Hey babes! I apologize for not updating yesterday. I swear I was going to, but I'm working during the day now Monday through Thursday. And then we went to visit my mom at the hospital and then my sister and I were watching Teen Wolf all night (she got me hooked) so I just never updated.
But I'm here updating before I head out for work. Because I love you guys (and this story) that much.
Guest: They will find out, I promise. The end of the story is coming up and they will find out. Can't tell you when, though.
Enjoy the chapter. :)
*December*
"Are you excited to go see Santa today, Jess?" Skye asks her daughter as she straightens out the little girls' dress.
"Papá Noel!" Jessica exclaims with a smile. "Buddy comin too?" she asks her mom.
Skye shakes her head, "No, Buddy's staying here while we go and get our pictures with Santa."
Jessica frowns, "Oh."
"But," Skye speaks up quickly, seeing the sad look on the young girls face, "that doesn't mean we can't take a bunch of fun pictures with Buddy when we get home."
Jessica grins, "Yay!"
"Alright," Grant speaks up as he enters the living room, "are the two most beautiful girls in the world ready to go get some pictures with Santa?"
"Me me!" Jessica shouts, bouncing on her feet. "¡Quiero ver a Santa Claus!"
"Well then we should probably get going, huh?" Grant smiles.
Jessica nods, "¡Sí!"
Grant chuckles, "Alright. Let me get a look at my two gorgeous girls." He takes a small step back and smiles at the sight before him. Skye is wearing a knee length, dark red, v-neck dress, a pair of black heels, and her hair is curled slightly with part of it pulled back into a half ponytail.
Jessica is standing in front of Skye, leaning back against her legs. She's wearing a simple red dress, a pair of white tights and black shoes; her hair is pulled back into a small braid, a red ribbon tied at the bottom of it.
"You both look so beautiful," he smiles at them.
"Gracias," Jessica smiles.
"Yeah, thanks," Skye smiles. "And you look very handsome too."
Grant looks down at his own outfit; a pair of black slacks, black dress shoes, and a dark red button up dress shirt.
"We all look pretty great," Grant smiles.
"Yes we do," Skye smiles. "Even though we're all wearing red."
"I did suggest that we wear black this year," Grant says.
Skye gives him a look, "Black is what people wear at funerals, Grant, not for pictures with Santa Claus."
"Well maybe part of this pictures with Santa tradition is that we alternate the color we wear each year. One year we wear red and the next we wear green. And so on and so on."
Skye purses her lips in thought for a moment. "You know what, that's actually not that bad of an idea. I don't know why I didn't think of it."
"Because you were thinking way too much into it," he tells her, bending down to pick Jessica up off of the floor. "Now come on, let's go and get our pictures with Santa."
Skye smiles and nods, "Yes, let's go see Santa." She turns towards the front door and makes her way outside, Grant following right behind her with Jessica sitting on his hip.
"Christmas Eve," Skye says as she falls down onto the couch next to Grant. She instantly leans into his side, his arm going around her shoulders to hold her close.
"That it is," he nods and smiles. "You know, I'm kind of surprised that Jess didn't beg us to let her stay up to wait for Santa. Kendra told me that Trevor did that when he was Jess' age."
"Every kid is different," Skye reminds her husband. "And even if she did stay up, she wouldn't have lasted very long. She would have been out within just a couple of hours."
"Very true," Grant chuckles. "Plus, with her going to bed this early, it gives us a few extra hours to ourselves," he leans over and brushes his lips against her neck.
Skye smiles as her husband peppers light kisses up along the side of her neck. "Aren't there some things we have to do before Jess wakes up tomorrow morning wanting to open her presents?"
He hums against her skin, his hands sliding around to her lower back, "I can only think of one thing I want to do right now."
"We'll get to that in a few minutes," Skye tells him, gently pushing on his shoulders, "I promise. But first we have to make sure that everything is ready for in the morning."
He sighs and sits back, "Fine. We'll do things your way."
"Thank you," she smiles. She leans forward to press a quick kiss to his lips before standing from the couch and making her way down the hallway and into the bedroom.
"¡Mamá¡! ¡Papá! ¡Despertarse! Wake up! Is Christmas!"
The sound of pounding on the bedroom door stirs Grant and Skye from their slumber.
