A Christmas Blessing [ COMPLETED]

5.

It's the night of the company's Christmas party and Beyoncé met Shawn at his house. From there, the two will drive together and hope to have a great time together. For Shawn, this is his first staff party he's attending, and Beyoncé would be his plus one.

The entrance to the hotel doors opened up to a booming atmosphere filled with great mixes of old and new school music, and a big dance floor in the center. The outer skirts of the party room aligned with rows upon rows of catered food. Co-workers self-served themselves and stood along the walls to eat and talk amongst others. A few brave ones stepped onto the dance floor to bust a move.

Finding the coat check area and placing the rest of their belongings on an empty table, Beyoncé dragged Shawn to the dance floor. Shawn not wanting to embarrass himself with his two-left feet, carefully moved side to side and let Beyoncé do the real dancing. Once a slow, holiday song came on, Beyoncé wrapped her arms around Shawn's neck as he held her waist firmly. Swaying side to side and whispering sweet nothings to her, Shawn felt that this moment was the right time to ask her.

"Beyoncé you know since you've officially finished  helping me and we've gotten to know each other a little, I was wondering if you would like to go on an official date with me." Shawn asked.

With a smirk spread across her face, she replied, "Thought you'd never ask."

As the party progressed, Beyoncé and Shawn mingled with the staff, and took tons of photos in the booth. Beyoncé even wore reindeer ears before she snapped a pic with Shawn's co-workers Taylor and Justin.

Shawn never thought he'd have so much fun, but he was glad Kelly pushed him to go.
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Christmas Day

"Daddy, daddy it's Chrismas! Get up! Santa left me gifts." Peyton screamed into her father's ear. Shawn groaned and blinked his eyes. "Did you wash your face and brush your teeth first?" He asked. "Yes now you have to do yours. C'monnnnnn daddy! You're waking up too slow." Peyton was an impatient one on this particular day, and all Shawn could do was laugh. After washing his face and brushing his teeth, he tied his robe tighter, and met Peyton at the stairs.

Walking down the stairway, Peyton jumped the last two steps and ran towards the decorated Christmas tree. Because she's the only child, she knew all of the gifts were hers except for the ones wrapped with ribbon and bows for the house staff, and a few adults. Opening her last gift with Shawn cheesing extra hard, Peyton looked down at the gift and smiled. Her last present was from BB. Her BB.

A perfectly wrapped gift in pink, sparkly paper unveiled a limited Barbie Doll edition of director Ava DuVernay. Screaming and jumping up because she really wanted the doll to add to her extensive collection, Peyton wanted to immediately thank Beyoncé.

"Daddy how did BB know?" Peyton asked her father.

"I don't know Princess. Do you like it?" He asked.

"Yes I love it! She's the best. Can we go see her and tell her thank you and take her gift?" She asked.

"Oh yeah we did get her a gift. Later on I'll call to see if we can stop by. Go ahead and finish playing with your toys."

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Christmas dinner

"Hey Nicole is it cool if Shawn and Peyton come over for dinner?" Beyoncé asked her sister-in-law who really became her best-friend over the years. "Girl you know I love company and it really doesn't matter what Anthony thinks. Now what's going on with you and Shawn?" Nicole said smiling.

"See here you go. He was just a client at first, and I guess even a friend now that I'm done working with him." Beyoncé said, placing the  settings on the table. Being a horrible cook, her only task for Christmas dinner was setting the table.

"Well from the one time I met him at church he seemed like a nice guy and maybe you should give him a try." Nicole egged on.

"You think... I mean what if he doesn't like me like that?" Beyoncé said.

"Of course he does! He wouldn't have asked you out to dinner the next day after that party if he didn't. How many more clues do you need Bey?" Rolling her eyes, Beyoncé heard the doorbell ring and went to it. There stood Peyton and Shawn, and she hugged the two.

"BB I got your gift and I love it! Thank you, thank you, thank you." Peyton hugged Beyoncé's waist with all her might, and she hugged back with just as much force.

"You're welcome baby. Glad you liked it. Hey Shawn, Merry Christmas." She said to him.

"Merry Christmas to you too and we got you something." He said. By now, they've made their way to the living room that had the Christmas tree in the middle. Peyton somehow found Mayah's room and started playing their new toys together.

"Aww really. Well I got you something too." Beyoncé said getting up from the couch and bending down to retrieve the present. The two held out their hands and exchanged them. They both opened the packages up, and beamed with delight. Beyoncé had gotten a necklace and bracelet set, and Shawn a new watch.

"Thank you babe! I love it!" Without really thinking about what she said, Shawn went along with the gesture and hugged Beyoncé back.

"No problem and you're welcome. Thanks for mine."

"Dinners ready!"

Everyone came to the table and Anthony said grace before they all dug in. Nicole cooked turkey, ham, Mac and cheese, dressing, green beans, candied yams, and cornbread. Dessert would be a pick of either a slice of pound cake or sweet potato pie. Stuffing their faces and having minimal conversation, the rest of the night was a success.
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New Years Eve 11:57 pm

The countdown for the new year would begin any second now at Shawn's house. Kelly and her husband Tim; Anthony and his wife Nicole; and Beyoncé all  sat in front of Shawn's flat screen TV in the living room. Peyton and Mayah could not hang in long enough to see 2016 arrive. In fact, after the third cup of sparking cider, the two girls were knocked out on Peyton's bedroom floor.

"Okay it's that time." Kelly said and everyone looked at the TV screen to see the countdown begin. Together they counted down.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....HAPPY NEW YEAR!" They all screamed and jumped up cheering. Suddenly every couple embraced their partners in loving kisses, leaving Shawn and Beyoncé standing, looking at each other awkwardly.

"What the hell..." Grabbing Beyoncé's waist to pull her in, Shawn pressed his lips into hers and kissed her passionately. Beyoncé being caught off guard, but fully accepting the kiss, deepened it by wrapping her hands around his neck and opening her mouth, giving him more access. They both smiled as Beyoncé wiped off some of her lipstick from Shawn's lips.

"Happy New Year baby."

"Happy New Year to you too, baby"

THE END!