Chapter 23
Sara was walking down the hallway; it was her last working day before the Christmas vacation, just as she was on her way out the door Professor Goldsmith called out for her.
"Sara, are you in a hurry? Or could I just talk to you for a minute before you leave?"
Sara turned, "no, it's okay I got a minute."
They walk into the professor's office.
"So, how are things going Sara, do you like your job?"
Sara smiled, "yeah, I do I like working with young people."
The professor smiled, "good, the student most definitely like you too, everyone I have talked too is glad to have you as their teacher."
"Nice to hear, hopefully it means I'm doing something right" she said with a fleeting smile.
The professor chuckled, "yeah, but the reason I wanted to talk to you is, you know that Mrs. Jansen is going on retirement from today?"
"Yes I do, but please don't ask me to make a goodbye party for her; I'm no good at things like that" Sara said, holding up her hands defensively.
The professor laughed, "No that's already taken care of, but she wasn't only a teacher she also worked as a youth counselor, and the school was wondering if you could be interested in that job?"
"Oh… no I don't think so, I don't know much about what's going on in young people's life these days," Sara said, flashing her a grin, "hell, I didn't even know what was going on when I was that age!"
The professor smiled, "no, you weren't the easiest getting away from the books, but you won't be alone in this. We have a counselor for every year group, and all of you are working together, and you can always go to one of them if you have any questions, and you will of course attend a course to learn how to work with young people with problems."
"Guess it could be exciting, but wouldn't it be more sensible to give the job to one of the employed on a permanent basis instead of me?" Sara stare at her, an eyebrow rose questioningly.
"Actually that's the schools Christmas present to you; we would like to hire you on a permanent basis" the professor answered, giving her a smile.
Sara's mouth felt open, "you would?" She asked with a baffled expression.
"Yes Sara, the student's likes you, the other staff members like you; you're doing a good job teaching, so why wouldn't we want to hire you?"
"I don't know; guess I'm just quite surprised" she said, letting out a long breath.
The professor chortled, "Yes, I can see that, so can you answer me now, or do you need your vacation to think about it?" She asked, fixing her with a questioning look.
Sara smiled, "I think it's going to be a yes, but I better talk it over with Sofia first, before I say anything."
Goldsmith raised her eyebrows in understanding, "fine, but call me when you have so I can sign you up for a course, and now get out of here and have a good Christmas" she stated emphatically.
Sara got up; "thank you, and the same to you and your family." she said, heading towards to the door.
Sara walked into the condo with a big smile on her face; Sofia had already made it home and was sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee.
"Hi hon, you're late today, was there a lot of traffic?"
Sara gave her a half-shrug, "no, not more than usual," she said kissing Sofia.
Sofia smiled to her, "what's with that big smile, honey?"
Sara smiled as she finally dropped onto a chair and poured herself some coffee before telling about her talk with the professor.
"That's great honey, what did you answer her?"
"Nothing, said I needed to talk to you first."
Sofia got up and went over and kissed Sara, "that's very sweet and thoughtful of you, but it's your choice so choose whichever you prefer" she said, brushing a lock of hair away from Sara's face with infinite tenderness. "The counselor job sounds interesting, and I'm sure the students will be very lucky having you by their side" she said cordially.
Sara gazed at her with uncertainty in her eyes, "I don't know Sof, I'm not sure I'll be good in a job like that" she answered after a moment's consideration.
Sofia grinned and gave her a wink, "neither do I;" she said before kissing her, "you'll be great, honey."
Sara deepened the kiss, "thanks baby, love you."
"Love you too, now go call the professor and say yes" Sofia said, giving her a smile.
Sara called. Afterwards they started packing; Sofia had been lucky and got four days off from work, so as they had promised, they would be spending Christmas in Vegas with Sofia's mother.
They had talked about driving, but to save time they had agreed to fly instead. Since there wasn't much in the fridge they went out for dinner. Afterwards they went to the Mix, everyone had promised to show up wishing happy Christmas and exchange gifts.
The couple went home early since their tickets were to an early flied and soon after they were both asleep. Brian drove them to the airport; Sofia entered the Mile High Club on their way to Vegas. Sofia's mother picked them up at the airport in Vegas.
"Hello girls, how were the flied?"
Sofia blushed, "hey mom, it was fine."
Sara just giggled and said hello.
They borrowed Dana's car and went by the lab to wish Brass and the team a happy Christmas, before going over to Greg who was off work that night, they stayed with him for the rest of the evening. Andrea came by too, and hanged out with them. Dana had gone to bed by the time they got back, so they decided to do the same.
