One Thing I Did Right

Chapter Four

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday's y'all, hope everyone is staying healthy and safe out there. This is the chapter that I know most of you guys were wondering if I would do an I am. Welcome to the holiday special: part one everybody! Now enough of my rambling and on with the chapter.

Nicole's Pov

How in hell did December come some fast it feels like it was just fall and now we are shoveling snow and chopping wood all over again for another year. But this year is even more special not that years past hadn't been special, just it is even more so because it's Wyatt's first Christmas and its Mine and Waverly's first Christmas as parents. But in this house who knows how things will go when we deck the halls this year, hopefully it won't be like it was few years ago when people randomly disappeared and Wynonna pulled a Santa a went down the chimney of a pig processing plant which it took Waverly months to get the suet out of the carpets it was also the year that Michelle had come back but as quickly as she returned she disappeared again and that left Waverly a wreck all she did that night was cry as I held her in my arms. Just I hope to all that is good in the universe that this year goes smoothly. Just as I say that to myself I hear the front door fly open with the sounds of grunts and groans behind it I walk downstairs to see Wynonna , Doc and Waverly trying to haul this massive tree through the door . " Ok one damn that is a big ass tree and two where in the hell do you guys think we are even going to put a tree that big?" once they got this huge tree in the door Wynonna looked up at me and with her usual smart ass quip " Bend over and I'll show you" I just rolled my eyes as Waverly swatted Wynonna on the arm telling her to behave and be nice it was Christmas. I know I always say it, but I swear if I didn't know I married an angel I would think that I had.

"Ugh Wynonna push with your legs" I grunt as we try to move the tree "Shut up with your mouth!" Wynonna says groaning on the other side as we finally get this huge ass tree where Waverly wants it after having us moving it almost all over every inch of the living room. "There how's that?" I say looking at my wife who I love to death but currently want to strangle, Waverly examines the tree and looks at Wynonna and I " Well maybe you guys could" is all Waverly can get out before both me and Wynonna look at her with daggering eyes . " Never mind" she says knowing just by the looks on our faces that she is pushing it and she is going to be wearing the menstrua-angel and not the tree if she makes Wynonna push this seven foot monster around anymore.

After a few pruning of limbs and other things one has to deal with when you have a real tree in your house Waverly went to tend to Wyatt while downstairs Wynonna, Doc and I all at once I am not even kidding landed on the couch with exhaustion. " Why did you guys think it was a good idea to get a tree that stinking big" I look over at Wynonna " It was Waverly's idea not mine" just then Doc chimes in " Waverly wanted a grand sized tree on the account that this is young Wyatt's first Christmas with us this year." Just as he said that I felt bad for two reasons one that I wanted to strangle Waverly for making have to lady-handle our massive tree and two I felt bad because this was mine and Waverly's first Christmas with Wyatt and this was Wynonna and Doc's second without Alice and I couldn't help but feel guilt that Waverly and I get all the first with our son that Doc and Wynonna had to miss out on with Alice. Which gave an idea that I would discuss with Waverly later, the day went on and I had gotten all geared up to shovel the snow that had freshly fallen that after noon.

As I shoveled the snow on the walkway next thing, I feel is a snowball hit the back of my head. I turn around quickly looking around, I didn't see anyone, so I went back to shoveling when I was it with another snowball. Turning around quick I try to catch whoever is throwing the snowballs at me " Ok you whoever is throwing snowballs you are not funny " I turn back around and start making snowballs of my own just as I finish I hear foot step crunching in the snow behind me. "not this time" I say to myself; I turn around fast and chuck the snowball in the directions that I heard the footsteps." Gotcha!" as the snowball nails Rachel right in the side. Next time thing I heard is Rachel yell "Ah damn it!" I smirk "don't mess with the number one crack shot out of the police academy kid" I can't help but laugh when I get pegged in the back of the head with another snowball and next thing I hear is someone yell "hey copper pick on someone your own size" and that is when I whip around to see Wynonna and Waverly armed and ready with snowballs in hand . My eyes go wide "oh shit" Rachel and I take off running realizing that we now active snowball fight mode in both Earp sisters. We duck behind the picnic table that we use during the summer as a barrier.

Rachel looks at me as I start making snowballs "Now what do we do?" looking at her with a serious face " We kick some Earp ass" with this wild battle cry Rachel and I start firing off snowballs at Waverly and Wynonna . "Eat snow Earp!" Rachel yells charging on to the small battlefield that is the front yard. "Never Valdez!" Wynonna yells charging towards Rachel they both fire off snowballs as they do Wynonna's zips past Rachels head while Rachel's hit a direct hit in Wynonna's face "Eat snow Earp!" Rachel yells and I can't help but laugh. We have a full-on snow war for the next hour and a half, "You know we beat you both admit it "I say as we walk into the house. "Shut up Haught you did not" Wynonna says following behind me " ok Wynonna whatever you say " I say as I take off my wet coat and other things as I slip off my boots . "You know I'm right" Wynonna says hanging me a beer as we sit at the kitchen table "Ok ok lets call it even agreed" Wynonna nods her head " Deal" we click our bottles together and I take a sip . Later that night I was lying in bed Wyatt laying on my chest as I gently rubbed his back after he had been fed and burped as Waverly comes out of the bathroom " Hey babe I want to talk to you about something" Waverly pulls the covers on her side of the bed down " Yeah honey what is it?" I sit up gently so I didn't disturb Wyatt having finally gotten him to sleep " I was thinking about what to give Wynonna for Christmas this year and I was thinking since the curse is broken and things are more stable now. Maybe it's time to bring Alice home."