After listening to Fedora ramble on about how hot Bryan’s brother was, Harriette helpfully reminded her that he was her cousin.
Fedora shrugged, “it’s not illegal to think your cousin is hot.”
Harriette laughed and got up to find Collin, but he seemed to be missing, probably somewhere with Bentley.
The party had really started by then and Harriette noticed her mom bringing out a tray of hot chocolate and coffee. Harriette took three and went back to Fedora and Bryan.
“Collin’s disappeared,” Harriette said as she handed them both a mug of hot chocolate.
“With Bentley again?” Fedora said, rolling her eyes.
“Yeah,” Harriette said sitting down on a pillow.
“They’re probably making out,” fedora said.
“Fedora!” Harriette said, shocked.
“What?” Fedora shrugged, “I always thought Bentley swung that way, and come on it wouldn’t be a surprise if Collin did too.”
“Yes it would,” Harriette said, “because he did not tell me, and he tells me everything. So your logic is flawed. I’m sure they’re doing something completely innocent.”
“Whatever you say,” Fedora shrugged again.
Harriette’s thoughts did not stay on that for long, how could it, it was Christmas eve! She sipped her hot chocolate quietly as Fedora and Bryan talked about Sacia. She apparently was having a hard time in Italy, which Harriette found hard to believe. Who has a hard time in Italy?
“She always has a hard time when Serena is in the picture,” Fedora said when Harriette asked about it.
“Serena?” Harriette said, trying to remember who Serena was, “you mean her sister?”
“Yeah,” Fedora said, “one of them, the fake blond one who thinks she is like the queen of Christians.”
“Oh,” Harriette said.
“The bad part is that her parents think she is too,” Fedora explained, “so Sacia is like the loser child compared to her, of course that’s not counting Simone. But lets not get started on Simone and her problems.”
Harriette nodded and took another sip of her hot chocolate. She wondered how it felt to always be compared to her older sister, since Harriette never had a older sister and was the only girl in the family until Willow, she never really felt anything like that. She wondered if Willow felt like that sometimes, she hoped not.
Harriette noticed Bentley and Collin come back from upstairs and waved at Collin, who did not notice her.
Sometimes Harriette got jealous of Collin’s friends, she was used to his only friend and number one confidant, she was pretty sure she was still his number one confidant though, now he spent most of his time with Bentley and Amado.
She drank her drink sadly, but forgot about that when she remembered that it was Christmas eve. No one should be sad today.
She could hear Grayson talking to their mom about his plans for Christmas, apparently he had organized something charity like, that was just so Grayson. His whole life was dedicated to helping other people, Harriette still remembered when he was eleven and gave all his Christmas presents to a children’s hospital, without even opening them to see what they were. She also remembered her mom being so proud of him, she always was.
And that was just one of the many times he gave something away to some sort of charity, he once saved up his money for a whole year and then bought a bunch of stuff, like groceries, hygiene products, and some fun stuff, like cards or board games, and gave it to the homeless shelter.
Their mom was proud of him then too.
Harriette switched her attention to Summer who was talking to Fisher on the couch, Fisher looked annoyed and Harriette could guess Summer was making an attempt to get him to do something productive. She always did when they were in a room together.
Harriette then looked over to Collin and Bentley who were laughing about something on the other side of the couch. Harriette smiled, Collin looked pretty happy. And when Collin was happy, Harriette was happy.
But she still could not help but wish that she was over there making him laugh. She shook off this thought and turned back to Bryan and Fedora.
“Why did you just shake?” Bryan asked.
Harriette blushed, she had not realised that she had quite literally shook the thought away.
“I know,” Fedora said, sounding annoyed, “It’s so cold in here. Sometimes I get those super shivers too.”
Bryan and Harriette stared at her and laughed.
“What?” Fedora shrugged, before laughing with them.
“Well that’s what they are,” Fedora laughed, “super shivers.”
That just made them laugh more. After getting all the laughs out they went back to drinking. But Fedora realised she had no more so she got up to look for some more hot chocolate and maybe some food, which meant definitely some food.
Harriette went back to looking around the room, Summer was now talking to Grayson and Fisher was talking to Bobby, Collin and Bentley were still talking on the couch and Harriette’s mom was talking to Fedora’s mom. Bryan’s dad, Summer’s dad and Fedora’s step dad were talking in the corner of the room, which made Harriette miss her dad, who, if he was still alive, would be talking with the rest of the dads too.
But no one should sad on Christmas eve so she shook that thought off too, which made Bryan burst out laughing again.
Fedora came back with a tray of hot chocolate and cinnamon buns. Harriette replaced her empty cup with a full one from the tray and then starting to drink that one.
“Why is Bryan dying?” Fedora asked.
“Super shiver,” Harriette shrugged, though Fedora must of known that Harriette did not “super shiver” she was just shaking off a thought, which she did around Fedora quite a lot.
“Oh,” Fedora said, then taking a big bit out of her cinnamon roll.
