Harry woke up before Ariana Christmas morning, so he had decided that it would be a good idea, while the kids were still sleeping, to make some breakfast in bed and then after present opening it would only be to make Alexandria's breakfast and Dylan's and him and Ariana could both start cooking Christmas dinner.
So when Ariana woke up, there was no one in the bed beside her and she was unusually cold. With Harry's legs usually draping over hers and entwining and his arm usually thrown over her body, it wasn't usual that she wakes with no source of heat beside her. Dylan had been transferred into his big boy bed when he had turned 2 years old 2 years ago, so it still felt unusually empty and Ariana pined for another baby. But with Dylan being only 4 years old now, she definitely knew that it was too early.
Ariana and Harry had started the tradition last year that they would exchange gifts before Alexandria woke up so all of the attention was on her seeing as Dylan didn't understand what was going on, but she still got him gifts. When Ariana turned around to inhale the scent on Harry's pillow, Ariana had noticed the note that was on his pillow.
My love,
I'm downstairs making you breakfast in bed. My goal is to make this the Merriest Christmas for my family and I hope this is a good start to yours. Don't get up, just relax .xx
Your Husband xx
Ariana smiled at the note placing it on her beside table before nuzzling her face into his pillow.
Harry was downstairs making her favorite, tea with pancakes and strawberries, extra strawberries on the side, sprinkled with confectioners sugar with butter and strawberry jam. But he had put a spin on the pancakes shaping them like hearts, desperately wanting today to be the best Christmas Ariana's ever had.
He pulled out the tray that Ariana always used for breakfast in bed that was a housewarming gift from her grandmother and arranged everything to fit on the tray. He placed a little pot of milk on the tray for Ariana's tea and then lifted it up, carefully making his way up to their room.
He pushed the door opened with his foot and smiled at Ariana with her face nuzzled into his pillow, a common occurrence whenever he left the bed, he'd always find Ariana like this.
"Good morning, my beautiful wife," Ariana looked up and smiled at him in his matching Elf pyjamas to Dylan while Ariana and Alexandria had matching cream and red Reindeer Print ones.
"Good morning, handsome," Ariana smiled sitting up in bed as he placed the tray onto her lap. He smiled at her, thinking about how lucky he was to have her, and how lucky he was to have the two children in their rooms, who were still sleeping soundly.
Ariana looked down at the tray, and took a quick picture for one of her many posts today. "Eat before it gets cold," Harry said kissing Ariana's cheek. She picked up a pancake ripped the small heart it in two and put a strawberry on each half, handing her husband one.
He popped it into Ariana's mouth at the same time as her and she moaned. He chuckled at her reaction. "Better than iHop?" Ariana nodded instantly as she took another pancake and repeated the same steps as before. When her and Alexandria visited Harry on tour, she had went to iHop one morning for breakfast, and since then she had been craving it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Once her and Harry were both fed and happy, she got out of bed rushing into the closet, opening one of her wardrobe doors and pulling out Harry's presents. As soon as she got up from the bed, Harry copied her running into the hallway, into the cupboard and pulling out her presents.
They both met back at bed and smiled at each other. Ariana and Harry each had a bundle of presents in their arms as Ariana had made her way back to the bed.
"Open yours first," Harry whispered and Ariana sighed. She knew by the amount of presents in his arms, he had gone overboard. And he knew that by the amount of presents in her arms, Ariana had done exactly the same.
She climbed into bed and slid his presents over to him while he slid hers over. Ariana opened up her presents and so far he had been way too good to you. So far she had opened a Tiffany necklace, bracelet and earrings set, a new pair of black platform Louboutins since the ones she had bought 3 years ago were worn out, a new Marc Jacobs watch, YSL sunglasses, a YSL coat, a couple of oversized jumpers that she had recently been in love with and bookmarked on net-a-porter.
Ariana got to the second last package and noticed an Agent Provocateur box. Harry smirked at her and she looked over at him shaking her head.
There were multiple pieces of lingerie inside, a couple of baby dolls and a new silk robe you had eyed up the last time you were in Westfield. The last gift was in a big gift bag with a bow on it. You looked over to Harry and gave him a glare knowing that he had went way over the top and what he had already given you was more than enough.
