Syvie's pov
"Hey Tay sweetheart time to get up Casey will be here soon." I say. "Mommy I'm still tired." She says to me. "well then I guess you'll miss out on the Christmas window displays downtown." I say as I turn to leave. "Wait Mommy I'm not tired I'll get dressed." She says "that's what I thought. I put your clothes over on your art table. Dress warm, its cold out. It may even snow later. I'll go make your breakfast. Come to the kitchen when you're done" I say "okay mommy I will" she says with a smile. I leave her to get dressed while I make her breakfast. About 10 minutes later tay comes running down the hall. I love hearing her pitter patter of her feet on the floor. "all ready Mommy" she tells me. "I see that. Come eat I got you out your cereal and a banana." I say. Halfway through breakfast the door bell rings. "It's Casey. I get it I get it." Tay says excitedly getting up from the table. "Ah wait finish your breakfast please."I say "but Casey's here" she says. "Fine get the door then you have to finish your breakfast please." I say as I follow her to the door. "Morning Casey" she says as she opens the door and practically nocks him over with a bear hug. "hey monkey good morning." Casey says hugging Tay back. "Go finish your breakfast so we can leave monkey" I tell her. "Casey will you come sit with me while I finish eating." Tay asks "sure monkey" he says "yay" she says excitedly "morning Syl" he says as he leans in to kiss me. "morning Case" I say kissing him back. "what's for breakfast?" he asks Tay "fruit loops and banana" she says. "coffee?" I ask Casey. "Yeah, to go would be good" he says. I pack up to coffees to go and finish getting Tay ready. About 15 minutes later we are ready to go.
Caseys pov
We just left Sylvie's place and are heading to the train station. It's so nice that the train stop is right outside her apartment complex. "When's the train coming?" Tay asks "soon sweetie about 5 minutes or so." I say "Mommy can we sit on the top level please." She says to Sylvie. " I don't see why not." Sylvie says. "yay Casey we get to sit up on the top." She says excitedly. "I heard monkey that's really cool." I say. The train starts to arrive. "I see the train look here it comes. Here it comes" Tay says with excitement. "Yes monkey it's coming please stay by me and Mommy. We want you to stay safe." I say. Tay takes my hand as we board the train. "Remember I wanna sit up top" she says with a smile "I remember sweetheart. Let's head up the stairs over there." I tell her. "This is so cool Mommy I can see out the window. We are so high up." She says. "That we are monkey." Sylvie says. The train makes a few stops before we reach Union station. Tay looks so excited to see the windows all decorated. Truth is so am I. Sylvie and I both did this as kids. The decorating of windows for Christmas in Chicago has been going on since 1897. We would also go to Marshall Fields and see Santa. Now days instead of Marshall Fields it's Macy's, but it's still just as magical as ever. "Come on guys let's go." Tay says as she drags us by the hands to start our adventure. "We are sweetie." I say "Mommy Mommy look at this window. It's Pinocchio. I see Pinocchio" she says excitedly.
Sylvie's pov
"Yes it is Pinocchio. He's dancing." I say "let's go to the next window and see what's there." Casey says "okay" Tay says with excitement. "She's so excited I'm so glad we are keeping this tradition going. Thanks for coming with us." I say to Casey. "It was my tradition too so I'm happy I get to continue it with you and Tay." He says as he leans into kiss me. I lean into him and rest my head on his shoulder watching Tay enjoy the excitement of Christmas. "Look look this window has frosty. He's my favorite" Tay says with a smile. "he's mine too" Casey says "really, he is" she says with surprise. "Sure is" he says to her. "Look at this window it's got Santa and Mrs. Claus." I say to her as she lets go of my hand. "Ah stay close please" I say to her. "I just wanna get up and see the window better." she says. "hey monkey I'll pick you up and put you on my shoulders so you can see better. How about that?" Casey asks. Casey picks her up and puts her on his shoulders. "wow mommy I'm so tall." Tay says "yes you are sweetheart" I say with a smile. We looked at a two more windows when we both heard Tay's stomach growl. "Did you wanna go grab some lunch then go back to looking at the windows" I ask Casey? "yeah I think that's a good idea" he says. "hey monkey you ready for some lunch." I ask her. "yep I'm sooooo hungry." She says. "Great there's this diner over there we could eat at. Nat from med says it's really good. She and Maggie eat there a lot." I say "yeah Severide loves that place too. He takes Stella here. Let's go." Casey says "how many" the hostess asks us. "Three with a kids menu please." I say. "Right this way" she says. About 10 minutes later our waiter arrives with our drinks. "What are we having today folks" he asks "three grill cheeses with tomato soup please." I say "coming right up." He says "so how are you enjoying this so far monkey Casey asks. "I love it." She says. "Well Casey and I have one more surprise. After we