A Blue Christmas (Molly)

[Beckett Williams]

It was the afternoon of Christmas Day. Presents had been opened, people were lounging and chatting... so Anton sent a little message to Molly.

-Hey, wanna get out of there for a bit?- 

He suggested they meet up in a park in London, so he waited there now, by the Peter Pan statue.

Molly Walker

[Molly Walker]

It was Christmas Day and Iola was bustling around the kitchen, spoons and dishes flying. There was no way she would be any help in there, she looked around at the large group that had gathered at the Walker Estate and smiled. Everyone was quite busy and before she could set her wine down to play with Gavin and Saffron's kids, a message came by owl.

Hey, wanna get out of there for a bit?

She smiled, grabbed her coat and slipped out the front door, once she passed the protective enchantments the Auror disapparited to a park in London, where Beck said to meet. Catching sign of the tall brunette, she smiled and waved. "Beckett, Hey!" she said approaching him.

[Beckett Williams]

Becket grinned as she approached, shrugging and holding his arms out to show off his light jacket, no scarf look. "Not as cold today, eh?" he joked. He was feeling.. something, some kind of vulnerable from Christmas, and he couldn't stop the stupid grin plastered on his face. Someone who he actually could talk to, that was a nice way to spend the Holiday.

"Come on, let's walk before we're whisked off to Neverland," he commented, nodding at the statue.

Molly Walker

[Molly Walker]

An impromptu fashion show awaited her as she approached. Shaking her head with a smile plastered across her face. "Yes that shopping trip was a bit frosty" She was happy to get away from the Walkers for a little bit, she couldn't keep drinking wine to avoid awkward encounters with some of the unfamiliar guests that evening.

Molly nodded and began to walk alongside Beckett. "How was your Christmas going before you came here?" she inquired as they walked through the London park that began to speckle with a light snow dusting.

Beckett Williams

[Beckett Williams]

She got the joke about their shopping trip and he smiled, nodding. He was a little buzzed himself, having added fireball whiskey to his eggnog more than once this morning. Maybe that was part of the reason he wasn't feeling cold.

He pocketed his hands as they walked, looking up as the snowflakes. "It's been... good, mostly," he shrugged, lowering his gaze back to the path ahead of them. He sighed, "I don't know, I feel like I never know what to say," his hand bumped something in his pocket and he remembered, he had her Christmas present.

Molly Walker

[Molly Walker]

Walking through the park as the snow fell was the most relaxed Molly had been all day, it was so nice to getaway from the drama of the Walkers and she was truly enjoying herself until Beckett had paused. "What do you mean mostly" she said, turning to see him starring up at the sky as the snow and stars littered the black landscape.

"Beck, it's family...wasn't the only new addition this year Moretti?" she said, nudging him with her elbow. Her hands were shoved deep in her pockets to keep them warm and did not fancy taking them out. Family was supposed to be the people you could be your most authentic self around but if anyone knew the struggles of family and not feeling like a family sometimes...it was Molly.

Beckett Williams

[Beckett Williams]

She nudged him with her elbow and he felt jarred by the motion, like he wasn't expecting her to touch him, or maybe like he was a ghost who couldn't be touched. It was the jolt he needed to lighten up. "Oh Liv, Liv's great. It's not her," he explained quickly, not wanting there to be any confusion. "I've never really felt... I fit in and Jake is sort of seeing someone and Leo has Liv and I -" he cut himself off, "- this is boring, isn't it?" he took a few quicker steps to get ahead of her, turning around to face her and walk backwards for a moment.

He pulled the present out of his pocket, it was a good a subject change as anything, right? It grew in size as he pulled it out until it was a full size rectangle in his hand. He stopped, holding it out into the light snow dusting, "for you."

Molly Walker

[Molly Walker]

There was a brief air of confusion that rested over Molly, "You don't?" she inquired. "with your family or with your brothers bringing home these girls? You know ...there's always Ellie" he added with a smile. Ellie was the smallest of the Williams family and much too young to bring home a significant other. "No it's not boring at all." Beckett never seemed to give himself the credit he deserved or needed, never allowing himself to be in the spotlight. "Even if it was, you don't have to worry...It's just me" she said, a smile spreading across her face.

