Goofy yawned as he awoke he stretched and got out of bed to get dressed, then he went downstairs to make breakfast. He found Peg sleeping on the couch, Pistol must have been in Max's old room. He shrugged as he walked into the kitchen and took out a pan, and everything else he needed to make some pancakes.

Peg yawned and stretched as she awoke, she sat up and stood to her feet. She slept in her clothes since she was sleeping in Goofy's living room. she heard sizzling in the kitchen. She went to investigate what was happening. She was surprised to see Goofy making pancakes. A lot of pancakes two large mixing bowls filled with them in fact.

Goofy looked up from what he was doing when he noticed her, he smiled at her." Hyuck well good morning sleepy head."

Peg stared a bit longer, rubbing her eyes."Goofy do you always make a big breakfast like this?"

"Well no, I usually just have oatmeal or something quick. But since you and pistol are here I'm making a special breakfast for us all. When is Pistol gonna be up Peg?"

She shrugged "I dunno, not long now I'm sure, here let me help you." She walked in to help with the food, but Goofy seemed to have everything under control. "What do you need me to do Goofy?"

"Hm, well why don't ya get some plates for me ta put this food on Peg?"

"Right, where are the plates Goofy?"

"Here watch the pancakes I got them." He walked past her and stood on his tiptoes, opening the top cupboards to get the plates.

Peg raised her eyebrows. "Why would you put them that high Goofy?"

"Well when Maxy was younger he liked to get into the plates so I'd put em up here so he couldn't get into them. I never took the time to rearrange everything I guess."

Peg shrugged as she flipped the pancakes. "I guess I can understand where your coming from, I hate rearranging everything too." She looked to see Goofy had the plates down she smiled. "How about I finish up the rest of the pancakes Goofy, just take the plates to wherever we're going to eat."

"Okay Peg lemme have em!"

Peg cocked her had at him confused."Well come here then! What do "Yep! Now toss em here Peg!"

Peg looked uncertain but shrugged it off as she tossed the pancakes one after the other from the pan to the plate. To her surprise Goofy caught them with impressive accuracy. She stopped at the fifth one, but Goofy wasn't satisfied. "Come on Peg keep em coming, hyuck!"

"Don't you think five is enough Goofy?"

He waved her off." Oh nonsense Peg you can never have enough pancakes! Now keep em coming!"

"This isn't a good idea Goofy."

Oh please! quit worryin and toss em over!

She obliged with Goofy's demands and tossed them to him onto the plate. He caught them with impressive ease. "Have you done this before Goofy?"

"Hyuck! I did it all the time when Max was growing up! I've had years practice with it Peg, lets start on the next plate now."

"Well I'll need to cook them if we are going to keep on going, so give me a second please."

Pistol yawned as she awoke, she got out of bed not needing to stretch even. She put her clothes back on and left her room going downstairs. She found her mom and Goofy sitting close to each other laughing as they ate pancakes. she cocked her head at them, "hey whats so funny?"

Both looked at her surprised, Peg smiled. "Oh hey honey its about time you got up, we were just talking about some pictures he was showing me." Pistol walked over to find a picture book showing a much younger Goofy, he looked like Max, from the last she saw him. He looked to be around her own age. He looked like a nerd with pants to his chest and a short polo shirt with pens in his shirt pockets. somehow he had something about him that made him handsome even while looking like a total loser. He had a full head of hair combed back, his teeth were smaller too, he was a little bit lean, he must have got out a lot. "When was this?"

Goofy looked at the picture. "Oh this was when I was seventeen."

Pistol looked at the picture and then back to him. "Wow, you did not age well mister Goof, no offense."

Peg glared at him."Pistol! That isn't nice to say."

"Hey its true!"

"Regardless, its also rude, now apologize."

Pistol sighed. "Sorry Mister Goof."

He waved her off. "Aw shucks, its okay Peg, I don't mind all that much." He turned to Pistol. " You have food waiting in the kitchen for ya by the way."

She smiled and ran in the kitchen to find a huge stack of pancakes. She smiled and brought the plate to the dining room table. Her mom and Goofy looking through the picture book. Still laughing and pointing at pictures they remembered from high school. She sat across from them as she ate. Peg and Goofy finished

"Well I'm gonna get the lights up now Peg."

She looked at him concerned/ "Their not in the cellar are they?"

"Hyuck of course not Peg I got em in my garage!"

She smiled "Well I'll come and help you out then Goofy."

Goofy and Peg walked into the garage, she was surprised to find lots of holiday décor. Not just for Christmas either. Decorations for all holidays of the year. "Wow Goofy I didn't know you enjoyed decorating so much."

"Well yeah, I mean me and my grandaddy used ta always decorate the house for all the seasons. So I'm just so used to it, makes me think of him every time I do it."

