A Jade Christmas

Chapter 9

Jackson woke up, still holding Cade in his arms. He turned over and grabbed his phone from the bedside table. It was 8 am. His tummy suddenly made a deep groaning sound and Jackson realized how hungry he was, since he and Cade hadn't eaten anything other than sandwiches for tea last night. So Jackson got out of bed and sneaked into the kitchen to prepare his and Cade's breakfast. He made scones and the wonderful scent of newly baked bread made its way into Cade's wonderful dream, waking him up.

He felt a bit guilty for being such a sleepy head; Jackson had been making him breakfast almost everyday. It was like they had changed sleeping patterns, but Jackson was feeling so Christmassy-eager, making it impossible for him to stay in bed. Cade put on his robe, still half-asleep, and made his way out in the kitchen in an attempt to help Jackson with the breakfast, but of course the boy was already done. Well at least Cade had been quick enough before Jackson could be an angel and bring him breakfast on bed again.

"Good morning cupcake!" Cade yawned as he sneaked up behind Jackson, giving him a warm cosy hug.

"Well hello snowflake..." Jackson purred back as he turned around to give Cade an Eskimo-kiss. He then pushed Cade backwards across the room, causing him to bump into the table and subsequently fall back on it. Jackson hovered down over Cade and gave him a kiss as he let his hands run over his chest. Cade couldn't help but moan, Jackson's touch was such a perfect tease. His hands were so big and rough against his skin, and he just loved the way Jackson pressed him down on the table with them. But it was nothing more than a tease because Jackson got off the blonde almost before he'd started. Cade groaned in protest, but so did his abdomen and he realized he shouldn't let his lust keep them from their food.

Later, after what must've been almost two hours of stuffing themselves with scones and jam and just sitting and talking about everything between heaven and earth Cade managed to get up from his seat and start with the dishes.

"Thanks babe" Jackson said as he got the rest cleared of the table.

"By all means, this is the least I could do with you making me delicious breakfast every morning." Cade assured.

"I like it! I guess I just really want you to relax..."

"Well if you let me do the dishes from now on I'll be perfectly relaxed." Cade smiled. He knew Jackson would have a hard time letting him; he always wanted to make things perfect, as if he was trying to show he was worthy of Cade's love. Sure, it was kind of sweet but it also got on Cade's nerves; Jackson would always be enough to him, even if he'd just lay down in a couch all day.

"We'll see about that" Jackson said and quickly left the kitchen before Cade could reply. He put on a cardy and some comfortable pyjama pants and walked into the living room, to light a fire and put on Love Actually. He then threw himself down in one of the big armchairs with a little cloth-bag that he had brought with him. This would be his project of the day.

"Are you seriously sitting here knitting?" Cade asked, sounding stunned, as he watched over Jackson's shoulder after walking into the room.

"I guess so" Jackson blushed. "I just wanted to see if I could make a vest or something easy." What he held in his hand was an awkward looking red fumble of wool somehow attached to two sticks and in his lap lay a scrambled instruction paper. To Cade it looked nowhere near the beginning of a knitting. He tried to be positive though, and he did actually recall that his knitting techniques hadn't been too bad when he was in school.

"Hey, mind if I have a go?" He asked. To his surprise Jackson got out two new sticks and some green wool.

"You sneaky..."

"What?" Jackson tried to look innocent. "I brought extra in case I'd want to start with something else..."

Cade just shook his head and smothered a chuckle that was trying to escape him. He knew Jackson too well and cursed himself for not seeing this coming. Now he would have to knit something. But it was all right. He was more skilful than Jackson, which made him feel better about the whole thing. And just sitting down relaxing the entire day, listening to movies and having a snack now and then was bliss. Snack as in jumping on Jackson's lap, peckering him with kisses.