Episode
1.21 [Christmas Day]
Hallow
Hills
The
“Mom?”
“Yes
Chadwick?” she asked as she watched the tree lights.
“Kip and I
talked last night, and well no matter what Carla or Charlene whatever her name
is, says. You are our mother. You raised us; you gave us these ridiculous
names. You love us, you might not always know how to show it, but we know it.”
Adel felt
the tears in her eyes and smiled, “Thank you boys.” She said before she went
and hugged both of them.
Kip looked
at Doug, “That goes for you to Dad.”
Maggie’s
Room
The light
broke in through the curtains and woke Maggie and Kevin. She looked over at the
clock on the nightstand, “It’s alright we can go back to sleep.” She told him
as she started to curl back up under the blankets.
“It’s 8 am,
isn’t your family already up?” he asked as he sat up, and the cold air of the
room hit his body and he was glad he wore his old high school t-shirt.
Maggie
yawned, “Nope, we sleep till ten. It’s tradition and has been for ten years.”
“Ten years,
why ten years?” he asked as he reached for his glasses and put them on.
Maggie
realized she wouldn’t be getting any sleep until later tonight so she sat up and
looked at her husband, “That was the first Christmas we had without my mother.
I was fifteen and Cassie was so little. My mother had left that September, she
was here when we left for school, but when we got back—she was gone. So when
Christmas came, my Dad decided we would start new, have different traditions.
So that year, we started the idea of not waking up at the crack of dawn, just
at ten in the morning. So we’ll get up and get dressed. Then we’ll go and check
out our stockings.” She said with a brilliant smile, as she had her husband’s
entire attention. “After that we’ll have breakfast in the living room and watch
whatever part of A Christmas Story that we catch. Then we open presents for a
little bit and watch a movie, and then we finish opening presents and then have
dinner.”
“Wow,
that’s a planned out day. If I’m with my parents and Siobhan I’m lucky if she
doesn’t wake me up eager to open presents.” He said before kissing the top of
her head, “I love you Maggie.”
“I love you
to Kevin.” She said with a soft smile and a slight sadness in her eyes as she
thought about Conner.
Conner’s
Apartment
Lysa was
practically bouncing off the walls as she waited for her Daddy to get up.
“Daddy!” She finally cried when she saw the clock said 8. She then opened his
door and jumped on his bed, “Daddy! It’s Christmas, wake up!”
Conner
opened his tired eyes, “Lysa, how early is it?”
“It’s not
early Daddy, its late!” She said slightly whining.
He glanced
over at the clock and saw the time. “Okay princess, I’m up. Lets go have
breakfast and then get to presents.”
He climbed
out of bed, wearing gray sweat pants that said PHH on them and pulled on a PHC
sweatshirt.
Lysa
grabbed his hand and pulled him into the living room where her eyes lit up at
the site of the tree and the pile of presents underneath it. She ignored the
tree for a moment an ran towards her stocking, and pulled out all kinds of
things, from candy canes to an old fashioned top.
Conner went
into the kitchen and made pancakes, as Lysa turned on the TV and left it on the
Yule Log. “Daddy? Can we start?” she asked as she climbed onto the stool by the
counter.
“After we
have breakfast.” He said as he poured the batter onto the pan. “And we’re
having chocolate-chip pancakes today.”
Her eyes
widened, “Really?”
“Yup!” He
told her as he flipped them over and then grabbed two plates.
After
breakfast Lysa put her plate in the sink and ran to the tree and started
digging through the pile and found a small box with Conner’s name on it and she
recognized the M from Maggie. “Daddy! Maggie left you something!” she yelled
and Conner came in and took the small box from her.
“Find one
of yours Lysa.” He told her and she went straight for the large box that held
her dream house.
Red paper
was FLYING throughout the room as she unwrapped her Barbie Dream House. She was
thrilled as she studied the graphics on the box.
Conner
slowly unwrapped what Maggie had left for him. He opened it and inside was a
silver paperweight shaped in a heart, with an inscription, “Conner, you have my
heart always. No matter who I’m with. Love Maggie.”
“Daddy,
what is it?” she asked looking up at him with the biggest smile.
Conner
smiled, “Something I almost forgot about wanting.”
Abby and
Dan were already digging through their stockings when Sam came into the living
room. “What’s with you two, I mean my goodness its like Ya’ll can’t even wait
like two minutes for me?” he asked as he looked at his siblings.
“You’re
such a spoil-sport.” They said in unison.
It was
moments like this that made Sam wonder if Abby was really their triplet or
something.
“What did
Santa leave us?” he asked as he began digging through his stocking and found a
box of condoms, “Um, this is unexpected.”
“Well you
know when you move to
Sam rolled
his eyes, “Only you two would think of that.” He said shaking his head and then
pulled out some magazines and candy bars.
“Okay, now
that stockings are done. Time for what’s under the tree.” Abby said as she took
up two identical packages and handed one to each brother.
