Christmas with the DiLaurentis'. A/N: Sorry it is about 3 weeks late!
"Merry Christmas baby.." Aria felt Jason's smooth voice and breathe brush over her bare shoulder as she slept, before he placed a kiss on it. "Come on, the kids will be up any minute." he reminded her before pressing another kiss to her shoulder. Aria moaned a little as she eventually woke up. "Hey.." she whispered as she leaned up to kiss Jason tenderly as he hovered over her.
"This is going to be a great Christmas." he told her as he kissed her back.
"It's going to be amazing. We're sharing it with everyone we care about. It will be perfect." Aria smiled as she twirled the ends of her hair. Taking a quick look at the clock hanging on the wall which was visable just above Jason's shoulder, she could see that she had over slept. She pushed Jason off her gently and rushed out of bed.
"What's wrong?" Jason asked as he furrowed his brows. "I was meant to take the turkey out of the freezer two hours ago." she replied as she walked out of the bedroom door.
Jason lay there for a couple more minutes before getting up and going to check on the twins. They were still sleeping when Jason entered their room so he decided to let them sleep for a little while longer. He went downstairs to try and calm Aria down. He could hear cupboard doors banging in the kitchen. When he got down to the kitchen he stood behind Aria who was flicking through a cookbook which was resting on the island in the centre of their kitchen, running his hands up and down her arms. "Don't stress too much. Nobody's is expecting everything to be done perfectly. They won't mind that the dinner will be ready an hour or two later than they assumed.
Aria sighed "I know they're not expecting it to be perfect, but I want it to be Jason."
"Well, it won't be if you're stressing about it all will it?"
"Suppose not." she answered as she turned round to face him.
"So let's go upstairs, take a shower and get ready before the kids get up. Then you can worry about dinner." Aria pursed her lips. "Fine." Jason picked her up and she wrapped her arms around his neck and legs around his waist.
"Good." Jason kissed her as he walked them out of the kitchen and up the stairs to the bathroom.
Jason and Aria were still sharing a shower when they heard Scarlett crying - who would no doubt set Colton off. They quickly stepped out of the shower wrapped themselves in a towel and rushed off to the kids room.
"Hey babies, Merry Christmas!" Aria sang as she went to get Scarlett from her bed. Scarlett's cries subsided when she saw Aria and Jason. "I'm just going to put some clothes on." Jason told Aria at the door. "Okay.." Aria replied not looking at him.
Jason got the twins ready while Aria began to prepare dinner. This was the first Christmas she was having as a married woman with people other than her husband and children. Even though Jason had told her not to stress too much, she just couldn't help it. Aria smiled when she heard Scarlett and Jason chattering away on their way downstairs. Jason entered the kitchen, holding both twins with both arms. "Do you need any help?" Jason asked as he placed Colton and Scarlett in their chairs at the table.
"No.. I think I'll be fine. Thank you though. What time is it?"
"11."
"Oh man, my mum and Mike will be here in an hour."
"Baby.." Jason sighed, annoyed that Aria was still fussing.
Aria finally surrendered. "Will you sort the veg for me please?"
"Of course." Jason kissed her head as he passed her.
Ella and Mike arrived exactly at noon. With lots of presents for the young family. Jason greeted them both at the door and lead them into the living room asking both whether they'd like a drink. The twins were already in the living room to keep the guests entertained. Both were extremely happy when their Nanna and Uncle walked in.
"Hey, Merry Christmas my beautiful grandchildren!" Ella cooed as she saw their smiles.
Hanna arrived with her newly reunited boyfried Caleb. Spencer and Wren came round half an hour after. They all sat in the living room waiting for Aria to make an appearance.
"Merry christmas everyone!" Aria smiled as she entered the living room. She had finally finished dinner. "I'm sorry that I've only just come in to say hello. I've been so disorganised."
"Don't worry about it sweetheart." Ella smiled.
"This dinner better be good." Caleb commented which earned him a smack on the thigh from Hanna.
"It will be don't you worry." Aria laughed. Colton had fallen asleep in Wren's arms, Aria smiled and took him from Wren. "I'll take him upstairs." she whispered. "You all can go and sit at the table if you want." Aria told them as she walked out of the living room with Colton still snoozing.
Mike was the first to jump off the couch. He was holding Scarlett. "Let's get some food huh!" he said as Scarlett tried to reach up and play with his hair.
