"Holy crutack, itsnowed and maybe, just maybe I can have sone snow-fun, before Rockie wales up." Casey said. It was the beginning of December, meaning Christmas was approaching but it was the first one she and Rocket would be spending together soshe was super-excited, already writing her special letter only right now, the snow was making her excited and she'd returned from patrolling as Raccoon Girl along with Branchie already sleeping.
Sneaking outside of her and Rocket's house, deciding to build a snow-raccoon using her artistic talents deciding not tomuse tech to decorate it like Groot had grinning with pride. "Casey Tessula Raccoon what're you doing oht here, get inside unless you wanna freeze your tail off." Rocket told her, standing at the top of the stairs that led up to the front-door of the house they shared.
"How did you know, I was outside.," Casey asked surprised. She was wiping her furry lil feet on the mat so she wouldn't bring snow inside
"I had a feeling, seeing the snow outside, you'd wanna play, only you gotta have breakfast and go to school." he replied. He was making pancakes which made the female-kit excited but noticed they were different feeling confused which Rocket noticed. "They're latkes honey, which peopke and raccoons like me eat this time of year but felt like sharing." he told her.
She remembered at school, they'd talked about holidays and her teacher had explained not everybody celebrated Christmas like Asgardians celebrated Yuletide, Half-worlders celebrated Half-mas plus there was Kwanzaas wondering what holiday her brother was talking about, unaware Rocket noticed the confused expression on her face.
"I'm Jewish so this time of year, Jewish people celebrate Hannukah, eight nights of fun and gifts plus treats like latkes and donuts but during this, we light the menorah which are special candles." he told her. Casey was in awe enjoying these special pktato pancakes which she noticed he'd made them of sweet-pitatoes grinning.
"Hey Raccoon Girl you okay, you look like Younir put coal in your stocking, you know you can tell me." he said.
"I kinda feel bad being excited about Christmas, because you don't celebrate it, and we can't celebrate two holidays at once and I want you tomhave Hannukah since on Knowhere, it'll be Grootmas overload." she admitted.
"Ohhh bubbelah don't be sad, maybe there's a way we can celebrate both let's think aboht it." he told her. This made her feel better and the latkes were so good getting reasy to go to school, feeling Rocket kiss her furry forehead making her smile leaving for school after helping him clean up which he appreciated. After she'd left the house, he headed to the garage where his ship was getting in there blasting off heading to Knowhere listening to Hannukah music thinking abojt what he and Casey had talked about docking in the hangar-bay putting on the hat Rocke had given him keeping his furry ears toasty feeling the holiday spirit in the air seeing Nebula chasing after the HE helping her taze him.
"Just let me out, I won't hurt anybody, 89P13 tell her-" he said.
"The name's Rocket, remember and you're going back in the cage." Rocket told him, as he escorted Nebula with the HE throwing him back into his cage slamming the door sighing, shaking his furry head. "I'm not letting him ruin the holidays Nebs come on, let's get coffee." he told her making Nebula understand.
Meanwhile in her classroom at Avengers Campus, they were making holiday crafts like ornaments but Casey was thinking about what Rocket had told her about Hannukah which sounded like fun, but Christmas was also fun but she wanted Rocket to be able to celebrate Hannukah getting ideas. She then was making a dreidel ornament for Rocket knowing he'd love it like him sharing latkes with her this morning which made an idea flash in her mind.
"Hannukahmas yeah, he'll love it, when I tell him later." she whispered to herself grinning her friend, Thrud ask what was going on. "I think I came up with an idea, how I can have Christmas and Rockie can have Hannukah." she said humming to herself hoping Rocket was having fun.
"Yay, you found the decorations, should we get Drax's funny lil man." Phylla asked Rocket making him chuckle at her innocent question. She and her friends had been helping the Guardians decorate the city but now the tree was here noticing Groot was wearing his antlers which Phylla and her friends found adorable plus the Knowhere Men was singing holiday songs but they were excited about the holidays along with the baby-raccoons who were hugging Rocket's legs.
"Awwww you're being lil holiday helpers from what Mommy Nebula told me, you gugs are so on the nice list." he told them
"Yep, they're all excited about the holidays, and Santa visiting." Nebula told himm seeing him nodding. He didn't want to disappint them but had a feeling the HE might try to ruin the holidays taking deep-breaths letting them help decorate the tree wishing Casey was here, so she could join in. "June-Jube okay." Phylla asked him sensing he wassad about something making him sighing. "I just wish that Casey was here, so she could join in." he admitted.
" 't she, she's family." Phylla told him. "She's at school kiddo it's the law." he told her.
She shrugged her shoulders at this, and foubd a small tree that Casey and he could decorate together which he thought a good idea. He hoped she was having a good day at school having fun but after a bit was reading holiday books to the baby-raccoons who were enjoying them along withbNebula She knew hiw important family was to him seeing him drinking eggnog knowing he loved it.
After a while, he knew Casey was getting home from school, astounded she was there wondering how she'd did that. "I'm pretty awesome like you remember, ohhhh yeah, I have something for you." she said to him making Nebula chuckle at her energy knowing Rocket told her about Casey a lot seeing the female-kit giggle seeing the baby-raccoons arouhd her sensing they saw her as a big sister. "Ohhhh het guys, I was at school and maybe you'll go there when you're big enough." she said to them making Rocket grin at her sweetness to them. Plus she was excited about Groot doing art classes as she scampered to his art studio but saw some of Groot and even Rocket's art impressing her.
"When did Rockie do art, Groot." she asked him. "I am Groot." he replied to her which she understood as she understood Branchie but wanted to see Rocket do art seeing Rocket there surprised Casey had found some of his art