They tore
into the silver paper and were then greeted with boxes. Both were thinking the
same thing, they needed to remind Abby that just because they’re twins they
don’t need to wear the identical outfit. However when they opened the boxes
they were each surprised to find that Sam was given three DVD’s of James Bond
movies, and Dan had three CD’s, Good Charlotte, Blink 182, and to Sam’s
surprise his brother had gotten Kelly Clarkson.
“Abby, how
did you know I wanted these?” he asked.
She shook
her head and smiled, “You drool whenever she comes on MTV.”
Dan
blushed, “well open yours.” He said and handed her a gift wrapped in pink
paper.
Tearing the
paper she discovered her brother had given her “Damn thank you.” She said as
she pulled out the silver locket.
“No problem
baby sister.”
Siobhan’s
Apartment
She hung up
her phone having left Kyle Roberts a message. A rush of cold air came over her
as she finished off her morning coffee before going and getting dressed for
work. She would of course get the Christmas shift as one of the few single
people on the force. At least it would be quite, it seemed most people took a
break on the holidays from their criminal activities.
Cassie
knocked furiously on Maggie’s bedroom door at the stroke of ten am, “Wake-Up
Maggie, Kevin! It’s Christmas Morning!”
Maggie
opened the door and looked at her younger sister, “We’re up, we’re dressed, my
hair and make-up is done.” She said looking at her young counterpart, “I see
you’re make-up isn’t on.”
Cassie
smiled, “Oh you, you know I don’t ware make-up until noon on Christmas.”
“I know.”
Maggie told her and then hugged her, “Is Dad up yet?”
“Of course
who do you think woke me up.”
PHPD
Siobhan sat
at her desk staring at the television the station had mounted on the wall to
keep up with the news. She had some sitcoms on and was mildly entertained. She
sighed and took a sip of her coffee.
“Merry
Christmas Lane.” Came the husky voice of Chief Becker.
She looked
up and he balanced a gift back on his index finger. “Since I made you work
today and you’re missing Christmas with your parents and brother.”
She took
the bag and smiled and then opened her desk drawer, and took out a small
gift-wrapped box, “Thank you and merry Christmas Becker.”
They each
unwrapped the firsts and Siobhan found a large coffee mug filled with several
different packets of Hot Coco. She smiled, “Thank you Becker.”
He then
opened his package and smiled, “Siobhan, why did you give me a name book?”
She looked
up at him, “I thought it might inspire you to tell us your name.”
“That is a
secret that only certain people will get to know.”
She smiled
as she thought of
“Is someone
talking about miracles?”
She studied
him, something was off, something was wrong. “
“No,
actually last night,” He started as he set up the tree on the meal table, “we
found out that Adel isn’t our Biological mother, apparently my therapist is
really my mother’s thought to be dead little sister Charlene, who’s mine and
Kip’s biological mother.”
“Oh
She undid
the bow, and carefully removed the paper. She then took the lid off the box and
pushed aside the tissue paper. Her eyes lit up when she saw an Angel
tree-topper with a message written on it.
“
“It is
She smiled,
“Yes
I’ll have a
blue Christmas without you;
I’ll be so blue thinking about you.
Decorations of red
on a green Christmas tree
Won’t mean a thing if
you’re not here with me
Maggie
stood at the large picture window in her father’s living room and looked out at
the falling snow and wondered if Conner had found her gift to him. As she began
to get lost in thought, Kevin came up behind her and wrapped his arms around
her.
I’ll
have a blue Christmas, that’s certain;
And when that blue heartache starts hurting,
You’ll be doing all right
with your Christmas of white,
But I’ll have a blue, blue Christmas.
Conner took
his spare key and walked into Maggie’s apartment and under the tree he placed a
red gift bag with a giant Santa face on it.
If every day could be Christmas
What a wonderful world it would be
We could carry this feeling within us
All through the year
If every day could be Christmas
Christmas
lights up the city
Rooftops covered in snow
Lovers sharing a sleighride cuddle close
And their eyes seem to glow
Window shopping on
Bundled up head to toe
Children ice skating around the Christmas tree
I see smiles, young and old
Kip was
alone in his room, looking at a picture of Pam. He put it down on the bed and
then looked out of his window at the snow that was building on the trees.
If every
day could be Christmas
What a wonderful world it would be
We could carry this feeling within us
All through the year
If every day could be Christmas
Adel and
Doug sat in the living room, drinking hot chocolate and watching the fire
burning in the fireplace. Adel resting her head on her husbands shoulder, “I
love you so much Doug.” She said softly. He looked down and smiled, “Ditto.” He
said before kissing her softly.
Church
bells ring in the distance
Peace on Earth fills the air
Sidewalk Santas handing out candy canes
I feel love everywhere
The twins
and Abby were in the midst of a wrapping paper fight throughout the living room
of their apartment when a timer went off and Abby ran to the kitchen and took a
nice sized turkey out of the oven.
If every
day could be Christmas
What a wonderful world it would be
We could carry this feeling within us
All through the year
If every day could be Christmas
Siobhan and
Becker were sitting in the squad room, eating Chinese food and laughing. Smiles
present on both their faces, as they reached for the same fortune cookie.
It’s the
time
We open up and give from our hearts
Let love shine
Brighter than any star