She eyed him with a smile. "You and him were close, I remember meeting him a few times at school events, he came to all our football games."

He nodded as he dug through the Christmas décor. "He came ta see me cheer, didn't miss a game once. My parents were um... troublesome I guess you could say, so he took care of me, he raised me."

Peg nodded."I remember him, he was a nice man."

Goofy turned to her with a few lights in his arms. "He was the greatest man I ever knew, my hero." He lifted the garage door open, walking out to the front of the house. "Okay so we don't have much time to do this but since I'm determined to get my house a little festive. We'll be just putting up the lights around the house and that'll be that."

Peg nodded. "Okay you want a ladder to get up there?"

He nodded. "Yeah its out in the back yard if you don't mind getting it for me." Peg ran off to the back yard, coming back not long after with the ladder. They set it up against the house and Goofy went up with the lights. He managed to get them up without hurting himself which impressed Peg quite a bit. He got down and put the ladder in the back yard again, then went back to the garage. Closing the garage door he picked up a box and brought it inside the house, he opened it to reveal Christmas décor. He pulled out a reef and gave it to Peg. "Here, go put that outside on the door please Peg."

Okay!

Goofy put up some lights about the living room. Then put some logs into the fireplace, he looked around the room with a smile he looked back when the door closed. Peg walked over to him, Goofy looked at her with a smile. "Its not as much as I'd prefer, but its better than nothing I suppose."

Peg smiled hugging him. "I think its perfect this way."

Goofy wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "Yeah I guess your right, it does gotta atmosphere of simplistic peace to it I guess."

Peg looked at her watch. "Its only three in the afternoon Goofy what do you want to do?"

"Three in the afternoon? Well gorsh I better get dinner started before its too late!"

Peg gave him an odd look. "How much to you plan to make Goofy?"

Goofy tapped his chin in thought, hmm. "Well lets see, I plan ta make ham, mashed taters, everything and anything you can think of."

Peg smiled. "Anything you say? I think I like the sound of that.

"Hyuck! Glad your excited Peg, come on, I could use some help with making dinner."

Pistol knocked on her dads door, she planned to as him over for Christmas eve. She knew no one in town liked him, and if she didn't invite him no one would, he'd spend Christmas eve alone. But she'd been knocking on his door for a while now and it seemed that he wasn't coming to the door anytime soon. Either asleep or ignoring her. Pistol was stubborn though. She was determined to get her dad over toGoofy's house tonight

Finally Pete opened the door. He rolled his eyes before putting on a big smile. "Well hello there pumpkin! What brings you over here so early in the morning?"

"Well I was wondering if you'd like to come and spend Christmas eve with us tonight daddy."

Pete gave a hardy laugh. "Oh no pumpkin that's okay, thanks for the thought though."

He tried to close the door on her only to have her put her foot in the door, glaring at him with a determined gleam in her eyes. But they softened. "please come over daddy, it won't be the same tonight without you!"

Pete stared at her for a while, finally sighing with an eye roll. "Your not gonna let me refuse are you Pistol?" She shook her head with a smile. He groaned. "Fine... I'll come to the... Goof.. thingy tonight, but only for a while, I don't wanna catch any goof germs on me!"

Pistol squee'd as she glomped her dad then ran off home to tell her mom. She stopped, if her mom found out she'd make sure he didn't come. She looked back at her dad to see he closed the door already. She sighed, she wasn't even sure he was going to be coming anyway.

Goofy and Peg finally had dinner ready. Peg picked up a bowl filled with mashed potatoes and brought it to the dining room table. Setting it down he went back to get the other things. Goofy came in with everything, hopping on one leg as he came into the dining room. "Don't worry Peg I got all the stuff!"

Peg watched with anxiety as he hopped to the table. "Um, Goofy maybe I should help you?"

"No no I got this in the bag Peg, just go get Pistol and we'll start eating."

Peg watched a little longer before going to fetch Pistol for dinner. She walked up the stairs to the room she slept in. Finding her on her bed texting. "Pistol sweety dinner is ready, come on down so we can eat."

Pistol looked up with a smile. "Alright mom I'll be down in a bit"

Peg nodded as she left the room, making her way back to the dining room she helped Goofy set the table. Setting out silver ware and plates, napkins ect. The front door opened, Pete walked on in, he let out a loud belch as he threw some presents under the tree. He rubbed his hands together in joy. "So whats for dinner tonight?"

Peg glared at him in anger. "Pete?! What the heck are you doing here, you weren't invited!"

Pete gave a smug smile. "Oh yes I was! Pistol invited me to come waste m- I mean spend my lovely Christmas eve here with you all."

