I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Tara's Point of View-
Jeff Jarrett walked up to the table that we were sitting at after Alex had left to get us water holding a container filled with white sheets of paper.
"Draw a number." Jeff said as he went around the table, Xavier reached in drawing a number himself then Jeff got to me. "You can grab one for Alex as well, he said that you would grab him a number." Jeff said as I reached in twice grabbing two numbers putting the one in front of Alex's seat looking at my number seeing I got the last possible number that they had.
"What number do you have Xavier?" I asked.
"34." He said as Alex sat down handing me a bottle of water before he looked at his number.
"35." Alex said.
"Can you take Xavier up there, he's 34." I asked as Alex nodded yes.
"Alright, we are ready for the white elephant game. By now you all should have a number, we are going to go one by one going up to the present table grabbing a present each. Number 1 will go first, they will unwrap what they have and show everyone what they have before number 2 will go. Number 2 then can grab the gift that number 1 has making number 1 go again or number 2 can go to the table to grab a new gift. A gift can only be took twice, after the present has been passed twice it can not be passed anymore." Dixie explained as they started off when they started calling number after number off. It got to number 23 when a girl wrestler, I'm assuming she was a wrestler by what she was wearing and the muscles she had, but I could be wrong. She went to the table grabbing a gift hearing Alex laugh.
"Is that one of ours?" I asked looking to him.
"Maybe." He said smiling.
"It is, it's not embarrassing is it?" I asked.
"No." He said when the girl opened it and immediately looked at our table.
"Alex, really?" She exclaimed.
"What is it? Hold it up for everyone to see." Dixie said.
"It's the High Crusade CD." She said.
"How'd you know it was me?" Alex asked.
"It has your autograph on it." She said as Chris burst out laughing, "No one will exchange with me." She said tossing the CD onto the table in front of her in disappointment.
"Hey, someone here may want it." Alex said.
"And there is another one on that table, so someone else here will get it too." Chris said.
"Oh great." I said as it got to Xavier's turn, Alex stood up going with Xavier to the table where he grabbed his gift and let Xavier carry his own gift back to our table.
"Alex, why did you grab a gift?" Dixie asked.
"I'm 35." Alex answered as she nodded, Xavier climbed back onto Chris's lap and Chris helped Xavier rip the wrapping paper off seeing that he had gotten a jar of chocolate chip cookies and Alex opened his seeing that he had gotten women's undergarments. "Really?" Alex asked staring into the box, I leant over a little bit looking in the box with him just giggling and covered my mouth trying not to laugh too hard.
"What is it?" James asked as Alex then pulled out the matching pink bra and thong.
"Well, isn't that lovely…it matches your eyes." Chris said jokingly.
"I think I can rock this, don't you think?" Alex asked as he then started pulling the bra on and stood up pulling the thong on over his pants. "No one better swap with me, I already fell in love with these." Alex said modeling it and Xavier was giggling even though I'm sure he had no idea why this was hilarious to us adults.
"Oh, that is so you Alex…" Robert said.
"I think so too…" Alex said as he sat down comfortably wearing it and he didn't take it off for rest of the game and no one even dared to ask to switch with him. I just couldn't stop laughing every time I looked at him because he was wearing the set proudly and comfortably. Dixie finally called my number hearing Chris laugh, "That's your gift isn't it?" I asked stopping in my tracks looking to Chris knowing it was because I didn't remember anyone else showing that they had received a High Crusade CD.
"Yes, but I could be lying." Chris said smirking, I looked to the table seeing that the wrapping of the gift was bigger than that of a CD and there wasn't anything else that has been out yet that I would enjoy besides possibly the undergarments that Alex was wearing but he doesn't need a High Crusade CD so I will just deal with it. I went up to the table grabbing the box, I went back to the table unwrapping it, I opened the white box that he had it in and dug through the numerous amounts of newspaper to see the High Crusade CD. "It's an exclusive CD." Chris said.
"Why's that?" I asked.
"It has my signature and I put a special DVD in there somewhere too of all the clips of making that CD." Chris said.