Skye groans, shutting her eyes tighter. "Your daughter is awake," she grumbles into her pillow.
"Why is she just mine all of a sudden?"
Skye flips over to face her husband, "Because I'm pretty sure she inherited your unnatural tendency to wake up in the very early hours of the morning."
"What time is it?" Grant asks.
Skye glances behind her to look at the alarm clock, "6:13." She looks back at her husband, "Is it wrong that I want to get the crib back out next Christmas and put her in it so she doesn't wake us up earlier than we want to be woken up?"
"While that sounds like a really great idea, I'm sure that by next year she'd be able to climb out of the crib so it'd be pointless."
Skye sighs, "Yeah, you're probably right."
"¡Mamá! ¡Papá!"
"One of us should probably let her in before she wakes up the entire neighborhood," Skye tells him.
"I'll get her," he smiles, leaning forward to give her a quick kiss.
He pulls the covers off his body, climbs off of the bed and walks over to the door. Pulling it open, he smiles when he sees Jessica standing on the other side, a wide smile on her face as she looks up at him.
"Hola papá," she grins up at him.
"Hey angel," he smiles back at her. "Merry Christmas." He bends down and lifts her off of the carpet, giving her a hug and holding her against his chest.
"Feliz Navidad," Jessica smiles.
"Feliz Navidad," Grant smiles back, nodding his head. "Did you sleep well?" he asks her, adjusting her slightly in his arms.
Jessica nods, "Yeah." She wraps her arms around Grant's neck in a hug.
"Don't leave me out of this holiday hug fest," Skye says from the bed as she pulls herself up into a seating position.
"¡Mamá!" Jessica shouts, leaning out of Grant's arms and reaching for Skye.
Skye smiles, "Hey, baby girl."
Grant steps over to the bed and sets Jessica down on top of the covers, letting her crawl over to Skye. He moves back over to his side of the bed and sits down, scooting closer to his wife and daughter.
"Is Christmas!" Jessica exclaims, smiling at both of her parents from her place in Skye's lap.
"Yes it is," Skye smiles. "Are you excited?"
"Yeah!" Jessica smiles.
"Well then I guess we should probably go out to the living room so we can open some presents," Grant says.
"Yeah, dad! ¡Vamonos!" Jessica climbs out of Skye's lap and moves across the bed towards the edge.
Grant chuckles and reaches out for the toddler, pulling her into his lap, "Slow down for a minute, Jess. Let me and mommy wake up completely, first."
"Quiero abrir los regalos," she states.
"And we will," Grant assures his daughter. "But we have to get mommy her coffee first or she's going to be pretty grumpy later."
"No grumpy mommy," Jessica shakes her head.
"Then we have to go start the coffee maker so we can give her some coffee," Grant tells the little girl.
"Quiero ayudar," Jessica says.
Grant smiles, "I'll load the coffee and you can press the start button. How does that sound?"
Jessica thinks for a moment and then smiles, "Yeah."
Grant chuckles, pressing a kiss to her forehead, "Alright, angel. You go on and wait for me in the kitchen. Estaré ahí."
"Kay, dad," Jessica replies. She climbs out of his lap and crawls across the mattress, lying down on her stomach to slide off the edge of the bed feet first. Once her feet hit the carpet, she hurries out of the bedroom and down the hall to the kitchen.
"I should probably get out there before she and Buddy destroy something," he says aloud.
Skye nods and smiles, "Yes, you probably should. I'll be out in just a minute. I need to wake up more."
He smiles, "Of course you do. We'll see you out there." He leans down to press a quick kiss to her lips before climbing out of the bed and making his way out to the kitchen.
...
"Hey Jessie," Skye speaks up to her daughter, "guess what?"
Jessica looks up from where she sits on the living room floor playing with her toys, "What?"
"Auntie Kara is almost here," Skye smiles.
Jessica smiles, "Yay!"
"And Ben is almost here too."
Jessica smiles wider, "Yay! Auntie Kara! Uncle Ben!" She claps her hands together excitedly.
Skye smiles, "So he's Uncle Ben now, huh?"
"Yeah," Jessica smiles. "Me encanta Uncle Ben."
"And I'm sure he loves you too, baby. Because you are a very, very loveable little girl," she leans forward and presses a kiss to Jessica's forehead.
