This chapter is dedicated to Rayanna (PrimevalAndPapaRoachLover) because she wrote me a brilliant CRIMBO prezzie. Luv ya, dahhhling! XD -Bashes you with a poster-

"Run, Hilary Becker, run, run, run!

The mad child is chasing!

Turn around and dart her with your gun,

You can hit on her later!

Peee-dophile in the A.R.C – ARC,

Gooo – Go back to Miss Sarah Page!"

In the speaker box, Cutter had sung his somewhat cheeky rendition of Ding Dong Merrily on High just to humiliate Becker – the lad needed to learn some humility. Creeping out of the box, as not to be run over by Rayanna (What she saw in the SAS man, he would never know), he came face-to-face with Claudia Brown.

"Would you care to dance, sir?" she asked, curtseying. He bowed, holding her hand, and pulled her into a gentle waltz, and whilst swaying, he whispered into her ear,

"Merry Christmas." And he pushed a small velvet box into the palm of her hand. Inside were diamond earrings, white gold setting.

"Nick…" Claudia whispered, close to tears.

"Mum told me to give it to the girl I loved – The first woman I ever loved was you." He replied, still waltzing. Claudia stood still, wiping her eyes.

"But, Helen –"

"I either never got around to it, or knew Helen wasn't the one."

"No. HELEN!" she screamed, pointing to a crazed woman propping a sub-machine gun on her shoulder.

"You're so pissed!" Nick laughed, as Helen teetered on the brink of falling over, yet she cocked the gun, mouthing the words Nick said before he died – You know, Helen? You're not as smart as I thought you were. Nick began to panic, or freaking out as Connor would say. No-one noticed Logan creeping up behind Helen with a large saucepan. BAM! Helen went sprawling to the floor, with a good concussion, and the gun went off, straight into the door of Lester's office.

Downstairs, White Christmas had started up and all the couples were twirling along the glassy floor, awkwardly or not. Tosh and Owen, Gwen and Rhys, Ianto and Jack – Each couple seemed to know their way around a dance floor, and looked at ease. Abby and Connor, Jenny and Danny, Sarah and Becker, Claudia and Cutter, Caroline and Tom Ryan (Who had become a couple at some level), Katy and Stephen danced smoothly, yet not as smartly as the Torchwood crew. The Doctor and Rose didn't lose eye contact during their dance.

Lester didn't care for the festivities and sat in his office with a plastic cup of brandy. Leek and Helen were out cold in the Janitor's closet – What would they think when they woke up?

Martha and the girls stood to the sides of the couples, mocking the singer's voice, Martha somewhat bitterly.