Fourth of July

Chapter 26

There's a totally cliche high school party going on next door with loud music and drinking and smoking weed and I'm here playing fortnite and writing fanfiction

Literally even my mom is there and she's texting me telling me every time she sees one of my old elementary school friends high or drunk I'm such a loser I love it

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"And then Santa comes and put presents under the tree for me?" Gee asked.

"Yeah, you've been such a good boy you get so many nice presents," I said.

I tucked him into bed, kissing his forehead.

"Daddy, it's cold in here," he said.

"Alright, I'll turn the heat up," I said. "You just need to get some sleep now."

"I can't, Daddy, I'm too excited," he said.

He kicked the blanket off, getting up to go run around the house. I sighed, letting himself tire himself out. Soon he fell asleep right on the living room floor. I smiled, carrying him upstairs. I tucked him into bed and went to my bedroom, quickly falling asleep.

The next morning I could hear screaming all around my house. I yawned, burying my face into the pillow. Gee came and jumped on my bed, accidentally jumping on me multiple times. He shrieked, pulling the blanket off me.

"Santa came!" Gee screamed.

He tried pulling me out of bed and I groaned. I stood up and smiled when I saw his Christmas nightgown, which matched my own Christmas pajamas. We went downstairs and I smiled at the presents underneath the tree.

"Daddy, what are the boxes?" Gee asked.

"These are presents," I said.

I handed him a box, helping him open it. Gee screamed when he saw the toy blocks inside. Jamia walked in and smiled.

"Jesus, I could hear the screaming from down the street," she said.

"Gee is excited," I said. "You wanna help us open gifts?"

She smiled and nodded, sitting beside us. I looked at her reindeer pajama pants and plain t-shirt as I smiled.

"Cute pajamas," I said.

She smiled, picking up a box.

"Are these all for him?" She asked as she handed it to him.

"Yeah, Santa got them for him," I said.

"That's adorable," Jamia said.

Gee screamed practically every single time he opened a present. I went into the kitchen, going to make some pancakes. The other two came in and Gee wanted to put on the new dress I got for him. Jamia helped him change into it and I smiled as I watched them. He had on a pink and white dress with so many ruffles and bows it almost seemed absurd.

"This is a nice dress, it looks a little out of your price range, though," he remarked.

"Yeah, my parents kinda picked it out and helped to pay for most of it," I said.

"It looks adorable," Jamia said, kissing his cheek.

I cooked for us before we all sat around the table.

"I want you to be very careful, Gee, I don't want you getting the dress dirty," I said.

Gee nodded, pouring half a bottle of syrup on his plate.

"Daddy, I'm thirsty," Gee said.

I went up, pouring him a sippy cup of juice.

"What do you want, Mia?" I asked.