Before Peg could lash out Goofy cut in. "Well great! Your always welcome in my house, Pete old buddy!"

Pete waved him off. "Yeah that's nice Goof." He licked his lips as he picked up the entire ham, his mouth opened three times it's size like a boa. But before he could eat it Peg smashed him over the head with a pan, making him drop the ham back onto the plate. She smiled at him satisfied.

"Now now Pete, don't eat before we pray."

Pete grumbled as he rubbed his head. "Fine lets get it over with then."

Goofy shook his head. "Sorry Pete but we gotta wait for Pistol ta come on down."

Pete nodded. "Alright I'll go get her then."

Peg stepped in his way with her fists on her hips. "No you won't you'll sit down and wait until Goofy says you can eat."

Pete and Peg glared at each other. Trying to stare the other down, in the end though Pete submitted sitting down. Exactly where Peg wanted him to. Grumbling and pouting Pete waited for Pistol to come down. "I guess she can't take that long to come down for dinner..."

two hours later

Pete sat in the chair, his eyes strained and twitching, his hands clenched the table. The table broke under his grip.

Finally Pistol came down. "Sorry about the wait guys, I was exorcizing."

Pistol nodded holding her nose. "Yes and you stink, go take a shower."

She nodded making her way back upstairs, Pete stood to his feet, his face red as he stomped towards them. "Oh no! You come down here and sit down!"

"Sit down Pete!"

Pete walked back to his seat, Pistol ignored him anyway.

Thirty minutes later

Pistol finally came back down the stairs smelling much better. "Okay I'm ready to eat!"

Pete sighed."Finally..."

But Goofy ran into the room. "Wait! Come here everyone, come look at this cool stain on my shirt!"

Peg and Pistol come running over. "Whoa!"

"Ew, Goofy that's disgusting!"

"Hyuck it has my eyes."

"No I'd say there a bit more of a green."

"Eyes? Where I don't see anything!"

Pete began to cry. "I'm never going to be able to eat!"

An hour later

After everyone was done admiring his stain Goofy walked to the staircase. "Well I better go change and show-"

Goofy was picked up by the collar and lifted off the ground by Pete. "No! You go and sit down Goof, we're gonna pray so I can eat! Everyone sat down, Pete raised his hand, I would like to volunteer to pray for this food."

Peg smiled. "Why Pete, that's so nice of you!"

He snorted. "Yeah,yeah, bow your head and shut up." She grudgingly obliged, as he began. "dear lord, amen now lets eat!" Pete took the ham and stuck the entire thing in his mouth, it was half hanging out as he suckled it. It was all he could do because it was so big."

Peg stood leaning over the table, her face red with rage. "PETE!"

He stared at her innocently, grunting in a questioning tone, drool dripping from his lip. Peg took out her pan and slung it at him, hitting his forehead spot on. He fell to the ground knocking the table and all the food over onto Peg.

Goofy and Pistol watched in surprise, Goofy cleared his throat. "Um, maybe we should just skip to the presents?"

Peg sighed. "Yeah just let me go and change my clothes,she stood and walked up the stairs to the bathroom."

Goofy stood and walked to the couch. Pistol went over to help her dad to his feet, he sighed as he rubbed his head. "Ugh thanks hon, come on lets go sit." He picked the ham off the floor and took a big bite out of it."Hey this is pretty good Goof, what'd you put in this ham?"

Goofy laughed. "hyuck! That's a secret! See, its an old family recipe passed down from Goof ta-"

"Alright alright I get it Goof, your not gonna speak." He sat in the chair, but it shattered and he fell to the floor. "Grr Goof your furniture is weak! What, is it made of Styrofoam?!"

Goofy walked over and inspected the legs. "Hm, nope! Its solid wood Pete. Hyuck! I don't think you needed that ham Pete."

Pete glared at him in anger." What exactly are you saying Goof? You call'n me fat?!"

"Hyuck! Well gorsh, I guess I am Pete."

Pete stood from the broken chair growling. "Why you little, comere!" He grabbed Goofy around the neck trying to strangle him. He and Goofy began struggling against each other trying to over power the other.

Peg finally came out. "Pete! Let go of Goofy before I hurt you!"

Pete grumbled as he let him go and sat on the floor. Goofy rubbed his neck but didn't bring it up as Peg sat next to Goofy glaring at Pete. She smiled at Goofy as she handed him his present. "Here Goofy this is from me to you."

Goofy smiled as he hugged her."Thanks Peg." He opened the present and pulled out a green sweater with a heart in the middle inscribed inside the heart was. "Merry Christmas Goofy", he pulled out a letter.

Goofy I know your upset your son is gone. I understand and I just want to say thank you for being such a wonderful friend and I love you. If you ever need anything just ask and I will help anyway I can, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas

love

Peg

Goofy smiled as he hugged Peg again. "Well shucks, thanks Peg, I love you too."

