~ The Christmas Party ~

John looked over at Snow White. He didn't exactly like her questions, but he admired her courage.
He walked up to her until he was so close she could feel his breath on her skin.
"Then why aren't you afraid?" he asked curiously.

She felt like bolting right then but somehow she was able to meet his eyes, "I'd be stupid not to be afraid of you." She said simply.

He let his hand run to her throat, carefully caressing it, as if he was considering killing her right there and then. She couldn't run, his grip was too tight, and she would only choke herself if she did.
"You sure don't seem afraid, do you..?"

She forced herself to remain calm even though she was not even close to it, "If I don't then you're not looking close enough." She finally said. His grip on her neck was becoming painful and it was getting steadily more difficult to get air in.

He laughed a genuine laugh at her last comment. 'Well I'm glad you are not stupid enough to do that,' he said even if he knew she was really not attempting to compliment him.
'And you know I really can't comment on that' he added. He hadn't even been there to hear what she had said, let alone agree with her. He could hardly imagine the Odette from 5 years ago saying things out of spite but now he wouldn't be so sure. Especially if Charlotte had said something that struck a nerve.
'Now where are you going?!' he added more lightly, certain she didn't have a clue where she was.

He released her neck laughing.
He decided he would like Snow White. Even though fragile and innocent, she had a certain spark.
"Then why take the chance talking to me?"

Aladdin was just about to answer Jasmine's question when he heard someone approaching him. He turned around and saw John right behind him.

"Merry Christmas". And with that, John put the most precious thing in Aladdin's world into his arms. Aaron.

Aladdin stood with surprise, hardly being able to think. He looked down at Aaron, who was growing more and more. His son looked up at him, with Esmeralda's beautiful eyes, and his son smiled. He smiled back, his eyes watering up.

"Merry Christmas, my son". Aladdin said, and it was all he could do not to cry of happiness. As John walked away, he had to say something. But he was even having trouble finding the right words. John would never know how much this meant to Aladdin.

"John", he hollared after him before he walked too far. John turned to him again. Aladdin didn't know how to thank him enough. For taking Aaron in the first place to keep him from dying, for keeping him alive and taking care of him, for not giving him up, for letting him room with him that one time a while back, and for letting him be with his son on Christmas. This meant more than anything to him. But how to say that all? How could Aladdin ever let John know how much ALL of that meant to him?

After a slight pause, Aladdin simply said, "Thank you." It had such sincerity when he said it, and just by the look in Aladdin's eyes, they both knew he meant thank you for everything he had done when it came to Aaron. For taking care of him, for watching him, for letting him be with him again.

He repeated once more, "Thank you. Merry Christmas." Aladdin smiled gratefully.

She looked around with a dump expression on her face trying to think. It all looked the same.
"Ehmm.... that way... I think..." she said hesitantly and pointed in a direction, before she realized that was the same direction they had come from.
"I don't know," she said and blushed, giving up.

[I think I should add, that last post was IC. :')]

She was relieved when he released her and took a few deep breaths, "I'm curious." She said and met his eyes again. "I've been meaning to ask, why did you save me from the man who raped me?" She asked.

"I would hardly call it saving," he laughed.
"He seemed to be done with you anyway. I was just picking you up from the ground," he said and smirked, though he knew it would probably hurt Snow White to hear it.
"And who wouldn't save a beauty like you?"

She frowned at his explanation and then at his remark she stiffened, she wasn't exactly sure how she was supposed to respond to that. "You're right about the man, all he saw was...someone I'm not." She said eventually as she recalled the man's taunting words as he had raped her. "Thank you though for the rescue, I know you don't see it as one but I do." She said quietly.

Aladdin suddenly saw John with his hand around Snow's throat, yet he knew he wasn't going to do anything. It still worried him, but he soon let go and they resumed just talking. He looked over at Lilo and smiled, her with her endless teddybears. He then heard his son make a laughing noise, and he kissed his forehead. He turned to Jasmine, happy tears in his eyes.

"Jasmine, this is my son, Aaron." He turned to his son. "Aaron, this is my girlfriend, Jasmine."

