Chapter 436 - Trinity - Christmas Morning (VOLU 3)
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Trinity
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We were now halfway through the water festival, and it was also Christmas morning. We had left the bulk of the gifts at ho, but we brought so with us. We had brought a gift for Aunt Glory, and even though I didn't know who it was going to be for, we had a gift for Athair mór. I had planned to give the gift to whatever family we found if they accepted us.
I was just glad that we had gotten a family that didn't just accept us, but they were overjoyed to have us. Athair mór had been wonderful through all of this. And he was looking forward to celebrating a real Christmas morning and not just the Yule Celebration.
When Christmas Eve ca, he had co to spend the night in our family ho. We offered to move to his for the night, but he said this would have been better over all. He made a string of popcorn for the tree and played gas with the kids. It was all quite adorable to see.
This was also going to be the first Christmas that we were celebrating with the guards, and Dietrich. They had been my guards before this, but they hadn't spent the holiday with us before. Over these last few weeks though, we had gotten a lot closer, and they had beco like family to now as well. I was happy to have all of them here with .
When the morning of Christmas ca, we all went down and had breakfast. Roisin had made a special al knowing that this day was special to all of us even if she didn't see why. She seed happy though, to see us all having a good ti.
After we ate we all went into the living room where we had put up the tree. There were presents scattered all around, and half of the children were excited to see them. The only ones who weren't were Shawn and Dietrich's four since they hadn't had a birthday yet, and therefore hadn't opened gifts yet.
At first Athair mór was just standing in the back and watching, but I went to him and pulled him over to the rest of us. He helped all the children open the presents, even Alyssa, Alexandria, Levi, and Luka. He didn't discriminate against the kids; he was already completely taken by all of them.
Toys, cute little gifts, and colorful paper littered the floor. The adults opened their gifts as well, having gotten so from and Reece, as well as Lila, Grandfather, and Mom and Dad. Nikki and Emmalee had also made sure to bring gifts for the rest of the family and not just the kids.
"rry Christmas." I smiled and handed Athair mór a box. His eyes lit up, and he didn't know how to respond.
"No, I couldn't. This is a ti for your family." He tried to give it back, but I refused to take it.
"You are our family, aren't you?" I grinned at him.
"Yes, Valerian, my granddaughter is right. You are our family, even to . You're just as much one of us as anyone else." Grandfather smiled at the man who was tearing up.
"She's not the only one." Reece ca up with a gift he had prepared from things he had bought around the festivals.
"Yeah, we got you one too." Mom walked over with hers.
Soon, Lila, Nikki, and Emmalee walked over with the presents they had prepared for him as well. We all watched as he opened the various gifts. The pile had grown up so he started with the last one that he had received. There were a lot of wonderful things, and he seed to love them all. However when he got to mine he paused and tears rolled down his cheeks.
"Trinity, I don't know what to say."
"I thought this would be sothing that you would like to have." I smiled at him in return.
Slowly, he moved the items around. There were different frad pictures of the entire family. Ones with just the kids, ones with parents and children, and one that I had even managed to get of all of us together. Along with that I had included an album of the first year of the lives of the children, even Elias and CJ. I wanted to make sure that the family that we saw here would be able to see us even if we weren't here.
"I will never be without reminders of all of you. I can't thank you enough."
He got to his feet and hugged then, joy in his face and eyes. I was glad I could do sothing that he loved so much.
I had made a gift for Aunt Glory before I knew she was family. I had included so things from around the town that I knew that she would like. It wasn't much, but when I brought it to her later in the day, she had seed to love it.
We all, including Aunt Glory, sat to have dinner with each other that night. It was special, with amazing food, great company, and lots of mories to take ho with us. Aunt Glory and Athair mór seed to enjoy their first actual Christmas, and I think that they would love to have sothing like this again. Maybe we should co to another Yule celebration in the future.
When we put Reagan and Rika to bed that night, they were clutching onto new stuffed toys they had gotten, with smiles on their little faces, and they fell asleep instantly. I was truly happy that we were here right now. I may be missing ho and would like to go back soon, but there were tis, like right now, that I loved where I was and was content with not being ho. I guess that's just what it ant to be comfortable sowhere. That uneasy feeling from when we first got here faded, and this place truly felt like ho to us now.. I don't think we would have any problems with coming back for future visits, fight or no fight.
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