Tis the season!

[shimmerandsing]

The only thing better than Christmas at home with her husband and family was Christmas at home with her husband, family, and friends. Alison had been eagerly awaiting the return of Rogue and Dakota's bunch to the castle for the holidays. She had already picked out a Christmas tree, which Longshot and John hauled home for her. It had lights on -- mostly Miyuki and Lisa's doing with Alison's supervision -- but, no ornaments yet. She figured that Gloria Jean and the boys could help with that when they arrived.

And they were coming early! That made it even better.

Despite her decreased mobility, Alison had been up early on the day they were scheduled to arrive. The castle was generally kept pretty clean, but she straightened anyway. And then... the baking! She hadn't felt such a strong urge to bake since the early months of her pregnancy. But, now, it was back in full force. By the time she finally tired of it, she had sugar cookies, gingerbread men, a gingerbread house, snowball cupcakes, and chocolate dipped pretzels.

She sat down in the kitchen to rest her feet and nibble on some gingerbread. Her little tea pot sat on the stove, happily brewing some peppermint tea. It might not be Christmas yet, but it sure smelled like Christmas.

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Alison laughed and stopped tickling Longshot. The cause was lost. Still, she was sure the girls would work out a way to get back at the Daddy and big brother types.

"Gee... maybe it was a silly idea to give you guys all that sugar." She laughed and shook her head. "I've never seen such a furious tickle war."

[laertes.livejournal.com]

Since her side had given up, Dakota stopped tickling his daughter and put her over his shoulder to catch her breath. Gloria Jean hung a little limply but had full faith her father would not drop her. She eventually looked up and waved to Rogue.

"Hi. Watch for Dad. He's a sneaky tickler."