"Maxie,
Maxie, when are we gonna get a Chrismas tree?" Madri asked suddenly as
Max walked in to her apartment. "Do we need one?" Max replied.
"Course we do. How else would we know its Christmas?" Max frowned.
Aethism was a staple of military super-weapon training, she didnt do
holidays.
Still, they oughta have fun. Books, puzzles, candy, maybe a telescope
or something I can scrounge up.
She checked the date.
December17.
Getting a tree in would be trouble. " I dont think we could have a
Christmas here, Madri, but there is one person with a violation-free
home"
"Hiya."
Max didnt wait for Logan to answer, just ducked down and kissed him lovingly
on the lips. "Hiya yourself. You havent been around lately." he
responded. " The carbon and sugar compounds called my little brother
and sister are a little clingy." She didnt mention Cole had been having
nightmares and Madri got scared if Max wasnt home from work before she went
to bed. "Have you guys decided where to spend Christmas yet?"
Logan asked. Max eyed him warily as she leaned against the console.
"Well, you know I like to cook. You can put the tree in the living room
and listen to the glass shatter when I try to sing, you guys can sleep
over-" Max bolted straight up and opened her mouth, but Logan quickly
said, "I meant in separate
beds, I'm not implying that."
He grinned at her sillily. "You were going to protest, right?" Her
answer was to swat his head.
One
week later.
"Makin
a list and checking it twice, gonna find out whos naughty and nice? Who does
this guy think he is, Logan?"
Madri screeched. Max laughed at that. Logan couldn't
sing, but his cooking made it worth it. Madri found the lyrics of some of
the carols threatening like, "He sees you when youre sleeping, he knows
when you're awake". Some weeks earlier they had found the Eyes Only
stuff. Cole had only said, "Logan has wayyyy too much free time."
"Bedtime, you two." Max announced, stretching. They both
protested. "Cmon, then you can wake me up at the crack of dawn tomorrow
and open presents." She managed to get them into pajamas, but had to
physically carry them into Logans spare room. They settled down fairly
quickly, and Max sat back down next to Logan. "I did get something for
you." Logan said. Max looked at him. "What?" He smiled.
"Grab my hands." She did, but was totally taken by surprise when
Logan stood up. He moved to put hug her. "I wanted to surprise
you." Logan was grinning like an idiot. Max nearly strangled him
hugging his neck so tightly. "Can we open presents since Max got hers
early?" whined a farmilar voice. "Yeah, just as long as you dont
shout gross!" Max replied, kissing Logan furiously. "EWWWW!"
rang out behind them.
