"Deal, what do you mean?" Reese asked.
"Ok, so am I dreaming or what?" "This is real." Reese said. "See." She pinched his arm. "Owe, so why am I here?" "You are the new Santa." Reese said. "The one you knocked off your roof." "I did not knock him off." "Look, he fell, you called to him and he fell, whatever, that man is gone and you are now Santa. The magic is in you." "So magic is real." "Well Christmas magic is." Reese said. "You worked some when you and Kristina delivered all of the presents to kids all over the world." "Ok, so what now?" Sonny asked.
"Well you have to rest and tomorrow we will begin the task of training you as Santa." Reese said. "I have a business to run." "Well you'll have to sell. You have a full time job. Santa is a big deal and there is a lot to do." "I have to think about this." Sonny said. "I have a daughter." "I know." Reese said. "She and you will be comfortable here at the north pole." "Wow, who said anything about moving?" "You're Santa." Reese said. "To be him, you have to live here. Kristina will go to the school in town, she can make new friends"
"What about her mom. She will never go for it." "Awe, yes, Alexis Davis is on the naughty list. She has been and that man she married don't get me started. If you ask me Kristina is in better hands with you." "Why would you say that?" Sonny asked.
"Come with me." Reese said and walked him into a office. "Sam, can you get me the files on Alexis Davis and Richard Lansing?" Reese asked.
"Got them right here." A man said handing him the files.
"Thanks Jason." Reese said. "We figured you would need them." Sam said. "Thanks again." Reese said walking out with Sonny.
"Here look these over." Reese said handing him the file. "They will explain everything." Sonny said at a small desk and looked them over. "Are these real?" Sonny asked.
"We take the whole naughty, nice seriously around here and it would be naughty to make things but." Reese said. "Everything in these files are real." "Ok, so you want me to leave my life and up root Kristina and become Santa." "Yep." Reese said. "I will give you a week to think it over"
"A week?" Sonny said.
"Yes, at anytime you need to you want to tell me shake this snow globe and I will come to you." "Ok, so I have a week." "Yes, and remember Kristina is supposed to be leaving tomorrow for Ireland, and trust me she goes she wont be coming back. Richard plans to have them live there and with Alexis facing some fraud problems with the IRS she will agree and will do anything to keep Kristina with her. I will take you back too your room. Think about it." Reese said. Sonny entered the room and a small elf bowed her way out. Kristina was fast asleep in her bed her small snow globe clutched in her hands. Sonny walked over and picked her up and laid her on the big bed. He climbed in with her and fell asleep his small snow globe in his hand.
In the morning Sonny woke up and found Kristina fast asleep next to him but they were back at his house. Kristina's eyes fluttered open,
"Good morning daddy." Kristina said smiling big. She got up and looked around. "Were home." She said smiling big. "Santa came?"
"Yep, let's go see what he brought you." Sonny said.
"Daddy, you should know. You're Santa." Kristina said.
Sonny looked at her and watched as she ran from the room.
"Come on Daddy, I want to open presents." Kristina yelled down the hall.
Sonny got up and went to the living room. It was covered in decorations and there were mounds of presents under the tree. A knock at the door had him stop. He opened it and saw Alexis and Ric.
"What are you doing here?" Sonny asked.
"Well, slight change of plan." Alexis said walking into the house. "Our plane leaves at noon and well it is nine so we have to go."
"I haven't opened my presents yet." Kristina said. "you said I got to spend all day with daddy."
"Well, you, me and daddy Richard."
"He is not her dad." Sonny said. "Don't even think about making her call him that."
"Sonny I know you don't like Richard, but he is going to be her step father." Alexis said. "Kristina is going to love him just as much as she loves you."
"No I wont." Kristina said. "I have one daddy. I don't want another."
"Don't speak to your mother like that." Richard said.
"Don't speak to my daughter like that." Sonny said. "Kristina baby you go open your presents, daddy is going to talk with mommy and Richard in the kitchen."
"Sonny we have to get going." Alexis said.
"In the kitchen." Sonny said.
Alexis and Richard walked into the kitchen.
"Hey baby girl, go get daddy's snow globe off my table and call for Reese. You give her this note." Sonny said writing a quick note.
"Ok." Kristina said taking the note and running for his room. Sonny grabbed the two files and walked towards the kitchen. When he looked down he saw the two files had become four. He walked into the kitchen.
"Look these over and then we will talk about Kristina going to Ireland with you."
Sonny watched as they looked over the files. Their eyes wide and sweat forming on their brows. Sonny knew he had them.
Kristina found the snow globe and called for Reese. Seconds later Reese was standing beside her.
"Kristina did you call me"
"Yes, daddy asked me to and here he said this was for you." Kristina said handing her the paper.
Reese looked it over.
'I will take the job. Kristina is coming too. Take her and the presents now and tell her I will be with her in a bit'
"Ok, Kristina, how would you like to go visit the north pole with Leticia and she can show you around and I will bring your daddy in a little while"
"Ok." Kristina said.
Reese waved her hands over the globe and Leticia appeared.
"Take Kristina and make sure she likes the north pole."
"Yes miss." Leticia said. She took Kristina's hand.
"Kristina you listen to Leticia."
"I will." Kristina said. "See you soon."
With a small pop Kristina and Leticia were gone. Reese walked out into the living room and waved the presents and decorations gone. She walked towards the kitchen where she saw Sonny standing. She listened as they began to talk loudly.