December had shown up faster then Jade would have liked and she now found herself in a very decorated mall, following her three month pregnant girlfriend as they looked around for ideas for gifts for their friends. Tori loved this holiday, she was never quiet about it so it was no surprise, but when Jade started dating her she did think of the repercussions of dating a girl who was in love with the holiday of giving. After they had celebrated Thanksgiving the goth girl didn't think much about it, heck she didn't even go black Friday shopping, but when December hit she suddenly found herself being dragged to the mall, Cat doing the same with Rachel.
"How did we get stuck with holding the bags?" Rachel huffed as they stood outside the store Tori and Cat were currently in, "I'm not dating either of them so I should be elsewhere doing my own shopping."
The two had been stuck on bag holding duty, Tori and Cat telling them that they would do the shopping and, as a rewards, would even buy them lunch. They had been at it for a couple of hours now and the two of them were wondering just how much longer they were going to be going. Of course the two of them were no strangers to a shopping spree, but somehow the other two girls had shown then just what it was like to be every other boyfriend/husband that goes on a shopping spree with their significant other.
"Well I know why I'm here," Jade replied with a shrug.
"And why is that?"
"Because I for some stupid reason can't say no to a pair of big, brown eyes," Jade muttered making Rachel chuckle, "I also know the reason you're here."
"Is that so?" Rachel smirked, "and do tell me, oh wise one, why am I here?"
"The the same reason I'm here," Jade grinned, "you can't say no to Cat to save your life."
Rachel's eyes went wide as her head swiveled around to look at the thespian, Jade simply smirking at her friend.
"W-what are you t-talking about?" Rachel asked nervously.
Jade was about to answer when she heard her name called and looked back to see Tori and Cat walking towards them with, much to their dismay, another armful of bags.
'Where are they getting this money?' the two thought fearfully as the other two walked over to them.
"I think we got everything we need from this store," Tori said smiling.
"Are you sure, I think you might have missed a couple of items," Rachel said as Cat handed her the bags.
"Seriously I thought when you said we were going Christmas shopping that it would be just getting a couple of items," Jade stated grumpily, "but it looks like the two of you are buying out the whole mall."
"Oh don't be so dramatic," Tori said tapping her foot, "besides it's not that much."
"Not that much?" Jade challenged holding up the bags in her arms, "you have close to ten full bags here Tori, just what are you buying?"
"Well I have a gift for my parents, a gift for my sister, and we had to get some items for homemade gifts for our friends," Tori admitted with a smile, "it's a bit more personal that way."
"My idea!" Cat cheered excitedly, "that way after we're done here we can go to Tori's house and start to put them together."
"Okay we get that," Rachel said understandingly, "but what about the bags filled with cloths?"
Tori and Cat both blushed bright red, Cat looking away while Tori kicked at the ground and looked for and excuse to change the topic. Thankfully that came when she heard Cat's stomach rumble from hunger and she grinned in her normal bright way.
"Oh did you hear that, I think it's time for us to get some lunch don't you Cat?"
"Yes, yes I'm really hungry," Cat replied sheepishly.
The two were about to rush off towards the Food Court when Jade and Rachel grabbed a hold of them and pulled them back.
"Victoria Vega," Jade said narrowing her eyes.
"Yes Jade?" Tori asked innocently.
"I'm going to give you one more chance to come clean," the goth girl warned her girlfriend, "I get wanting to take me Christmas shopping but why did you buy all these cloths?"
Tori bit her lower lip and glanced around Jade tapping her foot impatiently as she waited for her to reply. After a few moments though it was clear that she wasn't going to say anything so Jade glanced over to Rachel who nodded.
"Catarina Valentine I'm all for buying clothing but if you tricked me and Jade then I'll make sure to hide all of your candy when I take you home."
"There was a holiday sale going on in some of our favorite stores!" Cat squeaked, Jade and Rachel smirking and Tori blushing bright red.
Jade looked over at her girlfriend, Tori biting her lower lip as the goth girl shook her head and poked the singer's forehead.
"Uh oh, looks like someone's been caught," she teased in her 'Tori voice', "anything you want to say?"
"I don't talk like that!" Tori whined as she turned to Cat, "and thanks for keeping quiet Cat."
"My candy Tori!" Cat objected, waving her arms frantically, "I can't have Rachel hiding my candy!"
Tori sighed and shook her head. Of course Cat would be worried about her candy that girl couldn't go one day without her candy. Sensing Jade was smirking at her the singer looked over at the goth girl and gave her one of her best apologetic smiles that she could in a hope that they would get out of trouble.
"So we might have bought a few outfits for ourselves."
"I guess I can't blame you," Jade replied kissing her cheek, "if any of the stores that I typically go to had sales right now I would buy some cloths as well."
"Well Victoria Secret has a sale going on," Tori teased, making Jade chuckle.
"And now I need to bleach my brain to get rid of that image," Rachel groaned, Cat giggling beside her, "come on Cat let's go get something to eat."
