Bolt and Penny

Christmas Part 2

As Penny slept peacefully with Bolt in her arms, her bedroom door opened and her mother peeked her head in. Smiling, Penny's mom walked in and shut the door behind her. "Penny, wake up. It's Christmas." Rubbing her face along Bolt's neck, Penny yawned and looked up, blinking sleepily. "Christmas?... Mmmkay.... I'll be up in five minutes." Nodding Penny's mom opened the bedroom door once more and left. Sitting up in bed, Penny rubbed her eyes and looked around the floor for her house slippers. Spotting them, Penny slipped the on and got up. "Hey Bolty, wake up. It's Christmas." Bolt opened his eyes and let out a yawn, stretching out his legs. "Christmas? Okay.... I'm up, I'm up." Wrapping her robe around her, Penny walked to her bedroom door and opened it. With Bolt following close behind her, Penny walked down the stairs sleepily and let out another yawn. "Merry Christmas Penny!" Before the redhead had time to react, a pair of strong arms wrapped  themselves around her in a hug. It was her Uncle Charlie, he must have drove all the way from Sacramento to come see her for Christmas. "Hey Uncle Charlie! I missed you! When did you get here?" Her uncle let her go and looked at her, his handlebar mustache wrinkling into a smile. "Just about an hour ago actually, traffic wasn't so bad. But nothing is too far away for my darling niece." Penny smiled and walked into the living room. Sitting around in a circle on the furniture, was her mom, grandpa, grandma, and her Aunt Denise. Sitting down next to her mom, Penny allowed Bolt to  climb up onto her lap and await her careful petting. "Penny! How're you doing sweetie!?  I haven't seen you since our family reunion in July." Penny smiled widely, "I'm doing fine, It's good to see you again Aunt Denise."  Penny's Aunt nodded and went back to talking to her sister. Looking under the Christmas Tree, Penny saw that there were a few presents underneath it and beckoned to her mom. "Hey mom, I know your catching up with Aunt Denise, but can we open presents now?" Her mom turned to her, "Huh? Oh! The presents! Yeah, go ahead and start opening them! I'll get my camera!" Bolt jumped down as Penny stood up and sat down next to the tree. When her mom was ready with the  camera, Penny began tearing off the wrapping paper of the first gift and smiled happily as a new shirt greeted her eyes. It was a beautiful grey long sleeve shirt, with a picture of Bolt on it. Setting it down in her lap, Penny reached for the next present and began tearing off the red wrapping paper. Once the box was revealed, her face contorted into a surprised look. "Mom, what's this?" Smiling, her mom moved to sit next to her daughter. "That Penny, is a Glock 17 9mm pistol. I knew you were into guns for a while now, so I bought you a new gun and put it in my name." Penny smiled and carefully unlocked the gun case, opening it and picking up the black handgun. Turing it over in her hands, Penny checked the chamber with a click and let the hammer slide back into place. "I think I like it..." 

*Sorry this chapter is so short, I have been really busy with school and the holidays. The next chapter will be much longer. Happy late Thanksgiving. *