Family

Merry Christmas

Emily's pov

"Goodnight" Alison struggles to gain energy to mutter

"It's three a.m so really we should say good morning or even better Merry Christmas" I stutter, falling more asleep after every word

I close my eyes and as if it was a second later they are prised back open by the screams of my daughters

"It's Christmas" they squeak

"No, it's five in the morning and me and mom are going back to sleep"

"Why are you so lazy?" Lily giggles, unaware that we had been up till 3am pretending to be Santa

"It's Christmas, get up" Grace screams, pulling our comforter off us

"Let's make a deal, we will get up and open presents at seven. Deal?"

"Deal" Lily and Grace agree, waddling back to their room

At exactly 7am, Lily and Grace return to our room to wake us up

"Right girls. Go sit at the top of the stairs and wait there until I have gone to check if Santa has been" Ali says, forcing a woken smile

Alison stumbles down the stairs and returns confirming that Santa had been. Lily and Grace run down the stairs two steps at a time and enter a room full of presents, not quite as many as 700 each as I told Ali last night but enough that you can not see the floor.

"Fucking hell, look at all these presents" Grace scream

"Grace Jessica DiLaurentis-Fields what have we told you about swearing? Just because Santa brought your presents already doesn't mean you don't have to be a good girl. He can always take them back" Alison firmly tells her

"Sorry Mom" Grace sighs, trying not to laugh

"Good. Now go open your presents and don't say a word unless it is thank you" Alison says, softly smacking Grace's butt with a present

"You got me a camera" Lily smiles

"Yeah. Lil open this present I think it might be your favourite" I smile, handing her a card

Lily rips open an envelope and finds a small piece of paper with a ticket to a years worth of acting lessons

"Really? I'm really going to acting lessons?"

"Soon you'll be the biggest actress in the world and everyone will know the name Lily DiLaurentis-Fields"

"And I'll become famous for giving birth to the most talented actress ever" Alison jokes

"She got her talented genes from me, so I'd be the famous mother" I laugh

"I taught her all she knows, they got all their talent from me. I'm the best actress, I pretended to be dead for years"

"You didn't do very well we caught you, plus I saw you multiple times before you came back, you even kissed me once"

"Well I guess we'll just need to ask our friends who Lily and Grace got their talents from"

"And they'll all say me" I laugh

"They won't, trust me. Anyway, merry Christmas baby" Ali kisses me, handing me a pile of presents

"Merry Christmas to you too" I smile, returning the kiss and giving Ali her presents

We both open our presents and then continue to watch Lily and Grace open theirs

"Ali, I have one more gift for you" I giggle, handing her a neatly wrapped package

Alison carefully unwraps the present and I nervously wait for her reaction. She unfolds her gift and a huge grin creeps over her face

"A new pug sweater" she laughs, holding it up to her face; for a better inspection

"Do you like it?"

"I love it" she smiles as she leans over and kisses me

Ali's pov

We arrive at Spence's at 10am and it feels as though we've only just said "Hi" when it's time to leave and go home to cook Christmas dinner

"Before we go, where did Lily and Grace get their talents? Me or Ali?" Emily smugly asks, confident that they will say her

"Honestly I think it's from their dad" Hanna laughs

"What?" Em and I scream, horrified that Hanna would mention Wren

"No wait. Like obviously they got their caring personalities from you and all that but Wren was a very intelligent and talented English guy"

"Wren? Who's Wren?" Lily asks

"Is he our daddy?"

"It's Christmas, the only dad I want to hear you two talking about it's Father Christmas. Now let's go home" I say, grasping Grace and Lily's hands

"Bye. Merry Christmas, thank you for the presents"

Emily's pov

Mom💜
'Hey Emmy, WE are just
coming over. Love Mom x'

"My mom's coming. Is the turkey in the oven?"

"Just put it in ten minutes ago. It should be ready by fiveish" Ali says, helping Lily and Grace built Lego

"What are you building?" I ask, squatting next to Alison

"A house" Grace smiles

"For our Lego family" Lily explains as she holds up 4 Lego mini-figures, that resemble us

"Can I help?"

"Of course, you and Mom are the finders. You find the bricks we need for the next steps"

"Okay" Ali smiles, fishing through a bag of Lego, trying to find the smallest brick I've ever seen

"Merry Christmas" my mom sings as she throws the front door open

"Where is she?" I whisper helping my mom carry the presents through to the living room

"In the car" my mom tells me

"Alison. I know I told you earlier that your pug sweater was your last gift, but I have one more" I smirk, running out to my mom's car

"Hello gorgeous" I say hugging my puppy, she barks at me and I quickly tell her to shush trying not to ruin the surprise

"Close your eyes"

Ali's pov

"Close your eyes" Emily shouts

I cover my eyes with my hands and wait until further instructions

"Now open"

I unfold my hands and see my gorgeous wife holding a small white fluffy dog in her arms

"Merry Christmas" Emily smiles as the puppy barks, trying to wriggle out of Em's arm

"I love you" I squeal before kissing Emily

"We got a puppy?" Lily screams, hugging Grace and jumping up and down

"What are you going to call her?" Pam asks

"What about Snow? For Christmas" Grace smiles as Emily hands me our new puppy

"Snow, I like that name" Em grins

"Welcome to the DiLaurentis-Fields family Snow" I smile, Snow licks my face and jumps out my arms. She chases Lily and Grace around the house until her small legs get tired and she falls asleep in front of the fire

"You did it Emily. This is the best Christmas ever" I smirk, throwing on my pug sweater

MERRY CHRISTMAS (2017). HOPE YOU ALL HAVE/HAD A WONDERFUL DAY xx -E