Noelle POV

   My eyes peel open as I hear the pitter patter of little feet zooming my way. I roll over to see Scott snoring in our familiar grey sheets at home. I look around our bedroom, making sure nothings changed and let out a sigh in relief. "What a dream" I mumble before noticing the matching red, silk pajamas we still have on. I furrow my brows and begin to shake Scott, pulling the dark blue covers off of him.

    Suddenly, Charlie comes running through the room and jumps on him. "Dad! Dad! Wake up! Oh, hi momma. Can you help me wake up dad? Santa left a lot of presents!" Charlie shouts. I smile and start tickling Scott. He groans "stop it guys." We ignore him and continue to annoy him into waking up. "Okay okay! I'm up, I'm up. You little gremlins" he mumbles before getting out of bed.

   I slip my house shoes on and my robe before following the excited Charlie down to the living room. Scott trails behind me, yawning and grumbling about coffee. He scratches his stomach only to realize the same thing I did, we are wearing the silky red pajamas and they even have our initials stitched into them like the dream. Scott doesn't say anything to me but I hear him mumble 'coma dream'. So was it actually a dream then? No no, it was definitely just a dream. I had too much to drink or I'm just going crazy is all.

   We walk into the kitchen to make some coffee before following Charlie into the living room. "Okay so what do you want to open first love?" I ask before he starts stacking them next to him in order. Charlie tears through his presents quickly getting lots of books, toys, some science kits, and new clothes. His big gift was a trip to DisneyLand in the Spring that the whole family would go on.

Scott opens his presents, getting some new ties, a few handmade gifts from Charlie, some other trinkets, and a black Rolex that I saved up for. The smile on his face was more than worth the money I spent on it. Thank goodness my company is still doing so well. He kisses my cheek and then hands over my presents. I get a few gifts from Charlie, and some from Scott too. But the big present is the matching diamond earrings, necklace, and ring set.

     They have Scott and Charlie's initials etched into them on one side and the other side has 'I love you' obviously written by Charlie. Tears pool in my eyes and my heart almost jumps out of my chest with joy. Scott gently pulls my hair back, placing the necklace on me. I smile up at him, then place my lips on his. "Thank you sweetheart, I love it" I whisper. He smirks and kisses my forehead "anything for you my love."

Charlie's presents

Scott's presents

Noelle's presents

A knock comes from the door and I look at Scott. "If that's them, I'm going to lose my mind" I grumble. Scott and I walk to the door before it swings open, showing Neil and Laura standing there with smiles. "Hey guys, the door was just unlocked, kinda dangerous huh? Anyways, we came to pick up Charlie" Neil says with his hand still on the doorknob. I frown at the two of them "well first, please don't just enter our home. Just because it was unlocked doesn't mean you should walk in. Second, he just barely got his presents open. Can't he stay a bit to at least play with a few of them? I can make some coffee and we can let him play for a bit." I ask, or rather tell the couple.

    They both glare at me but Neil speaks up "we have plans today. So no, he can't stay." I lift a brow at him "oh I'm sorry when did you become Charlie's father?" I pretend to think about it before snarking out "Oh wait you didn't. Stay out of this Neil!" Scott wraps his arms around me, backing me away from them as my anger takes over.

Laura steps up with a red face "he's more of a father than Scott is! And you aren't his mother so you don't have a say either!" All the anger fades from my body and I recoil into Scott's arms. Neil looks at Laura with pride but she looks guilty as soon as it leaves her mouth. "I didn't- I-" Laura fumbles with her words but I cut her off. "Don't. Just don't. I may not have gave birth to Charlie but he is my child too Laura. I adopted him so he is mine too or did you forget? Did you forget all the times I've nursed him back to health, been there for every soccer game, helped with every test, and tucked him in every night? Or have you been too wrapped up in Neil and his shitty therapist evaluations?" I start out whispering but end up yelling by the end, causing Charlie to come my way.

   I wipe away the tears that stream down my face as Charlie hugs my legs. Laura turns to Neil as if asking him to step in. "Get out" I finally whisper. "What?" Laura asks confused. "I said get out! Per the custody agreement we have Charlie until 6 p.m. tonight. So get out now before this gets ugly. And don't think my lawyer won't be hearing about this!" I yell as I push them towards the front door and slamming it in their faces. I turn back to Charlie and Scott who give me weird looks. "Okay so who wants to make junk food, watch Christmas movies, and open our new presents?" The two smile at me before Charlie grabs my hand and pulls me to the living room. I grab Scott's hand and he trails behind us, chuckling. What I miss is the look of concern from both boys.

   Laura and Neil pick Charlie up at exactly 6 p.m. I carry his little sleeping body to the car and buckle him in as Scott gets his things. "Momma? Tell dad he has to get ready to be Santa okay? He won't believe anyone but you." I give him a strange look and nod "of course baby. Do you still have your snowglobe from Bernard?" Neil and Laura are both staring at me now, more like glaring but whatever. Charlie shakes his head yes and pulls out the globe "right here! And I have the pajamas from the North Pole too!" I look over to Scott and he pushes past me to Charlie. "Charlie, who showed you the North Pole?" Charlie looks at Scott with a smile "you did duh. You and momma took me to Santa's workshop after we delivered presents to all the kids. The  Bernard the elf gave me a snowglobe and Judy the elf gave me the pajamas!"

   Scott and I share a look before Neil leans over the car door and asks "what's this all about?" Charlie replies "dad and momma are the new Mr. And Mrs. Clause! Dad accidentally killed Santa but momma is special! She has magic, that's why her hair is white! And she can make it snow! And we are going to move to the North Pole and help the elves make toys! Right guys?" I let out a small sigh, this is going to be a custody nightmare. I just know it. Neil frowns and closes the door on Charlie before we can even answer him. "Are you kidding me? Putting that junk in his head?" Laura yells at us then turns to Charlie who has his window cracked and replies "momma just has a bad dye job honey. She colors her hair all the time remember?" Charlie frowns then turns away from her and crosses his arms, pouting.

Laura frowns before throwing us a glare and opening her door. Neil quickly goes around the car and gets into the drivers seat. "You'll be hearing from my lawyer Noelle" Laura says with a smug expression before slamming the door. Scott and I wave at Charlie, blowing kisses at him. "We love you baby! See you soon and Merry Christmas!" I yell as the car drives away and my heart breaks a little more. I turn to Scott just as the first tears fall and my bottom lip starts to quiver. "I don't know how much longer I can deal with this Scott. Every time he drives away, a chunk of my heart goes with him and soon there won't be anything left" I whisper.

Scott wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me in. My chest tightens and it becomes hard to breathe. The feeling of abandonment and guilt pools on my stomach. Why are you upset? You're not his real mom. He's going to hate you. You're a horrible mom. You're just like your father. My mind floods with harsh thoughts and I start to drown. "It hurts" I rasp out and bury my tear soaked face into his chest. Scott kisses my forehead and rubs my back "it'll get better honey, I promise."

But that's the thing about promises,

They're just meant to be broken.

Authors note: Sorry this took so long to get out! I have been crazy busy and I have way too many books going at once (my own fault). I will be posting my new book on Friday so make sure to check it out! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

• How did you like this chapter? It was a bit darker than normal.

• Are y'all ready to see them transform into Mr. And Mrs. Clause?

• Do you think they should win custody of Charlie and take him to the North Pole? Or should he stay so they can meet their soulmate for book two and then move to the North Pole with them?

• When do we want her to have a baby? I'm thinking after they marry their soulmate Amaryllis or Carol

• Any guesses on who or what Noelle is?

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