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“Okay, Carmen and Eleazar,” Bella said. “We have a court date for January seventh for the adoption. Alec’s birth parents had their parental rights revoked, thanks to the judge. With everything that you did for Alec, we’ll be all set.”

“You have no idea how much this means to us, Bella,” Carmen sniffled, looking at the paperwork that would make Alec officially their son. “Are you sure you can’t come over to celebrate Christmas with our family? You are an integral part of it since you have done so much.”

“I appreciate it, but no thank you. I have plans with my own family. They’re flying in today. I have a car picking them up as we speak,” Bella replied, a warm blush covering her face.

“Well, we don’t want to keep you from your family. If you do decide to come, bring them along,” Eleazar smiled. “Merry Christmas, Bella. We’ll see you in a couple of weeks.” He helped his wife to her feet, guiding her out of Bella’s office.

Once they were out of the office, Bella collapsed against the leather chair. She was ready for some time off and anxious to be with Edward and Garrett. The past five weeks had been torturous. The conversations, Skype calls and emails were great, but not the same as being with them. Her body yearned for theirs. She wanted their touch, their kisses, their love. It’s only a matter of an hour, Bella, she thought gleefully. She smiled happily, packing up her belongings and bundling up to go back to her apartment. 

Carmen

Eleazar

Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

Bella's Outfit

iPad Case

iPad

Bella's nameplate

Bracelet from the guys but with alexandrite and garnet stones

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The next day, the three of them went in search of a perfect tree for Bella’s home. After much debate, she decided on a fake tree since her schedule was too erratic to maintain a real one. She found two pre-lit trees, one for the living room and the other for the family room. She certainly had enough ornaments and decorations to make both of them festive. The tree in the living room was going to be decorated in all white, with white lights. That was the tree that James wanted when they were married; all white decorations and white lights. Bella liked it, found it to be elegant and wanted to use it. The tree in the family room had more fun, family-oriented Christmas décor. It was all from her childhood home from her deceased father.

“You were such a cute little girl,” Garrett said, has he held up an ornament with Bella, minus her two front teeth. “Nice pigtails.”

“If you’re lucky, I’ll wear them again,” Bella snorted, putting up large glass balls all around her tree. “Handlebars.”

“I personally like the brace-face picture,” Edward laughed, holding up her sixth grade ornament. 

“Wow, I thought I had it bad with the metal mouth.”

“I still have a damn retainer,” Bella grumped. “I begged my parents to not put me into head gear. But, my teeth were fucked up. If you notice, I rarely smiled with my teeth showing after that toothless shot. I had more teeth and not enough mouth. It sucked.”