A few minutes later a knock at the door pulls both Skye and Jessica's attention to it. Jessica gasps and goes wide-eyed.
Skye smiles at her daughter, "Come on, baby. Let's go see who's at the door." She reaches out and lifts Jessica onto her hip as she makes her way over to the front door.
"Auntie Kara!" Jessica exclaims when Skye pulls open the door and she sees Kara standing on the front porch.
Kara smiles at her, stepping inside the house and taking Jessica from Skye's arm, "Hey, ladybug." She presses a kiss to the little girl's cheek. "Merry Christmas, Jess."
"Feliz Navidad," Jessica smiles back. She peers past Kara to see Ben and smiles at him, "Hi Uncle Ben."
Ben smiles back at her, "Hey, sweetie. Merry Christmas."
"Did you have a good Christmas so far?" Kara asks Jessica.
"Yeah," Jessica nods. She leans back in Kara's arms and uses her arms to gently tug on Kara's neck, "Ven a jugar, Auntie Kara, come play."
"Slow your roll, baby girl," Skye tells her daughter. "Auntie Kara and Uncle Ben just got here. Give them a minute to breath, okay?"
Jessica huffs, "Fine." She slides down out of Kara's arms, running over to Buddy once her feet hit the carpet.
"How has your Christmas been so far?" Skye asks her friends as they make their way further into the living room.
"Pretty good, actually," Kara says. "What about you and Grant?"
"Well, Jess woke us up at six this morning, so it's been kind of a long day for us," she smiles.
"I've heard that kids have a tendency to do that," Kara smiles.
Skye smiles and nods, "Yes, and I'm almost positive that she gets it from Grant."
"What does she get from me?"
Skye turns her head to see Grant making his way into the room, a small smile on his face.
She smiles back at him, "I was just telling Kara and Ben how Jess woke us up early this morning and that she definitely gets it from you."
Grant chuckles, "Yes, so I've heard already today." He steps up beside Skye and wraps an arm around her waist, leaning down to press a kiss to her temple.
"Well it's very true," Skye tells him.
"¡Papá!"
Grant turns his head and smiles when he sees his daughter running up to him, colliding with him and hugging him around the legs. He leans down and lifts her up into his arms, "Hey angel. How are you?"
"Good," Jessica smiles. She looks over at Kara and Ben, "Can we play now?"
Kara smiles at her, "Sure, bug, we can play now."
Jessica grins, "Yay!" She slides down out of Grant's arms, walks up to Kara and grabs one of her hands, tugging her towards her toys.
Kara smiles and lets out a small laugh. She looks behind her at her boyfriend, "You coming?"
Ben smiles and nods, "Yeah." He steps forward and follows the two of them.
Skye leans back against Grant's chest and smiles as they watch their daughter show off some of her new toys to Kara and Ben.
Grant wraps his arms around her middle and rests his chin on top of her head, "What are you thinking?"
"I want another one."
"Another what?" he asks.
"You know what I mean, Grant." She tilts her head to look up at him, "I want another baby."
"Are you sure?"
She nods, "Mm-hmm. I mean, not right now, because I'm still dealing with my team and all of that, but I do want another one eventually. And I don't want to wait too long either; I want Jess to be able to have a sibling. I never had that luxury growing up, so I think it'd be nice for her to have that."
"Well, speaking from experience, siblings aren't all they're cracked up to be," he tells her.
"True, but not every case is like that. You and I are very loving parents who would never let our kids be so cruel to each other."
He gives her a small smile, "I know." He takes a deep breath, "How about this? We don't try for another baby right now, we just see what happens. And then when you're all done, hopefully soon, with your team, if you aren't pregnant we can start trying."
Skye smiles, "That sounds perfect."
"I'm glad you think so. Now, I think Ben and Kara can keep Jess entertained for a little while. Why don't you and I go and see if we can get a small nap while we have the chance."
Skye grins and nods, "Yes please." She pulls out of his arms and grabs his hand in hers, pulling him down the hallway towards their bedroom.
So what did you think? Let me know in a review down below. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
*I want to see Santa Claus
*Wake up
*Merry Christmas
*Let's go
*I want to open presents
*I want to help
*I'll be right there
*I love Uncle Ben
*Come play
Until next time,
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