Dramatic Sort of a HOLIDAY party{Friends/Family

[JAMIE MADDOX]

The day of the christmas/holiday party was upon them. And unknown to the others... there was going to be a surprise found out. That Benny and Emi had went out and got hitched few days prior to the party. How it evaded the others were unknown to the 'guilty party' or at least to Benny. It shocked him that no one had noticed yet. But he was in his room getting ready to join in on the fun festivities that were due to start when everyone who wasn't there made there way to the place.

Benji had been stroking the fire to make it nice and comfortable in the house for them all. he was 'forced' to don a elf hat by the guys, as it was tradition for the guys all to have that sort of hat on at the party. Jay was in the kitchen finishing up on the refreshments. which included Marshmellow snow men and popcorn and rice krispies in balls. The drinks were non-alcoholic this time for obvious reasons. Hot chocolate and egg nog were added to the list of possible drinks for the guests to have.

[EMILINE ICELENE GALLAGHER]

This Christmas part was going to be an absolute blast. What better way to celebrate the Christmas holiday then with your best friends and loved ones. Especially for Emiline St... Well, now Gallagher. Emiline couldn't help but have to repeat it over and over in her head because it was such a habit to automatically say Emiline St. Claire. Now she would have to correct herself and call herself Emiline Gallagher. Man that had a nice ring to it. Emiline had just arrived to the house and knew that Benny would be back in his room. So quietly, she snuck around to the threshold of his door and leaned sideways up against it. "Frohe Weihnachten Liebe." She said smiling and walking into the room. "Sieht genauso gut wie sie es vor zwei Tagen." She said walking up beside him and giving him a kiss on the cheek.

A knock came upon the door and even though Vero knew that she didn't have to knock, she figured it would have been for the best to knock. Benji could have some time to get used to the smell from outside the door before she made her debut. Opening the door slightly, Veronica Aros walked in with a smile on her face. "Merry Christmas everyone." She said carrying in a bag along her side. It was a huge bag of gift's piled on top of each other that she had gotten each person. "You guys did amazing with this holiday decor. I like very much. Reminds me of home." Going to the trees she looked at them curiously then looked out at the boys. "Emi did this second tree am I correct?" Laughing, she put the presents under the tree that the boys obviously did themselves.

Soon after Veronica came into the house, Selena followed suit with a bigger bag of gifts for her own. "Merry Christmas boys!" she said smiling and wearing a very festive outfit. She wore a red and white dress that really fit in for the holiday. Looking around the place, she couldn't believe how festive it was. Setting her bag of gifts down, she went over to Jamie and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind and looked over his shoulder. "Whatcha making?" she asked seeing all the different foods and drinks for the party. This was going to be really great, Selena just knew it. All the friends and family and just the amazing vibes that were coming from this all. It couldn't help but put a smile on your face.

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[BENNY GALLAGHER]

Benny had a smile plastered on his face when Emi came near his room. He replied back to her in German, "Merry Christmas to you as well, my love." He laughed gently and nodded in agreement. Then he gave her a kiss back happily. It was still surreal to him to realize that they were married. He was still riding that post wedding adrenaline rush. "shall we go and join in on whatever craziness that will happen? or shall we stay up here for a little bit longer."

Once Benji caught a scent that was a familiar burning scent, he muttered a quick charm and sighed gently as Vero came in. He greeted her with a warm smile and said, "Merry Christmas to you as well Vero.." He stuck his wand back in his pocket. He laughed lowly and said, "Jay and Benny were the ones who did most of the decorations since i was trying to catch up with my work. and yeah she did." Benji wished Selena a merry christmas as well.

Jay moved a pan of gingerbread men on the cooling rack when Selena came over. "Merry Christmas, beautiful. Love the festive outfit" He said with a grin. then he said, "well i am making popcorn balls and decorating them to look like ornaments... same way with rice krispies... then i am decorating the gingerbread men... if you want to help"

[EMILINE ICELENE GALLAGHER]

Putting a hand on his shoulder, she leaned up against him slightly and sighed, looking up at him thoughtfully. "We could go join them, but first." She said letting her hand that was on his shoulder slither up to his neck and her other one going up to conjoin with her other hand in the back of his neck. She faced him now and smiled, pulling him down into a loving kiss. "I love you Mr. Gallagher." she said putting her forehead against his and kissing his nose lightly letting her hands stay there on the back of his neck, wanting to spend this little bit they had together before they went into the other room to join the rest of the party.