"Jasmine, this is my son, Aaron." She smiled at the little baby. The big green eyes looking at her. She had noticed Aladdin called her his girlfriend wich made her very happy to hear. ''Hey Aaron.'' She carressed the baby's cheek. ''As handsome as his father.'' She smiled. Looking at Aladdin.

'Come on' he said, leading her back towards the party.
'If we follow you we'll be lost forever' he said, smiling.
He started walking through the trees until they soon enough could hear the sound of people once more, and see the decorations laid out for them. The Villain had only decorated the garden so far.
'Here you go' he said, gesturing to everyone around them. He looked for someone she knew who he could lead her towards but really he had no idea who she knew. He just knew that she probably didn't want to be near him.

"Then you're welcome," he laughed.
"Though I really don't understand why you'd rather be here than just on the ground somewhere free."

"As handsome as his father." It made him smile when she said that.

"I hope you two don't mind sharing that number one spot in my heart." he said, in a joking manner. "Hm... But where's the third piece?" He looked around for Lilo again, and knew she would love to see Aaron again.

"Hey Lilo, look who I have! Come on over!" he said, beaming from ear to ear.

He watched Pocahontas play with the ornaments. He turned his head to look at the other people. "Would you like to go to talk to somebody?"

She bit her lip, "The man who raped me, he was working for the woman who killed my father. If you hadn't saved me then I would have been tortured on a daily basis." She bit her lip as she thought about it.

[OOC: Doesn't look like she's online right now, so I'll change it up a little.]

He noticed she had dozed off, resting her head on the biggest teddy bear and was surrounded by many others.

"Haha, maybe later." he laughed. Aaron had wrapped his hand around Aladdin's finger, and it was the cutest thing he had ever seen. He quietly sang him the same soothing song he had known growing up. He believed his mother had sang it to him at one point, but he really couldn't remember her anymore. He had sang it on those dark, rainy nights with Jasmine, when she would be afraid or just couldn't sleep. He sang it quietly to Aaron as he snuggled closer to Aladdin's chest, and he looked up at Jasmine, smiling. Completely content.

He couldn't help but smile at her sillyness. She could have run away. Moved. Fought for herself. In here she was helpless, but she would rather be here with him? This girl was crazy, but facinating all the same.
"You know I'm dangerous," he said in a threatening voice and leaned in close to her again, blocking her escape routes by putting an arm of each side of the tree she was leaning against.

She smiled at Aladdin. ''I won't mind sharing.''

She noticed Aladdin singing a song for the baby. She smiled bright. She knew that song very well. It was nice to hear it again. Enjoying it.

"Oh," she said. She hadn't thought about the fact that he probably wouldn't want to keep talking to her, but he made it clear by gesturing to the other people.
"Ok then," she said while blushing and faking a smile before walking off in Shang's direction.

Snow White was not expecting him to trap her like this and swallowed hard, "I know that." She said quietly. She felt a thrill of anticipation and she became even more aware of the fact that he could easily kill her, she vaguely wondered where Shang was.

He pulled one arm away to stroke her cheek while smiling slyly. She was so soft. So fragile. And yet so courageous. He was standing so close, pulling an arm away didn't mean anything. He could easily drag her back if she tried to run.

Aladdin had wanted to introduce Aaron to Snow, but she seemed nowhere to be found. "Snow?" he said while looking around, but no reply.

Oh well, I'll talk to her later. he thought. Suddenly he noticed a couple people walking up to them.

She wasn't sure how she was supposed to react when he stroked her cheek and looked away. She was tempted to run but she had a feeling that if she tried he would just grab her back to him. "What do you want?" She asked quietly.

Pocahontas nodded at Kenai, "Sure." She smiled, before she looked around. She then saw Jasmine, "Come on, I know the exact person to talk to, and introduce you to." Pocahontas said, smiling as she walked with him and her teddy bears to Jasmine, "Hey Jas." She said, smiling softly, "Merry Christmas."

[OOC: Sorry Al, but as I stated in our first post, we're too far away to be seen, she's all on her own and nothing you can do about it ]

"I want to figure you out," he said honestly. He wanted to see her scared, and he felt like he had managed it once he looked at her now terrified face.

She forced the fear back, "I could say the same about you, what do you want to know about me?" She asked quietly.

