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Marissa felt the bed shift, she turned back to see Alex sitting on the edge of the bed rubbing the back of her neck. She chanced a glance back at the clock and saw that it wasn't much later than a little past six. She let out a tired yawn before moving over so both her legs were on either side of the blonde. She wrapped her arms around her as she kissed her shoulder.
"Merry Christmas psycho," she spoke out softly feeling Alex chuckle lightly as she leaned back into her arms.
"Merry Christmas babe," Alex replied as she wrapped her own arms around Marissa's.
"Why are you up so damn early?"
Alex smiled to herself, "something I need to take care of."
The brunette girl grunted as she brought her hands to Alex's back instead, slowly starting to rub Alex's neck and shoulders, trying to coax her into staying where she was, "and you need to do this now because..."
Alex couldn't help the light moan that came out of her as she felt Marissa's warm hands on her, "yea, but you'll see," she turned around and kissed the taller girl quickly before pulling back, "you're going to love this, I'll be back in a few."
Marissa just nodded as she watched the blonde get up and throw a sweater on before heading out the room. Marissa let out a sigh wondering what on earth the girl could be up to. She lay back down and shut her eyes hoping to fall asleep shortly. She was on the verge of sleep, everything was starting to quiet down and then she felt the bed shift once more.
She figured Alex was just coming to lay back down, but as she felt the blonde's arm lightly shake her, she couldn't help but let out a small groan.
"Get dressed," she heard her whisper quietly.
"What?" The tired brunette asked.
"Get dressed," Marissa could see the mischievousness that Alex's eyes held.
"What's going on?"
Alex smiled loving the adorable look Marissa was sporting, "trust me."
Marissa couldn't help but shake her head lightly as she let out a small laugh, "alright..."
Alex sat back as she watched Marissa throw on a pair of sweatpants and a hoodie before she looked her way, "this good?"
Alex nodded happily, she stood up and took the girl's hand, "come on."
Marissa pulled back on the blonde's hand and pulled her into a kiss, when the two finally parted she looked lovingly into the girl's eyes and whispered "let's go psycho."
Alex smiled and led the girl to their son's bedroom; Marissa leaned against the doorway as she watched Alex lean down and slowly shake the sleeping boy, "wake up kid, there's something I want you to see."
The boy groaned out before his mother's words were processed, he shot up in bed looking at her, "did Santa come back?" He asked now wide awake.
Marissa's brows furrowed as she heard Alex reply, "no not since when we saw him but there's something else come on." She turned around to see Marissa giving her a look she moved towards the taller girl and wrapped her arms around her waist bringing her mouth close to the girl's ear, "Santa came last night, and we saw him." She explained quietly.
Marissa just couldn't help but be even more confused, Alex chuckled lightly as she spoke even quieter, "I'll explain later."
Marissa nodded and then was brought out of her confusion when Kyle spoke up, "MERRY CHRISTMAS MUM!"
Marissa smiled as Alex let her go; she bent down and grabbed her boy hugging him close wishing him a Merry Christmas as well.
Once the little boy let her go he quickly jumped over and hugged Alex tightly wishing her a Merry Christmas as well. The three stood together happily for a moment before Alex's face brightened even more if that was at all possible.
"Come on, there's something I want to show you guys," she said as she took Marissa's hand and picked up Kyle in her other arm.
The boy nestled in her hold as she walked them both to the window in his room that faced their back yard, she let go of Marissa's hand so she could take hold of the dark curtain, she turned around before pulling it back, "close your eyes... both of you," she spoke quietly as the two gave each other a look before following Alex's words.
When Alex made sure they weren't peaking she pulled back the curtain and smiled to herself as she saw the sight of her yard. She took a deep breath as she quietly spoke once more, "open them."
She heard Marissa gasp and then looked over to her son who looked on in awe, "there's the snow," she spoke out quietly. Alex looked over and saw Marissa had tears in her eyes, as her she heard her boy squeal in excitement.
The brunette couldn't help them as she looked out below. Their yard was covered in a layer of snow that seemed to spread all around the house, she couldn't even see the stairs that led down because of the amount there was.