"Okay!" Cat chirped following after her.
"Well then now that we have that out of the way," Jade said with a shrug, "why don't we go get something to eat as well?"
"Sounds good to me," Tori agreed with a smile.
The group ordered their lunch and sat down, talking about different things while they ate before tossing their trash and heading over to the Vega household. When they got there Tori and Cat started to get out the items for their presents while Jade and Rachel sat down on the couch and turned their attention to the tv.
"Oh! Rudolph is on!" Cat squealed excitedly as she saw the classic tv show.
Jade smirked and turned the channel, Rachel rolling her eyes as Tori turned around and smacked Jade's leg scoldingly.
"Jadelyn August West, you turn that back right now."
"I'm just having some fun," Jade defended as she changed the channel back, "there you see, it's back on."
"Thank you," Tori replied smiling sweetly, "and for that I'll make you a cup of coffee."
Jade smirked and laid back on the couch as Tori stood up and walked over to the kitchen to get the reward she promised. While she did this Cat continued to work on the presents, taking out some mason jars and some painting supplies and started to decorate the jars. A cup was held out to her and the goth girl took the cup of black liquid and mouthed thank you to the singer as she sat down and helped her friend decorate the jars.
"So who are these presents for again?" Rachel asked as she moved and rested her head on Cat's lap.
"Robbie, Andre, Sikowitz, Lane, and Helen," Tori listed off as she took of the snowflake stencil and checked the jar.
"Okay I get Robbie, Andre, and Sikowitz," Jade chimed in, "but why Lane and Helen?"
"Well Lane's been a wonderful counselor, so it would be nice to give him a present on our last year" Tori explained picking up a stencil of a christmas tree, "and Helen was just for being a good principal."
"Hey wait a minute where's our present?" Rachel asked frowning.
"Oh we got the two of you something, but we're not going to get it out while you're here," Cat told them as Tori grinned.
"Did you two really think we'd give you a peek at your presents?"
Jade and Rachel didn't respond, allowing Tori and Cat to get back to decorating their gifts when the front door opened up. Trina hummed a Christmas tune as she pulled in this years tree, Robbie following on the other end of the tree helping her.
"I see you didn't get a massive tree this time," Tori noted as Trina pouted.
"Only because Robbie wouldn't let me," she replied, Robbie chuckling as he walked over and hugged her.
"I told you Trina, sometimes less is more," he reminded her, "you'll see that a tree this size is just as good, and more practical, than the huge trees you've been getting."
Trina rolled her eyes and ran off to get the decorations, Robbie following after her while Tori shrugged and went back to their gifts. They were almost finished with the jars, simply having to wait for them to dry so Tori and Cat went to set them out of sight so they could finish them later. When Trina and Robbie came back with the decorations the four girls all walked over and helped to decorate the tree, Tori turning on some Christmas music that they could dance to.
"Careful," Jade cautioned as she twirled Tori around, "don't want you to get hurt."
"I'll be fine Jade," Tori said kissing her, "besides I know that you'll keep me safe."
"So I've actually been meaning to ask you," Rachel said as she picked Cat up to help her reach a high branch, "have the two of you chosen a name for you daughter to be?"
"We've talked about it," Tori said as she and Jade wrapped some tinsel around the tree, "chosen a few names but haven't decided on one just yet."
"So what's are the possible names for my future niece?" Trina asked peek at Tori from around the tree.
"Well I suggested Elizabeth and Michelle," Tori replied.
"And I suggested Marie and Caitlin," Jade said rotating her shoulder.
"Oh so you both picked two names and now you're just trying to figure out which ones you like," Cat quipped, jumping up and down excitedly.
"Careful Cat you'll knock down the tree," Rachel cautioned, taking a hold of her and moving her to the side.
Tori giggled at Cat's carefree attitude, Jade smirking and wrapping her arm around her waist.
"Yes Cat, we're going to pick her name out of those four," Tori said smiling.
"Though we might choose a second name from them as well," Jade explained, "we haven't really decided to give her a middle name though."
"Well I wouldn't be opposed to the name Trina," the oldest Vega girl suggested, Jade glaring at her.
"In your dreams annoying Vega."
"Be nice," Tori hummed shaking her head, "Trina why would you do that, you knew it would irritate her."
"What I think it's a great name," Trina huffed.
"Okay, why don't we just continue decorating the tree," Robbie suggested, trying to ease the tension in the room.
"Robbie's right," Rachel agreed, "Come on let's finish this tree."
Tori nodded and the group finished the tree, Trina turning on the lights when they finished and watched as the tree lit up. After they had finished the tree they moved over to the tv and turned on some Christmas specials, Trina leaning against Robbie, Tori against Jade, and Rachel laying her head on Cat's lap, the group continuing to watch the specials up until each of them fell asleep.
A/N:
So I have one more chapter planned taking place around Christmas and then there will be a skip to later on when Tori is at the end of her second trimester. I'm wanting to speed things up here while also staying in the holiday spirit! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and Merry Christmas!