University Life - School, Friends, Relationships

Christmas/New Years # 2

This chapter will have things in current time plus also Imaginations of how life could be different. This chapter will also have 5 different parts, one for each couple (Spoby, Haleb, Ezria, Emison, and Jason/Kayla)

Also Multiple POV's in this chapter. I apologize in advance because this is an extra long chapter.

Part 1 Spoby 

*Friday December 11th* 

Toby's POV

Thinking back to last year at this time I know this Christmas will be much better for Spencer and I. Last year I was in the hospital because I was shot. I wanted to help people but I had to take a few months off work to recover. Spencer was stressing out and we were fighting. 

This year I am doing the shop with a hero program through LAPD and LAFD. I would be taking a kid shopping so they can get Christmas presents for themselves and family members. Spencer was helping me and by special request we are helping my former partners wife kids. She has twin daughters that are now 8 years old and twin sons that are now 7 months old. Spencer and I are are on way to Target with the twin girls.  We just picked them up from the house they live in.

"Thank you so much for doing this. Without you my girls wouldn't get Christmas presents this year." She said

"Say bye to your mom girls." I said

"Bye mom, Love you." Both girls said

"What do you girls want?" Spencer asked

"Barbie dream house, littlest pet shop." Both girls said

"We will get that but we also have to get something for your baby brothers." I said

"Don't forget their mother Toby. I think the girls should pick a Christmas gift for her and so should we." Spencer said

We got to Target and the girls ran to the toy area in the store. Spencer followed them and I stayed behind because I trusted Spencer to keep an eye on the kids.

I knew the twins mom was having money problems even though she didn't want to admit it directly to me. A few weeks ago she called Spencer asking if we could help her. She told Spencer that the money she was supposed to get from the state because of what happened last year to her husband fell through. She was a teacher and lost her job do to budget cuts so now she is unemployed. 

I thought what if Spencer and I had kids and we couldn't afford to buy them Christmas presents

Toby's Imagination (This doesn't actually happen)

Christmas this year wasn't even going to feel like Christmas. Spencer and I didn't even have a tree up in the living room this year. We didn't know if our 5 year old daughter Mia was going to have anything to open up on Christmas morning. Spencer was right we would have been better off  giving Mia up for adoption when she was born. At the time Mia was born Spencer was 17 and I was  18. Spencer's parents had kicked her out and took away her trust fund. Spencer somehow managed to finish high school and get a 2 year degree from Rosewood Community  College. I finished high school but got a job instead of furthering my education. Spencer was working from home part time and a full time stay at home mom because we couldn't afford to pay for child care. We had a small house in Rosewood. It was one floor with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. We had a small basement with nothing but a laundry room and a small storage area.