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Chapter One: Jeddie (Jill/Eddie) ~ Christmas Creativity.
It was Christmas time and Eddie and Jill were inside the "castle" hiding from the snowballs and sleighs that were flying around outside. Often a snowball could be heard thumping against the windows on the other side of the room, along with the rattling of glass that followed after the impact of the compressed slush.
Eddie and Jill weren't paying much attention to what was going on outside though - they were too busy setting out their necessary tools for today's activities - which just happened to be bauble making.
The table that the couple were sitting was holding a dozen clear plastic baubles, held in place by a styrofoam holder. There were paint pallets with bottles of every colour paint under the sun. There was thin brushes and thick brushes. Old cups full of water and old newspaper for cleaning the brushes. There was a big bottle of clear liquid glue and various ribbons and bows with fake holly and ivy, and Christmassy stickers.
Eddie and Jill were each holding a bauble in their hands and decorating their bauble. Eddie may have had the steady hand but Jill was the more creative of the two, and she kept suggesting ideas to Eddie, who gratefully accepted them. "Try a small gold bow in the centre - Adrian will like that, especially if you put a purple heart around it. It'll signify Sydney."
It had been Jill's idea to make special baubles for everyone and hand decorate them just before Christmas. They got a bauble for everyone and then put everyone's name into a hat from Jill's wardrobe (one that she would certainly never wear) and each one pull out the names at random until there were none left. Eddie had gotten Adrian, Sydney, Angeline, Rose, Trey and Hopper. Jill personally thought that it was unfair that he had gotten Adrian, Sydney and Hopper, but Eddie had replied cheerfully with: "The hat has spoken!" Jill had gotten Sonya, Mikhail, Dimitri, Lissa, Christian and Clarence.
"Will you write "Best Queen Ever" on Lissa's bauble for me?" Jill asked, as Eddie tried to figure out where exactly the centre of the heart was so he could stick his ribbon there. Jill couldn't help but giggle at how cute and unGuardian like Eddie looked right now. His eyebrows furrowed together, his nose scrunched up, the tip of his tongue poking out between his teeth, all his concentration on the little bow being put in the right place.
"One second, I've nearly got it..." Eddie murmured. "God damn it!" He cried, jumping up from his seat. "The glue dried!"
"Here," Jill held out her hand, her shoulders shaking with laughter. "I'll do the bow, you do the writing."
"You just want to tell Adrian that you helped with his present," Eddie said suspiciously - he got really competitive when it came to making stuff.
"I won't, I promise," Jill smiled giddily. They exchanged baubles and Jill placed the bow in the centre of the heart after scraping off the lump of dried glue and re-painting the heart. She glanced over at Eddie who was writing the words for Lissa from Jill very slowly and carefully, making sure that every letter was perfect or he would wipe it off and start it all over again.
. . .
When all the baubles were decorated and now drying, Eddie and Jill sat on the carpeted floor, sipping hot chocolate.
"That was fun," Eddie commented.
"Uh huh," Jill agreed, watching her marshmallows bob up and down in the hot liquid. "Where did you get the mini marshmallows anyway?"
"I might have, uh, borrowed them from Lissa's room." Eddie confessed.
"She'll kill you if she ever finds out," Jill laughed. "She is over-protective of her marshmallows. No idea why."
"You have a chocolate moustache," Eddie whispered, leaning in to wipe it off, but Jill leaned in and kissed him instead.
"Now you do too," she laughed, and Eddie joined in.
Suddenly sometime rolled off the table and beside Eddie's arm. It was an undecorated bauble. Jill frowned at it. "What are we going to do with this one? It's the last one left... wanna decorate it for our tree?"
"Actually," Eddie said, smiling down at it sadly. "I have a better idea."
. . .
That evening, Jill and Eddie made their way down to the graveyard and they stopped at a grave. Eddie knelt down and placed a beautiful bauble in the snow amongst the bouquets of flowers, and touched the grave lightly. He stood up and Jill lay her head on his shoulder as they smiled sadly at the grave. Mason's grave.
"He loved Christmas," Eddie whispered. "Was his favourite holiday. He was even more cheerful than usual during it." Jill nodded and held his hand.
"Then let's make it a Christmas to remember for him. For Mason."
"For Mason," Eddie agreed.
And holding hands they walked away from the grave.