Welcome to Nuketown! (On Hold)

Christmas In Nuketown!

You awoke to someone running around the house yelling, "It's Christmas!!".

You sat up and yawned, rubbing your eyes and stretching. After kinda waking yourself up, you wandered into the living room.

"What time is it?" Brady asked drowsily.

"5:20 in the morning." Talon yawned.

"Gillian! You're worse than Bri used to be on Christmas morning!" Blake scolded the blonde.

"Speaking of Bri, where are the love birds? I'd imagine that this racket woke them up too." You walked over to Bri's room and opened the door.

Both Bri and Braxton were still out cold, but also hugging each other like teddy bears.

"Aww, that's adorable!" Gillian whispered. "I'm gonna wake 'em up!" She tiptoes over to the bed side that Bri is laying on and gently taps the woman's shoulder.

"Bri?" She whispers. No answer.

"Briiii?" She says louder this time. "Mmm..." Is all the brunette does to respond.

"It's Christmas, Bri! You've gotta get up!" Gillian shakes Bri a bit to wake her up.

"Christmas? Already?" Bri mumbled.

"Yeah. Aren't you excited?" Gillian asked, concerned.

"What time is it?" Bri groggily asked. "5:25." Blake responded. Bri groaned. "It's too early!" Bri pulled the sheets over her head.

"C'mon Bri, we've been waiting a whole year for this." Braxton spoke softly to her. "I don't wanna." She complained from under the blankets. Braxton looked at the blonde at the side of the bed.

"Throw the sheets off of her." He instructed. Gillian did so as Braxton got up off the other side of the bed and walked to where Gillian was standing.

"Bri?" He said.

"Wha?" Her voice was muffled by the pillow her face was now shoved into. You chuckled at how uncooperative she was being.

"Get up." Braxton told her.

"No."

"Final warning. Get. Out. Of. Bed." The man warned her. You were worried about what he'd do to her.

What could he do to get her up? Jump on the bed? You wondered.

"Never!" Bri yelled.

"Alright, you asked for it." Braxton said before he starting tickling Bri's stomach. "No! No, stop!" She squealed.

"Get up and I'll stop!" Braxton yelled back. Blake decided to join in and tickle Bri's feet. "Ahh!!! Stop it!!" She rolled off the bed and landed on the floor with a thud. "Ow..."

She stands up and flicks Braxton's arm. "Bitch." She mumbles. "Jerk." He says right back to her.

"Let's go see if Santa brought us anything!" Gillian cheered. Bri scoffed slightly. "You still believe in him? What are you, 5?"

"You never knooow..." Everyone left the room and you helped Braxton drag Bri out into the living room.

"I can walk ya know!!" She yelled.

"We do know, but it's more fun this way." You laughed.

You dragged her over to the Christmas tree that was set up, and as soon as Braxton saw it, he ended up dropping her.

"Ow! That hurt!" She complained as she stood up. Her eyes went straight to Braxton to glare at him, but when he didn't look back at her she saw where he gaze landed,

On a beautifully lit Christmas tree set up in the front room, right in front of the window.

When she saw the lights and the greenery, complimented with candy canes, she started to tear up.

"It's...it's beautiful. Did you guys do this?" She questioned while still looking at the decoration.

"Yeah, we all did. We thought it would be a good surprise for you two. It wasn't that diffi-" Bri cut you off by hugging you very tightly.

"Thank you Rookie, really. This is amazing." She said.

"Hey! We helped too!" Brady yelled.

Bri chuckled. "All of you get over here." Everyone tackled Bri in a hug, even Braxton.

"Merry Christmas everyone." Bri said.

"Merry Christmas!" You, along with everyone else, replied at once.

"Now, let's open some presents!" Steel said.

"You guys got presents?" Braxton asked.

"Of course! You can't have Christmas without presents!" Gillian said.

"Actually, you can get no presents but still be happy." Logan stated.

Gillian stuck her tongue out at him and grabbed a package from under the tree. "This is for you Bri." She said as she handed it to her friend.

When Bri opened it, she smiled widely. "A drawing book and pencils? How did you know?" She asked.

"I'm your best friend, and I catch you sketching on the concrete with rocks. I thought a sketch pad would be easier." Gillian answered.

One by one, everyone took turns opening their present.

You and Blake got some money, Hunter got a bow with some arrows, Brady and Logan got matching sweaters, Talon got a new lab coat, Levi got a dog mask, Steel got a teddy bear, Braxton got a knife, and Gillian got...

"A ring?" She questioned. Steel stepped towards her.

"Gillian, I know you don't like me that much anymore, but I wanted to give you a promise ring. As friends though. You probably don't wanna date me again, but I don't want you to be mad at me anymore." He said. Gillian hugged him.

"Thank you Steel."

The rest of the day was spent with everyone messing around with their gifts. You, Gillian, Steel, Blake, and Levi were all talking. Logan and Brady fell asleep on the couch. Bri was outside drawing with Braxton and Hunter, who were testing out their new weapons.

This was not a normal Christmas, this was Christmas in Nuketown!