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Chapter 9: Classic Christmas

Its Christmas morning and I awake with a wide grin on my face. Nathan is next to me with his arms wrapped around my waist. I turn to face him and lightly kiss his temple. He stirs a little. I move closer towards his ear and whisper, "Merry Christmas hunny." His eyes open slightly and he smiles. "Baby, I know you love Christmas, but explain to me, why so early?"

I show him the famous smirk and say, "Because I know you love me enough to get up with me. If we're lucky, we could be the only ones awake."

He chuckles at my cuteness. "Fine, but where is my good morning kiss?"

I smile. "Its right here" and kiss my husband. I notice that he glances past me and looks out the window. The Christmas snow was beautiful. He leans into me again and kisses me passionately. We are broken apart by our son becoming restless in his crib.

We both get up from bed and Nathan walks over to pick up James. "Merry Christmas buddy."

A wide grin forms on his face as we both give him our morning kisses. Quickly, we move towards the stairs, trying to not wake everyone else. Just as I hoped, no one else was awake. We had the Christmas morning to ourselves. The stairs led to the den which was lit brightly by the white snow, glowing from outside.

"A perfect white Christmas" Nathan says.

"Yeah" I say looking out the window and then turning to my husband and son, "it really is."

Nathan kisses my forehead and leads us to the couch to see if there is anything 'Christmassy' on TV. I sit beside my husband and admire his features. His strong jaw line, his blue eyes that I could stare at for hours, his lips that, well, I can say many things about them. He notices that I'm staring and chuckles.

"Still can't handle yourself, can you Hales?"

"Hmm, well, you ARE the most oh so handsome husband out there" I say between giggles.

"Well, I'm glad I'm still attractive to you." He looks at me with a smirk.

"Believe me. That feeling will never go away." He bends down and kisses my grin.

"Ditto" He says.

We were flicking through the channels when I noticed that James was falling back asleep in my husband's arms. I nodded towards Nate and put my finger to my mouth saying, "Shh!" He lightly chuckled at my childish actions. Minutes pass and we finally come across Jules Bass's Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town.

"Yay, one of my favorites." I said in my quiet, but playful voice.

"I've never seen it." Nathan says.

"WHAT!? You have never seen this. It's a classic!" He shakes his head 'no'. "Oh, that is going to change very soon."

He laughs, "Okay. Whatever you say Hales."

"Oh, yay. This is gonna be fun!"

He groans.

"Nate? I'm serious. You might actually like them." I say seriously.

He stares at the way I'm smiling. I look like a little girl at Christmas. Well, hey, it is Christmas! Then he looks down at our son and back at me.

"This is the best Christmas ever Hales" he says softly, but loud enough so I'm the only one that hears him speak.

I turn away from the movie and smile. I whisper to him soft words before placing a long, warm kiss on him lips. I pull away and touch him forehead with mine. I have to agree with him though; it really is the best Christmas ever.