When you took a look into the bag your mouth dropped open. You knew as soon as you had seen the straps what it was and you smiled lightly taking it out of the bag. "How did you know?" Ariana whispered looking at the Hermes Birkin bag that Ariana had been saving to buy for a few months.
"Cheryl told me you had been saving for it and I don't want you to do that. What's yours is mine, you don't need to save for anything babe. It was no problem getting you this, I love you. And I know you're not with me for my money or fame, so I want to give you my money. 50/50 babe. That's what we agreed on," he said moving closer to Ariana and wrapping an arm around her back. Harry's heart burst with the look of love on your face as you turned to look at him.
"I want to support myself though Harry. And you told me it would be 50/50, I didn't agree on it. I don't like taking your money," Ariana said. Harry knew about the doubts in the back of your mind.
Ariana had never been blessed with luck in her life so she was constantly thinking of things that could go wrong.
"I'm always going to be here to support you and the kids. Please 50/50. We're married, you've given me two beautiful kids. I know you're not using me, I know we love each other, please," Ariana nodded seeing the desperate look in his eyes. And he gave a sigh of relief happy that she had finally agreed that what's his was hers and vice versa.
"Thank you for all the beautiful and thoughtful gifts. I love you so much," Ariana whispered giving him a light kiss on his lips.
As he opened his gifts, the smile on his face was beyond happy, he was ecstatic which made you happy. Ariana was just glad that he liked all of the gifts. You had gotten him a YSL wallet, a few pairs of his favorite brand of jeans, a brown Mulberry weekend bag for when he goes on tour, a couple of flannels, a new phone case with a picture of the kids on it, a couple of t-shirts from his favourite stores, Tom Ford aftershave and finally 2 plane tickets and the best hotel that Ariana could find, for a long weekend in Paris for his birthday.
His birthday was on the Thursday and Ariana would both leave on the Friday and come back on the Monday. "Your parents said that they'd keep the kids," Ariana said and he nodded.
"Thank you so much baby. You have no idea how much I love you," Harry whispered, his hands holding each side of Ariana's face.
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After Harry and Ariana had cuddled for around 10 minutes and cleared all of their presents into the closet for when Alexandria and Dylan would be rushing in asking them both if Santa had been.
Harry lay in bed smiling at the thought of how much time and thought Ariana had put into his gifts. His heart swelled with love and pride as he heard Ariana's voice come through the baby monitor.
"Hello my gorgeous boy. Aren't you happy this morning, oh yes you are. Merry Christmas Dyl, Mama loves you so much handsome. Let's go see daddy, yeah?" Harry smiled at her baby talk, his baby fever starting to come back. He knew that Ariana felt it too, but both of them knew it was too soon after Dylan and having a newborn while Dylan would only be 4 years old would be extremely hard.
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"Look at daddy, are you both matching sweetie?" Ariana cooed to their 4 year old son in her arms and Harry's eyes lit up seeing Dylan in his little elf pyjamas. It made wearing his a lot more bearable. Ariana rested Dylan on Harry's chest and Harry smiled at her.
"Hello my little monkey! Aren't you just the cutest," Harry cooed and Ariana climbed back into bed. Cuddling up beside them. Dylan smiling happily once again and Ariana ran her fingers along his back where Harry's hand wasn't covering. "You just wanted a cuddle with mama and daddy didn't you little one," Ariana smiled at the small boy and looked up to Harry kissing his jaw.
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"Mama! Daddy! Has Santa been? Was I a good girl this year?" She squealed and jumped onto your bed. Ariana smiled, wrapping her arms around her. Harry looked at his two favorite girls and his favorite little guy laying passed out on his chest and luck flooded within him. He couldn't believe that the 3 beautiful humans surrounding him was his family.
"Why don't we go see honey?" Ariana said excitedly and she nodded. She walked downstairs with Alexandria's hand in hers and Harry carrying Dylan behind them both.
Harry watched the small girls face light up at the princess Christmas paper, her large pile of gifts sitting on the floor of the Christmas Tree. He smiled at his daughter as she stood frozen to the spot.
"Santa bring all these for me?" She gasped and he nodded chuckling at his daughter.