Alex eventually let Kyle down on the floor as she saw how excited he was, taking one last glance over at the girl of her dreams she turned around and spoke to Kyle, "bundle up kid, cause here it comes," he looked at her, and as she spoke he saw a whole new wave of snow falling from the sky.
He screamed out happily as he ran around his room trying to find warm clothes, Alex smiled at him, she pointed to his chair in the corner and his eyes widened when he saw that there was a snow suit there now.
He quickly scrambled to get it on asking Alex for help when he couldn't get the zippers to work. Once he was all dressed up she ruffled his now tuque covered head before she told him to go out and be careful.
She walked back over to Marissa who still hadn't moved from her place by the window, she wrapped her arms around the girl as the two heard the back door swing open quickly followed by a bark before the door slammed closed. The two couldn't help but watch as he ran outside with starry eyes.
The blonde smiled when she felt Marissa turn around in her arms and kiss her passionately, she was quick to reciprocate the kiss the two loosing themselves, the moment only interrupted when they heard a loud thump hit the window, they both turned their heads to face it seeing a splatter dripping down and saw a grinning Kyle down in the yard.
Alex couldn't help but laugh along with Marissa as she spoke, "and winter has finally begun." She was still looking out the window watching Kyle and Jack play in the snow when she felt Marissa's eyes on her, when she turned to meet her eyes she couldn't help her breath that caught in her throat at the look she was being given.
She had grown used to seeing the love Marissa had for her, and she knew Marissa could see the love she held for the taller girl as well. There were times though that Marissa would catch her by surprise the love being so over-whelmingly strong that it astounded her.
Marissa had no words to describe how she felt, what Alex had pulled... it was the single sweetest thing she had ever seen, it was the most amazing thing to wake up to a snow covered yard. She knew how much it would mean to their son, and at the same time she couldn't help but feel the warmness in her heart.
Alex had fulfilled one of her oldest dreams, and she wanted to let her know; "you know how I told you I asked my dad for snow? And he said to keep hope?"
Alex nodded as she moved in closer to the girl, brushing a stray strand of hair out of her eyes, "he never did anything about it... and that kind of became my one wish, every year starting that winter, it was the one wish I'd make at birthday's, the one thing I dreamed about...
When you told Kyle to keep hoping, I was scared, because I knew how I felt when I woke up to a sunny day in California. This... Alex... this is amazing." She smiled at the blonde, "I mean, I know you've just REALLY made Kyle's Christmas... but I want you to know you just really made mine too."
Alex smiled at the girl, "good, you deserved a white Christmas," she spoke softly. "Come on... let's go join him," Alex finished as she grinned mischievously.
Marissa followed the blonde back into their room, she couldn't but grin when she saw Alex toss her a pair of snow pants, "it's not the real deal, but it's pretty damn close and you'll get wet." Alex explained with a smirk, "that is... if you aren't already," she finished wickedly.
Marissa laughed, "I guess you'll just have to wait and find out eh?"
Alex ran back up to her, her lips millimetres from the taller girl's, "guess so." The two grinned before quickly engaging in another lip lock. Alex pulled back when the need for air became too much and the two went back to getting dressed.
When Marissa was done she remembered something she'd been wanting to ask the blonde, "hey, babe?"
"Yea?" Alex mumbled as she tried zipping up her coat.
"What did Kyle mean about seeing Santa before?"
Alex smiled as she faced Marissa, "I got Seth to dress up as Santa and go down our chimney," she grinned, "got Kyle up and we went and spied as Santa put out the presents."
Marissa smiled large, "you serious? How did you get Seth to agree?"
Alex shrugged, "didn't have to do much, he knew I wanted to feed Kyle's belief and we decided we'd alternate... that way next year we get to feed Ben's."
Marissa shook her head, "you're unbelievable..."
Alex smiled, "you should have seen his face though... it was SO worth waking up in the middle of the night."
"You mean waking up again right?" Marissa asked pointedly.
"I had to go get the machine before that," Alex explained sheepishly.
