A huge storm is about to hit Massachusetts! I can't wait ... I hope I have internet:) This chappy is a liitle angsty but Bobby gets to inflict bodily harm on someone ... Ooh, how manly! YUM!

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CHAPTER FIVE: DO NOT PISS OFF BOBBY OR YOU MAY JUST MEET THOMAS THE TANK ENIGINE CLOSE UP!

Trimming The Goren Family Christmas Tree and Trouble for Liz

After everyone oohed and ahhed over the lights, Alex and Bobby invited them in for Chinese and tree trimming. Alex carefully placed mistletoe in strategic locations throughout the house … she was keeping and eye on Liz, she told Bobby to keep an eye on Matt. Bobby was keeping his eyes on his wife, every time she went anywhere near one of her 'strategically placed mistletoe' he would grab her and kiss her. He was on cloud nine, even Ross could see that his Detective was a very happily married man and father, he almost felt bad that his paternity leave was coming to an end.

The lights went on the tree first. Nate and Matt worked on that as Liz stood by and watched. Lewis begged Alex to put the tape of Bobby Bunyan in the VCR and John and Erin Eames held their grandchildren while Carolyn and Mike ate Chinese. Captain Ross and his sons were roaring over the tape along with Lewis and Laura. They said it was like watching a slap stick comedy show and John yelled over, "ya shoulda been there!" Bobby wasn't at all embarrassed by the whole situation, in fact he was beaming from ear to ear … looking around his house full of people smiling and laughing … full of love and Christmas cheer and it wasn't even Christmas yet. If you had told him this as a child, that he would find love and happiness as an adult and have a wonderful Christmas and a beautiful normal life … he would have asked you what you've been smoking?

Everyone took turns in decorating the tree. They all brought ornaments with them … Baby's first Christmas ornaments times 3 and Lewis made a Bobby and Alex's first Christmas ornament made out of car parts … Bobby loved it, Alex adored it. He made the triplets ornaments too, theirs were made out of old license plates with their names, birth dates, time and weight. Lewis was very creative, he could customize a car and home décor too!

Erin and Liz were making batches and batches of the Eames' famous eggnog and John was making sure each couple had a designated driver because it packed a punch. Martin Ross, the Captain's oldest son had his permit … he would be driving home … who knew the Captain was a fan of the nog? Mike, of all people … not a big fan … would be driving a very silly Carolyn home. Laura, the future Mrs. Lewis would also be a DD and Liz would be driving a very drunk and disorderly, Matt home. Nate was staying with his Aunt and Uncle which made both Alex and Bobby very nervous for Liz. John Eames noticed for the first time, that there was trouble in that marriage … he was not happy. Bobby pulled Liz aside … just so happen to end up under a 'strategically placed misteltoe,' to talk to her about letting him drive Matt home, when Matt spotted them whispering under the kissing weed, he started a scene …

"So Goren, one Eames sister isn't enough for ya huh? Ya have to move in on my wife too? What's the matter, pretty little Alex not putting out for ya?" If that wasn't bad enough … which it was … he pushed Bobby!

Bobby … up to this point … when I say up to this point, I mean, getting married, having the babies, being happy … in general … having a wonderful life for the first time in forty years … was trying to stay calm and cool, however, do not talk about his wife like that, EVER! He picked Matt up and threw him out the front door … Thomas the Tank Engine broke his fall.

"Mike!"

"Yeah Bobby?"

"Call him a cab!"

"Hey, you piece of shit … you're a cab!"

Bobby wasn't amused but Carolyn … whom had too much of the nog … was. Alex, who knows her husband's temper, had taken Nate upstairs along with the triplets. He only heard the beginning of his father making a complete ass of himself and never saw Bobby throw him out of the house. John, always the diplomat, grabbed his keys and drove Matt to his parents house on Staten Island to sleep it off. He winked at Bobby on the way out. Liz sat and cried … Bobby went for a walk … pissed that just as the party was breaking up, Matt put a damper on the whole night.

He was gone for an hour when Alex decided to go look for him. Everyone had gone except for Liz and Erin, they were still waiting for John to return and the children were all sleeping, including Nate who was now down on the couch with his mom. Alex was getting worried because of Bobby's ribs and usual melancholy mood during the holidays … she was hoping that Matt's little display, didn't cause memories to flood back up to the surface. She found him a few blocks away staring at a brilliantly lit home.

He knew she was there … he always knows when she's close by.

"I think this house might have ours beat Honey. I may have gone a little over board with the thirty thousand lights. This house probably has fifteen thousand … just enough. He turns to look at her. What do you think?"

"I think ours is perfect. Can we go home now, my ankle hurts."

He picks her up and carries her home. Neither one say a word, they just look at all the homes along the way, he occasionally kisses the top of her head and she holds on to him a little bit tighter. The walk helped him clear his head … his life was wonderful, with Alex and the triplets it would always be … it took Matt for him to see that he was doing a lot of the self pity crap most of his life and it molded him into the man that he turned out to be. It was a hard life … not a wonderful one … not until he and Alex discovered their love for each other. He realized that he wasted a lot of his life not allowing himself to love or be loved … his mission now was to save his favorite little nephew from suffering from having a lousy Christmas. Growing up, all of his Christmas's were bad, at least the ones he remembers, he doesn't want Nate to ever have that kind of memory … this Christmas would be special for everyone … even if it killed him … which is exactly what Alex was afraid of. When she finds out what he has up his sleeve to make Liz and Nate's Christmas a happy one this year … she'll be calling Captain Ross herself begging him to have her husband go undercover again. It will be less dangerous than what he has planned!

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AS WE SAY HERE IN THE BOSTON AREA ... "WICKED PISSAH, A STORMS COMIN ... LATAH" ... JUDY