His Forever Flame

53. Christmas & New Years

Mouse had been gone for a couple of weeks and it was almost Christmas. Jay took his week of vacation the week before Christmas and they went to the cabin. Their family was coming up on Friday so they had six days as just the four of them.

It had snowed and the lake was frozen. They bought the twins snow suits and on Saturday after getting everything unloaded, they bundled up and went and picked a tree. While the babies napped that afternoon, Lauren and Jay decorated the tree and made Christmas cookies.

It was the most relaxed she'd seen Jay since Mouse left and she was glad.

"You're staring," he whispered sneaking up behind her.

Lauren giggled and relaxed into his embrace. "You just look relaxed and happy. It makes me happy," she smiled.

Jay softly kissed her neck. "You make me happy," he smiled. After a short make out session, they put presents under the tree.

As they were finishing they heard the twins. Jay loved watching Lauren show them all the Christmas decorations and the tree. The babies were just taking it all in hanging on to mommy's every word.

That night he gave her an early present. He'd gotten "Baby's first Christmas" ornaments for the twins to go on the tree. She loved them. He'd put the twins pictures in them and had their names and the year added to them.

"Oh Jay... it's perfect," she smiled kissing him hard under the mistletoe.

They spent the days at the cabin playing with the twins and getting everything ready for Christmas. The twins loved getting to play in the snow, but hated their snow suits. They took a ton of pictures too, Lauren wanting to remember it all.

Friday morning Kelly and Shay drove up. The twins were excited to see them and play with them. That night Will and Nat joined them. They watched Christmas movies together before going to bed.

Kelly made breakfast for everyone on Christmas Eve. They spent the day playing in the snow and with the babies. That afternoon while the twins napped, Jay surprised Lauren with ice skates. He took her to the lake and they skated together.

It was so fun and romantic skating in the snow. They were both carefree and happy. Shay stood on the porch and snapped pictures of them. To warm up they shared a shower with a heavy make out session.

They stumbled to the bed kissing all over the other as their hands roamed all over. Just as they were sharing a deep kiss, they could hear the twins crying. Lauren let out a soft sigh knowing they were hungry.

"I'll be right back," Jay whispered jumping into some jeans. He went and got the twins while Lauren got comfy in bed.

She nursed them as the twins watched her and Jay. She loved her babies but their timing needed work. Jay softly kissed her cheek as she nursed.

"Tonight, I promise," he whispered in her ear.

Lauren bit her lip and nodded at him. Once the twins were fed they took them out to play. Natalie and Shay had brought a bunch of different finger foods for Christmas Eve night. After they ate, they settled in the living room around the tree for their one present each.

Lauren held Jayla and Jay had Jayden as they opened the twins first present. Jayla got Minnie Mouse and Jayden got Mickey. The twins squealed and played with them loving it. The adults all opened their presents. Jay swore Lauren still got the most excited over Christmas and presents.

That night they curled up in front of the fireplace in their room. Jay had made them a spot with quilts in front of the fire. They slowly and lazily made love to each other basking in the warmth of the fire and the beauty of their partner.

The next morning Lauren was up early as usual on Christmas. Jay had put her to bed last night after she'd fallen asleep and put out the rest of the gifts for this morning.

While she got the twins up Jay set up the camera so they could have plenty of pictures of the twins' first Christmas. Lauren had them dressed in Christmas pajamas and had woken them both up.

She was cooing to them and talking to them as she brought them downstairs. She'd woken the others too. Jay snapped pictures like crazy as she showed them all the presents.

The babies just looked at everything still waking up. Jay chuckled a little, clearly the twins were still half asleep. "Go join her," Shay said shooing Jay away from the camera.

He smiled and went to join Lauren. He took Jayla and they sat down and started opening presents with the twins. They opened all the ones from Santa, from them and from their aunts and uncles. The twins got into it once they fully woke. Jayden loved seeing the new toys and trying to get them, while Jayla loved playing with the paper and boxes. It was definitely adorable and Shay got several good pictures of them.

Once the twins had all their presents opened, the adults opened all of theirs. They all got plenty of good gifts and things that had been on their lists. Overall it was a perfect Christmas morning.

While Lauren nursed, the guys made breakfast. They let the babies play in their seats while they ate. After breakfast they settled in the living room and played with the babies. Mouse called right after lunch.

It was great to hear from him especially since it was Christmas. He told them he missed them like crazy and couldn't wait to be home. The twins babbled to him and they showed him some of the pictures from their morning. He missed home and them, but he was doing what he had to.

That night they went to bed early after their early wake up. The next morning they would be headed home and back to work. Jay wanted to bring her back for new years and Lauren thought it would be perfect.

After a week of work, Jay got off on Friday and they headed for the cabin. They spent New Years eve playing with the babies. Lauren cooked them a big dinner and then they settled on the couch to watch TV.

Like last year they watched the rocking new years eve party, and despite Lauren telling Jay it was ok for him to drink, he still wouldn't drink around her. She thought it the sweetest.

At midnight they shared a passionate kiss full of promise for the new year to come. As long as they were together, everything would be great.