Joyful Christmas music played through the halls of the hospital as Carrie and Harrison slept peacefully on the pull out couch in Justin's room. Last night Carrie had taken Kathleen and Justin home while Dorothy watched them letting Harrison and Carrie get a good nights sleep.

Justin wrestled in the sheets of his bed as he struggled to sleep before he gave up and started to wake up with a yawn escaping his mouth.

"It's Christmas!" He exclaimed as he looked around the room searching for his parents finding them asleep on the mattress from the couch wrapped in each other's arms.

"Momma it's Christmas!" Zac shouted as Carrie turned in Harrison's arms yawning while Harrison pulled her closer to him.

"Dad!" Zac yelled impatiently as Harrison quickly sat up alarmed by Zac's sudden outburst.

"W-What is it?!" He asked looking around finding Zac sitting up in his bed with his hair sticking out in all different directions.

"It's Christmas! It's Christmas!" He shouted as Harrison now was wide awake and getting up leaving Carrie face down on the bed.

"Calm down, buddy." Harrison told Zac as he continued to jump up and down while Harrison made his way to his bed while a nurse came in unexpectedly.

"I see some little boy is excited about Christmas." She stated with a smirk while she went to get his IV cord out of his arm.

"Ow!" He yelped as the needle was now out of his arm and the nurse gave a nervous chuckle.

"I'm sorry, I'm new at this." She told him as Zac ran to his dad and hugged him.

"Dad, I think my wish came true.." he told him as Harrison looked down at him smirking.

"Oh yeah what's that?"

"That I don't have siblings anymore." He told him grinning ear to ear.

"Hey!" He told him ruffling his hair as he laughed at how his son wished he was a only child.

"What kind of medicine did they give you?" He asked him as the nurse left the room shutting the door loudly making Carrie wake up.

"Look who's up!" Harrison said rather joyfully as Carrie sat up with a yawn and stretching her arms.

"Momma! It's Christmas!" He shouted again but towards Carrie as she laughed at him getting up and wrapping her arms around his little body.

"Are you ready to go home and see your siblings and open gifts?" She asked him getting him even more excited at the mention of gifts

"Yes!" He exclaimed running towards the door.
"You have to hold on." Harrison told Zac laughing at him trying to get out of the hospital as soon as possible.

Carrie then grabbed her purse and held Harrison's hand as the family made their way to the front desk for checkout.

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"Daddy!" Kathleen exclaimed giggling as she ran to the door where her brother,mother, and father were all covered in snow from the winter weather of New York.

"Hi sweetheart." He said lifting her in his arms while she continued to giggle.

"Daddy's little girl." Harrison heard Carrie murmur as Justin went to hug both his mother and brother.

"Oh! I'm so glad your okay." Dorothy exclaimed dramatically with her arms before going to the small family who were all at the door.

"Were great." Carrie told her. "Thank you once again for taking care of them.." Carrie mentioned as Harrison,Justin, and her took off their costs hanging them on the rack.

"Presents!" Zac shouted once his coat was fully taken off with help by Harrison. He then joined his siblings on the carpet looking at all the gifts. Each one was wrapped with gold, navy, and purple wrapping paper done with help from Dorothy. Each child's present was color coordinated so they knew who's was who's and they wouldn't open the wrong one.

"Alright I'm going to go finish the lunch I made and we can open presents!" Dorothy told her family as she went back to the kitchen.

"Your mothers the best." Carrie said as Harrison wrapped his arm around her shoulders bringing them to the living room where they saw their children still at the tree.

Sitting down on the couch in Harrison's arms Carrie could've gone right to sleep heading the fire crackle and the smell of cinnamon burning in the air from the candle nearby.

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A yawn escaped Kathleen mouth as she laid on Harrison after she had opened all their presents. Kathleen had probably the most fun because she didn't only get presents but she got to tear them apart even for one of her older brothers.

"I think someone is ready for a nap." Harrison said as Carrie glanced at Harrison getting up and lifting Kathleen into his arms.

"But I want more cocoa!" She protested while Harrison walked to the tree where his wife and two boys sat by the fire watching a movie.

"You need a nap baby then we will go out and take a walk."  Carrie said helping Harrison out. Thanks he mouthed while Kathleen gave up and had let her head fall to Harrison's shoulder.

"We'll be back.." he informed his wife and sons as he brought Kathleen to her room filled with Christmas decorations including a small tree lit up.

"Promise you will wake me up?" Kathleen questioned Harrison as he laid her on her twin bed pulling the covers on her.

"I promise baby." He told her leaning down and kissing her warm forehead.

"Are you sick, sweetheart?" He asked the four year old who looked worried at the thought of being sick.

"No daddy, I can't be!" She exclaimed now sitting up in the bed before she let out a hard cough.

"It's okay.. it's okay." Harrison told her as she continued to cough while Harrison patted her back.

"I need to go get you medicine I'll be right back." He told her as she sat there watching him go to the bathroom across from her bedroom.

"Here take this." He told her trying to give her a spoonful of kids medicine.

"No!" She shot at him earning a look from Harrison that told her that wasn't right.

"Kathleen, you gotta take the medicine." He explained. "It'll help you go to bed."

"No!" She said shaking her head earning a laugh from Carrie in the doorway who had been watching this exchange.

"Baby, you have to take it." She told her. "Or no walk later!" She warned her knowing she would give up and take the medicine.

"All right." She said as Harrison put the spoon affectionately in her mouth before she exclaimed "yuck!"

"Alright we will see you in a bit." Carrie told Kathleen as she took Harrison hand and walked them out of the bedroom. Harrison looked at Carrie knowing she was up to something but couldn't quite get it.

"Zac's asleep, Justin's in his room, and your mom just left." She told him with a smirk. Harrison looked at her knowing what she was up to and smiled saying, "Do you know what we can do?" He asked her before she started a slow kiss...

OKAY THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET GOOD BUT SOMETHING ELSE MIGHT HAPPEN😏 BTW LY ALL AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE READS AND A COUPLE OF VOTES LOL. XOXO