEE UNCLE DARRY" came the high pitched demand of a five year old Ginger.
" ginger, honey, for the last time, we are only leaving once you get your coat on" said Pony holding out the fuzzy pink jacket to her.
"no!" exclaimed the stubborn five year old
"Johnny babe, can you help me with Ginger?" called Pony. Johnny came over with Josie on his shoulder, her own fuzzy coat zipped up to her chin.
"Ginger, let daddy put your coat on you then we can go see uncle Darry and uncle Soda" said Johnny
"Dada I wanna go nowww" whined Josie
"we will as soon as your sister gets her coat on" said Johnny
"I no want my coat, daddy's wings are warm" argued Ginger.
"Ginger I'm going to count to three and if you don't let daddy put your coat on by the time I get to three then you're going into time out and we won't be going to uncle Darry's at all" said Johnny calmly. Josie did not like the sound of that and yelled
"Ginger listen to dada!" the little five year old was getting annoyed at her sister.
"one….two…" started johnny. Ginger grabbed her jacket and started putting it on.
" good girl, now was that so hard?"asked Johnny. Ginger pouted before climbing onto Pony's shoulders.
"alright let's go" said Johnny. They walked down the staircase to earth and walked into Darry's house, you couldn't see the Christmas tree under all the presents.
"Not again" groaned Pony spotting the multitude of gigantic boxes with the girl's names on them.
"sorry we're late Dar, ginger was refusing to wear her coat" said Johnny while Pony was trying to steer the girls away from the mound of presents.
" it's alright, dinner's gonna be a bit late anyway, two bit forgot to put the ham in the oven on time and I had to dissuade soda from turning the potatoes green" said Darry
"uncle Darry can I have a cookie?" asked Ginger innocently, her purple eyes sparkling, impossible for any uncle to resist.
"one, go have your uncle soda get it for you" groaned Darry
"DARRY! she's gonna spoil her appetite!" exclaimed Pony, annoyed at his brother for giving into the five year old.
"it's one cookie, lighten up Pone" said Darry. Pony glared at his older brother
"I'll remember this for when you have kids Dar" glowered Pony. Two-Bit walked in with yet another armfull of presents and Johnny sighed.
"Pone, I think we need to build an addition onto the house to add a playroom" said Johnny
"Oh no, any toys they get from their uncles stay here from now on" said Pony firmly, Darry paled looking at the mound of presents. Pony looked at his brother smugly.
"Come on Pony, be reasonable" said Darry
"I am, you bought them all this stuff, you should at least be prepared to keep it here, same rule goes for anything mom and dad buy them, grammy bought the toys so they stay at grammy's house" said Pony firmly. This was the first year this had really become an issue.
"But what about stuff that Dally buys them?" asked Darry
"Dally and Abilene don't have their own house yet, they're too busy, plus they don't go overboard on gifts" said Johnny
"Where do they stay then?" asked Steve curiously
"They live with us, and limit things to one present per kid" said Pony
" the presents from you guys stay here Dar, end of discussion" said Johnny folding his arms.
"Dar, we might have a problem, steve bought them a C-A-R" whispered Soda
"WHAT!" exclaimed Pony
"They're barely five years old what are they gonna do with a car?" exclaimed Johnny
"You're never too young to learn to drive and work on cars" Defended Steve. Johnny slapped him. Eventually they all sat down to eat.
"Daddy I'm not hungry" whined Ginger, Pony glared at Darry
"Ginger eat your food, no presents until you finish" said Johnny. Meanwhile Josie was shoving food into her mouth.
"Dada can I have more tatoes pwease?" asked Josie, Johnny smiled and dolloped some more mash potatoes onto Josie's plate which she happily gobbled up. Eventually ginger realized that yes she was hungry and ate everything except her peas.
"Ginger you need to eat your peas' said Johnny
"No!" exclaimed Ginger, she was definitely in a defiant mood today.
"Fine, then no dessert" said Pony
"NO!" screamed Ginger. Pony sighed.
"I'll deal with her, love, you take Josie to go open presents" said Johnny kissing Pony's forehead. Pony nodded and walked over to the couch, sitting Josie on his knee as Darry prought present after present over, making a pile for ginger in the corner.
"Here Pone, this one's for you" said Darry. Pony tore open the wrapping paper to find a hardcover set of The Lord of the Rings + The Hobbit
"I figured these would make some good late night/ bedtime story reading" said Darry.
"Thanks Dare" said Pony. Suddenly Johnny came out carrying an angry Ginger.
"Well I got her to eat her veggies but after presents its straight to bed with no dessert" said Johnny plopping her down in front of the pile of presents and sitting on the couch next to Pony who was starting to fall asleep.
"Hey Johnny what if you spent the night here, we can look after the girls and you and Pony can get some sleep, I know Ginger has been a handful lately" said Soda, gently setting his hand on his Brother-In-Law's shoulder
" I wish we could but we have to go to your parents' house after this, which is going to be a nightmare because we have to put Ginger down for a nap and your parents are going to insist on giving the girls dessert and letting them stay up way past their bedtime" Sighed Johnny, watching the girls play with all their new toys, like the barbie dream houses Darry got both of them and the toy cars Steve got them and all the Minnie mouse plushies from two bit. Pony had fallen asleep on Johnny's shoulder. Johnny shook him awake
"Babe we have to go to your parents house, I'll get the girls ready" said Johnny softly, Pony groaned, parenting was exhausting
"Five more minutes" mumbled Pony
"Alright, you can sleep while I get the girls ready to go" soothed Johnny kissing the top of Pony's head.
"girls get your jackets on, we're going to Grammy and pappy's house" said Johnny.
"can I take Minnie with me?" asked Josie clutching the smaller of the Minnie mouse dolls she got from two bit.
" oh alright, but only that one, everything else stays here" said Johnny
"I wanna take piglet!" exclaimed ginger, tightly hugging the piglet toy from Darry
"alright, both of you can take one stuffed toy with you but everything else stays here" said Johnny
"thank you dadda" said Josie, hugging Johnny before putting her fluffy pink coat on.
"Dada, I need help with da zip" said Josie, Johnny smiled and zipped up his daughters coat
"thank you" said Josie. Ginger was once again in a foul mood, not wanting to wear her jacket.
"not this again" groaned Johnny
" you need help Jonnycakes?" asked Darry
"she did this before we came here, she doesn't want to wear her coat" said Johnny.
"here, you deal with Josie, I can handle ginger" offered Darry. He scooped the five year old into his arms causing her to squeal in delight, he held the laughing girl upside down. And soda put the coat on her while she was laughing, then he plopped her on Johnny's shoulder. Of course now Josie wanted to be held upside down by uncle Darry. Eventually the four of them left and headed back up the staircase. Of course the girls got even more presents at their grandparents house. After they left Pony got the girls into bed before he and Johnny went to go relax on the couch
"this weekend we are leaving them with Darry and Soda, you and I are having date night" said Johnny
"mhmm" murmured Pony tiredly
"*sigh* ginger is going to be a nightmare when she becomes a teenager" said Johnny
"one year at a time babe" mumbled Pony