A Claus For Love

A New Home For the Holidays

For an unexpected full-table meal when she thought she'd be eating alone, Beverly enjoyed her time with Bobby and the Clauses, exchanging stories and laughs as they feasted. Once everyone was filled with delicious food thanks to the joint efforts of Mrs. Claus and Beverly, she was about to gather the dishes and take them to the kitchen so she could clean them, but Santa quickly stopped her with a chuckle. After he insisted that Beverly relax since she probably exhausted herself putting it all together, she nodded before gasping when he used his magic to carry the dishes to the kitchen, where the dishes washed themselves in the sink before resting in the dish drainer. 

Seeing how happy Beverly was with Bobby, Santa had an idea come to mind, so he asked Beverly if he could have a meeting with the rest of his family, to which she nodded before going to her bedroom so they could meet without her eavesdropping. As soon as Santa and the other Clauses were done with their brief meeting, Bobby went off to find Beverly before smiling when he found her embracing the giraffe stuffed animal she received for Christmas, giggling like a little kid as she hugged the present she'd wanted since her childhood. With a smile, Bobby told Beverly that Santa had a question for her, to which she nodded before setting down her giraffe and following Bobby to the living room.

After giggling when she saw Santa nibbling on one of her Gluten-Free cookies, Beverly smiled as Santa finished the cookie before standing at attention when Santa started speaking to her.

"Beverly, dear... you have been nothing but welcoming and wonderful to us, both before and after you discovered Bobby's background. I know it might be too sudden for you, but... how would you feel about moving to the North Pole to live with us?"

Beverly couldn't believe her ears at what Santa was saying, and as she tried to wrap her head around such an idea, she immediately started balancing the pros and cons of it. While part of her was worried about leaving her cozy home, another part of her was beyond thrilled to be closer to Bobby, instead of only having him visit once every year. With that in mind, she nodded before clearing her throat.

"Santa? I would love to move to the North Pole and live with you and your family, especially with Bobby. But... how would we pack everything, so you don't make the elves and reindeer worry about how long you've been away?"

With a twinkle in his eye, Santa smiled at Beverly's concern before snapping his fingers and watching as boxes and sacks of her belongings started floating out of the house, and Beverly gazed in awe as the parcels landed safely in the back of the sleigh. It felt like a magical tornado had cleared everything out once the moving and packing was done, complete with all the leftovers in her fridge and her stuffed animals in a toy chest, and Beverly felt a wave of mixed emotions as she looked at her suddenly empty house. Most of her was excited about living somewhere new, but part of her was going to miss her own home, and a tear started to emerge at the thought of leaving. Luckily, Bobby was there to take her hand and wipe her tears away while assuring her that a new home would be ready for her at the North Pole, to which Santa and Mrs. Claus nodded before they helped Beverly climb into the sleigh with them. After letting Beverly meet the reindeer, Santa had her sit in the front of the sleigh before surprising her by handing her the reins, and her inner child emerged as she got the reindeer to start running before they carried the sleigh into the sky. 

Before she could believe it, the sleigh was high above the trees and floating along with the clouds, and the Clauses were thrilled by Beverly's wide-eyed awe at everything. Even though the reindeer were making sure to reach the North Pole as fast as they could, time seemed to slow down whenever Beverly and Bobby glanced at each other, all while Santa and Mrs. Claus smiled at the love story blossoming before their eyes. Thanks to having his own Jingle Bell phone, Santa secretly informed the elves at the North Pole that they needed to build a guest room right next to Bobby's, complete with a door between the rooms for instant access. He was originally thinking of giving Beverly a cottage outside of Bobby's backyard, but since he didn't want to separate the lovers even more, he decided to give her the guest bedroom. While the elves were hard at work on making sure the room was ready for Beverly's belongings, she was both in awe at her surroundings and in love whenever she looked at Bobby, who made sure to give her shoulder rubs in case her arms got tired.

When the sleigh landed on the specially-made runway at the North Pole, the elves and reindeer were delighted to see Santa and his family bringing home a visitor, and Beverly was both surprised and nervous about seeing so many people. Understanding that it might take time for her to warm up to everything, Santa smiled as Bobby walked with Beverly into the Claus' house, where she gasped when she saw the guest room that was made for her. She was about to thank Bobby for his help when her belongings magically started appearing in their proper places, causing her to look on in shock before hugging Bobby tighter out of pure excitement. Not only was Beverly going to be living at the North Pole, but she was going to be spending more time with Bobby Kringle, and she couldn't believe it.

As the two of them were getting ready for bed, Beverly changed into her pajamas while standing behind a changing board that was brought from her home, complete with Bobby looking away for added privacy. Once she left the changing screen in her extra-fuzzy snowman onesie, Bobby smiled at how cute his sweetheart looked before he went into his closet to get his own onesie, and he quickly came back wearing a reindeer onesie. After a shared laugh at their childlike playfulness, Bobby scooped Beverly in his arms and spun around before they fell onto the bed in a heap of joy, and they snuggled up to each other as he pulled the blanket up to their chin. Even though they had never shared a bed before, Beverly had no complaints about her bedmate being the magical & playful son of Santa Claus.