ғʟᴀᴡʟᴇss [ɢ. ʙʟʏᴛʜᴇ]

8

“I keep hearing that word” he said ”п-пар-парней?” He tried to pronounce it, doing some hand movements. His pronunciation wasn’t the best but it was understandable.

“парней[1]”

“Yeah, what does it mean?” he said innocently

“Nothing important”

“Why?” he said, pouting “can you teach me?”

“What?”

“Russian of course” he didnt want to sound pushy “Or at least some words, it would be interesting”

“Maybe later”

“Fine” he laughed lightly “your family is fun, I don't think I ever had such a lively Christmas as this one- I mean Christmas has always been fun but a Christmas dinner like this one, never.”

“And this one has only been something small and light, because we just move here” he turned to look at her, now they were sitting facing each other, Lelyah had taken off her shoes and was hiding her feet now under her dress, “You’ll see next Christmas, when more family members arrive” they laughed at the thought of it “Darling this is nothing compare to what it's usually like.”

The little nicknames that they would call each other from time to time have become something common, it started when she accidentally called him darling and from then on they have become used to it.

“Well...I guess we’ll have to surpass you with the Christmas panto”

“Oh yeah, how’s everything been? you’re going to work backstage with Bash”

“Well so far everyone’s been getting ready, it seems like the news of foreigners being in Avonlea have spread like wildfire, so they want to give the best performance”

“Well, that’ll work as motivation” they laughed, they talked a bit more, without noticing it was already midnight, the sound of the clock sounded all around the house meaning it was already christmas.

“Merry Christmas, Gilbert”

“Merry Christmas, oh, here” he handed her what seemed like a small box wrapped in paper.

Lelyah took it in her hands and examined it a bit to guess what it was.

She smiled and she leant to kiss his cheek “Thank you, Gilbert”

“You invited me and Bash to join your family, gave us delicious food, and made us feel like we’re family, this the least  I could have done for you.”

“Then you and Bash are going to get surprised in the morning.”

“Wait what? What did you do”

“What did we do” she laughed “it's already too late, I have to blow the candles”

They blowed the candles and she put Gilbert’s present under the tree, they tried to not make much noise while walking upstairs, they talked and giggled quietly and she showed the room he was going to share with Bash, inside there was Bash already asleep and there was another bed on the other side of the room, he opened the door and they heard Bash snore.

“I’m sorry for that.” he said laughing and looking back at bash

“Don't worry, you haven't heard my uncle snoring” and as if he was listening they heard a snore coming from the room in front of them where her aunt and uncle were staying. They tried not to laugh and they said their goodnights. 

The morning came faster than expected. It was probably around seven in the morning when the triplets entered her room to jump on her, trying to wake her up.