Swanson Farms

Chapter 24

After the events Seth performed in he came over to the bake tent and helped me sell while my Aunt went to go and get some lunch. Fortunately the bake crowd had died down now that the barbecue tent was open. I sat in one of the lawn chairs with Bailey in my arms while Seth sat beside me, his hand holding mine.

"So what would you like for Christmas?" I asked him and he shook his head,

"Nothing, I've already got everything I could ever need right here." I grinned and leaned over to kiss him softly,

"You're too sweet." He chuckled and kissed me again,

"I've already got your presents, I bought them the weekend we went to Mapleville while you and Jackie were shopping for clothes for Bailey."

"You did?" He grinned,

"Yeah, I knew back then you weren't going anywhere and I wasn't going to let you leave."

I grinned and kissed him again and Bailey squealed, playing with her toy. Seth picked her up and pretended to eat her stomach and she squealed loudly.

The rest of the event went perfectly, one of the younger less fortunate teenage girls in town won the fifty fifty raffle which ended up help her with her dream of becoming an English rider, so Jessica (the girl that won) and her Mom talked to Jackie and managed a payment schedule so Jessica could start riding.

We dropped Mom and Dad off at home before going home as well. Bailey was sleeping so I tucked her in while Seth was downstairs pouring us a glass of wine. When I went downstairs I saw that Seth had a bowl of popcorn ready, Netflix on and two glasses of wine on the table.

"You know how to please a girl," I said grinning, sitting down beside him. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and kissed my head,

"About Christmas gifts Charlie, I'm serious. I don't want anything other than you and Bailey."

"Well you've already bought me a gift so I'd like to get you a couple things to open on Christmas silly."

"What are your family's traditions on Christmas?"

"Well... Christmas Eve we open up a gift or two, usually it's a new Christmas sweater, then we take a new family photo and Mom sends it to the family, Dad makes potato skins and Jackie makes some fried chicken breasts, and we watch Die Hard and Elf. This year since Jackie and I moved out Mom wanted us to stay the night so on Christmas we can spend the day together." He smiled,

"That sounds nice..." He said, wrapping his arm around me.

"Mom asked me today if you'd be coming..." I said, looking up at him, and I saw a grin cross his features,

"I'd absolutely love that Charlie." Immediately following those words he leaned down and kissed me.

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Christmas Eve came quicker than I thought it would, but the gift's I ordered for Seth came in and they were perfect. I was loading them into a couple bags while Bailey napped, Seth was in the kitchen making trail mix for everyone tonight. Mom assured us she had enough pillows and we didn't have to bring anything but we were still bringing an extra pillow or two. I was thankful that my old bed was a queen, that way Seth and I could sleep comfortably. Despite what a lot of people think, the only time I'm actually sleeping in Seth's embrace is when I'm falling asleep, then I sleep on my side with a body pillow and Seth sleeps on his stomach, in a half starfish position. He finished making the trail mix and put in into separate containers, filling another shopping bag with it. He kissed my cheek and started to load things into the back of my truck while I went into Bailey's room and started to pack her a diaper bag, getting her dressed in her Christmas one piece, changing into leggings and my Christmas sweater. Seth had ordered one the night I told him we wear Christmas sweaters for the family picture even though I was sure he was going to get at least one tonight when we opened up the gifts.