More Christmas Fluff!
Chapter 19
An hour or so later, the doorbell rang, and a now properly dressed Anna called out, ' I'll answer it! '
She opened the door to be met by the sight of Donte, who smiled at her,' Hey, Miss Aspinall,' he greeted her, as she led him into the house.
Mika, Chlo, Tom and Brett were in the living room, as was a bare christmas tree, and many boxes of decorations.
' Can I get you anything to drink? ' Anna asked kindly as Chlo embraced her husband.
' No thanks, Miss Aspinall,' Donte replied over the top of Chlo's head.
Brett scoffed,' For God's sake mate,' he commented,' you're talking to your future mother-in-law. No need to be so formal. '
The four teenagers exchanged pretty much identical smirks, whilst Tom blushed, refusing to meet anyone's eyes, and Anna elbowed her son.
' Shut up,' she said, ' we've only been together a few months. I'm not anyone's mother in law, or stepmum. '
' Yet,' Brett muttered under his breath.
' I heard that,' Anna sighed, as she made her way over to the CD player, and picked out a CD from the rack there. ' Christmas music, anyone? ' she grinned.
The two teenage boys groaned, to which their girlfriends laughed, and told Anna to turn the music on full blast.
Soon the six of them were hanging a mixture of Tom and the girls christmas decorations, with Brett and Anna's to make one family christmas tree.
Anna picked a silver angel out of the box, and as she looked around for a branch to hang it on, something tickled her neck, and she she looked down to see a long piece of red tinsel hanging around her neck.
Giggling, she turned arond and raised her eyebrows at Tom, who winked, and smirked,' Suits you, sweetheart. '
Anna twirled the end of it around like a lassoo, and stuck her tounge out at him, before turning away.
As she turned back, Anna noticed Chlo watching she and Tom with a strange sort of smile, before the teenager looked over at Donte. Anna smiled vaguely.
' What are your plans for Christmas day? ' Tom asked Donte as the pair stood on the sofa, pinning card holders to the wall.
Donte shrugged, ' I don't really know ... guess its just me and my dad at home. '
Tom smiled, ' Why don't you both come here? '
Chlo watched with glee, as Donte raised his eyebrows, ' Seriously? '
Tom nodded,' Sure .. it's a day for family, isn't it? And this is our mixed up family ... me and the girls, Brett and Anna, you and your dad. '
Anna smiled to herself .. she's never really thought of them all as one family .. in her mind it had been Tom and the girls, and Brett and she. It was so nice to hear him say.
' I'd love to,' Donte said,' we can exchange our presents and stuff. '
Tom grinned, ' Anna's even going to attempt to cook .. that should be a laugh. '
' And you sleeping on the sofa tonight for one too many cheeky comments will be a laugh too,' Anna warned, as Mika laughed.
Tom glared mock-sternly,' Hey! Remember whose side you're meant to be on. '
Mika shrugged, ' What can I say? She's my maths teacher ... she's my boyfriend's mum .. she lives here ... she's a woman .. I'm with her. '
Tom rolled his eyes,' Thanks,' he said sarcastically.
Anna laughed,' I'm going to go make a start on that dinner. '
' Please leave my kitchen in one piece,' Tom said, quickly ducking to avoid the sofa cushion that came flying his way.
A quater of an hour later, Anna was stood in the kitchen, really determined to prove she could do this .. she sighed ... trigonometry, Pythagoras' theroum, no problem ..but cooking?
She hummed her herself as she prepared the roast dinner ... one of her favourite christmas songs was playing over the CD player.
Her work was interrupted by a teasing voice from behind, ' Well, well, well .. someone looks very sexy in an apron. '
Anna turned around with a smile, but Tom's eyes widened.
' Woah,' he said,' just put the knife down. '
Anna looked down to see that she was holding the kitchen knife she had been using to peel the new potatoes, and laughed, setting it down on the kitchen worktop.
Tom laid a hand on Anna's cheek and kissed her lips slowly, before kissing her cheeks, her jaw, her neck, her collarbone. She moaned, and ran her hands through his hair, enjoying the monent of bliss, before having to break it.
' No,' she said,' I'm supposed to be cooking. '
Tom sighed as she turned back around, and watched as she put the potatoes on the top of a gas ring. he turned it on for her, knowing full well that she wouldn't know how to turn it on ... she had put the meat in the oven an hour ago, and it would soon be ready. The vegetables were brewing in the steamer, and everything was so far going to plan.
As she wiped down the worktop with a dishcloth, Tom stood behind her, his arms wrapped around her waist.
He sung quietly to the song, which they could hear in the background, just above the teenagers chatting and messing around.
His lips hovered at her ear as he sung, ' I just want you for my own, more than your oculd ever know, make my dreams come ture, baby all I want for christmas is you. '
Anna gave in, quickly turning around and throwing her arms around Tom's neck, allowing him to capture her lips once again, and losing herself in the moments. She barely noticed when his hold on her became stronger, and he backed her against the worktop, and eventually lifted her up onto it.
She wrapped her legs around his waist, as he stood in the middle of her legs. His lips against hers felt more right than anything else ever had done ... she knew he was the one. Sure, she'd had a few reltionships before him, some that lasted longer than the three months they had been together, but there had been no passion such as their .. no feeling such as theirs.
Neither knew how long they were there, before a strange beeping sound broke through their passion. They broke apart when the beeping got louder and more high pitched.
' Damn,' Anna hissed, as she quickly turned the oven and gas rings off. The room stank of smoke, and the oven billowed of the black smoke.
As Mika, Brett, Chlo and Donte entered the kitchen, looking at Tom and Anna incredulously, the two adults looked incredibly guilty.
' Told you she couldn't cook,' Tom said sheepishly.
' It can't be that bad,' Mika said, trying to be encouraging,' let's have a look.'
They all gathered around to observe, only to see that the new potatoes had boiled over, and water covered the gas rings ... the roast potatoes which had been in the oven were charred black lumps, and in a pot was another black lump.
' Um .. what was that? ' Brett asked, pointed at the black lump.
' I think it was beef,' Anna said sounding unsure,' ... or maybe chicken. '
' How did it get that bad? ' asked Chlo in disbelief, ' Tom you're not a bad cook ... you were both in here. '
The moment Chlo had said it, all four teenagers knew what the problem had been ... it was written over the two teacher's faces.
There was a moment of silence before Tom said,' How about I order a Chinese? '