Vero put a hand on her hip and looked at him with an accusative expression. Laughing she sat down beside him and leaned back on the couch, kind of used to the smell of wet dog by now. "I thought you would've at least put up some kind of decorations. Prison art or something." she said joking around with him but not knowing if he would take that jokingly or not. Looking at him she laughed and shook her head. "It's okay. I don't put up much decorations myself. It was my family that always took care of that state of business. she remembered the Christmas's at the Aros home and they were definitely interesting.

Keeping her arms wrapped around his waist, she smiled and kissed his cheek when he said that she was beautiful, then let her arms go slowly to her sides. "Thank you. I thought I would get into the holiday spirit." She said moving to his side and looking at all the different foods that Jamie had made. They all looked so good at the moment and all Selena could think about was diving in and eating all that she could. "Of course I will help you decorate." She said starting to look for stuff to decorate the cookies with.

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[BENNY GALLAGHER]

Benny smiled and held her close with a loving look in his eyes. Recently just the mere thought of her made him a puddle of gooeyiness. It was obvious that he had gone way soft with her but yet he didn't care. He had his heart stolen by her and all that romantic stuff that used to make him shudder. He kissed her back in a love filled way. "i love you too, Mrs. Gallagher" he replied. He was still awestruck by it all.

Benji laughed softly and said, "Hey i did help... just not as much as the others. and very funny about the prison art thing. But perhaps a bit too early to make that sort of joke. although... it isn't as bad as what the guys insist on doing... they insisted on writing a song about killing someone in their sleep" He shuddered lightly at the last part. "Normally i would have helped more... but been just trying not to fall too behind in school." He shrugged.

Jay kissed her cheek back and said, "yeah i can tell. Did you see that i forced Benji into an elf outfit this year. It is quite funny actually. but it isn't as outrageous as my outfit or Benny's... " He wondered what was taking Benny so long to come down to help. Oh well. He placed another pan of cookies in the oven. "the decorating stuff is on the counter."

[EMILINE ICELENE GALLAGHER]

Smiling brightly at him, the sound of Mrs. Gallagher just made her have cold chills down her spine. It was just so surreal that she was Mrs. Emiline Gallagher. Pulling herself to him, she gave him a hug that she didn't really want to let go from. Emiline had started out as a tough, hard ass kind of girl that wouldn't let any man change her into a mushy sort of girl. But, Benny had and Emi was completely fine with it. Actually she liked all the romantic stuff and it was only because it was Benny that she was sharing that with. Pulling a bit back, she looked up at him and gave him a couple of sweet loving kisses then sighed. "I guess we better go join the rest of the clan shouldn't we?" She said knowing that they should, but wanting to stay here for a bit longer, though she also wanted to go down and have the party. Benny and her could have their time later.

If vero could blush she would've because she felt awfully embarrassed that she made that joke with it being such an open wound. Making a crooked smile, she sighed and shook her head. "Sorry Benji. Wasn't meaning to salt the wound. I was just trying to joke around. Lighten up the whole... well... situation. Oh well, I'll stop talking about it." It was Christmas after all. Why should she be bringing up such subjects that could make anyone go ba hum bug. "Well if you need help with the school work, just let me know. I actually am quite a good student." Though no one would suspect it, Vero was, in the muggle world, an all A student sort to speak.

Rolling her eyes, she was just really surprised what kind of outfits that they all were going to wear. "What kind of outrageous outfit are you two wearing? I'm actually a bit scared." she said jokingly and then saw the decorating stuff. Wow, it had been in front of her face the whole time. Shaking her head at herself, she laughed and grabbed the different icings and such. "Hmmmm, I'm going to make them all look like.... zombies!" She said actually kind of excited about that one but then made it known that she was joking. "Nah, what do you think we should decorate these as?" She asked Jamie wanting to make this a group project.

