Christmas Day Cheer
I wake up at Jason's house in a pair of his pajamas. I turn and see him still sleeping there. Then I realize what day it is. "Jason, wake up. Do you know what day it is?" I say excitedly. "Christmas," he says half asleep then snaps his eyes wide open and repeats it "Christmas!" He bolts up with a smile. We both bolt out of bed and run to go knock on Thalia's door. Jason opens the door and she throws a pillow at him and literally hisses. Jason picks up the pillow and throws it back. "That's what you get when you drink too much and don't get up on Christmas!" he says.
She sits up and glares. "You have five seconds," she threatens. I grab Jason's arm and tell him to run. He knows I'm serious and we do with Thalia chasing after us with a pillow. We make it downstairs and when she sees the tree and presents she stops. "You're lucky it's Christmas you little turds!" she says, "I'm going to go get dad. You better wait for us!" When they get back we start opening presents. I give Jason my present to him. When he opens it he's surprised to see two things in there. He pulls it out and I tell him, "It's for both of us. I had it made so it fits together like this." I put his half which is a sun pendant on him. Then I put mine which is the moon on me.
Then I pull them together until it's shaped like an eclipse. "It's beautiful," he says, "I love it." I give Thalia hers which is a lightning bolt hairpin with a streak of blue the same shade as her eyes. "Thanks Gus. You're awesome," she says and hugs me. I give Jason's father Zeus an engraved pen that says Nobly Infinite on it. Just then something happens I wasn't expecting. They all pull out presents for me. I look at them shocked. "You didn't have to," I say a little embarrassed.
Zeus gives me his first. It's a mini hard drive for all my stories. Thalia's present is a new computer bag for class. "Thank you, both of you. These are wonderful," I say. Jason turns to me and gives me a small box. In it I'm so shocked I can't speak. It's a ring. A silver ring engraved "Forever mine" on the inside. He grabs my hand puts it on and it's a perfect fit. "This is a placeholder until I eventually do propose," he says, he then kisses me. I'm too shocked for words. I just hug him and I start to cry from joy. "I love you," I say. "I love you," he says back. The for the rest of the day we are just there, together, Like I hope we will always be