A/N I was meant to update ages ago but then school happened, namely French. I also have been reading the worst book ever written Lord of the Flies which had put me off writing. Anyway now that I finally have my maths test over with (I messed up but who cares) I can actually write.
Big thank you for all the lovely reviews and to Ellen for the pink smarties.
This is the first xmas chapter which is basically 20 snapshots of December, then hopefully I will do a xmas day chapter too!
Decmeber:
Ice Cream
It happened every year, JT would get the cold and be laid up in bed for about two days. The fearless teen would be reduced to a snivelling mess that refused to leave the bed. And as per usual it had fallen to McCoy to look after him by bringing him homemade soup (JT had all the kitchen staff wrapped around his little finger) and various other items such as tissues of the lavender kind that JT had sworn Bones to secrecy about.
Today was day two, which meant the cold would be receding by tomorrow and JT would be up and about. However it still meant McCoy had another day to get through with the brat, before hand and it really wasn't looking good; it was only ten in the morning!
"Is there anything else you want, your highness" McCoy muttered as he was leaving to get JT yet another cold flannel.
"Ice cream" The lump from the bed replied, sound muffled by the large number of quilts and blankets swamping the bed.
"For Gods sake JT, you've had an entire tub yesterday and if you want more I swear to God I will stuff it where the sun don't shine" McCoy had had enough of JT's crap.
"mmmmph" The lump huffed, Bones could hear JT pouting.
"Infant" he muttered as he left the room debating whether or not to be cruel and send Spock in to logic him to death.
Fashion
Uhura dreaded this day every year, it involved a hyper Gailia and The latest edition of space vogue. It was Christmas wish list time. Gailia had been out early to the local gas station to get her reserved copy and Uhura had been woken from a peaceful slumber to help her pick what to put on the list.
Gailia had perfected the art and always started from the bottom up, normally with shoes.
Unfortunately for her, this years Christmas special had a special section on shoes and she knew she wasn't going be able to get around to reading the book she had borrowed from JT.
"Hey Ny! Look at these ones, they're perfect and only 100 credits, a bargain" gailia was bubbling with excitement.
Uhura was glancing at the page and noticed the pair she was talking about, they were actually quite nice and would suit Gailia perfectly. They were a dark orange lace that had been interwoven with black that rose into a delicate point and a three-inch heel.
And now the worst part had arrived, the handbags, Gailia was mad about them and had about twenty in her room. Uhura didn't really care much for bags as long as they didn't clash and could hold a suitable amount of PADDs and books.
When she noticed Gailia again, she was smooching a greed leather bag from some obscure planet.
It was going to be a long day
Snow
It was a day that Spock would dislike more than others if he had to choose, the day of first snowfall in Montana. He had opened his curtains and would have gasped if it not for his Vulcan heritage. Already he could spot Pavel and Hikaru out making a snowman wrapped up in coats and scarves.
Deciding that he could carry on with his work for the day, he increased the temperature in his room and sat down to work at his desk. He was currently progressing through the VSA minor program and would hopefully be able to complete it and move out there with a prospective family by summer.
He had gotten about an hours work done before he was interrupted by a red faced JT who was obviously back in from the snow.
"hey Spock, guess what we made a snow Vulcan, it's got pointy ears and eyebrows and everything, you have to come out and see it!" JT beamed at him
Spock really did not wish to leave his room and could see that JT was currently tracking snow into it.
"I apologize but I am extremely busy as this current point, maybe you could take a photo of it and send it to myself, then I would not have to go out into a climate that I really am not adapted for" Spock replied levelly
JT hid his look of disappointment well and carried on with the same cheerfully tone "Of course, how stupid am I? I'll take a photo and mail it to you later, have fun with work"
JT left quickly and Spock could hear the sounds of his feet on the stairs, he could not help the slight feeling of guilt at turning down the offer.
Snowball fights
After the first snowball fight, two forts had been constructed for snowball fights. JT and Hikaru were currently in one and Bones and Pavel in the other. JT had a secret stash of snowballs and was readying himself for an assault on the opposition.
Uhura and Gailia had refused to join, stating that snow was terrible for their hair and did not wish to ruin it. They had promptly began building a snowman away from the firing line
JT lobbed the snowball he had just made at the top of Bones' head and snickered as it exploded upon impact with his head.
"ARRGHHHH, JT you are soooooo going to pay for that" McCoy yelled across the garden
JT high-fived Hikaru and carried on throwing.
Bones and Pavel surrendered in the end.
School
It was normally the time of year when everyone started winding down for the year and most classes started watching movies and doing very little work. All the exams were over and nobody really could be bothered to do any work.
