Down To You (The Love On Edge Series) by Addison Kline

now a high pitched shrill that caused Brant’s ear drums to hurt.
     
    “C’mon! Let’s go wake up them up!” shouted Randy leading the calvary to Brant and Holly’s bedroom.
     
    The peace of the early morning was broken by a ruckus that sounded remarkably like a heard of rhinos stampeding down the hallway. Suddenly, the bedroom door flew open with a bang as the kids stormed through and climbed into bed with their parents. The next thing Holly and Brant knew, they were under a dog pile of children who were very eager to open their gifts before the sun had even risen in the sky. Randy jumped up and down on their bed with excitement, as Belle belly flopped onto Brant’s chest. Meanwhile, Tressa had resorted to tickling Holly to try to wake her up.
     
    Brant grabbed hold of Belle and tickled her as he held Randy at bay with his strong arm. Holly had escaped Tressa’s grip and ran to her en-suite bathroom and locked herself in.
     
    “C’mon! We want to see what Santa brought us!” yelled Tressa.
     
    “But its not even 6 A.M.!” Brant protested.
     
    Randy yelled, “It will be in thirteen minutes!”
     
    Brant laughed and replied, “Okay, stay here for thirteen minutes and let us check out the situation downstairs.” Brant spoke as if he had to survey a dangerous threat in the living room.
     
    “Dad!” complained Tressa.
     
     
    Holly, who had come out of her hiding place, agreed with Brant.
     
    “Your father is right. Besides, I have to get my camera!”
     
    Holly and Brant walked out into the hallway, leaving their over-excited children in the bedroom with disgruntled looks upon their faces. Holly watched as Brant secured a child safety gate at the top of the steps to keep the kids from coming downstairs before they were ready.
     
    Holly and Brant quietly tip-toed down the stairs, trying not to wake anybody else up, but it immediately became apparent that their childr en were not the only early birds in the house. They bypassed the beautifully decorated tree with the stock pile of presents waiting for the family, and they began walking towards the kitchen. They could hear a pair of voices coming from the kitchen. Brant and Holly looked at each other with confused glances and quietly approached the kitchen door. They could hear what sounded like a man and a woman singing “I Got You Babe,” the song made famous by Sonny and Cher, only the rendition coming from the kitchen had no rhythm and was sorely out of key.
     
    Holly stood behind Brant as she tried to silence her laughter. Then, just as Brant was about to open the door, the female voice said in a playful Bostonian accent, “Marv! You’re so fresh!”
     
    Brant and Holly quickly turned their heads towards each other, their eyes wide and mouths gaping.
     
    “Is that who I think it is?!” Holly whispered to Brant in amazement.
     
     
    “I think so…” said Brant, still laughing. He held a finger up to his mouth as he quietly opened the door to get a peek.
     
    Marv and Gloria were dancing around the kitchen, as they made breakfast. Their song had gone off the radio, and a new one came on: “My Boyfriend’s Back” by the Angels – a song from Marv and Gloria’s hey day. Marv held out a hand for Gloria, and she threw her dish towel onto the counter. Suddenly the pair were dancing all around the kitchen, and Gloria was saucily singing along and Marv laughed. It wasn’t until the song ended that Gloria and Marv realized that they had company. Brant and Holly were staring at them with amused expressions and awkward smiles.
     
    “Oh, hi there!” gushed Gloria, “We’re in the middle of making breakfast! Pancakes, scrapple and eggs.”
     
     
    Marv, with an embarrassed smile, said, “Hi guys… Uh… how long have you been standing there?”
     
    “Long enough,” Holly admitted.
     
    “Nice dance moves, old man,” quipped Brant.
     
    Marv could do nothing but laugh.
     
     
    *****
     
     
    “Alright, guys… You can come down