"I can't believe it is Christmas eve tomorrow" I said to Jon as we wrapped the last of the presents for Christmas day at his mom's house. "the year has gone so fast"
"It did go pretty fast." Jon agreed. I put the wrapping supplies away and the two of us called it a night, stopping to check on Emma who was fast asleep. We said our goodnights and he headed up to bed and I headed back to the room emma and I shared to go to sleep.
Christmas Eve day was a flurry of last minute activity, and fun as Danny, Donnie, and Joey Joe stopped by to see Emma and wish us a Merry Christmas. After they left, We all got ready and headed to Christmas Eve mass--Emma looked absolutely adorable in her red velvet dress with the white sash at the middle that tied in a bow, Red velvet bow in her hair and white tights and little black patent leather shoes.
Jon wore dark slacks and a beautiful dark green sweater. Jon told me I looked pretty as I was wearing a black velour skirt and a cranberry colored sweater, and left my hair out of its normal ponytail and had done my make-up.
Emma was asleep by the time mass ended and slept the whole way home. However, she woke up as we pulled in the garage, so we got her in her pajamas and played with her for awhile after we changed clothes ourselves and were in our pajamas, once she got sleepy again, we put out milk and cookies for Santa and put her to bed.
We stopped by the stairs as we did every night and said goodnight and shared a sweet kiss..
Christmas Morning we awoke to light snow falling and Emma babbling --all before 6am. I got up and pulled my robe on and went to see Emma. As I changed her and talked to her, a sleepy Jon poked his head in the room and yawned "it had better be later than it feels!" then he gave us a tired smile and laughed as he stretched.
"Merry Christmas Emmie!" Jon said as he scooped her up while I washed my hands. "mer kismis" Emmie giggled and clapped.
Jon stopped with her next to me and said "Merry Christmas Chrissy." as he leaned over and we shared a sweet kiss. "Merry Christmas Jon." I replied as the three of us headed to the living room.
Jon and Emma plugged in the tree while I got the video camera ready and grabbed the camera. "Hang on a second, the phone message light is blinking" I said puzzled as to who would have called so early--especially on Christmas Morning!
I checked the message, and it was a nasty one from my mother demanding to know what time "you and that gigolo will be at the airport with My baby!" "you can't keep her from me-- not at Christmas, not EVER!! "he's got you brainwashed and if I have to I will take custody of Emma and make DAMN sure her real father --Jake gets to see her and that you, and ESPECIALLY that bastard you are with never see her again!!"
I pulled the tape recorder from the drawer and recorded the message just as I had with every other one she had left, fixed the tape so it couldn't be recorded over, labeled it with the date and time and stuck it in the drawer with the other 6 tapes and several letters she had sent.
"That is sooooooo not the way I wanted to start my Christmas morning!" I grumbled coming back into the living room.
"you know who?" he said quietly I nodded "she called us a bunch of names, demanded to know when we'd be at the airport with Emma, and threatened to take her from us!" I said softly "she claims you are brainwashing me and that she we'll make sure her real father Jake gets to see her all the time, and that we'll never see her again!"
I wiped a few tears after telling Jon what she said. "she is a total mental case! He said quietly as he hugged me close. "she will NEVER EVER get her hands on our daughter and break us apart!" he said " and that's a DAMN promise!"
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A Second Chance at love
FanfictionJon and Chrissy had dated his high school, but were driven apart by vicious classmates... this is the story of what happened when they were given "A Second Chance at Love"
