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Hey guys,

Thanks for all your sweet reviews! I know it's past Christmas but I thought I'd finish off this one shot.

Summary: Maya and Josh are an engaged couple who face a few problems in the run up to Christmas. How will they make Christmas perfect for their daughters when so much is going wrong?

I hope you like this,

hintofmint x

Maya's POV:

My eyes flutter open, as I feel someone tugging lightly at my hair.

I glare at my 3 year old twins Aviana and Sienna, irritated that they interrupted my sleep.

"Mommy look! We wrote our Christmas lists" Sienna yells, clearly misreading my expression.

I sigh and nod slightly as Sienna holds up her letter to my face " I even added stickers" she beams proudly

"And I put glitter" Aviana adds. My anger washes away as they both laugh in excitement, leaving the letters by the fire place.

I marvel at my two girls, still amazed at how they can be so different, yet so alike. Sienna has dark unruly hair, and curious blue eyes. She can create an adventure out of anything, although her wild imagination often lands her in trouble. Aviana has wavy blonde hair, a few shades darker than mine and eyes the exact same shade of brown as Riley's. She's very quiet and reserved and prefers to do things that require a high level of concentration, such as painting or reading. Even though they are polar opposites, somehow they always find a way to remind us that they are twins.

"Wow they look amazing, I'm sure Santa will love them too" I pull them both into hug, and kiss their foreheads gently before checking the time.

"Girls, it's time to sleep"

"We can't sleep now mommy, daddy promised to read us a story" Aviana pouts

"I know, but he's working late. He'll read to you tomorrow" I reassure her

"You promise?"

"I promise" I ruffle Aviana's hair before she goes to join her sister in their room.

I wait for Josh to arrive but after half an hour I start to become impatient.

"Where could he be? He promised to be back early" I mumble to myself whilst pacing the room. I run my fingers through my hair, before plunging down on the sofa.

The door opens, and I feel Josh's warm lips on the top of my head. I turn to look at him and gasp slightly as I take in his appearance.

He has dark bags under his eyes, his hair is in all directions and his eyes almost seem lifeless. Their usual bright colour has faded into a dull, tiresome shade. Something is defiantly wrong

"Josh, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, don't worry about it. I'm just tired" He squeezes my hand reassuringly, but his eyes tell a different story.

"If you're sure, maybe you should speak to your boss about all the hours your putting in" I suggest, knowing how hard he's been working recently.

"No, it's okay Maya. If I work less hours I won't get paid as much, and we need all the money we can get" he says referring to our small two bed roomed apartment.

I sigh gently "Maybe I can find a way to start working again, you can't do this on your own Josh..."

"No" he stops me "The girls would be heartbroken. Plus we don't have nearly enough money for childcare" I wrap my arms around his neck and I can feel him relaxing into my hold.

"I know, but we have so much to pay and save up for. The wedding, a new house, stuff for Aviana and Sienna, how are we going to afford it all?"

"I don't know Maya, all I can promise you is that we'll just about manage. I'm sure of it"

4 days before Christmas

This can't be happening.

Not now, now whilst we're just barely getting by.

I don't understand, we were so careful. I was just one stupid night, one stupid mistake.

How am I going to tell Josh? This will destroy him, he's already working so hard.

Memories from four years ago come flooding back, I was 18 and pregnant with the twins, I swore to myself that this would never happen again. And yet here I am in the same position again.

I grip the pregnancy test in my hand, tears rolling down my cheeks as I stare at the positive sign. We were doing okay, we were just about managing. How are we going to be able to afford a baby? Just providing the basics for them costs a lot, not to mention the fact that we have two 3 year olds to look after.

I hear the door open, shortly after I hear the twins squealing.

Josh laughs "Where's your mom?"

"She's in the bathroom" Aviana says

"Yeah, she's been in there for a while" Sienna continues

I can hear Josh approaching the door and I quickly hide the test and wipe the tears from my face.

"Maya, can I come in?" he says softly

"Okay" he pushes the door open, and his expression softens as soon as he looks at me

"Maya, are you okay? You look like you've been crying" his voice is filled with concern, and I almost tell him the truth- but I don't. I can't hurt him like this.

I stand up and make my way to our bedroom "I'm fine, I was thinking about my dad"

"Maya, I know your lying. Just tell me the truth" he pulls me into a hug and I immediately start sobbing into his shoulder. I can feel all the strength I had mustered unravelling with my tears.

"Josh, I have to tell you something. This will effect everything, and I'm sorry. I'm just not sure what to do anymore" I inhale before telling him the news.

"I'm pregnant"

I watch, expecting him to be angry. Instead his eyes show signs of fear.

He speaks so quietly that I can barely hear him "I lost my job, Maya"

I freeze, what does he mean lost his job?

"My contract ended, they told us last week that today would be our last day. That's why I was upset that day, I just didn't have the heart to tell you."

I shake my head in disbelief before more tears stream down my cheeks "This cannot be happening. Christmas is a few days away and yet everything is collapsing"

"I only have enough money to get the girls one small present each" he admits "I don't know how I'm going to explain why they got so little"

I just shake my head some more and he holds me closely, never letting go.

Christmas day

"Mommy, daddy wake up, it's Christmas!"

Both Josh and I have been dreading this day. Sienna and Aviana only have one present each and we have barely enough food to call it a dinner.

Josh sits up and pulls his top over his head "Girls, now don't expect much..."

He is cut off by more screaming "Yay, your awake let's go open our presents!" they both run to the living room and we follow, not ready to see the disappointment on their faces.

"Oh, did Santa not come?" Sienna asks

My heart sinks to the bottom of my chest as I try to come up with an answer.

"Merry Christmas!" the Matthews family and a few of my own come bursting through the door

"Riley!" I shout as I spot my best friend

"Hey aunt Maya" she teases "I still can't believe you engaged to my uncle"

"Engaged Riles, we're not married yet. What are you guys doing here?"

"Josh told us everything, we couldn't let Christmas go by without making sure it was special for Aviana and Sienna"

I notice that each guest has brought a gift for the twins, my eyes well with tears as I hug Riley

"Thank you so much, how can I ever repay you?"

"Your family Maya, we did it because we love you guys. Love shouldn't come at a cost" She says. My heart fills with love as I see the smiles on the twins faces. "There's also some gifts for the baby"

"The baby?" I automatically place my hand on my stomach "how do you know?"

"It's okay peaches" Riley laughs "Josh told me. He was nearly ripping his hair out stressing about how he was going to provide for 5 people. Eventually he confided in me"

"But how does everyone else know if Josh only told you?" I ask

"I told everyone else so that we could help you out, I know you and Josh are going through a hard time right now, I hope that's okay"

"Normally I would've accepted help, but right now we need as much of it as we can get. Thanks Riley" I smile and she goes to help out her mom with the food.

"Isn't this amazing?" I feel Josh wrap his arms around my stomach, kissing the side of my head gently.

"Yeah it really is. I guess we forgot that we have so many people who love us, they always pull through for us in times of need" I say.

The twins come running towards us in excitement

"Look at all the presents we got! And is it true we are going to have a new baby, Riley just told us" Sienna squeals

I glance at Riley and she mouths an apology to me.

"Yeah, it is. Are you guys excited?" Josh asks

They both nod vigorously before walking away arguing about what gender the baby is going to be.

"See I told you we'd just about manage" Josh smiles

"I think we're going to do more than just manage. I think we're going to be just fine" I quickly kiss him, when we break apart he tucks a strand of my hair behind my ear.

"Merry Christmas Maya"

"Merry Christmas Josh"

I hope you guys enjoyed this last one shot.

Thanks for all your support,

hintofmint x