Aria came back downstairs a few minutes later. No one had noticed her come back down so she just stood at the door admiring all of her loved ones. Preventing her from staring for too long was the doorbell ringing. She turned and walked to answer it. Her eyes widened. "Jessica, hi, come in." Aria stepped aside to let Jason's mum in.
"Merry Christmas." Jessica smiled as she closed the door behind her. "Sorry for being so late."
"No, don't worry. Everyone has just sat down to eat so you're not late at all." Aria smiled as she lead Jessica into the dining room.
"Merry Christmas Jessica!" Hanna exclaimed as she finished sipping on her wine.
Jason turned around - shocked when he heard his mother's name. "Mom?" Jason smiled. "I thought you couldn't make it."
"Here I am." she replied as she took a seat inbetween Ella and Caleb.
The dinner was perfect, just as Aria hoped it would be. They all sat in the living room infront of the roaring fire. Opening presents and telling stories. Jason passed Aria a pretty little box. Aria sat on Jason's lap as she opened it. It was a Vivienne Westwood pearl bracelet. "Wow! This is gorgeous.." Aria smiled as she admired it. "Thank you." she turned to kiss Jason.
"You're welcome." he answered as he kissed her back.
"Aww! Let me see it?" Hanna asked from across the room. Aria walked over to give it to her. "Damn Jason! You know how to impress a girl!" Hanna praised him.
Jason nodded his head in approval.
Colton and Scarlett enjoyed their first christmas with their entire family - minus Grandad Kenneth and Grandpa Byron. They were spoilt with presents as they usually are when any holiday comes round. By 6pm, they were exhausted and Jason took them both upstairs to put in their beds. When he came down, he saw Hanna sprawled out on the sofa.
The four bottles of wine she had drank had put her to sleep. "We have to get a photo of this. So classy.." Jason laughed as he got closer to her. He knew Aria would be gutted about missing it. Aria was in the kitchen on the phone to her dad and new stepmother.
Aria and Jason were relieved to get their time together as soon as everybody had left. They had hardly seen or spoken to each other apart from when Jason gave her the bracelet up until now. The twins were still sleeping, so they decided to head up to bed too. Aria sighed as she let Jason run his fingers through her hair. "I'm so tired." She yawned as she ran her fingers down Jason's abs while resting her head of his shoulder.
"I bet you are." Jason replied with a kiss to her head.
"It's been a nice day and night huh.."
"Yeah I'm glad my mother decided to come. It's a shame my father didn't.."
"He missed out." Aria told him as she moved herself so she could kiss him.
Jason kissed her back multiple times before he embraced her and pulled the duvet further up to cover them both.
"You're very affectionate tonight." Aria smiled.
"I'm always affectionate."
"No.."
Jason laughed "What do you mean? Of course I am." he rolled over so that Aria was laying beneath him, kissing from her ear lobe down to her cleavage. Aria giggled and took Jason's head in her hands leading his face back to hers.
"I love you." Aria told him as she gazed into his eyes.
"I'm pretty sure you don't love me as much as I love you."
"You're wrong." Aria kissed him.
"I'm never wrong." Jason answered before kissing her back.
"Are you sure about that?"
"Absolutely." Jason pressed a soft kiss to Aria's lips before running his hands through her hair again.
Aria bit her lip as she admired Jason admiring her. "Come here.." she whispered.
Jason lowered her lips to hers again.
Aria enjoyed these special moments with Jason. She loved having him all to herself.
"So, are you going to put a film on or what?" she asked.
He and Aria had just bought a new tv which was mounted in their room above the fire place - making their bedroom even more cosy and perfect.
"Sure, what do you want to watch?" Jason asked as he got out of their bed to search through the dvds which were in a box on the bookshelf.
"Elf."
"Elf? Really?" Jason raised an eyebrow.
"Why not?"
"Okay, Elf it is." he answered as he searched for the dvd before putting it into the side of the tv.
Aria smiled and pulled the duvet up closer to her. Elf was one her her all time favourite christmas films. Home Alone was her number one. Although Jason wasn't into the whole cliched christmas films he still happily watched them with his wife and their children when they wanted to. Jason made his way back to their bed. Aria pulled the duvet away from herself to let Jason in. "Come to me lover!" she joked. Jason got into bed, positioned the pillows so they could relax and watch the film without having to strain their necks, before pulling Aria closer to him and letting her rest against him. Kissing her hair, he settled deeper and pulled the duvet over them.