The next day December 24 Matt and his family came home as well; neighbors came by wishing a merry Christmas. Sofia and Sara took the boys to the park in the afternoon to give Matt and Karen a little peace.
Dinner went fine, and the evening went by fast, everyone went to bed early, knowing that the boys would be up very early, and they were. At eight, everyone was gathered in the living room, the boys hardly able to wait for their gifts, all the adults just wanted coffee.
But they finally got to it, the gifts was distributed one at the time so everyone had a changes to see what each other got. When all the gifts was distributed Matt, Karen and Dana looked at each other, they were all pretty sure about that they hadn't seen any gift from Sara to Sofia, but none of them asked.
Smiling, Sofia leaned into the soft leather, "I do have one more gift for you, but you won't get it before we get home."
Taking a deep sip of her coffee, Sara slid over, settling comfortably against Sofia's side, smiling when she gently draped an arm over her shoulders. "Sof, you have given me more than enough."
"Maybe, but I still have one more" Sofia snickered, prompting the brunette to look up and flash her a grin.
A broad smile formed as Sara looked at Sofia, "I only have one gift for you, and it hasn't been easy since you didn't wish for anything. Even asking our friends didn't help much but several of them mention the same thing." Sara paused for a brief moment.
"Hon, I know we agreed on how much we were allowed to spent, but I had to go a little bit over that amount to buy your present, so please don't be mad." Sara continued after some hesitation.
Sofia shook her head, a smile forming "it's okay Sara; I used a little bit more too."
"Well, out of account to your mom, and the smell, and that it probably would be impractical to bring it inside; you have to go outside to look at it."
Sofia wrinkled her brows trying to figure out what Sara was implying, "honey, that day we talked about horses; you do know that I was kidding, right?"
Sara tilted her head in fake confusion, "you were?" She asked softly, giving the blonde's arm a gentle squeeze after she nodded.
"Sara, you have not…"
"Sweetie, just take a look outside, okay?" Sara said lightly, raising an amused eyebrow when she saw Sofia's upset look.
Sofia went still for an instant, all expression vanishing into blankness as she opened the door and looked outside, and Sara steeled herself for the surprise that would inevitably follow.
"Sara…!" Sofia gasped not taking her eyes off what she was seeing.
Sara got up and went to her and wrapped her arms around Sofia, "merry Christmas honey."
"Sara?"
"Hon, I know we agreed but will you please accept it, and go take a look at it" Sara countered mildly.
Sofia turned her head and locked eyes with Sara, one corner of her mouth curled up, "come with me?"
Sara nodded her own head in acknowledgment, "sure," she said with a smile, following the blonde outside.
Matt looked at his mom but she just shook her head, the rest of the family got up and went to the door, Danas jaw felt open when she looked outside.
"No fucking way," Matt drawled, and Dana had to grin.
Karen hit him on his shoulder, "Matt, not in front of the boys."
"Sorry sweetheart, but please, come on" Matt said, a little more seriously.
Karen gave him an amused look, "Matt, you're such a boy, it's just a car."
Matt looked in disbelieve at his wife, "Karen let me tell you about this "it's just a car" what you are looking at right now my dear, is the bran new venom red Dodge Viper SRT 10 roadster, it got a 8,4 liter V10 engine, which means 0-60mph in 4 sec, to control that power it comes with bremo breaks, an enlarged center hood scoop to provide true ram-air capability, and on top of the hood large cool-air intake louvers for enhanced performance. In this, the transmission has been upgraded with a rear-wheel-drive layout with six-speed to increases the shift quality and to rev things up, and of course in the front you have the crosshair grille which is Dodges signature. In the inside you have leather-trimmed preferred suede seats for ultimate comfort and lateral support. So excuse me honey, but no, this is not just a car, this is the car."
After Matt's impressive speech, Karen smiled, "let me guess Matt, you want one too?"
Matt started grinning, "Oh yes dear, so do you mind if the boys don't go to college?"
Karen glanced at Dana shaking her head, "do you want him back?"
Dana just chuckled, "no thanks, you can keep him."
Sara let her palm glide reverently down the curve of her shoulder to her waist and hip, "please, please hon don't be mad."
Sofia took a deep breath, and then another, before looking into the brunette's eyes, "I'm not mad honey it's just," she turned and looked at the car... "Whoa…"
Sara leaned forward a bit and whispered, "you goner look so hot in it!"
Sofia gave her that full-on grin, and slipped into her willing arms, "well hon, it is a cool car."
To be true Sofia didn't know what to think or be. She knew Sara meant well, but a smaller car would have been more than enough. But she decided not to bring it up before they got home; she didn't want to ruin their first vacation together.
