Blue Eyes, Shining 3: Merry Christmas, Momma

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A/N Forward:

It's too big to be an intermezzo, so it's a new story line.

Joss has never been to see her mother….the story of Joss' journey, and the journeys of others, in this story: Merry Christmas, Momma.

It's all Cindy's fault: she sent me the picture...

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Merry Christmas, Momma

Story: occurs during BE, S 2: Training Table Blues.

Time stamp: Chapter 1 occurs between chapters 2 and 3 of Training Table Blues, in the early evening after school, two days before Joss leaves for Middleton.

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Chapter 1 – Demon-Slaying

"Daddy?"

Joss Possible came into her dad's bedroom after dinner. Slim Possible was relaxing after a busy day, reading in his recliner.

He looked up. "Yes, Sweet Tea?"

"DADDY!" By now, it was a game with them, and she didn't mind it anymore: she treated it as a badge of honor, but she still had to play the embarrassment game.

"Sorry, Joss," he smiled, and she smiled back.

"Daddy, I have a real serious question to ask you," and her smile disappeared, replaced by an emotionless face.

"You can ask me anything, darlin'."

"Kin go visit Momma at Christmas?"

Slim's face was frozen, but his heart lept.

"Why would you want to, now, Joss?"

"Daddy," and tears attempted to escape, "I've never been, and I've never wanted to, before…"

"…until you understood why you had the nightmares," he finished, and Joss nodded quietly, embarrassed, but then she looked up at her Dad with hope.

"And, now, I finally understand what I saw in those nightmares, Daddy: I saw heroes, people I'd read about in school and seen in movies and on television; all of them were watching and waiting all around and with Momma, and I didn't understand why they were with her, until now."

"And, kin I assume that this also has something to do with 'your' hero?" Slim smiled, Joss' heart lept, and the smile almost fractured her face as she bubbled her follow-up question.

"Kin he come, too, Daddy? He'll want to meet Momma, too, and I know she'll want to meet him!"

"Darlin', anything that will get you to slay another demon is right fine with me. You talk to Wade, and let me know if he wants to go. I'll start checkin' out tickets," and Joss almost fell into Slim's lap as she hugged him.

"DADDY! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! I LOVE YOU, DADDY!" and she kissed his cheek and ran out to call Wade on her PossCom.

Slim bookmarked his place, put his book down next to his chair, and sat quietly for a few moments as he heard Joss talking excitedly to Wade.

'Sheri Nicole, I miss you,' Slim said in his mind, 'but, the good news is that your daughter finally is ready to visit you, and she's bringing a guest.

'I wish I was able to bring someone to introduce to you, like you and I discussed when you were here; but, I guess I'll have to settle for our littl' girl comin' with me…

'I miss you, darlin', I miss you so much at times like this, when I know you'd be proud of our daughter.

'I miss you, darlin', I miss you so much, sometimes, that it hurts my heart,' and tears came forth in more than a trickle.

'But, we're comin'; I'll settle for happy for that.'

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"Hey, Wade!"

"Joss! And, to what do I owe the pleasure of your company?" He had a large smile on his face, and a bottle of water at his desk. Joss was the happiest not to see another Slurpster cup.

"Ooooh! You just earned 10 more kisses when I see ya next!"

"I love strawberry," he smirked, "'seriously.'"

"What's up, Sweet Tea?"

"Wanna visit my momma at Christmas?" She was so excited that she ignored the Tea.

"Joss, I thought you told me before that you didn't want to go there."

"I didn't; until you came along, my demon-slayer.

"How 'bout we go after my school's out, and afta' I come back heah from the Middleton Days Christmas festival? Daddy and I kin come back for Christmas Day?"

"You're coming here for Christmas?" Now, that got his attention, and Wade's heart lept.

"Of course: I've got to deliver my BFBF his spankin' Christmas presents!"

"Joss," and Wade was shocked, surprised, pleased, worried that he hadn't even thought about a Christmas present for Joss: after all, it was still September, and he was male….

"Well, sure," he replied with no noticeable break (he hoped). "Can my parents come, too? They want to meet your dad in person."