Except that was not what happened this year, after a change of headteacher all movies had been banned unless they were actually related to the subject. The general resentment for their latest head teacher was increased and Scotty really felt like hitting someone.
However, all was not lost, as some very smart people had pointed out that you just had to find something that was vaguely relatable and watch it. You could most of the 21st century films free online. And so the film season began
It started with the matrix in maths
Then The great Gatsby in history
Lord of the Flies in English (they were never going to speak about it again)
The Big Bang theory In science
The day after tomorrow in Geography
and so on and so forth until the Head teacher finally gave up and let them watch whatever they wanted.
Carols
Hikaru really didn't want to answer the door that evening, he knew who it would be, those carol singers from the town who for some reason liked to stay extra long at the house. They probably thought that it made them happy or something, some people really didn't understand teenagers.
Alas everyone else had cleared off and it was left to him, normally he would just ignore him or her, but they were very persistent and had been known to call up on the comm to announce they were there.
As he opened the heavy door he could make out about ten red-faced people holding torches and PADDs. A tinny tune came from one of them and the beginning of a familiar song drifted toward him.
In the bleak mid-winter….
Hikaru swore they would never find the bodies if they didn't leave very soon
The Tree
"NO godammit JT get down from there, we're meant to be getting a tree, stop being a monkey and get down here!" Bones yelled at JT who was twenty feet up.
Bones decided to ignore the brat and continue looking out for a good tree. But before he had gotten very far, he heard an almighty snap and a thump. Looking round he spotted JT sitting on what was once the branch of a tree. His face was scratched and bruised.
Bones pulled him up and dragged up off before they could get caught.
The tree part two
Scotty was not going to ask how on Earth they had managed to get Pavel ontop of the tree dressed as an angel, even if he did look pretty cute. JT was himself balancing between the tree and wall about halfway up and Bones was standing at the bottom looking disapprovingly at them both.
Scotty called up to ask "How did ye get the wee lad up there? Is it safe was ye all?"
Jt looked down and grinned "of course it is, I wouldn't endanger Pavel like that! And anyway it's for the annual Christmas card, I'm amazed he's not scared of heights!"
Bones just sighed when JT lost his footing and fell out of the tree, again. Scotty was going to go over and help, but after seeing the look McCoy was flashing JT, he thought better and bid a hasty retreat
Shopping
It had begun, the great Christmas rush and Uhura was currently squashed between a tall man buying presents for what looked like his pets (unless he just really like cat treats) and a creepy old lady who kept trying to get her to have a peppermint.
Next time JT said 'let's go shopping' she would just suggest that they do it online and try not to murder him when he tried to buy a Sehalt from Vulcan. He really had too much money for his own good
Gingerbread and tea
There was only one thing Spock liked about Christmas and that was the gingerbread. It was an illogical love and he had tried to keep it a secret from everyone else, buy ordering it online and picking it up at the local depot.
This really hadn't worked when he found out that JT was also at the same depot, picking up none other than Vulcan tea. He was rather surprised by this as many humans found Vulcan tea very bland.
Upon meeting each other, JT had found out about the Gingerbread and had come up with a plan. Spock would order the tea in future and JT the gingerbread, therefore no one would think it was weird that a Vulcan was eating a sweet biscuit and a human was drinking bland tea.
Spock really did underestimate the ingenuity of his friend
Cooking
There were only two things that McCoy could cook and that was meat and cinnamon rolls. These weren't any cinnamon rolls, these were mama McCoy's famous 'so much sugar you may actually die from it but who cares because these are amazing' cinnamon rolls and had been known to reduce grown men to begging.
He only cooked them twice a year, for his birthday and Christmas, JT had been sitting in the kitchen with him waiting for them to cook in the big oven and trying to get the recipe from McCoy.
When the rolls were finally cooked McCoy became a very popular person overnight.
Secret Santa
It was an annual thing to do, the secret Santa and Hikaru really was not looking forward to who got him this year. He hadn't had much luck last year, although the very glittery paper mache cat was quite sweet.
This year he had picked out Pavel from the hat and knew exactly what to buy him and was thanking whoever may be up there for such an easy present.
Uhura got given one of the little kids called Jake, he was just as easy to buy for as his aunt had lived next to a chocolate shop and the kid had pretty much been raised there until she died.
JT got Bones and could not wait to go shopping for his friend. This was going to be one epic present.
McCoy was given Gailia and decided to just ask Uhura what she liked.
Pavel rather coincidently got Hikaru and really wanted to make something nice for him maybe with glitter
Spock had refused to take part, stating that it was illogical.