Molly blinked in surprise as her friend moved in front of her to present a gift he had pulled from his coat pocket. Smiling, she was speechless. "Beck, when did you do this? I was with you when you did your Christmas shopping." she said incredulously, taking the gift from Becketts hands. "Thank you"

Beckett Williams

[Beckett Williams]

He supposed he didn't talk about his struggles with fitting in with his family very much. The truth was he didn't really feel he fit in anywhere, but that was a slightly different topic of conversation that he wasn't willing to dive into at this present moment. The mention of Ellie made him smile, it was a nice attempt to cheer him up. "Yes, she has been a lovely companion as always," he confirmed. She said isn't wasn't boring, his venting, and that he didn't have to hold back with her. He smiled at that, but held off continuing for now.

Upon taking the present she was surprised, which made him grin mischievous and proudly. "I have my life outside of you, Molly," he teased. Inside was a book he had read once, 'A Crown of Wishes' by author Roshani Chokshi.

Molly Walker

[Molly Walker]

Snow was lightly falling and could really be seen in the street lamps that lined the path they were walking through the park in London. Beck smiled, which in turn made her smile. Molly always wanted to see him happy and not to worry, although not a mission she could always guarantee.

The rectangle was weighing in her hands, as she moved to unwrap the gift she noticed that it was a book. Molly loved to read. The wrappings fell away as she balled it up in her hand and in the other held book called "A Crown of Wishes?" she asked. "I love it Beck, I've actually been meaning to read more." Since Molly had left Hogwarts and became an Auror, there was simply no time left in the day to read for fun. If she wasn't at work she was dealing with family drama. She had to stop thinking about her family for a moment...she was getting a headache.

"I have something for you too" she said with a small smile. Pulling out a small gift wrapped box with a silver bracelet inside, she handed it to him. A light laugh let her lips  as he mentioned his life without her. "Yeah alright...and what does that look like" she laughed. The snow was resting on their heads, she brought her hand up to brush snow out of Beckett's hair only for it to be immediately replaced by more snow as it fell.

Beckett Williams

[Beckett Williams]

"I just think it suits you," he admitted. "It's poetic and charming and intense and-" he stopped, clearing his throat awkwardly. "And reading is fun, so I'm glad to contribute to that for you," he added. He knew she used to love reading, maybe not as much as he - he wasn't sure. But he had seen her with a book several times in their school days.

Then she said she had something for him too, and he perked up, smiling. He reached for the box and chuckled at her question, "oh, it looks incredibly bori-" he stopped as she brushed the snow out of his hair. The streetlamp light glared off her golden hair and he... shook it off, turning his attention to the present. As he opened it, his lips parted in surprise at the gifts beauty. He kept his eyes on it as he lifted the bracelet from the box, and gently clasped it to his wrist. The metal was cold in the winter air, but he didn't care. He had lifted his sleeve away from his hand to expose his wrist in order to put the bracelet at home. "Okay, well that was the best gift I've ever received," he admitted, finally looking up at her, his brown eyes shining with delight. "You're better at this than me, Molly," he complimented softly.

Molly Walker
Quotes from the book for reference 

[Molly Walker]

A smile tugged at her lips as she opened the book and began to scan through the pages, reading lines here and there. Existence is the gift. Life is a choice. Molly looked up as he began to explain why the book suited her so much. "Thank you." she said still flipping through the pages. "It's perfect" she added as her gaze returned to meet his. A giggle escaped her lips "Reading is fun huh?" she joked "I had no idea but thank you for enlightening me fellow Ravenclaw" teasing him a little bit more.

Beck perked up at the mention of a gift for him and it was hard to suppress anther laugh. Starting to describe his life without her, he paused as she brushed snow from his hair. "You're right it would be incredibly boring, who would I tell all my family drama to?" Molly smiled, giving gifts was her favourite part of Christmas and she was very good at it. "Well I've had tons of practice." she said smiling "I'm really glad that you like it"

Tucking her new book under her arm, Molly took his hand with the bracelet on it and examined it "It looks good, don't you think?" she asked as she held his hand in hers.

Beckett Williams