xxxiii. merry glitchmas

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"Chase is going to love his present!" Freya giggled, wrapping Chase's present.

It was that time of year seeing in Mission Creek. It's Christmas. Last year, Freya was so nervous to give Chase her present, but this year she knows he will like it. It's a new pair of high tops he has been looking at for a long time. Plus she was getting him matching bracelets. A yin and yang couples bracelets.

Juliet, on the other hand, was panicking on what to her Adam. Freya has know them for almost two years and has time to get to Chase, but Juliet is still learning stuff about Adam.

"Adam is going love his too!" Juliet smiled sheepishly.

"You have no idea what you are getting him?" Freya asked her sister and Juliet sighed, resting her chin on her hand.

"Nope."

Freya sat back on the couch. "Adam is super easy.  He isn't picky. And I'm pretty sure anything you get him, he will love."

"It's an our first Christmas and I want to get him something special."

Freya grinned, winking. "Something special?"

Juliet shoved her gently and groaned as Freya chuckled.

"Get your head out of the gutter," Juliet rolled her eyes. "We have been together for like two weeks."

"And?" Freya smirked.

"Stop it. Help me figure out a present," Juliet whined, shaking her sister gently.

"Okay, okay." Freya giggled, stopping her sister. "You know that new toy coming out? The Nerble?"

"Yeah?"

"Pretty sure he would like that." Freya told her.

"But it's a stupid toy." Juliet frowned and she saw Freya's look then nodded. "Ahh, makes sense."

"Mhm." Freya said.

"But he may already have it." Juliet reasoned.

"There's a jumbo version." Freya told her sister. "They are super popular, so I would get it like now."

Juliet immediately got up and ran out the door. Freya grinned as the door shut. "She is head over heels for him." Freya looked at her nicely wrapped present and giggled happily. "Chase is going to be so happy!"

——

Later that day, Freya went over to the Davenport house. She walked right in carrying her presents in her arms with a big smile.

"Hi Davenport family!" She brightly greeted. Chase and Leo were wrapping presents, Bree and Tasha were decorating the tree, and Adam was walking into the living room.

Chase panicked when he saw his girlfriend and hid the present he was wrapping.

"Presents!" Adam gasped and went to grab one, but Freya smacked his hand.

"No!" She scolded him as Chase approached her. "You have to wait."

Adam pouted and sat on the couch. "Where's Jules?"

"Shopping for you," Freya told him as Chase helped Freya put the presents down.

"What did she get me?!" Adam gasped, leaping to his feet.

"A chill pill hopefully," Freya rolled
her eyes. Leo and Bree walked up to Freya and greeted her with hugs, exchanging the phrase 'Merry Christmas.'

Chase pecked Freya on the lips and she saw a half wrapped present under the coffee table. "What's that?"

"Nothing." Chase laughed awkwardly, moving in front of her view.

"I know that's my present, silly," Freya chuckled, poking his arm. "I'll be nice and won't peek. It's Christmas, my one time a year where I'm nice."

Chase grinned with a blush as he sat down again and Freya sat down next to him to him. She covered her eyes and turned away. "Not peeking!"

Chase chuckled with soft smile, before getting the present out again to finish it. It was a diamond encrusted galaxy pendent necklace that he got from the planetarium they went to. He bought this when Freya was in the bathroom, so she isn't aware of it.

Whether they were together or not, he was going to give it to Freya. He knows she'll love it.

Donald walked in the door with gifts in his hands. "Ho, ho, ho! Santa's here!"

Leo put his hand up. "I'm not sitting on your lap. Just hand out the gifts."

Adam, Bree, and Chase stood up, looking at Davenport as Freya sat on the couch.

"Presenting this holiday seasons hottest new action figures!" Davenport pulled out three actions figures of the trio. "Adam, Bree and Chase!"

"Woah!" Freya chuckled.

Bree gasped. "Wow!

