Christmas with Queen 2019

Advent Day 23

Cracker - Brian

"Bri, what's up?" I questioned. He has been stressing out all day and he can't even look at me

"N-nothing! Absolutely nothing" He said before walking out of the room we were in

We are at Brian's parents house for Christmas. It's nice to be here and spend time with parent-figures. I never met my parents, I grew up in a children's home. I had met Harold and Ruth many times before but for some reason I was really nervous today. Maybe it was Brian. He's been stressing so much, it's making me a bit on edge.

"Harold can you set up the table?" Brian's Mother asked

"Of course dear" Harold said just as he went to stand up

"No no! Dad sit down, I'll do it" Brian paced through to the dining room. Of course Harold didn't mind one bit.

"What's wrong with him?" I asked Harold in hushed tones

"Not sure love" He shrugged with a big grin on his face

"Alright, I'm just going to check on him" I said as I got up and went to find Brian

"Ok" Harold nodded

He was just walking out of dining room when we came face to face.

"Come with me" I held my hand out

"Uh, ok" Brian took my hand and followed me to the bathroom

I lead us up the stairs and locked the door when we got into the bathroom. Brian perched on the counter where the sink was as I paced up and down the room.

"What's up with you today?" I asked

"Nothing!" Brian defended as he looked down at his shoes

"You can't even look at me Bri, there must be something" I stated as I stopped walking around and stood in between his legs as he was still sat on the counter

"Please don't worry about me. Trust me, I'm ok" Brian moved his hands from my shoulders to my wrists and then back again

I gave him a short kiss on the lips, "I love you Bri, you know that right?"

"Certainly do" he grinned

"Dinner is ready!" Harold called from the bottom of the stairs

"Coming!" Brian shouted

We went hand in hand down the stairs and into the dining room.

"Sit here love" Brian said as he pulled out a chair for me

"Thank you. What a gentleman" I smirked

"Mum this smells delicious" Brian complimented

"Thank you sweetie" Ruth grinned

"Shall we do crackers first?" Harold quizzed with a huge smile

"Oh yes!" Ruth clapped

Brian gave them weird looks before he nodded and turned to me.

"Yours first" He said in a low voice

"Ok" I picked up a lovely silver cracker

Brian pulled one end and I pulled the other. The familiar crack sounded and I saw that I won.

"Yes!" I cheered

I first put the white paper crown on. I looked over to Ruth and Harold. They had done their crackers too. Harold has a purple crown and Ruth has a green one.

"Let's do yours!" I said to Brian

He hesitated for a second but went along with it. We pulled his cracker to find he had a red crown which he placed on top of his curls.

"What gift did you get?" Brian asked

I looked at the little box I got.

"I don't know" I said before I was distracted by Ruth's laughing

She had her joke in her hand, "Who is Santa's favourite singer? Elf-is Presley!" She howled

"I got a good one" Harold grinned, "What do monkey's sing at Christmas? Jungle bells" he chuckled

"Bri, what's yours?" I asked

"See yours" Brian insisted, looking a bit annoyed

I picked up the bit of paper and read it. My jaw dropped and tears welled up in my eyes.

"What does it say dear?" Ruth said knowingly

I looked up to see that Brian was opening the little box I got in my cracker. It unveiled the most perfect golden ring.

"It says 'marry me?'" I was visibly shaking

"So?" Brian tilted his head, "Will you marry me?" He quickly wiped a stray tear

"Yes! A thousand times yes!" I shot off my chair and attacked Brian in a hug

We pulled apart and he put the ring on my finger.

"Where's my Christmas kiss?" Brian whispered in my ear

"Hmm, I don't know. Is it under the tree?" I teased before giving him the most loving kiss ever

"I love you, so so much" Brian smiled

"And I love you even more" I looked at my ring, I couldn't take my eyes off of it

"Congratulations" Ruth said with tears in her eyes

"Welcome to the family" Harold smiled

"Thank you all very much" I don't think I could ever be happier

A/n- sorry this was late!