Lucy walked outside and joined Amber in the middle of their yard. She smiled at her daughter.
"Ready to build a snowman?"
"Can we make a snow-woman since we have no boys in our home?" Amber said as she kicked around some snow.
"Sure." Lucy said slowly before getting on her knees to make the bottom of the snow-woman. Amber grinned and starting rolling around. Lucy laughed. They made their way around the yard as they made the bottom bigger and bigger. Amber started on the middle as Lucy ran inside to get some things to decorate the snow-woman. She went upstairs first to see if Erza was awake or not. She smiled as she found her lover tucked under the blankets and snoring lightly. She exited the room after placing a soft kiss on Erza's head and shut the door. Lucy went back outside to see Amber struggling to lift the middle half of the snow-woman. She ran over to her daughter and helped lift it up. They walked over and sat it on top of the bottom half.
"Now for her head!" Amber said excitedly. Lucy made a snowball and tossed it at Amber's back. The young girl turned and puffed her cheeks out. Lucy covered her mouth as she laughed. Amber picked up a ball of snow and threw it at her mother. Lucy dodged it and hid behind their half built snow-woman. Amber ducked in front of it and got ready to attack. Lucy lifted her head up and looked around. She didn't see Amber, so she started to crawl. Amber grinned and tackled her mother to the ground. Lucy yelped and laughed as Amber started tickling the exposed skin on her neck.
"Amber!"
"Got you mommy!"
"I give..up!" Lucy sighed in relief when Amber let up and just laid on top of her. They heard a chuckle come from the house and looked up at the same time to see Erza standing in the doorway with a blanket around her.
"Mommy!"
"Erza!"
"And what are you two up to?"
"Making a snow-woman!" Amber said excitedly as she ran up to Erza and hugged her.
"Snow-woman? That sure looked like you were tickling your mom."
"She threw a snow ball at me."
"I did." Lucy laughed and got up. She hugged Erza and took in her warm scent. "She cheated just like you did to me."
"I'm glad I'm teaching her well." Erza grinned and Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Yeah just great. Well we have a lot to do today! Come on Amber, we have to finish the snow-woman. Then we can go start the cookies."
"Yay!" Amber took off and started making the head of their snow-woman. Lucy smiled and kissed Erza's cheek.
"Did we wake you?"
"No you didn't. I was up, but then I heard you guys laughing and I wanted to see why." Erza smiled and checked to see if Amber was watching before placing a quick kiss on Lucy's lips. "I'm always happy to see you both smiling."
"Want to help with the cookies?"
"Sure. I'm just going to go take a shower first."
"Okay." Lucy went back to working on the snow-woman with Amber while Erza watched them a little longer before going inside. They put the head on top and high fived each other. "Let's decorate!"
"I'll make the face!"
"I'll put the scarf on!" Amber started putting the face together and Lucy found a scarf and started wrapping it around its neck. They hummed and worked around each other. Soon, the snow-woman was finished and they admired their work. "I think we did a great job!"
"Aye sir." Amber jumped in the air and hugged Lucy. "Can we go bake cookies now? I want Santa to eat some!"
"Of course Amber." Lucy smiled knowingly and followed her daughter inside. They stopped by the door and removed their boots. Amber ran into the kitchen and washed her hands. Lucy walked up the stairs. She walked into her bedroom and slipped out of her pants. She dropped them in the laundry basket and found a dry pair to put on.
"Hey."
"Oh Erza." Lucy turned and smiled at Erza. She started blushing as she saw Erza standing before her naked and dripping wet. In one hand was a towel. Lucy should be used to this by now, but she would always get hot when she saw Erza like this, and with her still pants-less, it wasn't any better. She quickly put them on and sighed in relief. Erza shook her head and let out a small chuckle. She knew what she did to Lucy when she looked like this.
"Are you baking yet?"
"N-no. We just got inside." Lucy stuttered and started walking towards the door. Erza yawned.
"All right. I'll be down in a minute."
"Okay."
"I'm not going to jump you. Calm down."
"Try putting some clothes on..."
"I will. Oh I need to ask you something."
"Right now?"
"I probably won't have another chance."
"Fine." Lucy sighed and turned back to Erza. The knight sat on the bed and leaned close to Lucy.
"Is she still set on sleeping downstairs?"
"Yeah. She wants to wait for Santa."
"You couldn't talk her out of it?"
"Nope." Lucy smiled and kissed Erza's cheek before skipping to the door. "But I'm sure she will be asleep. Don't worry Santa."
"Oh I won't Mrs. Claus." Erza smirked and Lucy stuck her tongue out.
"I have to get back to her. Hurry up and get dressed."
"Yeah yeah."
"Good." Lucy left the room and walked back down the steps. She found Amber getting the ingredients together. "In a hurry?"
"I want to make sure they get done for Santa."
"They will." Lucy laughed and joined her daughter in baking. Lucy mixed the ingredients together and Amber used cookie cutters to make different shaped cookies. They worked in silence and occasionally spoke about random things and Amber wanted to know more and more about Santa. Lucy laughed it off and tried to answer the questions as best as she could. Erza walked down the stairs and joined them in the kitchen and tried eating the cookie dough. Lucy smacked her hand away and Erza put on a little pout. Lucy rolled her eyes and continued working. Erza looked over the blondes shoulder and Lucy sighed. "Erza...how about you decorate the cookies that are done baking? Amber is almost done cutting out the last batch, so she can help you in a bit. I need to go call Natsu real quick. Don't make a mess."
"I know. I'm not that bad."
"I don't know..."
"Just go. We can handle it." Erza pushed Lucy out of the kitchen and then went to work on putting icing on the cookies. Amber got out some sprinkles and shook some on the cookies Erza passed her. They worked quite fast and Lucy crept into the kitchen. She ran her fingers through some icing and wiped them on both Amber and Erza's cheeks. They jumped with a start and turned to glare at Lucy. The blonde gulped. She had never seen both her girls glare at the same time. She burst out laughing again and Erza wiped some frosting on her nose. "Think you can escape? Think again."
"Sorry, you guys just looked so cute. I had to."
"Mommy we're almost done!"
"That's great. I'll behave..." Amber turned back to her work and Erza went to wipe the icing off her cheek, but Lucy leaned in and licked it off for her. Erza blushed and licked the frosting off Lucy.
"Behave Lucy or Santa won't give you anything."
"Oh trust me I'll get something."
Erza leaned in and whispered into Lucy's ear. "Yeah a spanking."
Lucy blushed and turned her head away. "And that's only the beginning."
"You're right. Now back to the task at hand." The girls went back to work and finished baking the cookies. Amber smiled at her parents.
"Now let's go watch movies!"
…...
The three girls passed the day by watching movies and getting the occasional visits from their friends. So when night time came around Erza found herself being the last person awake which was a good thing. She got to be the one to act as Santa while Lucy made sure their daughter stayed asleep. Seeing that Lucy was sleeping, Erza could only hope everything went as planned. She tip toed around the house and when she finally put the presents under the tree, she sighed in relief. She looked over at Lucy and smiled. She had Amber wrapped in her arms as they slept peacefully. Erza sat down beside them and listened to their even breathing. The fire still crackled slowly as it started to die and everything felt peaceful. When they woke up in the morning it would be hectic what with Natsu and Gray wanting to come over, but for the moment they could relax in peace together. Erza laid down and snuggled close to Lucy. She let her arm wrap around her and Amber. Lucy moved a little in her sleep to get closer to Erza and she smiled. The knight looked at the clock and smiled. "Merry Christmas."