"Go open them then, sweetie," she catapulted at the gifts and started ripping the paper off all of her gifts. Harry smiled down at the both Ariana and Dylan admiring how beautiful the bond between them both were and then looking back to Alexandria who was excitedly mumbling about the presents. Her biggest presents were a bike, a playhouse in the back yard of the house that Harry insisted had to be one of the best so was built by Flights of Fantasy, Ariana had managed to keep Alexandria out of the backyard for a few days while it was being put in, and a doll and stroller which Harry had bought her insisting she just had to have it regardless of the price. She also had a few little clothes items and toys.
Once Alexandria had finished opening her presents, Harry was in the kitchen making her chocolate chip pancakes, with extra chocolate chips, humming Here Come's The Sun by The Beatles, tapping his foot to the rhythm.
Alexandria was laying beside Ariana on the sofa playing with her doll that Santa had brought her, and Ariana looked down and noticed how cute their matching pajamas looked so she took a quick snap from above.
Harry walked into the living room carrying a place with three small heart shaped pancakes on it, drizzled in syrup and handed it to Emilia. She picked one up and took a bite smiling. Harry smiled at her thinking that he would have to tease you about his pancake skills later on, when he knew Ariana could tease him about her Christmas Dinner making skills.
Once Alexandria was finished, Ariana handed her a baby wipe, that were there were used for changing Dylan when he was a baby, to wipe her hands and she used it, put it on the plate, handed Harry the plate and then sat back. Ariana chuckled and Harry looked over at her smiling at the small girl. She had such a large, beautiful, personality that Ariana knew that she was going to have a heart as big as Harry's. Though as he looked at her, he was thinking about her having a heart as big as Ariana's.
Harry took the plate into the kitchen and opened the dishwasher, placing it into one of the slots. He smiled at the picture Emilia had 'drawn' for them both almost a year ago that was still tacked on the fridge, and thinking about how much his baby's grown since then frightens him. It feels like just yesterday she proudly handed the scribbles over to them both telling them that she drew it with her 'better' hand just for them both.
As he entered back into the living room, he smiled at his daughter curled up in Ariana's lap watching his favorite Christmas movie, Miracle on 34th Street. He took a picture of them both before Ariana noticed him and then went ahead and picked up Dylan who was sitting beside her, the four of them cuddling together.
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"Harry can you get the door?!" Ariana shouted through the kitchen into the living room. She was checking the turkey and ham she had cooked, were in fact, cooked all the way through. She turned the steamer on for the vegetables, put the stuffing and potatoes in the oven to cook and roast and then put the gravy on the stove to cook.
Dinner was set for 10 minutes time so now it was just a matter of finishing everything up, and serving. Harry greeted his parents and Anne immediately gave Alexandria a huge hug and a kiss before scooping Dylan out of his arms.
"Hello my gorgeous granddaughter! And you my handsome grandson, how are you? Are you good? Yes you are look at those smiles!" She cooed and walked into the kitchen. "Hello honey. It smells fantastic in here, can I help you with anything?" She gave you a hug before Gemma gave Ariana a hug and your husband and his sister retreated to the lounge.
"Harry love, could you carve the meat?" Ariana shouted. He smiled in the living room to himself and lifted Alexandria off of his lap.
"You sit with Auntie Gem, darling," she nodded and curled into her aunt's body.
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"Thank you so much for dinner, love. It was incredible," Gemma smiled with a hand resting on her 8 and a half month pregnant belly.
"You're welcome, come over anytime. And be sure to let us babysit this little one when they come," Ariana smiled. Harry loved that Gemma and her have a great bond. They both got along so well.
Anne and Gemma had left about an hour ago because they had the drive back to Holmes Chapel to drive even though she insisted they stay.
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"Thank you for everything today," Ariana whispered to Harry as they cuddled up in bed.
"No, thank you, Merry Christmas my love," he whispered back.
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arianastyles: My lovely hubby made me breakfast in bed, thank you my love @harrystyles xx
arianastyles: Lovely cuddle with my baby girl, love these moments x
harrystyles: Found my two favorite girls cuddled up watching Miracle on 34th Street. So in love with my little family .x
arianastyles: My handsome little elf x