"Oh great, like I need to see more of you guys." I said rolling my eyes jokingly.
"I'll like it." Xavier said as he was finally able to get the jar lid open grabbing one of the cookies out of it.
"Xavier, close the jar, that is your last cookie." I said as Chris grabbed the jar from him putting it in a place in his wheel chair so he couldn't get it. I didn't know that behind me Eric, who was now dressed as Santa, came into the room.
"Mommy, Santa is here." Xavier said jumping off Chris's lap and he ran around the table.
"I'll take you to see Santa." Alex said as he grabbed my son's hand taking him over to the line waiting with my son as Chris handed me the cookie jar, I held onto those, along with my gift as I walked to the other side watching them go up to Santa.
"Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas little boy, what's your name?" Eric asked trying to do his best impersonation of Santa, which didn't help the cause because he sat there with the jacket open exposing his bare chest.
"Your not Santa." I heard Xavier say.
"What you mean I'm not Santa little boy?" Eric asked.
"Yeah, Xavier, that is Santa." Alex said.
"Santa has a big belly and he wears a shirt." Xavier said as I could tell he was about to cry, Alex picked him up carrying him over to me handing him to me and Alex begun to leave.
"Where are you going?" I asked following Alex out.
"I want to go home mommy." Xavier said wiping at his eyes.
"Come on, let's go get a brownie…" I said to Xavier.
"You guys go eat a brownie, I'll be right back." Alex said.
"But-" I said as he put his finger to my lips to stop me.
"I'll be right back, you know Robert, James, Chris and Dixie…just trust me and you'll thank me later." Alex said as I let out a sigh, I knew I could trust him and after this whole Dixie thing I would want to trust him and he trusts me.
"Okay…" I said as I carried Xavier over to the dessert table grabbing us each a brownie, even though I didn't want him to have any more sweets but it'll make him feel better and carried him out to the hall where I dragged a chair sitting down so he didn't have to see Eric dressed as Santa, he ate at the brownie which made him happy and hyper so I let him go chase James's daughter again hoping he doesn't get sick from that and he came back because James was leaving.
"Where's Alex?" James asked as he was holding onto his daughter's hand and his wives hand.
"I don't know, he said he'll be back." I said shrugging as Xavier held onto my hand making faces back at James's daughter.
"Well, tell him I said Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, same to you and for you too boy." James said looking down at Xavier.
"Merry Christmas!" Xavier said excitedly as I gave James and his wife a hug, which was awkward and Xavier waved his good-byes to them when we went and tried to find Chris when another Santa begun walking down the hall, it was a full red suit with the jacket, black belt, the beard, the red hat, everything and included the big belly.
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!" The Santa said, I knew instantly from the voice that it was Alex but I kept my mouth shut, then the moment I saw the big brown eyes of his just confirmed it more.
"SANTA!" Xavier exclaimed running over to Alex hugging his leg and I let him sit down on the chair I had pulled out of the room and Xavier climbed onto the lap.
"Have you been a good boy this year?" Alex asked.
"Yes! Haven't I mommy?" Xavier asked looking to me and Alex's brown eyes looked up to me.
"Yes you have." I said smirking and I just re-fell in love with Alex after this.
"Since you've been such a good boy, what do you want for Christmas?" Alex asked.
"I want the new 3-D dinosaur that is at the Toy Land!" Xavier said excitedly.
"I will see what I can do, what about you little girl?" Alex asked looking up at me as he patted his other leg.
"I'm too big for your lap Santa." I said.
"Never." Alex said as I rolled my eyes sitting on the leg opposing my son when Chris rolled out and he tried so hard not to laugh.
"Let me get this picture." Chris said taking a picture of this to send to me later and I said good bye to him and Chris kept it respective that way he won't give it away that it was Alex.
"So, you never answered my question little girl, what did you want for Christmas?" Alex asked.
"I want my boyfriend, Alex, to spend the holiday's at my house." I said smirking.
"That's it?" Alex asked.
"Yes sir." I said smirking when he pulled out two candy canes handing one to Xavier and then the other to me.