"Cool!" Chase said

Adam smiled as he reached for his action figure."Toys!!!"

Tasha gushed as the trio took their action figures. "They're so cute!"

"Yeah. Now that the world knows and loves you guys, a toy company was eager to put one of these in every kid's stocking-- for a small licensing fee." Davenport explained and points at himself.

Leo cleared his throat. "Ahem! Didn't they forget two certain people?" Leo gestured to him and Freya, however, the blonde girl raised her eyebrow in confusion. "I'm just saying, this face would look dashing in molded plastic. It appeals to children of all ages."

"It really doesn't," Freya shook her head, standing up and Leo gave her a look. "Also, our bionics aren't revealed."

"She's right, Leo, we agreed to keep your bionics a secret." Davenport reasoned with Leo. "Besides this is about Adam, Bree and Chase. And me!" Davenport pulls out Donald action figure. Everyone looked at him as he played with it, making explosion sound effects. He stopped and frowned. "What? It comes free with the set."

"Right, because no one would actually pay for you." Bree grinned and Freya laughed, sitting next to Chase on the floor.

Freya looked at the Chase action figure and frowned at it. "The action figure isn't accurate. You're much cuter in real life."

Chase blushed as Freya gave him a smile, before the bionic boy kissed her temple.

"Yeah, look Chase, yours is life-sized!" Adam joked, taking the action figure. Freya bit her lip, hiding her laughter.

Chase picked up the Adam action figure. "Oh, and look! Adam's head is hollow, just like the real thing!"

Freya let out a snicker as Adam frowned and took back the action figure with irritation. "It's not hollow. It's filled with potential."

"Wait, potential? More like air." Bree retorted

Adam frowned. "What? What does that even mean?"

Adam, Bree and Chase start to argue and Freya scooted back, not wanting to get involved.

She stood up right as they did and Tasha walked over to the trio, breaking them up. "Guys, it's Christmas. This is a time to think about others, not yourselves. Which is why famed TV reporter Tasha Davenport is hosting a charitable toy drive at school." Tasha smiled and everyone looked at her. Her smiled dropped. "Oh, it can be a little about me."

Davenport grinned. "Of course it can, honey!" He gave her a kiss, before stepping in front of her. "Now that that little self-involved side-trip is over, check it out!" Freya patted Tasha, who had a shocked expression on her face. Davenport showed the bionic trio something on his phone. "Your action figures are now second place on the holiday gift best-seller list."

Bree smiled. "Oh."

Chase frowned, unsatisfied. "Second place? What's first?"

"Uh, a toy called "The Nerble"? Davenport checked his phone and Freya nodded.

Chase frowned. "The heck is a Nerble?" He looks at Davenport's phone. "That? That's just a furry orange ball!"

"Yeah, who would buy that stupid thing?" Beee asked as Freya looked at Adam, who was playing with the Nerble.

"Adam." Freya pointed to him.

Adam is seen with a Nerble, mumbling 'Nerble' while shaking it. He receives reproachful looks and he looked at everyone.

"What? It has fur and rubber. What else do you need in life?" Adam asked.

"You'd be surprised on how easy it is to please children. Or Adam," Freya mentioned and Adam goofily smiled.

"Ooh, Donald. I bet the kids at the charity drive would love some of your old toys." Tasha informed her husband.

Davenport scoffed. "Tasha, they're not toys, they're scientific invent--" Tasha starts to walk away and he chases her out of the room. "No! No! No, no! Stay away from my toys!"

"The only reason the Nerble is outselling us is because our action figures don't have any cool features." Chase mentioned and Freya scoffed, grabbing Chase's action figure.

"Not to mention how ugly they are. You guys are super attractive these dolls don't do you all justice." Freya told them, rubbing Chase's arm.

"She's right. I'm gorgeous!" Bree smiled, pointing at Freya. "And a furry rubber ball with one eye does have cool features?"

Adam pointed at his sister. "You see? She gets it."