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[BENNY GALLAGHER]

Benny hugged her back happily. He knew it in his heart that they had done the right thing. That they were somehow better off. He gave her sweet kisses before saying, "i suppose if we must" with a laugh. He ducked out from her hug so he could get his hat on. "Jay would have my head on a platter if i wasn't wearing this"

Benji laughed and said, "Vero... it's alright. I just hate talking about it. especially at a party as festive as this. It is just a downer to talk of such things. " then after what she said, he replied with a proud look, "i actually just finished everything, after pulling a few all nighters and such. but thanks for the offer. if i need any help that the guys can't help with, i would ask you"

Jay laughed and said, "obviously i am wearing what i am wearing. isn't it totally festive?" It was an elfish outfit with a hat tilted on the side. "Zombies eh? going for a Nightmare before christmas sort of thing?" He asked as a joke. then he looked thoughtful."Shall we make them look like traditional gingerbread men.. or different."

[KARA ANITA JOHNSON]

Kara had woken up late this morning, for she hadn't felt very well the night before. She could sense that Scorp was really worried about her, but she couldn't deal with it all the time. Once and awhile she needed air and a break, she loved him dearly, but to much worrying just stressed her out, it would make her crack soon enough. With her being four months pregnant and all, it should be easier.... the hard part is over they all say. She thought when it was all over that it would be the easiest part of the whole process.

Having gotten quickly ready, she rushed Alex to hurry up and get ready. She had made him an Elf suit that he had to wear to show everyone, of course then he could take it off. It was Kara's birthday payback to Alex that he couldn't refuse, something that they did every year to each other. Kara was determined to win this year, Alex won almost every year and he was more creative that her, but with the pretty sequins and sparkles she added... well she thought she out done herself this time. He complained that he wasn't going to wear such a girly thing, but Kara told him if he had withdrew from the competition that she'd automatically take his title. He even had little sparkly green tights to match.

It took about five minutes to get there with Alex's driving, the sports car and it's loud engine. "I'm going to get you back, pregnant or not" he chuckled lightly, parking the car in the driveway. "Well... just becareful... you don't want to upset Scorp, he's already to worried about me... And Alex, please behave inside... even if they burst into laughter" she said walking up the steps. Alex was on her side, helping her keep balance, while she tried to refrain from laughing. In the other hand she had a desert and Alex had a huge bag of gifts for everyone, tied to his back. They knocked on the door, Kara waited in anticipation for them to look strangely at Alex.

Kara's Outfit / Alex's regualr Outfit

Alex's Sparkly elf suit

[BENJAMIN MONROE JENNINGS]

Benji had heard footsteps from outside the door. He excused himself from Vero's side and went to see who it was. Since he was the only one not busy in the house, he thought that he shall be the one who opens the door. He knew the scents so he could tell who it was before opening the door. Once he opened the door, he smiled brightly at them.He noticed Alex's outfit and stifled a laugh because perhaps he thought it was not right to make fun of it. especially since he is dressed up oddly as well. "Come on in. He said as he stepped out of the way to let them in."Merry Christmas to you both" He bit back what he wanted to say since Jay had told him not to mention it, but he didn't know why. "Jay says he has something special in the kitchens for you guys."

[CASSIOPEIA _____]

In light of all that was happening Cass had taken a few jobs when she could. Mainly she worked at the Venue but now she was doing a few christmas odd jobs. It was the time of year where everyone was hiring, so she was doing all the work that she possibly could do. The job she had done today had not paid terribly well but she had gotten a lot of hours. She had been at work since 5 am and only now at 6:30 was she getting back home. She hadn't managed to get the flu powder to work so she was walking home, traveling that way made her nervous now anyways. As Cass approached she started to realize that she had forgotten something very important. It was the christmas party. Cass groaned quietly as she went up the stairs and let herself in. She wanted to just sneak past everyone and just go to bed. Instead she forced herself inside, met with noise and sound.

[KARA ANITA JOHNSON]

Kara smiled and gave Benji a huge hug. She was so excited to see him again, she missed the boys and their lady friends, It was like she almost felt apart of the group. "Hello Benji, happy holidays to you too" She stepped away from the door and waited for Alex to bring everything inside. It was really nice seeing them all again, she headed toward the kitchen area and then waited for her brother to catch up.