Matt came over to them, "hey sis, I need a favor from you."
Sofia grinned, "No Matt, you're not driving the car before me" she told him, and Matt grimaced.
"No, that's not it, I need you to dump Sara, I want her" he replied and cocked a brow at Sara.
"No can't do, she's mine." Sofia turned sparkling eyes back to Sara, who was still grinning.
"Jeeze… thanks, for asking me." Sara repeated. Her face, as she glanced at Matt was amused.
Amused he raised his brows, "so?"
Sara smirked, one brow arching in return, "sorry Matt, hope you don't mind losing to your sister."
"Well, Karen probably wouldn't understand anyway," Matt snorted.
"Wanna take it for a spin?" Sara asked, and Sofia brows went up.
"Sara, we're in our pajamas" Sofia said with a grin.
Sara opened the door with a giggle, "yeah, so let's just hope it won't be Jim who pulls us over."
Sofia laughed and got into the car, "hon, you're paying the fine if we get pulled over."
"Okay, I can live with that" Sara replied cheerfully.
Sofia leaned over and kissed Sara, "thank you very much, honey."
"You're welcome baby," Sara collapsed into a seat, looking pleased, "and now woman drive!"
When they came back Karen and Dana had made breakfast, they all sat down and started eating, Sara kept looking at the twins, Chris was in a great mood, but Billy looked both happy and a little disappointed.
"Billy, are you happy about your gifts?" Sara asked.
Billy looked up; "yeah, it was all things I wished for."
"Yeah, so what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong," Billy assured her.
"Hmpf… I don't know," Billy stared back, caught in her gaze. Sara raised one brow, and looked at Chris, "what about you?"
"I'm good," he grinned.
"Yeah, green still your favored color? I think all you got was green."
"Yep, and Billy still likes blue."
A grin finally formed as Sara cocked her head at them, "well boys, your aunt and I still have one more gift for you."
Sofia cock her head in confusion, she leaned in and whispered very low, "we do?"
Billy looked at Sara with very hopeful eyes, "yeah?"
Sara winked to Billy, well, if the two of you get your butts off the chairs, and go outside through the terrace door, I think you goner find something out there."
The boys flew up from their chairs and went outside, Billy's jubilation scream went all the way into the kitchen, and everyone well except Sara looked like a question mark. Billy came running in and threw his arms around Sara neck.
"Thank you Sara," he said before hugging Sofia.
"You're welcome kid-o" Sara replied still grinning.
Chris called from the outside, "dad, come take a look!"
They all got up and went outside, two four-wheel crosser one green and one blue was standing on the ground, a leather dress and a helmet was lying on each crosser.
Matt couldn't stop laughing.
Karen looked at him with an annoyed frown, "Matt, that's not funny, we agreed on that they weren't old enough to have one of these yet."
"Karen, they are six years old they are not babies anymore," Matt insisted.
Sara looked totally confused; "I don't understand the crosser was on both boys wish list."
Matt started laughing again, "of course it was, they knew we wasn't buying it for them, so of course they tried you two."
"Oh sorry, I thought we were allowed to buy anything that was on the list."
Karen looked at Sara, "its okay Sara, you were, we just didn't know that they had written a crosser on their list."
"Guess you haven't been around kids much Sara?" Dana said with a delaying grin.
"No I didn't even considered to call Matt and Karen and hear if it was okay to buy the crosser for the boys, never thought a couple of six years old kids would pull a stunt like that" Sara said, blushing when the others stared at her with amused expressions.
"Hon, when did you buy them?" Sofia asked softly, her eyes locking with hers.
"When I went by the car shop to tell them where to deliver the car, the crosser was standing in their showroom, so I just told them to send two along with the car" Sara shot out quickly. "But it was on my way to school so I had forgotten all about it by the time I got home, which is why I didn't tell you, I actually didn't remember it until this morning when it was delivered."
"Its okay hon, you were pretty stressed up due to all of the exams before your vacation" Sofia said, giving Sara a quick, trusting look before giving her a light kiss.
Sara twisted her head to give Matt a smile, "I'm really sorry Matt I never meant to disrespect you and Karen's wishes."
Matt lightly put his arm around Sara's shoulders, "its fine Sara," he lowered his voice so only Sara could hear it, "I think it's great, I wanted the boys to have them, but Karen still thinks they are two years old, so actually you did me a favor."
Sara chuckled, "so no hard feeling?"
"No Sara, we're cool, but I still think that I was the one to get the car," Matt said, grinning as he went over to join the boys.
Tbc…