Leo walked over to them. "Hey, you know what will make your toys number one? Drop a little dab of Dooley in that fun pack."

Chase blinked as Leo did a little dance. "If it's Rey, yes." Freya grinned smugly as Leo's smiled dropped. "Or, we can make better prototypes and get the toy company to sell them. Then we'll be number one instead of the Nerble."

Bree shook her head. "You guys are ridiculous. Who cares if some little toy is beating us?"

Chase protested. "I do! We're heroes. We should be number one. I don't see any furry rubber balls saving the world."

"If you gave it a chance, it could," Freya shrugged and Chase gave her a playful glare.

"No, but they do bring the world joy."  Adam grinned.

Chase frowned. "How?"

Adam throws the Nerble at Chase's stomach and he falls to the ground, groaning. Freya gasped, trying not to laugh at her boyfriend. However, Leo starts laughing hysterically in the background.

Adam points at Leo. "See? Joy!" He does a hand-shake with Bree as Freya bent down, checking on Chase, still laughing to herself.

"It's okay to laugh for a while, right?" Freya asked, patting her boyfriend's arm. Chase leaned into her and she continued to laugh quietly, while being concerned for him.

——

The next day, Freya and Juliet were at home making Christmas cookies with their mom. They planned to bring them to the Davenport house later that day.

Juliet had finally got her present for Adam. It was a Jumbo Nerble, which is just a giant version of the Nerble. Adam loves his Nerble so much, he was for sure going to love the Jumbo Nerble even more.

Juliet got the last one. Everyone was gunning for the toy, but Juliet managed to get it. She has a special way with people.

Cassandra was going to help Tasha with the toy drive today and Freya and Juliet were going to help out. Chase told Freya he was going to make some modifications to their action figures and she did not want to be involved in whatever disaster would take place with that. She loves helping Chase, but she knows he will get cocky and get carried away with it.

She wants to support her boyfriend, but will gladly support him from a distance with this one.

"Girls, don't forget Leo's grandma, Rose, is coming to town." Cassandra told her daughters.

"I love Grandma Rose, don't get me wrong, but she always tries to get me to be more girly," Freya complained. "She hates my style."

"She always asks me if my hair is fake." Juliet added ask combed her gorgeous fire red hair.

"Don't you dye it?" Freya asked.

"Not important." Juliet quickly objected.

"Well, she is only here for a few days, so make sure she does not find out about Freya's bionics. She had a huge panic when she found out about Adam, Bree, and Chase, so we need to make sure she does not panic even more." Cassandra explained to her daughters.

"We won't tell her," Juliet assured her mother, who gave them both a smile as she walked away.

"Knowing Leo, he will expose it for me." Freya shook her head, starting to place the cookies into containers.

"Doesn't matter we need to abide by Mom's orders and not tell her, okay?" Juliet told her sister.

"Fine, fine," Freya sighed, before using her molecular kinesis to bring another container over to her. Juliet rolled her eyes and grabbed the container midair. "Hey!"

"Using your bionics is another form of telling Rose." Julilet reasoned, putting the container down.

"She isn't even here," Freya protested. "I won't use my bionics in front of her."

"You better not," Juliet replied, placing the lid on the containers and stacking them on one another. "Let's get ready to head to the toy drive."

Juliet walked away and Freya stepped out from around the counter to find Cinnamon sitting politely on the couch.

Freya used her molecular kinesis to throw Cinnamon's toy across the room. Cinnamon hopped off the couch and ran after it.

Freya chuckled. "You like when I use them."

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~Mission Creek High School~

Tasha, Freya, Juliet, and Cassandra were at the toy drive. It was a success so far, but Freya was a bit concerned about the action figures. She knew Chase had made modifications, but she wasn't sure what kind. However, she could sense it wouldn't be good.

