I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Tuesday-
Tara's Point of View-
I sat at my work waiting for my boyfriend and Chris to walk through that door, Alex walked through but Chris was no where to be found.
"Hey!" I said excitedly running around hugging the man and giving him a kiss, I hadn't seen the man in almost five days and I missed him.
"Miss me?" He asked smirking.
"No…" I said smirking feeling my cheeks turning red.
"I missed you…" He said as his hands rested on the arch of my back.
"Where's Chris?"
"We have tonight off, figured come by and see my baby at work…" Alex said smirking.
"Pull up a seat…" I said as he grabbed a seat pulling it up to my desk keeping me company. "Have you figured out if your going home for Christmas this week?" I asked.
"Nah, not going home…I already made plans on going to my hot girlfriends house and spending it with her family, I would of think that my hot girlfriend remember that considering that is what she wanted for Christmas." He said smiling.
"I don't think your girlfriend is that hot...and secondly, your girlfriend didn't know you were seriously considering it since she has all the gifts at her house." I said smirking and felt my face blushing from the comment he had made.
"I think she is hot and is my girlfriend okay with me coming over to spend it with her?." He said leaning over my desk giving me a kiss.
"I am sure your girlfriend doesn't mind…nor does her family." I said smiling.
"You work tomorrow?" Alex asked as I looked at the calendar seeing that it was the 23rd, which is Xavier's last day of daycare before the holiday break and he had to be out of there by noon since it was a minimum day.
"Yes, and crap…"
"What?" Alex asked.
"Xavier has to be picked up by noon tomorrow and I don't have lunch until 2." I said looking at the calendar seeing how I can plan this out, I knew my mom won't be able to make it up before then unless if she comes up tonight.
"I can go pick him up, no problem." Alex said.
"You don't have keys to my house."
"Mom should be home, shouldn't she?"
"No, she won't be here until dinner tomorrow…" I said.
"I'll come over and pick up your house keys before I go grab Xavier…"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, it'll be fun…I love playing with Xavier." Alex said as I let out a sigh and that is one of the best options I have when I speculated the options I had when I looked over to Alex who was anxiously excited.
"Fine, will you please pick up Xavier?"
"Absolutely…" Alex said smiling as he spent rest of my work shift with me and walked me to my car seeing me off before my last day of work before my holiday break. I went to Universal checking in the next day setting my house keys out for Alex when he came in to grab them. I told him the rules, what snacks Xavier can have, and what Xavier couldn't watch on the television before he left. I worked the whole day worried about how it was going at home, but I assumed no news is good news. When I clocked out, I went home hoping that my house wasn't too messed up from the antics of Alex and my son. I opened the door seeing the lights off closing the door behind me worried about this.
"Alex? Xavier?" I asked hearing giggles and a 'sh' that accompanied it as my eyes accustomed to the darkness that was in my house when I felt something on the key stand, I picked it up realizing it was a flashlight and I turned it on to read the note that was attached to it, "'Here is your flashlight, we are hidden somewhere in this house. Come find us.'" I said reading it out loud, I rolled my eyes as I begun the hunt for Alex and my son when I found my son hiding under the sink.
"Hi mommy." Xavier said smiling widely and happily, I helped him out from under there.
"Hi buddy, help me find Alex." I said, he tugged my arm trying to get me to squat down and I did.
"He's behind the couch." He whispered giggling and I smirked as I stood up holding onto his hand as we walked through the dining room to the other side of the couch flashing my light on Alex's body.
"No fair, Xavier told you." Alex said getting to his feet.
"No I didn't." Xavier said giggling as Alex begun chasing my son in the dark when I gave Alex the flashlight to be it, we didn't want Xavier to be it since it would be harder on him and I helped my son hide before I found myself a hiding spot nearby as Alex begun to search for us, we took turns hiding and Xavier was having a blast when our game got disturbed when my mom got home.
