" 'Ey Doc! Y'look like you could use a break!" Stretch snickered out and grinned.
"Yea'! Why don't ya's come join us..?" Stinkie chuckled and tossed a snowball, hitting the doc in the back with it.
"D'aw! Dat was da wrong spot! Y'shoulda hit 'is nose fer a good break!" Fatso laughed heartily with his brothers.
"Let's try again 'ey?!" Stretch wound up his arm and released a snowball at the Doc with greater force. LUCKILY for the Doc he managed to duck in time. UNLUCKILY for the Doc the snowball smashed the Driver side window on the car.
"BOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYSS!!!!!!" Dr. Harvey roared angrily at them as he proceeded to give chase. The Trio in turn mocked him but decided to humor him by running away screaming like Little girls, literally.
Melle at one point had tried to help out by putting up things on the Christmas tree and wrapping gifts. Though Kat and Casper always seemed to push her back so she could spend more time with Azriel. Melle who very much appreciated it walked over to the couch in front of the fire place and rocked Azriel in her arms. Azriel smiled widely and continued to coo and wiggle in her arms a little. "Myaw...Do you like the TreeTree?" She pointed to the Christmas Tree and Azriels face only seemed to brighten up more as his eyes followed the hand. Giggling she sighed soon after, her eyes having drifted towards the calander on the wall. It had been this day that Stinkie had turned into a human the year before. She could hardly believe time had passed by that quickly already.
The front doors BURST open as the Trio quickly fled into Whipstaff to escape Dr. Harvey. Though he was RIGHT on their tails, however, there had been ONE thing he'd forgotten. His boots were WET, Whipstaff was HOT and the floor are pretty much either Tiled, Wooden or Marbled. So the SECOND his feet started across the floor the poor Doc was sent slipping and an sliding right across the room. "WHOA-OHHH-OHHH...AAAAAHH!" A loud Crash rumbled across the main hall as Dr. Harvey had plowed himself RIGHT into one of the many Armored figures. A ROAR of laughter FILLED the manor as the Trio witnessed what happened to the Doc. They knew they'd get the better of him!
"C'MON DOC!" Stretch called out at him with sarcasm.
"Dun be layin' down on da job!" Stinkie chimed out at him after.
"YEA' WE'RE supposed t'do dat, WE'RE da patients!" Fatso ended the call out, all three having burst into laughter again.
Kat rolling her eyes groaned and quickly ran to assist her probably injured father. "I swear your Uncles, REALLY need to get an afterlife! They're just so..so.. HNGH.." Mumbling Kat started to clear the armor away from her father who just stared up at her and smiled nervously for a moment, then irritatedly next as he listened to the Trio's laughter. Oh it was going to be WAR on them later! Mental warfare! The best kind there was and the only kind he was good at.
Looking over her shoulder both Melle and the Azriel laughed and giggled to the hauntings of the Trio. They always amused her, and Azriel always seemed to enjoy the laughing noises too. "Yes, Daddy and Uncles ARE funny!" Grinning Melle tickled Azriel as she nuzzled him gently.
Still laughing Stinkie finally appeared inside the library. It was when his eyes reached Melle that his laughter subsided and a wide warm smile formed. " 'Ey dere, How's it goin' wit da tree?" Quietly he asked not wanting to hurt the babies ears anymore than they probably were.
"Oh Stinkie!" A wide smile now formed on her face as well. "It was going well, until they decided they wanted me to spend more time with Azriel, than helping. Hehehe, Which I'm happy for."
"Hehehe, Dat's good.." Floating over the back of the couch he sat himself beside her and grinned. "Hrmn..." His eyes now also traveled to the calender and blushed brightly. Today had been the first day he'd turned into a human last year! Oh boy...and he remembers what happened later right in front of the fire place. The warm cuddles and the kissing, just the thought nearly melted him. "SO! Only a few more days until our uh, our Anniversary." Stinkie looked over at her and blinked, a big smile on his face when his eyes reached hers.