"Well, shore, Wade," she giggled.

Her accent drove her crazy, now. It now only seemed to really show up when and for awhile after she talked to Wade, almost exclusively. She had noticed the pattern: was it a nervous habit, or was she just so unnerved by him and her good fortune that she couldn't think or talk straight, she wondered….

"Where is your mom, Joss?"

"She's at Arlington, Wade," and he sat up straighter.

"Mom and Dad will definitely want to come with us.

"Do me a favor, and don't mention it to them when you get here: I want it to be a surprise, and I'll tell them while you're here, so you can see Dad's reaction."

"Shore, Wade." 'How does he do that to me?' she asked herself in her mind. "He's more distracting than my class work when I'm racin' the barrels.' And they were quiet for a few moments, drinking each other in, and then Wade spoke.

"Joss?"

"Yes, my love?"

"Don't say that, Joss."

'His tone changed: is he mad at me?' Joss thought

"Why not? I love you, you love me; we're gonna be together forever, what's wrong with that?"

"You might leave me," he blurted, and he started to turn away, but stopped.

"Why would I ever do that, Wade? After what you did for me, I couldn't ever do that to you, Wade."

"After you come down, and what you hear, you might not ever want to see me, again," he said, turning his face away from the camera.

"Wade!

No response

"WADE LOAD!" she yelled, and he turned back to the camera, and Joss saw tears on the face of her hero, and she knew she had to act fast.

"It's my turn, Wade," and she pointed her next words.

"I.

"Love.

"You.

"Wade Load.

"There is nothing that you could do or have done that would ever send me away." Then, her voice grew softer, more caring, more concerned.

"I needed you, as much as you need me, now, and I won't leave you to face Donna and your 'Stephanie demons' by yourself.

"Besides," Joss grinned, "I need some of Ron's 'Wadeshine,' and I want to meet your parents, and I want to meet Donna, and, most importantly, you owe me about 300 kisses, and I intend to collect on every one of them," and Wade smiled through his sadness.

"What did I ever do to deserve you, Jocelyn Possible?" Wade asked, honestly, as his tears began to dry up.

"Clean living?" and Wade laughed. 'Good,' Joss thought, 'I've got him back.'

"You 'came up here to 'hep me a bit,' my love," she continued, "and you hooked me with your webs of cables and wireless networking,"

"You didn't have to stay, Wade," she said, her voice softening again, "and now I want to do for you what you did for me, and what you're goin' to do me by seein' Momma with me," and her tears fought to escape and attack her face..

"Jocelyn Possible, I love you," he whispered, trying real hard not to cry again and successfully producing a smile.

"Right back at'cha, my favorite chocolate dessert," and she smiled because Wade was now smiling.

"Let me git down there, and I'll show you how much with mah hugs and kisses," she purred, and he grinned again,

"I still love strawberry," he whispered, and he tossed her a kiss, and cut the signal, and both of them broke down in private.

"I don't deserve him/her," they both said at the same time to the now-silent monitor and speakers.

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'What do I get her for Christmas?' Wade sat back and thought.

'It's not like I can just pull something off the Internet, not for her first Christmas present from me,' and he sat back and thought while he ran some scans for Kim.

The idea hit him in the middle of the last scan:

'That's it!

'I need to talk to Mom. If she can do it (I know she can, it's whether or not she has the time), I can either get Slim to help, or I can talk to Claudia,' and he grinned, evilly. 'Why do it the easy way, when you can do it the "WOW!" way?' He thought, and he got up to go and talk to his mother.

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Author's afterward:

Question: What do you do when you learn that your son's girlfriend's mother is in Arlington National Cemetery and he wants to go with her to her first visit with her mother since Mo died while saving her daughter?

Answer: You say, with all seriousness: "Let's go!" and you go so you both can meet her father, as well; besides, you really want to go to Arlington!

But, who else shows up, unannounced and unexpected, in some cases, even to them?

Wade asks his parents, and the results are next, in chapter two of Merry Christmas, Momma.

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