An Affectionate Gift

Author's Note: Well readers, this is the final chapter to my second story. Please enjoy!

Friday

Todd's POV

It was a wonderful endearing night. I wake up from the best sleep I've ever had in my life and to my surprise, Maurecia is still asleep. We're still snuggling and she's still got her bare chest over my right ear, but I need to get one thing ready for her before she goes home. I slowly slide out of her grip while successfully avoiding waking her up. Then I put on a shirt and exit the room.

I'm now in the basement. I take out the box containing the magnets and an idea crosses my mind. It is Christmas day after all, and I have yet to get Maurecia anything. I then withdraw a high frequency glue gun with metal liquefaction acidity. A true present is very well organized and requires great effort to make. After about ten minutes I've finished and I hear wheels on the floor above me. Maurecia must finally be awake. I walk back up the stairs and spot Maurecia on the couch, who, is now wearing a shirt and holding a relaxed Fluffy on her lap.

"Good morning cutie pie." She greets me coyly. I smile and sit next to her.

"Good morning babe. Did you sleep well?" She giggles.

"I've never slept better in my life. I just want to ensure that you were warm last night." I nod.

"I was. How about you?"

"Very, very, warm." Fluffy giggles a few times. "And I assume you slept well." Fluffy nods. "Good, we all enjoyed our night." I grin.

"You know what it's time for?" She shrugs.

"What?" She gives a confused look.

"Christmas presents!" I exclaim. Immediately Maurecia blushes nervously.

"Oh, okay." I raise an eyebrow.

"Are you hiding something?" I ask in a seductive interrogating manner.

"Well, I just… I didn't get you anything." She says sounding ashamed.

"What are you talking about?" I ask. "You gave me your presence this entire week. That alone is a greater gift than anything else I've ever received." She smiles.

"I suppose, but your presence was a gift to me to you know?" I nod. "So, are we even?"

"I think so." I hold the box out. "Now open this one please." She holds her hand out like she's going to take it and then retracts it.

"You got me a real physical item?" I nod proudly. "I'm sorry Todd, but I don't feel comfortable accepting it because I didn't get you anything either." Fluffy holds his hand out agreeing to what she said.

"This isn't a Christmas present." I open the box and hold it closer to her. "Happy Birthday Maurecia!" Her eyes widen and her face lights up in a split second.

"Todd." She makes eye contact with me and almost cries. "You remembered?" I nod with humble satisfaction.

"Of course I remembered Maurecia. It's what any good boyfriend does." A tear streams down her face. Fluffy sighs contently. "How does it feel to be fifteen now?" She chuckles twice.

"Not much different yet." She says as she looks into the box with the magnets. "Your magnets?" I raise an eyebrow slowly.

"You mean, 'our' magnets babe." She grabs one of them and stares at it. It's engraved with the abbreviation 'T+M' that Maurecia used to use when she wanted me to fall in love with her.

"You engraved them with our initials?" I nod. "Wow." Her eyes are flooded with joyful tears. "That is the most romantic thing I've ever seen." Fluffy hops off of her lap as she abruptly hugs me. "Thank you so much Todd!" She exclaims happily.

"You're welcome." I respond while grabbing my magnet. "But it's not the magnet that counts." I hold our magnets closer together and the feeling within my heart feels empowered by the feelings within hers. "It's the bond that they have with each other. It represents the bond that we share." Her smile enlarges.

"Did you plan this Todd?" I shake my head.

"It just came across my mind. I felt the covalence between us needed to increase." She squeezes me tighter.

"Todd, there is no force on Earth that has a stronger force than we do right now. And they never will match the intensity of our feelings." She pulls me in for a heavy kiss. Fluffy giggles a few times until we stop. "I love you so much." I smile innocently.

"I love you to Maurecia." She nestles her cheek up against mine and hums softly as she continues to hug me. "It was nice to finally spend a tremendous amount of time with you."

"What better time than Christmas?" She asks. "You're family to me." I wrap my arm around her neck and lay it on her shoulder.

"So are you. I can't wait until our winter break is over." She ends the hug and gets on her feet.

"Me neither. But in the meantime I should probably pack up my items and head back to my house." I stand up and grab her bag.

"Allow me to help you with that." After a few minutes all of Maurecia's belongings are back in the bag and Fluffy is on her shoulders. She's about ready to skate out the door but she stops for a second.

"Well Todd, this was an incredible week we've shared." I nod.

"I know." Fluffy jumps onto her arm.

"And you've brought Fluffy and I closer together as well." Fluffy smiles and gives me a thumbs up.

"You're very welcome for that to." She skates a little closer.

"Well, goodbye Todd. I'll see you in ten days."

"I will look forward to that." I say as she caresses my cheek.

"Me to."

"Happy Birthday." She smiles.

"Thank you." She pulls me in for one more kiss. I gracefully participate in the endearment. Only a few seconds later, the door opens and my parents enter the house.

"Merry Christmas!" They both shout as Maurecia and I break our kiss. Both of us blush deeply.

"Shame, shame son." My dad says while chuckling. Maurecia waves shyly.

"Hello Angela and Chad." She says quietly.

"Could you two crazy kids just not wait to see each other again?" My mom asks.

"No we couldn't." I say. Maurecia suddenly stops blushing.

"It was a nice night." She holds her head up and skates out the door. "Bye Todd." She blows a kiss my direction. I smile.

"Bye Maurecia." I say while waving, then a daring smile appears on her face as she winks at me. I return a mirrored expression and wink back at her. I see Fluffy look up at her questionably before my dad closes the door.

"What was that wink about?" My mom asks. I shrug confidently.

"We had fun." My dad frowns and raises an eyebrow.

"What kind of fun?" He asks. I shrug and chuckle twice.

"You know, festivity fun." Both of them look at each other for a second with an untrustworthy expression.

"Okay. We trust you." My mom says. As she walks out of the room. My dad's frown increases slightly.

"Did you two do anything… you know? Adult?" He asks. I immediately make a savage comeback.

"Nothing as adult as you throwing away all of your money on Christmas time." He quickly looks nervous and sweats a little. "Did you profit?"

"Well… not really." I grin.

"How much did you lose?" I ask.

"It's not important." He sighs and smiles. "I'm glad you two had fun last night." He leaves the room.

*He doesn't know the half of it.* I think to myself.

Author's Note: Well there you go. That's the official ending to this story. I hope you enjoyed reading and with a little luck, I may be inspired to write one more. But until next time, bye and thank you for reading my story. It really means a lot to me.