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Chapter 6: Reunited

I awake out of my pleasant dream to the sound of clashing pots and pans from the kitchen. The clock on the table says 9:32. Who is making so much noise? Nathan is by my side with James in his arms. In the middle of the night James was crying from his crib, so Nathan picked him up and brought him over to sleep with us. Although I wanted to sleep alone with my husband, I did not mind one bit that our son was separating us for the rest of the night. Little things like that made me feel complete inside. I had everything I wanted, right in front of me. My family. Quietly, I remove myself from the bed, trying to not wake my boys up.

As I walk down the steps, the obnoxious noise grows louder and louder with each step. Who is up? Turning the corner into the kitchen, I see Brooke, Lucas, and Peyton. They are all working to make breakfast for everyone. When I see Brooke I scream with excitement. Of course, my actions make them all jump. My Tigger is here!

I gave her a huge hug. "Tigger!"

"Tutor-mommy! Oh my god, I missed you so much! Where's my little nephew?" she says.

Although Brooke isn't blood related, she was my best friend, and I wanted her to become 'Auntie Brooke' for James.

"Um, I believe he is still asleep with his daddy. But they should be up soon after waking up to us screaming."

Peyton and Lucas stepped away from the breakfast they were making everyone and exchanged good morning greetings with me.

"So, um, how is everything? I haven't seen you since the summer, was it? Oh, and, did you get all the clothes that I made for Jamie?" she says in her 'still' preppy cheerleader voice.

I laugh while realizing her numerous questions just asked. Nothing out of the ordinary. "Well, everything and everyone is great. And, yeah, the clothes came. I gotta say Tigger; you keep getting better and better with your designs."

With all modesty she replies, "Well thank you my love. They are good aren't they?"

I nod and turn towards Luke and Peyton. "So guys…what's for breakfast?"

Peyton reveals the options. "Well, we've got eggs, bacon, sausage, and waffles. Sounds goods huh?"

"Yummy. You know, if I was pregnant right now, I would want to have strawberry ice cream and pickles on top of every single choice." I say this with a smile while remembering what it was like to be pregnant.

Luke jumps in the conversation, "Ha! Yeah we all remember Hay. You would eat them together. EW! It was so gross."

"Shut up! You try being pregnant and having weird cravings."

"Well when you think of it now, don't you think it's gross" he says.

"I guess. But then it was like heaven in my mouth."

"I especially remember that" a familiar voice comes from behind me. "I remember getting up at three in the morning to go and get you it when we ran out." It was Nate.

"Hey sleepy head." I lean in and give my tired husband a kiss while noticing that our son is leaning on his chest attempting to wake up.

"Hey buddy. Someone looks tired, huh?" James looked at his mother and his mouth widen into a sleepy smile.

"Hi yourself." Nathan greeted his wife.

Brooke comes prancing over towards James and I. "There's my nephew" she takes James from me and maneuvers towards Nathan. "Hey Nate."

"Morning Brooke. How've you been?"

"Um, good. You?"

"Happy."

She nods. Nathan and Brooke rarely have one of those conversations where they are serious and sit down and just talk about life. They have always been like that. Most of the time they usually make fun of each other more than anything. Nothing harmful though.

Slowly, the house full of people got up and ate breakfast. Once breakfast was done, the girls and I started preparing for tonight's dinner. The boys decided to take James and Sophie out for a little. It was a relief when they finally left because with Christmas dinner we definitely should not be disturbed. We made the boys well aware of this fact.

Karen, Brooke, Peyton, and I happen to still be working on tonight's dinner when the boys return. They had decided to go rent some movies and grab dessert. Nate and Luke managed to spend time with their father, who has unexpectedly become a more pleasant person to be around.

"Hey guys. Have fun?" Karen yelled from the kitchen.

Luke and Nate walked in. "Um, yeah. We actually had fun, believe it or not." Nathan said.

I glide towards my husband. "See! I told you this Christmas won't be horrible."

"Yeah, I guess. It's one of those things when you have to see it to believe it." Luke says.

Brooke jumps in, "Well, since you boys came home a little early than we'd expected you to, you all will have to find something to do here with the kids."

Dan comes walking in, "What? You all aren't finished yet? You women take forever."

"Well, you men complain too much. And no, we are not finished yet. But believe me, it's almost done." Karen says while putting the delious food into the oven.

"This will cook for about an hour or so and then we have to make the dessert."

Lucas whines. "But mom, we got dessert."

"Oh, well you boys can eat that because it seems to look so appetizing from over here." She says sarcastically.

"Ha-ha. Oh so funny. Since you happen to think our dessert is gross, what are you making?" he says.

I turn towards the pantry and bring out a box of baking mix. "We are making chocolate chunk brownies." I said.

Nathan smirks at me and says, "Sorry guys. I'm having theirs because ours can't exactly beat that. We got some sort of pie looking thing from the grocery store."

"Fine, we can throw this out." Dan says laughing. He tosses the container into the trash can.

Dan and Luke walk out and Nathan comes over to me while I'm washing dishes. Wrapping his arms around my waist, he lays kisses on my neck. In a soft whisper I hear, "You're beautiful baby." I can feel his breath on my skin. Oh, I melt.

"Thanks." I say blushing. He loves seeing me blush.

"Need any help?" he asks.

"Nope, but thanks honey." I reply. "So what movies did you get?"

He starts to rub small circles on my back and he says, "We gotNational Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story Your favorites."

Turning around, I smirk. "Oh, you know me so well." This makes him laugh. If he didn't know my favorite Christmas movies by now, then that wouldn't be good. Just kidding.

"So I was thinking, once you are done, we can all watch a movie… is that cool?" he asked joyfully.

"Sure. But can I pick?" I said, giggling like a child.

"Yeah, which one?"

"How 'bout… Christmas Vacation!"

"Sounds good. I'll tell everyone else. Five minutes?" he said.

"Yeah, five minutes." I nod in agreement.