Heyo, human beings from outer space!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!
How early did everyone have to get up this morning? I told the youngest child in my household he wasn't to wake me up until 5:15 AM (last year, it was before 5 that he woke me) and he ended up waking me up at 6, so I was pretty happy 'bout that.
Anyways, I have for you a modern AU, because I love modern AUs like I love my oxygen.
Read on if you dare.
It was Christmas Morning when Ahsoka jolted awake from a pleasant dream to her little brother, Caleb, throwing himself onto her in her bed.
It was Christmas Morning when Ahsoka begrudgingly pulled herself from her warm cocoon of blankets, a surge of excitement scaring off the possibility of any more sleep.
It was Christmas Morning when Ahsoka realized it was hardly five in the morning and she was sitting on the floor playing a slapping game with Caleb.
It was Christmas Morning when Caleb brought in a huge Walmart box and asked Ahsoka to close him inside so he could jump out and scare Obi-Wan and Satine.
"You want me to do what?" Ahsoka stared at Caleb.
"Lock me in the box so I can jump out and say, 'Merry Christmas' and surprise Obi-Wan and Satine," Caleb said. "I have a pillow and I'll be sitting like this so I can jump out." Caleb demonstrated the balled-up position he wanted to be in.
"How about you wait a little on that?" Ahsoka said. "It's still really early and I don't think Obi-Wan and Satine will be up for another hour and a half or so. They're still getting lovely sleep."
Caleb gave her a sheepish smirk.
"Anyways," she finished, "If you stay in there for too long, your legs will fall asleep."
"Yeah, I guess," Caleb said. "But you'll still lock me in the box soon, right?"
"When the time is right," Ahsoka promised. Heavens, who was she to tell him no? She wasn't going to have a sad, pouty little boy of a brother on Christmas Morning. If he wanted her to close him in a box, then so be it.
They continued playing the slapping game and reading stories until Anakin, their older brother, broke into Ahsoka's room.
"This isn't a party house," Ahsoka told him.
"Would you rather go to my room?" Anakin suggested with a smirk.
Ahsoka waved her arms wildly through the air. "Hey now, I didn't say I wanted to die."
"Yeah," Caleb agreed. "It stinks in your room."
It was less than half an hour later when the three siblings heard movement downstairs. Caleb dove into his box and situated himself there, much to Anakin's great confusion. When Ahsoka closed the box on top of the boy and sealed him in with a few thin strips of scotch tape just to keep the flaps together, Anakin's face looked like a twisted candy cane of confusion.
"Whoah, sis, you can't just mail your brother off to Santa's workshop 'cause he woke you up early," Anakin chided.
"But can you?" Caleb squealed inside the box. "I wanna be Santa's elf."
Ahsoka laughed, taping a frilly bow to make the box more appealing. "I thought you wanted to surprise Satine and Obi-Wan!"
"I do, I do!" Caleb cried.
That's when it clicked in Anakin's brain. "Oooooh," he hummed.
Anakin and Ahsoka grabbed either side of the box and hauled it down the stairs to the entrance of the kitchen, where Obi-Wan was making tea and Satine was getting her camera ready to take pictures of the kids opening their stockings.
"Oh my, what's this?" said Obi-Wan as they set the box gently on the floor.
"A last-minute present we thought we'd get you," Ahsoka said, masterfully disguising her smirk. "It's for both of you."
Satine crossed the kitchen to stand next to Obi-Wan and Ahsoka kicked the box, a signal to Caleb.
As the two adults stooped forward to see the present, Caleb burst from the flaps and shouted, "Merry Christmas! Surprise!"
Satine jumped back and Obi-Wan nearly spilled his tea.
And then they all burst out laughing.
"Oh, Caleb," Satine sighed. She wrapped her arms around him and laughed into his shoulders. "Shall we open stockings now?"
"Yes!" Caleb cheered and immediately leaped out of the box to race across the room and grab his stocking off the wall. He grabbed Ahsoka's, too, and brought it to her. Anakin got his own.
"Someone's excited," Ahsoka mumbled to Anakin, pretending like she was trying to be secretive and jabbing her thumb over at Caleb. He giggled.
"Okay, one, two, three, go!" Satine said. The three flung open their stockings and looked inside. Ahsoka grinned, seeing a package of gummy bears, some lip gloss, a little book of activities, a few various other cosmetics, and some colorful pens.
Caleb shrieked at the little game of Jenga in his stocking, and chocolate coins filled the bottom. There were a few more things, but Caleb's main attention was on the candy and the Jenga.
Anakin got some wireless earbuds and a few other things as well.
While Anakin hooked up his new, wireless earbuds to his phone, Ahsoka and Caleb played with the Jenga on the floor, and Obi-Wan and Satine made breakfast. Caleb was surprisingly good at Jenga, and he ended up winning every time.
The five of them gathered around the table for a breakfast of cinnamon rolls and scrambled eggs a bit later. Satine brought candles around after they said grace and they sang "Happy Birthday."
After breakfast, they cleaned up the kitchen a bit before sitting around the living room. Little Caleb wasted no time, immediately running around like crazy to divide up all the presents.
When everyone was ready, Obi-Wan read the Christmas Story from Luke in the Bible. Caleb fidgeted the whole way through, anxious to open gifts.
The next hour or so after consisted of the sound of ripping wrapping paper and crumpling tissue paper and gift bags as the family opened presents in an orderly fashion. Caleb couldn't seem to stop squealing every time he opened a gift and it made Ahsoka laugh every time.
The rest of the day was spent enjoying the new gifts and the company of the other family members. Satine and Ahsoka prepared a simply delicious turkey dinner which they enjoyed with their neighbors, the Fetts, and the family had their annual showdown of "Nertz."
When the day ended, Caleb was so sorry that he had to go to bed. Ahsoka laughed and gave him a hug before tucking his new blanket around him.
"Don't worry, Christmas will come again," Ahsoka promised. "And anyway, we don't have to be sad that today is over, because we still have all our gifts tomorrow."
Caleb sighed. "But everyone is so happy on Christmas and not everyone is happy on other days."
"We can still be happy, and you know why?" Ahsoka said.
"Why?" asked Caleb.
"Because God gave us a gift that we can never forget and never repay and it will never run out. Eternal life. And we can celebrate him every day, you know that?"
"Yeah," Caleb smiled sleepily. "Can we play Jenga in the morning?"
"So long as you don't wake me up at five again," Ahsoka said.
"I won't." Caleb promised.
"Sure," Ahsoka laughed. "Goodnight Caleb."
"Goodnight, Ahsoka. And Merry Christmas."
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Word Count: 1,286
Published: December 25, 2022
I love Christmas so much! Don't forget the real reason we celebrate.
I'm so glad Christmas is on a Sunday this year. I love it when Christmas is on a Sunday!
Requests are open, feel free to message me or make a comment if you have any ideas!
Bye, peoples!