Tasha and Cassandra were chatting as Freya and Juliet watched the kids. Both loved the sight of the kids enjoying their toys and having fun. Especially Juliet, she found it so heartwarming to watch kids have fun. She didn't get to be a kid when she was younger, because she had to grow up fast. With the burden of Krane being her father, and ruining the first five years of her life, she had to grow up and protect her sister. Even after they left Krane, she grew up constantly making sure Freya was safe and happy. Juliet wants to give other children that same feeling of happiness and love. She would love to be a mother one day.

"It's nice," Juliet let out a small breath. "Watching kids be happy and enjoying themselves."

Freya looked up at her sister with a sympathetic smile. "I agree." Freya spotted the action figures. "But that may come to an end right now, because those action figures aren't normal."

"What?"

"Tasha!"

The sisters turned to find Adam, Bree, and Chase running into the school frantically.

"Oh." Juliet sighed as the sisters went up to them and Tasha and Cassandra.

"Oh, hey, guys, what a wonderful surprise. Did you come to help us with the toy drive?" Tasha asked as Cassandra smiled at them.

Bree frowned. "Wh-- Of course not. Uh, where are the action figures?"

Cassandra gestured to the kids playing with the action figures. "We just handed them out to the kids."

Everyone turned to see the toy drive happening in the cafeteria and the kids playing with the action figures,

"What? Why would you do that?" Bree asked with worry.

"Because it's a toy drive?" Juliet asked with confusion.

Tasha and Cassandra shared a confused glance before Tasha spoke. "I assumed you left them in that old box to donate. The kids just love them..." Tasha shrugged. "Mostly because we just ran out of Nerbles."

Adam, Bree, and Chase peer into the entrance of the cafeteria with Juliet and Freya next to them.

"What did you do?" Freya smacked Chase's arm and he winced, rubbing his arm.

"I gave the action figures bionics to make them better and now they are too dangerous," Chase told his girlfriend and she rolled her eyes, shaking her head.

"Once again you let your ego get the best of you and look what happened," Freya berated Chase and he sent her a glare. "Couldn't you just let the Nerble be number one?"

"No! No orange furry ball is going to beat us," Chase declared and Freya folded her arms, raising her eyebrows.

"That furry orange ball isn't a threat to humans," Juliet added and Chase groaned.

"We have to get them back!" Chase said, ignoring Juliet.

"Well, at least they haven't found the button yet." Bree reasoned.

Tasha and Cassandra overhead Bree. "What button?"

Suddenly, a kid presses the button on the Adam toy and it fires heat vision. Chase pulled Freya out of the way and Adam pulled Juliet out of the way as the heat vision fired past the group, breaking the table in the hallway.

"Woah," Freya gasped as Chase let her go and she gently grabbed his arm.

Bree smiled sheepishly. "That button."

"This is a disaster!" Chase exclaimed and Freya scoffed.

"You caused this," Freya furrowed her eyebrows as she followed Chase into the cafeteria.

Adam squeezed his girlfriend's shoulder as he sighed. "Yeah. I'm going to go home and play with my Nerble."

Juliet smacked Adam's chest, before pulling him into the cafeteria with Bree.

——

Now, all of the action figures are glitching and the kids are running around screaming while Adam, Bree, and Chase try to get things under control. Juliet and Freya were running around, trying to project the kids as Tasha and Cassandra were trying to dodge the action figures. Freya was awfully confused by the Chase doll flying. Chase can't fly, he can levitate, but not fly.

Eventually, the group of seven hid behind the sleigh in the middle to devise a plan.

"I knew this day would come. First, the toys attack the humans, then they recruit the refrigerators and microwaves to seal our doom." Adam panicked before yelling out with Juliet taking his arm for comfort. "We need to stop this!"

"Okay, obviously the Adam figures are the most dangerous so we have to get those out of the kids' hands first." Chase instructed.

Tasha spotted a Bree doll glitching. "Wait, what's wrong with the Bree doll?"

They all look over to see the Bree toy violentlg shaking.

