Aidan Michael Essex's Story

Celeste Doyle


Essie had heard that her boyfriend, Aidan had been invited to his parents' place for Christmas. She only had a week to change her plans right away when she was asked to go with him, and she was more than glad to go with him. She had met his family before, just last Christmas she had been over as well. She met his family prior to such, but it wasn't too often she always saw them. Essie had met them all none the less. Vivian, Jaxon, Katy, Rose, and John. Rose was a sweet women and she made John a better person from what she could tell. She didn't know them too well of course. Essie had taken a liking to Katy who seemed to be one of Aidan's favourite siblings and she always tried to play with Katy when she could. Essie always kept an open mind about John as well, even though he's protective of his children she had been able to see past it a little bit.

She has spent a bunch of time packing her bags for the occasion. She had a list of everything that she needed to pack and she made sure she got it. Of course she also did some last minute Christmas shopping for his family. She had heard that James was coming out, as he was Vivian's other half. Celeste had met him before and she soon had gifts for everyone and she had wrapped them up. She was excited for Christmas and she was hoping things would go well. She even got a little something for this girl that Jaxon apparently had been dating, it was nothing special that she could give her, but figured something would be better than nothing.

As of the day they were leaving to get to his parents house she was checking her list for the last time. She sighed, relieved she didn't have anything missing from her list. Soon Essie had gotten dressed, she knew she had to look a little presentable it being Christmas eve and she was going to be around his family this year. Although they had to be on a plane flight so she dressed more in comfort first and figured she'd dress up at the airport, since it wouldn't take her long. Her and Aidan had made it to their plane on time and soon they were in the airport. There she quickly changed to her cocktail dress and some flats, considering she hated heels with a passion. She let her hair down and touched up her makeup a little bit, which wasn't a whole lot since she wasn't too into makeup but she liked it for a little boost.

She pulled on her coat and gloves and soon her beanie followed. She walked with Aidan out of the airport and into a taxi. They had spoken a bit in their journey to his house. She didn't really bring up his mother at all, she knew it was a touchy subject, and she understood that. She had lost her own brother when she was younger, she knew how it felt, and she never liked talking about it much. They talked about his work for the most part, and then about Christmas in general, of course they had their little teasing bits too, which were mostly just adorable.

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Soon they pulled up to his parents' house that was mostly just his father's house now but she never addressed it as such. She got out of the taxi cab and she grabbed her bags which were only one with her stuff she needed and the other was filled with the presents she had for everyone. She waited for Aidan and then once they paid the taxi cab driver she looped her arm with Aidan's and walked up to the door with him. "I hope it's as good of a Christmas as I think it's going to be." She said flashing him a smile. "Looking forward to seeing your siblings again, especially Katy." the girl spoke and as they reached the door she rung the doorbell for them. "I wonder if we're the first ones here." She said to him.

Celeste Doyle

Essie had happened to see the doors open. Her and Aidan had a safe trip to say the least and she was excited and she could get the Christmas vibes from the house. The scents of baking was flooding in and she smiled. She soon walked in with Aidan and they were greeted by John. Even though she has been over to visit Aidan's family over countless times, she still felt like she had any challenges to face to fit the idea of what John had wanted.

Soon another woman came in. Essie watched as she slipped her hand into John's and then she could tell by their body behaviour. She heard the woman ask her who she was. Obviously Essie wasn't one of the Essex children but she had been dating Aidan for quite some time now and she didn't intend to leave him if his father didn't like her, she just hoped that Aidan would be the same way. She gave a small smile to the two of them. "Evening, John and your companion." She said. She wasn't one to judge, it was a bit too soon but who knew, maybe they were happy. She left the opinion for hers to be settled upon knowing them better. "I'm Celeste." She said to the woman and gave a small smile.

Eventually she nodded to both of them, "I'll help Aidan with our bags, so if you'll please excuse me." She said softly and then she turned to go upstairs and into Aidan's room. "Hey babe, figured I'd help, not sure if your dad likes me yet or not." She said speaking the last part a bit quietly. She did feel like she was on the edge waiting for an approval or not. Essie sighed softly and helped him set the bags down and then wrapped her arms around him and gave him a small peck on the lips. "So, any bets on who arrives first out of your other two siblings?" She asked with a small smirk on her face.

