I fucking love Christmas
The one day where nobody has to work, a chance to open gifts, laze around all day and be with family. I was so happy when my best friend said that she'd be hosting christmas this year because it meant that I didn't have to plan anything, all I had to do was turn up on Christmas Eve. Although knowing Indiah she'd force me to cook with her but you know what, it's always a vibe so I don't mind.
"You gon get me in trouble", I say amused
"For what?", My husband replies defensively
I turn my head to face him and he plants a soft kiss against my lips, "You know exactly what"
His fingers slip past my panties, "You're already soaking wet, let me sort you out"
I smile a little, "Don't tease me and start something you can't finish"
"Oh I'll show you what finishing is", He says against me
I hum with content as his fingers play around with my clit before soon starting to rub the folds of my pussy. Xavier's neck kisses were so warm and pleasuring, he never misses my sweet spot. "Yup. This is why I love Christmas" I murmur while wrapping my arms around him with closed eyes
A knock sounds at the door, "I swear. Ya'll better get your asses up" Indiah voices from the other side
"Yeah we're coming!", Xavier calls out
"No I think you're tryna make Ree come-
I gasp, "Indiah!"
"What? You're silent and shit, it's a dead giveaway"
"Mommy!", Zamirah calls out
My eyes widen as I sit up a little, "Dee you better give my daughter ten dollars for swearing in front of her"
"What's a four year old gonna do with ten dollars?-
"I'm four and a half", Zamirah corrects
Xavier chuckles
"Daddy can you hurry up so we can open presents?", She asks after hearing her father
"Sure baby I'll be down in a bit"
"Yay!", Her footsteps descent as she sprints away and I heave a sigh as I look towards my husband
"Cuddle time over"
He sucks my wetness off his fingers, "Don't worry we'll get time later-
"I wanna see you downstairs in five minutes!-
"We get it"
After we brushed our teeth we eventually made our way downstairs, where the rest of our family was. The amount of gifts under the damn tree was more than I could count, understandably so considering that the other Campbell's and their kids were also here.
I wipe my eye whilst yawning as we enter the living room, the house was loud. There were kids everywhere filled with excitement over all the gifts. I'm honestly surprised that none of them have disobeyed us and opened them by now.
Lyric immediately raises his hands towards me after noticing me and I smile whilst lifting him up. "Morning baby"
"Hi mommy", My two year old smiles as I place kisses across his face. Then of course he reaches towards his dad who happily takes him from me.
"Morning little man"
"Toss toss", He requests
Xavier throws him in the air a few times and our son giggles happily as he shouts, "Again!"
"Shhh, inside voice remember"
"Shhh", He copies his father
I head over to the living room before collapsing onto the couch next to my brother in law. Malik looks at me amused as I lie on his shoulder, "Nice lie in?"
"Pfft, was about to be until your sister interrupted"
"Ya'll play too much"
Xavier and I have been labelled the rabbits of the family and you know what at this point I'll accept that award.
I gesture to my husband who is stood nearby with our son, helping him put his mini durag on. "Have you seen that man? Literal definition of perfection, he became sexier when he became a dad-
"You're something else"
"Just saying", I defend
All the kids were gathered around the Christmas tree, waiting patiently for us to give them the word. Zamirah and Naomi -Indiah's daughter- would not stop shaking the damn gifts, because they can't read yet they didn't know which was theirs.
"Mimi", Kai warns his daughter
"I wanna open", She fusses
"Can we?", Tariq asks Zoe and Malik
"Wait for aunt Dee", She answers
Indiah was making breakfast with Layla, hence why we were all waiting, but eventually they stopped to come join us and each of us sat with our children by the tree. Zamirah sat on her dad's lap whereas I carried Lyric, there's about to be a whole load of mess with all this wrapping paper.
"Can I open it?", She asks excitedly
Zay nods with amusement and our daughter immediately starts tearing off the wrapping paper. I kid you not as soon as she caught sight of the pink packaging she let out the biggest squeal and started bouncing happily, I close one eye in reaction to the loudness but I can't help the smile that she brought upon my face.
"A pink scooter!"
This child would not stop going on and on about that damn scooter, every second it was mommy please can I have a scooter please can I have a scooter.