"Oh, no. I made them too perfectly." Chase said with horror.

"Don't think perfect is the correct answer, honey," Freya mentioned.

"What does that mean?" Cassandra asked Chase.

"She's glitching just like we do. The bionics are burning out the motor." Chase explained, before
the Bree doll explodes and everyone screams. Freya grabbed Chase's shoulders, hiding behind him.

"Okay, change of plans. Go for the Bree ones." Chase exclaimed.

Adam, Juliet, Cassandra, Tasha, and Bree run off.

"What did you do to these toys?!" Freya asked her boyfriend with a glare.

Chase gave her a sheepish look. "Made them better?"

"Also, you can't fly." Freya remarked.

"You can't either." Chase argued.

"That's not the point!" Freya cried out as they stood up and saw a Chase toy flying toward them. Freya couldn't expose her bionics, so she stood behind Chase as they backed away together. Adam, Juliet, Cassandra, and Tasha were hiding behind a tree, watching

Chase pushed himself in front of Freya as they backed away. "Oh, no. Oh, no."

"Chase! Stop it!" Freya yelled as they got close to a wall. The Chase toy flies towards him at a quick pace and Chase tries to use his molecular kinesis, but it didn't work. Chase quickly grabbed Freya and dived to the ground right as the doll explodes. Chase and Freya got up, stumbling a bit.

"Okay, go after the Chase ones first." Chase yelled.

"You know what, just get them all!" Freya cutting Chase off with irritation.

A Chase doll flys by and Chase grabs it midair, struggling to keep his grip on it.

"Got you." He yelled as he struggles with it until he falls onto the floor and hits it repeatedly. Freya watched, cringing at each hit until til it was destroyed.

Tasha and Cassandra were leading the kids out hurriedly as Chase attacked the toy.  Both mothers laughed awkwardly. "Merry Christmas!"

Freya rushed over to her boyfriend, helping him up to his feet as Adam, Juliet, and Bree joined them with the other action figures in their hands.

"Okay." Adam said as Chase drops kicks the action figure across the room.

"I think we got all of 'em." Adam said, looking at the dolls in his hands and Bree's hands.

Chase counted all the dolls and noticed one was missing. "I only count eight. We're missing one."

I'll check the hallway." Adam suggested and walked into the hallway. He stopped abruptly when he spotted the last doll. "Uh-oh

Adam and the Adam toy have a tense standoff in the middle of the hallway. Bree, Juliet, Freya, and Chase carefully walk into the hallway.

"Adam, be careful. He's unstable." Chase advised his brother, putting his arm around Freya, holding her close.

Adam furrowed his eyebrows, looking at Chase. "So am I."

Adam looks at the toy again. Suddenly, the Adam toy fires heat vision and Adam rolls out of the way to dodge it. Chase moved his girlfriend out of the away as Bree grabbed Juliet. Adam hastily destroys the toy with his own heat vision.

"Nice shot!" Chase praised as the four walked up to Adam, congratulating him.

"That was hot," Juliet smirked and Adam gave her a quick wink, putting his arm around his girlfriend.

"You nailed it!" Bree laughed.

Adam picked up the broken toy with sorrow. "Why is it you always hurt the ones you love?"

Juliet rolled her eyes, patting his arm. "It was for the best, darling."

Tasha and Cassandra walked back in with displeased expressions. Cassandra folded her arms. "We're gonna need you guys to clean this up."

A Christmas tree falls in the cafeteria behind Tasha and Freya winced at the sound.

"Tasha, Cassandra, it's Christmas. Stop thinking about what you need and start thinking about others." Adam objected and the mothers continued staring at them with fury in their eyes.

"To be fair, it wasn't our fault." Freya chuckled, approaching her mother.

"Yeah, we were just here." Juliet added and Cassandra's expression didn't change.

"Mom-"

"Go!"

"Yes, mom!" The girls quickly rushed into the cafeteria to help clean up.