Celeste Doyle

Celeste had been in Aidan's room before, and she had to say, she preferred this room over all the others, because even though it was his room, she could tell all of the memories that were probably once in here from when Aidan was in his teenage years. It was also one of the more silent and a more relaxed room to her. Essie rather liked it very much. She was soon hearing what Aidan had to say about his father and she smiled at his words. "Of course he likes you babe. You're perfect." Essie knew Aidan cared for her and that she cherished, because she had trusted him, and it was difficult for her to let people in sometimes after the accident with her brother. She had loved her brother, and he had taken care of her and when he died on her account she felt she had been cursed. Although her dark days were over, but sometimes nightmares would still linger about once in awhile, but they were mostly reduced, and if she had them, Aidan was right there with her.

Soon his next few words was what brought her out of her thought process. "Why? Did he say something to you? I'm telling you, if he's gonna be starting shit on Christmas Eve we're leaving. We didn't come all the way here for that." Of course now she could tell that Aidan was just being protective, he got like that with her, and anyone who he had loved. She gave him a sympathetic smile for understanding why he was being protective. "No, he didn't say anything to me, not anything like that at least. Just the weather." She began softly trying to speak in a more soothing voice to calm down. "He was fairly nice, but sometimes it feels like I need to pass a test for him or something." She said continuing more so rambling on a bit and she shook it off. "Probably just all up in my head." She mentioned and as soon as they pulled away from their embrace a little bit.

I would've thought that Jax would have been here by now. Vivian's always late so don't expect her for another few days or so," He said replying to her question of a bet and she gave a small laugh at his joke about his sister. She watched as her boyfriend soon began to sat down on his bed. She soon stood there in front of him as he asked his next question about what they should do now. Essie smiled, "Well, I think we should could Katy, one of her presents early, I think it'd make her very happy, plus she's always so adorable." Essie said with a lightened up face, as she was truly excited to see Aidan's little sister. Even if she could be bratty sometimes, but honestly all kids have that side to them, and Essie knew how to deal with it anyways. "I imagine, she's looking for you anyways."

Riane shook Celeste's hand with both of her own. "It's nice to meet you, Celeste." She let go, and watched Celeste walk up the stairs. She figured she was Aidan's girlfriend. She'd never met either of them, but they didn't seem to want to get to know Riane. They'll like me, she thought to herself. I'll make them. I don't think I'm too hard to like. She turned to John and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Where are my presents?! Aidan always brings me toys when he comes home," Katy said. Riane decided this wouldn't be a good time to intervene, because Katy may throw a fit if, god forbid, Aidan brought no presents along.

Celeste Doyle

There was mutual silence between her and Aidan and she knew that his father being the way he was and his mother being gone, was difficult to cope with. That was part of the reason she had decided to switch the conversation in the first place. She knew eventually he'd get heated up in the process. She knew Rose long enough to have some sort of a conversation with her, she was a lovely women and she seemed to have been the glue that kept the family together and it had been sad with her passing. She couldn't imagine what it'd be like to lose your mother, it was much different than losing a sibling.

When she had mentioned the early Christmas present to Aidan, he seemed to have a bit of doubt about giving his sister one early. There was two parts to the Christmas present she had picked out for Katy and she was looking forward to seeing Katy open them. She knew that it probably wouldn't compare to the presents that John had probably gotten Katy but she still tried and had the little girls best interest in mind. "Well I got her two gifts because I remember last Christmas she was excited to get one early when you first came in the door, and she's a little kid, they love having presents early." She smiled and then she had been going over to her one bag by the window and she had heard him ask what she even got Katy and she turned and was about to answer him when she heard the knock at his door.

Soon came a voice that she had just heard downstairs, it was an older and feminine voice so she knew it was Riane since she didn't see either one of Aidan's siblings show up with their other halves yet. She sighed softly and then the watched as Aidan got up to answer the door. He had been mentioning that they were just going to go down stairs. While he spoke to Riane, and she knew it wasn't going to be in the best manner, she rummaged through the gifts she had and she pulled Katy's out just in time to look out the window and see a car pull up. She watched as Jax got out and she smiled. She heard Aidan's question and came up to him. "Well your brother Jax is here now." She said smiling and then turned to Riane and gave her a polite smile. "Greetings again, Riane." She said politely, since she had to see this through and not judge Riane just yet. There was almost more to a story than the cover after all. Not that she agreed with the match up but if it made them both truly happy, then she wouldn't say anything. "Ready to go down stairs?" She asked the two clearing her throat a bit.