Harriette went back to looking around the room again, this was really sort of entertaining. Collin and Bentley were still sitting together on the couch, Summer was still talking with Grayson but now Felton was also talking with them, Fisher and Bobby had disappeared, all of the mom’s were talking while drinking coffee, and Tamarai was playing with Willow and Finn.
“Fisher’s gone,” Fedora pointed out, she must have been scoping the room too, “probably went outside to smoke or something equally terrible.”
Harriette sadly had to agree.
“Okay kids,” Harriette’s mother announce, it must be time to open their first present.
Fedora jumped up, “finally, I hope I get something chocolate!”
Harriette laughed as her mom explained everything to them, like she did every year. “So we pick out the present and you guys get to open them, understand?”
“Yes,” all of the kids said.
“Okay then,” Harriette’s mom then pulled out a basket of presents and handed them to each one of the kids. “Open up.”
Harriette quickly tore open her present to see a pair of bunny slippers, something she had wanted for so long.
Fedora also slippers, hers were alligator ones. Finn and Willow got some pajamas, Bryan got a Santa hat, Collin got slippers too, his were teddy bears, Bentley also got slippers, black bear ones, and Tamarai got kitty slippers.
The older “kids”, the ones who have left the house, also got presents, though they were not kids anymore. They all got Christmas sweaters.
Harriette immediately put on her adorable slippers and showed them to Fedora, who loved her own alligator ones.
“It’s not chocolate,” Fedora said, “but it’s still A-dor-ra-ble!”
Harriette laughed, “they are.”
“Look,” Tamarai said, skipping up to Harriette, “kitties!”
“Adorable,” Harriette said.
Harriette looked around for Collin, he was with Bentley laughing about something. Harriette shook away her jealousy and turned back to Fedora and Tamarai.
“Why did I not get any slippers,” Bryan said.
Fedora shrugged, “maybe they thought you would like a Santa hat instead.”
“Or it means you get to be Santa tomorrow,” Harriette said, and it did, it always did.
“Oh,” Bryan said.
“Or it means you still get slippers,” Fedora said pointing to an unwrapped present next to him.
“Oh,” Bryan said again, quickly unwrapping the second present and revealing a pair of pig slippers.
“Pigs,” Fedora said, “just like you.”
“Shut up,” Bryan said, though he looked pretty happy with his slippers.
They talked happily about the next day till Harriette’s mom said it was time to go to be. As always everyone stayed the night, they had a lot of guest rooms but Fedora always shared with Harriette and Collin.
Harriette waited for Collin to say good night to Bentley and then they went upstairs to their room with Fedora. They changed into their pajamas and got into bed.
They talked for a while about Christmas then fell asleep with excited thoughts of Christmas on their mind, that’s the kind of thought you don’t need to shake off.
Fedora shrugged, “it’s not illegal to think your cousin is hot.”
Harriette laughed and got up to find Collin, but he seemed to be missing, probably somewhere with Bentley.
The party had really started by then and Harriette noticed her mom bringing out a tray of hot chocolate and coffee. Harriette took three and went back to Fedora and Bryan.
“Collin’s disappeared,” Harriette said as she handed them both a mug of hot chocolate.
“With Bentley again?” Fedora said, rolling her eyes.
“Yeah,” Harriette said sitting down on a pillow.
“They’re probably making out,” fedora said.
“Fedora!” Harriette said, shocked.
“What?” Fedora shrugged, “I always thought Bentley swung that way, and come on it wouldn’t be a surprise if Collin did too.”
“Yes it would,” Harriette said, “because he did not tell me, and he tells me everything. So your logic is flawed. I’m sure they’re doing something completely innocent.”
“Whatever you say,” Fedora shrugged again.
Harriette’s thoughts did not stay on that for long, how could it, it was Christmas eve! She sipped her hot chocolate quietly as Fedora and Bryan talked about Sacia. She apparently was having a hard time in Italy, which Harriette found hard to believe. Who has a hard time in Italy?
“She always has a hard time when Serena is in the picture,” Fedora said when Harriette asked about it.
“Serena?” Harriette said, trying to remember who Serena was, “you mean her sister?”
“Yeah,” Fedora said, “one of them, the fake blond one who thinks she is like the queen of Christians.”
“Oh,” Harriette said.
“The bad part is that her parents think she is too,” Fedora explained, “so Sacia is like the loser child compared to her, of course that’s not counting Simone. But lets not get started on Simone and her problems.”
Harriette nodded and took another sip of her hot chocolate. She wondered how it felt to always be compared to her older sister, since Harriette never had a older sister and was the only girl in the family until Willow, she never really felt anything like that. She wondered if Willow felt like that sometimes, she hoped not.
Harriette noticed Bentley and Collin come back from upstairs and waved at Collin, who did not notice her.
Sometimes Harriette got jealous of Collin’s friends, she was used to his only friend and number one confidant, she was pretty sure she was still his number one confidant though, now he spent most of his time with Bentley and Amado.
She drank her drink sadly, but forgot about that when she remembered that it was Christmas eve. No one should be sad today.
She could hear Grayson talking to their mom about his plans for Christmas, apparently he had organized something charity like, that was just so Grayson. His whole life was dedicated to helping other people, Harriette still remembered when he was eleven and gave all his Christmas presents to a children’s hospital, without even opening them to see what they were. She also remembered her mom being so proud of him, she always was.