"Well, now that I understand I can forgive you, because this is SOO amazing," she spoke like a kid, "but don't be surprised if I hit you with a snowball as payback." The brunette replied as she ran out the room.
Alex shook her head as she quickly followed suit, "it's war Cooper!"
The second the Alex barged out through the door she was attacked by both Marissa and Kyle, the dog quickly running around trying to take her down as well. She couldn't help but laugh at how unreal things seemed, the image of the outdoors when she pulled back on the curtain earlier still plastered in her mind.
There was something incredibly surreal about seeing the California sun rise over the ocean and then see her yard covered in snow when just a few feet farther up she could see the beach and the early morning surfers. God, how she loved her's and Marissa's beach house; and to now be outside with her family, with those who she cared most about, seeing them all bundled up scarves flying about while their mittened covered hands were quickly making more snowballs to throw.
The three of them spent a fair amount of time attacking and tackling each other the early morning being warmed by the laughter that came from the four year old. Alex plopped down for a few seconds as she watched on. She could see Jack jumping around shoving his puppy face in the snow covering his head only to come back out looking around pointedly as if someone had surprised him only to repeat the motion; his face getting whiter each time.
She looked over to see Kyle in the corner of the yard as he worked hard trying to make a fort out of the fluffy snow that lay around him, she watched as he eventually gave up and started to try and make a snow man instead, happy to see his face brighten when he realized that activity was working out much better.
She turned her head when something caught her eyes in her peripheral vision. She couldn't help the beaming smile that spread on her face as she watched entranced as Marissa twirled through their yard with angelic grace. She'd loved the woman for so long and she was always amazed at how much her love grew daily. And at that moment, it seemed to grow tenfold. There was something about seeing the brunette hair that had escaped the confines of her tuque twirling about with her.
There was this bright smile on the girl's face, and there was this look, she look like a child in awe, it was a pure innocence, a radiating happiness and in that moment, Alex couldn't help herself, all she wanted was to run up to her and take hold of her as she twirled them both around. The blonde bolted upright and quickly tried to run over.
A loud 'oomph' escaped her when she slid on the snow covered ground quickly falling on herself. She hoped no one had noticed but all hope was lost when she heard Kyle's giggle coming in loud and clear from across the yard quickly followed by Marissa's full happy laugh. She shook her head and tried to push herself up but within instants she felt a weight on her back and a light playful bark coming from above her.
She groaned as she realized Jack seemed to consider her a new play toy, but just as quickly the dog nipped at her head pulling away with her bright blue tuque, she looked up to see him crouching down in front of her tail wagging just teasing her, she pushed herself up and made a move towards him seeing him hop out of the way and start running around in circles.
She could hear Kyle still laughing un-controllably along with Marissa. Marissa, she remembered as she spun around seeing the brunette who seemed to be rubbing her mitten covered hand under her eyes seemingly trying to rid the tears that were falling.
As much as she wanted her hat, wanted to get payback on Kyle for laughing at her and getting Marissa back all she did was stroll up to the girl of her dreams. She saw Marissa tense knowing the brunette had recognized the look in her eyes, she was amused when the girl was almost pleading with her, she was happy though to see that she'd shocked the girl when she reached out to take hold of her hand and spinning her around.
When the two came face to face again, Alex was met with a pair of curious eyes, she smiled lightly, "you have no idea just how gorgeous you were twirling around dressed like you are with our yard looking like it is."
Marissa's eyes seemed to soften as she offered the blonde a smile, "well I'm hoping a lot more than you falling and getting owned by our dog."
Alex shook her head, "it was a lot more indeed," she had wanted to retort something playful but she honestly just had too much happiness bubbling inside. She leaned in and caught the girl lip as the two kept slowly moving together to the sound of their beating hearts. Neither knew how it happened, or when it started, just that one day Marissa had realized Alex seemed to always just start dancing with her.
Alex didn't even realize she did it anymore, she figured it was because she was so happy where she was, and she was always filled with this over-whelming feeling of wonderment when she was with Marissa, she felt what they had, what they shared was something truly incredible.
When the two pulled apart after a few moments the realized there was another bout of snow that was falling down upon them. Alex smiled and wrapped her arms tighter around the girl when she felt Marissa lean her head on her shoulder.