look at all the windows we are going to see Santa at Macy's." I say "Santa. I get to see Santa. Yay" she says with a smile. "yep what are you going to ask for" Casey says. "hmm I want more art stuff for my table and some games." She says. "Well that sounds good." I say. "Alright folks, here is your food." The waiter says. While we eat we make small talk. We are just about to leave when we run in too Severide and Stella. "hey it's so good to see you. What are you guys up to? Stella asks "seeing the window displays and Santa." I say. "That's so cool well you guys have fun. We will see you at work tomorrow." She says. "yeah good seeing you guys" Casey says as we exit. "Mommy this window has Pinocchio playing in the snow." Tay says as we go back to looking at window displays. "oh and this one has Pinocchio In Santa's workshop. Look Mommy look." She says with a smile as she has her face pressed up against the glass. "We got a few more windows before we head to see Santa." I say. As we finish up looking at the windows we hear a guy on a street corner playing Christmas jazz music on a saxophone. "It's not Christmas downtown without someone playing Christmas jazz music on a saxophone on a street corner" Casey says. "Got that right. I always loved hearing them play when I was a kid. It brings back memories for me." I say. We stay and listen to the music for a little bit then head into the store to find Santa. "Where is Santa?" Tay asks "well monkey I think he's in his workshop up on the fifth floor." Casey says. We head up to the fifth floor and stand in line. "You excited" Casey asks Tay "yes I am I can't wait to see him." She says. The line is a mile long to see the big man in red. It seems like forever to see him. I just hope that Tay can wait that long. About an hour and a half later we reach the front of the line."I see him I see Santa." Tay says as she pulls on my arm. "You're up next" I say as she walks up to sit on Santa's lap. "So little one, have you been good this year?" Santa asks Tay. "I've been very good" she tells him. "Well that's good. What do you want for Christmas?" Santa asks Tay. "I want art stuff like paints and coloring stuff and some new games." She says. "I'll see what I can do" he says with a smile. We take the picture and head out of Santa's workshop. "That was so fun" Tay says. On our way out of the workshop Tay spots this stuffed puppet animal dog. "Mommy Mommy I have to have this dog please." She begs "it's too close to Christmas sweetie" I say. "please Mommy it's all I ever wanted. It's only $20 please" she begs again "how about this. This can be one of my present to you" Casey says. "Really thank you Casey. I love you." She says hugging him which almost brings me to tears. "I love you too monkey" he says hugging her back. We buy the dog and head back to the street to the train station. It was getting dark out by the time we left.
Casey's pov
"so what are you going to name your dog."I ask her. "I was thinking Spot since he has spots all over him." She says. "Well Spot sounds like a great name." I say. As we reach the station Tay is starting to yawn. "You tired monkey I ask her "yeah I am" she says Mommy can you pick me up" she ask. "Sure sweetheart I can" she says as she picks her up. We waited around for 20 minutes before the train pulled in. "Did you enjoy yourself today." I ask Sylvie "I did. How about you" she asks me "I had a blast any day I get to see you and Tay is a good day." I say leaning in to kiss her. I see Sylvie struggling to hold Tay. "Here let me hold her give you a break" I say. "Thanks" she says as I carefully take Tay in my arms. "Here comes the train." she says. We board the train and take our seat. Tay who is clutching her new stuffed dog starts to stir in my arms. So I gently rock her "shhhh go back to sleep" I say as I kiss the top of her forehead. "You're so sweet with her." Sylvie says as she leans her head against my shoulder. I carefully wrap my arm around her. "This is the best Christmas so far. Thank you. I love you." She says. "I love you too" I say as I close my eyes and kiss her forehead. It's a perfect way to end the night with the three of us, my arm wrapped around Sylvie and Tay in my lap fast asleep.
AN: Hey Guys hope you enjoyed this one shot I had fun rewriting it from my other one shot series of Rheese. I loved it so much I made it Brettsey. So a little bit of a back story to this one shot. As a kid I grew up just outside of Chicago for a few years and every Christmas we would take the train into downtown sit on the top level and go see the window displays and hear Christmas jazz saxophone music being played on street corners. The display theme I really remember most was Pinocchio. We would also go up to Marshall Fields and see Santa. That was also the year I bought Spot the stuffed dog. To which I still have this day 22+ some odd years later in a box stored away. I hope you enjoyed this story. As always feel free to vote and comment and leave suggestions. I will try and do either another Christmas one shot or a New Years Eve one shot. What kind of story line would you like for New Years Eve? Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday's