"So when do we get to exchange Solstice gifts?" Jeff asked.

"Now if you want...the sun has gone down." Matt headed back to his corner to get three presents and hid them all behind his back. Gabby smiled.

"Alright..." Gabby poofed three presents up in front of her. Lily did the same. Jeff excitedly ran to his corner and grabbed three things, setting them in front of him. Matt handed the three wrapped gifts to everyone and Lily did the same. Gabby and Jeff dished out the presents too. "Alight...who goes first?" Gabby asked.

"Why don't you Gabby? It's your holiday."

"Alright. I'll open Lily's first..." Gabby carefully teared off the paper and gazed at...a wizard candle playing the cello. She looked up at Lily and smiled. "It’s so cute! I love it. Many thank yous." Lily smiled.

"I'm glad you liked it. Many welcomes."

"Hmm....Now Jeffies..." Gabby grabed the present, tearing off the paper and holding up Eeyore slippers. "Umm...Why thank you." Jeff smiled. Gabby looked over at Matt. "Do I wanna open this now, or wait?"

"You can open it now. It has nothing to do with your Christmas gift."

"Ohhhh. Okay." Gabby opened his present, looking down at the bear with the star and smiled. "A star."

"Yeah....like the one you wished on at the beach." Gabby nodded, smiling.

"I know...thats why its so perfect." Matt smiled and sipped on his cocoa. "Thank you," Gabby whispered.

"You're welcome," Matt whispered.

"Who goes next?" Lily asked.

"You."

"Me? Okay. I'll open Matt's first." Lily pulled at the paper. "It's a carebear...with the rainbow on it. Cheerbear."

"I figured you could use it....It'll remind you that it's your job..be the cheerful one."

"Thanks Mattie." Gabby looked down at the slippers from Jeff.

"Do these mean I'm the grumpy one?"

"He thought you liked Eeyore."

"I do..." Lily held Gabby’s in her lap and tugged softly at the paper.

"Jelly Beans. They look like Jeff's hair." Gabby smiled.

"Yup." Lily put a green one in his mouth. Jeff ate it, smiling.

"Looks like my hair."

"That was the point....spring green Manic Panic and green jelly beans...I wonder if there is a connection..." Lily smiled and looked down at Jeff's, thinking. "Is it safe?" Jeff grinned evilly.

"Might be." Lily pulled softly at the paper. It was the Pearl Jam tickets. Lily lept up, hugging him. Jeff smiled and higged back.

"I thought you'd like them."

"Oh I do, I do."

"I'm glad." Matt opened the gift from Jeff, which was one of the Pearl Jam shirts. Matt smiled.

"I thuoght I owned them all. Thanks Jeff." Jeff shrugged.

"I'm resourceful. I can always find more." Matt opened the box from Lily, and it was a stuffed wolf.

"I thought you liked wolves..." Matt smiled again. "I do...I love wolves. Thankies little one." Gabby looked at him excitedly.

"Open mine now!" Gabby commanded. Matt unwraped the gift. It was a small silver key.

"I'm guessing this has soemthing to do with something..." Gabby grinned.

"You get the rest on Christmas." Lily handed him a long black cord.

"Here....you can tie the key on this."

"Thanks Lil. Now Christmas can't come fast enough...enternal pondering until then."

"I'm sure if you thought hard enough you'd figure it out. But don't think hard."

"I'm not going to." Lily stopped hugging Jeff and pushed three boxes over to him.

"You're turn now." Jeff eyed the three boxes critically, closing his eyes and picking up the one from Matt, starting to unwrap it.

"Tigger pants, thanks Matt. Niiice an warm." He pulled them out, holding them up.

"When I saw them...and they screamed out Jeff." Jeff smiled at him, grabbing the box from Gabby and unwrapping. He held up the same slippers he got for Gabby. Lily giggled. Jeff shook his head.

"Great job." He laughed. Jeff rubbed his hands together, looking at Lily. "Here we go..." He unwraped the present. It was a Starlite stuffed horse. He held it up, quickly mauling Lily with a hug. It held a bottle of manic panic between it's hooves. Lily hugged back, smiling.