"This is just so magical," she heard the taller girl whisper softly, there was a sense of awe in the girl's voice, she could only hold onto her tight as she kissed the top of her head as the two kept moving quietly.
This peppermint winter is so sugar sweet,
I don't need a taste to believe,
What's December without Christmas Eve.
The family of three had stayed outdoors for a little while longer before they decided to head in for a warm breakfast, it had taken everything for them to get Kyle in the house, he seemed to be enjoying the snow more than either one had imagined.
They had finished eating their big breakfast and the two girls were standing by the kitchen sink cleaning them, Alex felt a tug on her shirt and both of them turned around with smiles on their faces only brightening when they saw Kyle had dressed himself up once more but was in dire need of help with the coat zipper.
Marissa smiled warmly as she watched Alex bend down to help him out, "you're going back outside kiddo?"
He nodded vigorously, "there's snow out there mum!" He explained as if it was the most valid reason out there.
Alex smiled as she leaned back a bit as she fixed his hat, "but you haven't opened your gifts yet," she reminded him.
The little boy took a few seconds to consider this, "can we open them later?" He saw the look his moms gave him and furthered his question, "it's hot outside... the snow might go away, the pweasants won't melt."
Alex smiled bright, "alrighty then! Go forth child!" She pointed to the door as he giggled, "we'll open them later tonight." She told Marissa as she stood back up to face the brunette.
The two shared another long look, their moment was interrupted however when they heard the back door open once again, "mama! Can you pleaseeee ask uncle Seth and aunt Summer if Ben can come and play too? Please?" He begged with a pout.
"We'll call and see what they say kiddo," Marissa told him as she felt Alex wrap her arm around her waist. She leaned her head on the blonde's shoulder as the two watched him barrel back out the door. "You've really made him happy babe," Marissa spoke softly.
"I'm glad, no one should have a sad Christmas," Alex replied just as softly.
Marissa slowly moved in front of the girl and wrapped her arm around her shoulder as she felt the blonde's arms snake around her waist, "I don't think he'll ever have to worry about that with you around."
"Us."
Marissa looked at her confused, "what?"
"You mean us, with us around together he'll never have to worry."
The brunette smiled brightly before she leaned in and placed a slow kiss on Alex's lips, she pulled away only slightly, "us."
Alex grinned as she pecked her once more before moving away, "you want to call Summer? I'll finish up the dishes and then we can go back to enjoying the day?" Alex waited until Marissa nodded before she pulled away entirely, and made her way back to the sink.
She could hear Marissa from the living room and it made her smile to hear the girl so happy, she prayed to whatever God lay out there that things would stay as perfect as they had for the last decade, there was no place she'd rather be and having a home like the one she and Marissa had built was truly the best thing out there.
She couldn't help but laugh as she looked out the window to see Kyle and Jack still playing around in the snow, the two seemed to be planning something. She leaned back as she felt arms wrap around her waist from behind, she really was amazed at just how happy she was. There had been a time in her life during which she had thought all hope was lost, that she could never be happy. She'd given up on searching for whatever it would be that would put a smile on her face.
That was the year she found Marissa, and with that, she found the missing piece in her life, and every day she was in awe of how happy she could be with the simplest things. There really wasn't anything like it.
"What are you thinking about?" Marissa spoke quietly.
Alex brought her own hands down to reach Marissa's and pulled her arms even tighter around herself, "just how happy I am, how just being here, in our home, with the two of you with me is the best feeling ever."
She could feel the taller girl smile against her ear, "I know the feeling."
The two stayed like that for a little while longer before Alex interrupted the silence, "are Seth and Summer coming with Ben?" She felt Marissa nod her head before she felt the girl's lips leaving a small kiss on her neck.
Alex let out a happy sigh the two stayed in their comfortable silence watching what was happening in their backyard from the window, both wearing happy smiles. "Is it terrible that as much as I want to see them I kinda don't want to... you and I are barely going to have any time together today," Marissa spoke softly.
