Chapter 25
JOHNNY
I honestly thought Dexter saw my outfit when he first came into the dining room.
I have never had so much fun surprising someone in my life – including the niblings.
I know that he misses his parents especially hard on Christmas, so I wanted to make sure we make our first Christmas together one that is silly and magical enough that the sadness can’t come in.
And dinner was a huge hit. We talked and laughed until most of the food was gone.
All we left was some pasta and a couple pieces of garlic bread.
Daddy says that’s my lunch for when I go back to work in a couple of days. Jackson, Ricky, and a few other guys at the shop volunteered to work and be on call today and tomorrow so that Steve and I could both have the holidays with our loved ones. It was their present to the bosses.
Now that the food is put away and dishes are in the dishwasher, I have to enact phase two of my holly jolly hijinks.
The question is, do I want sexy times or movie times?
Dexter is sitting on the couch patting his stomach, so I think sexy times can wait for a little bit while dinner settles.
After all, you should never exercise on a full tummy.
Since we’re going to be relaxing down here for now, I open the basement to let Peanut come hang out with us for movie snuggles.
Of course, I take him outside to potty first, getting a few shouts of “Merry Christmas” from the neighbors driving past or coming home themselves.
When we’re back inside, all three of us snuggle up under the blankets to watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and all of the other classics.
I even managed to find that Claymation Christmas that he told me about.
I’d never heard of it, but he told me that his parents had it on an old VHS tape from when they first got married and taped it from the TV and that they watched it every year until the tape was worn out.
After about fifteen minutes, Peanut is snoring in his own little blanket burrito, so I cuddle into Daddy.
At some point, I must have dozed off myself because the next thing I know, I’m being carried up the stairs.
I’m not exactly small and haven’t been since I had a major growth spurt at around ten years old.
Now, I’m over six foot tall and easily over two hundred pounds.
Dexter is fit, but I didn’t think he is that fit.
“Easy, Baby. We’ve both had a long day, so I think a bath and sleep are in order.”
Hmmm. That sounds good.
Wait! The bedroom surprise! I was supposed to go up first and then...