Merry Christmas Everyone! Quick Christmas update
Including… Lexi, Stephen, Luke, Quinn, Ash, Poppy, and James.
"And a happy new year!" The sound on the TV made everyone over fifty in the room groan.
"They said carols would be a good idea," Quinn said channel hopping through the many channels on the large TV.
"Then again you said hunting in the day would be a good idea but look where that got us." Lexi said sitting on the large white sofa in Ash's bedroom alongside Stephen.
"Hey at least they came out worse than us!" Ash cried from the bathroom. He walked back into the bedroom without his shirt. He had a brown towel around his shoulders and sat on the bed next to Quinn.
"Ash we were covered in chicken guts!" Quinn laughed. Lexi smiled as Stephen pulled her closer to his chest and whispered in her ear.
"Why were you covered in chicken guts?"
"Well you know werewolves like to eat fresh chicken blood?"
"Yes."
"Well we smelt the chicken blood and they didn't like it." Stephen rolled his eyes. Lexi sighed then turned back to the TV which had suddenly gotten stuck on a music channel displaying Justin Bieber.
"Ah it burns!" Ash yelled.
"Damn it the remote won't work!" Quinn cried hitting the remote against his hand.
"Someone make the torture end!" Ash yelled. Lexi who had stopped paying attention to the TV moved at her supernatural speed and unplugged the TV from the wall. Quinn and Ash who had reverted to fighting over the remote sighed and fell on their backs. Suddenly there was a loud scream and the four vampires all ran to the kitchen that was situated directly below Ash's room the three boys all dashed down the stairs whilst Lexi resorted to jumping over the oak banister and landing on the floor of the hallway. She balanced herself then popped her knee back into its socket then headed towards the kitchen. She skidded to a halt when she saw Poppy and James stood play fighting in the kitchen.
"Really, I broke my knee again for this!" Lexi cried dodging Ash and Quinn who both stumbled into the room.
"Hey we never called you." James said smiling at her smugly.
"You screamed!" Quinn said sounding out of breath.
"Oh sorry," Poppy smiled in her usual sweet way with her tight red ringlets around her face. Lexi rolled her eyes then looked out into the snow that was outside. She then noticed one set of footprints heading towards the woods behind the house. Lexi ran outside following the scent that her cat instincts allowed her to smell.
"James I told you to watch Luke!"
"He was here a second ago!" James shouted back as Lexi started running towards the large fence and the gate that was left open.
"I wanted five minutes peace and you lose my brother!" Stephen shouted before following closely behind her.
"Luke! Luke where are you?" Lexi yelled into the thick forest. The trees created a canopy shielding any light from the ground. Any light that managed to break through the wall of leaves reflected off of the bright white snow and made it shine. Lexi had to wait a moment for her eyes to adjust but then saw a set of footprints leading off towards the nearby river. She heard Stephen stop behind her. She looked at him quickly then suddenly heard a large cry then a splash. Lexi suddenly took off towards the river and saw a large crack in the river and noticed a trail of broken ice. Further down the river she saw a young boy drifting away. Every so often the boys head dropped under the water and wouldn't rise for some time. Lexi started to run down the large snowy hill whilst taking off her jacket. She heard Stephen stop behind her and Ash and Quinn's voices appear from the edge of the forest. Lexi reached the edge of the river as she saw Luke's head drop under a large sheet of ice. She didn't stop and dived towards the water. Lexi heard the screams from Ash and Quinn as Stephen tried to stop her but she hit the ice that parted from her hands that she had turned into paws to make sure the ice would break. She slid through the ice and was suddenly shocked by the ice cold water. She looked around frantically with her hair waving behind her she found that it was almost impossible to see in the water. She suddenly felt a large piece of fabric brush her hand. She turned her head and saw Luke staring at her with a look of panic in his eyes. She smiled at him then used all of her power to smash the ice above her. As the light stopped glowing from her eyes she pushed them to the top of the water.
The pair took a sharp breath of air. Lexi started to choke as the ice cold air hit her lungs. She pushed Luke towards the river bank where Stephen held his arms out to him. He quickly pulled him out of the water as Ash and Quinn helped pull Lexi out. The five of them sat shivering for a few minutes as Lexi and Luke rested before they walked back to the house.
"Well no one can say Christmas is boring around here." Ash said as they walked back through the forest. Lexi froze, with water dripping off her hair, glaring at Ash. She felt Stephen put his arm around her shoulder as Luke clasped her hand.
"Merry Christmas Lexi." Stephen said laughing to himself.
"Merry Christmas."