——

Tasha picked up a damaged decorations with disappointment. "Great. You ruined the toy drive."

"It's not totally ruined. The kids can still have fun with these melted action figures." Adam picked up a ruined toy and started to imitate toy. "Hiya, kids!" He stops after he realizes it's upsetting. "Yeah, it's just sad."

"We're sorry, Tasha and Cassandra." Chase apologized.

"Yeah, we never meant for those action figures to leave the lab." Bree added.

"I think what she's trying to say is, this is all your fault." Adam blamed the mothers and Juliet smacked Adam's arm.

Cassandra sighed sadly. "I just feel bad for the kids. They have no gifts."

"And they were so excited when we told them they were going to get to play with your action figures." Tasha continued and Freya gave her mother a side hug.

Bree shrugged. "I just wish there was some way that we could make it up to them."

Chase got an idea and smiled. "Maybe there is."

——

Later, all of the kids are back in the cafeteria and the toy drive was back in action. Adam was sitting on the the floor with Juliet standing by. Three kids were standing by with one holding Adam's head and another was holding a frisbee.

"Okay, I'm your real life action figure. Go ahead and give it a throw."

A girl throws a frisbee and the boy holding Adam's head fires his heat vision at the frisbee. Juliet chuckled, clapping happily.

Adam laughed. "Oh, yeah! Nice shot, kid! Whoo! Okay, next."

Juliet and Adam shared a warm smile.

"You're the best." Juliet took his hand, squatting down, and Adam kissed her cheek

"I think that's you."

Over with Bree, she was standing next to a little girl. "Who wants a 200 mile-per-hour piggyback ride?" The little girl raised her hand. "Okay, come on."

The girl climbs on Bree's back and she super speeds away. Chase walks into the cafeteria with a bunch of kids holding his arms as Freya trailed behind, laughing.

"For the last time, I can't fly!" Chase groaned and the kids didn't listen.

"That's what you get for trying to be cool," Freya teased as she continued to follow them.

Tasha and Cassandra sat in the sleigh, watching the event. They shared a smug smirk and shook their heads. "Eat your heart out, Nerble."

——

~Davenport Household~

Later, everyone was at the house, opening gifts with Grandma Rose. Grandma Rose knows about Leo's bionics and later found out about Freya's. When Leo exposed his bionics, he let it slip out that Freya has them too. Grandma Rose was upset at first, but is okay with it now.

Adam and Juliet were sat on the floor, cuddling each other. Freya was in on the couch, leaning against Chase.

Tasha was speaking to Rose. "Well I, for one, am relieved you know about about Leo and Freya's bionics. "Now I can stop lying to you." Rose gives her a look and Tasha retracted her statement. "About the fact that I've been lying to you."

Davenport hands Rose a gift and she looks at him. "Oh, what's this?"

Juliet leaned her head on Adam's arm as he grinned. "Hmm, knowing him, it's either cheap or re-gifted."

Juliet giggled, biting her cookie as Rose glared at Adam.

Davenport shrugged, grinning. "It's just a little something. Merry Christmas, Rose."

Rose opens gift to reveal a Grandma Rose action figure. "Oh!"

"A Grandma Rose action figure! Donald, that is so sweet of you." Tasha smiled sweetly.

Chase smiled. "It's so stiff and life-like." Rose gives him a look as Freya frowned at him. "Because of its warmth and charm."

"Good save." Freya muttered into his ear.

Bree frowned. "Hey, why is she wearing a mission suit?"

"Oh, I just had a new head molded. I used the body of a Bree doll prototype that was lying around." Davenport explained and Freya realized something along with Chase and Bree.

"And it's re-gifted." Adam pointed out.

"Wait, Bree prototype?" Bree asked with worry.

"Hey, what does this button do?" Rose asked, noticing the button.

Chase rushed over to Rose in a panic."Oh, no! Everybody get down!"