Zamirah hugs her father happily before then wrapping her free arm around my neck, "Thanks mommy and daddy"
"You're welcome baby"
"You're welcome"
She got a moana doll and a few other bits from her aunts and uncles but she mostly cared about the scooter.
"Mimi look at my scooter!", She attempts to lift up the box but fails drastically. Instead her cousin shows her the purple scooter that she received and they both dance happily, it was really cute honestly.
"Aw now they twinning", Indiah watches them in awe
I'm glad that my one wish came true, the fact that Dee and I have daughters the same age who aren't only best friends but cousins too is a full circle moment.
I hear an excited gasp come from Michael, just as I suspected it was the gift I had bought him. "No way!"
Now Michael's only eight but trust me when I say that he is phenomenal at ice hockey for his age, it's literally his favourite hobby. "What is it", Kaian peeks over his shoulder curiously
"He signed the jersey and the puck", My nephew whispers still frozen in shock
Zion and Layla continue to film their son with a smile on their face, knowing how much the gift means to him. Immediately, Michael knew it was from me and came to give me an appreciative hug, "Thanks aunt Ree"
"You're welcome sweetie"
Of course I had to pull a couple strings and get his favourite player from his favourite team to sign a jersey and a puck for him, my uncle Cole helped with that.
"Thank you", Layla mouthed to me. I winked in response
Once the kids were done opening all their gifts us adults sat on the couch so that we could open ours, us women had our glasses of wine on standby
"Aww baby you didn't", Xavier got me the exact Dior tennis bracelet that I had been eyeing for quite some time
"How did you know?"
He just points to his brain as I hold his face for a kiss, "Thank you. I love you"
That gift was followed up by a few more designer gifts from him, but what had me intrigued was the final present.
"He's tryna make us look bad", Kaian jokes
"What is it?", Zoe asks curiously
I take the lid off of the box before gaping and turning to him, "For real?"
I spy two plane tickets
"For real", My husband confirms with a smile
I pick them up excitedly, "I'm going to the Bahamas bitchessss!!!"
"Damn Zay". His brothers say surprised
I am beyond excited, visiting the Bahamas has always been on my bucket list and on top of that I get to go with my husband. I call that a win.
"She too excited", Malik says amused
I sit on my husbands lap as I celebrate, "Ya'll enjoy Washington"
My best friend playfully snatches the tickets, "Girl we will. When's the flight for?"
"March", I answer before kissing Xavier's cheek
"And I get to be with my husband without no interruptions. Sex all day and all night, food all day and night, activities all day"
Xavier chuckles at my excitement, "I know that's right"
I know I sound like an excited kid but I definitely deserve this break, I've been working hard all year.
"You deserve it", Zoe smiles
"We better prepare ya'll, they're gonna go create baby number three whilst they're away"
"We just might", I say whilst tossing Indiah her gift
She immediately gushes once all the wrapping paper has been torn off, "Oh my gosh it's beautiful"
"Why are you feeding this habit of hers again?", Malik asks me
"Hush", She silences him and I smile
"I take it you like it"
"I love it and it's going straight into my collection, thank you"
Everyone has their own thing that they like to have a collection of, whether it's shoes, or beanies, for me it's perfume and for Indiah it's purses. So of course I had to go and get her the Prada bag that was on her wish list.
"You're welcome"
Everyone loved the gifts that we had bought for each other. The kids were all still playing with one another and for a moment us couples had some time to ourselves.
"You like your gifts?"
"Love", My husband confirms before kissing me appreciatively
"And I love you", I return whilst finishing my wine
"You're really loving that roÅe too", He says amused
"I was serious about relaxing today, it's only a matter of time before Indiah gives me something to do", I lie my head against his as he holds my hand
"As you should, you've been working so hard. I'm proud of you"
I smile a little, "Thank you my love"
"Anytime"
Being a lawyer is not an easy job at all, it requires a lot and honestly looking back I admire my dad so much for owning a law firm. That man never complained.
"Did you call your parents?"
"Mhm. They're having a nice time in Barbados with the kids, said we should go see them for new years"
"Mirah really misses them"
I smile as we watch our children, "Yeah she was telling me last night"
Speaking of our daughter, she's currently walking over to us whilst holding her brother's hand. "Daddy can we build my scooter today?", She asks hopefully
Oh lord its started
I look at her father with amusement, "Yeah Zay can she?"