Alex turned around slightly so she could at least see the girl's eyes, "tell you what, tonight, when everyone's gone, and Kyle's in bed, you and I'll hop in the sleigh," Alex pointed to a spot in their yard where Alex had indeed left out a sleigh, "we'll glide away together into the night and we'll sip on the moonlight."
Marissa smiled, "when did you get so darn romantic?"
Alex leaned back into the girl once more, "the moment I met you."
Marissa couldn't help but feel her heart melt as Alex spoke quietly, she couldn't believe this Alex was the same as the hard headed, badass everyone knew her as. She was always amazed at just how soft and gentle the girl could be, but that was only when she was alone with her or when she saw her with their boy.
They pair eventually moved to their back porch where they sat covered by a blanket on the couch they left out there as they snuggled close watching their boy run around. It took a while but eventually after a little over an hour Kyle ran up to them bright smiles and all.
"My nose is runny!" He exclaimed as he pointed to his reddened nose; it had been bother him for a while but he didn't want to take the chance of having to go inside. He watched as Alex smiled at him before making a move to kiss the brunette on the cheek before heading inside to get a tissue.
"Are you having fun?" Marissa asked him as the boy climbed up on the couch as well his little legs dangling as he kicked them up. He nodded happily as he looked over at his mum, "best Christmas ever!"
Marissa smiled at the boy, "it is isn't it?"
Alex walked out to see Kyle's head bobbing up and down excitedly and she couldn't help but smile, she leaned down and helped him deal with his nose before moving back under the blanket wrapping an arm around Marissa.
"Other than that are you okay kid?" She asked him even though she knew he wouldn't want to go in.
The little boy ran down the steps and jumped back into one of the small snow mountains as he screamed out; "YUP!"
Alex turned her head so she could take a look at the girl next to her, granted, there wasn't much snow on the deck and the sun was out, but apparently it did bring the temperature down slightly as she noticed Marissa's nose also turning a light shade of pink, "how about you babe? You still okay?"
Marissa snuggled in closer, "apart from my frosty toes getting cold, I'm perfect," the brunette had always been a little more chilly so the added snow wasn't helping, but she didn't mind staying there, she looked back to see Alex's worry clearly etched on her gorgeous features, "it's okay, I feel so alive that it doesn't bother me." She smiled wide just to prove her point.
Alex seemed slightly reassured but she still told the taller girl to hold still for a few seconds after which she ran into the house and came back out within seconds.
Marissa looked at her confused as she watched the blonde lean down and reach for her feet, she willingly gave them up, curious as to what Alex was about to do, "I got you these awesome socks, they're supposed to keep you super warm, I figured you'd probably get cold." The blonde explained as she fixed the socks on Marissa's feet before getting back next to her.
Marissa stared at her feet before she leaned over and kissed the blonde lovingly, "you. Are. The. Best!" She exclaimed happily as she pulled away once more only to find herself curled up into Alex once more.
Seth and Summer had walked in through the door with Ben a little after twelve, Seth claiming he wanted to be fed as Summer slapped him before telling Ben to go see out back. The pair had dressed him up but they hadn't told him about the snow in the Alex and Marissa's back yard.
The other two adults walked in the kitchen to find Marissa and Alex staring at their back door as it slammed shut and the four of them all heard the excited yell coming from Ben as he found his way into his cousin's personal winter wonderland.
The two girls eventually turned back around to see Seth and Summer standing there, Summer nicely dressed as always and Seth proudly sporting his Chrismukkah wear. Marissa was the first to move towards her brunette friend quickly wrapping her arms around her wishing her a Merry Christmas as Alex moved to Seth as the two shared a hug as well Seth quickly squealing out to everyone; "MERRY CHRISMUKKAH!"
The three girls shook their heads at his odd behaviour as Marissa went in to hug Seth while Alex moved to Summer, "I don't know how you deal with him," the blonde spoke truthfully.
Summer laughed, "I don't either."
"Hey!" Seth exclaimed feigning hurt, "I'm awesome and you are all just jealous that I created a holiday!"