"Why are the lights off? Is there anyone home?" My mom asked when Xavier came out from his hiding spot that was in the closet.
"Hi grandma!" Xavier exclaimed getting my mom to scream because she didn't expect him to be there.
"Give me a heart attack, Jesus…What the heck are you doing in the closet?" My mom asked.
"We are playing flashlight tag." Xavier answered innocently.
"I got to go, I have last minute things to do before Christmas Eve tomorrow." Alex said as I flicked a pair of lights on.
"Okay, you coming over tomorrow for our festivities then?" I asked.
"Yeah, what time do they begin?" Alex asked.
"Whenever you want to come over is fine." I said smiling.
"I'll come over at 3 and I will cook my lasagna if you guys don't mind." Alex said.
"Not at all…" My mom said as she watched Xavier as I walked Alex out to his car.
"Thanks for today…" I said kind of surprised that Alex was able to take care of Xavier and didn't break anything.
"No problem…if you need any other thing, let me know…" Alex said smirking.
"I will…drive safe and I'll see you tomorrow."
"I'll see you tomorrow…" Alex said smiling as he leant forward giving me a kiss before he walked around getting into his car driving away. I went back inside where Xavier was sitting on the couch watching the TNA show that was recorded previously intently when he screamed loudly when Alex came out with Chris this time, Chris was in his wheel chair which was good but I have no idea why the heck Chris was to go out to the ring with Alex if he couldn't wrestle.
"Mom, I want that for Christmas." Xavier said pointing to the television.
"Alex?"
"No, that shirt and I want to dye my hair like Alex." He said pointing to the shirt Alex was wearing and ruffled his hair trying to make his a messy type faux hawk that Alex had. I made mental note of that shirt for next time, there is no way I can get that by Friday. I went into the kitchen washing all the dishes that piled up and going through my cabinets and fridge checking to make sure I had all the stuff for the feast on Friday and see if I had to go pick things up for Alex's lasagna.
"Shit, Alex's gift…" I said as I smacked myself in the forehead leaning onto the edge of the sink.
"What's up?" My mom asked getting me turn around to look at her.
"Nothing, what do you get a boyfriend if you have no money?" I asked as I leant back against the sink.
"A coupon book."
"A what?"
"Coupon book, you write out coupons he could use on you like a simple 'free compliment' or 'free dinner' or something he can use at any given moment." My mom suggested.
"Not a bad idea." I said thinking about what type of coupons I could give Alex for Christmas when my mom looked out at the tree.
"When did you get that?"
"Last week, Alex helped pick it out and decorate it." I said smiling as I stared at the tree that was lit still.
"You guys did a great job."
"And it's a real tree this year like you wanted." I said smiling.
"Good, next year you can do a fake tree if you want to." My mom said when Xavier came in sad.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Alex lost." Xavier said.
"Xavier, you can't always win…." I said.
"Why does he have to lose?"
"Losing comes with living…you know that time you lost in that race?"
"Yes."
"You were sad then, but you cheered up right? Winning isn't everything." I said as I ruffled his hair.
"Yes…but it was for a belt…I want a belt mommy so I could give it to Alex…he really wanted one." Xavier said which I thought it was really cute.
"Here, let me get you some crayons and paper, and you can make him his own title." I said as I went to get him some crayons and paper setting it down on the dining room table letting him create his own title for Alex. I worked at the dishes listening him sing some Christmas songs as he continued working on the title and he would yell 'bam!' every time he would drop a crayon to grab a different color, he was becoming so much like Alex and I don't know why I let them spend time together.
"Mom, I finished!" Xavier said as I dried my hands walking out looking at the belt he had made.
"You want me to cut it out to make it like a real belt?" I asked.
"May we?" Xavier asked excitedly as I went and got a pair of scissors cutting it out, "May I wrap it up for him to open on Christmas?" Xavier asked.