And so…. It began
Movies
It was tradition to watch a movie completely unrelated to Christmas as everyone hated them all. This year they had decided on a selection of action movies including the Bourne films.
Which may have ended up with JT and the others comparing McCoy to the rather hot assassin from one of them. McCoy had just grumped and slumped further into the den he had made with blankets and popcorn. Never again he vowed would he watch films with such infants
selfies
One of the best things about snow was the selfies that looked so much better when you were in a completely white background with cute snow gear on.
The amount of likes Gailia had gotten on Spacebook for her last shot was amazing and she was soooo dragging Uhura into the next one, with her looks she could beat her past record.
She was proved totally right when she uploaded the picture hours later, Uhura was probably going to hate her for life, but at least the galaxy got to appreciate how awesome humans looked when they were dressed by Orions.
Carols pt 2
Hikaru had this time come prepared with his sword and earplugs. JT had looked had him oddly but quickly scurried off when he heard them coming.
When the carollers were faced with a pissed off teenager with a sword, they took the smart option and made their way back down the path to the gate.
Hikaru felt like a hero.
Ice
It was pretty inevitable that after the snow had been trodden down, the ice would come pretty soon after that.
It really didn't help Scotty that he was already a little clumsy and not very good on his feet. He had been hoping to go down to the car and check that everything was still good.
However after falling over three times, much to the amusement of JT who had been watching from his window, he gave the lad a very rude gesture and stomped back inside to go find some food.
He would leave the car in the capable hands of that ninja JT, who never seemed to be able to fall over on ice.
Crackers
"I cannot believe you had these shipped in all the way from England" Hikaru muttered in disbelief
JT had decided after watching one to many English films that they should have crackers at Christmas. Obviously this had lead to some very large delivery charges and carefully hacking into the postal system to avoid them being seized by customs.
Maybe letting Pavel have them wasn't such a good idea…
Lying
"So, how exactly did you manage to get the police called out after gunshots were heard" Uhura asked in disbelief. She had been shopping when the cracker incident occurred. After finding out that they were very loud, the next-door neighbours had called the police on them. This had lead to a quick clean up and some quick thinking by JT. He had said that the shots were actually from a film that they were watching very loudly. Being a blue-eyed devil that he was, the police had believed him and quickly left, McCoy had almost murdered him after all that and vowed never to let him order things online again.
Wrapping
It was official that Scotty could not wrap a present to save his life, no matter how neat he was with the paper and tape he could never get them to look nice. The paper always ripped or the tape stuck to the wrong part. In the end he just gave up and used gift bags.
Uhura was the best wrapper, all the gifts came with tags and bows and looked like they could have come from under one of those Christmas trees you get in shops that are really just boxes underneath. Everyone envied her skills.
McCoy was also surprisingly good at wrapping presents, he wasn't as good as Uhura but the creases were always neat and tied with simple string, that held it all together.
Pavel had never been allowed to wrap his own presents again after last year with the scissors. The staff helped him out so his presents naturally looked nice and tidy, you could always tell who had given it from the rather… bright wrapping paper he chose. Why a eight-year old loved neon pink no one could tell.
JT and Hikaru wrapped presents together because it was always fun to use Hikarus sword to cut the tape.
Farms
It was annual tradition for everyone at the house to go to the local farm to see the reindeers and other animals. This trip had been the subject of many rather interesting stories due to the fact that letting some very smart teenagers loose with animals was no a good idea.
This year was one of the best. By the end of the day, JT had raced a horse around the fields. Hikaru had herded some sheep with Pavel. Scotty had managed to climb onto a stack of hay and proceed to start proclaiming that the 'end was nigh'; no one would ever withhold food after he had drank red bull ever again. And thanks to Uhura and Gailia the Reindeer now had nail varnish and their hooves and Tinsel on their antlers.
They were probably never gonna get invited back.
Xmas eve
Pavel was literally bouncing off the walls, no seriously he had run into so many of them from the sugar rush and having tinsel over his eyes from a crown he had made. Hikaru and McCoy were debating over how to murder Scotty and JT for giving him not just Candy Canes but also spiked his Juice with Red Bull. It would be okay if it wasn't eleven at night and Pavel showed no signs of calming down.
Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day indeed…
A/N A big thank you for all the reviews and to Ellen again for the lindor bar for the walk home.
If anyone wants to take one of these drabbles and extend it feel free just credit me in an Authors note or something.
XMAS DAY CHAPTER TO COME!
I don't know when I'll be able to update after xmas because of my French exam (if you know anybody who speaks French who would be willing to help me I will love you forever and give you a cookie)
Allons-y mes petit copaines.