Pete groaned, sticking his finger to his throat. "Bleh!" He took out a gift of his own with a smile. "Hey Pistol sweety, catch!" He then threw the present at her, she caught it and ripped it open.

She rolled her eyes amused. "Wow dad, for real?" She pulled out a pistol, laughing she looked it up and down.

Pet smiled. "That's a real pistol right there, I found it at a junk yard sale- I mean it was a family heirloom. Passed down from Pete to Pete to Pete". "at least the Goof was a little useful this Christmas."

Pistol smiled excited."For real? Your going to give me such a delegate item?"

Pete covered his mouth to hide his laugh, once he got control he nodded with a warm smile. "Of course honeybun, your my favorite between you and pj after all!" This much was actually true.

Pistol beamed with pride, she ran over and hugged him. "Oh thank you daddy! I promise I'll take great care of it!"

Pete hugged her back, Peg giving him a raised eyebrow, she caught his bluff. Luckily for him though she didn't say anything. Pistol pulled away and gave Goofy his present. "Here mister Goof, it's not much but I hope you like it."

Goofy opened it and stared in surprise. "Whoa... um... thanks I uh, like it, I always wanted one, ya know? Yeah... um..."

Peg tapped his shoulder with an amused smile. "Do you know what it is Goofy?"

"Hyuck! nope, I don't have a clue what this is..."

"I didn't think so, its a laptop." She opened it and pointed to the buttons, Goofy stared at it as though it was an other worldly device. Pistol came over to help out too.

Pete sighed in boredom, he took out a cigar and began smoking, Goofy watched him and smiled. "Uh Pete I don't normally smoke in the house."

He got a dirty look and a shrug. "Whats that got ta do with me Goof?"

Peg glared at him. "It means he wants you to put it out Pete."

Pete rolled his eyes as he continued smoking.

Peg snarled. "Put it out now Pete!"

He smiled as he blew smoke at her. She stood pulling up her sleeves glaring at him."Alright, alright, calm down Peg sheesh!" He tossed the cigar into the tree and stood. I'm getting a drink- everyone began screaming as the tree caught fire. Pete ran over and began stomping on it only to catch fire as well. He screamed like a woman as he jumped out the window into the snow.

Goofy picked up Peg and Pistol and ran for the door, he kicked it down and set them down. "Stay here, I gotta save your presents, and my house!" He ran back inside ignoring Peg's pleas to stay out of the house. The house was completely on fire. Goofy non the less ran to the tree getting the presents he then ran to the kitchen coughing through the smoke. He found the extinguisher but when he turned around the fire was giving an evil smile at him. Grabbing the walls of the door way it walked through laughing in a deep demonic voice. Goofy sprayed the fire. It screamed as it stepped back swinging its arms at him, it grew bigger in anger and smacked him into the wall. With a grunt he fell to the floor. Then it picked up the presents burning them. Goofy picked up the fire extinguisher and sprayed again and it slowly died out. Goofy breathed hard from fear, he stood to his feet. He looked around in surprise, his house was charred, destroyed. He walked to the presents, they were nothing but ash. He walked through the smoke coughing, walked to where the Christmas tree had been. He fell to his knees, he picked up the little burnt branch only to have it crumble to ashes in his hands.

Peg and Pistol ran inside, they stared at Goofy, as he sat there on his knees. Peg walked over, laying a hand on his shoulder. "Oh Goofy..."

Pete walked in and crossed his arms staring at Goofy with conviction. "Well I hope your happy now Goof, you ruined Christmas for us all!"

Goofy looked up at him with guilt . Peg turned to himin anger. "Pete you better-"

"no... Peg he's right... its my fault... I... I'm sorry..."

Pete walked over and got in Goofy's face, "why don't you get out of here before you kill us all Goof?!"

He nodded as he stood to his feet... "I'm sorry everyone", Goofy walked out of his house, slumped and depressed.

Peg put a hand on his shoulder. "Oh Goofy its not your fault, don't listen to Pete he's-"

Goofy shook his head. "No he's right Peg... I ruin everything, this isn't any different... I ruined Christmas..." he walked past her and out of her grip.

Peg turned to Pete with disgust in her eyes, "what is wrong with you Peter?" She then ran out of the house after Goofy.

Pete waved her off. "Eh who needs em right Pistol?"

Pistol stared at him with shame. Shaking her head as tears streamed down her cheeks she walked out after Goofy.

Okay so this is finally up, sorry it's late. There will be one more chapter, it'll be short not even one thousand words . Thanks for reading and the next chapter will be up soon, trust me I wanna finish with this story and fast. Bye.