"Well, Santa has to go, he has to get back to the North Pole to help the elves pack the sled." Alex said as he did the 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' one last time heading down the hall as I sat there with Xavier saying good-bye to a few more of the co-workers of his that I was introduced to when Alex came back in his regular attire and Xavier was slowly falling asleep.
"I guess we aren't going to the ring tonight." I said as Alex picked up Xavier, once Xavier's head hit his shoulder he was out and we walked out hand and hand to his car. We buckled Xavier in trying not to wake him as we climbed in driving back to my house. "Thanks for dressing as Santa, hope it wasn't too much." I said.
"Nah, I had a spare one because I was back up for this year so if Eric didn't show I had to do it." Alex said shrugging.
"You did a great Santa." I said smirking.
"You like that don't you? With that long white hair and everything, it turns you on."
"Oh yes, white hair is so sexy."
"Shall I start looking for the hair dye?" Alex asked.
"Your close enough with the blonde streak you have and you have that wig you wore for Santa, simple as that."
"I like my blonde streak, don't you?"
"I do, but I would have to see you without it to see which I like more." I said smirking as he reached over grasping my hand giving me a slight re-comforting squeeze.
"Did you mean what you said when I asked what you wanted for Christmas?" Alex asked as he glanced over at me and I looked over at him.
"Yeah, I meant it…" I said smiling.
"Consider it done…" He said smiling as he drove us to my house, he pulled my son out of his seat resting my sons head on his shoulder as I led him into my house where Alex laid my son in his bed and pulled the blanket over his sleeping body. I walked Alex out to his car where we pulled the car seat out from the back seat and I took it back to my car and figured I would buckle it in the morning but at least it was back in my car. I walked over to Alex's car where he was leaning against the front of his car yet again.
"Thanks for tonight, I really had fun." I said smirking.
"Me too…so…TNA is travelling this weekend and I won't be able to see you until Tuesday…" Alex said and he was looking down at his lap as he was playing with his keychain in a depressed way.
"Where you heading to?"
"Where ever TNA is going, haven't checked my ticket yet…I leave in the morning…are you okay to deal with this?" Alex asked.
"I have to, it's what you have to deal with when you date a famous wrestler, huh?" I said doing a side smirk, I hated the fact that I couldn't spend the weekend with him but I work weekends anyway so it wasn't like we would spend all that much time together.
"Would love for you and Xavier to come with me one weekend or at least go to a show." Alex said.
"I'll think about it…maybe after the New Year when you guys perform back at Universal."
"I'll hold you to that." Alex said smirking.
"Okay…" I said smiling.
"I'll call you tomorrow when I land…don't worry about me, I know that you do when I go out to wrestle…" Alex said running his hand through my hair knowing that I was a worry wart, not only because he was a wrestler but seeing the extent of damage Chris has with his knee right now from performing but the worries of him travelling, I doubt he will have any troubles travelling but you still never know. This is the first guy I have ever dated with such a health risk type career.
"I'll try not to worry, but I make no promises." I said.
"I'll call you after my match so you will know that I am okay." Alex said.
"Please do." I said as he pulled me into his embrace for a hug and he pressed his lips against mine for a soft kiss and we gave each other one more hug not wanting to let him go but knew I had to as I watched him get into his car driving off waving my good-byes before I headed inside when the thought of what Dixie had said about taking the job within the TNA company. I grabbed myself a beer sitting on the couch staring at the tree that was being lit up by the lights I had plugged in with the little above normal gifts under it thinking if I could take that type of job that I was offered, travelling Friday through Tuesday or Saturday through Wednesday. It's about the same amount of days but I am travelling outside of Florida without my son and I don't know if I could leave my son but I have my mom who said she is willing to help take care of him when needed, I will be able to spend more time with my boyfriend who I think I may possibly love now after today and the job offers more money than that I am making now. I stayed up all night and was dreading the whole next day thinking about this dilemma. I also was fighting with myself with telling Alex, but I knew that if I told Alex that he will try to push the job onto me more since he had already brought it up once before Dixie had said anything and he will probably try to talk me into it or he will get mad at me that I hadn't told him sooner.