Marissa then looked at the boy, "the day I see 'Happy Chrismukkah' cards on store shelves is the day I will congratulate you, anything before I'm going to take pride in my yearly mocking."
"You'll see! One more year, that's all I need! Hallmark will FINALLY recognize my genius for it's worth!" The curly haired boy replied.
"I'm with Marissa, I'll believe it when I see it," Alex replied.
Seth was about to retort when a loud shriek of a squeal came from by the door, all three of them turned bug-eyed to stare at Summer who stood there with tears in her eyes.
Seth moved quickly to his wife asking what was wrong.
"N... nothing, nothing's wrong."
"Then why are you squealing as if it was a three for one sale at Louis Vuitton?" Seth questioned quickly earning himself a slap to the chest.
"This is it... this is this year's miracle," Summer exclaimed as the four adults watched the snowflakes start to fall. Summer suddenly spun around and wrapped her arms tightly around Alex, "this is amazing Alex." Summer spoke quietly.
Alex looked shocked as she carefully returned the hug, she didn't know what to say, "y...you didn't call me Blondie..." was the only thing she could think to say.
Summer pulled back laughing lightly as she gave Alex's arm a small nudge, "yea well... this is all making me feel very... floaty," Summer spoke as even she was confused by her word choice.
"Floaty Summer?" Seth questioned.
"Shut up Cohen," Summer replied as she wiped her eyes with the back of her sleeve.
"Aww babe look at that, you made her floaty AND teary!" Marissa said as she moved closely to Alex kissing her cheek, truth be told, she was ecstatic to see just how happy Alex had made everyone.
"URGH! You all suck!" Summer shrieked, yet with a smile on her face, they all knew she was kidding around.
The four turned back around to see the two boys now in the midst of a snowball fight with Jack running back and forth trying to jump and catch the white balls in the air.
The two boys were outside playing around and when Kyle looked up ready to attack his cousin he was surprised to not see the older boy. He looked all over and with an arched brow slowly got up, he took one step forward before he felt someone pull at his coat. He let out a yell when he felt his older cousin stuff snow down his coat.
He spun around and saw the boy run towards the house and quickly chased after him tell him he was going to pay.
The four adults who had moved to the island in the kitchen all jumped when they heard the door swing open and loud thumps making their way by. They all turned to see Ben running down the hall and up the stairs trying to get away, they all stared at each other confused when they heard the door open once more and a second set of feet started making their way through the kitchen.
They all stared at Kyle as he followed the wet footprints up the stairs a slew of; "you're mean! I'm gonna get you back Ben!" His voice quickly fading away as they heard Ben scream from upstairs.
"Should we go check on them?" Summer questioned as she looked at a wide eyed Marissa both more than curious to know what had happened.
Alex looked over at Seth and the two shared a look both having seen through the window they were facing what had happened between the two, they simultaneously spoke out a light, "no," resulting in funny looks thrown their way by both brunette girls.
This peppermint winter is so sugar sweet,
I don't need to taste to believe,
What's December without Christmas Eve.
It was a picture out of a Christmas classic, there in the dining room sat her version of a perfect Christmas, she watched happily from the entry way as Seth who had his arm around Summer's chair was telling the two boys a story, both had their eyes glued to the geeky man.
Summer was sitting in front of Marissa and the two girls were looking at the scene, watching as both their boy's looks of awe seem to grow when Seth told them about Spider-Man taking on some other villain. They couldn't help but roll their eyes when Seth started telling them about his own comic book.
There was food laid out on the table, everything was set to eat and all that was missing was the blonde who'd gone back to get the bread. Alex couldn't help the permanent smile that was on her face, the scene before her was one that she had always hoped her family would have, it was like she was going back in time and going back to the happier times with her family, before everything changed.
Just as her thoughts were about to bring her down she was met with a pair of mossy green eyes, Marissa tilted her head slightly, silently asking if she was okay, Alex could only nod her head slightly as she pushed off the wall and moved to the table, placing the bread she'd brought in, in the middle of the table.
She pulled out the chair that was to Marissa's right and sat down, her left hand going under the table to grasp Marissa's the two shared a look before they were interrupted by Seth, "I have to admit, I think this is the first time that we've had this much culture on this day."