"Y-yeah! Only a few more days!" Giggling she wrapped her arm around him and rested her head on his shoulder. Azriel had now fallen asleep and even then in his sleep the baby cooed softly.
Casper who stayed in the library continued putting up decorations on the tree and smiled warmly at his Uncle and family. It touched him to see at least ONE of his Uncles actually acting like he always hoped they would. However, the others always seemed to remain the same. Though, He had to admit, Stretch had been acting rather DIFFERENT lately. Why he wasn't quite sure though.
It was at this moment when Ghastly entered into the room with a HUGE tray full of cookies. "ALRIGHT! Who wants some freshly baked Christmas cookies?" A smile formed on her face as she looked towards Casper than Stinkie and family.
"Sure, I'll take a few Ghastly." Casper floated over towards her and picked a few up off the tray and started eating. "Mmm..They're delicious!"
"Yea', We'll have some too!" Stinkie chimed as he grabbed some for both him and Melle. He floated back to her and handed her two as he sat and proceeded to eat his two. "OOH! Bulbheads right! Dese are good!"
"Well, glad to hear they're a success! I hope Stretch will have some too before they're all gone.." Her voice trailed off as she looked out the door of the library.
"WELL, I think dat I could 'ave a couple fer ya.." Stretch grinned as he floated up out of the ground and snagged one starting to eat at it. He wasn't into the Holiday thing SO much, but, He at least enjoyed COOKIES for what they were. "Dese are good! But I know a couple of cookies, dat come wit MILK dat I'd rather 'ave.." With a snicker he looked her over and winked.
Ghastly twitched her eye at him and blushed, proceeding to place the cookies down before she SMACKED him right across the face. "You're such an IDIOT!" and with a HRMPF, she floated out of the room with her arms folded.
"YEOW! 'EY!" He finished his cookie and grinned as he followed after her. "D'Aw y'know y'like it..!"
"Hehehe...Mine now!" Fatso happily snagged the cookies and made his way out of the room with them.
"HEY! Brings those back!! What if Kat and Dr. Harvey want any?! You can't hog them all to yourself Uncle Fatso!!" Casper chased after his Uncle and tried his best to reason with him. Though in the end what it came down to was HIM needing to make more cookies for Kat and the Doc.
The next few days Stinkie and Melle spent their time reminiscing about the year before. The things that happened, the great memories and the bad ones. The two laughed and the two cried. When it came down to the day of their Anniversary Kat and Dr. Harvey watched Azriel for the two of them.
"And to da prettiest ghoul goes da spoils!" Stinkie grinned as he toasted his glass against Melle's. The two of them had found a little hide-away in Whipstaff where they could celebrate their Anniversary alone. After all it was Christmas Eve and there really wasn't any place open for them to go out to eat. Not that Stinkie could without scaring off the staff either!
"Hehehe...Hrmn, So, you found this room for us...? It's so nice and cozy! I ..I really like it.." Melle softly sipped from her glass and looked around the room. There was a blush that formed on her cheeks as she turned her head to find Stinkie's face right there in hers. "HMN!" Her eyes widened as she looked over his expression. He smiled lovingly at her, his arm placed on her chair as his hand reached for her face as he then kissed her deeply. "S-Stinkie.." She laughed softly after and rubbed her nose against his. "Ok...What is it that you want...?"
"You..." He grinned as he wiggled his eyebrows at her. "But I'll save dat fa LATER..." Stinkie then winked and kissed her cheek. "What I really want NOW is t'know what YOU wanna do...? Anythin' special...?"
"Ok, Ok, Let's see, I wanna watch Christmas Specials with you!! And, I wanna build a snowman, and have a snowball fight!! I'd also like to dance with you and...maybe... go Ice Skating with you..." Twiddling her thumbs Melle looked over at him and his expression.
