Escape from Tragedy

Chapter 36: Stockings

I slept in today until tweleve-thirty, I got up and went to the bathroom to shower and freshen up, once I was done, I came out the bathroom and got dressed into a pair of black high waist leggings, a white bralette and a lavender grey over sized soft sweater, I put on a pair of reindeer socks. I brushed my hair and put some argon oil in it, I let it hair dry and went downstairs to see what everyone else is doing.

Coming down the stairs, Christmas music is playing, Lucas is playing with Max, Max is loving the attention.  Alessandra, Aunt Debra, Aunt Molly and Grandma are in the kitchen making something.

"Hey, where is everyone?" I asked them as I made a cup of tea.

"They went to the town to go get last minute stuff that they needed, and what we needed." Aunt Molly told me.

"Oh okay, what are ya'll cooking?" I asked them as I sat down on one of the stools.

"We are just preparing everything for tomorrow" Aunt Debra told me.

"Can you put the stockings up, I totally forgot to put them up" My grandma asked me while washed some apples.

"Yeah" I said getting up and going to the basket that held all the stockings. "Alessandra, are yours in here too?" I asked her.

"yeah" She said.

I went by the fireplace, I stuck the hooks, under the garland, since there is a lot of us, I had to put  some hooks on the side of the fireplace. I placed all ours in once pile and then Logan's family in one, I started hanging up the stocking, mixing them up. I grabbed Lola stocking, and hung hers next to Sophia. I went to grab another stocking, and its my mom's stocking.... I stood there holding it, I looked down its my dads, and Ethan's... I held them all together, I couldn't help but silent cry, a tear slipped out and fell onto my dads stocking. I miss them so much, this completely suck that they aren't here to enjoy this fun holiday... It sucks because its my fault...

I wiped away the tears and placed their in the middle together. They were the last ones to put up and I stood there starring at it... I miss them so much..

"Here honey" My grandma said handing me a fresh cup of hot tea.

"Thank you" I said wiping the tears away.

"They are with you, in here" She said pointing to my heart and then walked away.

I took a deep breath and exhaled, I took a sip of my tea and let the hot tea sooth the knot in my throat. I went and sat down in the kitchen listening to their conversation, about their husbands. Lucas and Lilly are starting to get fussy, and Alessandra was in the middle of peeling some sweet potatoes. I went and got Lilly and Lucas bottles, warmed them up real quick. I picked up Lilly from her bassinet and had Lucas come and lay on my leg as he drunk his bottle. I put on a Disney movie,  for him. He twirled my hair in his hand, as he started to fall asleep. Lilly drunk her milk, her big dark brown eyes watching me. Once Lilly was done drinking her milk, I burped her real quick. I placed Lilly back in her bassinet so that I can take Lucas upstairs to his bed, which I did and made sure the baby monitor is facing him, I grabbed the other one and took it downstairs. I grabbed Lilly and went upstairs to Lola's room to change Lilly, she has milk all over her clothes. I found her little suitcase and changed her diaper, put a black and grey onesie on her and the matching bib. I picked her up, as we went downstairs, everyone came back with tons of stuff.

"hey!" They said as they rushed to the kitchen with the bags.

I followed after them and sat on one of the stools with Lilly, watching everything.

"How was she?" Lola said me.

"Good, she just got done eating, I changed her diaper and clothes. Lauren, I put Lucas down for a nap, he is upstairs" I told them.