"Absolutely." I said as I grabbed some wrapping paper of his choosing and the scratch tape helping him wrap the paper belt he had made for Alex and put a name tag on it.
"I want to do it…" Xavier said as I handed him the pen, I helped spell out Alex and his name as he tried his best to write it, he had his tongue out as he was writing and it was really adorable and hoped he will grow out of it.
"Go put it under the tree." I said as he ran over to the tree putting it under and he counted the presents when he came back telling me how many presents were under the tree. "Why don't you go get ready for bed? We got a long day ahead of us." I said as he excitedly ran to his room to change as I cleaned up the mess that was on the dining room table and worked on the dishes when Xavier came out to the kitchen with his shirt on backwards and I giggled. "You got that on wrong there buddy." I said as I helped him fix it as I led him back to his room where I tucked him in. "What story do you want to hear tonight?" I asked.
"I want to hear the story about how you and Alex met on the boat." Xavier said.
"Well…." I said trying to think of how to tell this story, "Once upon a time, a girl named Tara bought a ticket for a boat ride and she went on the boat for the ride she won't forget. She went to her room when someone knocked on the door that connected the two rooms together, when the door opened it to see who her soon to be prince, Alex. He instantly wanted to be friends and they spent every waking moment together playing games, watching movies, having lunch together and exploring the boat together."
"Why do you call Alex prince? I thought I was your prince?" Xavier asked.
"You are my prince, Alex is my king to be more fact…"
"What is the difference between king and prince?" Xavier asked.
"King is the father and prince or princess is the offspring of the king."
"What is offspring?"
"Kids." I said as he nodded as I begun to finish the story about the boat and Chris until he fell asleep turning on his night light going out to the kitchen cleaning the rest of the dishes that we are going to need tomorrow and possibly Friday. I finished that thinking I should head to bed to get some sleep for the next day, I had trouble falling asleep so I resorted to the television and texting Alex until I fell asleep at 3 AM getting woke up at 8 AM by my son climbing into my bed.
"Mommy! It's Eve!" Xavier said excitedly smiling as he climbed on top of me trying to tickle me.
"You excited?" I asked.
"Yes!" Xavier said.
"Why don't you go get dressed and I will cook breakfast?" I asked as I got up helping him off the bed going out to the kitchen pouring some bowls of cereal seeing my mom sitting at the table reading the newspaper and sipping coffee. "When did you get up?" I asked.
"Not that long ago…" My mom said when I took the bowls over to the table eating mine before I went to get dressed.
"Who is ready to go shopping?" I asked.
"I am!" Xavier exclaimed as I help bundle him up before we drove up to the local grocery story where I picked up last minute items texting Alex if he needed anything at the store for his lasagna but he said he was bringing them over himself so I didn't worry about that. I grabbed the last minute things when I pushed the cart over to the men's section of clothes and jewelry and searching other things in the store trying to think of what Alex would want for Christmas other than a coupon book.
"What do you think Alex would want?" I asked as I found a discount rack in the clothing section flipping through seeing leather jackets much like the one he wears on TNA and I remember he had a similar one on the cruise. "What size does he wear?" I asked myself.
"May I have one?" Xavier asked looking at the jackets as I found one in Xavier's size seeing that it was only $5, so I put it in the cart to get him. "Promise me you won't show Alex yet, okay?"
"Promise." Xavier said giggling as I called Chris hoping he would answer.
"Hello?" Chris asked.
"Hey Chris, sorry to bother you and Merry Christmas Eve."
"Merry Christmas Eve, what's up?" Chris asked.
"What size does Alex wear?" I asked.
"He wears a Medium to Large, depending on the brand. Why?"
"I am trying to find him a gift and was looking at a jacket."
"Okay, no problem."
"Thanks Chris, I hope Santa brings you whatever you want." I said.
"Me too…" Chris said as we hung up finding his size seeing it was the same price as Xavier's getting it for Alex before heading up checking out at the store going out to the car to get ready to head home.