Everyone ducks while Chase grabs the action figure and throws it across the room, where it explodes. Juliet carefully lifted her head up from Adam's chest and he looked down at her, still holding her protectively.

Leo sat up and looked at his grandmother. "You're right. He is a bad father."

——

Freya and Chase were sitting at the dining table, holding their presents for one another. Everyone else was either talking to one another around the house, which let Freya and Chase have some time together.

"Open mine or yours first?" Freya asked with her fingers nervously tapping on the gift.

"I'll open first." Chase suggested and Freya nodded, handing Chase his gift. She held her hands together, fiddling her fingers as he opened his gift.

Chase's eyes brightened and a smile got plastered on his face as he saw the high tops.

"The new high tops?" Chase asked with shock. "I've been wanting these."

"I know." Freya smiled and cleared her throat. "I hope you like them."

"I love them. Thank you." Chase softly smiled at Freya and kissed her cheek, which left her blushing.

"There's something else." Freya pointed out and Chase pulled out a small box. He opened it to reveal the Yin and Yang bracelets. "It's Yin and Yang bracelets. Because you're the..." Freya paused for a moment as Chase looked at her and she swallowed nervously before continuing. "The light to my darkness."

Freya's cheeks were bright red, not expecting to get emotional at the end. She couldn't help it, Chase really is her light. Her sun.

Chase took the Yin bracelet and put it on Freya's wrist, before gently holding her hand. "I'll always be here to brighten up your sky. To clear your cloudy days. To be your Yang."

Freya let out a small chuckle, sniffing and smiling bashful. Chase softly kissed her and she felt herself relax, feeling calm fill her body.

Chase piled away and wiped away the tear the shred.

"And I'm be your Yin. To keep you calm and relaxed when you are stressed or angry." Freya sincerely told Chase, putting the Yang bracelet back on his wrist. Once it was on, she placed her hand in his. When together, the bracelets connected, forming a full circle.

"You're my calm. My relaxation." Chase softly mumbled to his girlfriend, rubbing his thumb over hers.

Freya stared at Chase with nothing but love and adoration. She was so smitten for this man.

"Can I give you my gift now?" Chase asked, eagerly and Freya giggled, nodding.

"Yes."

Chase let go of Freya and grabbed his gift, handing it to the blonde girl. It was a small wrapped box, one small enough to hold a necklace shaped gift.

Freya opened the gift and lifted the lid. Her mouth fell agape in complete shock and Chase watched in anticipation.

"Oh my gosh," she gasped quietly ad she lifted the beautiful necklace. "It's beautiful."

Freya couldn't believe the piece of jewelry she was holding. Just the weight of it made her believe it was real and not some fake. This was the real deal.

"Chase, this must of costed a fortune," Freya spoke with amazement.

"Eh," Chase shrugged. "Cost doesn't matter. What matters is how much you love it."

The reaction from Freya was all that mattered. She loved it.

"Let me put it on you." Chase offered and the couple stood up with Chase moving behind her. Freya moved her hair out of the way as Chase put the necklace on her. Freya closed her eyes when she felt the cold jewelry touch her neck and felt shivers down her spine when Chase left gently kisses on her shoulder.

She let her hair fall again and turned to face her boyfriend with bright smile.

"Even the most perfect gem could not compare to your beauty," Chase softly told his girlfriend, placing his hand on her cheek, caressing it. Freya leaned into his hand, enjoying his gentle touch.

Chase brought her lips to his and they shared another sweet kiss. Moments later, they pulled away and continued to stare into each others eyes.

"Merry Christmas, Chase." Freya said.

"Merry Christmas, Freya." Chase smiled.

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Up Next: Rise of The Secret Soldiers

Cute little Christmas chapter before we get into the real action. So excited for this one. I have one question please answer. Very simple, but will super effective.

Freya or Juliet?

Pick one and answer. No explanation, but your answer will affect the next two chapters.

Byeeeeee