"Adam, Adam, Adam! Guess what! Guess what! Guess what!"

"What, Ty?" He asked.

"We've got tickets to fly over there in two weeks!" I practically squealed the answer, and I saw in the corner camera that showed me that Danny was grinning behind me.

Danny's father chuckled softly as I bounced in the chair of the Big House, computer screen in front of me. Danny and I were Skyping his dad today after Zavid had set up a safe internet connection that monsters couldn't track to the camp. Gods. We hadn't talked to Adam in forever. Thanksgiving had passed, and that had been the last time we had called Adam. He had told us that it would have been nice to have us over, then, because, well, it was Thanksgiving, and he probably wanted to have been all sappy and be all like "I'm thankful my son is still alive", which I had completely understood. But he had told us that we were welcome over there at any time, and now we were going to be there for Christmas!

Okay, yeah, that meant that there had only been a week where we hadn't talked to Adam, but still! That was a long time for me. Like, I felt ancient at that point. Might have just been because I was tired, though...

"Is that so?" Adam asked me, , brushing aside his growing hair from his face. It was clear he hadn't gotten it trimmed recently. It was longer than normal, and looked a bit odd actually framing part of his face.

Danny nodded excitedly. "Yes! We finally get to see you! Uh... not on a screen, see you. Meet you in person! Yeah! That's what I mean."

"That's great! I can't wait to see the two of you in person. Have you guys decided on a date for the wedding, yet?"

Danny and I shared a glance, and I shook my head. "No, not yet. We were thinking maybe we could talk with you when we get there to figure out the best time for it to be."

Adam smiled softly. "That's very nice and considerate of you two. When are you coming down, again...?"

"The week before this this thing called 'Christmas', Ty says," Danny responded, his brows slightly furrowed. "Do you know what Christmas is?"

Adam chuckled slightly and nodded. "Yes, Daniel. I know what Christmas is. Are you guys going to be staying for it?"

Danny nodded, still confused about the concept of "Christmas". "Yeah, I think we are. We're staying for your Christmas, aren't we?" My fiance asked, looking at me with his deep blue eyes.

I nodded, and Adam smiled a bit more than he already was. "That's nice to hear. It will be our first holiday together as a family."

I smiled warmly when he called me family, and Danny did, too. That was the first time we had heard Adam say "family" when speaking about all of us, all three of us, monster, half monster, and demigod, that it just warmed my heart. Family repeated itself in my head a little, ringing with a blissful sound. I didn't have any known living family, and now, soon, I was going to become a part of Danny and Adam's family.

"Yeah," I said. "Yeah, it will be our first holiday as a family, won't it? And I'm going to get you an amazing gift, Adam. I have no idea what to get you, but I'm going to be getting it."

The full hippocampus chuckled. "You don't have to get me anything, Ty. You bringing Daniel home is the greatest Christmas gift I could wish for." He smiled at his son, who had his brows furrowed in confusion.

"Wait, so Christmas you just buy things for each other and give it to the person it was for?" He asked.

Adam nodded slowly, pursing his thin lips. "More or less, yes."

"But it's the thought of those gifts that counts!" I pipped up. "If the gift was made with care and love and thought, too, it would work as well. I actually think it would be a lot better than getting a gift that was bought."

"But I can't make anything..."

I smiled softly. "It's okay, Danny. It's the thought that counts." I turned to Adam. "If you get him some Swedish Fish, he'll love you for a year," I told him with a wide grin.

"Hey!" Danny exclaimed defensively. "I'd love him either way!" He came in close to the camera to block me out of it as though it wouldn't allow me to hear the whisper he spoke his next words with. "But, seriously, if you got me those fish candies, I'd love you even more than I do now. ...Until they run out, of course."

Adam chuckled as I shoved Danny out of the way. My fiance grinned at me before scooping me into his arms, making me squeak as he lifted me out of the Big House desk chair, and sat down in my spot. He settled me in his lap before Adam started speaking once more.

"I take it you like those, Daniel?" his father asked, a brown eyebrow raised.

My fiance nodded as I got bored in my new position and started to mess with his chin hair. "Yeah."

I chuckled at his simple answer and looked back at the screen. "He's, like, addicted to them, Adam. He ate all of them out of the Halloween candy, except for the one that Willow managed to take under his radar."

"She did what?"

"Nothing! She did nothing. Danny, I swear she did nothing but be cute the entire time she was there." I grinned up at him.

He narrowed the deep blue eyes that I had fallen in love with. "Uh huh..." He said, disbelieving. "Riiiighht..."

"Anyways!" I exclaimed, not responding to Danny's disbelieving tone. "Do you have a room for us over there, Adam?"

Danny's father nodded. "I do. Just as long as you two don't do anything... inappropriate."

"Oh, don't worry. Danny doesn't even know the concept."

"Hey! I do too! I just... uh... wouldn't feel..."

I chuckled softly and patted his cheek good-naturally, and he gave me a small pouting face, making me giggle. "You have nothing to worry about, Adam. Don't worry. I don't even work like that, either."

Danny seemed confused on what I meant by that, though Adam seemed to understand. He nodded slowly. "Okay. As long as that's the case, then you two are welcome to my guest room any day."

"How does two weeks sound?" I asked, ignoring Danny as best as I could as he began to poke my belly button, which had become exposed when he had set me in his lap. I squirmed slightly, batting at his hands to get him to stop, and he did, grinning.

Adam smiled widely. "Sounds like a good opportunity for us to get to know each other."

I grinned. "I know! Doesn't i-"

I stopped when the Big House door opened, and Zavid came in, the camp director looking exhausted. He lumbered over to the Big House coach and flopped down on it, quickly falling asleep.

"Uh... look, Adam... I think we need to go, now... Zavid looks like he needs the place to himself, now... We'll see you next week, yeah? Skype each other again?"

Adam pursed his lips and nodded. "Yes. Yes, I think I don't need to do any work, then, so it might possibly work with my schedule. But before you go, Daniel."

Danny looked up from where he was concentrating on making shapes with my fingers. "Yes, father?"

"Don't go eating too many of those Swedish Fish, you hear?" Adam's lips were twitching, a clear sign he was trying not to smile.

Danny frowned slightly. "Neither of you are going to let that go, are you?"

I grinned. "Nope!"

Danny rolled his eyes. "Whatever. I'll try not to. I don't need more chub." He poked at his stomach, and I patted it lightly after he had.

Adam pursed his lips. "Mmm... yes. Well, make sure you don't eat too many. They aren't good for you."

:But they're good!"

"Yes, yes, they are. I never said they weren't."

Danny shrugged. He no longer seemed to know what to say anymore, so he went back to messing with my fingers. I pursed my lips, contemplating on what to say next, but couldn't think of anything.

"Well, we'll see you over the internet next week, Adam. Until then, have a good day! And... days... in between."

Adam chuckled. "Yes. Same goes for the two of you. Until then."

He was the first to click around his screen, and our connection with him was lost.