Alex had nodded in greeting and walked inside, setting down the enormous bag of crap Kara had made him bring. It was really heavy and he knew he looked like a dork, but he was trying to be cheerful, keep her happy and everything. "i'm assuming these are your guy's gifts... where would you like me to put them? Or... would you put them someplace?" Alex was going to be very tame for Kara's sake... he didn't want to loose her, nor want her to yell at him again. honestly he was sick of all her yelling, and she did save his kids from being put back in government care. He was eternally grateful for that. He bowed and went off with his sister.

Kara set her desert on the counter before she kinda lept on Jamie and her sister. "Jay, oh i'm so happy to be here! this is such a nice place... sooo, what you been up to all day?" Alex hadn't seen his sister this happy in such a long time, but she was right, this was a nice small place, very homey. "Hello, Jamie" he said putting out his hand, he leaned in close. "please don't tell me it's about the... 25th day, not the christmas part.... i don't think we should wreck her mood.... it's nice to see her so happy, i haven't in such a long time" he was just trying to look out for his twin, but saw his other sister and went to greet her. She would know all about the whole prank thing between the two of them. Or at least he hoped she still remembered.

[BENJAMIN MONROE JENNINGS]

Benji chuckled and gave Kara a hug. "Great to see you." He said. He had remembered her visiting him in Azkaban. that had made him feel better back then, that he could trust her some how. Then he told Alex where to put the stuff that he was asking about.He had told him that he should just stick it near or under the tree. Then he had spotted Cass. He went over to her. "Hey Cass... long day at work?" he asked quietly. He thought she should relax a bit. "Perhaps you should relax?"

Jay laughed and said with an enthusiastic tone, "Kara! Alex! so great to see you both." Then he said, "just been baking and cooking all day. speaking of which..." he went into the fridge and pulled out the thing he made special for them. "well in a way it is sorta for both. but you can decide which thing it is for." he said to Alex in a low tone.

[CASSIOPEIA _____]

Cass's hopes of sneaking off unspotted were crushed when Benji saw her. It wasn't that she didn't want to see him, in fact she felt like she didn't see him enough recently. Still she was flat out exhausted. Then again she could not say that. She had been hauling books around flourish and Blotts for like an hour. They didn't like employees using wands for it, as it was easier to drop the books that way. Did she have to cook dinner for all these people? She smiled at Benji. "Hey, yeah a bit of a long day but I'm alright." She tried to look alert but her eyelids were seriously drooping.

[SCORPIUS HYPERION JOHNSON]

Scorpius ran a hand through his hair as he made his way to the home of Jamie, where his wife and the rest of the people he was sort-of friends with, some of them family and in-laws, for a Christmas celebration of sorts. He wasn't at all used to gathering with family at Christmas. His mother and father would go out to some gala, and Scorpius would go along with them because, well, he had no other option. He felt sort-of ridiculous, as he had no idea what to expect. He hoped Kara wouldn't blow up at him for being late for arriving. He had been doing a favor for her little sister, Selena, and hadn't realized that he had to go over there so soon.

He rolled his eyes as he apparated to right outside the home, and went up to the door, knocking on it and waiting for it to be opened.

[KARA ANITA JOHNSON]

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Kara was just full of bliss today. It wasn't a small family anymore, and maybe that was it. She was glad just having friends and family around without any worry for school or anything. She explained that her desert needed freezer space otherwise it would melt, and left to greet Cass and Benny. Alex grinned at the thought he had,

"well my dear friend... we have some work to do with that Cake... i know what my prank is gunna be.... i need a lot of powered sugar frosting on a small cake, and it has to be the sweetest tasting frosting you'll ever have. My sister Hates sweets, so this will be our birthday cake... just it needs to be cut into slices...." he thought about it for a minute and decided not to use the sugar, whip cream and strawberries would be better. "whip cream and strawberries, not powered sugar"

Kara was extatic with Cass as she had been with the others. "Cass!" she hugged her tightly and then went to sit down on the couch, she needed to relax too before her lovely husband got here. She hadn't seen Benny or Jerad yet... she thought she had saw Benny, but she was probably still thinking Benji. He told her he would be leaving early to go and pick something up, so she left with her brother just to make sure that he wore the outfit that she made for him. "so, how are all of you? pretty good? You look really tired Cass.... you should sleep for a few hours, it'll be good for you" she smiled and knew she was a little hyper, but she just got to sleep in, so she was happy. Bianca was supposed to come with Scorp, but who knows if those two could last in the same car together.

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