Chapter 24

All I want for Christmas.

A/N: this chapter is a continuation to the previous, not like the Halloween special. Hope you enjoy it!

Cato POV

Two words: Christmas Eve, the living room looked like Santa's workshop, ribbons everywhere, wrapped presents, unwrapped toys, and Finnick and I were in charge of the presents while Annie and Clo were in the kitchen cooking dinner, Alec has to go to the train station to pick Madge and Johanna who were coming to spend Christmas with us. Enobaria and Brutus took the kids with them about 2 hours ago to go ice skating so we could prepare everything for tonight.

-"Jesus guys I think you might have exaggerated with the presents"- Clove was looking at the piles of toys for Cade, Claire and Aiden- "We won't have enough space to put them later or maybe we'll just have dinner outside"- she said mockingly.

-"Well laugh all you want but we are going to be the ones who get all the hugs from the kids tonight"- Finnick said while putting a blue ribbon on a toy trident.

She went back to the kitchen to finish the mashed potatoes; the house smells delicious like a mix of fresh baked bread and meat pie. Okay maybe we went over the top with the presents but this is the first Christmas that I spend with my family so I want everything to be perfect.

-"Man what's in this tinny box? Is this a..?- Finn is disrupted by a cushion that I throw right at his face; I drag him outside so the girls can't hear us.

-"I'm planning on proposing to Clove tomorrow, and I want her to open the ring as a Christmas present so could you please be a little more discrete?"- Finnick was such a child sometimes, a smile spread across his face and he gave me a hug.

-"Man I'm so proud of you, finally you found those balls"-

-"Yeah but I'm still worried about the twins, after all they are clueless about this situation and I don't know how are they gonna react when we tell them everything"- What if they were upset because we hide the truth from them? Maybe they won´t want me anymore.

-"Cato those kids are crazy about you, you just have to see the look on their eyes when they are with you, and they already love you even when they don't know that you are their father"-

Finnick's words really got me and I started to be a little more relaxed, we went back inside to finish everything, the kids arrived like an hour later and we rushed upstairs to get them ready on time.

"But I want to wear pink leggings mommy"- Claire was lying on her bed with her legs extended towards Clove who was trying to convince her to wear black tights.

"But your dress is red princess; don't you think it will look better with the black ones?"- Watching the two most important girls in my life made my heart melt, they, along with Cade are all that I ever wanted; now I finally have a family.

-"Cato, please tell her that the black tights look pretty"- Clove gave me a pleading look.

-"You look pretty with everything Claire"- I smiled at her and that was all it tooked for her to let Clove dressing her up.

Cade and Aiden were already downstairs helping Annie to set the table, I gestured to Clove to go get dressed and I stayed with Claire who was only missing her shoes, once she put a tiny pair of black flats she looked up to me.

-"Can you help me with my hair? - She asked and ran to the pink boudoir in the corner of her room; she looked for something in the small drawers till she came back and handed me a pair of black bows.

-"And what do you want me to do with these ones?"- My face must have been funny because Claire giggled and pointed at her brown curls.

-"You have to put them in my hair"- Jesus that was honestly the most difficult thing that I have ever done, the ribbons keep sliding down her curls and at the end she ended up with sort of two pony tails.

My daughter gave me a kiss to thank me and then ran to play with her brother, on my way downstairs I bumped into Clove, her long hair was straight, she was wearing a silver half sleeved dress that fitted her curves perfectly, paired with black tights and black high heel boots, that even though were incredibly high only get her to reach my shoulder.

-"You better close your mouth honey, a fly might get in"- she teased me and placed a chaste kiss on my lips, I was about to deepen the kiss when I heard Johanna loud voice downstairs.

Clove parted her lips from mines and started walking downstairs –"We'll save this for later"- and with that promise I happily followed her to greet our guests.

Brutus, Finnick and Alec were in the living room talking, Johanna was in the middle of a war of hugs with the twins and Aiden while Enobaria, Clove and Annie were bringing the dishes to the table.

Turkey, roast beef, mashed potatoes, lasagna, vegetables, broccoli cream, cheese casserole and a lot of delicious desserts filled the table.

"Well I must say that you really showed off this year girls, everything is delicious"- Annie and Clove blushed at Brutus compliment.

The dinner went nicely, everyone was chatting and laughing, especially Johanna and Alec, he hasn't been able to take his eyes off her since she arrived at the train station.

-"Auntie Jo, are you going to be here for my birthday?"- Caden asked as he climbed to sit in Johanna's lap.

-"But sweetie your birthday is in April and is just December now"- Clove said, caringly rubbing his pink cheek.

-"Actually I have an announcement to make, I know how much you all love me and miss me so I've decided to move here for a while, I think I need some fresh air"- everyone cheered happily and the kids hugged Johanna again.

After cleaning up the dining room and the kitchen we all went to the living room, Enobaria and Brutus gave their presents to the kids who were jumping all over the room waiting to open them, I got a new sword from them and Clove got a necklace with two charms, a girl and a boy. While we waited till midnight to wish everyone a merry Christmas, Mags called us to tell a story about the Christmas wishes, the kids gathered around her near the fireplace and she started telling the story:

-"There is a legend that says that if you make a wish on Christmas Eve and its something that you really really want with all your heart an angel will come before the dawning and when you wake up your wish will come true, now everyone close your eyes an make a special wish".-

We all did it; I took Clove's hand and wished to have her and the twins forever, to have my family always together.

The clock struck twelve strokes and I hugged Clo, Claire and Cade at the same time, then we wished everyone a merry Christmas, the kids fell asleep quickly, they wanted to wait to open more presents but we told them to wait till morning. Enobaria and Brutus left to their houses as well as Annie, Finn and Aiden who was sleeping soundly in his father arms, Johanna went upstairs to the guest room and Alec stayed in the TV room.

Clo and I took the twins upstairs and snuggled them in their beds, then we went to our room and as soon as I closed the door Clove started kissing me.

-"Oh I see that you remembered to keep those from later"- I moved closer to her and returned the kiss, we slowly made our way to the bed and we cuddled under the blankets, and I got an amazing Christmas present.

Here I am again! Happy New Year! I'm sorry that it took me so long to update the Christmas Special but I got the flu, badly but to make it up to you guys and as a gratefulness to you for being such amazing readers I'm going to update again tomorrow and you let me tell you that something good is going to happen after all Cato has a ring right? And you will know what everyone wished! I hope that this New Year will be full of love, health and success for you, thank you so much for making my 2012 amazing with your support! Xoxo

Marianeclover