AMAZING PICTURE ON THE SIDE BY HARAJOKU!
IMPORTANT: THIS WAS SET WHEN CLARA WAS TWO AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STORY!! I just thought you would like a happy christmas special instead of well what is going to happen...
Hope you like the Clara/Chase time :)
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
Christmas special
I heard little feet drop off the bed and hurried patter to the door and then a gasp before she jumped back on to the bed and whispered excitedly in my cheek
"Daddy! Daddy! Santa filleded up my stocking!"
I still had my eyes closed but I was smiling, I had been awake for half hour waiting for Clara to wake up just to see her reaction to 'Santa' coming to visit. "Daddy!" She cried shaking me now "wake up!"
I snapped open my eyes and quickly grabbed her into a bear hug and holding her tightly "Merry Christmas, Princess!"
She pushed away from me "Daddy, there are presents for me" she whined
I gave her a mock shock look "you don't want to have a Christmas hug with Daddy?"
"Presents!" She gave me pleading eyes
"Fine" I sighed heaving out of bed and taking the very full stocking up
She squealed with excitement "do you think Santa eated the cookies we mades?" Clara looked at me with wide eyes
"I bet he loved them" I smirked; 'Santa' defiantly loved them!
"Daddy! I gots sweeties!" Clara threw a packet of sweets that she had just opened in my face
"Oh wow! Lucky!" I said enthuasticly.
She un wrapped all of her presents in under five minutes; I didn't know whether to be impressed or worried...
"I got a tinara! Look Daddy! I can be a princess!" The smile on her face was amazing; I don't think I have seen her so excited!
"Well you are my princess, so of course you have a Tiara" I smiled
"Does my tinara look pretty?" She asked me as she put it on her head
"Its tee-ar-ra Clara" I laughed at her miss pounce of words, she looked at me annoyed that I had corrected "but you look very pretty" I poked her forehead
"Can we go downstairs and open presents?" She hopped off the bed
"Not till after dinner, you know the rules" I laughed as she made a face
"Dinner isn't till ages away, please Daddy!" She begged me, giving me the puppy dog eyes. I looked away before I agreed! Her new DVD caught my eye
"No way! Barbie and the nutcracker?!" I tried to distract her, holding up the film. "Shall we watch it?" I nodded at her trying to get her to agree
"I loves Barbie!" She jumped up and down excitedly.
We headed downstairs "wow" Clara looked around the front room that me and Mom had decorated and put all the presents under the tree. "Look Daddy! Santa did eated the cookies! And Raphdolf eated the carrot!" She ran over to the plate and I decided not to correct her on Rudolf’s name. She gasped "Look Daddy! A letter! Santa lefted me a letter!" She unfolded the letter "Dear Clara" she started and then looked at me "read it Daddy!" She held it out to me
"You can read it Clara" I sighed, she was just being lazy.
"Pretty please" she climbed up onto my lap
"How about we read it together?" I compromised, that is how we read stories at night.
"Dear Clara" she started again "Mer- Merry Christmas" she stuttered out concentrating on the words, I put my arm around her and squeezed her arms gently to prompt her. "I hope you like your pre- pre-" she looked up at me
"I hope you like you presents" I smiled at her "I have left a few under the tree for you too. However you can only open them when you’re Daddy says so" I heard her huff and I chuckled "be a good girl, so you stay on the nice list next year. Have an amazing Christmas. Lots-"
"Lots of Love, Santa" she smiled happily "I got a letter from Santa! Wait till Uncle Ash finds out!"
I laughed, Ash had been joking around with Clara saying she was on the naughty list and wouldn't bring her presents; she had been wanting to prove that Santa liked her. "Get up a second princess and ill put the film on"
"Pass me the roast potatoes, Chase" my Dad said whilst chuckling at something my aunt had said to him
"This is lovely" Mom smiled as she looked around the table at us all"
The Chambers family had all come together to celebrate Christmas. Aunt Rosie and Uncle Jim with their twin son's who were eight. Uncle Rob was here with one of his many 'lady friends' however this one was a difference from the rest because she had a little five year old boy so maybe this time he was serious about her! Even Aunt Daisy made it with her three children; Zara who was fifth teen, Zoe who was twelve and Billy who is seven.
"The turkey is to die for!" Rob's lady friend complimented my Mom who smiled proudly
"Thank you, Louise"
"Nanny, can we open presents yet?" Clara gave her the puppy dog look
"Be patient!" My Mom scolded "we eat first, eat your greens too!"