They all stared at him, "what? It's true! Think about it, Chrismukkah, which as we all know is..."
"the greatest super holiday known to mankind," the five of them spoke together.
"Hey! You all paid attention!"
"Seth, it's not that we paid attention, more like you tell us every year... kind of hard not to remember." Alex replied.
The boy glared at her as he kept on, "anywho, you all know it draws on the best of Christianity and Judaism have to offer and now, look at that!" We waved his hand around the table, "now, we've brought in the Italians! Come on, we've just made it even BIGGER!"
"Seth, you do realize that most Italians ARE Catholics... which comes FROM Christianity right?" Marissa asked the boy.
"Your point?"
"She means if this super holiday is gathering from religions... the fact that we're eating Italian really doesn't make it any bigger culturally." Alex explained.
Seth shrugged, "whatever, it still does in my mind and that's what matters! LET'S EAT!" He finished as he stabbed his fork in his food, he was about to wrap his mouth around it when Summer hit him in the back of the head causing both younger boys to giggle at his demise. Alex and Marissa shook their heads as everyone dug in and started eating happily.
All this holiday cheer,
Heaven knows where it goes,
But it returns every year,
And though this winter does nothing but storm.
Alex leaned back against the door way as the three of them watched Seth and Summer along with Ben get in their car. She thought back to the day and couldn't help the bright smile that grew on her face, it was crazy but there was a joy in her heart that was ablaze and it was making her feel incredibly warm.
She felt an arm snake around her waist as she looked over at Marissa who dropped her head onto the blonde's shoulder. She leaned her head over only slightly so she could drop a kiss on top of the girl's head.
It's keeping me warm.
And just as it had with Marissa, she felt a small arm wrap around her leg as she felt Kyle's head rest there as the three of them waved goodbye. She dropped her other arm down so she could ruffle his hair.
It's keeping me warm.
They were sitting in their living room watching the four year old as he sat on a blanket in the middle of the room casually reaching under the tree to grab boxes one at a time. The two girls were snuggled in close together as they watched as he happily ripped off the wrapping and tore through one of the boxes, his face lighting up as he saw his Hopalong boots. His eyes were glues to them and his jaw had dropped, he looked up at both of them incredulously as he showed them as he quickly pointed to the box speechlessly.
He moved his eyes back on his gift as he ran his little hands over them in awe. Alex leaned in close as she whispered in Marissa's ear, "at least he didn't end up with forty-five new pairs of socks."
Marissa turned around and looked at her confused, "what?"
Alex smirked, "the year I asked for one of those," she pointed to their son who was still entranced with the gift, "I got forty-five pairs of socks."
Marissa couldn't help but laugh, when she looked back into the deep blue-green eyes she's fallen in love with she couldn't help it as her hand softly reached up to caress the girl's cheek, "aww baby..." she leaned over and kissed her lovingly.
Alex leaned her forehead on the brunettes as she spoke quietly, "I guess in a way we both made both of our oldest wishes come true."
The taller girl looked on lovingly at the blonde, "that's our Chrismukkah miracle."
Alex was about to reply when a sudden, "OH MY GOD!" Was heard from the boy who looked at them both excitedly as he realized he got the pistol that came along with the boots. The two women shared one last kiss before turning back to look at their son who was trying unsuccessfully to pull his boots on.
This peppermint winter is so sugar sweet,
I don't need to taste to believe,
What's December without Christmas Eve.
Kyle had gone to bed a few hours earlier and the two were now sitting in the sleigh under the moonlight, enjoying the last little bit of Christmas day, just as Alex had promised. Alex was sitting behind the taller girl with her arms wrapped tightly around her waist. They were snuggled in close under a warm blanket as a light sheet of snow was falling down upon them; Alex leaned in close to the girl's ear, "what are your thoughts on making love under the snow Ms. Cooper?" The blonde asked quietly.
She didn't have to wait long to feel the brunette slowly move away before quickly finding her straddling her lap, the girl leaned in close, lips almost touching she whispered just as quietly; "let's find out Ms. Kelly."