"Shit man I've been walking on egg shells ever since she been pregnant, sometimes she sweet and other times she like medusa. Zeke said with fear in his eyes.

"Oh man you should have seen Taylor I mean I love her and all but I use to cover in fear when she got that look in her eyes." Chad said as he picked up the baby and placed him in the playpen the guys just finished putting together in the living room.

The guys walked into the living room leaving the children to a year without a Santa Claus. And opened a beer each rising their beer in a toast and then taking a swig.

"Speaking of pregnant women I'm surprised you haven't knocked her up by now. It's been almost 7 month's dude" Troy said to Chad.

"Yeah it's not natural seeing Taylor so … not pregnant" Ryan said shrugging from his lost of words

"Man she cut me off cold turkey I haven't even seen a butt cheek other than Charlie's for almost 7 months."

The guys burst out into laughter.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, you all got jokes" Chad mumbled as he leaned out to look into the living room at his four children watching a Christmas special on the television.

"Man we aren't laugh at you" troy said.

"No, no, no I'm laughing at you." Zeke said between laughs.

Chad sat down on one of the chairs in the dining room.

"What about you and Gabriella you and Ryan are the only ones still running around without any kids." Chad said drinking his beer.

"I don't want babies just yet I'm enjoying Gabriella all to myself, and I'm a very greedy boy" Tory said looking at the picture of the two of them in the dining room.

Ryan chuckled as he held out his beer. "I'm still dodging marriage" he said looking at Chad and troy "don't get me wrong I see all the fuzzy and muss over the love thing and I do but I just don't think its my time yet."

Zeke shook his head and looked at Ryan. "your living in sin." He said pulling out a chair and sitting down.

"Dude you sound like my wife." Chad said looking at zeke.

"Well I'm just saying I understand the fear of taking the plunge but when you find a good woman there is no telling how long she'll stick around before she finds someone else willing to do all the things you aren't." zeke rolled up his sleeves and looked at Ryan as he did so.

"Right, right, right I hear you but if you rush you risk spoiling the romance." Ryan walked in between Chad and Zeke. "There isn't another woman out there for me but kelsi and I'm more than happy to take that plunge and be with her and only her but the timing has to be perfect and simple something ripe."

Troy looked at Ryan and nodded "I know that look; you have the ring already don't you."

"Yes I do and its been in my pocket for a year now."

"Dude" zeke said looking up at Ryan followed by Chad whispered curse.

"When are you going to tell her?" Chad said.

"When I feel ready and the time feels right." Ryan said.

"So what did you get the wife for Christmas?" Chad said looking at zeke.

"Tennis bracelet"

"You Ryan?"

"I got her two tickets to her favorite play."

"Troy?"

"I got her a puppy"

"A puppy" all three of them said at once

"Tina wants a puppy" Chad said

"A puppy is like a baby" zeke leaned forward and looked at troy. "if you don't want a baby then why are you getting a puppy."

"A puppy is not a baby zeke." Troy said defensively

"But it's the way women think troy" Ryan moved closer to troy "women think if you want a puppy your calling the daddy card and troy my friend if you don't want the baby don't get the puppy."

"The puppy is downstairs I was going to give it to her tonight." Troy stood up and walked over a bit to the kitchen to see his wife and the other woman laughing about something sharpay said. "I'm not ready to start a family my job right now is a bit too demanding."

"Do you ever plan to start one?" Chad asked

"Of course that woman will carry my children I want more than one and I want girls maybe one boy." Troy stared at his wife. "I want little baby girls with a head full of curls and the sound of little feet running around."

"Wow" Ryan took a big gulp of his beer and went to sit down in Troy's seat.

The men were quite for a moment and then Tina ran into the room.

"Daddy Michael said Santa won't bring me anything because I'm a girl and Santa thinks girls are icky." Tina said as she jumped on Chad's lap.

"Sweetheart, Santa loves all kids, girls and boys" Chad said tenderly to his little girl.

"Yea kido the big man doesn't with hold gifts because you're a girl; he holds them because you're naughty." Ryan said staring at Tina as she cuddled loser to her dad.

Tory smiled as he looked at Tina and Chad and Zeke laughed "you tell Michael Santa hates big brothers that pick on their little sisters."

"Sure doesn't" Troy said agreeing with Zeke.

Just then the women filed into the dining room each holding a dish of food. The smell of turkey and other good covered the room.