And that was just one of the many times he gave something away to some sort of charity, he once saved up his money for a whole year and then bought a bunch of stuff, like groceries, hygiene products, and some fun stuff, like cards or board games, and gave it to the homeless shelter.
Their mom was proud of him then too.
Harriette switched her attention to Summer who was talking to Fisher on the couch, Fisher looked annoyed and Harriette could guess Summer was making an attempt to get him to do something productive. She always did when they were in a room together.
Harriette then looked over to Collin and Bentley who were laughing about something on the other side of the couch. Harriette smiled, Collin looked pretty happy. And when Collin was happy, Harriette was happy.
But she still could not help but wish that she was over there making him laugh. She shook off this thought and turned back to Bryan and Fedora.
“Why did you just shake?” Bryan asked.
Harriette blushed, she had not realised that she had quite literally shook the thought away.
“I know,” Fedora said, sounding annoyed, “It’s so cold in here. Sometimes I get those super shivers too.”
Bryan and Harriette stared at her and laughed.
“What?” Fedora shrugged, before laughing with them.
“Well that’s what they are,” Fedora laughed, “super shivers.”
That just made them laugh more. After getting all the laughs out they went back to drinking. But Fedora realised she had no more so she got up to look for some more hot chocolate and maybe some food, which meant definitely some food.
Harriette went back to looking around the room, Summer was now talking to Grayson and Fisher was talking to Bobby, Collin and Bentley were still talking on the couch and Harriette’s mom was talking to Fedora’s mom. Bryan’s dad, Summer’s dad and Fedora’s step dad were talking in the corner of the room, which made Harriette miss her dad, who, if he was still alive, would be talking with the rest of the dads too.
But no one should sad on Christmas eve so she shook that thought off too, which made Bryan burst out laughing again.
Fedora came back with a tray of hot chocolate and cinnamon buns. Harriette replaced her empty cup with a full one from the tray and then starting to drink that one.
“Why is Bryan dying?” Fedora asked.
“Super shiver,” Harriette shrugged, though Fedora must of known that Harriette did not “super shiver” she was just shaking off a thought, which she did around Fedora quite a lot.
“Oh,” Fedora said, then taking a big bit out of her cinnamon roll.
Harriette went back to looking around the room again, this was really sort of entertaining. Collin and Bentley were still sitting together on the couch, Summer was still talking with Grayson but now Felton was also talking with them, Fisher and Bobby had disappeared, all of the mom’s were talking while drinking coffee, and Tamarai was playing with Willow and Finn.
“Fisher’s gone,” Fedora pointed out, she must have been scoping the room too, “probably went outside to smoke or something equally terrible.”
Harriette sadly had to agree.
“Okay kids,” Harriette’s mother announce, it must be time to open their first present.
Fedora jumped up, “finally, I hope I get something chocolate!”
Harriette laughed as her mom explained everything to them, like she did every year. “So we pick out the present and you guys get to open them, understand?”
“Yes,” all of the kids said.
“Okay then,” Harriette’s mom then pulled out a basket of presents and handed them to each one of the kids. “Open up.”
Harriette quickly tore open her present to see a pair of bunny slippers, something she had wanted for so long.
Fedora also slippers, hers were alligator ones. Finn and Willow got some pajamas, Bryan got a Santa hat, Collin got slippers too, his were teddy bears, Bentley also got slippers, black bear ones, and Tamarai got kitty slippers.
The older “kids”, the ones who have left the house, also got presents, though they were not kids anymore. They all got Christmas sweaters.
Harriette immediately put on her adorable slippers and showed them to Fedora, who loved her own alligator ones.
“It’s not chocolate,” Fedora said, “but it’s still A-dor-ra-ble!”
Harriette laughed, “they are.”
“Look,” Tamarai said, skipping up to Harriette, “kitties!”
“Adorable,” Harriette said.
Harriette looked around for Collin, he was with Bentley laughing about something. Harriette shook away her jealousy and turned back to Fedora and Tamarai.
“Why did I not get any slippers,” Bryan said.
Fedora shrugged, “maybe they thought you would like a Santa hat instead.”
“Or it means you get to be Santa tomorrow,” Harriette said, and it did, it always did.
“Oh,” Bryan said.
“Or it means you still get slippers,” Fedora said pointing to an unwrapped present next to him.
“Oh,” Bryan said again, quickly unwrapping the second present and revealing a pair of pig slippers.
“Pigs,” Fedora said, “just like you.”
“Shut up,” Bryan said, though he looked pretty happy with his slippers.
They talked happily about the next day till Harriette’s mom said it was time to go to be. As always everyone stayed the night, they had a lot of guest rooms but Fedora always shared with Harriette and Collin.
Harriette waited for Collin to say good night to Bentley and then they went upstairs to their room with Fedora. They changed into their pajamas and got into bed.
They talked for a while about Christmas then fell asleep with excited thoughts of Christmas on their mind, that’s the kind of thought you don’t need to shake off.
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