"And I'll take ya t'see da Christmas lights in da park..." Stinkie sighed happily at her. She never asked for anything HUGE she asked for a lot but, they were always these smaller things. The littler things that nobody expected, things that he found oddly enough cute. With her it always appeared to be that she liked the littler things in life and that really meant a lot to him. Though he'd get hounded by his brothers later for watching Christmas specials.
When they finished their private meal, Stinkie floated over to her and pulled her up out of her chair. Holding her in his arms he floated down the hall with her towards the TV Room. "So whatta ya wanna watch first?"
"Jack Frost, Then Rudolph, Home Alone, ...and... Frosty the Snowman..!" She rattled off the top of her head as she laughed and grinned up at him.
Stinkie's expression changed to that of an unsure one as he listened to her choices but laughed and agreed. Two of the movies were longer but two of them were relatively short, so, that'd give them time to go and do stuff outside. "Alrighty den! Hehe, OH! An' while yer gettin' da tapes ready I'll go get us some Hot Chocolate an' Marshmallows!!" as he placed her on the couch he kissed her cheek. "BE RIGHT BACK!!"
Melle stared after him as he flew off towards the kitchen. Happily she laughed and shook her head in turn getting herself off the couch and putting in the DVD. It took a few minutes but by the time Stinkie had returned Melle had been placed back into her comfy position on the couch. A HUGE grin on her face as Stinkie placed the tray onto the table that stood in front of them. "Woowhoo!! Well Everything is set to go, just need you sitting over here."
With that Stinkie happily placed his butt on the couch beside her, wrapping his arms and the blanket around them. "Here y'go...! Dis'll keep us nice an' cozy..." Softly he purred into her ear as his hands trickled down her sides.
"M-MEEP! Stinkie!" She laughed and grabbed gently at his hands. "Bad boy... watch the movie with me." With that she kissed his cheek and snuggled against him. Stretch and Fatso poked their heads through the wall not too far from them and smirked. They felt bad for their brother being forced to watch such dribble, but, whatever, it was his after life and he could do what he wanted. As they watched the movie Melle shifted her position a few times on Stinkie. At one point she sat on his lap cuddled up against him in his arms. Her eyes wandered a time or two over to the Small decorative Christmas tree on the end table as it flashed it's lights. At another point She had her head in his lap as they watched the movies, and then both of them had layed down on the couch.
When the couple had finished their movie they both raced towards the door. Melle grabbed her long jacket and gloves, putting them on finishing with her boots and scarf, even some ear muffs. Stinkie grinned and placed on his gloves and a scarf. Once they had finished the two raced outside to have some wintery fun! They started working on the second thing from their list which was to build a snowman. That ended up being hilarious as to when they almost finished it Stinkie possessed it! "MWAHAHA, I'm gonna getcha my pretty...! C'mon! Be my Snow Queen!" He laughed as he gave chase to her.
"AAH!! H-HEY!! Now cut that out!" Running from him Melle laughed as well started to chuck snowballs at him. In turn Stinkie revved himself up and started tossing some right back at her.
The both of them kept this up for a good 10 minutes before they decided to do that Ice Skating. As the two skated Stinkie morphed himself in and out of different costumes, just to make Melle laugh a little more. Which worked really well by the way. At one point he lifted her up into the air and spun her around a few times, doing all sorts of fun dips that he couldn't before."You've gotten bettah since last year.." Stinkie commented his golden eyes softening just a little. Though every time his eyes landed on the cliff side he always remember...HIM. A sneer formed as he made sure Melle didn't see. That guy bothered him just that badly, even though he was gone, he STILL bothered him. "Hey uh... How 'bout dat park now?" He grinned widely and nervously at her. Melle stared at him for a few moments as she knew they hadn't been skating for that long. It was when she followed his eyes that she realized what bothered him so much.
"Well WHY didn't you say so?" Melle laughed and jumped into his arms. "Lets go get my boots!!"