"I'm glad you like it...hehe." Jeff pulled back, grinning.

"So when do you dye my hair again?" Lily grinned back.

"Whenever you want me to do it again..."

"I'll think about it..." Lily looked at Gabby.

"Uh-oh...both brothers are thinking...."

"Uhh..that’s never good." Lily poked Jeff softly, resting her forehead against him and looking him in the eyes.

"Don't think too hard....or else you'll be the one with the headache."

"And then you get to cure it," Jeff said. Lily shook her head.

"I've encouraged you, haven't I?" Jeff shrugged.

"You always encourage me."

"Awww." Lily sat in Jeff's lap and made herself comfy. "So, Gabby. What else are you supposed to do on Solstice?" Gabby looked outside.

"I already did all of my witchy things this morning."

"But I read something about bells and candles in this book." She poofed a big heavy book in her lap, which was covered with dust.

"I did a quiet little ritual outside...I kinda designed it myself."

"Oh." She sneezed softly from the dusty book. She poofed it away.

"But there probably was something in that book. I just like doing things for myself." Lily nodded. Gabby leaned back on Matt, playing with the key on the black cord. Lily put another green jelly bean in Jeff's mouth and then passed the container around to everybody. Matt put his arms around her waist and leaned his head on her shoulder. "Having a nice first solstice?" Matt grabbed a blue jelly bean examined it.

"I am." Gabby scrunched her nose at the blue jelly bean.

"Those ones are icky."

"I am. I always remember reading about it, but never experiancing it." Lily played with the Starlite doll, comfortable in Jeff's lap. Matt put the blue one back in the jar and grabbed a red one. He hands the jar to her. Gabby shook her head.

"No thanks." Matt handed the jar to Jeff. Jeff grabbed a handful of coloured jelly beans, passing it to Lily. Lily put a pink one in her mouth and then put the jar under the tree. Jeff popped a few jelly beans into his mouth. She looked in the handful he had and picked out a green one. Gabby looked at the tree. "And there’s still Christmas to go." Lily popped it into her mouth and then put the Starlite doll under the tree. Matt nodded.

"Looks promising." Gabby grinned evilly.

"You have no idea." Lily kissed Jeff's chin. She stuck his slippers on his feet for him. Matt grinned.

"I'm sure I don't..." Jeff smiled.

"Thank you. Now my feet aren't cold." Gabby contined grinning evilly. Lily looked at Jeff's hand and went to grab another pink jelly bean. "Stop stealin them all." He shoved a bunch in his mouth.

"Meanie..." Lily grabbed the jar and took a single pink one out, putting it in her mouth. Jeff held up his empty hand.

"See? No more."

"And you can't have anymore...I just wanted a pink one you meanie." She put the jar back under the tree."

"That’s fine, I don't want anymore." She stuck her tongue out at him. Matt laughed at them fighting like children. Jeff kissed her. "Don't do that."

"Don't do what?"

"Stick your tongue out."

"Like this?" She did it again. Gabby kissed her again.

"You just don't learn."

"No...you're right." Gabby shook her head at them.

"The young ones. So cute." Matt nodded in agreement. "I was gonna say innocent..but that doesn't apply anymore." She smirked.

"So Jeffy....You're telling me I shouldn’t stick my tongue out like this?" Matt laughed quietly.

"No...you're right. It doesn't." Jeff shook his head.

"I'll just deal with you later Lily." She pouted.

"Oh..guess I what I did." She smiled.

"What on earth did you do?" Jeff asked. She climbed out of his lap and started to run towards the back of the barn. Jeff got up and followed her. She stopped running and started to walk, grabbing something and then walking back proudly.

"I baked cookies. And they're still warm...want one?" Jeff smiled, nodding and grabbing one. Lily walked over to Gabby and Matt, presenting the tray of cookies. "I made them all by myself." Matt picked one up, biting it.

"They're very good." Gabby took a bite outt of Matt's cookie. Lily poofed up a table and put the cookies there.