She looked at Poca smiling softly. ''Hey Merry Christmas my dear.'' She gave Poca's friend a smile. ''Merry christmas too you too. I'm Jasmine.'' She held out a hand.

He leaned in even closer to whipser in her ear:
"What makes you... tick..."
He could feel the goosebumps on Snow's body as he let his arms rest on her waist, keeping her in place.

[OOC: @John AAhh Sorry, didn't notice that part XD Mkay, disregard. I'll edit that. ]

He smiled, recognising the name. "Hi Jasmine. Merry Christmas. It's me Kenai, we talked throught the wall." He took her hand and shook it firmly.

She shivered when he said that, "This might sound stupid but I don't even know what you're talking about." She said sheepishly. To be honest she was still adjusting to lingo that she had never heard before, it was all thanks to her father.

Pocahontas looked at the two, smiling. She was glad they at least knew each other, "How are you, Jas?" She said, sitting down next to her, setting her teddy bears next to her. Only to play with Kenai's totem gently.

[OOC: @Poca I can't remember if our characters have met in person, so correct me if I'm wrong and I'll edit this post. XD]

"Hey Poca", Aladdin said as he reached out his hand, "I'm Aladdin. We talked through the wall once."
He turned to the man she was with, holding out his hand to him as well.
"I don't believe we've met either?"

"What makes your... skin crawl..." he whispered again, so close his lips were touching her cheek.
He let his hands run up and down, rubbing her hips gently to see if she would react any differently.

She smiled wide. ''Oh yes I remember! Kenai it's so nice to actually meet you face to face.'' She nodded at him.

[[OOC; @Al they have only Talked TTW. ]]

Pocahontas looked at Aladdin, jumping, "Oh, hey. I'm sorry I didn't see you." She said, feeling kind of rude, reaching out her hand to shake his hand, "No, no we haven't. But, I'm glad we are now." She smiled, before looking at the baby in his hands, "Who's this?" Pocahontas asked.

[[OOC; I don't know if he has ever told her about Aaron.]]

He smiled widely to Jasmine. "It's so nice to meet you too Jasmine." He sat down next to Poca." "So how have you been doing?"

She jumped when he ran his hands up and down her hips, no one had touched her like that besides Shang. She gulped and met his eyes, "Touch me again and I'll break your wrist." She said quietly, her eyes widened when she realized what she had just said.

"I'd like to see you try," he laughed, though he realeased her immidiatly and moved a bit away from her.
Instead he simply dug down into his sack and handed her a big box.
"To Snow White; From Shang," it read.

[OOC: Bag of toilet stuff (makeup, hairbrush, toothbrush, shampoo, conditioner etc, anything you want) and a white rose]

She sighed in relief when he left her personal space and accepted the box shakily, she quietly opened it and smiled when she saw what was inside. "Thank you." She said quietly.

He winked and started walking towards the others again. He had more presents to deliver.
He saw Dimitri standing alone and figured it would be a good time to give him his.
He started walking in his direction, and stopped once he was a meter or two away from him.
"Missed me?" he teased.

"It's so nice to meet you face to face Poca." he smiled when she mentioned Aaron.

"This is my son, Aaron. I don't know if I told you about him, we didn't get a chance to talk very long. I think I talked to you about Esme... She died a while ago. She's Aaron's mother. I haven't seen my son in months, and being with him is John's Christmas gift to me. I'm so happy to be spending Christmas with Aaron and Jasmine, and everyone really." He smiled at her.

She smiled at Kenai. ''I'm good. This is my boyfriend Aladdin. And his son Aaron.'' She pointed to Aladdin. Giving him a smile.

Boyfriend. He loved hearing that from her. He looked at her for a moment and just smiled. Thinking of how much he truly loved her. "Kenai, it's great to meet you!" he said, giving him a friendly smile.

He watched Charlotte go, not really sure what to do next. Staring into space and watching the party play out he didn't notice John walking towards him until he spoke.
Looking at him he didn't add much, just look at him with distain. 'Of course' he said sarcastically.

Snow White watched him go and sank down against the tree that the Villain had pinned her against. She could feel tears run down her face, she felt sick to her stomach. Oh Shang where are you? She wondered as she kept crying. She couldn't stop replaying the moment where the Villain had run his hands up and down her hips, she felt dirty.