Stinkie was more than relieved about her agreeing with him right away. He flew her over to the shore and rested her there allowing her to get her boots on. Though he couldn't help it, his eyes trailed back and back to the cliff side. There was a really thin line that day that would've cost him his life and hers. It almost haunted him.
"Alrighty! All set...!" Happily Melle jumped on her feet and stared at Stinkie a moment. "Stinkie...?" She questioned when she got no reply. "Stinkie. . . ?" Her eyebrows raised up.
"Hoo-hah wha?! Oh! Eheh.. S-sorry I was jus' thinkin' 'bout somethin'." His voice trailed off.
"About Him...?" Concernedly she stared at him a moment, her eyes squinted.
"U-uhh... NO NO! No not at all! Haha, What'd make ya think dat?! So c'mon! Lets get da 'eck outta 'ere!!" In a heart beat Stinkie grabbed her up and flew away from that spot at top speed. The last thing he wanted was to stall around there anymore. Once they were away from it he eased up a little more, slowing down as they started over the city. "Heheh, Wow...look at all of dem Christmas lights down dere.." He peered over her and towards the ground.
"H-heh...Y-yeah...C-christmas lights... Hnggh..." Now Melle LOVED Christmas lights but, her fear of heights just bugged her so badly. "I ...I wanna look but I..."
"I won't drop ya, Melle.." Stinkie's voice trailed off as he paused in the air with her. "I'd never let ya fall.. You've got nothin' t'fear! Though I'm still glad dat i CAN scare y'some how!" A laugh erupted from him.
"W-well... I.." It wasn't that she was afraid that he'd DROP her, or let her fall. It was more like she was just afraid horribly afraid of heights. "Oh! HAH HAH! oohh You're gonna get it later!"
"Hoit me, baby.." He whispered into her ear.
This managed to take Melle's mind off of the heights just long enough that Stinkie adjusted her in his arms. "Now, Look!"
"O...oh wow...It's...It's BEAUTIFUL!" A grin formed on Melle's face as she looked around from house to house. "WOW...I...I like that one over there!! They've gotta have an expensive bill!" She laughed and pointed to a few more. "OH OH!! Look at those!! They're even better!!" Now she had completely forgotten the heights as she became so excited with the Christmas lights. Stinkie grinned and laughed to himself as he watched his lover get so over joyed about the Christmas lights. She was just so CUTE when she was like that! Their final stop rested them in the park right in the middle of a beautifully golden lit path. The gorgeous white Christmas lights that surrounded them decorating the path with such a nice luminous glow.
"Wow... Now this really is nice...!" Melle laughed excitedly. This time they had the whole pathway to themselves and who ever decided they wanted to wander that way, would find Stinkie there and run away screaming their heads off. As they wandered down the path she and him both cuddled up close. He rested his head against hers and sighed as he remembered last year and how they danced inside of the pathway. It all seemed so magical than, and boy had it ever been. This time it really seemed more relaxed and they had more private time. There were a few times Melle squealed and couldn't keep herself from laughing and playing with him though. She'd play hide and seek with him behind the trees and the light displays like Santa and the Reindeer. Stinkie laughed and chased her around until she finally had gotten a little tired from all of it. "So now, you naughty ghost! What do you want to do...?"
"Well...I uh... I'd LIKE ta take ya's back an' have some kinda fun before we get Azriel back into da room." A sly smirk formed on Stinkie's face as he wrapped his arms around her tightly. Melle blushed brightly as she thought about this, not exactly sure how he planned on doing exactly what he was thinking.
"Well, alright... But just HOW are ya gonna do that?? I mean...It's a little hard isn't it...?" Blinking Melle scratched her head a moment.
"You've no idea!" Laughing Stinkie grinned and grabbed her up into his arms. "Hrmn, But I can do it.. Jus' trust me. We ghosts can morph anythin' remembah?" And with that the two returned home for the night. To spend it with themselves and their more than adored son.