"I'll tell you what as soon as we get home I'll put it together. We don't wanna ruin aunt Dee's house"
We both know that if she starts using it now she won't get off of it, there's also a possibility she'll get too excited and accidentally break something.
Our daughter pouts
I point at her playfully "Hey, save the pouting. Its your daddy's weakness"
I taught her about the pout when she was three but it is only to be used in reasonable situations, such as wanting takeout.
"It is not my weakness", He defends
I pat his hand, "Yes it is"
"You hungry?", I then ask Lyric
He nods and I hold his hand whilst getting up, "Come, let's get you some waffles"
"How come you have so many presents?", My daughter asks whilst following along
"Because December is mommy's birthday month"
"Pouting is not my weakness", My husband lets me know again
"Whatever you say babe"
Everyone else was already sat at the table and plating food for their kids, of course Zamirah ran over to Naomi so that she could sit beside her. Before I even had my pick on what I wanted I made sure to sort my children out first, Lyric eats less so I started with him.
"Mommy I want the pink one", Zamirah protests as I pick up a white plastic plate for her
"There's none left"
"Please? It's not fair"
Kids seem to only focus on their requests sometimes, they don't care if what they want isn't available. They'll still expect you to find a way.
"You already have a pink cup Mirah, that's enough for now"
"But Mimi has a pink plate too-
"Do not start", Xavier warns her
She frowns as she sits back in her seat silently, then her eyes start to water. I'm not putting up with the temper tantrums today, "You can sit there and sulk whilst everybody else eats. You're choice"
Indiah crouches down beside my daughter, speaking to her with a soft tone. She sniffs whilst wiping her eyes and nodding at her aunt, I don't know what was said but it seemed to have settled her for now.
"Here look, I'll even give you some extra syrup ok?"
"Ok", She mumbles before eventually picking up her fork
"What do you say?", Her dad reminds her
"Thank you"
"You're welcome baby", Dee replies before going back to her chair
"We toasting or what?", Layla says amused
Zoe nods whilst chewing and lifting her glass of wine, everyone eventually does the same and the kids also mimic us with their little cartons of juice. Zamirah had cheered up by now.
"Cheers to another successful christmas and many more to come", Kaian voices
"You're so corny", His best friend snorts
"Oh you got a better one?-
"Course I do-
"Go on then you fucker-
"Boys", Indiah and I both interrupt
"You needa clean that mouth with a bar of a soap", Zoe says whilst covering her son's ears
"Ma, I'm a big boy", Tariq fusses whilst moving her hands away
"I don't need you hearing them cuss words-
He chews on a piece of bacon, "Daddy cusses all the time"
"Snitch", Malik name calls
"How about we stop talking about cussing in general?", Zion suggests
"Yeah sure, as soon as Kai gives all the kids a dollar for swearing", I agree
"Auntie Dee owes me ten dollars too!", Zamirah remembers
"Good point baby girl. Indiah?", Xavier says expectantly
"Oh don't worry Mirah you'll get your ten dollars"
"I want money too", Mimi calls out
"Money!", Lyric copies
"You know what why don't we all eat and then we can talk business later", She says amused
I love my family
"Twenty dollars for whoever can scoff their eggs down the fastest", Malik challenges his nephews and nieces
Zoe tuts at him with amusement
"Now hes gon and started a war"
"If they choke it's on you"
"They'll be fine"
I eventually take a seat beside my husband as he scans me from head to toe, he always has that you look so beautiful stare that I can never get tired of.
"Yes?", I say amused
He takes my hand whilst using the other one to eat, "Nothing you look pretty"
"Thank you"
Just like the kids, right now I'm eager to start eating. Everyone knows how much I love food, my cravings intensified when I was pregnant and my hormones were absolutely crazy. I honestly don't know how Xavier put up with me during my second pregnancy, I was sending him on many different errands just to get the food I wanted whether it was Mexican or something as simple as donuts, sometimes I'd get real mean when I was hungry. But despite it all he remained very patient with me, especially in that damn delivery room when I told him I hated him.
Lyric caused me stress and stretch marks but the minute I saw his face it was a reminder that it had all been worth it. Immediately after that I started crying and apologising to Zay for how mean I was, I kept telling him that I loved him but he simply chuckled and assured me that he loved me too and it was ok.
He is the greatest husband and father anyone could ask for.
A/N
With love,
xoxo-LRð©·