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What a Christmas party - fluff

Merry Christmas!! I thought I'd change up my usual character list a little bit here. Next chapter is an A/N!!
- Amy
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The Huttons had volunteered to host a Christmas dinner this year, and it was hectic in the household the morning of Christmas. Absolutely everything that could go wrong, went wrong. For a start, Joe had forgotten to get cranberry sauce, carrots, and (Freddie nearly hit him for this) the turkey itself in the shop. Peter had to rush out to the market to see if any stalls still had one in stock.

On top of this, baby Emi had gotten hold of Freddie's new paints he got for Christmas, and had "decorated" the new wallpaper. Freddie hadn't seen that yet, and Jim was determined not to let him. Emi herself was skipping about more than happy about her creation. Freddie called her upstairs soon after to help her get ready, thank god, and it bought Jim some time to get the cleaning supplies from the cupboard and scrub vigorously at the walls. He'd managed to get it off before it dried, but Freddie questioned the purple paint that was smeared over Emi's cheek.

To finish the list of everything that went wrong that morning, Sophia had broken the Christmas tree, and hurt herself. She was playing with the cats when she tripped and fell headfirst into the tree, causing it to topple over in one big colossal heap. Unfortunately they had decorated the tree with glass baubles this year, and half of them smashed, one piece cutting Sophie's finger. It was a tiny scratch but Freddie still made a big deal about something hurting his precious baby, and briskly told the other men of the house to fix the tree as best they could while he tended to his daughter.

They did get the tree to stand back up, but they had to throw the baubles away and Jim had to go up to the attic to get the box of safer baubles, and hang them on the tree instead. Now it was nearing 3pm, and everything had started to calm down. No more unexpected incidents. Freddie was upstairs getting ready when the doorbell rang. Of course it was brian, and his constant process of turning up to an event nearly four hours early. Oh well, they'll keep him entertained nonetheless.

Brian had bought Chrissy and his kids along, and had bought Christmas presents for the Huttons. Of course, they had some presents for the Mays as well, and so exchanged them whilst waiting for the other families. Brian had gotten Freddie some aftershave, champagne, chocolates, a new gold watch and some new kohl, knowing his last stick had broken due to baby Emi and her love to smash things. Freddie thanked him and they hugged, Emi whimpering that she wanted a cuddle too. Freddie giggled and picked his baby up, kissing her chubby cheek.

Freddie had planned to make an announcement at the dinner, that he was sure would shock his husband so much he'd fall out of his chair. He'd found out something wonderful a little over a fortnight ago, and he'd wanted to tell the people around him first before the nosey press found out.

In total they had invited brian's family, Roger's family, John's family, Elton and Bernie, Freddie's parents,Kash and Kash's children, Jim's parents, his countless siblings and their own children, Joe and his partner, Phoebe, Mary, Liza Minnelli and Montserrat Caballe.
Thank god they had a big living room.

The other people had arrived by 4:30, and so the ensemble played some charades in the living room as Joe finished cooking everything, and Freddie excused himself to go put a very sleepy (and therefore teary) Emilia up to bed. By 5pm they sat down and had a marvellous feast, the adults supplied with champagne, wine, beer and soda, juice or water if they didn't feel like drinking, and the elder kids were supplied with soda or water, the little kids only being allowed squash or water.

When they had pretty much finished eating Freddie stood up and tapped the side of an empty glass with a fork. The room went silent and all eyes were on him. Here we go...

"I'd like to thank everybody for being here to spend Christmas with our family today, it has a been a magnificent day with lots of gifts and treasured memories. Before we bring out the marvellous dessert Joe has kindly made for us, I would like to make a special announcement." He met eyes with Jim, who sat there oblivious, and said. "My husband and I are going to be expecting baby Hutton number 3 in august."

Jim's mouth was open so far it looked as if his jaw was unhinged. Applause was heard all around, so loud the neighbours were probably going to call the police, but Freddie didn't care. Freddie smiled at his husband who still seemed to be getting over the initial shock. But as soon as Jim saw Freddie's joyful smile, he was across the room, clutching Freddie to his chest. He wouldn't let himself cry in happiness, not yet, but by god he wanted to.

"You kept that quiet!" Jim's brother Andy joked, to a round of laughter by the adults. The kids seemed really excited to get a new friend to play with. Sophia was screeching in joy, jumping up and down, holding onto poor Phoebe's shoulders. He sent a fond smile to Freddie and Jim, holding onto Sophia so she didn't hurt herself.

Jim beamed at Freddie, and kissed him gently, just a tiny peck, but it was enough for Freddie's heart to leap. He knew Jim didn't like showing affection in front of people, but he was learning, and that little kiss meant so much to the singer.

When the excitement had died down, Joe wheeled out the desserts, and quiet congratulations came to Freddie as they ate. Jim had asked Sophia if she wanted a baby brother or a sister. She had said, "I'm sure you and daddy have had enough of girls for now. I hope it's a baby brother." The adults chuckled at the girl's response.

When the party was over, Freddie sent Sophie straight to bed, as it was quite late. He kissed her head as she yawned into the pillow, and she whispered, "thank you for making me a big sister again daddy. Love you."

Freddie smiled and said, "I love you so much more my darling. Rest now my little butterfly. Sweet dreams." Jim was waiting for him when he came into their bedroom, and had tackled him into a gentle hug, kissing every part of Freddie he could reach.

"You are magic, you know that?" He asked fondly, gently placing his lover down on the bed. Freddie chuckled and said, "I know." They giggled, and Freddie cooed when Jim kissed his tummy goodnight. "It feels so good to be able to do that again." Jim sounded wistful as he plopped down next to Freddie, and cuddled him close. Freddie kissed his lover goodnight and let himself surrender to sleep.