"But Nanny, it’s Christmas" she frowned
"You don't want to be on Santa's naughty list" I chuckled
"You’re on the naughty list Daddy" Clara told me confidently
"Really? Why?" I raised an eyebrow
"Because you said bad words in the car" she crossed her arms and nodded looking pleased with herself
"Chase!" Mom frowned at me, she hated when I cursed in front of Clara.
"Grass" I muttered at her
"I'm not grass? Grass is green? Am I green?" She asked wide eyed at me
"Yeah, you’re a little green monster" I poked her in the ribs making her jerk forward from how ticklish she is
"Daddy" she whined
I just chuckled and poured nearly a cupful of gravy over my food.
"That is disgusting" Zara looked disapprovingly at my plate
"Gravy is the best!" I shot back
She shook her head at me "not so your food is swimming in it"
I rolled my eyes and changed the subject "how are you doing, Zar Zar?"
She gave me a blank look "don't call me that"
"Call you what, Zar Zar?" I smirked at her
It was now her turn to roll her eyes at me "I'm good, been going to a lot more parties" she smiled at this
"Parties? Like with boys?" I looked at her seriously
"No, I party with nuns. Sometimes we like to knock back the holy water and if we really want to push it we get our ankles out" she said sarcastically trying to be smart, she had failed though.
"You don't drink holy water" I said bluntly
"Who says?" She questioned
"God"
"I don't see a rule written anywhere"
"Have you read the bible?"
"I'm only on Chapter four"
"You read the bible?" I asked her shocked
"Yeah, I thought I'd try something new" she tried to say casually but I saw the small smirk tugging on her lips
"Very funny"
"You believed me, fool!"
Clara laughed from beside me "Daddy you fool!"
I gave Zara a dirty look "now look what you have done"
"Suck it up Ace" she smirked at me
"Don't call me Ace!"
"Ace"
"Daddy why she call you Ace?"
"Don't worry" I told Clara as I gave Zara another dirty look
"Your Daddy used to think he was a superhero called Ace" Zara told Clara as she leaned over me "he thought he was really cool"
"Daddy is cool?" Clara attempted to stick up for me
Zara snorted "he wishes"
"Pull my cracker, Chase!" Timmy asked as he held his cracker up to my face
"Sure" I went to grab the cracker but it was pulled away from me when Tommy pushed Timmy out the way
"No! Pull my cracker, Chase!" Timmy held his cracker to me
"Daddy pulls mine!" Clara looked at me excitedly
"Damn, I wanted Chase to pull my cracker" Zara said in fake disappointment making me chuckle
"How about we all open everyone's at the same time?"
"How?" Tommy looked up at me confused
"Cross your arms and hold your cracker in one hand then grab someone else’s in the open" I showed them by crossing my arms and grabbing Clara's cracker which she was holding with two hands. "Clara, you stay out of this one" I looked at my Dad "look grandpa wants to pull your cracker with you"
"Grandpa!" She ran around the table to him.
"Right everyone cross their arms" I told the twins and Zara. We all crossed our arms and made a square with our arms "one, two"
"Three!" The twins chorused as we all pulled our crackers.
After we had all finished dinner we all went into the front room to open presents. We all sat around the front room in different places. Clara had wanted to sit closest to the tree so we were sitting on the floor practically under the tree ourselves!
"Zara" my Mom threw a present to Zara and picked up the next "Timmy"
Clara huffed "where’s my presents Daddy? I waited forevers and evers"
I chuckled at her cute annoyed expression
"Clara" Mom handed me a giant box and Clara's eyes were wide open staring at but then she quickly tore off the paper like her life depended on it
"I got a pinano!" She clapped her hands excitedly
"Piano..." I started but saw her glare
"Open it for me Daddy!"
"Clara here's another for you" Mom handed a present to us.
"I get more?" She looked at me unsure if she could open it
"Yes Princess" I smiled at her nodding to the wrapped medium sized box
Once again she ripped it open and she looked confused at what it was "Daddy?"
"It’s a laptop, one especially for you. Look its pink with princess things on it" I said pointing to the picture of the educational laptop on the front of the box.
"Like your laptop?"
"Yeah I guess"
"Do you know Daddy?" She started
"What?"
"I loves Christmas" she had a giant smile on her face that seemed to lighten up the room.
I vowed from now on I would make all of her Christmas’s special. I looked around the room smiling as I watched my family open their presents "Merry Christmas Everyone" I whispered happily.