Chapter 24
Alex and Emilia were fast asleep in bed when Aiden came into the room screaming.
“Daddy Santa came. Daddy Santa came.” Aiden climbed onto the bed jumping on both Alex and Emilia with a handful of toys in his arms.
“Daddy, mommy look what Santa gave me.” Alex slowly opened his eyes with a smile on his face as he saw Aiden’s wide eyes and smile on his face.
“Daddy look.” Aiden shoved a toy is his father’s face the moment he saw them open.
“Oh Buddy it is too early.” Alex rolled over and saw it was 6 o’clock on Christmas day.
“But daddy Santa came and ate all the cookie and milk.” Aiden said exactly and Alex and Emilia couldn’t help, but be excited even if they both just wanted to sleep.
“Come here Aiden.” Alex opened up the bed covers and Aiden jumped in the middle with his toys in his hand explaining what they did. It wasn’t long until Alex and Emilia found not only Aiden in their bed, but Aiden’s ever growing puppy Casper who was happily snuggling into his paws as he fell back asleep.
“That dog is so lazy.” Emilia said as the dog fell back asleep. Alex agreed by humming closing his eyes even though Aiden was chatting in his ear about Santa and everything he knew.
Alex and Emilia managed to stay in bed for another good hour before Aiden was demanding they get up and see that Santa had ben.
“Fine we are getting up.” Alex groaned as he staggered out of bed with Emilia and an overly happy Aiden.
“Hurry Daddy.” Aiden grabbed onto his father’s hand and dragged him downstairs leaving Emilia behind. When they got downstairs Aiden started jumping at all the presents under the tree before showing his father where “Santa” ate all his cookies and milk.
“Mommy look at all the present.” Aiden said as he ran circles around the tree.
Emilia remembered when they set up the Christmas tree on the first day of December and how Casper kept knocking all the Christmas balls off the tree as Aiden laughed and Alex sang loudly to Christmas songs.
“Daddy can we open present.” Alex shook his head.
“Not until after breakfast buddy. Remember we are going to Grandma’s for lunch with Mommy parents.” Alex knew he had to make a small breakfast in order to eat all the food his mother was no doubt going to cook and insist that they all eat.
“Ok fine. Hurry I want presents.” Alex and Emilia laughed as they all went into the kitchen to make a light Australian Christmas breakfast of bacon and eggs.
“Daddy watch Casper.” Aiden said as they sat down for breakfast. Before Alex and Emilia could say no Aiden held a bit of bacon up and they watched as the dog jumped up and snatched the piece of bacon out of Aiden’s hand before running away to eat the greasy bit of meat.
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Perfectly Flawed (re-writing)
Ficción General#4 in General Fiction- Alex has not had the easiest life. After losing the love of his life he was forced to cope with not only her death, but his newborn son that came form that tragic, yet beautiful day. Being a single father is never easy, espec...
